The exterior of the Center Block Building in Gateway Park which was the location of the first Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association rooms as of 1866.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Market House building (also known as Gale's Corners")on the corner of Hennepin Avenue and First Street North, was occupied by the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association from 1877 to 1887.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
The photograph was taken from the corner of 6th Street and Nicollet Avenue, looking down Nicollet Avenue. The tower at left in the distance is at 4th and Nicollet. The Syndicate Block building was the home of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association from 1883 to 1892. The move to this building was taken in order that the YMCA keep in step with the general movement of business and activity 'uptown.' The Old Market Hall location was maintained by the Y. M. C. A. as the Bridge Square Branch with primary emphasis on religious evangelism directed towards transients.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing a dormitory room with a bed, dresser, and rocking chair. Young Men from the rural areas, out of town or from foreign countries always found a welcome smile and a clean place to sleep at the YMCA.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young Asian men from a Young Men's Christian Association English class for immigrants, sitting and standing on the steps of the Minneapolis Central Branch Y. M. C. A. building located at 10th Street and Mary Place.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch building at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing men reading and singing around a piano in the lounge area.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch building on 10th Street and Mary Place, erected 1892, showing the stairway in the lobby.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Interior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch, located at 10th Street and Mary Place, showing members dining in the restaurant and a woman working behind the counter. Gas lights and home cooked meals for 25 cents were features of the Y. M. C. A.'s restaurant in the Mary Place building, 1890s.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Eight members of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association's English class for Chinese speakers, seated on the steps in front of the Y. M. C. A. building, some holding books. Immigrants and persons from rural areas with limited education were the majority of students in these Y. M. C. A. classes.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young men seated at desks in an English class at the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association. An instructor stands before them with a book in hand.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Minneapolis Y. M. C. A. classroom showing boys at desks and doing sums at blackboards. The Young Men's Christian Association began just prior to 1900 to conduct night school programs, work-and-study plans so young people can better themselves through education.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
A large group or railroad workers, participating in Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association gospel meetings. The group is assembled in the courtyard of a brick building. The man in the center front is holding a large wrench. Many YMCAs were started as railroad Y. M. C. As in the 1870s and 80s.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Men playing baseball as others watch from the sidelines, factories in the background. Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association recreational program for industrial workers. Y. M. C. A. sponosred recreations program took place in the early 1900s.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Central Branch, at 10th Street and Mary Place. The photograph was taken looking northwest along 10th Street. The building was occupied by the Y. M. C. A. from 1892 to 1919.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Exterior of the Minneapolis Young Men's Christian Association Boys Division building, located behind the main Y. M. C. A. building at 10th Street and Mary Place.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1923
Description:
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn, originally called the North Woods Camp, on West Bearskin Lake in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about the purpose of camp, the camp's location, the camping program and activities, the camp leadership, and who may go to camp.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1924
Description:
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn, Grand Marais, Minnesota. The brochure provides information about the name "Menogyn", the camp program, the nature around the camp, the camp leadership, and who may go to camp.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
Young Men's Christian Association of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date Created:
1924 - 1930
Description:
This is an application card to attend Camp Menogyn, Grand Marais, Minnesota. The application includes space for the camper to provide his name, residence, phone, age and weight and the answers to two questions--Can you swim? and Can you handle a canoe?
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The brochure advertises a "never to be forgotten experience in the enchanted, roadless wilderness of the Canadian border." There is also information about the camp location, leadership at camp, what the camp provides, and what to bring.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota promoting the lure of the wilderness at the Canadian border. The is information about where the camp is located, the camp leadership, what the camp provides campers, and what campers should bring to camp.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn on West Bearskin Lake in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There are descriptions of the camp location, program, leadership, what camp provides, and what a camper should bring. There are also pictures of campers and a map.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The brochure highlights the camp's location next to the Quetico-Superior wilderness and the history of the French Voyageurs.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a pamphlet about wilderness canoe camping at Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The pamphlet includes a list of Menogyn camping guidelines that are in line with the "ways of the wilderness."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure promoting a dedication program for two new cabins at Camp Menogyn on West Bearskin Lake in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There are descriptions about the "Dedication Weekend" activities for families such as canoeing, hiking, and enjoying the beauty of the northwoods canoe country. It also includes information about what to bring to camp, the costs, parking at camp, and registration.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about the camp location on the shores of West Bearskin Lake just two miles from the Canadian border, the "spirit of Menogyn", separate camp sessions offered for young men and women, and the leadership and staff.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about Menogyn's location, the "spirit of Menogyn", the camping program, men's camping sessions, women's camping sessions, back packing trips, and the registration procedure.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about Menogyn's location, the "spirit of Menogyn", the camping program, men's camping sessions, women's camping sessions, back packing trips, and the registration procedure.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn on West Bearskin Lake in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There are descriptions of the camp location, the camping programs offered, and the registration procedures.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn on West Bearskin Lake in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There are descriptions of the camp's location, the "spirit of Menogyn", the camping programs offered for men and women. There is also information about camp staff and leadership and how to register for camp. There are pictures of campers at camp and out on the trail.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about the camp's location, the Menogyn camping experience, the "spirit of Menogyn", the program, men's and women's camp sessions, special camping trips, leadership and staff, and the registration procedure.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about how Menogyn camping is unique, the camping program, what you do at Menogyn, what it's like on the trail, the leadership and staff, the purpose of Menogyn, the camping sessions, and the registration procedure.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for the "Covenant with Tomorrow" capital campaign of the Metropolitan Minneapolis YMCA. There is information about the history of the YMCA in Minneapolis, the history of Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and Camp Menogyn's future construction plans that will be possible because of the campaign.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota promoting the Boundary Waters in late summer. There is information about camping sessions for families, young adults and young women.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for summer camping sessions for adults 19 and over at Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The sessions are specially geared toward the needs and interests of college and post-college aged people.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about camping sessions, what happens at Menogyn, what makes the Menogyn camping experience unique, the camping program, and how to register.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There are descriptions of the "Spirit of Menogyn", the experience at camp, what happens at camp, the sessions being offered, and how to register.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for family camping sessions at Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. There is information about where Menogyn is located, the camping sessions offered, what equipment the camp provides, and what a family canoe trip at Menogyn is like.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure promoting wilderness trips for adults at Camp Menogyn in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Some of the trips are co-sponsored with the Science Museum of Minnesota, Continuing Education Department.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives
This is a brochure for Camp Menogyn on West Bearskin Lake two miles south of the Canadian border. The brochure includes information about what Menogyn is like and many pictures of camp life.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives