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:
1919 - 1928
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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:
1923 - 1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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:
1927 - 1943
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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:
1927 - 1943
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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:
1927 - 1943
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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:
1919 - 1927
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1933 - 1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1924 - 1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1924 - 1925
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1937 - 1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1937 - 1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1937 - 1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1937 - 1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1927 - 1932
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1927 - 1932
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1941 - 1942
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1941 - 1942
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
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, Philadelphia,...
Creator:
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department.
Created:
1942 - 1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Sheet music with lyrics (front to back) for "In Aeroplano" (versi di M. Albin, musica di C. Granazio) includes an image of artist Teresa de Matienzo, published by Societa Libraria Italiana, New York.
Creator:
Granazio, C.
Contributor:
Albin, M.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Sheet music with lyrics (front to back) for "Inno dei fascisti (Giovinezza Giovinezza)" (versi di M. Manni, musica di G. Blanc, Edizione Cardilli No. 359, by Casa Editrice Musicale Mauro V. Cardilli, New York, New York.
Creator:
Blanc, G.
Contributor:
Manni, M.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
New York, New York, Communist Party parade and demonstrations "Defend Ethiopia," 1938. The protest is against the Italian government's presence in Ethiopia.
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Sheet 1. S. city limits to E. 43rd St. -- Sheet 2. E. 43rd St. to E. 31st St. -- Sheet 3. E. 31st St. to E. 24th St. -- Sheet 4. [E. 24th St. to Washington Av. Bridge] -- Sheet 5. Washington Av. Bridge to Hennepin Av. -- Sheet 6. Hennepin Av. to 24th Av. N. & 16th Av. N.E. -- Sheet 7. 24th Av. N. & 16th Av. N.E. to 38th Av. N. -- Sheet 8. 38th A...
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District
Contributor:
Meyer, Adolph F. (Adolph Frederick), 1880-; Shunk, Francis R. (Francis Rawn), 1862-1925; Potter, Chas. L. (Charles Lewis), 1864-1928; Freeman, Geo. W
Created:
1913
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
The collection consists of personal and professional papers of Donald Buermann Lawrence, a Professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota. It contains material largely related to glaciological expeditions to South America, New Zealand, Glacier Bay Alaska and the Juneau Ice Fields. Included are reports of his research, field notes, diaries, p...
Created:
1916; 1921; 1929; 1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Students seated at desks in a classroom. Note with the photograph reads: ""Dad, 5th grade, 1st row left, 3rd."" A number of names and guesses at names are listed on the back of the photograph, including: ""Abe; Robert Karon; Edith Nelson; Chester Burke; Genevive?; Maxine Scott; Sam Litman (?); Leah?; Helen Rehfel (Martini); Emma Doherty (dead) A...
Created:
1913?
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the first of seven albums compiled by Janet Karon in the winter of 2000. It contains family photographs, correspondence, and other documents related to the Robert Joseph and Ruth Helen Edelstein Karon family. This album dates from 1890 to 1931, and is the earliest album in the series. Robert Joseph Karon was born in 1905 to Samuel and Sa...
Contributor:
Karon, Janet
Created:
1890-1931; 2000
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the second of seven albums compiled by Janet Karon in the winter of 2000. It contains family photographs, correspondence, and other documents related to the Robert Joseph and Ruth Helen Edelstein Karon family. This album dates from 1931 to 1939. Robert Joseph Karon was born in 1905 to Samuel and Sarah Karon. Samuel Karon immigrated from ...
Contributor:
Karon, Janet
Created:
1931-1939; 2000
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the third of seven albums compiled by Janet Karon in the winter of 2000. It contains family photographs, correspondence, and other documents related to the Robert Joseph and Ruth Helen Edelstein Karon family. This album dates from 1940 to 1946. Robert Joseph Karon was born in 1905 to Samuel and Sarah Karon. Samuel Karon immigrated from L...
Creator:
Karon, Janet
Created:
1940-1946; 2000
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the fourth of seven albums compiled by Janet Karon in the winter of 2000. It contains family photographs, correspondence, and other documents related to the Robert Joseph and Ruth Helen Edelstein Karon family. This album dates from 1946 to 1963. Robert Joseph Karon was born in 1905 to Samuel and Sarah Karon. Samuel Karon immigrated from ...
Creator:
Karon, Janet
Created:
1946-1963; 2000
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this letter Samuel tells the story of his life, from the vantage point of being ""closer to 100 than to 90."" Included are details of his childhood, how he escaped military service in Lithuania, how he met his wife, and how he built a life in the United States.
Created:
1962-01-29
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Luggage tag from the S.S. Leviathan, the ship upon which Ruth and Bertha Edelstein traveled to Europe in 1931. The port of departure is New York, NY, Pier #86 North River West 46 Street, and the departure date is July 4th.
Creator:
United States Lines
Created:
1931-07-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Names are written on the back of the photograph. Robert Joseph Karon is standing in the middle back. He was a leader in the the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA), a high school fraternity for Jewish teenagers.
Created:
1934
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Relief shown pictorially.; [Prime meridian: Tenerife.]; ""Cum privilegio ad decennium.""; Decorated with images of galleons, sea monsters, and various animals including crocodiles, elephants, lions and lionesses, monkeys, and ostriches.; Title appears in decorative cartouche.; Nine city views within decorative border at top: Tanger [Tangiers] --...
Creator:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Created:
1630?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Cartographic Details: Scale [1:530,000] All maps are double except number 4, 13, and 16. Unnumbered frontispiece is an index map which is duplicated in number 13 and 16. Number 23 is an engraved title page. Index map signed: S.J. Neele, sculpt.
Creator:
Chauchard, Captain; Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824; John Stockdale (Firm),
Contributor:
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, (illustrator); John Stockdale (Firm), (publisher)
Created:
1800
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 5°--E 2°N 56°--N 50°). Relief shown by hachures. Projected from the triangulation for the survey made under the direction of the honorable the Board of Ordnance, on a scale of five miles to an inch, and corrected to the present time. Illustration: View of the general post office London / ...
Creator:
Creighton, R; Dower, John, active 1838-1846?; S. Lewis and Co. (London, England)
Created:
1841
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Cartographic Details: Scale [1:316,800]. 1 in. = 5 mi. (W 8°--W 2°N 60°--N 54°).Relief shown by hachures. Illustration: View of Melrose Abbey / drawn by T. Allom, engraved by H. Griffiths.Originally published in 1 sheet (?).
Creator:
Carrington, E. A.; Carrington, G. W.; Dower, John, active 1838-1846?; Harwood, T.; S. Lewis and Co. (London, England)
Created:
1841
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridians: Philadelphia, London and Curratuck Inlet.; ""Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No.53 in Fleet Street, Lomdon.""; Described in: Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland ; facsimiles of the 1754 and 1794 printings. 1966. page [21].; Includes dedication by Thos. Jefferys and distance chart.
Creator:
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754
Created:
1794-05-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Relief shown pictorically.; Prime meridian: Azores.; ""Cum Privilegio decennali Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587.""; Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. English ed.; Text on verso: The New World, commonly called America.; Includes illustrations, decorative cartouche and borders.
Creator:
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Contributor:
Norton, John, -1612
Created:
1606?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Relief shown pictorially.; Bar scales given in ""leucae Hispanicae"" and ""milliaria German.""; Appears in the author's Atlas ou Representation du monde Universel et des Parties. Henrici Hondij, 1633. (p. 705-780, 8Q.); Publication information from host item.; Two pages with vertical join in center.; Title, inset, and scale bars in decorative ca...
Creator:
Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650
Contributor:
Mercator, Gerard, approximately 1565-1656
Created:
1633
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
""Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street, and by Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard (London)""; Hand colored.; Relief shown pictorially.; Includes latitude and longitude.; Illustrated with sea monsters and ships.; [Prime meridian: Azores.]; Shows California as an island and depicts the east coast fairly accurately, particularly b...
Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Contributor:
Goos, Abraham; Bassett, Thomas (Bookseller); Chiswell, Richard; Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Created:
1676
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
""Printed for Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller (London);"" Hand colored.; Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: London and Ferro.; Includes historical notes, text, and insets ""A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay"" and ""The passage by land to California, discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit; between the years 1...
Creator:
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Created:
1786
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Shows the Western Hemisphere with some political borders, tabular information indicates national possessions; cities and rivers. Title from ornamental cartouche. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 12th May 1794." Inset: The supplement to North America con...
Creator:
Bourguignon d' Anville, Jean Baptiste, 1697-1782
Contributor:
Pownall, Thomas 1722-1805; Laurie & Whittle.
Created:
1794
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
![A new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th of Jan. 1783. wherein are particularly distinguished the thirteen provinces wich [sic] compose the United States of North America](https://dkp5i0hinw9br.cloudfront.net/a43f6b7f708c7241da8686a1521b76bd5be506a7.png "A new and correct map of North America with the West India Islands : divided according to the last Treaty of Peace, concluded at Paris the 20th of Jan. 1783. wherein are particularly distinguished the thirteen provinces wich [sic] compose the United States of North America")
