Wirt Wiley papers. 1897-1970 (bulk 1929-1950).

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...

National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of North America. Historical Resources Committee.

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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...

Wiley family.

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Springfield College

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Couper, Edgar.

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Sibley, Harper

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Fletcher Harper Sibley was born in New York City in 1885. After graduating from Harvard University and the New York Law School, he practiced law in New York City until 1912, when he moved to Rochester, New York to work in the family business. Sibley spent most of his business life operating farms in New York, Illinois, and California. He served on the board of directors of a number of companies, including Western Union Telegraph and New York Life Insurance. Sibley was a member of the Rochester Y...

Movement for World Christianity

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Successor to Modern Missions Movement, which continued the work of the Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry, a study and evaluation of modern missions. From the description of Records of the Movement for World Christianity, 1936-1939 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152515 ...

Kaighn, Raymond P.

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YMCA Retirement Fund.

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Wiley, S. Wirt (Samuel Wirt), 1878-

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Wiley grew up on a farm near Peoria Illinois, and later attended Monmouth College and Yale University. Intending to be a minister, he was drawn to YMCA work by the prospect of active service to communities. He first worked for the Chicago and Minneapolis associations before joining the National Council in 1925 as associate general secretary of the Home Division. He became general secretary of the Rochester, New York association in 1929 and remained there until his retirement in 1939. He was also...