Association Hall was part of the first purpose-built YMCA. Located on Fourth Avenue at 23rd Street in New York City, Association Hall was the location of concerts, readings, religious services and lectures.
Created:
1860 - 1879
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Association Hall was part of the first purpose-built YMCA. Located on Fourth Avenue at 23rd Street in New York City, Association Hall was the location of concerts, readings, religious services and lectures.
Created:
1860 - 1879
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Soldiers and other men and women standing in front of a the supply base operated by the United States Christian Commission, an organization started by the YMCA. A crate labeled "U.S. Christian Commission" leans against a barrel. An amputee on crutches standing next to a young boy are in the center.
Created:
1861 - 1865
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Four men in front of a tent and a covered wagon. banner hanging from a canopy or camoflauge of tree boughs propped above the tent on poles reads "United States Christian Commission."
Created:
1864
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
David C. Bell, first president of the Minneapolis YMCA, circa 1866-1900. Bell was a Minneapolis businessman who became the first president of the Minneapolis YMCA in 1866 when he was 25 years old. Bell volunteered with the YMCA throughout his life and was the president of the Minneapolis YMCA five different times between 1866 and 1888.
Created:
1866 - 1900
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II, favorite grandson of his grandfather, "Commodore" Vanderbilt, provided funds to establish the first railroad YMCA in New York City. Built in Grand Central Depot, at the time the world's largest rail facility, the Railroad Branch occupied two rooms in the Depot that opened in 1875. Vanderbilt, a devout Episcopalian, perso...
Created:
1870
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains portraits from the Carlton Branch, a historically Black YMCA. The portraits include Carlton Branch portraits Edward J. Robeson, Edward T. Graham, and five unidentified individuals.
Creator:
YMCA of Greater New York
Created:
1870 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This folder contains portraits of Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, national civil rights leader and educational reformer, and Myrtle G. Whitmore New York City area public activist and administrator. Both Walker and Whitmore were involved with the YMCA.
Creator:
YMCA of Greater New York
Created:
1870 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Portrait of General George D. Johnston, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, b. 1832, travelling secretary for African American Association work in the South, 1877-1878.
Created:
1875 - 1880
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.