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Young Men's Christian Association (Lehigh University)

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jacob Mark Frey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0068
Abstract Collection of correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings gathered by J. Mark Frey, related to Lehigh University, Lehigh YMCA, Chinese students, Bethlehem Bach Choir and Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Frey was the secretary of Lehigh YMCA and involved with Americanization and naturalization classes for Bethlehem Steel’s immigrant workers and an enthusiast of the Bethlehem Bach Choir. The collection provides a valuable picture of one employee’s life at Lehigh University in the...
Dates: 1916-1942; Majority of material found in 1919

YMCA at Lehigh 1894-1936

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0197
Abstract

This collection of correspondence reflects the activities of Lehigh’s campus Christian group which aligned itself with the international organization of the Young Men’s Christian Association. The YMCA was encouraged by the University’s President Henry S. Drinker and several professors acting as advisors however the YMCA provided its own personnel to run the operation on campus.

Dates: 1894 - 1936