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Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55455
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YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK VOCATIONAL
SERVICE CENTER:
An Inventory of Its Records
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Creator:
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YMCA of
Greater New York. Vocational Service Center. |
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Title:
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Vocational Service
Center records |
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Date:
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1938-1980 (bulk 1955-1970) |
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Collection Number:
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Y.GNY.33 |
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Abstract:
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Contains collected minutes, reports,
correspondence, program information, statistics and fundraising campaign
materials from the Vocational Service Center operated by the YMCA. |
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Quantity:
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10 cubic feet
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Location:
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See Detailed Description section for box
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The Vocational Service Center, or VSC, represented a continuation of
the work of the Bowery Branch of the YMCA of the City of New York. Established
in 1944, in part to address the needs of veterans returning home from WWII, the
VSC emphasized educational counseling and vocational guidance as well as actual
job placement. In 1946, the VSC moved uptown from its Bowery location to Park
Avenue near Grand Central Station. It incorporated and centralized the job
counseling services that were taking place in other branches besides the Bowery
-- West Side, McBurney, Harlem and Sloane House branches all offered vocational
and job placement services. Unlike other branches, the VSC focused exclusively
on vocational, educational, and personal counseling and placement. Again,
unlike other branches, the VSC had no income-producing activities such as
fitness center memberships, dormitory rooms and cafeterias. The programs
required significant fund-raising to stay afloat and the VSC received funding
from other branches.
The VSC developed numerous cooperative programs with other agencies,
such as the Veterans Administration, churches, hospitals and businesses for
whom the VSC performed testing and other employment services. In the 1950s, the
branch developed outreach programs for war refugees and displaced persons. It
continued the Bowery Branch's practice of offering credit aid to those who
could not pay. The staff collectively spoke more than 10 languages, making a
visit to the VSC an important stop for new immigrants.
The name of the VSC changed to Counseling and Testing Service in 1967.
It continued operations until 1985.
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The collection includes materials relative to the history of the
Vocational Services Center (VSC), publications and newsletters, reports on
topics ranging from homosexuality to the employment of displaced persons,
materials related to the funding and day-to-day operations of the VSC, testing
results, correspondence with individual members of the Board of Managers,
materials related to Antioch College co-op program students who interned at the
VSC, and statistical reports about the recipients of the vocational counseling
services provided by the Center. Major correspondents include Paul H. Sharar,
Lawrence Broderick and Lemuel G. Tucker.
(Information taken from The YMCA at 150: A
History of the YMCA of Greater New York, 1852-2002 by Pamela Bayless,
and from the Vocational Service Center records)
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Use of Materials:
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This collection is protected by the Copyright Law of the United States
(Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright,
ownership, and to obtain all the necessary permissions prior to the
reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. |
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Preferred Citation:
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[Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Vocational Service Center Records. YMCA of Greater New York.
Kautz Family YMCA Archives. University of Minnesota. |
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See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
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Processing Information:
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Processed by: Louise Merriam, April 2012. |
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Catalog Record ID number: 6355597 |
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The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection. To request materials, please note the corresponding box number.
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| Box 268 |
Board of Managers minutes, 1938-1954. 5 folders, 1 volume. |
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Also includes bound volume of Bowery Branch Board of Managers
meeting minutes for 1931-1933. Vocational Service Center files include
Executive Committee minutes. |
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| Box 269 |
History of Vocational Service Center, 1929-1967. 14 folders. |
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Also includes governing documents, brochures and other printed
material, reports, clippings, issues of the Counseling newsletter, and speeches
and articles by Lawrence Broderick, Executive Director. |
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| Box 270 |
Counseling, 1943-1966. 14 folders. |
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The Counseling newsletter was issued by The Committee on Placement
and Guidance. Also includes issues of YMCA Counsel
Lore (1946-1947), Library News (1948-1949),
and VSC News and Views (1949-1951). |
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| Box 271 |
Special populations, 1950s-1960s. |
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Includes reports on displaced persons served at the Vocational
Service Center, and material on the Vocational Service Center's efforts to
understand and deal with homosexuality among the individuals served by the
branch and the YMCA generally. |
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| Box 272 |
Financial campaigns, 1954-1962. 7 folders. |
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| Box 273 |
Reports, 1946-1955. 19 folders. |
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Includes statistical reports, research and study results and test
results. |
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| Box 274 |
Interns, 1950s-1960s. 3 folders. |
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Material on the Antioch College co-op program and the students who
interned at the Vocational Service Center. |
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| Box 275 |
Correspondence, 1949-1969. 10 folders. |
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Correspondence files of Paul H. Sharar and Lemuel G. Tucker,
budgets and contracts with the Veterans Administration. |
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| Box 276 |
Board of Managers minutes, 1944-1964. 12 folders. [Box ] |
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| Box 277 |
Financial campaigns, 1962-1969. 8 folders. |
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Also includes annual report of the Youth and Work project at the
Bedford YMCA. |
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| Box 278 |
Correspondence, 1946-1970. 16 folders. |
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Includes materials, including letters and testing results of
Joseph Adamsen, David G. Baird, George C, Barclay, William M. Batten, Marvin
Bower, Donald S. Bridgeman, S. Winston Childs, Layland M. Cobb, Frank H.
Connor, Robewrt S. Curtis, Cleveland H. Dodge, Clarence A. Earl, Robert Faig
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| Box 279 |
Correspondence, 1944-1967. 9 folders. |
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Includes letters and vocational testing results. Correspondents
include William H. Gambrell, Joseph V. Hanna, Cornelius D. Howland, Sinclair
Hatch, Philip D. Holden, Hardy Jones, Charles Kim and Darwin P. Kingsley. |
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| Box 280 |
Correspondence, 1947-1975. 12 folders. |
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Materials and correspondence related to Carlyle E. Maw, Jr., Roy
E. Larsen, George Limpede, Dennis A. Little, Herbert Lloyd, Worthington S.
Meyer, Albert F. Moncure, Maurice T. Moore, Cecil North and Carl W. Painter.
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| Box 281 |
Correspondence, 1943-1973. 14 folders. |
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Correspondents include Winston Paul, Alexander B. Platt, J. Lenox
Porter, Hoch Reid, John W. Ristori, E. McCall Rotan, J. McLain Stewart, Joseph
S. Stout, Robert M. Tottem, George C. Watt, Bertram F, Willcox and William A.
Young III. |
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| Box 282 |
Statistics, 1948-1967. 5 folders. |
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Monthly counseling statistics. Also includes miscellaneous
materials on relationships with other branches and general public relations
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| Box 283 |
Administrative records, `1946-1970. 11 folders. |
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Includes general correspondence related to the Board of Managers,
financial campaign information, and Planning Committee reports and minutes.
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| Box 284 |
Administrative records, 1934-1967. 22 folders. |
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Includes lists of prospective board members, draft of an
operational handbook for the Vocational Counseling Service, Planning Committee
Reports, a memo regarding the McKinsey Company study of the branch's mission
and role, conference papers and programs, minutes of meetings (National
Counseling Committee, Counseling Cabinet, Executive Cabinet, annual reports
(including a report on Personal Counseling from the predecessor Bowery Branch
for 1934). |
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| Box 285 |
Board of Managers minutes, 1965-1969. 5 folders. |
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| Box 286 |
Board of Managers minutes, 1970-1973. 5 folders. |
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| Box 287 |
Board of Managers minutes, 1974-1980. 5 folders. |
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| Box 288 |
Personnel records, 1940-1969. 5 folders. |
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| Box 289 |
Minutes, 1949, 1965-1969. 3 folders. |
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Includes minutes of meetings of the Public Relations Cabinet and
the Executive Cabinet. |
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| Box 290 |
Reports, 1940 1972. 7 folders. |
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Includes Report and Recommendations of the Foreign Student Unit
(1963), Portfolio on Employment & Counselling Services (1940), Annual
Report (1945-1946), Membership Reports (1956-1957), Fund Report (1972), Career
Development Inventory (1972), and Tests and Norms (1966). |
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings. |
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Topics:
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Young Men's
Christian associations -- Administration. |
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Young Men's
Christian associations -- New York (State) -- New York. |
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Young men -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Vocational guidance - New York (State) -- New York. |
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Places:
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). |
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Persons:
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Broderick, Lawrence. |
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Sharar, Paul H. |
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Tucker, Lemuel G. |
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Organizations:
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Antioch College. |
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YMCA of Greater New York. Vocational Service Center. |
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Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York.
Vocational Service Center. |
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Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York.
Bowery Branch. |
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