YMCA of the USA
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Waldo family papers and the Waldo Travel Agency records
Collection
Identifier: 00042
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal correspondence, notes, reports, and financial records. The majority of these relate to Mortimer Waldo's activities in Russia and Finland from 1916 to 1918.Letters to family and friends written from 1916 to 1917 describe life in Siberia and comment on the political situation in the United States and the entry of the U.S. into the First World War. Later letters (1918) concentrate on the Finnish Civil War. Those dating from after 1919 primarily...
Dates:
1904 - 1991
Young Men's Christian Association / Young Women's Christian Association collection
Collection
Identifier: UA-12.3.70
Scope and Contents
The collection contain materials including photographs, letterhead, an event flyer, and brochures of the Michigan State University chapters of YMCA/YWCA.The photographs show the YMCA house at Evergreen Street in East Lansing, a ceremony for women, members at a meeting or event at the YMCA house, and images from camp. There are also photos of male students going on a hunting trip. The images show them holding guns and one student possibly getting a ticket from the Michigan State...
Dates:
1953-1954, undated