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A Guide to the Young Men's Christian Association Records

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Young Men's Christian Association (University of Florida)
Title: Young Men's Christian Association Records
Dates: 1922-1953
Abstract: Minutes, correspondence, and project files of the University of Florida YMCA.
Extent: 2.1 linear feet. (5 Boxes)
Identification: Manuscript Collection 58


Scope and Content

This collection contains the records of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Florida covering the years 1922 through 1953. Included are correspondence, minutes, fragmentary financial records, and files on special projects and activities. Of special interest are the records chronicling the effort to build a YMCA building, a project that ultimately became the Florida Union.

Also included in the collection are student handbooks, 1910-1918, published by the Y for freshmen orientation. The handbooks are a precursor to the F Book issued by student government in the 1920s.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Young Men's Christian Association Records, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Contents List

YMCA Records


Box 1

Alligator coverage. 1940-1941
Banquets. 1939-1943
Blue Ridge Summer Camps. 1939-1941
Board of Directors, Minutes. 1931-1943
Cabinet, Minutes. 1931-1932; 1938-1943
Camps, Freshmen. 1939-1940

Box 2

Camps, Freshmen. 1932-1939
Conferences. 1938-1943
Constitutions, Charters, By-Laws. 1929, n.d.
Correspondence. 1926-1941; 1937

Box 3

Correspondence. 1922-1926
Councellor System. 940
Deputation Work. 1929-1953
Elections. 1939-1942

Box 4

Finances. 1926-1943
Florida Union Building (YMCA Student Center Building Campaign). 1922-1923
Florida Y Reporter. 1939
Freshman Y Group. 1937-1941
Handbooks. 1910-1918
Hi-T work. 1932-1941
YM-YC Retreat. 1941
Judgments. 1937
Jr./Sr. Dutch Supper Groups. 1940-1941
Membership lists. 1938-1943
Organizational set up. 1940-1941
Programs. 1908-1940

Box 5

Report. 1933
Religion and Life Conference. 1939
Show Committee. 1939
Sophomore Dutch Supper. 1940-1941
Sophomore Y Groups. 1939-1942
Southeastern Field Council. 1939-1942
Students and their religious preferences. 1940-1942
University Christian Mission. 1939
University Religious Council. 1940
World Student Service Fund. 1946
Worship materials. 1942-1943
Y in Review Report. 1940-1941
Y Retreat. 1940-1941



Selected Subjects and Access Points

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Organizations:
University of Florida -- Freshmen.
Young Men's Christian associations -- Florida -- History.
Subject Terms:
Student unions -- Florida.


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