Allen Benjamin Crow papers, 1933-1966.

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Allen Benjamin Crow papers, 1933-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427542697

Letters and papers from family and others.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476289

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Crow, Allen Benjamin, 1887-1976.

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Born June 4, 1887 in St. Louis, Mo., son of Benjamin F. and Amanda Allen Crow. At age of 12 family moved to Keokuk, Iowa where he graduated from Keokuk High School, became assistant General Secretary of Keokuk YMCA, membership Secretary, Colorado Springs, Colo. Attended Colorado College, graduated from Columbia University, 1913. Executive Secretary, Prospect Park Branch, YMCA, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1913-1916. Came to Detroit in 1919 as City Industrial Secretary, YMCA. In 1921-25 was Sales and Advertis...