Records of YMCA international work in Latvia 1920-1989 (bulk 1922-1946)

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Records of YMCA international work in Latvia 1920-1989 (bulk 1922-1946)

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, development plans, pamphlets, newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Latvia and the Latvian YMCA movement in exile, as well as YMCA work in other parts of the Baltic region, including Lithuania.

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

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Mitchell, Bertram Grant.

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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...

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Greiner, John Casper.

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