William Sloane House YMCA records, 1930-1988.

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William Sloane House YMCA records, 1930-1988.

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The William Sloane House YMCA records consist of branch House Committee minutes (1949-1965), Board of Managers minutes (1962-1981), descriptive and promotional material on programs and events (1930-1988), reports, surveys, and planning documents (1929-1985), publications and brochures (1930-1980s), operations and personnel (1955-1970), and clippings, correspondence, insurance claims related to the 1972 William Sloane House fire.

4 cubic feet (9 boxes).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325913

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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YMCA of Greater New York. William Sloane House.

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Named after the chair of the Army and Navy International Committee throughout WWI and of the National War Work Council of the YMCA, the William Sloane House YMCA was founded in 1930 to provide inexpensive lodging and hospitality to members of the armed services. The branch on West 34th Street operated the largest YMCA residential program in the city of New York. Designed by New York architects Cross and Cross, the William Sloane House opened under the direction of long-time executive Arthur E. H...

Cross & Cross.

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Hoffmire, Arthur E., 1884-1943.

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Sloane, William S., 1873-1922.

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National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States

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Trench and Camp newspaper was published by the National War Work Council of the YMCA, in partnership with various city newspapers, for soldiers during World War I. The weekly paper was printed in different editions for each of the thirty-two cantonments, with about half the material supplied weekly from a central editorial office in New York, and half by local reporters. Its purpose was “to print the news, to inform, to stimulate, and to help relieve the tedium and monotony of camp ...