Administration
The Administration series consists of three subseries: A.G. Studer and R. Elliott files; R. Adelberg files; and Topical files.
The Administration series consists of three subseries: A.G. Studer and R. Elliott files; R. Adelberg files; and Topical files.
11 linear feet (in 13 boxes) — 21 oversize volumes — 1 oversize folder — 1.1 GB (online)
The records of the Metropolitan Offices of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit consist of annual reports, correspondence, financial materials, minutes (Secretary's records), photographs, published brochures and pamphlets, and scrapbooks. The materials document, somewhat unevenly, the efforts of the YMCA to tend to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of the young men in Detroit. The strengths of this record group are in its minutes (Secretary's records) and photographs, each of which provides detailed and telling insight into the development of Detroit and the YMCA from the nineteenth century to 2006. The scrapbooks created by the YMCA, 1936-1973, are also of interest in that they accurately reflect all newspaper coverage of YMCA events and activities for this decade.
The records have been arranged in four series: Administration, Secretary's Records, Visual Materials, and Scrapbooks.
This subseries consists of those materials pulled together by the general secretary, A.G. Studer, and the director of public relations, Russell Elliott. The records comprise eight linear inches and begin with Studer's published history of the Detroit YMCA. Other materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by type of record. The annual reports provide quick access to data on membership, programs, and financial operations.