YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago collection of visual materials

Descriptive Summary

Title: YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago collection of visual materials
Identifier: BMRC.CHM.YMCA_VISUAL
Repository: Chicago History Museum
Language: English
Size: 24.0 Linear feet
Predominant Dates: Bulk, 1890-1959
Dates: 1860-1962
Creator: YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

Scope and Contents note

Visual materials that chronicle the initial years and subsequent growth of the YMCA, a social service organization in the Chicago metropolitan area. Subjects include staff members (individual and groups); annual meetings; program activities for adults, teens and children; camps in service including war work with the armed forces (both World Wars), and YMCA facilities. Most items are identified.

Related Archival Materials note

Young Men's Christian Association - Duncan Maxwell Records - University of Illinois at Chicago - Special Collections and University Archives Young Men's Christian Association - Wabash Avenue Records - University of Illinois at Chicago - Special Collections and University Archives YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Records - Chicago History Museum

Custodial History note

Gift of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, 1981 (1986.0359).

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 15 by Andrew Steadham.

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