Records of YMCA international work in Palestine and Israel, 1885, 1905-2003 (bulk 1920-1999)

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Records of YMCA international work in Palestine and Israel, 1885, 1905-2003 (bulk 1920-1999)

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, architectural data and drawings, audio recordings, printed material, and other records of the work of the American YMCA movement in Palestine and Israel. The bulk of the files concern Jerusalem, with particularly rich documentation on the the construction of the YMCA's landmark West Jerusalem (Jerusalem International YMCA) building. Also included in the records are files concerning YMCA work in other areas of the region, especially East Jerusalem, as well as Peniel-by-Galilee, Nazareth, and other locales.

21 cubic feet (27 boxes).

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

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Harmon, Arthur Loomis

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