YMCA lantern slide collection, 1910s-1920s.

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YMCA lantern slide collection, 1910s-1920s.

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Lantern slides document YMCA international work, work with the armed services (during World War I, specifically), and other activities. The collection includes numerous sets compiled for lectures or scripted presentations that would have been used for educational or entertainment purposes. Of particular note are hand-painted slides made by German prisoners of war during World War I, sets used for public health campaigns in China (including a set used by YMCA secretary and medical missionary W.W. Peter to tell the story of "Brother Fat and Brother Lean"), an overview of YMCA history, and lectures on YMCA youth work in China, India, Latin America, and other parts of the world. Also notable are the many slides depicting World War I, including ruins; fortifications; YMCA canteens, dugouts, and huts; and YMCA activities that were part of the organization's war effort. The collection also includes eight lantern slide guides with scripts for the lectures that would have been given as the slides were shown.

1727 slides and 9 v. (31 boxes)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7914631

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Kautz Family YMCA Archives,

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Lantern slide technology was widely used by the YMCA and the various lecture departments of national and local YMCAs during the early decades of the 20th century. Using either gas or electric lamps, light was projected through a glass image and thrown on a wall or screen. These images allowed lectures to add illustrative and often dramatic images to their presentations. Many Americans working in foreign YMCAs used this technology to help bridge the language gap. This allowed the YMCA to bring it...

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