s0835 YMCA ADDENDA, 1853-2003
34 BOXES, 588 FOLDERS, 44 VOLUMES, 30 VIDEOS, 513 AUDIO REELS AND CASSETTES, AND 2 MICROFILM REELS, 6104 PHOTOGRPAHS, 7 OVERSIZE VOLUMES
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI -ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS

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PROVENANCE

The files in the YMCA Addenda Collection are comprised of multiple accessions from 1992, 1995, 2004, and 2005.  They were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri-St. Louis (formerly Western Historical Manuscript Collection) by the St. Louis YMCA.  

HISTORY
(From s0473 Finding Aid) In 1844, twenty-three year old dry goods clerk George Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London, England. Williams began the association, intended as a prayer and Bible study group, with eleven other live-in clerks at the Hitchcock and Rodgers Shop. Like many of his contemporaries, Williams had been drawn to London by the city's commercial and manufacturing boom during the 19th-century industrial revolution. He soon saw the less attractive side of urban industrialization. Williams regarded prostitution, drunkeness, inadequate housing, gambling, and radical politics as threats to the moral character of his fellow Christians. The YMCA promoted Christian principles and mphasized developing a healthy body, spirit, and mind.
The world alliance of YMCAs formed in 1855 with the avowed aim of "uniting young men who have accepted Jesus Christ as God and Savior...and who wished to extend his kingdom amongst men." That kingdom would not include women until somewhat later. By the time he died in November 1905, George Williams had been knighted by Queen Victoria.

The St. Louis chapter of the YMCA held its first meeting at the Second Baptist Church in St. Louis on October 20, 1853. Twenty three people from a variety of Christian denominations attended the gathering. The group adopted a constitution and by-laws at its next meeting and elected officers at its third. By then, membership had increased to one hundred. The St. Louis chapter's first officers included president E. W. Bratchford; vice presidents E. A. Corbett, H. Christopher, Samuel Cupples, Jr., William Dowall, J. B. Evans, S. B. Johnson, the Reverend J. G. White, H. W. Rice, W. E. Sell and C. C. Selter; recording secretary John L. Dunnica; corresponding secretary, Henry Hitchcock; and treasurer, Isaac Wyman. George Sluter served as librarian.

The chapter held its first public meeting on November 13, 1853 in a suite of three rooms at the Mercantile Library in downtown St. Louis. Two hundred and ninety-eight new members attended, representing 12 different Christian denominations. The chapter held its next public meeting at the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis on November 20, 1853. Ministers from eight different denominations participated in the ceremony. The principal speaker, the Reverend T. M. Cunningham, outlined the association's mission. Programs designed to improve the mental, social, and spiritual well-being of St. Louis' young men were to include science and Bible classes, lectures, discussion groups and prayer meetings. Cunningham encouraged members to seek out new arrivals to the city and to take them to the YMCA, where they might be helped to find lodging and employment.

In June 1854, the St. Louis group sent a delegate to the YMCA's International Confederacy and on February 16, 1855 it incorporated under the General Assembly of Missouri. F.A. Corbett served as president, A.A. Mellier as secretary, and Walter Sell as treasurer. Nine months later, on October 27, 1855, the association adopted a constitution and by-laws. During the Civil War, the Y identified itself with the United States Christian Commission. In time of war, the Y mobilized to support the armed services. Bedside and barracks visitations and open air Bible readings were only a part of the YMCA's efforts; during Second World War, YMCA aviation classes trained U.S. soldiers. By 1866, the St. Louis Y numbered 150 members. In 1870, the YMCA began a self-supporting German branch, and seven years later started a sixteen member branch for Colored Men.

Initially, the YMCA limited its goals to promotion of young mens' spiritual development through an organization of lay volunteers. In keeping with the group's intention to develop the whole man and to reach out to all of society, later objectives expanded to include members' mental, social, physical, recreational and vocational needs. These concerns would direct the organization's activities in the years to come.

In 1881, the St. Louis YMCA opened its first Medical Mission. By December of that year,1200 people had received free treatment. The following year, the organization completed construction of a small, 25-bed hospital. The St. Louis Y built its first gymnasium in 1886. In 1890, the St. Louis YMCA established a Board of Education, naming C.P. Curd as its director. By 1900, the Board's faculty, now numbering twenty-seven, taught thirty-one classes. YMCA education program expanded with the growth and new mobility of the American population. In the following decade, YMCA recreation, "Americanization," and English language classes were extended to serve St. Louis' expanding immigrant population.

With the foundation of the organization's first Railroad Branch in 1880, the YMCA applied its ideals of Christian fellowship to the needs of a mobile, industrial society. Established first in the East St. Louis rail hub, then at St. Louis' Union Station, Railroad Branches aimed to aid potential members arriving in the city by train. They also represented a new cooperative venture for the YMCA and evidenced the close ties between the association and the St. Louis business community. YMCA personnel staffed and managed these facilities and railroad companies supplied the necessary funding. After 1883, YMCA Ladies' Auxiliaries assisted in running rail branches.

Economic depression during the 1890s spelled hard times for the YMCA. By 1893, its Branch for Colored Men folded and even its prosperous German Branch was in trouble. One member remarked that the Colored Branch "was not supported by the Colored people of the city," but this judgement proved premature. Within five years, a number of prominent black citizens had raised $3500, purchased a house, and reorganized their group as the Afro-American Christian Home Association. Within twenty years, the renamed Negro Branch would initiate a $100,000 building project.

Natural disasters worsened Y's already shaky position. The tornado of 1896 damaged the YMCA's 11th and Locust Street headquarters and destroyed the organization's South St. Louis and East side Railroad Branches. Still, the association looked to the future. Financed by a $5000 bequest from the estate of Sarah Collier, the YMCA purchased a lot on Grand and Franklin Avenues in 1894. Two years later, the group began construction on a new central branch. The new headquarters on the Grand site was completed in 1898. Despite extraordinary expenses, the organization emerged from the 1890s free of debt.
Administrative restructuring complemented the ongoing building campaign. During the 1890s, the association adopted a Metropolitan Plan. According to the plan, a single Board of Directors oversaw operations of all the city's branches. Boards of Managers in each local branch saw to each facilities' day to day operation and advised the central board at monthly meetings. The Metropolitan Plan persisted until 1953.

To meet the expected flood of visitors to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, fair administrators provided space for a YMCA tent. At these quarters, from a "tabernacle" near the fair's Morocco Building, and in a summer-long series of open-air Bible meetings, YMCA volunteers provided fairgoers with lodging and religious instruction. In the process, the association gained wide exposure. The organization's commitment to public service and its campaign to "develop the whole man" outlasted the exhibition. Camp Ozark, the association's first summer camp for boys, opened in 1905. In 1912, the YMCA sponsored garden plots for city boys and in 1915, founded its first Hi-Y clubs for high school students. During these same years, the association's citizenship, religion, and English language classes addressed the needs of the city's fast-expanding immigrant population.

American involvement in World War I presented the organization with a formidable, but not unfamiliar challenge. As it had during the Civil War, the YMCA moved to support the U.S. armed forces. YMCA volunteers visited the wounded in hospitals. Overseas Service Branches looked after soldiers' physical and spiritual needs. Disease, daily bombardments, and the adverse conditions on the Western Front failed to discourage Y preachers from holding Bible meetings.
Director of the YMCA's Boys' Work program, Harold S. Keltner's, solution to the problem of family dissolution was to promote father and son activities through the Y Indian Guide program. Founded in 1926, Kelter's plan harnessed a respectful, if sanitized depiction of the American Indian to its promotion of father and son togetherness. Like the organization's physical fitness, youth, and job training programs, it continued to grow. As many as 75 "tribes" made up the St. Louis Guide confederation. During the early 1970s, the formation of Y Indian Princess groups broadened membership to include daughters as well.
The Stock Market crash of 1929 posed additional challenges. The YMCA's great task, remarked President of the Board L. Ray Carter, was to "maintain normal living in abnormal times." YMCA job training and employment bureau programs, vocational guidance and counseling services, and recreational activities offered many men hope during the Great Depression. The organization offered free tuition and membership to those unable to pay. Youth programs addressed the needs of St. Louis' children.

YMCA programs were somewhat at odds with the prevailing mood. Although the organization supported a number of charitable activities. The Pine Street Branch dispensed direct relief to St. Louis' Black community, for instance. Its main focus, even during the Depression's leanest years, remained character building. Substantial amounts of money went into the continuing expansion of the YMCA's physical plant and education programs. Construction began on a new building on the city's South Side. In 1935,the association, with support from local industries, opened its Day Cooperative College, a division of the Federal Relief Administration's Jefferson College. Participating students alternated six week school terms with salaried jobs at local businesses.

American involvement in World War II marshalled the country's industrial, and civilian resources to state service. The YMCA, with its extensive educational, recreational, and lodging facilities represented an invaluable addition to the Allied War effort. As in the Civil War and the First World War, YMCA administrators moved to support U.S. armed forces. Association Branches provided lodging, recreation, and entertainment to troops in transit. The St. Louis YMCA's Jefferson College, in association with the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Authority, trained both military pilots and civilian men and women for technical jobs in war industry. Each Saturday evening,the St.Louis Y offered soldiers the chance to socialize at USO dances.

YMCA volunteers were no less active on the war front. In cooperation with the International Red Cross, YMCA efforts monitored conditions in prisoner of war camps, and, with supplies of food, medicine,and books, attempted to relieve hardship of prisoners themselves.

After World War II, the organization turned to the problems of postwar readjustment. In 1944, the St. Louis Y formed a committee to map out the agency's response to the problem of returning veterans. Having seen good return on the Y's wartime and Depression era counseling efforts, the committee recommended continuing the association's vocational guidance and job placement programs and appropriated $17,500 support. Four full-time staff members addressed veteran concerns. Counselors modified job training, educational, and vocational programs to meet postwar conditions. Throughout the 1950s the YMCA provided recreational and educational services for member families which grew into the curriculum offered by the YMCA in the 1990s.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The St. Louis YMCA Addenda Collection consists of documents, videos, photos & negatives, slides, books, and ephemera.  The collection is divided into 15 series organized by branch.  Each folder is organized chronologically.  The first series is subdivided into 13 subseries which all constitutes the St. Louis Metropolitan YMCA and encompasses all of the areas branches.  Each subsequent branch is provided with its own series which are organized in alphabetical order.  The collection covers important topics such as the Great Depression, African Americans, World War I & II, and reaches from 1876 to 2003.    

COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

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PREFERRED CITATION

From the SL 825 YMCA Addenda Collection at the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-St. Louis, University of Missouri-St. Louis.

CONTACT INFORMATION

State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center- St. Louis
222 Thomas Jefferson Library
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121
(314)516-5143
whmc@umsl.edu

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Series 1: St. Louis Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, 1880-2003 (box 1-16, folders 1-270)

1a. Metro Board of Directors Minutes & Agendas, 1880-1979 (box 1-6, folders 1-84). 

1b. Metro: Assorted Minutes & Agendas & Annual Dinner Meetings 1936-1991 (box 7, folders 85-101).

1c. Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, 1973-1987 (box7-9, folders 102-123).

1d. Operations Division: Annual reports, policies, equipment brochures and manuals, studies & surveys, 1941-2000 (box 9, folders 124-137).  

1e. Building Committee, 1920-1931 (box 10, folders 138-157).

1f. Financial: Endowments, Budgets, Development Fund, Endowments, Grants, & Fiscal Policy, 1910-1990 (box 11-12, folders 158-179).

1g. Personnel, 1950-1983 (box 12, folders 180-191).  

1h. Public Relations, 1959-2002 (box 13, folders 192-208).

1i. Legal, 1853-1936 (box 14, folders 209-216).

1j. Historical, 1853-2002 (box 14, folders 217-228).

1k. Programming, 1943-2002 (box 14, folders 229-231).

1l. Newspaper Clippings, 1924-2002 (box 14-16, folders 232-265).

1m. YMCA Triangle Club, 1963-1989 (box 16, folders 266-270).

Series 2: State, National, & International YMCA, 1895-1996 (box 17-18, folders 271-305).

Series 3: Downtown Branch St. Louis YMCA, 1903-1996 (box 19-20, folders 306-339). 

Series 4: Jefferson County Branch YMCA, 1944-1963 (box 20-21, folders 340-378). 

Series 5: South Side Branch YMCA, 1928-1985 (box 22, folders 379-400).

Series 6: United Services Organization (USO) Branch YMCA, 1942-1967 (box 23, folders 401-421).  

Series 7: Alton, Carondelet, City North, and Jefferson College Branches YMCA 1920-2003 (box 24, folders 422-451).  

Series 8: Kirkwood, Mark Twain, Mid-County, Monsanto & North County (Ferguson) Branches YMCA, 1947-1989 (box 25, folders 452-461).

Series 9: North Side Branch YMCA, 1879-1976 (box 25, folders 462-474).

Series 10: Northwest County (Ritenour),Page Park, Pine Street (Colored), South County, South City, Washington University (WASHU), Webster Groves, and West County Branches YMCA, 1944-1993 (box 25-26, folders 475-503).

Series 11: Photos, 835.1-835.6104 (box 27-29, folders 504-588).

Series 12: YMCA Books

Series 13: Videos

Series 14: Audio Cassettes.

Series 15: Oversize

Folder List

BOX 1 (117146)
Folders 1-18

1. Ledger Book Containing 1880 Deed and Board of Trustees Minutes, April 26, 1880 to May 23, 1922.
2. Metropolitan Board of Directors Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1912-1920.
3. Minutes & Agendas, 1921-1924.
4. Minutes & Agendas, 1925-1929.
5. Minutes & Agendas, 1930.
6. Minutes & Agendas, 1931-1934.
7. Minutes & Agendas, 1935.
8. Minutes & Agendas, 1936.
9. Minutes & Agendas, 1937.
10. Minutes & Agendas, 1938.
11. Minutes & Agendas, 1939.
12. Minutes & Agendas, Jan- Aug. 1940.
13. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1940. 
14. Minutes & Agendas, Jan-June 1941.
15. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1941.
16. Minutes & Agendas, Jan-June 1942.
17. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1942.
18. Minutes & Agendas, Jan-June 1943. 

BOX 2 (117147)
Folders 19-32

19. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1943.
20. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1944.
21. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1944.
22. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1945. 
23. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1945.
24. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1946.
25. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1946.
26. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1947.
27. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1947. 
28. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1948. 
29. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1948.
30. Minutes & Agendas, Feb.-May 1949.
31. Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1949.
32. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1950.

BOX 3 (117148)
Folders 33-47

33. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1950.
34. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1951. 
35. Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1951
36. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1952.
37. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1952.
38. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1953. 
39. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1953.
40. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1954.
41. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1954.
42. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1955.
43. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1955.
44. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1956. 
45. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1956
46. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1957.
47. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1957.

BOX 4 (117149)
Folders 48-59

48. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1958.
49. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1958.
50. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1959.
51. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1959.
52. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1960.
53. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1960.
54. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1961.
55. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1961.
56. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1962.
57. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1962.
58. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1963.
59. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1963.

BOX 5 (117150)
Folders 60-70.

60. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1964.
61. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1964.
62. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1965.
63. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1965.
64. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1966.
65. Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1966.
66. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1967.
67. Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1967.
68. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1968.
69. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1968.
70. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1969. 

BOX 6 (117151)
Folders 71-84

71. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1969.
72. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1970.
73. Minutes & Agendas, July-Dec. 1970. 
74. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1971.
75. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1971.
76. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-Apr. 1972.
77. Minutes & Agendas, May-June 1972.
78. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1972.
79. Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1973.
80. Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1973
81. Minutes & Agendas, 1974.
82. Minutes & Agendas, 1977.
83. Minutes & Agendas, 1978.
84. Minutes & Agendas, 1979

BOX 7 (117152)
Folders 85-106

85. Metro Board of Directors Executive Cabinet Minutes & Agendas, 1936-1939. 
86. Metro Board of Directors Executive Cabinet Minutes & Agendas, 1940-1942.
87. President’s Cabinet Meeting: Trout Lodge, Oct. 11, 1969. 
88. Metro Board of Directors Operating Committee Minutes, 1936-1940.  
89. Program Development/Evaluation Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1978.
90. Metro Program Development/Evaluation Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1979.
91. Metro Program Development/Evaluation Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1980.
92. Metro Program Development/Evaluation Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1981.
93. Staff Meeting Minutes, Dec. 1966.
94. City-Wide Staff Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1936-1939.
95. City-Wide Staff Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1940-1942.
96. City-Wide Staff Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1967. 
97. Metro Suburban Outreach District Board Minutes & Agendas, 1976.
98. Metro Suburban Outreach District Board Minutes & Agendas, 1977.
99. Annual Dinner Meetings, 1947-1965.
100. Annual Dinner Meetings, 1966-1971.
101. Annual Dinner Meetings, 1972-1991. 
102. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1973.
103. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1973.
104. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, 1974.
105. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1976. 
106. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1976. 

BOX 8 (117153)
Folders 107-118

107. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, 1977.
108. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1978.
109. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1978.
110. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1979.
111. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1979.
112. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-June 1981.
113. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1981.
114. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1982.
115. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1982.
116. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.- Mar. 1985.
117. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Apr.-June 1985.
118. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1985.

BOX 9 (117154)
Folders 119-137

119. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-Mar. 1986.
120. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Apr.-June 1986.
121. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Sept.-Dec. 1986.
122. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, Jan.-May 1987.
123. Metro Operations Division Board Minutes & Agendas, June-Dec. 1987.
124.  Annual Reports, 1941-1950.
125. Annual Reports, 1950-1968.
126. Annual Reports, 1968-1997.
127. Policies, 1945-2000.
128. Equipment Brochures & Manuals, 1981-1983.
129. Decision Making Process Reference Guide, Dec. 1981.
130. Word processing Reference Manual, Nov. 1982.
131. A Plan for Community Service., Jan. 1946.
132. Thomas-Eggleston Study, 1952. 
133. North Side and Page Park Inner City Study, 1970.
134. Central City Task Force to Consolidate Page Park and North Side Branches: memos, correspondence, guidelines, committee minutes, et. al., 1975. 
135. Aquatics Survey, 1989.
136. Membership figures, 1940-1942.
137. Membership Survey, 1989. 

BOX 10 (117155)
Folders 138-157

138. Metro Building Committee Correspondence and Administrative Documents, 1920-1925.
139. Metro Building Committee Correspondence and Administrative Documents, 1926-1930. 
140. Metro Building Committee Architects Correspondence, 1924-1927. 
141. Metro Building Committee Correspondence, Administrative Documents, & Ephemera for Groundbreaking Ceremonies for New Buildings, 1925. 
142. Metro Building Committee, Carondelet Branch: General Correspondence & Administrative Documents, 1924-1927.   
143. Metro Building Committee, Carondelet Branch: Architects Correspondence 1925-1926.
144. Metro Building Committee, Carondelet Branch: Contractors, Bids, & Correspondence, 1925-1926.  
145. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch’s New Building: Correspondence, Bids, Contracts, Equipment Fees, 1922- Feb. 1925.
146. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch’s New Building: Correspondence, Bids, Contracts, Equipment Fees, Mar.-June 1925. 
147. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch’s New Building: Correspondence, Bids, Contracts, Equipment Fees, July-Dec. 1925.
148. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch’s New Building: Correspondence, Bids, Contracts, Equipment Fees, 1926-1928. 
149. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch: Architects Correspondence, 1924-1927.  
150. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch: Contractor List and Correspondence, 1925-1927.
151. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch: Dormitory Figures on Cost, 1924-1925.
152. Metro Building Committee, Downtown Branch: Equipment Bids and correspondence for New Downtown Building, 1924.  
153. Metro Building Committee, North Side Branch: Correspondence, 1924-1928.
154. Metro Building Committee, Pine Street Branch: Correspondence, 1924-1929.
155. Metro Building Committee, Railroad Branch: Correspondence, 1924-1928.
156. Metro Building Committee, South Side Branch: Correspondence, Architects, 1926-1929. 
157. Metro Building Committee, South Side Branch: Correspondence, 1924-1931.  

BOX 11 (117156)
Folders 158-172

158. Metro, Financial, Development Fund: Informational & Promotional Brochures, Pamphlets, and other Materials, 1924.
159. Development Fund: Raisins, 1924.
160. Development Fund: Correspondence, 1923-1925.
161. Development Fund Correspondence, 1926-1927.
162. Development Fund Correspondence, 1928.
163. Development Fund Correspondence, 1929-1931.
164. Development Fund Subscriptions, Reports on Collections, Balance Sheets, 1924-1929. 
165. Development Fund, Unpaid Pledges as of Feb. 28, 1925. 
166. Development Fund, Petitions for New Building, 1923-1924.
167. Development Fund, Memorial Gifts, 1924-1927.
168. Development Fund, Letters of Congratulations, 1924. 
169. Development Fund, Campaign Brochures & Information, 1966. 
170. Dormitory Rooms, Clubs, and Other Organizations, undated. 
171. Metro, Financial Information, Budget & Fiscal Policy, 1959-1968. 
172. Metro, Financial Information, Income, Budget, and Expense Reports, 1910-1989. 

BOX 12 (117157)
Folders 173-191

173. Metro, Financial Information, Operating Funds by Branch, 1990.
174. Accounts Payable, Colored Branch, 1905-1919. 
175. Accounts Payable, North Side Branch, 1914-1917. 
176. Endowments, How To Give/Policies 1969-1984. 
177. Bequeaths & Donations, 1921-1977. 
178. Grant Application: Acid rescue Drug Crisis Intervention Unit, 1972-1974.
179. National Older Worker Program, 1980. 
180. Metro, Personnel, Management & Personnel Policies, 1950-1983.
181. American Jewish Committee Conference on the “Dynamics of Leadership,” 1963. 
182. New Staff Training, 1965-1966.
183. Manpower Planning & Development Committee, 1966. 
184. Camping, Position Duties, Qualifications, and Salary Information, 1967-1970.
185. Camp Lakewood Employment/Salary Descriptions, 1971. 
186. Staff Inventory, 1963-1964. 
187. Salary Reports, 1972.
188. Position Guides and Job Descriptions, 1967-1969. 
189. Job Specifications, 1969.
190. Staff Reorganization, 1969.
191. Job Descriptions & Salary Information, 1970-1971. 

BOX 13 (117158)
Folders 192-208

192. Metro, Public Relations, Board Member Newsletters, 1959-1975.
193. Board Member Newsletters, 1976-1980.
194. Board member Newsletters, 1981-1988.
195. Contributor Newsletters, 1977-1987.
196. Materials for Contributor Newsletters, 1977-1987.
197. Newsletter Publication Ideas, 1980-1983.
198. News Releases, 1961-1986.
199. News releases, 1987-2002.
200. 1986-1989 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1985-1989.
201. 1990 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1989-1990.
202. 1991 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1990-1991.
203. 1992 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1991-1992.
204. 1993 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1992-1993.
205. 1994 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1993-1994.
206. 1995 & 1996 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, 1994-1996. 
207. Promotional Brochures, Flyers, and Information Guides, 1939-2001.  
208. Camps, Marketing & Promotional Brochures for Trout Lodge, Camp Niangua, YMCA Boys Camp, Sunnen Lake, & Camp Taconic, undated.

BOX 14 (117159)
Folders 209-235

209. Metro, Legal, St. Louis YMCA Constitution & Bylaws, 1853-1952.  
210. Contracts, Gentleman’s Agreements, Leases, 1885-1899.
211. Contracts, Gentleman’s Agreements, Leases, 1905-1935.
212. Contracts, Gentleman’s Agreements, Leases, Colored Branch, 1904-1919.
213. Deeds to YMCA, Downtown Branch, 1924-1935.
214. Contracts for Bids & Leases, North Side Branch, 1913-1936.
215. Contracts, Gentleman’s Agreements, Leases, Railroad Branch, 1895-1921.
216. South Side Branch, Contracts & Surety Bonds, 1934-1935.  
217: YMCA Historical, Publications, The Lay Worker, and Monthly Bulletins, 1876-1891.
218. St. Louis Red Triangle, 1924-1926.

219. Metro, Historical, Documents: Rev. T. M. Cunningham, “Address Before the St. Louis YMCA at the First Public Meeting,” Printed by Ustick Studley & Co. Nov. 20, 1853, “Excerpts from the First Annual Report” Presented Jan. 16, 1854 (Source Missouri Historical Society), 1889 Booklet An Association No. 597, 1891 Booklet: Looking Backward” Claus & Barclay & 1891-1892 Booklet by Central Branch & General Offices. Opportunities for Pleasure and Profit Afforded by the St. Louis Young Men’s Christian Association. (St. Louis, J. L. Claus Fine Printing).

220. Histories of the YMCA, 1915-1938:1915 St. Louis Boys Volume I : The Picture Story of the boys Division of the Central Young Men’s Christian Association (Published by the “Boys” of 1915, May 1915), 1917 Booklet Industrial Department St. Louis YMCA’s, 1917 or 1918 “Programme: Mass Meeting and Pageant by the American Citizens of Foreign Birth” Sunday March 24., Booklet Boys Division Central YMCA St. Louis, 1924 Booklet- Vision: The Spirit and Glory of Youth Looking Onward and Upward, St.  Louis: Sixth In Population, Forty Second in _____. Development Program Book, 1938 Booklet -25 Years of Service to St. Louis Industry, and Sept. 5, 1927- The American Architect pg. 287-303.

221. Historical: Histories of YMCA, 1942-2002: Born in Britain: World Wide Movements and Their Founders (New York: British Information Services, April 1945), H.S. Keltner. Origins and History of the Indian Guides Father and Son Movement of the YMCA (July 1946), After 12 Decades: A Brief History of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States of America (New York: National Board of YMCA, 1978, rept. 1980). 

222. Outlines of YMCA History, 1951-2003.
223. Historical, Scrapbook, Founders Week  100th Anniversary of St. Louis YMCA, 1953.

224. Camping Histories and Documents, 1934-1975: Taconic Trails (1934), 1959 Postcard from Camper, H.S. Keltner- Beginnings of Camp Taconic (July 1946), 1928 Program from Camp Taconic, History of Camping in the YMCA of St. Louis and St. Louis County (1965). 

225. 125th Anniversary of St. Louis YMCA, 1977-1979.
226. 150th Anniversary of YMCA, 1994-2002.
227. Indian Guides, Information and History, 1935-1970.
228. Indian Guides, Pipestone Tribe, 1945-1948.  
229. Metro, Programming, 1947-2002.
230. Metro, Programming, 1964 Youth Citizenship Luncheon, 1964. 
231. Metro, Programming, 1943 Boy Scouts of America Annual Meeting & Songbook, 1943-1946.
232. Metro, Newspaper Clippings, 1924-1943.
233. Newspaper Clippings for County, Carondelet, Downtown, Kirkwood, North Side, Pine Street, WashU, & Webster Groves Branches, 1944.
234. Newspaper Clippings, Sports, 1944.
235. Newspaper Clippings, USO/WWII, 1944.

BOX 15 (117160)
Folders 236-251

236. Newspaper Clippings, General, All Branches, 1944.
237. Newspaper Clippings, 1946.
238. Newspaper Clippings, 1946.
239. Newspaper Clippings, 1954-1961.
240. Newspaper Clippings, Jan.-March 1965.
241. Newspaper Clippings, Apr.-May 1965.
242. Newspaper Clippings, June-Aug. 1965.
243. Newspaper Clippings, Sept.-Oct. 1965.
244. Newspaper Clippings, Nov.-Dec. 1965.
245. Newspaper Clippings, Jan.-Feb. 1966.
246. Newspaper Clippings, Mar.-May 1966.
247. Newspaper Clippings, June-July 1966.
248. Newspaper Clippings, Aug.-Sept. 1966.
249. Newspaper Clippings, Oct.-Dec. 1966.
250. Newspaper Clippings, Jan. 1967.
251. Newspaper Clippings, Mar.-May 1967.

BOX 16 (117277)
Folders 252-270

252. Newspaper Clippings, June- July 1967.
253. Newspaper Clippings, Aug.-Dec. 1967.
254. Newspaper Clippings, Jan.-Mar. 1968.
255. Newspaper Clippings, 1971.
256. Newspaper Clippings, Jan.-Apr. 1972.
257. Newspaper Clippings, May-Dec. 1972.
258. Newspaper Clippings, Jan.-May 1973.
259. Newspaper Clippings, June-July 1973.
260. Newspaper Clippings, Aug.-Oct. 1973.
261. Newspaper Clippings, Nov.-Dec. 1973.
262. Newspaper Clippings, 1974-1979.
263. Newspaper Clippings, 1980.
264. Newspaper Clippings, 1983-1984.
265. Newspaper Clippings, 1989-2002.
266. Metro, YMCA Triangle Club, Minutes, 1969.
267. Metro, YMCA, Triangle Club, Constitution & Bylaws.
268. Metro, YMCA, Triangle Club, Roster & Calendars, 1963-1983.
269. Metro, YMCA, Triangle Club, Event & Meeting Announcements, 1967-1987.
270. Metro, YMCA, Triangle Club, Correspondence & Rosters, 1968-1982.  

BOX 17 (117278)
Folders 271-290
271. State, National, and International: Executive Committee Minutes, 1943-1944.
272. International Board Minutes, 1943-1944.
273. National Executive Committee Minutes, 1943.
274. National Board Minutes, 1943.
275. Missouri State Committee & Executive Committee Minutes, 1905-1910.
276. Missouri State Committee & Executive Committee Minutes, 1911-1915.
277. Missouri State Committee & Executive Committee Minutes, 1916-1919.
278. Missouri State Committee & Executive Committee Minutes, 1920-1922.
279. Missouri State Committee & Executive Committee Minutes, 1923-1944.
280. National Council of YMCAs Minutes and West Central Area Committee on Work With High School Age Youth (Sept. 14 & 30, 1967), July-Sept. 1967. 
281. Committee on Work with High School Age Youth Agendas, Minutes, Forms, & Correspondence, Sept. 1967. 
282. Publications, 1914-1978. 
283. Forum of the Association of Secretaries of the YMCA, 1946-1955.
284. Forum of the Association of Secretaries of the YMCA, 1956-1957.
285. Forum of the Association of Secretaries of the YMCA, 1958-1961.
286. Forum of the Association of Secretaries of the YMCA, 1962-1964.
287. National Bulletins, 1937-1964.
288. Old Guard News, 1942-1988.
289. Legal, Missouri State Committee Constitution & Bylaws, 1914-1916.
290. Contracts and Programs, 1967-1971. 

BOX 18 (117279)
Folders 291-305

291. Meetings & Conferences: Booklets, Programs, and Reports, 1907-1914.
292. Meetings & Conferences: Booklets, Programs and Reports, Midwest Conference of A.O.S., 1943.
293. Meetings & Conferences Reports, 1921-1973.
294. Meetings & Conferences: Booklets, Programs and Reports, 1958-1965.

295. Programs for Railroad YMCA, 1953-1958. Vol. F, No. 7. Railroad YMCA Journal (Transportation Section Association of Secretaries, May 1958), Vol.F., No. 8.,  Railroad YMCA Journal (Transportation Section Association of Secretaries, Oct. 1958).

296. Railroad Department Documents, 1895-1970: Post Cards, Union Station St. Louis, Emphasizing Responsible Citizenship: Achieving Understanding Between Men and Management (issued by the Transportation Dept. of the YMCA, undated), “Papers Relating to Miss Helen Miller Gould’s Proposed Gift of $150,000.00 for a Club House for Railroad Men of St. Louis” (1895-1905), Bound Map of the Railroad Department YMCA (Revised Sept. 1, 1908), 1910 Letters, 1912 Audit of union Station St. Louis YMCA, 1928 Program of Southern Summer School of the YMCA, 1962 Brochure,, 1955 Canadian Railway Lines YMCA Conference Program, 1959 Membership Report, Report of the transportation Department Consultation 1970 (1970).

297. Historical Documents, 1917-1994: “YMCA First” (undated), Paul Super. An Outline of the History of the North American Young Men’s Christian Associations (New York: Association Press, 1917), “National War Work Council of the YMCAs of the U.S. financial Statement- March 31, 1918,” 1938 pamphlet, S. Wirt Wiley. Financial Experience during the depression Years 1929-1939: YMCA of Rochester, NY (1940), Open House Program (1943), World Communique (March-April 1955), 1961 Brochure, Celebrating the World YMCA’s 150th Birthday 1844-1994.

298. Historical, 1944 World YMCA Centennial, Documents and Ephemera: One Hundred Years in Retrospect: A Highly Personal Look at YMCA History, Centennial tributes to the YMCA Volumes 1 & 2.
299. Historical, 125th Anniversary of the founding of World alliance of YMCAs, 1980.
300. Historical Postcards 1920’s? to 1940’s?
301. Retirement Fund Annual Reports, Rosters, Brochures, and Other Documents, 1950-1995.
302. World Service, 1943-1970.
303. Dynamic Citizenship Forum, 1961.
304. Hi-Y Council, 1961-1965.
305. A Clip Book of Art, 1962-1966. 

BOX 19 (117280)
Folders 306-326

306. Downtown Branch Board of Managers Minutes & agendas, 1926-1929.
307. Minutes & Agendas, 1930-1934.
308. Minutes & Agendas, 1935-1939.
309. Minutes & Agendas, 1940-1945.
310. Minutes & Agendas, 1946-1949.
311. Minutes & Agendas, 1950-1954.
312. Minutes & Agendas, 1955-1957.
313. Monthly Reports, 1926.
314. Monthly Reports, 1927.
315. Monthly Reports, 1928.
316. Monthly Reports, 1929.
317. Monthly Reports, 1930.
318. Monthly Reports, 1931.
319. Monthly Reports, 1932.
320. Agenda Board of Managers Meeting/Conference, Sept. 1973.
321. Development/Building Renovation, 1956-1968. 
322. Building Use, 1971-1972.
323. Renovation into Elderly Apartments(Top Floors) & Offices, Centenary Towers, 1975.
324. Renovation into Elderly Apartments(Top Floors) & Offices, Centenary Towers, 1976.
325. Renovation into Elderly Apartments(Top Floors) & Offices, Centenary Towers, Jan.-Aug. 1977.
326. Renovation into Elderly Apartments(Top Floors) & Offices, Centenary Towers, Sept.-Dec. 1977.

BOX 20 (117281)
Folders 327-351

327. Renovation into Elderly Apartments(Top Floors) & Offices, Centenary Towers, 1978.
328. Downtown Branch Consultations, 1972-1973.
329. Marketing and Promotions Brochures/Pamphlets, 1944-1948, 1983. 
330. Programming, Management & Executive Forums, 1951-1974.
331. Programming, Dynamic Citizenship Forum, Oct. 1961- Mar. 1962.
332. Programming, Dynamic Citizenship Forum, Jan. 1962- Apr. 1963.
333. Programming, Physical Activities, 1970-1971. 
334. Downtown Branch Studies/1964Food Service Study, 1968 Restricted Systems Study & 1975 Residence Services Study. 
335. Downtown Satellite Info, 1986.
336. Downtown Branch YMCA Staff Manual, Front Desk, Residence, Membership, 1973. 
337. Historical, Publications, The Downtown Triangle, 1926-1929.
338. Historical, Publications, The Downtown Triangle, 1944-1958.
339. Historical Documents, 1903-1996. 

340. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers Minutes and Agendas, Correspondence (Organizing Committee), 1952-1954. 
341. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1953.
342. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1954.
343. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1955.
344. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1956.
345. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1957.
346. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1958.
347. Jefferson County Branch, Board of Managers, Minutes & Agendas, 1959.
348. Executive Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1960-1962.
349. Jefferson County, Board of Managers Correspondence, 1958-1962.
350. Jefferson County Board of Managers, Vacancy Committee, Correspondence, 1960-1962.
351. Jefferson County, Financial, Budgets, 1958-1962. 

BOX 21 (117282)
Folders 352-378

352. Jefferson County, Financial, Payroll Reports, 1961-1962.
353. Jefferson County, Payroll, Reports & Time Sheets, 1961.
354. Jefferson County, Timesheets, 1962.
355. Jefferson County, Daily Cash Reports, 1960-1962.
356. Jefferson County, Petty Cash Vouchers & Requests for Journal Entry, 1959-1962.
357. Jefferson County, Expense Info, Tax, Projector, Ping Pong & Bowling, 1952-1961.   
358. Jefferson County, United Fund, 1962.
359. Jefferson County, 1961 Membership Canvass Materials, 1956-1961.
360. Jefferson County, Membership Canvas, Correspondence with Dr. Rutledge, 1961.
361. Jefferson County, Membership Canvas, 1962.
362. Jefferson County, Membership Contributions Figures, Letters, and Thank you Correspondence, 1962.
363. Jefferson County, Geographic Area Study Committee Minutes, Figures, & Correspondence, 1953, 1962. 
364. Jefferson County, Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1955. 
365. Jefferson County, Legal, Permits, Bylaws, Leases, Contracts, etc., 1952-1961. 
366. Jefferson County, Insurance, 1955-1962.
367. Jefferson County, Programming, Archery, 1962. 
368. Jefferson County, Basketball, 1962.
369. Jefferson County, Bowling, 1961-1963.
370. Jefferson County, Grade School Youth, 1962. 
371. Jefferson County, Hi-Y, 1944-1962.
372. Jefferson County, Labor Day Picnic Materials, 1962.
373. Jefferson County, Softball & Tumbling, 1962.
374. Jefferson County, Swimming, Correspondence & Reports, 1959-1962.
375. Jefferson County, Swimming, Jr. Lifeguard Applications & Examinations, 1960-1962.
376. Jefferson County, Y’s Guys & Gals Club, 1962. 
377. Jefferson County, Group Activity Registration Forms, 1961.
378. Jefferson County, Group Activity Registration Forms, 1962.

BOX 22 (117283)
Folders 379-400

379. South Side Board of Managers Minutes & Agendas, 1928-1939.

380. Minutes & Agendas, 1940-1947.
381. Minutes & Agendas, 1950-1954.
382. Minutes & Agendas, 1955-1960.
383. Minutes & Agendas, 1962.
384. Minutes & Agendas, 1963.
385. Minutes & Agendas, 1964.
386. Minutes & Agendas, 1965.
387. Board Member Cards With Dates Served, 1931-1972.
388. Board Member Correspondence & Rosters, 1937-1965.
389. Board Member Correspondence & Rosters, 1966-1967.
390. Board Member Correspondence & Rosters, 1968-1973.
391. South Side, Financial, Budgets, Income & Expenses, 1932-1971.
392. Endowment Fund, Causino Memorial Fund, 1956-1971.
393. South Side, Board of Managers Proposal for Advancement of South Side YMCA to Metropolitan Board of Directors, 1932. 
394. Building Development & Use, 1934-1958.
395. Programming, 1933-1979.
396. Administrative Documents, 1939-1959.
397. Club Program Advisor’s Manual, 1965.
398. Historical Documents, 1906-1976.
399. Historical, Indian Guides History, 1937-1985.
400. Eli Loncar, 1963.

BOX 23 (117284)
Folders 401-421

401. USO, Board, Staff, & Operating Committee Minutes & Agendas, 1950.
402. Minutes & Agendas, 1951.
403. Minutes & Agendas, 1952-1953.
404. Minutes & Agendas, 1956-1956.
405. Minutes & Agendas, 1957-1958.
406. Minutes & Agendas, 1959-1960.
407. Minutes & Agendas, 1961-1962.
408. Minutes & Agendas, 1963-1964.
409. Minutes & Agendas, 1965-1966.
410. USO Board Correspondence, 1958-1959.
411. USO Board Correspondence, 1960-1961
412. USO Board Correspondence, 1962.
413. USO Board Correspondence, 1963-1964.
414. Operating Committee Correspondence, 1956-1960.
415. Program Committee Correspondence, 1962-1965.
416. USO Board Rosters, 1952-1967.
417. Annual Meeting of National Council United Service Organizations, Inc., 1966.
418. Army Navy Bulletin, 1943-1946.
419. The USO in WWII Materials, 1942-1946.
420. USO Policies, Procedures, & Program Aids, 1952-1953.
421. USO Volunteer Manual & Program Manual With Correspondence included, 1963-1965.

BOX 24 (117285)
Folders 422-451

422. Alton, Financial, Billings, Invoices & Department of Corrections/Juvenile, 1979-1980.
423. Alton Correspondence, Constitution & Bylaws, Merger Contract with St. Louis YMCA & Board Annual Meeting Minutes, 1980. 
424. Correspondence Concerning Merger of Alton YMCA with St. Louis YMCA, 1977-1983.
425. Alton, Programming, 1978.
426. Carondelet, Minutes, Reports, Figures, etc., 1924-1967.
427. Carondelet, Combined Reports, 1920-1927.
428. Carondelet, Reports, 1923-1924.
429. Carondelet, Reports, 1925-1926.    
430. Carondelet, Reports, 1927-1928.
431. Correspondence & Agreements on Cooperation with YWCA on Building Use, 1927-1947. 
432. Correspondence & Agreements on Cooperation with YWCA on Building Use, 1948.
433. Correspondence & Agreements on Cooperation with YWCA on Building Use, 1949-1951.
434. Programming, Figures, Schedules, Activities, Correspondence, Pamphlets & Brochures, 1929-1978.
435. Membership Drive, 1971.
436. Financial, Endowment, Johnson Fund, 1936-1964.
437. Financial, Endowment, Johnson Fund, 1966-1980.
438. Historical, Correspondence, Historical Timelines, Receipts, Programs, & Narrative for 125th Anniversary of YMCA, 1921-2000.
439. City North Branch, Documents, 1973-2003.
440. City North Board of Managers Minutes & Agendas, Correspondence & Board Info, 1975-1980.
441. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1929-1933.
442. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1934.
443. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1935.
444. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1936.
445. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1937.
446. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1938.
447. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1939.
448. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1940.
449. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1941.
450. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1942.
451. Jefferson College Board of Governors’ Meeting Minutes & Agendas, 1943-1944.

BOX 25 (117286)
Folders 452-479

452. Kirkwood Minutes & 1970’s Reorganization Information, 1950-1980.
453. Kirkwood, Property & Building Correspondence, Memos, Notary, etc., 1951-1973.
454. Kirkwood, Programming, 1959-1970.
455. Kirkwood, Club 44, Includes Articles of Incorporation as Non-Profit, 1969-1973.
456. Mark Twain Branch, Standard Oil Property, 1969.
457. Mark Twain, Property, 1974.
458. Mid-County Branch, 1952-1978.
459. Monsanto Branch (1980 Ground Breaking Included), 1980-1989.
460. North County Branch (Ferguson), Minutes, Correspondence, and Other Documents, 1947-1978.
461. North County Branch, “Cares” Project and Programming, 1970-1974.  
462. North Side Branch, Minutes, Reports, Studies, & Surveys, 1949-1976.
463. North Side, Building Trustees, Correspondence & Proposals, 1955-1976 (With Information on Closing of Branch).
464. North Side, Financial, Correspondence, 1949-1975. 
465. North Side, Peters, Batty, Schwartz Memorial Info, 1960-1974. 
466. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1879-1884.
467. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1885-1889.
468. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1890-1891.
469. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1892-1894.
470. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1895-1899.
471. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1900-1905.
472. North Side, Newsletters, Monalicher Anzeiger (In German), 1906-1910 & 1952 Northmen.
473. North Side, Historical Documents, Publications & Ephemera, 1919-1974.  
474. North Side, Programming, Open Houses, & Events, 1943-1972.
475. Northwest County (Ritenour Branch), Correspondence, Minutes, Programs & 1947 Organization Documentation, 1947-1977. 
476. Page Park Board of Managers, Executive Committee & other Committee Minutes, Reports, & Agendas, 1961-1975.
477. Page Park, Long Range PlanningProposal,1973.  
478. Page Park, Programming & Financial Report to Sunne Foundation on Programs Made Possible, Dec. 1968.
479. Page Park, Correspondence, Contracts, Memos,& Other Documents, 1961-1965.

BOX 26 (000364)
Folders 480-503

480. Page Park, Correspondence, Bids, Contracts, Financial Figures, and Others, 1965-1968. 
481. Page Park, Correspondence, 1969-1974.
482. Page Park, Programming, 1962-1972.
483. Page Park, Programming, Cultural Educational Center of the Arts, 1969-1970. 
484. Pine Street, Minutes & Agendas, Reports & Studies, 1947-1957.
485. Pine Street, Minutes & Agendas, Reports & Studies, 1958-1961.
486. Pine Street, Correspondence & Administrative Documents, 1937-1960. 
487. Pine Street, Correspondence, 1961.
488. Pine Street, Sarah-Page Youth Center, 1947-1967.
489. Pine Street Bequests, Gilliam Estate, 1943-1948.
490. Pine Street, General Historical Documents & Publications, 1944-1959.
491. South County, Correspondence & Ephemera, 1966-1982.
492. South City Branch, Presentation to Metropolitan Long Range Planning Committee, 1993.
493. St. Charles County, Correspondence, Status Updates, Preferred Stock Holder, Ephemera & Other documents, 1958-1975. 
494. Washington University (WashU), 1946-1978.
495. Webster Groves, Minutes, Agendas & Reports, 1942-1982.
496. Webster Groves, Correspondence, 1943-1975.  
497. Webster Groves, Programming, 1959-1979.
498. Webster Groves, Historical Documents, Pamphlets, History, Brochures, Dedications & Dinner Programs, 1943-1993.
499. Webster Groves Combined Efforts with Kirkwood Branch, 1982-1989. 
500. West County, Minutes & Agendas 1969-1978.
501. West County, Board Member Orientation, Jan. 10, 1973.  
502. West County, “New Horizons Project,” 1974. 
503.West County, Programming, 1970-1971.

BOX 27 (000415)
Photos, Folders 504-537

504. 835.1-835.22
505. 835.23-835.30
506. 835.31-835.54
507. 835.55-835.75
508. 835.76-835.93
509. 835.94-835.122
510. 835.123-835.142
511. 835.143-835.170
512. 835.171-835.193
513. 835.194-835.220
514. 835.221-835.245
515. 835.246-835.269
516. 835.270-835.298
517. 835.299-835.322
518. 835.323-835.356
519. 835.357-835.385
520. 835. 386-835.423
521. 835.424-835.452
522. 835.453-835.480
523. 835.481-835.510
524. 835.511-835.531
525. 835.532-835.555
526. 835.556-835.590
527. 835.591-835.606
528. 835.607-835.632
529. 835.633-835.656
530. 835.657-835.673
531. 835.674-835.691
532. 835.692-835.716
533.835.717-835.740
534. 835.741-835.756
535. 835.757-835.776
536. 835.777-835.791
537. 835.792-835.822

BOX 28 (000429)
Photos, Folders 538-565

538. 835.823-835.850
539. 835.851-835.880
540. 835.881-835.908
541.835.909-835.926
542. 835.927-835.947
543. 835.948-835.978
544. 835.979-835.1000
545. 835.1001-835.1115
546. 835.1116-835.1212
547. 835.1213-835.1361
548. 835. 1362- 835.1450
549. 835.1451-835.1513
550.835.1514-835.1614
551. 835.1615-835.1711
552. 835.1712-835.1740
553. 835.1741-835.1782
554. 835.1783-835.1830
555. 835. 1831-835.1865
556. 835.1866-835.1900
557. 835.1901-835.1936
558. 835.1937-835.1970
559. 835.1971-835.2004
560. 835.2005-835.2045
561. 835.2046-835.2082
562. 835.2083- 835.2111
563. 835.2112-835.2142
564. 835.2143-8353.2179
565. 835.2180-835.2222

BOX 29 (000458)
Photos, Folders 566-588

566. 835.2223-835.2360
567. 835.2361-835.2440
568. 835.2441-835.2517
569. 835.2518-835.2550
570. 835.2551-835.2580
571. 835.2581-835.2871
572. 835.2872-835.3226
573. 835.3227-835.3605
574. 835.3606-835.3980
575. 835.3981-835.4180
576. 835.4181-835.4206
577. 835.4207-835. 4248
578. 835.4249-835.4305
579. 835.4306-835.4391
580. 835.4392-835.4420
581. 835.4421-835.4434
582. 835.4435-835.4694
583. 835.4695-835.4873
584. 835.4874-835.5073
585.835.5074-835.5313
586. 835.5314-835.5553
587. 8353.5554-835.5813
588. 835.5814-835.6104

BOX 30 (000486)
Books, 25 Volumes

Ward Adair. Memories of George Warburton (New York: J.J . Little & Ives Company, orig. publication, 1923).

International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference of the Railroad Department of Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America, Held in Fort Wayne Indiana, October 20-23, 1898 (New York: International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, 1898). 

Verranus Morse, M.D.. An Analytical Sketch of the Young Men’s Christian Association in North America from 1851-1876, Together with Contemporary essays; and a Statistical Statement of the Results of its Work from 1876-1901 (New York: International committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, 1901).

International committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations. The Jubilee of Work for Young Men in North America: A Report of the Jubilee Convention of the North American Young Men’s Christian Associations, Reports of the Commemorative Services of the Montreal and Boston Associations, A world Survey by Countries of the Association Movement. (New York: International committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, 1901). 

L. L. Doggett, Ph.D. Life of Robert McBurney (Cleveland: F. M. Barton, 1902).  

(2 Copies) International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of the Railroad Department of Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America, Held at Detroit, Michigan, September 28- October 1, 1905 (New York: International committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations, 1905). 

William Howard Taft, Frederick Harris, Frederic Houston Kent, & William J. Newlin, Eds. Service With Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men’s Christian Associations in the World War, Volume 1 (New York: Association Press, 1922). 

Railroad Department. International Committee YMCA. Railroad Association Work: History, Principles, and Methods (New York: Association Press, 1915). 

(2 Copies) In Commemoration of the Founding in Cleveland in 1872 of the first Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association in the World: Part of the Proceedings of the International Convention of the YMCAs of North America at Cleveland, Ohio, May 12-16, 1916 (1916). 

Frank W. Ober, ed. James Stokes: Pioneer of Young Men’s Christian Associations (New York: Association Press, 1921). 

William Howard Taft, Frederick Harris, Frederic Houston Kent, & William J. Newlin, Eds. Service With Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men’s Christian Associations in the World War, Volume 2 (New York: Association Press, 1922). 

Paul B. Jenkins. The Book of Lake Geneva (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1922). 

Paul Super. What is the YMCA?: A Study in the Essential Nature of the Young Men’s Christian Association (New York: Association Press, 1922).

Frank Ritchie. The Community and the YMCA (New York: Association Press, 1922). 

James W. McCandless. Association Administration: A Study of the Professional Task of Operating a YMCA (New York: Association Press, 1925).

David A. Sinclair & Edwin L. Shuey. Two Y Men (New York: Association Press, 1925). 

Paul Super. Growth: A Study of the Major Interests of Life ((New York: Association Press, 1926). 

G. Cornelius Baker, ed. When Men Were Boys: A Collection of Poetry About Boys Written by Noted Poets (New York: Association Press, 1926). 

Paul Super. Formative Ideas in the YMCA (New York: Association Press, 1929). 

C. K. Ober. Exploring A Continent (New York: Association Press, 1929).

Lester W. Bartlett, Ralph M. Hogan, Alden W. Boyd. The YMCA Executive secretary: An Analysis of the activities of the secretary who is Responsible for the Administration of a Local YMCA (University of Chicago Press, 1929).  

Charles Ten Broeke Goodspeed. Loring Wilbur Messer: Biographical Sketch (Chicago: YMCA, 1934). 

The General Board of the YMCA. Men Working: the YMCA Program and the Present Needs of Youth (New York: Association Press, 1936). 

BOX 31 (000499)
Books, 19 Volumes

S. M. Keeny, ed. Toward Christian Democracy: A Profession Takes its Bearings (New York: Association Press, 1939). 

James Lee. Ellenwood. Look at the “Y”! (New York: Association Press, 1940). 

Association Forum (November-December, 1940). 

E. Clark Worman. The Silver Bay Story 1902-1952 (Silver Bay, NY: Silver Bay Association, 1952). 

Adele Starbird. The Story of the YMCA of St. Louis & St. Louis County 1853-1953 (1953). 

Yearbook of the YMCA of North America May 1, 1906- April 30, 1907 (New York: Association Press, 1907). 

YMCA Year Book  and Official Rosters (1933). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1939 (1939). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1944 (1944).

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1947 (1947). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1948 (1948).

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1950 (1950).

1951 Centennial YMCA Year Book and Official Roster (1951). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1952 (1952). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1953 (1953). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1955 (1955).

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1957 (1957).

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1970 (1970). 

YMCA Year Book & Official Roster Calendar Year 1967 (1967). 

BOX 32 (063188)
Video

v835.1 "'66 in St. Louis," Without Shumaker and O'Brian, PF-940, 2/12/1967 Premier Film and Recording Corp., 3033 Locust Street, St. Louis 3, MO (16mm, color, optical sound film)-copy 1 *Transferred to .avi 5/17/2011 bjw
v835.2 "'66 in St. Louis," Without Shumaker and O'Brian, PF-940, 2/12/1967 Premier Film and Recording Corp., 3033 Locust Street, St. Louis 3, MO (16mm, color, optical sound film)-copy 2
v835.3 "The Challenge of Progress" YMCA Development Fund Campaign, TSF #321 Produced by Technisonic Studios, Inc. (1201 Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis 17, Missouri) (16mm, B&W, optical sound film)-copy 1 *Transferred to .avi 5/17/2011 bjw
v835.4 "The Challenge of Progress" YMCA Development Fund Campaign, TSF #321 Produced by Technisonic Studios, Inc. (1201 Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis 17, Missouri) (16mm, B&W, optical sound film)-copy 2
v835.5 YMCA Boys Camp Dedication (16mm, color, silent) *Transferred to .avi 5/18/2011
v835.6 "66 in St. Louis" Premier Film and Recording Corp., 3033 Locust Street, St. Louis 3, MO; Brown Shoe Company (16mm, color, optical sound film)-copy 3
v835.7 "Children of All Lands," 1928, Madeline Brandeis Productions, a Pathepicture From the book "The Little Indian Weaver" by Madeline Brandeis (16mm, B&W, silent) *Transferred to .avi 5/19/2011
v835.8 Lake Construction and Gate Closing (16mm, color, silent) *Transferred to .avi 5/19/2011
v835.9 The Fitness Challenge Swank Motion Pictures (Distributed by Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc.) 2245-H Copy 1 (16mm, color, optical sound film) *Transferred to .avi 5/19/2011
v835.10 The Fitness Challenge Swank Motion Pictures (Distributed by Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc.) 2245-H
Copy 2 (16mm, color, optical sound film)
V835.11 "The Fun of Your Life"
The President's Council on Physical Fitness, Montgomery Ward
John J. Hennessy Pictures
(16mm, color, optical sound film) *Film sprocket holes badly damaged. Did not transfer first minute.
v835.12 Unidentified 8mm film *Not transferred
v835.13 "What is the Y?" '77 35mm film on core *Not transferred
v835.14 "What is the Y?" '77 57 frames, format unknown *Not transferred
v835.15 Group Home St. Louis Master TV Tape Sony videotape, V-30H for helical scan video recorders, ½ inch *Not transferred

BOX 33 (063190)
Video

v835.16 Film 1:YMCA 1981-Armed Services YMCA, "Great Idea" Youth Sports Day Camp (16mm, color, optical sound film)
Film 2: YMCA TV Commercials, "The Best You Can Do For You," 1. 60 sec. Balance Beam, Basketball, Swimming -Under 18, 2. 60 sec. Aerobics, Body Building, Raquetball-Over 18, copyright 1981, Lemorande Production Co., Milwaukee (16mm, color, optical sound film)
Film 3: YMCA "Great Idea" 1979 (16mm, color, optical sound film)
*Transferred to .avi 5/25/2011
v835.17 Film 1: YMCA "Great Idea" Commercial, 1979 (16mm, color, optical sound film)
Film 2: YMCA-"YBA" (Youth Basketball Association) 60 second TV (16mm, color, optical sound film)
Film 3: YMCA-"Curcus" 30 second TV spot, 1972, Goldberger Productions, 1210 Tamm Ave., St. Louis (16mm, color, optical sound film)
Film 4: YMCA of Greater St. Louis Youth Basketball Association (YBA) 30 sec. TV spot, 1/21/1977 (16mm, color, optical sound film)
*Transferred to .avi 5/26/2011
v835.18 Film 1: Indian Guides, copyright Sunnen Co. (16mm, B&W, silent)
Film 2: South Side YMCA Ground Breaking, 1935 (16mm, B&W, silent)
*Transferred to .avi 5/31/2011
v835.19 The Y That Wouldn't Die (16mm, color, optical sound film) *Transferred to .avi 5/31/2011 **Film shrunken
v835.20 "The Challenge of Progress" YMCA Development Fund Campaign, TSF #321 Produced by Technisonic Studios, Inc. (1201 Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis 17, Missouri) (16mm, B&W, optical sound film)-copy 3
v835.21 "The Challenge of Progress" YMCA Development Fund Campaign, TSF #321 Produced by Technisonic Studios, Inc. (1201 Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis 17, Missouri) (16mm, B&W, optical sound film)-copy 4
v835.22 YMCA Capital Presentation, "Making a World of Difference," 1986, Image Transform Inc. (16mm, color, optical sound film) *Transferred to .avi 6/1/2011

BOX 34 (063195)
Audio

835.P1- Public Service Announcement:  Sept-Dec. 1978
835.P2- Public Service Announcement : Jan-April 1979
835.P3- Public Service Announcement : May-Aug. 1979
835.P4 Public Service Announcement : Jan.-April 1980
835.P5 Public Service Announcement : May-Aug. 1980
835.P6 Public Service Announcement : May-Aug. 1980 and Summer Camp 1980
835.P7 Public Service Announcement : Indian Guides 1980 and November-Dec. 1980
835.P8 Public Service Announcement : May-Aug. 1981
835.P9 Public Service Announcement : May-Dec. 1981
835.P10 Public Service Announcement : May-Dec. 1981
835.T1: Reel: St. Louis YMCA Music Radio Master Tape, 1981
835.T2: Reel: The Report: A Series of News Features on National issues and Trends, 2nd Edition October 1986.
1) Safety: Uniform Licensing for Truckers
2) Safety: New Bill Cracks Down on Truckers
3) Economy: Trade and Jobs
4) Trade: Chemical Industry Outlook
5) Safety: Chemical Industry Among the Tops
6) Safety: Chemical Industry Number Two
7) Health: Food Additives
8) Health: Food Additives #2
835.T3: Reel: 4-16-1953, Centennial Banquet Chas. P. Taft Speech Part II
835.T4: Reel: YMCA 1975 Master for 75th Annual Dinner
835.T5: Reel: YMCA "What is the "Y"" 5-16-1977
835.T6: Reel: YMCA Vocal and Music
835.T7: Reel: 1987 Partner Campaign Music
835.T8: Reel: 4-16-1953 Centennial Banquet Chas. P. Taft Speech Part I
835.T9: Reel: 5-16-1977, YMCA "What is the "Y"" 2 Track Format
835.T10: Reel: YMCA Annual Dinner 1981
835.T11: Reel: Unidentified
835.T12: Reel 1973 Aid Slide Show
835.T13: Reel: YMCA Annual Dinner 1990
835.T14: Cassette: 8-26-1983 KSD YMCA Youth Sports
835.T15: Cassette: Aeroflex Prog. I
835.T16: Cassette: Aeroflex Prog. II
835.T17: Cassette: Aeroflex Prog. III
835.T18: Cassette: Nicki?
835.T19: Cassette: Nicki, Fathe-Keeba, John
835.T20: Cassette: 6-1-83 Good Swim
835.T21: Cassette: Walking on Sunshine and Rainpainting
835.T22: Cassette: Telephone Training Tape
835.T23: Cassette: YMCA Theme Song
835.T24: Cassette: YMCA/summer Aquatics Produced 4/30/1985 at Y98FM
835.T25: Cassette: YMCA: Camp 4-18-4-20 ?? on KEZK
835.T26: Cassette: YMCA 12-14-1983
835.T27: Cassette: Audition Tape Pam Larson 206 Topton Way Clayton, MO 63105
835.T28: Cassette: YMCA Radio (1) Dollar Days and (2) Resolutions
835.T29: Cassette: YMCA Annual Dinner 1990
835.T30: Cassette: Metro YMCA
835.T31: Cassette: YMCA Music
835.T32: Cassette: Metro YMCA "Fall Classes" KLTH 10-15-86
835.T33: Cassette: YMCA Summer Camp 3/1985
835.T34: Cassette: YMCA: From Y to A 2-2-1983
835.T35: Cassette: YMCA 10-15-86 to 10-26-1986
835.T36: Cassette: MCG/YMCA
835.T37 : Cassette: YMCA Summer Camp
835.T38: Cassette: YMCA: The Place to be in `83: Open House KY98
835.T39: Cassette: YMCA Camp 4-84
835.T40: Cassette: YMCA Summer Camp With Music 4-16-1984
835.T41: Cassette: New "Y" Music
835.T42: Cassette: YMCA Theme Redone 4-30-1988
835.T43: Reel: "The Best You Cando For You" YMCA Radio PSA

Microfilm for Oversize Scrapbooks:

State Historical Society of Missouri Roll#1
YMCA Scrapbooks SL 835 YMCA World War I Scrapbooks
STS: Vol. I Fundraising Campaign 1917-1924
EDS: Vol. V North Side Y Branch 1930's

State Historical Society of Missouri: Roll# 2
Sl 835 YMCA Scrapbooks
STS: Vol. VI South Side 1924-1940's
Vol. VII Capital Funds Campaign 1955

Box 35 (on site), Oversize  

Volume I: World War I YMCA Fundraising Campaign Scrapbook 1917-1924   
Volume II: Popular Songs of the AEF (Paris, France: Francis Salabert, 1918). 

Box 36 Oversize  

Volume III: WASHU Campus Y Scrapbook, 1955. 
Volume IV: YMCA Scrapbook, 1935-1936. 
Volume V: North Side Branch 1930’s Scrapbook.

Box 37 Oversize  

Volume VI: South Side Scrapbook, 1924-1940’s.
Volume VII: YMCA Scrapbook, Capital Funds Campaign, 1955.