Collection #

M 0849
OM 0429

 

 

Fall Creek YMCA
collection, 1923–2002

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

Processed by

Emily Comstock
Volunteer: Barbara Zimmer
May 2006

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

Manuscript Materials: 3 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize manuscript folders
Visual Materials: 3 boxes of photographs, 6 boxes of color photographs, 1 box OVA photographs, 2 folders OVA color photographs, 1 OVB photograph folder, 1 OVC photograph folder, 1 oversize graphic, 4 Cirkut photographs, 6 bins of 35 mm. slides
Printed Materials: 3 books
Artifacts: 10 artifacts

COLLECTION
DATES:

1923–2002

PROVENANCE:

YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, 615 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis, IN 46204

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

Henry Lytle Hummons Papers (SC 2317); Harvey N. Middleton Papers (M 0441); Senate Avenue YMCA Hi-Y Spring Conference Photographs (P 0394)

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

1999.0522; 2005.0209

NOTES:

 

historiCAL SKETCH

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was created on June 6, 1844 in London, England. The first YMCA in the United States was founded in Boston on December 29, 1851. Anthony Bowen, a freed slave, established the first African American YMCA in Washington, D.C., in 1853.  The YMCA came to Indianapolis in 1895; however, it was a primarily white organization at that time.

Early in 1900, white officials of the Indianapolis YMCA asked the national association to assist in the establishment of a separate branch for the city’s black population.  Later that year, a preliminary organization called the “Young Men’s Prayer Band” was created by a group led by Henry L. Hummons and Dan H. Brown; this was formally recognized by the local YMCA in March 1902.  In 1910 this preliminary organization became the Black YMCA of Indianapolis, although it initially met in private homes, churches, and an abandoned house (the Flanner Guild).  Meanwhile, Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, offered to contribute $25,000 to every African-American YMCA able to raise $75,000 for a building fund.  The campaign was launched in October 1911, and pledges exceeded $100,000 within only 10 days.

Construction of the Senate Avenue YMCA in Indianapolis began October 20, 1912 at the intersection of Michigan Street and Senate Avenue. Booker T. Washington dedicated the building on July 13, 1913. For nearly half a century, the Senate Avenue YMCA held the largest membership of any African-American branch in the United States. This important facility provided cultural and recreational activities as well as vocational guidance for young men.

The Monster Meeting was a large, public forum that gave a platform to local and nationally recognized speakers.  Meetings were sponsored by and usually held at the Senate Avenue YMCA.  Larger venues were identified when speakers with national reputations were scheduled to speak.  In 1953 Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at the Murat Temple, and Martin Luther King, Jr., attracted an audience of more than 1100 people when he spoke at Cadle Tabernacle in December 1958.  Beginning 1926, Mordecai Johnson, the first African American president of Howard University opened the series annually.  The forums generally galvanized the community around various issues.

Although the process of integration began within the national association as early as 1946, the Senate Avenue branch’s clientele remained predominantly black.  The center closed in 1959 following the opening of the Fall Creek YMCA, its replacement facility which was located at West 10th Street and Fall Creek Parkway.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Fall Creek YMCA building were held on April 13, 1958.  The new building was dedicated on September 13, 1959 and began operation the same year.  Despite some financial difficulties, it continued the tradition of its predecessor by providing exemplary programs throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s.  During this period, desegregation provided the black community new opportunities, which only added to the financial stresses the new branch had been experiencing.  The branch’s membership base deteriorated further by the late 1970s as a result of factors such as natural obstructions like White River, the development of Interstate-65, the closing of Lockefield Gardens, and suburban migration. 

Realizing the grave situation of the institution, the community regenerated support for the Fall Creek branch.  It was remodeled and expanded in the early 1990s.  With its renewed facilities, the Fall Creek YMCA, along with the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, resolved to preserve the history of the African American YMCA movement in Indianapolis while serving a broader scope of members in the downtown community.  Unfortunately, the branch never managed to overcome its financial obstacles.  This, along with controversies concerning racial discrimination and the desire of the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis to profit from the sale of the property, caused the Fall Creek YMCA to officially close on September 30, 2003.

 

Sources:  Materials in the collection

“A Brief History of the YMCA Movement” http://www.ymca.net/about/cont/history.htm. accessed on September 7, 2005.

Indianapolis Recorder (various issues between February through May, 1958)

Mjagkij, Nina. “Senate Avenue YMCA.” The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Robert G. Barrows, 1249–1250.  Bloomington & Indianapolis:  Indiana University Press, 1994. 

Warren, Stanley. “The Monster Meetings at the Negro YMCA in Indianapolis.” Indiana Magazine of History XCI (March 1995): 57–80.

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection is divided into three major parts: Senate Avenue YMCA, Fall Creek YMCA, and other YMCAs and organizations.  Developed during an era characterized by intense segregation in Indianapolis and throughout the country, the Senate Avenue YMCA was an organization that encouraged racial uplift. It thrived during the first half of the twentieth century. The materials in the collection reflect the institution’s organizational structure, mission, and its many activities.  Some of the clubs that were part of the Y included the Older Boys, Pioneers, Hi-Y Congress, and the Life Builders.  Items representing those club activities, especially photographs, are contained in the first series of the collection.  Some of the photographs in the collection, dating from 1923, speak to activities and programs at the Senate Avenue YMCA including membership and capital fund campaigns, Father/Son banquets, art exhibitions, and summer camps.  A Turkey Day Race (n.d.) and Gander Strut (1937) are two unique activities depicted by photographs.

The Fall Creek YMCA replaced the Senate Avenue YMCA in 1959.  This was an effort by administrators and directors to establish a larger and more modern facility for community use.  The collection contains correspondence and minutes from the organization, as well as several items related to the business of the institution. There are materials that relate to the institution’s annual meetings, conferences, various clubs, fundraisers, and programs. 

During the late 1980s, the Fall Creek YMCA staff established a history committee. Former DePauw University professor and administrator, Stanley Warren, was commissioned to write a history of the Senate Avenue YMCA.  In the same vein, the institution looked forward by identifying renovation needs for the building.  Several folders in Box 2 pertain to the history project and the building renovation. 

The Fall Creek YMCA offered classes, training, and opportunities in several sports, health and physical activities, games, and arts and crafts.  The collection includes photographs of individuals engaging in ballet, baseball, basketball, boxing, chess, dodge ball, football, four square, gymnastics, martial arts, tennis, volleyball, and weight training.  There are numerous images of camp scenes and photographs that pertain to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Jazz Fest.  Most of the photographs throughout the collection are undated. They are unidentified or partially identified.

The Monster Meetings started at the Senate Avenue YMCA and continued at Fall Creek.  These meetings featured local and nationally recognized individuals as speakers.  Programs and photographs from some of the meetings are contained within the collection. There are several issues of the Y’s Man, the news organ of the Senate Avenue, and later, the Fall Creek YMCA, in the collection.  They date from 1938 through 1962.

The last series of the collection pertain to organizations related to the Fall Creek YMCA including the Inner City Y’s Men Club, International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs, Y’s Men’s International, and the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit.

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Senate Avenue YMCA

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

City-Wide Older Boys’ Conference programs, 1923–1931

Box 1, Folder 1

State Older Boys’ Conference, 1940, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 1

State Older Boys’ Conference, Kokomo, 1941

OVB Photographs
Folder 1

Midwest Older Boys’ Conference programs, 1933–1949

Box 1, Folder 2

Hi-Y members who will attend Older Boys’ Conference, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 2

Hi-Y Congress, Oxford, OH, 1942
[panoramic photograph]

Cirkut Photographs: Folder 1, Flat File 1-i

Monster Meetings and Life Builders’ Club programs, 1953–1956

Box 1, Folder 3

Monster Meeting audience, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 3

Life Builders’ Club, 1943–1959

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 4

Pioneer Club programs and description, 1944–1953, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 4

Pioneer Club, 1948–1955, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 5

Citizens Pioneer Club, n.d. [panoramic photograph]

Cirkut Photographs:
Folder 2, Flat File 1-i

Pioneer Banquet, n.d.

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 1

Senate Avenue special programs, 1951–1961

Box 1, Folder 5

Senate Avenue Bulletin on Interracial Relations,
1948

Box 1, Folder 6

A. Philip Randolph’s Boy’s Club, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 6

Art exhibitions, 1954, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 7

Banquets/dinners, ca. 1954, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 8

Committee of Management and Staff, 1923

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 2

Father/Son Banquet, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 9

Gander Strut winners, 1937

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 10

Competition winners, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 11

Instructional groups, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 12

Meeting audiences, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 13

Membership campaign, Executive Contributing Committee, 1935

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 3

Membership campaign leaders, 1935

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 4

Capital Fund Campaign (Bass #264251-F copy), 1945

OVC Photographs,
Folder 1

Army Finance Team membership campaign, 1954

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 14

Membership party, 1955

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 15

Membership campaign, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 16

Membership campaign leaders, n.d.

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 5

Membership party, n.d.

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 6

Staff, et al., n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 17

Turkey Day Race, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 18

Learn to Swim group, n.d. [panoramic photograph]

Cirkut Photographs,
Folder 3, Flat File 1-i

Boy Scout Camp (Camp Gunaquot), Bedford, 1936, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 19

Visitors’ Day, Camp Gunaquot, Bedford, 1944

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 7

Flat Rock YMCA Camp, 1953–1957, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 20

Camp (various), n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 21

B.S.A. Central District Campers, 1928
[panoramic photograph]

Cirkut Photographs,
Folder 4, Flat File 1-i

Unidentified camp groups, c. 1957 (1 of 2)

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 8

Unidentified camp groups, c. 1957 (2 of 2)

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 9

Unidentified individuals, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 22

Unidentified group, Bordentown, N.J., n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 23

Unidentified groups, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 24

Series 2: Fall Creek YMCA

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Correspondence, 1959–1981

Box 1, Folder 7

Correspondence, 1982–1984

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence, 1985–1987

Box 1, Folder 9

Correspondence, 1988–1989

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence, 1990–1991

Box 1, Folder 11

Correspondence, 1992–2002, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 12

Board of Managers meeting minutes and agenda, 1986–1991

Box 1, Folder 13

Board of Managers meeting attendance, 1986–1989

Box 1, Folder 14

Board of Managers meeting, 1990

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 25

Board of Directors meeting, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 1

Board of Managers committees (Building and Grounds, Finance, Marketing, and Program), 1983–1993

Box 1, Folder 15

Branch Study Committee, 1983–1984

Box 1, Folder 16

Physical Committee, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 26

Annual Meeting, 1982

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 2

Annual meeting, 1984

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 27

Annual Meeting, 1985

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 3

Conference, n.d. (1 of 4)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 4

Conference, n.d. (2 of 4)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 5

Conference, n.d. (3 of 4)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 6

Conference, n.d. (4 of 4)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 7

Meetings, 1982–1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 8

Meeting, ca. 1995

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 9

Meetings, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 28

Breakfast Club, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 10

Breakfast Club trip to a baseball game, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 11

Emblem Club, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 29

Tawabyga Club, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 12

Tawabyga Club, Crown Hill Cemetery, Memorial Day, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 30

YBA Mothers’ Club, 1982–1984

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 13

Tribute to Helen B. Duncan, 4 August 1984

Box 1, Folder 17

Virgie Jackson’s retirement party, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 14

100 Black Men speakers, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 15

Aquatics schedule, 1990

Box 1, Folder 18

Art exhibit and photograph citations, 1978–1997

Box 1, Folder 19

Award presentations, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 31

Award recipients, 1982, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 32

Award recipients, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 16

Awareness survey project, 1993

Box 1, Folder 20

Back to School Block Party, ca. 1992

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 17

Back to School Block Party, n.d. (1 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 18

Back to School Block Party, n.d. (2 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 19

Back to School Block Party activities, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 20

Back to School Block Party entertainment, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 21

Boomer, Pacers, mascot, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 1

Christmas program, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 33

Christmas parties, 1956–1982, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 2

Cleaning up the YMCA, 1985, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 3

Cleaning up the YMCA, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 34

Community profiles, 1986–1989

Box 1, Folder 21

Educational activities, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 35

Elder W. Diggs School 42, 2000

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 4

Emmis Research proposal, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 22

Event exhibit, 1982–1987, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box , Folder 5

Exercise room opening, 1983

Color Photographs,
Box , Folder 6

Family Health, Indiana Black Expo, 1993

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 7

Feasibility Study, 1986

Box 2, Folder 1

Fundraiser, 1996

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 8

Fundraiser, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 1

Fundraiser, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 9

Fundraiser, n.d. (1 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 10

Fundraiser, n.d. (2 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 11

Good Friday Breakfast, 1994

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 12

Grand Reopening, 1991

Box 2, Folder 2

Grand Reopening, 1991

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 2

Hardee’s donation to Crispus Attucks Jr. High School, 1988

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 13

Healthy Entertainment, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 14

History of the African American YMCA in Indianapolis, 1998–1999, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 3

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1983

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 15

Indy Jazz Fest, 1997

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 3

Indy Jazz Fest, 1997

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 16

Junior Leaders Program proposal, 1986

Box 2, Folder 4

Mascot, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 17

Membership records, 1983–1995

Box 2, Folder 5

Men’s Union Bible Class Song Sheet, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 6

National Black Child Development Institute meeting, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 18

National Senior Health and Fitness Day, 1996

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 19

Neighborhood Development Fund Request for Proposal, 1991

Box 2, Folder 7

New Year’s party, 1992

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 20

New Year’s party, 1994

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 21

Open House, 10 January 1982

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 4

Parade float, 1987

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 22

Pitch-in dinners, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 23

Presentations, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 5

Principals Appreciation Breakfast, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 24

Program exhibit, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 6

Recognition Dinner, 3 October 1984

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 7

Rededication Dinner, 1991

Box 2, Folder 8

Storytime, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 25

Studying, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 8

Swimming spectators, 1982­–1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 1

Trip to Philadelphia, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 2

Trip to Washington, D.C., n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 3

Unidentified race track visit, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 4

Volunteers’ flea market, ca. 1982

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 5

Wishard Health Services Mini Marathon, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 6

YBA awards dinner, 1983

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 7

YBA awards dinner, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 9

Senate Avenue History Project correspondence, 1998

Box 2, Folder 9

Senate Avenue History Project correspondence, 1999, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 10

Senate Avenue History Project Committee meeting agenda, minutes, and notes, 1998–1999, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 11

Senate Avenue History Project Committee meeting attendance, 1998–1999, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 12

The Senate Avenue YMCA for African American Men and Boys by Stanley Warren, p. 1–73 (1 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 13

The Senate Avenue YMCA for African American Men and Boys by Stanley Warren, p. 74–146 (2 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 14

The Senate Avenue YMCA for African American Men and Boys by Stanley Warren, photograph appendix (3 of 3)

Box 2, Folder 15

Senate Avenue History Project expenses, 1998–1999

Box 2, Folder 16

Summer day camp (multiple branches), n.d.

Box 2, Folder 17

Building addition and renovation design plans, 1990–1996, n.d.

Box 2, Folder 18

Building addition and renovation design proposal, 1990

Box 2, Folder 19

Building construction plan review, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 8

Construction, 1956–1958, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 10

Construction, 1956, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 9

Dormitory needs, 1984

Box 2, Folder 20

Facilities, exterior, ca. 1958, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 11

Facilities, exterior, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 10

Facilities, interior, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 12

Facilities, interior, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 11

Market analysis and financial projections for proposed renovation, 1984

Box 2, Folder 21

Miscellaneous buildings, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 13

Property and facility details, 1990, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 1

Reception desk, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 14

Reception desk, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 12

Renovation grant proposals, ca. 1991

Box 3, Folder 2

3-Year Strategic Plan for 1997–2000

Box 3, Folder 3

Board and Staff Action Plan, 1984–1985

Box 3, Folder 4

Director’s Reports, 1986–1989

Box 3, Folder 5

Executive Director’s Goals and Objectives, 1984

Box 3, Folder 6

Goals and implementation, 1990

Box 3, Folder 7

Outlines of assumptions and problems, 1983, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 8

Income Statements, 1983–1991

Box 3, Folder 9

Proclamations and certificates, 1984–2003

Box 3, Folder 10

Broadcast media advertising, 1987–1993

Box 3, Folder 11

Press releases, 1982–1987, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 12

Promotional materials, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 13

Publications, The Y’s Man, 1938–1951

OM 0429, Folder 1

Publications, The Y’s Man, 1952

OM 0429, Folder 2

Publications, The Y’s Man, 1953–1962

OM 0429, Folder 3

Publications, 1991–1993

Box 3, Folder 14

Newsclippings, 1981–2000

Box 3, Folder 15

Alarm operating instructions, n.d.

Box 3, Folder 16

Hotel rates (ca. 1970s), n.d.

Box 3, Folder 17

Fall Creek Hall of Fame Honorees plaque, n.d.

Artifacts: 2005.0209

National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations of the United States of American membership plaque, 1994

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Patron of Youth plaque, 1971–1981

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Patron of Youth plaque, 2001

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Neighborhood Action Grant novelty check, 2002

Oversize Graphic,
Folder 1, Flat File 1-i

Identified individuals, 1952–1958, 1999, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 15

Identified individuals, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 16

Identified individuals, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 13

Unidentified individual speaker, n.d. (1 of 2)

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 10

Unidentified individual speaker, n.d. (2 of 2)

OVA Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 11

Unidentified staff, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 17

Unidentified individuals, 1974–1983

35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bins 1–4

Unidentified individuals, n.d. (1 of 2)

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 18

Unidentified individuals, n.d. (2 of 2)

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 19

Unidentified individuals, n.d. (1 of 3)

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 14

Unidentified individuals, n.d. (2 of 3)

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 15

Unidentified individuals, n.d. (3 of 3)

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 16

Unidentified groups, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 20

Unidentified groups, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 17

Unidentified individual speaker, n.d.

OVA Color Photographs,
Folder 1

Unidentified individual speaker, n.d.

OVA Color Photographs,
Folder 2

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., n.d.

35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 5

Washington, D.C., n.d.

35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 6

American flag stickers, n.d.

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Series 3: Fall Creek YMCA Camps

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Day Camp, 1983

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 21

Day Camp, 1983

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 1

Day Camp, 1986

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 22

Day Camp trip to Indiana State Museum, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 23

Day Camp, n.d. (1 of 2)

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 24

Day Camp, n.d. (2 of 2)

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 25

Day Camp, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 2

Summer Camp, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 2, Folder 26

Summer Camp, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 3

Fall Festival, Flat Rock YMCA Camp, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 4

Series 4: Fall Creek YMCA Arts and Crafts, and Recreation

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Aerobics, 1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 5

Aerobics, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 1

Arts and crafts, 1983, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 2

Arts and crafts, 1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 6

Ballet, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 3

Baseball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 4

Baseball, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 7

Baseball player photo button, n.d.

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Basketball, 1982, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 5

Basketball, 1983–2000, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 8

Basketball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 6

Basketball, n.d. (1 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 9

Basketball, n.d. (2 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 10

YBA, 1981–1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 11

Basketball awards, 1982, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 12

Basketball teams, 1999, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 13

Basketball camp, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 14

Body fat pinch test, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 7

Boxing, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 8

Chess, 1990, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 9

Chess, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 15

Indy Y-Men’s Chess Tournament, 1990

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 16

Classroom/indoor activities, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 4, Folder 17

CPR training, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 10

CPR training, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 1

Cycling, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 2

Crocket, Day Camp, 1983

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 11

Dance, 2002

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 3

Dodge ball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 12

Drama, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 4

Exercising with equipment, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 13

Exercising with equipment, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 5

Fencing, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 6

Football, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 14

Four square, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 15

Games, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 16

Games, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 7

Gardening, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 8

Gymnastics, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 17

Kickball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 18

Martial arts, 1982, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 19

Martial arts, 1982, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 9

Martial arts, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 10

Massages, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 11

Mat exercises, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 12

Medical treatment/testing, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 13

Outdoor activities, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 14

Outdoor playground, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 20

Outdoor playground, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 15

Ping pong ball, 1982

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 16

Pool, 1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 17

Race preparation, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 18

Soccer, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 19

Soccer T-shirt, n.d.

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Spa, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 20

Step aerobics, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 21

Swimming, Day Camp, 1983

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 21

Swimming, 1981–1986, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 22

Swimming, 1982–1983, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 22

Begin to swim, n.d. (1 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 23

Begin to swim, n.d. (2 of 2)

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 24

Invitational Swim Meet, 1999

Color Photographs,
Box 5, Folder 25

Tee ball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 23

Tee ball, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 1

Tennis, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 24

Tennis, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 2

Track, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 3

Volleyball, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 25

Volleyball, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 4

Water aerobics, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 5

Weight lifting, 1949, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 26

Weight lifting, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 6

Weight training, n.d.

Photographs,
Box 3, Folder 27

Weight training, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 7

Series 5: Other YMCAs and Related Organizations

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs Charter, Y’s Men’s Club of Inner City, Indianapolis, 1939

OM 0429, Folder 4

Inner City Y’s Men’s Club of Indianapolis, 1987

Box 3, Folder 18

Inner City Y’s Men’s Meetings, 1984, n.d.

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 8

Inner City Y’s Men’s garage sale, 1987

Color Photographs,
Box 6, Folder 9

Inner City Y’s Men’s Century Club plaque, 1985

Artifacts: 2005.0209

Inner City Y’s Men’s Club youth sponsor plaque, 1985

Artifacts: 2005.0209