Browse Archival Finding Aids Online
The Kautz Family YMCA Archives is in the process of making its archival finding aids available online using Encoded Archival Description. The finding aids for these collections, along with others from the University of Minnesota Libraries Archives and Special Collections are available via a searchable database of Online Finding Aids.
A complete list of archival collections, the majority of which have no online finding aid, is also available. Check back often for new material.
YMCA of the USA Organizational Records
- Armed Services Department records, 1863-1987 [ Y.USA.4 ]
- Biographical Files, 1853-1997. [ Y.USA.12 ]
- YMCA in Canada Records, 1851-1989. [ Y.USA.48 ]
- Colored Work Department records, 1871-1946. [ Y.USA.1 ]
- Educational work records, 1885-1991. [ Y.USA.11 ]
- Industrial work records, 1882-1980. [ Y.USA.10 ]
- International Work:
International work in China, 1890-1991 [ Y.USA.9-2-4 ]
International work in Russia and the Soviet Union and with Russians, 1884-1980 [ Y.USA.9-2-1 ]
- Interracial programs records, 1946-1980. [ Y.USA.2 ]
- Miscellaneous YMCA research, planning and development records, 1885-1984. [ Y.USA.34 ]
- Physical education program records, 1887-1997. [ Y.USA.5 ]
- State committee records, 1851-1993. [ Y.USA.30 ]
- Student work records, 1879-1995. [ Y.USA.36 ]
- Transportation and railroad department records, 1858-1989. [ Y.USA.32 ]
YMCA of the USA Personal Papers
- Jesse Alexander papers, 1961-1998. [ Y.USA.6 ]
- K. Brooke Anderson papers, 1919-1980. [ Y.USA.27 ]
- Eugene Barnett papers, 1920-1975 [ Y.USA.25 ]
- Gilbert Beaver papers, 1887-1952 [ Y.USA.19 ]
- Cephas Brainerd papers, 1865-1947. [ Y.USA.15 ]
- Max W. Clowers papers, 1932-1991. [ Y.USA.39 ]
- Emma Young Dickson papers, 1917-1955, 1998. [ Y.USA.8 ]
- Wayne Hanson papers, 1892-1965. [ Y.USA.17 ]
- Francis S. Harmon papers, 1929-1968. [ Y.USA.20 ]
- Walter Jacoby papers, 1967-1978. [ Y.USA.37 ]
- Herbert Parker Lansdale, Jr. papers, 1898-1989. [ Y.USA.22 ]
- Marvin Ludwig papers, 1951-1997. [ Y.USA.35 ]
- Adrian Lyon papers, 1922-1945. [ Y.USA.24 ]
- Robert McBurney papers, 1864-1937. [ Y.USA.21 ]
- Dalton McClelland papers, 1915-1976. [ Y.USA.28 ]
- Leo Marsh papers, 1920-1979. [ Y.USA.3 ]
- Richard C. Morse papers, 1841-1961. [ Y.USA.16 ]
- John R. Mott papers, 1892-1976. [ Y.USA.13 ]
- Charles K. Ober papers, 1882-1948. [ Y.USA.14 ]
- Owen Pence papers, 1915-1968. [ Y.USA.29 ]
- Clifford Petitt papers, 1922-1983. [ Y.USA.33 ]
- William V. Phillips papers, 1957-2002. [ Y.USA.38 ]
- Harper Sibley papers, 1939-1980. [ Y.USA.26 ]
- Channing Tobias papers, 1911-1961. [ Y.USA.7 ]
- Robert Weidensall papers, 1844-1940. [ Y.USA.23 ]
- Jay Urice papers, 1891-1957. [ Y.USA.31 ]
- Wirt Wiley papers, 1897-1970. [ Y.USA.18 ]
YMCA of Greater NY
- New York YMCA audio-visual materials, 1890s-1990s. [ Y.GNY.18 ]
- Bedford YMCA records, 1881-1991. [ Y.GNY.1 ]
- Bowery YMCA records, 1876-1946. [ Y.GNY.2 ]
- Bronx YMCA records, 1888-1993. [ Y.GNY.8 ]
- Bronx YMCA photographs, 1910-1979 [ Y.GNY.8-1 ]
- Camping Services records, 1905-1992. [ Y.GNY.9 ]
- Camping Services photographs, 1880s-1980s. [ Y.GNY.9-1 ]
- Eastern District YMCA records, 1903-1991. [ Y.GNY.5 ]
- Flatbush YMCA records, 1930-1992. [ Y.GNY.6 ]
- Flushing YMCA photographs, 1920s-1970s. [ Y.GNY.23-1 ]
- Harlem YMCA (125th Street) records, 1855-1922. [ Y.GNY.3 ]
- Harlem YMCA (135th Street) records, 1910-1989. [ Y.GNY.4 ]
- Harlem YMCA (135th Street) photographs, 1920s-1970s. [ Y.GNY.4-1 ]
- Long Island City YMCA records, 1959-1987. [ Y.GNY.7 ]
- McBurney YMCA records, 1858-1992. [ Y.GNY.13 ]
- McBurney YMCA photographs, 1870s-1970s [ Y.GNY.13-1 ]
- New York YMCA photographs, 1880-1980. [ Y.GNY.19 ]
- New York YMCA Miscellaneous branch photographs, 1880s-1970s. [ Y.GNY.22 ]
- Prospect Park YMCA records, 1891-1992. [ Y.GNY.10 ]
- Prospect Park YMCA photographs, 1920s-1960s. [ Y.GNY.10-1 ]
- Seamen's House YMCA records, 1921-1977. [ Y.GNY.11 ]
- Seamen's House YMCA photographs, 1920s-1960s. [ Y.GNY.11-1 ]
- New York City sports photographs, 1950s-1970s. [ Y.GNY.15 ]
- Twenty-Sixth Ward and Highland Park YMCA records, 1893-1970s. [ Y.GNY.16 ]
- Twenty-Sixth Ward and Highland Park YMCA photographs, 1900-1960s. [ Y.GNY.16-1 ]
- Uptown YMCA photographs, 1933-1986. [ Y.GNY.21-1 ]
- West Side YMCA records, 1896-1980s. [ Y.GNY.14 ]
- West Side YMCA photographs, 1930s-1960s. [ Y.GNY.14-1 ]
- William Sloane House YMCA records, 1930-1988. [ Y.GNY.12 ]
- William Sloane House YMCA photographs, 1929-1969. [ Y.GNY.12-1 ]
- Records of the YMCA of the City of New York, 1852-1980s. [ Y.GNY.20 ]