Records of YMCA international work in the Congo 1949-1969

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Records of YMCA international work in the Congo 1949-1969

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Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents magazine and newspaper articles and other records of the YMCA movement in the Belgian Congo, pimarily in Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and Stanleyville (Kisangani), and mainly concerning the political situation there and requests made by the Belgian Congo's YMCA for aid from the International Committee..

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

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International Committee of YMCAs. World Service.

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In the late 1940s, in order to begin the work in the Belgian Congo, the Danish YMCA promised an experienced secretary and committed to the supporting funds necessary for a five year period of establishment. This early dedication by the Danish YMCA encouraged the Belgian National Council to also step in and commit for later financial support. In 1949, the Danish YMCA confirmed that Mr. I. Grube Overgaard would be the chosen secretary and sent him to Belgium and to the Congo for preli...