Gilbert Beaver papers. 1887-1952

Morse, Richard Cary, 1841-1926

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Richard C. Morse, born in 1841 in Hudson, New York, was a journalist, Prebyterian minister, and prominent leader in the YMCA, where he served as editor and publisher of the Association News and as general secretary of the YMCA's Executive Committee (later the International Committee) from 1872 to 1915. Morse was one of the original members of the YMCA's World Committee and was active in the New York City association. From the description of Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961 (bulk 18...

Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee

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Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-1963

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YMCA secretary for Asia, evangelist and author. From the description of Letter of Sherwood Eddy, 1932. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743372 George Sherwood Eddy was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on January 19, 1871. He prepared at Phillips-Andover Academy in Massachusetts from 1887-1888 and earned a Ph.B. degree from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University in 1891. He attended Union Theological Seminary and graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891-18...

Lyon, David Willard, 1870-1949

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David Willard Lyon was a Presbyterian minister and founder of the first student YMCA in China and executive of the National Committee of the Chinese YMCA from 1901 until 1930. From the description of David Willard Lyon papers, 1904-1950 (1920-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515255 ...

Beaver, Gilbert A., -1952

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Beaver began his work for the YMCA in 1890 as the student secretary of the Pennsylvania state committee. He later moved to the student division of the International Committee and then to the New York City association as intercollegiate branch secretary. In 1909 he returned to the staff of the International Committee to work with student associations. He also worked as executive for the Committee on Friendly Relations Among College Students. In addition to his YMCA work, Beaver was active in seve...

Hodgkin, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1877-1933

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Ober, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg), 1856-

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Charles Kellogg Ober was born May 5, 1856 in Beverly, Mass., and attended Williams College (1879-1883). He developed an early interest in the Young Men's Christian Association which led to his appointment as assistant to Robert R. McBurney, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. of the City of New York, in 1882. Ober married Julia Dodge in 1883, and served as State Secretary of the Massachusetts Y.M.C.A. from 1883 to 1884. From 1884 to 1890, Ober participated in the Y.M.C.A.'s college movement, the Northfiel...

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...