Volunteers at the Harlem branch standing before a tote board listing progress toward the annual campaign goal. One of the men is a member of the Board of Managers, Judge Hubert T. Delany.
Creator:
Walter B. Baker
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Volunteers at the Harlem branch standing before a tote board listing progress toward the annual campaign goal. One of the men is a member of the Board of Managers, Judge Hubert T. Delany.
Creator:
Walter B. Baker
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Photo depicting the front and side facades of the Paseo Dept. African American YMCA building in Kansas City, Missouri, with a car parked in front. The building opened in 1915 and construction was funded in part by a gift from Julius Rosenwald.
Creator:
Votaw, L. D.
Created:
1915 - 1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art for Association Men magazine, depicting a bandaged soldier standing in front of a YMCA dugout, reading a letter. Over his shoulder is seen the ghostly form of a woman [his mother].
Creator:
Tyng
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art for Association Men magazine depicting a soldier with a rifle, standing in a trench. A YMCA worker stands behind him with his hands on his shoulders
Creator:
Tittle, Walter
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows two fencers in costume and masks standing before a referee at the McBurney branch of the YMCA of Greater New York. The photo shows the paneling on the wall of the room in which the photo was staged. One fencer is left-handed, the other right-handed.
Creator:
Statile, D. Richard (photographer)
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The photograph shows soldiers and sailors gathered around at table that holds large rolls of wrapping paper. The men are either holding gifts waiting to be wrapped, or gifts that have already been wrapped. Also in the image are three women who are doing the wrapping.
Creator:
Seidman Photo Service, One East 42nd St., New York
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The photograph shows soldiers and sailors gathered around at table that holds large rolls of wrapping paper. The men are either holding gifts waiting to be wrapped, or gifts that have already been wrapped. Also in the image are three women who are doing the wrapping.
Creator:
Seidman Photo Service, One East 42nd St., New York
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries boating at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries playing volleyball at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries strolling along a sidewalk at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Group of African American secretaries on the beach at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American secretaries seated in front of a building at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries in a rowboat and swimming at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries boating at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Group of African American secretaries seated in front of a building at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA walking in a line at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
African American YMCA secretaries boating at the YMCA Colored Work Department's Summer Secretarial Institute, later known as Chesapeake Summer School, near Arundel-on-the-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 1911
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1911
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Portrait of Carter G. Woodson, organizer of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (1915) and founder (in 1926) of Negro History Week, the forefunner of Black History Month.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1910 - 1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Large group of YMCA student leaders, displaying pennants from their colleges, at the Kings Mountain Student Conference in North Carolina, organized by the YMCA's Colored Work Department in 1913.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1913
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Six dignitaries at the conference celebrating fiftieth anniversary of the hiring of William Hunton as the first African American YMCA secretary. Channing Tobias at the far left.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Speakers and dignitaries at the conference celebrating the fiftieth anniversary (1938) of the hiring of William Hunton as the first African American YMCA secretary. A portrait of Hunton is displayed on the podium.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Unidentified dignitaries around a table presenting Channing Tobias with a leather attache case at the conference celebrating fiftieth anniversary of the hiring of William Hunton as the first African American YMCA secretary.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Unidentified man speaking at a podium at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the the hiring of William Hunton (whose portrait is on the podium) as the first African American YMCA secretary.
Creator:
Scurlock, Addison N.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Portrait of instructors at a YMCA conference in Gibbsland, Louisiana. Richard C. Morse, second from right in front row. Channing Tobias on the far right, front row.
Creator:
Scotts Studio (Shreveport, La.)
Created:
1921
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows six women in bloomers and t-shirts wearing sports shoes. At least one is wearing knee pads. The two in front are holding a basketball. The photo is labeled,"Bush Y Girls Basketball Team 2/29/24."
Creator:
Rutter, E.E., 8 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn
Created:
1924
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows six women in bloomers and t-shirts wearing sports shoes. At least one is wearing knee pads. The two in front are holding a basketball. The photo is labeled,"Bush Y Girls Basketball Team 2/29/24."
Creator:
Rutter, E.E., 8 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn
Created:
1924
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows about 50 boys aged from 8 to 15 seated on folding chairs in a room decorated for a party. The boys, most of whom are wearing knickers, are watching a male performer in a suit who appears to be a magician or storyteller.
Creator:
Rutter, Edward E.
Created:
1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows about 50 boys aged from 8 to 15 seated on folding chairs in a room decorated for a party. The boys, most of whom are wearing knickers, are watching a male performer in a suit who appears to be a magician or storyteller.
Creator:
Rutter, Edward E.
Created:
1925?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows the William Sloane House YMCA in New york City while under construction as viewed from 33rd Street. The building appears to be near completion, with scaffolding on the roof. The scene also shows the elevated, a taxi, and a billboard on the side of a nearby building advertising the Greenwich Savings Bank, where one could earn 4 1/...
Creator:
Rothschild, Albert Photographers
Created:
1929
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art for Association Men magazine depicting a man seated on a chair with a boxing glove on one hand and another glove at his feet. His son stands in front of him, also wearing boxing gloves.
Creator:
Ross, D. S.
Created:
1921
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella presenting an achievement award to Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe, while teammate Jackie Robinson presents an achievement award to Elston Howard of the New York Yankees at the Harlem YMCA's Century Club dinner.
Creator:
Paul Parker
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Harlem Branch YMCA Century Club dinner, 1955, with Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, Elston Howard, Jackie Robinson, and Raymond L. Dickinson, Executive Vice President of the Greater New York YMCA.
Creator:
Paul Parker
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella presenting an achievement award to Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe, while teammate Jackie Robinson presents an achievement award to Elston Howard of the New York Yankees at the Harlem YMCA's Century Club dinner.
Creator:
Paul Parker
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
A young man and a young woman, delegates to the model legislature organized by the YMCA's Youth and Government program. The young man crouches beside the desk of the young woman as they both examine a booklet
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Men and boys wearing Indian headbands and feathers sitting in a booth with a sign reading "Seeing Stars with the Pawnees." Behind them are diagrams of constellations.
Creator:
Nolte, A. J.
Created:
1930 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Facsimile copy of James Naismith's original typed rules for basketball from 1891, two pages, with a caption added by Naismith in 1931 at the bottom of the 2nd page.
Creator:
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Created:
1891
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The image shows Kenneth Washington and Alan Dingle of the Harlem branch of the YMCA of Greater New York presenting an award to signer Perry Como in 1956.
Creator:
Miles, Bertrand, 1928-2005.
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Seven African American YMCA workers seated at a wooden table auditing the membership enrollment at the Paseo African American Branch YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri
Creator:
Melton, Johnny
Created:
1940 - 1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art for Association Men magazine depicting a young man seated at his desk in a college dormitory room, reading a letter from his father. A school pennant and a hockey stick mounted on the wall are partially covered by a portrait (of his father?). He holds one hand up to stop two men who are in the doorway. An inset in the lower right corne...
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1917
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association Men magazine depicting two sailors on the deck of a ship. Two boats are rowing towards the shore, which there is a large YMCA building
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1917
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association men magazine depicting World War I soldiers gathered in a YMCA canteen, for "international night." The man in the center plays guitar and sings. In the background are three men wearing ethnic costumes.
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association Men magazine depicting a gray-haird man looking over the shoulder of a gray-haired woman as she reads a letter. In the foreground a soldier walks hunched over as if in the wind, with a rifle over his shoulder
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association Men magazine depicting soldiers and other men raising the American flag in front of a YMCA building. Smokestacks and other industrial structures are in the background.
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1917
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association Men magazine depicting a soldier with a rifle waving as if to invite the view in to the YMCA building behind him. The door to the building is open showing soldiers seated at tables writing.
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1917
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art from Association Men magazine depicting two soldiers outside a YMCA canteen, one gesturing the other to go inside. In the background a man is doing the high jump.
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cover art for Association Men magazine depicting an army and a navy soldier sitting on a ledge. Behind them is a banner which reads, "No sacrifices we can make are comparable to theirs -- Woodrow Wilson"
Creator:
Louderback, Walt
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
View from rear of gymnasium filled with delegates to the National Colored Work Conference, held in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1921. A large banner with statistics on Association work among colored men and boys hangs from the balcony.
Creator:
Longley, Charles H.
Created:
1921
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
