YMCA international work administrative records 1865-1999 (bulk 1960s-1990s)

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YMCA international work administrative records 1865-1999 (bulk 1960s-1990s)

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Reports, correspondence, telegrams, minutes, agendas, financial records and budgets, fundraising records, newsletters, promotional material, posters, photographs, drawings, blueprints, maps, postcards, scrapbooks, bound volumes, and some artifacts documenting the development and administration of the YMCA's Foreign Work Department, later known as the World Service and then the International Division.

87 cubic feet (87 boxes).

eng,

University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619533

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Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee

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National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations. International Division.

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Dating from 1893, several attempts were made to organize a YMCA association in Bangkok, Thailand (previously known as Siam). However, the formal establishment of an association with a foreign secretary was not begun until 1929, after John R. Mott answered a request for assistance by a group of churches and missions with a $21 thousand gift from the James Stokes Society. The National Councils of the United States and Canada took responsibility for the project, and Walter A. Zimmerman...

Kiehne, Frank.

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Tyler, Daniel Penick.

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O'Melia, John.

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YMCA of the USA. International Division.

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From the 1880s on, the YMCAs of the United States and Canada helped YMCAs in Europe in a variety of ways, with the majority of the work coming as a response to World War I. The region of Austria, Hungary and Switzerland was not the scene of extensive or prolonged assistance. However, as an aftermath of World War I, through funds provided from the Student Friendship Fund, the International Committee, under the direction of John R. Mott, purchased a building in Vienna. This building was held by th...

knox, bruce

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International Committee of YMCAs. World Service.

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In the late 1940s, in order to begin the work in the Belgian Congo, the Danish YMCA promised an experienced secretary and committed to the supporting funds necessary for a five year period of establishment. This early dedication by the Danish YMCA encouraged the Belgian National Council to also step in and commit for later financial support. In 1949, the Danish YMCA confirmed that Mr. I. Grube Overgaard would be the chosen secretary and sent him to Belgium and to the Congo for preli...