Records of YMCA internaional work in Kenya 1955-1993

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Records of YMCA internaional work in Kenya 1955-1993

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, building plans, financial documents, pamphlets, journal and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in Kenya, especially Nairobi and the surrounding area, including Shauri Moyo, Mombasa, Kisii, Limuru, Ngecha, Naivasha and Nakuru, though other locations are also mentioned.

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

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