YMCA and YWCA records, 1925 -- 1949

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Series 1: YMCA 19th World Conference, 1925 -- 1926

This series is open for research.

5 folders

This series contains pamphlets, reports, and correspondence regarding the YMCA 19th World Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki is referred to in the YMCA records as Helsingfors. Much of the correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically, regards preparations being made for the conference. The series also includes a report summarizing discussions and questionnaires at Robert College in Constantinople, Turkey, as well as an itinerary of unknown authorship indicating schedule and driving routes of the Helsinki Conference.

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.



Box 1 Folder 1 Pamphlets, 1926


Box 1 Folder 2-3 Correspondence, 1925 -- 1926


Box 1 Folder 4 Reports, 1925 -- 1926


Box 1 Folder 5 Itinerary, 1926

Series 2: YMCA Constantinople Branch, 1926 -- 1928

This series is open for research.

5 folders

This series contains records such as pamphlets, correspondences, minutes, and questionnaires related to the YMCA Constantinople Branch in Turkey between 1926-1928. Much of the correspondence is either addressed to Dr. Edgar J. Fisher or noted on the letter as for his reference. Correspondence is ordered alphabetically and chronologically. Also included in the series is a program schedule for the All-Day Conference Board of Managers Meeting for the Constantinople YMCA that took place on February 19, 1926. The reports included in the collection regard developments in the Constantinople branch as well as how reforms and policies taking place in Turkey affected the YMCA.

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.


Box 1 Folder 6 Pamphlets, 1926 -- 1927


Box 1 Folder 7 Correspondence, 1928


Box 1 Folder 8 Survey and Questionnaire, 1927


Box 1 Folder 9 All-Day Board of Managers Conference Program Schedule, 1927


Box 1 Folder 10 Minutes and Reports, 1926 -- 1928

Series 3: YMCA and YWCA Reports, 1930

This series is open for research.

7 boxes

This series contains reports regarding the history and progress of the YMCA and YWCA in different countries.

This series is arranged alphabetically by country name.



Box 2 Folder 1-2 Argentina Survey of the YMCA, 1930


Box 2 Folder 3 Brazil: Survey of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930


Box 2 Folder 4-5 Bulgaria: Survey of the YMCA, 1930


Box 2 Folder 6 Chile: Report of the International Survey of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930


Box 2 Folder 7-8 China: Study of the YWCA 1890-1930, 1930


Box 2 Folder 9-11 Czechoslovakia: Survey of the YMCA, 1930



Box 3 Folder 1-4 Egypt: Survey of the YMCA, 1930


Box 3 Folder 5-6 Esthonia: Report of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930


Box 3 Folder 7-8 Greece: Report on the Survey of the Work of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930



Box 4 Folder 1 India: Report on the Work of the Rural Department India National Council YMCA, 1930


Box 4 Folder 2-6 A Study of the YMCA in India, Burma, and Ceylon, 1930


Box 4 Folder 7 Italy: Report of the YMCA in Italy, 1930



Box 5 Folder 1-4 Japan: Survey Report, 1930


Box 5 Folder 5-6 Korea: Comments on the Report and Survey of YMCA/YWCA, 1930


Box 5 Folder 7-9 Latin America: Area Report, 1930



Box 6 Folder 1 Latvia: Survey of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930


Box 6 Folder 2 Mexico: Survey of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930


Box 6 Folder 3 Palestine: Report of the Survey, 1930


Box 6 Folder 4-5 Philippines: Report of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930



Box 7 Folder 1-4 Poland: Report of the Polish Survey Commission on the YMCA in Poland, 1930


Box 7 Folder 5 Portugal: Survey Report of the YMCA, 1930


Box 7 Folder 6-8 Survey of North American YMCA Service to Russians in Europe, 1930


Box 7 Folder 9-10 South Africa: Report of the YMCA, 1930



Box 8 Folder 1-4 Turkey: Report of the Service Centers Istanbul, Turkey, 1930


Box 8 Folder 5 Uruguay: Survey of the YMCA and YWCA, 1930

Series 4: YMCA General, circa 1920 -- 1949

This series is open for research.

11 folders

This series contains pamphlets, questionnaires, records, and history of the YMCA in different parts of the world including Japan, Czechoslovakia, Poland, China and Belgium. Copies of questionnaires in German, French and English, Histories of the Foreign Program of the YMCA and the YMCA in Belgium, and "Japan Mail," a series of excerpts from cables and correspondences as well as short reports regarding the Japan YMCA are included in this series.

This series is unarranged.



Box 9 Folder 1 Pamphlets, circa 1920 -- 1929


Box 9 Folder 2 Japan mail, 1937 -- 1938


Box 9 Folder 3 History, circa 1920 -- 1940


Box 9 Folder 4 Record, 1940


Box 9 Folder 5 Questionnaire, circa 1920 -- 1929


Box 9 Folder 6 International Survey, 1928 -- 1930


Box 9 Folder 7 Post War Study, 1943


Box 9 Folder 8 Speakers Kit, Overseas Relief, circa 1940 -- 1949


Box 9 Folder 9 China Bulletins, 1937 -- 1938


Box 9 Folder 10 George Edmund Haynes Records, circa 1920 -- 1949


Box 9 Folder 11 Women's Work in China, 1937