YMCA Archives

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 google.com/doodles/celebr…

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/ASCpandemics

See also ymca.int/paris-basis-16…

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)

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

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)

@IHRCA_UMN Sorry about the delayed response. Unfortunately, it appears we don't have the film (wish we did!), but we may have other helpful info on Americanization work. @straumanis please email us at ymcaarch@umn.edu

@stkatemlis Please Help us spread the word about this year's scholarship twitter.com/yarchives/stat…

Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) is soliciting applications for the 2019 Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Students of Color. Two $750 scholarships, accompanied by one-year memberships to MAC, will be awarded. Deadline is March 1, 2020. Details at: midwestarchives.org/motley

Just one week now until the application deadline!

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

@mnymcayig Glad you asked! We have some resources specifically to answer this question linked from our website (lib.umn.edu/ymca -- scroll down to "For YMCA Staff." Don't hesitate to contact us with specific Qs about material in your branch.

@yarchives How should YMCAs (branches and sites specifically) save their materials and know what's important?

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)

#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

We're really excited to see everyone at #GA2019! Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to say hello and get one of our nifty #yhistory buttons.

@umnpts is the Campus Connector on a different route today? Can't find any info on pts.umn.edu or your Twitter feed, but it seems that buses are on different route than usual in St. Paul...

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)

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-ch…

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 bit.ly/2FtoJ9P

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-ch…

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