William Sloane House YMCA photographs, 1929-1969 (bulk 1930s-1940s)

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William Sloane House YMCA photographs, 1929-1969 (bulk 1930s-1940s)

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Collected photographic images from the William Sloane House branch of the YMCA of Greater New York, located on West 34th Street in Manhattan. The images include a number of interior shots of rooms before the building opened in 1930. It also includes WWII-era pictures of servicemen on leave in New York, YMCA staff portraits from the 1960s and 1970s, sports events, and programs such as Christmas gift-wrapping events for soldiers and sailors.

.25 cubic feet (1 box).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 6930681

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Sloane, William S., 1873-1922.

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United Service Organizations (U.S.)

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...

YMCA of Greater New York. William Sloane House.

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The William Sloane House was named after William Sloane (1873-1922), chair of the Army and Navy International Committee throughout WWI and of the National War Work Council of the YMCA. Founded in 1930 to provide inexpensive lodging and hospitality to members of the armed services, reflecting the war work of William Sloane, the branch on West 34th Street operated the largest YMCA residential program in the city of New York. During World War II, the branch provided services to soldiers and sailors...