Records of YMCA international work in Japan 1885-1991 (bulk 1885-1930)

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Records of YMCA international work in Japan 1885-1991 (bulk 1885-1930)

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Records of YMCA work in Japan consisting primarily of correspondence among YMCA secretaries working in Japan, as well as correspondence and reports to YMCA leaders in the United States on matters relating to programs, war time activities, finances, membership recruitment, and religious instruction.

26.4 cubic feet (52 boxes)

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jpn,

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619566

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Barnett, Eugene E.

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Eugene E. Barnett grew up in Florida; studied at Emory College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina; and spent 26 years as an official with the YMCA in China. From the description of Eugene E. Barnett memoir, 1888-1936 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 650817675 Eugene Barnett was born in Leesburg, Florida in 1888. He began his YMCA career as a student secretary at the University of North Carolina, where he was a graduate s...

Phelps, George Sidney.

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Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...

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Davis, John Merle

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Hibbard, Carlisle V.

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Swift, John Trumbull.

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Fisher, Galen.

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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...

Gleason, George

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Little is known about George Gleason. Originally from Boulder City, Nevada, he attended Arizona State College (Northern Arizona University) from 1938-1942. He majored in English, Secondary Eduction and minored in Physical Science. Hey may have joined the National Guard in Kingman. Although not positive, he may have been born on July 22, 1920 and passed away on September 24, 1999. From the guide to the George Gleason Collection, 1941-1942, (Cline Library. Special Collections and Archi...

Helm, Verling Winchel.

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