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Documenting the 170-year history of the YMCA in the United States and beyond; located at the University of Minnesota Libraries
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Joined May 2009
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
https://t.co/IiCCPy5Y8F
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Learn more about the creation of Celebrating Dr. James Naismith Doodle and discover the story behind the unique artwork.
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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
Research Guides: Pandemics and Epidemics (Archives and Special Collections): Home
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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: https://t.co/evIRWYTli1)
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YMCA staff, volunteers, retirees: We are seeking your personal stories about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected you, your Y, and your community. https://t.co/J5u0KeqUeD
#YCOVID19Stories
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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 ( https://t.co/Ef97JQezqH)
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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: https://t.co/19xnHv2d3j
#BIPOC
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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: https://t.co/19xnHv2d3j
#BIPOC
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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: https://t.co/oDNvVUdBIQ)
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#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. https://t.co/CbLfkqP1Qw
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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 ( https://t.co/ybzp9oxjn2)
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Need funding to visit the #YMCA Archives? Two more weeks to get your applications in for the Clarke Chambers Travel Fellowship!
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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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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.
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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: https://t.co/P7PyJZtZF1 . #BIPOC
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Help us spread to the word to the next generation of archivists
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: https://t.co/Ha1qkaWUZG . #BIPOC
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Help for the next generation of archivists!
Student #archivists looking for financial assistance -- apply now for the @MidwestArchives Conference's Archie Motley Scholarship for Students of Color https://t.co/Ha1qkaWUZG
#bipoc
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Material from several collections of @umnlib Archives and Special Collections is on view til 3pm
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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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