Letter from Members of the Hiroshima YMCA to Geraldine Ferraro

Letter from members of the Hiroshima YMCA to Geraldine Ferraro. The authors invite Ferraro to visit the Atomic Bomb Museum in Hiroshima. A letter from Laurence M. Wiig of the YMCA International Institute for Peace is enclosed.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1360/thumbnail.jp

Polish YMCA Identification Card for Zofia Krzyżanowska

Polish YMCA identification card (no. 619/WB) for Zofia Drzewieniecka. Issued March 1, 1946, valid until December 31, 1946. Stamped by the Headquarters of the Polish 2nd Corps. (In Polish and English).https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1001/thumbnail.jp

Polish YMCA Identification Card for Zofia Krzyżanowska

Polish YMCA identification card (no. 619/WB) for Zofia Drzewieniecka. Issued March 1, 1946, valid until December 31, 1946. Stamped by the Headquarters of the Polish 2nd Corps. (In Polish and English).https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1001/thumbnail.jp

Polish YMCA with the Polish Army, Central Office Envelope

Polish YMCA with the Polish Army, Central Office envelope.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1022/thumbnail.jp

Report on Activities of the Branch Headquarters, October 1, 1943 – December 31, 1943

Oddział Polskiej Y.M.C.A. przy A.P.W. w Obozach Junaków. Sprawozdanie z diałalności Centrali Oddziału.... za okres : 1.X.43 – 31.XII.43. [Branch of the Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Army in the East in the Junak Camps. Report on activities of the Branch Headquarters… October 1, 1943 – December 31, 1943.] Tel Aviv, Palestine, January 31, 1944. Unsigned. 2p.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1017/thumbnail.jp

Report on Financial-Economic Activities of the Branch Headquarters for the Period: January 1, 1944 to January 29, 1944

Oddział Polskiej Y.M.C.A. przy A.P.W. w Obozach Junaków. Sprawozdanie z diałalności finansowe-gospodarczej Centrali Oddziału za okres : 1.I.44 – 29.II.44. [Branch of the Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Army in the East in Junak Camps. Report on financial-economic activities of the Branch Headquarters for the period: January 1, 1944 to January 29, 1944. Unsigned. (In Polish).https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1016/thumbnail.jp

Blank Stationary of Polush YMCA Attached to the Polish Armed Forces, Bagdad

1940s. Blank stationary of Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Armed Forces, Bagdad.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/ymcadocs/1059/thumbnail.jp

YMCA

“YMCA” was one of many posters issued during World War I to encourage support of the war. This poster shows a woman wearing white while holding two globes and standing in front of a sign for the YWCA. It’s highly likely that the woman here is Columbia or Lady Liberty and that the imagery is meant to invoke patriotism and support for the war effort through joining or contributing to the YWCA. According to researcher Michelle Ule, during WW1 the YMCA provided for 90% of the general welfare, with the help of 26,000 paid workers and 35,000 volunteers to American troops numbering over 4 million. They provided entertainment for the troops and managed the US mail, helping soldiers write letters to loved ones. They also provided morale boosters with religious activities and even set up roller skating rinks. They also provided coffee, tea, donuts, and cigarettes at mobile canteens, where soldiers from the front lines could come a relax and recover. The artist and publication date of the poster are unknown, but it was most likely circulated in 1917-1918. The poster was most likely created and reproduced as a lithograph at the time of it’s distribution.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/wwiposters/1024/thumbnail.jp