Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961 (bulk 1880-1910).

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Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961 (bulk 1880-1910).

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The collection includes correspondence, reports, speeches, lecture notes, and other papers documenting Morse's fifty-year career with the YMCA, touching on topics including the International Committee, personnel matters, YMCA work with the African American community, the growth of the YMCA, YMCA secretaryship, and the war relief effort. Also included is material relating to Morse's interest in the association at Yale University and the construction of Dwight Hall. Biographical materials include a genealogy book, letters detailing his work and travels with the YMCA, and a manuscript of his autobiography,later published under the title, "My Life with Young Men."

2.8 cu. ft. (7 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7857035

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Yale University Young Men's Christian Association.

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Hunton, William Alphaeus, 1863-1916

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Wishard, Luther D. (Luther Deloraine), 1854-1925

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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...

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

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Morse family.

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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...

Yale University.

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