Records of YMCA international work in Chile, 1913-2001.

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Records of YMCA international work in Chile, 1913-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775068945

1.2 cubic feet (2 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 8197140

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Federación Chilena de Asociaciones Cristianas de Jóvenes.

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

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YMCA of the USA. International Division.

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In 1910 while visiting Valparaiso, Chile, Charles D. Hurrey met with a group who were interested in forming a YMCA. Through them a provisional committee was formed. In 1912 the International Committee sent Frederic Christian Wurtz as secretary and in September of that year the Association was launched. By the middle of the twentieth century Chile had three YMCAs: the first one in Valparaiso; one in Santiago, organized in 1918 by Ralph C. Scott; and one in Concepcion, begun in 1927. The YMCA in A...