Young Men's Christian Association of North Dakota State University (1901- ),
Records,
1901-1990
UA Mss. 1
3.0 l.f.
HISTORY
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) at North Dakota State University
was officially recognized on December 18, 1901, although apparently YMCA meetings
had been held for several years prior. The early years were spent in social,
recreation, and study session activities. By 1902, they were granted a permanent
meeting room in the Engineering Building, moving to Old Main in 1914. With membership
booming, the YMCA secured a professional secretary, Ray Sweetman. Under his
guidance and efforts, a building program was begun which saw fruition in a completed
building in December 1919. Funding for the building came from students, faculty,
the City of Fargo, a statewide campaign, and $25,000 from the Rockefeller Institute.
The “Y” continued to be an active, social; center for the campus,
serving as the “union” until its destruction by the 1957 tornado.
Thereafter, it headquartered in the Library and South Engineering. In 1970,
it purchased a house off-campus as its headquarters which it had rented the
previous 2 ½ years. In 1978, the “Y” began renting space
in the United Campus Ministries building, selling its former home in 1980. The
YMCA also built several apartment buildings in 1968 near the campus, which they
ran until selling them in 1982.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The records of the YMCA of NDSU consist of meeting minutes, membership lists,
correspondence, annual reports, financial records, newsletters and subject files.
The Meeting Minutes Series has been organized chronologically by the specific
board, which includes the Board of Directors (formerly the Advisory Board) and
the cabinet. The earliest, 1901-1913, appear to be general student minutes.
There are gaps in the series, primarily 1913-1919, 1925-1938 (Advisory Board),
and 1926-1929 for the Cabinet. The Membership Lists Series is limited, with
only 1983 - 1985 records.
The Correspondence Series is very incomplete. The 1916 is a letter enclosed
in an envelope. The 1918 and 1919 section deals mainly with the Student’s
Army Training Corp (S.A.T.C.) and the scheduling of movies for the soldiers
stationed on campus. The correspondence, organized chronologically, consists
of both incoming and outgoing letters. The correspondence for these two years
appear to be complete concerning these two matters.. The 1926 folder is limited.
The correspondence for the 1950s is incomplete and consists mainly of the executive
secretary dealing with the general administration of the YMCA, and building
problems, both before and after the 1957 flood.
The Annual Reports Series of the Executive Director (formerly Executive Secretary)
is also very incomplete with the period 1956 to 1976 being the only complete
section. The Financial Records Series is very sketchy, containing a journal
(1902-1913) of Finance Committee meeting minutes for several years and monthly
and yearly annual financial reports. the Newsletter Series contain several Brown
Bag Seminar fliers and promotional material.
The Subject Files Series contains a wide variety of material, again dating mainly
from the 1950s and 1960s. All files are quite small and self-explanatory by
title in the Box Listing. The two folders of “Solicitors File/Canvassing
notebook” date from the statewide fund raising campaign for the new YMCA
building in 1917. They include much material on the organization and its proposed
building. The Survey Report published in 1953 was done by the Area Student Secretary
from Minneapolis. The 36-page report is an appraisal of the present work of
the YMCA with recommendations for the future. The various scrapbooks include
newspaper clippings, photographs, and copies of its newsletter, The Y’s
Bison.
Presented by the YMCA of NDSU, 18 May 1981
BOX 1
1 Historical Material and Inventory
2 Articles of Incorporation, constitutions and bylaws
Meeting Minutes
3 December 18, 1901 - May 6, 1913
4 Ledger - (Index pages 271-284); Cabinet meetings, 1919-1925; Board of Trustees,
1920-1925; Advisory Board, 1919-1925; Financial Reports, 1916-1923; General
Secretary Reports, 1919-1922; Miscellaneous committee reports; and State Financial
Campaign, 1922
5 Advisory Board - November 8, 1938 - 1940
6 Advisory Board - 1941 - May 1943
7 Board of Directors - August 1943 - February 1946
8 Board of Directors - March - December 1946
9 Board of Directors - 1947
10 Board of Directors - 1948
11 Board of Directors - 1949
BOX 2
1 Board of Directors - 1950
2 Board of Directors - 1951
3 Board of Directors - 1952
4 Board of Directors - 1953
5 Board of Directors - 1954-1955
6 Board of Directors - 1956
7 Board of Directors - 1957-1959
8 Board of Directors - 1960-1962
9 Board of Directors - 1963-1965
10 Board of Directors - 1966-1967
11 Board of Directors - 1968-1969
12 Board of Directors - 1970-1971
13 Board of Directors - 1972-1973
14 Board of Directors - 1974-1975
15 Board of Directors - 1976-1977
16 Board of Directors - 1978
17 Cabinet - 1929-1931
18 Cabinet - 1932-1935
19 Cabinet - 1936-1938
20 Cabinet - 1939-1940
21 Cabinet - 1941-1943
Membership Lists
22 Board of Directors, 1983 - 1985
BOX 3
1 Cabinet - 1945-1946
2 Cabinet - 1947-1948
3 Cabinet - 1949-1950
4 Cabinet - 1956-1958
5 Prep “Y” Club
Correspondence
6 1916
7 1918
8 1919
9 1926
10 1935, 1950-1956
11 January - June 1957
12 July - December 1957
13 1958-1959
Annual Reports
14 1918/1919
15 Executive Secretary - 1950/1951, 1956/1957 - 1959/1960
16 Executive Secretary - 1960/1961 - 1966/1967
17 Executive Director - 1966/1967 - 1976
18 Operations, 1982-1983
19 Executive Director - 1983-1984
Financial Records
20 Finance Committee meeting minutes - 1958-1961, 1969
21 Finance reports, 1950-1955, 1960-1961
22 Reports, 1981 - 1984
BOX 4
1 Journal, 1902-1913
Newsletters
2 Brown Bag Seminars, 1980s
3 Freshman Camp (N.D.)
4 Promotion, 1980
Subject Files
5 Activities reports, 1950/1951
6 Appraisals of building, 1950, 1969
7 Auditor’s report, 1952
8 Board of Director’s listings and committees, 1956/1957 - 1961/1962
9 Contributor’s lists, 1917-1923
10 Contributions - United War Work, 1918-1919
11 Destruction of Building agreements, 1957
12 Membership list
13 Miscellaneous material
14 News releases
15 Program for 1960/1961
16 Report of Area Student Secretary, 1953
17 Report of Leo F. Johnson on years study at Boston University, 1963
18 Scrapbook, 1937-1938
19 Solicitors File/Canvassing notebook, June 1917 (part 1)
20 Solicitors File/Canvassing notebook, June 1917 (part 2)
BOX 5
1 Survey Report, YMCA, NDAC, 1953
2 The Y’s Bison newsletter
3 Student Program Coordinator, Mary Jaschke, 1984
4 Friendship Family Program, 1984
5 Health, 1981, 1984, 1990
6 Health Fairs, 1980, 1981, 1984
7 Women's Issues, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990
8 International Day, 1982
9 Banquet, 1963
10 Approved Rooms for Men, N.D.
11 Agreement with ND Board of Higher Education, 1958
12 Promotion Brochure, 1960s
13 Newspaper Clipping, 1962
BOX 6
Scrapbook, 1938-1940
Scrapbook, 1949-1950
Separations:
Broadsides (to Broadside Collection): “Deputation Team, Agricultural College
Y.M.C.A., Male Quartette.”
Photographs (to University Photograph Collection): 160 photographs of activities,
groups, buildings, and people.
Artwork (to Broadside Collection): 1 watercolor of YMCA building after tornado
by Else Hertel, 1957.
JEB - 8 April 1983
JMK - updated 3/05
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