Dryades Street Young Men's Christian Association (New Orleans, La.) records
Content Description
Records of the Dryades Street YMCA include administrative records of the School of Commerce and programs conducted by the organization, such as Outreach, Neighborhood Youth Corps Out-of-School project, Competitive Physical Education, and youth clubs and activities. Record types include correspondence, teacher roll books, other reporting forms, student files, applications, grant proposals, programs, financial records, and clippings. Names in the records include director William H. Mitchell and his wife, Ora Lee Baranco Mitchell, who also taught at the School of Commerce.
Additional records include photographs that document the YMCA's programs, including the instructional swimming program, the youth employment program, the Black Achievers program, and others.
Dates
- Other: 1942-1990
Creator
- Dryades Street YMCA (New Orleans, La.) (Organization)
Extent
93.77 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Condition Description
Good
- African American youth -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- African Americans -- Education
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- African American membership
- Mitchell, Ora L. B. (Ora Lee Baranco)
- Mitchell, William H.
- YMCA of the USA -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Creator
- Dryades Street YMCA (New Orleans, La.) (Organization)
- Title
- Dryades Street Young Men's Christian Association (New Orleans, La.) records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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