YWCA of the U.S.A.
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Cole family papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Cole
Abstract
New England and Chicago Protestant missionary family. Includes letters and family documents from John A. Cole, a civil engineer, active in the U.S. Christian Commission during the Civil War. After the war he worked with and educated freedmen, women, and children in Washington D.C. through the Lincoln Industrial Mission and the recently established Howard University. He met his wife, Julia A. Cole (née Alvord) through his work with the Lincoln Industrial Mission and Howard University, who...
Dates:
1842-1945; Majority of material found within 1854-1928
Dorothy Hild papers
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Hild
Abstract
Former Director of Entertainment at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago and founder of the dance troupe Africana Dancers. Papers include correspondence, clippings, financial information, photographs, publicity, sheet music for her productions and dance numbers at the Edgewater Beach Hotel as well as the auto and fair shows Dorothy Hild directed under the auspices of Barnes - Carruthers, and files from her instruction at various YMCA and YWCA locations in Chicago. Additionally, the papers...
Dates:
1847-1984; Majority of material found within 1929-1980
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- Address books 1
- American Civil War (1861-1865) 1
- Antislavery movements 1
- Ballet 1
- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
- Choreographers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Christian education 1
- Civil engineering 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Conduct of life -- Religious aspects -- Christianity 1
- Correspondence 1
- Correspondence -- 1801-1850 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
- Costume design 1
- Dance teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Dancers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Evangelistic work 1
- Folk dancing, Mexican 1
- Folk dancing, Yoruba 1
- Genealogical tables -- 1901-1950 1
- Hotels 1
- India 1
- Industrial musicals 1
- Lahore (Pakistan) 1
- Missionaries 1
- Nightlife 1
- Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
- Photographs 1
- Poems -- 1851-1900 1
- Presbyterianism 1
- Publicizing 1
- Revues 1
- Sheet music 1
- Sound recordings 1
- Taxes 1
- Topographic maps -- 1901-1950 1
- Trade shows 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women missionaries 1
- Writings (documents) -- 1851-1900 1
- Writings (documents) -- 1901-1950 1 + ∧ less
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