Records of YMCA international work in Turkey 1884-1980. (bulk 1909-1975)

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Records of YMCA international work in Turkey 1884-1980. (bulk 1909-1975)

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Correspondence, annual reports, report letters, building records, surveys, theses, records of special projects, pamphlets, periodicals, and photos documenting YMCA work in Turkey, especially in the Constantinople/Istanbul area. Much of the collection discusses various historical events that take place in Turkey during the YMCA's existence there, including the Adana massacre of 1909, the Balkan War, the Armenian massacres of 1915, World War I, the Greco-Turkish conflict during the Turkish War of Independence and World War II. Records strongly document the tensions between the Turks and Greeks following WWI. They in particular focus on the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922 and the relief effort and evacuation flotilla organized by YMCA secretary Asa Jennings.

6.75 cubic feet (19 boxes).

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

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