Records of YMCA international work in China, 1890-1991 (bulk 1896-1949).
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Yui, David, Z. T., 1882-1936.
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Brockman, Fletcher S.
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Wang, Quncong
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National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations
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Although segregation of YMCAs as a national policy ended in 1946 with the approval of a resolution by the National Council calling for the elimination of all racial discrimination, these changes were accepted and adopted to varying degrees and speeds at the local and national levels. During the next thirty to forty years, a variety of programs and committees were established to monitor and promote the process of integration and the progress of racial equality within the movement, as...
Princeton University
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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...
Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. International Committee
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YMCA of the USA. World Alliance.
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Peter, W. W. 1882-
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Chinese Students' Christian Association.
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YMCA of the USA. World Service.
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The first North American work YMCA work in China dates from 1889, when Luther Wishard travelled there as part of his efforts to lay the groundwork for a major expansion of YMCA foreign work. In 1895, the International Committee of the YMCA in North America sent the first American YMCA secretary, D. Willard Lyon, to China as a response to appeals from missionaries in Beijing (Peking), Shanghai, and Yantai (Chefoo). This was the beginning of fifty-five years of North American YMCA involvement in C...
Zhang, Boling
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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 ...
Exner, Max.
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Yen, Y. C. James, b. 1893.
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National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
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This collection reflects the philosophy and programs of the National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America, later called the YMCA of the USA, during wartime and postwar periods, 1917-1951. One of the services it provided during the second World War was to meet the needs of men away from home in Civilian Public Service. The educational aspects of the YMCA included forums for discussing the Christian response in wartime. The organization did not advocate...
Robertson, C. Harcourt
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