Francis S. Harmon papers, 1929-1968.

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Francis S. Harmon papers, 1929-1968.

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The largest segment of the collection is comprised of correspondence. Harmon's travels through 61 countries during the 1960s are described through a series of letters sent to friends and relatives, exhibiting what Harmon calls "my lifelong interest in the World Service program of the YMCA, race relations, and the great humanitarian work of the United Nations." Other correspondence in the collection relates to Harmon's time as general secretary of the International Committee, as well as his continued professional connections with the YMCA after his departure. News clippings document Harmon's travels around the United States speaking on the work of the YMCA and observations of his travels abroad.

0.6 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Harmon, Francis Stuart, 1895-

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Francis Harmon was born in Paulding, Mississippi in 1895. He served in France in World War I and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1922. He then returned to Mississippi and became editor of a newspaper in Hattiesburg. Harmon served as chairman of the Mississippi State YMCA Committee for five years in the mid-1920s. In 1924 he became a member of the National Council and in 1929 he was elected its president. In 1932 he succeeded John Mott as general secretary for the International Committee. Af...

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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...