Documenting the 170-year history of the YMCA in the United States and beyond; located at the University of Minnesota Libraries
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15 Jan 2021
Check out today's Google Doodle celebrating the inventor of basketball!
#OTD in 1892, James Naismith's 13 rules of basketball were published which allowed basketball to quickly spread through the YMCA movement and beyond. #YMCAhistory
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21 Sep 2020
New guide alert! Along with @IHRCA_UMN & the Social Welfare History Archives here at @umnlib, we've helped create a guide that points to #pandemic and #epidemic related materials in our collections! A significant portion points to online material. libguides.umn.edu/ASCpandemi…
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24 Aug 2020
165 yrs ago today, the #YMCA concluded its 1st World Conference in Paris, France, attended by delegates from Ys from 9 countries. Today the Y is in 120 countries! In 1955, Harold W. McCoo led group singing at the 100th anniversary World Conference (photo: purl.umn.edu/77240)
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17 Jun 2020
YMCA staff, volunteers, retirees: We are seeking your personal stories about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected you, your Y, and your community. lib.umn.edu/ymca/covid19
#YCOVID19Stories
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22 Apr 2020
How are you celebrating #EarthDay50 ? This photo from about 100 yrs ago shows boys studying trees at a Y camp in the mountains of Nanjing, China (purl.umn.edu/97870)
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24 Feb 2020
Just one week now until the application deadline!
13 Feb 2020
Are you or do you know an #archives graduate student of color who could use $750 to help with educational costs? Applications now being accepted (due March 1) for the MAC Archie Motley Scholarship: midwestarchives.org/motley #BIPOC
13 Feb 2020
Are you or do you know an #archives graduate student of color who could use $750 to help with educational costs? Applications now being accepted (due March 1) for the MAC Archie Motley Scholarship: midwestarchives.org/motley #BIPOC
2 Oct 2019
It's #AskAnArchivist Day on Twitter, and we're here to answer your questions about archives in general or the YMCA Archives in particular. (Photo: purl.umn.edu/127479)
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8 Aug 2019
#InternationalCatsDay probably does not make you think of the #YMCA, but it turns out we do have at least one relevant item in our collection of photos of YMCA work in China. purl.umn.edu/242174
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7 Jun 2019
Did you learn to swim at the #YMCA? Hopefully you had more head clearance at your pool than these mid-20th century kids in Newark, NJ #ArchivesPoolParty (purl.umn.edu/77264)
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2 Apr 2019
Need funding to visit the #YMCA Archives? Two more weeks to get your applications in for the Clarke Chambers Travel Fellowship! lib.umn.edu/swha/clarke-cham…
YMCA Archives retweeted
18 Mar 2019
Online archival collections are available from #UMNLib to support social science research. For example, YMCA Archives records of international work in China are now available online. @YArchives #UMNSocialScience
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4 Mar 2019
Need $ to travel to the Archives for dissertation research? We are now accepting applications for the Clarke Chambers Fellowship. Get yours in by April 15. lib.umn.edu/swha/clarke-cham…
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19 Feb 2019
ATTN: Deadline is in just 10 days! Are you or do you know an #archives graduate student of color who could use $750 to help with educational costs? Applications now being accepted (due March 1) for the MAC Archie Motley Scholarship: midwestarchives.org/motley . #BIPOC
22 Jan 2019
Help us spread to the word to the next generation of archivists
22 Jan 2019
Are you or do you know an #archives graduate student of color who could use $750 to help with educational costs? Applications now being accepted (due March 1) for the MAC Archie Motley Scholarship: midwestarchives.org/motley . #BIPOC
7 Jan 2019
Help for the next generation of archivists!
7 Jan 2019
Student #archivists looking for financial assistance -- apply now for the @MidwestArchives Conference's Archie Motley Scholarship for Students of Color midwestarchives.org/motley #bipoc
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8 Nov 2018
We've displaying some #WW1 -related material today in recognition of #Armistice100. Come check it out in Elmer Andersen Library room 120. Interested @mndailynews ?
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8 Nov 2018
Material from several collections of @umnlib Archives and Special Collections is on view til 3pm