Young Men's Christian Association - Duncan Maxwell records, 1926-1997
- IdentificationMSDMBY68
- TitleYoung Men's Christian Association - Duncan Maxwell records MSDMBY68
- PublisherSpecial Collections
- LanguageEnglish
- RepositorySpecial Collections
- Physical Description0.5 Linear feet
- Date1926-1997
- AbstractThe Duncan Maxwell Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association served as a prominent community organization during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s in Chicago as its surrounding community faced challenges and problems of inner city decline, crime, poverty, and urban renewal. The YMCA - Duncan Maxwell Records include photographs, pamphlets, programs, reports, minutes, memoranda, membership rules, and issues of World Communique and The Y's Men's World.
- OriginationYoung Men's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.). Duncan Maxwell Branch.
Old Resource ID was YMCADuncanMaxwell
The Young Men's Christian Association, Duncan Maxwell Branch, located at 1012 West Maxwell Street was formed in 1932 when the facility, a dispensary for the Michael Reese Hospital, was given to the Chicago YMCA. The Maxwell Street facility was noted for its open door policy, serving all members of the community regardless of age, religion, race or nationality. The Duncan Maxwell YMCA served as a prominent community organization during the 1960s as its surrounding environs faced the problems of inner city decline, youth gangs, crime, poverty, and the challenge of urban renewal.
The YMCA - Duncan Maxwell Records include photographs, pamphlets, programs, reports, minutes, memoranda, membership rules, and issues of World Communique and The Y's Men's World.
The YMCA at Duncan Maxwell donated these materials to the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1968.
Young Men's Christian Association - Duncan Maxwell records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago
- NamesYoung Men's Christian Association (Chicago, Ill.). Duncan Maxwell Branch. -- Archives
- SubjectChicago Community Organizations.