Records of YMCA international work in Estonia 1920-1946 (bulk 1920-1936)

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Records of YMCA international work in Estonia 1920-1946 (bulk 1920-1936)

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, development plans, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles and other records of YMCA international work in Estonia, especially on refugee relief work, hygiene promotion in children, the organization and administration of a school system for youth and night classes for refugees and returned soldiers, the operation of social and athletic clubs and the joint operation, with the Red Cross, of a large summer camp. Much of the later material involves the Estonian YMCA's move to become autonomous.

1 cubic foot (3 boxes).

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

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