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YMCA BIOGRAPHICAL FILES:
An Inventory


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Biography | Contents Summary/Organization | Administrative/Access Info | Contents Details | Related Materials | Indexed Terms/Access Points


OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Kautz Family YMCA Archives, compiler.
Title: YMCA biographical files.
Date: 1853-2004.
Collection Number: Y.USA.12
Abstract: Biographical material as well as small collections of personal papers of prominent YMCA of the USA leaders.
Quantity: Approx. 90 cu. ft. (239 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description section for box listing.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Brief biographical sketches are included in the Detailed Description section of the finding aid for selected individuals (primarily those for whom the biographical files contain a substantial collection of personal papers). For additional biographical information, see the actual file for the individual in question.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The biographical files contain information on over 5,000 prominent YMCA of the USA leaders over a wide spectrum, from lay to professional, at the local, regional and national levels, working abroad as well as in the United States. Also represented in the files are a number of non-YMCA people who were prominent in world affairs, such as Woodrow Wilson and Martin Luther King, Jr. The amount and type of material for each individual varies greatly. For some individuals, the files contain only a few basic biographical facts. Others are represented by substantial collections of personal papers or organizational records, including diaries, manuscripts, scrapbooks, office correspondence, press releases, reports, and other material. Most files contain ready reference-type material such as resumes and vitae, obituaries, news clippings, and biographical sketches. The files were originally compiled by the YMCA Historical Library as part of a biographical history project and have been augmented over the years by archives staff.

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ORGANIZATION/ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS

The files are arranged alphabetically by the individual's last name.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Use of Materials:
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.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Biographical Files. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. University of Minnesota.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Processing Information:
Catalog Record ID number: 4439189
The collection was originally divided into three separate series: "Bio-A" consisted of individuals for whom the collection included more than one folder of materials, providing significant documentation of their career. "Bio-B" comprised the individuals with a single folder of material, and "Bio-C" was a separate group consisting of individuals who had been involved in foreign work. These series were later combined into one, large group arranged alphabetically. Several extensive collections of personal papers formerly included in the biographical files have been removed and separately cataloged. See the related materials list for a list of individuals represented in these biographical files for whom the Archives has separate collections of personal papers.
4,957 entries (some for more than one individual) as of June 2009

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection. To request materials, please note the corresponding box number. The notation [i] after a person's name indicates that he or she was involved in international work.

Box 1 Aaron, Appadurai [i].
Aaron, Dolores T.
Abbott, Fred C.
Abbott, George A.
Abbott, Lyman.
Abbott, Richard L.
Abernathy, Milton Aubrey.
Abernathy, Ralph David.
Abernathy, Robert William.
Abernathy, Roy.
Abernethy, Bradford Shermon.
Abrams, Frank W.
Abrecht, Rudy.
Acheson, Barclay.
Ackley, Samuel Anson.
Adair, Waid W.
Adam, Robert.
Adams, Chauncey Allen [i].
Adams, Dolie McWhinney.
Adams, Henry P.
Adams, Sherman.
Adams, Theodore F.
Adams, Wilman E.
Adamson, Arthur Quentin [i].
Addams, Jane [i].
Addison, John Armstrong.
Adger, John Bailey.
Adrain, Henry A.
Affleck, George B.
Aguirre, Enrique Carlos [i].
Ahrnes, Virginia [i].
Ainey, W. D. B.
Ainsworth, Charles H.
Akagi, Roy Hidemichi [i].
Akinaka, Asa M.
Akyea, Ofori E.
Alcorn, Hugh Meade Jr.
Alcraz, Jose R. [i]
Aldrich, Guy Von.
Alexander, A. J. A. (Dr.).
Alexander, Archibald S.
Alexander, Chester Stephen [i].
Alexander, Claude L.
Alexander, Henry C.
Alexander, Jesse N. Jr.
Alexander, John L.
Alexander, Paul William (Judge).
Alexander, Ronni [i].
Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell.
Alexander, Ted M.
Alexander, Will Winton.
Ali, Muhammad.
Alivisatos, Hamilcar S.
Allen, Arthur Jones [i].
Allen, George Edward.
Allen, Glenn.
Allen, Howard Cameron.
Allen, James Egert (Dr.).
Allen, Joseph M.
Allen, Percy MacGregor.
Box 2 Allenby, Edmond Lord [i].
Alling, Joseph T.
Allyn, Stanley C.
Alton, Carol W.
Altschul, Craig.
Altschul, Frank.
Alvarez, Walter L. [i].
Ambler, E. V.
Ambrosio, D. B. [i].
Ames, C. B. (Judge).
Ames, John Quincy.
Ammerman, Helen Louise [i].
Ammon, William B. (Admiral).
Amoss, Ulius Louis [i].
Amsden, Lynford Clarence [i].
Amundson, Albert Oswald.
Anantharez, P. John [i].
Andersen, Hans Peter.
Anderson, A. E.
Anderson, A. Sherwood (Pete).
Anderson, Mrs. Arthur Forrest.
Anderson, B. Frank.
Anderson, C. O. ("Andy").
Anderson, Charles B. [i].
Anderson, Charles W.
Anderson, H. O.
Anderson, Harry Dewey [i].
Anderson, Harvey Winfred [i].
Anderson, Helen Bagley.
Anderson, Howard ("Andy").
Anderson, Howard Elmer [i].
Anderson, James.
Box 3 Anderson, Karl Brooke.
Biographical Note: Anderson (1892-1975) began his professional YMCA work in 1917 at the Army YMCA in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. In 1918 he went overseas for the USA Ambulance Service for the French Army. In 1919 he entered work for the British YMCA, serving in the Middle East in prisoner-of-war camps and at the Jerusalem YMCA. He left the Middle East and YMCA work in 1921 for health reasons.
After receiving a B. D. from Yale Divinity School, in 1924 he became executive secretary of the University of Virginia association. In 1928 he became the executive secretary of the Brown University Christian Association and remained in that position until 1957.
Anderson returned to the Middle East twice, in 1949 and 1957. In 1949 he became a refugee worker for the American Friends Service Committee in the Gaza Strip. In 1957 he returned to the Gaza Strip to work with the Near East Christian Council for Refugee Work.
Box 2 Anderson, L. L.
Anderson, Leila Warren.
Anderson, Luther A. ("Luke").
Anderson, Paul B. & Margaret:
Biographical Note: Paul Anderson's (1894-?) career as a secretary for the YMCA spanned 48 years. He began in 1913 as a private secretary to Charles W. Harvey, senior YMCA secretary in Shankai, China. In 1917 he became John R. Mott's personal secretary for a trip to Russia. Anderson remained in Russia until 1919 doing prisoner-of-war work.. From 1920 to 1924 he worked with Russian prisoners of war and refugees in Germany. While there he was also director of the Russian Correspondence School in Berlin. In 1924 he went to Paris to become the International Committee representative for France, which he held until 1937. He also founded the Russian language Chekhov Press in Paris. From 1937 to 1947 Anderson was the senior secretary in Europe for the International Committee, and from 1947 to 1961 he was the associate executive secretary for the World Service Division.
After his retirement in 1961, Anderson became a consultant on East-West relations with several organizations, including the International Committee and various church councils.
Content Note: The bulk of the papers relate to Russia, communism, and religion in Russia. The papers include his reports on such topics as "Experiences of the YMCA in Communist Dominated Countries," "Christianity and Communism," and "The YMCA as a Factor for Christian Civilization in Western Europe." Anderson did considerable traveling in Europe and Russia, and the papers contain travel itineraries and reports as well as news articles, particularly on his 1956 trip to Russia with the National Council of Churches to investigate religious conditions there. News articles also report his retirement in 1961.
Correspondence relates to his travel but also concentrates on his interest in the publishing of religious books, including some by the Association Press. There is also a 1954 book review of a novel by Anderson, God's Secret Armies. The papers also reflect Anderson's interest in Russian language publications. Other correspondence related to Anderson's day-to-day work as an administrator in the World Services Division, concentrating on meetings, the John Mott Centennial (1965), and contacts with religious leaders of various denominations.
The files contain a number of biographical sketches and articles as well as a retirement tribute by Eugene Barnett. There is also a copy of his memoirs, No East or West, edited by Donald Davis and published in 1985.
Box 4 Biographical.
Memoirs.
Papers, 1934-1956.
Box 2 Anderson, Peyton F. (Dr.).
Box 5 Andre, F. J.
Andresen, Paul Douglass [i].
Andrews, Alan (Col.) [i].
Andrews, F. Raymond.
Andrews, Frank Emerson.
Andrews, John Bartlett [i].
Andrews, Robert.
Andreychuk, Raynell (Judge).
Angiel, Max Jean.
Angle, Wesley M.
Annett, Douglas R.
Anspach, Charles L. (Dr.).
Anthony, Julian Danford.
Antrim, Harry Carlton.
Apgar, Robert H.
Aplin, Lawrence Edgar Denison [i].
Appadurai, Aaron.
Appell, Mrs. Frederick W.
Appleton, John G.
Appley, Lawrence A.
Archibald, Gerry.
Archibald, L. W.
Areson, Clinton Webber [i].
Argetsinger, J. C.
Armor, Cheva.
Armstrong, Charles Jr.
Armstrong, Earl P.
Armstrong, J. Bruce [i].
Armstrong, James Claude.
Armstrong, Robert D.
Arndt, Ernst Moritz.
Arnold, Albert S.
Arnold, Lloyd (Dr.).
Arnold, Raymond L.
Arnold, Roger David & Eleanor [i].
Arnold, Theodore Wayne [i].
Arnold, Thomas.
Arnold, Walter.
Arroll, James O.
Arsenian, Seth.
Arthur, George R.
Artis, Lionel F.
Ascham, John Bayne [i].
Ashton, Dudley.
Aso, Tetsuo (Dr.).
Astor, Helen.
Athenagoras (Archbishop and Patriarch).
Atherton, Frank Cooke:
Biographical Note: Atherton (1877-1945) was a prominent lay leader of the International Committee and the Honolulu association. In 1904 he started serving on the Board of Directors of the Honolulu association, and in 1916 he was elected to the International Committee; he served on both until his death. He fostered association work in Hawaii through his involvement with the Territorial Committee, often financing new associations until they became self-sustaining. In addition to his YMCA work he served on a number of other religious and charitable organizations.
Atherton's professional life was spent in Hawaiian business. He became chairman of the board of Castle and Cooke, Ltd., which had been founded by his family.
Content Note: Atherton's papers consist of correspondence relating to the YMCA National Council, USO work in World War II, and the American Community War Services. Also, much of the material pertains to philanthropic trusts which he administered.
There are several tributes and memorials following his death in 1945, including a U. S. Army commendation for his USO work. There are numerous obituary articles. Also included are reminiscences by former secretaries collected for a biography of Atherton by Ethan T. Colton and correspondence regarding the biography.
Box 6 Provenance.
Biographical.
Papers, 1928-1967.
Papers regarding Atherton's death1962.
Papers regarding biography by Ethan Colton, 1965-1967.
Atkinson, James E.
Atkinson, Robert H.
Atwell, Donald Bliss [i].
Aubrey, Edwin E. (Dr.).
Aubrey, Gwilym O.
Auburn, Frederick W. [i].
Auchincloss, Douglas.
Ault, John W.
Aurobindo, Sr.
Austin, O. David.
Austin, William B.
Aveling, Wilhelmina.
Avison, Gordon Wilberforce [i].
Avison, Lawrence B.
Azariah (Bishop) [i].
Ayers, William H. M.
Ayer, Francis Wayland:
Biographical Note: Francis Wayland (1848-1923) began his lay activities for the YMCA in New Jersey, and by 1893 he was vice chairman of the New Jersey State Committee. He was its chairman from 1913 until his death. A member of the International Committee, he became president of the 39th International Convention in 1916. He was active in the Boys Work Committee of the International Committee and in establishing the Retirement Fund in 1923.
Ayer's lay activities included both local and national service to his church. He was superintendent of Sunday school for the North Baptist Church in Camden, New Jersey. He was also president of the New Jersey Baptist Convention.
Ayer founded N. W. Ayer and Son, a national advertising agency, in 1869. He also operated a dairy farm.
Content Note: Ayer's records include a biographical sketch from the National Cyclopedia of American Biography and a 15 page biographical sketch by Ethan Colton; both of these concentrate on Ayer's advertising career but also mention his YMCA activities.
Memorial materials include an article, "Francis Wayland Ayer: An Appreciation" by YMCA associate Clarence A. Barbour; a printed collection of memorial essays including a contribution by John R. Mott, "F. Wayland Ayer, the Christian Statesman"; an excerpt containing a memorial from the 1925 Biennial Report of the State Executive Committee of the YMCA of New Jersey; and a 1927 dedication program of the North Baptist Church in Camden, New Jersey.
Other records include a 1923 report of the Board of Trustees of the YMCA Retirement Fund; a 1949 history of N. W. Ayer and Son by Ralph Hower; 1949-1959 correspondence relating to Colton's biographical sketch; and a 1959 report by Raymond P. Kaighn relating to Ayer's term as first chairman of the YMCA Retirement Fund.
Box 7 Biographical.
Papers, 1907-1927, 1949-1959.
Box 8 Baagor, Paul.
Baarts, Ray.
Babbott, Frank L. [i].
Babcock, George Ira [i].
Babcock, William Havens [i].
Babington, Robert J.
Babson, Paul Talbot [i].
Bach, Marcus (Dr.).
Backstrom, Clifford E.
Bacon, Frederick S.
Badeau, John Stothoff.
Bader, Jesse (Reverend Dr.).
Badger, Oscar C. (Admiral).
Badley, Thomas Wayne [i].
Baghdigian, B. K. (Dr.).
Bagley, Arthur E.
Bagot, Lindsey Beresford.
Bailey, E. P.
Baird, Wilbur S.
Baker, Brutus M. Jr.
Baker, Burke [i].
Baker, Chester A.
Baker, Elbert H.
Baker, Geraldine [i].
Baker, Harry Thomas [i].
Baker, Rhodes S.
Baker, Robert Harter [i].
Bakken, James Orville [i].
Baldwin, Donald R.
Baldwin, Lawrence Edward ("Hank") [i].
Baldwin, Leonard D.
Box 9 Bale, Jack S.
Bale, Townley.
Ball, Fred Samuel [i].
Ball, Frederick W.
Ball, William H.
Ballantine, Duncan S. (Dr.).
Ballantine, William G. (Dr.).
Ballantyne, Harry.
Ballard, Frank W.
Bancroft, Frank [i].
Bantz, Robert King.
Bao, Robert [i].
Barber, Arthur L.
Barber, John Clarke [i].
Barber, Richard Earl.
Barbour, Clarence A. (Reverend Dr.).
Barde, Edouard.
Barden, Henry Clark [i].
Barfield, Neal Gerald.
Barker, Charles E. (Dr.).
Barker, Edwin.
Barker, R. W. J. Mandeville.
Barling, Stanley Nelson [i].
Barnard, Chester I.
Barnes, Alfred Smith.
Barnes, Ernest Winfred.
Barnes, Henry Blencoe [i].
Barnes, Lilace Reid.
Barnes, Roswell (Reverend Dr.).
Barnett, A. Doak.
Box 11 Barnett, Eugene Epperson [i].
Biographical Note: Eugene Barnett (1888-1970) began his 45 year career with the YMCA in 1908 as general secretary at the University of North Carolina association. In 1910 he entered foreign service and went to China where he spent 26 years in various positions including national student secretary, associate general secretary, and senior secretary for China. in 1936 he was called to become executive secretary of the International Committee and, after five years, became general secretary of both the International Committee and the National Council. He also served on the Executive Committee of the World's Committee.
Barnett also served in other service organizations. During World War II he was on the Board of Directors as well as the Executive Committee of the Methodist Committee for Overseas Relief.
Box 9 Barnett, Fred Townsend.
Barnett, Percy.
Barney, Austin Dunham.
Barnhardt, William M.
Barnhart, Byron Pat [i].
Barnick, John.
Barot, Madeline.
Barr, Otis H.
Barr, W. B.
Barrie, H. G. [i].
Barron, Alexander J.
Barrows, Charles H.
Barter, Mary Beth [i] (missing)
Barth, Karl.
Bartholomeusz, Oliver ("O. B.").
Bartholomew, Marshall.
Barton, Bruce.
Barton, C. A.
Barwick, John Workman [i].
Bascara, Domingo C. (Basky) [i].
Box 10 Barber, Benjamin R. [i].
Box 12 Batchelar, J. Henry.
Batchelar, Wilbur (Dr.).
Batchelder, Richard L.
Bates, Allen P.
Bates, Lewis George [i].
Batty, John T. Jr.
Bauckham, Charles.
Bauer, Gene Douglas [i].
Bauer, Louis H. (Dr.).
Baugher, Richard Allen [i].
Baumgarten, Bill.
Baumgartner, Leona.
Bay, Josephine.
Bayley, Frank S.
Beach, Roderick [i].
Beacham, Charles R.
Beall, Harold Gething [i].
Bealls, Lester H. [i].
Beard, Willard Livingstone [i].
Beardsley, Henry Mahon:
Biographical Note: Beardsley (1858-1938) was the president of the Kansas City (Missouri) important role in changing the constitution of the North American YMCA in 1923. He was a member of the Missouri Resolutions Committee in 1921 which called for sweeping change in the operation of the YMCA and a member of the Committee of Thirty-three, which made preparations for the Constitutional Convention of 1923.
From 1915 to 1916 he was the moderator of the National Council of Congregational Churches. He also served on the Administrative Board of Drury College from 1921 to 1938.
Beardsley was a lawyer. He started practice in 1882 and was elected president of the Kansas City Bar Association in 1905. He served as president of the upper house of the City Common Council from 1898 to 1902, and was president of the Board of Public Works. He was elected mayor of Kansas City in 1906 as a Republican and staunch Prohibitionist. He lost re-election for mayor in 1908. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1908 and 1928.
Content Note: Beardsley's papers include a statement on the need for the Missouri Resolutions and an opinion on the resolutions released shortly before the Constitutional Convention. There is also a paper on the role of the YMCA in the American city and a college commencement address. The remaining documents include newspapers clippings of his death, reminiscences from former colleagues, and memorials. Ethan Colton compiled a biography of Beardsley which included in the file as well as related correspondence.
Box 12 Biographical
Papers, 1907-1958.
Beasley, Clarence C.
Beasley, Theodore P.
Beaton, John Wellington [i].
Beaver, Howard Tichenor.
Beaver, Gilbert Addams.
Biographical Note: Gilbert Beaver (1869-1952) began his work for the YMCA in 1890 as the student secretary of the Pennsylvania State Committee. In 1895 he moved to the Student Division of the International Committee to carry on John Mott's duties while Mott made his first world tour. In 1901 Beaver moved on to the New York City association as Intercollegiate Branch secretary. In 1909 he went back on the staff of the International Committee to work with student associations. He also worked as the executive for the Committee of Friendly Relations among College Students.
Beaver was also active outside the YMCA. During the 1920s he headed the Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Later he served as associate secretary for the College Board of the Presbyterian Church and as justice of the peace in Yorktown Heights, New York. He wrote three books: New Ventures in Faith, The Practice of Community, and Christ and Community.
Beaver, James Addams.
Bechtel, S. B.
Beck, Alfred L. (Reverend Dr.).
Beck, Cameron [i].
Becker, August Otto ("Augie").
Beckham, Barry E.
Beckman, Herman C.
Becknell, Harvey E. [i].
Beckwith, Frank C.
Bedford, A. C.
Bedford, Frederick T.
Bedger, Jean E.
Bednarek, Joseph.
Beebe, Merton.
Beelman, Hugh.
Beers, William.
Box 14 Beery, Edwin N., Mrs.
Bell, Bryan.
Bell, John Burton [i].
Bell, Lorne W.
Bell, Mary [i].
Bellatti, James R.
Belshaw, John F.
Bender, Robert Vincent [i].
Bendtz, Nils Arne [i].
Benes, Eduard [i].
Benglen, Albert J.
Bengtson, Bo.
Benne, Karl Heinz.
Bennenuto, Harry.
Bennett, James E.
Bennett, Russell M.
Bennett, Thomas II.
Benson, B. F.
Benson, Ramsey J.
Bent, Ernest F.
Bentley, Jerome H.
Berdyaev, Nicholas Alexandrovitch.
Berger, Spencer D.
Bernadotte, Maria (Countess) and Oscar (Prince).
Berry, Elmer H. [i].
Berry, Nathaniel.
Berry, William Clayton [i].
Bertucco, Richard T.
Besserer, Reid O.
Best, Ernest Maurice [i].
Best, James S.
Bethune, Mary McLeod.
Betz, Clarence S.
Beveridge, Frank Stanley.
Bey, Ilhamy Ali [i].
Biddle, Clement M.
Bidne, Iver.
Bieberstein, Vladimer.
Bien, Tran Nhu.
Biggers, R. E.
Box 15 Berkedal, Jon Gunnar [i].
Box 16 Bilheimer, G. S.
Billings, Richard W.
Bingham, William II.
Binkley, Wade Everett [i].
Birks, Gerald Walker [i].
Birks, William M.
Bishop, Merlin Asa [i].
Bjorlie, Wayne Eugene [i].
Black, F. M.
Black, Howard A. [i].
Black, Leo S.
Blaikie, James.
Blaisdell, Thomas Charles Jr. [i].
Blaiser, Robert D.
Blake, Anson Stiles.
Blake, John.
Blake, S. W.
Blakely, G. S.
Blanchard, Ralph H.
Blanding, Sarah Gibson.
Blascoer, Frances [i].
Bleecker, C. C. ("Doc").
Bloch, Felix (Dr.).
Bloch, Jesse L.
Blodgett, Thurston P.
Blood, Robert D. (Dr.).
Blod, Roger H.
Bloom, E. Frank
Blosser, Raymond F.
Blosser, Raymond W.
Blyth, James Allison [i].
Boardman, John R.
Bock, Peter E.
Boda, Harold.
Boeck, P. O.
Boggess, R. V.
Boggs, Samuel Whittemore [i].
Boileau, Burdette E.
Bolger, William T.
Bolling, Laurence D.
Bolling, Thomas A.
Bolton, Stephen Elliot [i].
Bond, Edwin E.
Bond, James (Dr.).
Bondy, Robert Earl.
Bonesteel, Gus.
Bonham, J. C.
Bonthius, Robert H. (Reverend Dr.).
Bookwalter, Alfred Guitner.
Boone, Wilmot D.
Boorman, Harvie J.
Boorman, W. Ryland.
Booth, Edmund W.
Booth, Evangeline.
Booth, Maud Ballington.
Booz, Edwin G.
Box 17 Blum, William G.
Box 18 Bordwell, Theodore Ivan [i].
Borek, John B.
Bosworth, Edward T. (Dr.).
Bottomley, George E.
Bowe, Vernon Parker [i].
Bowen, Anthony.
Bower, Peter M.
Bower, Peter Maxwell [i].
Bowers, Elizabeth Scott.
Bowers, Joseph W.
Bowman, Fay.
Bowman, W. W.
Bowman, William.
Bowne, Jacob T.
Bowron, James.
Boyd, Alden W. [i].
Boyd, Henry Allen (Dr.).
Boyd, Samuel A.
Boyd, William.
Boyden, Douglas E.
Boyea, Douglas Paul.
Boynton, Charles Luther [i]:
Biographical Note: Boynton (1881-1967) was born in Townshend, Vermont, in 1881. He graduated from Pomona College in California in 1901. While in college he was a YMCA bible study teacher and attended a state YMCA convention. From 1901 to 1903 he was the assistant state secretary for Kansas traveling to colleges around the state. In June of 1903 he became treasurer of the YMCA Student Conference at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. From 1903 to 1906 he was office secretary of the student department of the International Committee in New York City, and also during these years he was pursuing a course of study at Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Baptist Church in 1906.
In November of 1906 he was appointed by the International Committee to go to Shanghai as the office secretary of the National Committee of China, where he served as administrative role managing finances and organizing education programs. After spending 1913-14 back in the United States, he returned to China to produce and publish a new Missions Code (a compilation of telegraphic codes) and to represent the YMCA on the China Continuation Committee (an interdenominational organization to coordinate Protestant missionary activities). In 1909 he became one of the founding members of the Board of Managers of the Shanghai American School for children of missionaries. He was the school's principal from 1923 to 1926.
In 1927 he returned to his work with the China Continuation Committee (which had been renamed the National Christian Council in 1922). His duties were primarily administrative, and he served on this council until his retirement in 1948. When Japanese aggression in China accelerated in 1937, he became active in raising war relief funds from the United States and other countries. He was interned by the Japanese for thirty months from 1943 to 1945. From then until his retirement in 1948 he divided his time between China and the United States, winding up his YMCA work in both places. In 1948 he moved to Claremont, California, where he worked intermittently on historical records of Chinese missionary activity; these records were donated in 1955 to the Missionary Research Library in New York City. Boynton died in 1967.
Content Note: Boynton's papers include biographical materials consisting on an autobiographical chronology of his life entitled "Why the Y?"; an obituary he wrote himself; a "Reverend and Mrs. C. L. B." sketch; an entry on him from Who's Who of 1951; and a fact sheet on him compiled in 1970.
Other records include a bound volume of correspondence, 1901-1902, when he was assistant secretary to students in Kansas. They cover his travels to student associations at various colleges around the state, his efforts to administer them, and various personal matters.
There are two bound volumes relating to his early years in Shanghai; one containing his annual reports to the International Committee, 1906-1912, and one containing miscellaneous reports and "Dear Friend" letters, 1907-1919. They detail the YMCA work done in Shanghai, including bible study, publications, library finances, and planning. Of note is the introduction to the 1907 annual report describing YMCA work in Shanghai 1896-1905, prior to Boynton's arrival there.
Other records relating to his work in China include a 1932 sketch by Boynton, "Captain Dollar as I Knew Him"; two "Dear Friends" letters of 1934 and 1935 describing his work in China and mentioning visits by Sherwood Eddy and Eugene Barnett; 1936 correspondence on the death of W. W. Lockwood, a prominent YMCA worker in China; and Fellowship Notes (January 1938), and informal newsletter of the YMCAs of China, describing the war relief work being done in areas of Japanese aggression.
Records dating after Boynton's return to the United States in 1948 include much personal correspondence with friends, including Christmas letters and letters reporting deaths of friends and colleagues; and a series of biographical letters and reports detailing his work in Kansas and China.
Box 19 Biographical.
Provenance.
Correspondence with family, 1901-1902.
Kansas Travel Diary, 1901-1904.
Annual reports to International Committee, 1907-1912.
Reports and letters to friends, 1907-1919.
Papers, 1900-1967.
China notebook, 1955.
Box 18 Braak, Harry Ter -- see Baghdigian, Dr. B. K.
Brace, A. J. (Dr.).
Brace, Albert James [i].
Bracken, Dwight Funk [i].
Bradbury, Harry.
Braddon, Verne C.
Bradley, Adrian C. [i].
Bradley, Bill.
Bradley, J. G.
Bradley, Omar Nelson.
Bradley, Robert B.
Bradley, William L.
Bradshaw, E. H.
Bradshaw, John [i].
Bradshaw, John, Mrs..
Braga, Erasmo [i].
Box 238 Brain, Philip S., Jr.
Box 20 Brainerd, Cephas.
Biographical Note: Cephas Brainerd (1831-1910) was born in Connecticut and studied law in New York. He became a partner in the firm of Ebenezer Seeley and Truman Smith. For many years he was vice president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1864 he successfully represented a group of blacks whose property had been damaged in rioting. From 1876 to 1892 he worked on a number of cases relating to the "Alabama Claims," in which money was distributed to U. S. maritime interest and their insurance companies in compensation for Civil War damages. He took on a case of some notoriety when he defeated Ed Stokes on charges of the 1872 murder of James Fisk, noted robber baron. Brainerd was also interested in international law; he was a member of the International Law Association and lectured at New York University Law School on the topic.
Brainerd's contact with the YMCA began in 1852, when at the age of 21 he joined the New York City association. He became a director of that association in 1857 and was its vice president from 1857 to 1859. During the early part of the Civil War he was active on the Army and Navy Committee of the association. He served on its building committee in 1868 and 1869 which planned the first YMCA building constructed in New York City. Brainerd also served as chairman of the International Committee from 1867 to 1892, during which he strongly influenced the character of the YMCA, including advocating an evangelical emphasis and a moderate attitude toward race relations. In addition, Brainerd oversaw the growth of the YMCA through his close association with and guidance of such leaders as Robert Weidensall, Robert McBurney, and Richard Morse. His speaking abilities at conventions and his letter writing to colleagues did much to sustain and promote the morale of the organization. During his chairmanship he attended fifteen international conventions and wrote the entire series of annual reports of the International Committee. He was also a member of the World's Conference in Paris in 1905.
Box 21 Braisted, Charles H.
Branch, Delmar.
Brandenburg, Earl W. [i].
Brandon, Phil L.
Brandt, J. B. (Rev.).
Brauer, Jerald C.
Brauninger, Robert R. [i].
Breen, Thomas W.
Breidnebach, Ernst [i].
Breithaupt Family, (Edna).
Brelsford, Charles M.
Brethaver, Andrew C.
Brethune, James A.
Brethunne, Mary.
Brett, Elise M.
Brewer, Murray A.
Brewster, Robert S.
Briggle, Lester [i].
Briggs, Ellis O.
Briggs, George F.
Brigham, Harold Frederick.
Bristol, Warren Edwin [i].
Britten, Clarence R.
Broadway, Gerald R.
Broch, J. L. (Dr.).
Brock, Ken A.
Brock, Oscar W.
Brockman, Fletcher Sims [i]:
Biographical Note: Brockman (1867-1944), born in Amherst County, Virginia in 1867, received his B. A. from Vanderbilt University in 1891 and an LL.D. from Colgate in 1929. He joined the YMCA in 1891 as the student secretary of the International Committee. In 1897-1898 he was the traveling secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement. He went to Nanking in 1898 as foreign secretary of the International Committee. While in China he set up associations in Chinese villages and raised money from the Chinese people to support them. During World War I he was associate secretary of the National War Work Council. From 1924 to 1929 he was administrative secretary of the Far East of the National Council. In 1929 he retired from the YMCA and became a lecturer and a trustee at Vanderbilt University. Also in 1929 he became the secretary for the Committee on Promotion of Friendship between America and the Far East, Inc., (apparently a non-YMCA organization) and held this position into the early 1940s.
Content Note: The records include speeches by Brockman on topics such as the outreach of the YMCA, the role of religion in world affairs, Christian unity, and the progress of Christianity in China. There are a number of biographical sketches, including an article in Old Guard News reviewing his YMCA career and a memorial speech by John R. Mott. Also included is a short report of the YMCA work done by Brockman's brother Frank in Korea from 1906 to 1929.
The correspondence includes an 1899 letter of Fletcher's reporting on his activity in China and letters relating to the financial affairs, meetings, and organization of the Committee on the Promotion of Friendship between American and the Far East, during the early 1940s. Correspondence after his death relates to requests for and replies concerning biographical information on Brockman.
Box 22 Biographical.
Papers, 1897-1961.
Brockman, Frank Marion [i].
Brockman, Whitefield Walton [i].
Broderick, J. Lawrence.
Brooks, John H.
Brooks, Kenneth J.
Brooks, Mila Williams [i].
Brooks, Murray Gordon [i].
Brooks, Phillips.
Brotherhood House.
Brough, Charles H.
Box 23 Brown, Alfred C. [i].
Brown, Alfred G.
Brown, Arol Ayres.
Brown, Barbara Frances [i].
Brown, Benjamin D.
Brown, Cassandra [i].
Brown, Cecil.
Brown, Clarence Lewis ("Lew").
Brown, Courtney C.
Brown, E. R.
Brown, Edward.
Brown, Elizabeth.
Brown, Ellen.
Brown, Elwood Stanley [i].
Brown, Frank E. (Dr.).
Brown, Franklin Hartwell [i].
Brown, George Warren.
Brown, Issac Eddy.
Brown, J. Hertz.
Box 24 Brown, James Walker [i].
Brown, John.
Brown, John Jr. (Dr.).
Brown, Merril.
Brown, O. E.
Brown, Paul Wesley [i].
Brown, Ralph Warren.
Brown, Robert Gerald [i].
Brown, Ruben Stanley [i].
Brown, Seely.
Brown, Terry.
Brown, Theodore E.
Brown, Theron.
Brown, William Gordon [i].
Brown, Wood.
Brownell, Edwin Chamberlain.
Brucker, Wilbur Marion [i].
Bruemmer, Louis W.
Box 25 Brunger, Harry A. [i].
Content Note: Includes China diary, 1949.
Brunkau, Phyllis A.
Brunkert, Allan.
Bryan, James T.
Bryan, Julien.
Bryan, W. R.
Bryan, William Jennings.
Bryan, William Lowe.
Bryant, Aloysius J. [i].
Bryce, George Pardon [i].
Buchanan, Norman (Dr.).
Buchanan, W. A.
Bucher, Joseph August.
Buchman, Frank N. D.
Buck, Charles W.
Buck, Harry Crowe [i].
Buckley, Earle Reid [i]:
Biographical Note: Buckley joined the YMCA in 1938 as the membership secretary of the St. John (New Brunswick) association. During World War II he spent four months at the YMCA College Physical Education in Madras, India, working on recreational programs for soldiers. In 1945 he became the fraternal secretary of the International Committee in China where he worked developing physical education programs. In 1949 he went to Japan and became a member of the Japanese YMCA National Committee, continuing physical education work. During the 1950s he also traveled to Korea to help develop YMCA programs. In 1964 he was appointed associated executive for the overseas programs in Asia of the International Committee. In 1966 he became research associate in the National Board's Research and Development Division. In that position he managed special study projects concerning the American YMCA and edited the YMCA yearbook.
Content Note: Nearly all of the material is correspondence concerning Japanese programs, although a few of the letters deal with programs in Vietnam, the Philippines, and other east Asian countries. Topics include leadership training, staff appointments, staff evaluations, physical education, and camp development. There are also letters from Japanese staff members describing their YMCA work and sometimes their visits to the United States.
Other items include a 1954 Readers Digest article on the sports program Buckley developed in Japan; a report (unsigned, 1964) entitled "The Voluntary Organization: Its Unique Role in the Field of Recreation"; a 1964 announcement of Buckley's appointment to the associate executive secretary of the International Committee; a 1966 report by Buckley on the work done during 1964-1966 in the Asia program; and a notice of a 1970 speech by Buckley, "East Looks at West Communication through Cultural Barriers."
Box 25 Biographical.
Papers, 1948-1974.
Buckner, John D.
Buckwater, Winfred.
Budge, Daniel Andrew.
Buehlee, Louis C.
Buell, Bradley.
Buell, Lincoln E.
Buell, Robert O. [i].
Bueno, Manuel [i].
Bugbee, Fred F.
Bulger, Kathleen Ann.
Bulkley, J. Ogden, Mrs.
Bullock, Charles H.
Bunce, Arthur Cyrill [i].
Bunche, Ralph Johnson.
Bunker, B. W. Sydney K.
Bunker, Ellsworth.
Bunker, Joseph B.
Bunn, O. L.
Box 26 Bullock, Ralph Waldo.
Bunting, James F.:
Biographical Note: Bunting (1906-1989), born in Little Falls, New York, received his B. A. from Syracuse University in 1927. He was a Hi-Y member in 1924, and soon after college he took a position as associate educational director for the Central Branch of the Rochester (New York) association. In 1939 he took a position with New Haven association and advanced to become its associate general secretary. (Also while in New Haven he earned an M. A. from Yale, 1943). From 1944 to 1950 he was general secretary of the Schnectady (New York) association; he moved on to Newark (New Jersey) in 1950-1960 and Washington D. C. in 1960-1964 as general secretary.
In 1964 he was appointed executive director of the National Council and National Board. In this position, in addition to a variety of administrative functions, Bunting tried to direct the YMCA's attention towards issues of the time, such as racial and urban problems. He retired form the YMCA in 1971.
Bunting received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from George Williams College in 1963. In 1966 he received an award from Syracuse for excellence in social services. He was also a member of the National Council of Churches.
Content Note: Much of Bunting's papers relates to his promotions to general secretary in Washington D. C. (1960) and to executive director of the National Council and National Board (1964); these materials include press releases, biographical sketches, news articles, and letters of congratulations. Other materials relate to routine administrative matters (meetings, travel, and finances) as well as to social issues such as urban growth, racial tension, and economic inequality.
Box 27 Biographical.
Papers, 1959-1971.
Burdick, Roland E.
Burdsall, Richard L.
Burgeind, Louis H.
Burger, Warren E.
Berger, William H. ("Billy").
Burgess, Frank E.
Burgess, John Stewart [i].
Burgette, James M.
Burgi, Hans.
Burhans, Barent [i].
Burk, E. C.
Burke, Daniel.
Burkhart, John R.
Burkholder, H. Clay.
Burleigh, Harry.
Burlingham, Lewis Preston.
Burns, Robert K. [i].
Burns, Robert Wayne [i].
Burpee, Royal Huddleston (Dr.).
Box 28 Burr, Lawrence Clay [i].
Burrell, David Hamlin Jr.
Burrell, Scott C.
Burri, Alfred Theo.
Burrows, John.
Burt, Frank H.
Burt, Roland W.
Burton, Harold H.
Burton, M. L.
Busch, William W.
Buschmeyer, Fred S. (Rev. Dr.).
Bussey, Marcia Ruth [i].
Bussey, Michael D. [i].
Buswell, Karl Porter [i].
Butler, Charles Stewart.
Butler, Clement M.
Butler, George A.
Butterfield, Kenyon L.
Buttriss, W. J. [i].
Butzer, Albert George.
Byler, John Gray.
Byrd, Lt. Richard Evelyn [i].
Byrne, Joe H.
Byrum, E. Arlo ("By").
Cadman, S. Parkes [i]
Box 238 Cadwell, Laurence.
Box 28 Cain, Harriso H.
Cain, Murray Hugh [i].
Cairns, Earl.
Cairns, Lawrence Bradshaw ("Larry").
Cairns, W. J.
Caldwell, Arthur E.
Caldwell, B. D.
Caldwell, Harold M.
Caldwell, Thomas S.
Calhoun, Charles K.
Calkins, George Garnett [i].
Call, Dwight William [i].
Callan, Joseph C. [i].
Callender, Melvin W.
Calles (President of Mexico) [i].
Callo, Joseph F.
Calloway, W. L.
Calvert, Leonard H.
Camerini, Florida [i].
Camlek, Lilian (Mrs. Thomas Donahue).
Cammack, Robert Walter [i].
Campanella, Theodora.
Campbell, Charles S.
Campbell, Elsa Jane.
Campbell, Gordon K.
Campbell, Howard O.
Campbell, John J.
Campbell, Kleber A.
Campbell, Walter J.
Campello, Pedro [i].
Caniff, Milton A.
Box 29 Cann, Wilfred E.
Cannon, (T. Co.) Craig.
Cannon, Charles A.
Cannon, Douglas Wiley [i].
Cannon, Fermor S.
Cannon, James G.
Cannon, Robert H.
Cantline, Peter (Judge).
Canziani, Horacio [i].
Cappeli, Brigitte [i].
Carballo, Ernesto [i].
Cardwell, Ann.
Carey, Clifford M.
Carey, James Barron.
Carey, Richard M.
Carl, Frederick Daniel.
Carlino, Joseph Francis.
Carlson, Carl G.
Carlson, Ellsworth C. [i].
Carlson, Eskill C. [i].
Carlton, Winslow.
Carman, Harry James (Dr.).
Carmichael, Oliver Cromwell.
Carmina, Salvatore.
Carnegie, Andrew.
Carnright, Roswell.
Caprenter, Ned.
Carpenter, Samuel J.
Carr, John.
Carr, Robert Kenneth (Dr.).
Carrington, Paul.
Carroll, L. Earl [i].
Carroll, Phil
Carruthers, Donald Wallace [i].
Carson, Charles W.
Carstensen, John
Carter, Alice Draper -- see Carter, Edward Clark.
Carter, Amon Giles.
Carter, Edward Clark [i].
Carter, Eunice Lisle C., Mrs.
Carter, Frank T.
Carter, George R.
Carter, Matthew Gamaliel.
Carver, George Washington (National Monument).
Cary, Charles Austin.
Case, Clifford P.
Case, L. Donald.
Caselli, Hector.
Cashmore, Thomas H.
Caskey, H. K. [i].
Caskey, Herbert C.
Castle, Donald L.
Caswell, Hollis L. (Dr.).
Catchings, Lincoln Maynard [i].
Box 30 Catlin, C. Kenneth.
Cavallo, M. Arthur.
Cavert, Dr. Samuel McCrea [i].
Cedarblade, Lyndon F.
Cedergren, Hugo [i].
Ceriani, Juan Carlos [i].
Chadwick, Edwin William.
Chaffee, Herbert Watson [i].
Chaing Kai-Shek [i].
Chamberas, James Athanasios [i].
Chamberlain, F. J. [i].
Chamberlain, J. Gordon (Rev. Dr.).
Chamberlain, Thomas G.
Chamberlin, Benjamin D.
Chambers, James Wheaton [i].
Chambers, Lawson P.
Chambers, William Simonton.
Chand, Sadi Dyal [i].
Chandler, Ernest.
Chandler, Norman.
Chandler, William Lewis.
Chaney, Clarence Ramsey.
Chaney, F. H.
Chang, Bo-Wen [i].
Chang, Chia-Ngau [i].
Chang, I-Fan [i].
Chang, Kya Foo [i].
Chang, Pei-Chih [i].
Chang, Po-Ling [i].
Chang, Shi-Chang [i].
Chang, T. L. [i].
Chang, T. T.
Chao, S. Y. [i].
Chapin, Mark Alan [i].
Chapman, Chales C.
Chapman, Irvin C.
Chapman, Margaret.
Chapman, Mildred [i].
Box 31 Chappel, Danielle Lois [i].
Charlesworth, Scott Hays [i].
Chaves, Erasmo F. [i].
Chavioos, Kenneth.
Chekhov -- see Association Press.
Cheley, Frank
Chelsey, Albert Meader [i].
Box 32 Chen, Chungshen S.
Chen, Kin Hing [i].
Chen, P. T. [i].
Chen,