Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Memorabilia serves as an important source for studying the early history and programs of the Minneapolis YWCA. The scrapbooks are extensive compilations of items documenting YWCA activities. Typically, the scrapbooks contain announcements, tickets, printed programs, and extensive newspaper clippings that report on ac...
Creator:
Minneapolis YWCA
Created:
1898-10 - 1903-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Social Welfare History Archives.
Standard atlas of Wabasha County, Minnesota, including a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county, also includes directory of residents.
Creator:
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Created:
1896
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
YMCA work with and by blacks began in 1853 when Anthony Bowen established the first ""colored"" association in Washington D.C. As Anthony Bowen's work in the 1850s indicates, African Americans embraced the YMCA early on. By the late 1860s, the YMCA found a firm foothold in the community with associations established in New York City, Philadelphi...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1891 - 1892
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
