Herbert Parker Lansdale, Jr. papers, 1898-1989 (bulk 1955-1979).

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Herbert Parker Lansdale, Jr. papers, 1898-1989 (bulk 1955-1979).

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The bulk of the collection is correspondence written by and to Herb and his wife, Jessie, during their stay in Athens, Greece after Herb's retirement in 1972. Also included are personal materials, including circular letters sent from Athens, which describe the political climate there during the early 1970s. The development of the YMCA in Greece is documented in a series of correspondence and documents collected by Lansdale. The American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece, which was headed by Lansdale's son, Bruce, is also documented in this collection.

3.8 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7857280

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle

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Lansdale, Herbert Parker 1898-1988.

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Herbert Parker Lansdale, Jr. was born in 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Herbert Parker Lansdale, Sr. was the general secretary of the Rochester, New York YMCA from 1911 until his retirement in 1929. Lansdale, Jr. spent the majority of his professional career working with the YMCA, holding positions at YMCAs in Worcester, Mass; Salonika, Greece; and Rochester, New York. He served as executive secretary of the International Committeee of YMCAs of the United States and Canada from 1952 to...

Lansdale, Bruce M., 1925-

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American Farm School (Greece)

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