Description: Caption reads: "Garber's YMCA Basket Ball Game." In June 1844, twelve men in London, England, established the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). Its principal organizer was Sir George Williams, an English nobleman. In 1851, YMCA chapters opened in North America, including in Boston and Montreal. In 1857, the Young Men's Society of Religious Inquiry, based in Cincinnati, officially united with the YMCA, establishing the first YMCA chapter in Ohio. The YMCA originally tried to instill and continues to seek the development of Christian principles and values in young men. The organization originally confined membership to only men, but since World War II, it has accepted women as members. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_027_001
Subjects: Sports; Basketball; Basketball players; YMCA; Sports and recreation facilities; Gymnasiums
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Akron area YMCA was founded in 1896. The Akron YMCA Building was constructed in the 1920s to house the organization. As a Christian organization, the goal of the YMCA was to give those in need a place to stay, eat, and worship. The indoor pool at the Akron YMCA Building is pictured in the photograph. The building, including the pool, is still in use by the Akron YMCA, as one of their branch locations. The location now houses exercise and sports facilities, while the remodeled living quarters are now private apartments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_024
Subjects: YMCA; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Swimming; Sports and recreation facilities; Diving for men; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Akron area YMCA was founded in 1896. The Akron YMCA Building was built in the 1920s to house the organization. As a Christian organization, the YMCA building was used to provide a place to stay, eat, and worship for those in need. Depicted in the photograph is the gym of the YMCA building. A caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Stow High." Most likely, this photograph is of a Stow High School event, such as a dance. Stow, Ohio is a city northeast of Akron. The Akron YMCA building is still in use by the organization and includes exercise and sports facilities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_032
Subjects: YMCA; Akron (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Gymnasiums; Teenagers; Proms; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the YMCA building in Columbus, Ohio, by the Baker Art Gallery, ca. 1880-1915. After the Civil War, several YMCA facilities opened their doors to men in the Columbus area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02828
Subjects: Young Men's Christian Association (Columbus, Ohio); YMCA of the USA--History; Architecture
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph captioned "Rev. Billy Sunday and His Party. Upper row from left to right--Dr. L.K. Peacock, Mrs. William Asher, Miss Grace Saxe, Rev. William Asher, B.D. Ackley. Lower row--Fred Seibert, Miss Frances Miller, Billy Sunday, Miss Annie McLaren, Homer A. Rodeheaver, W.H. Collison." William "Billy" Sunday was born in Iowa in 1862. He was a major-league baseball player in the 1880s before becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. He visited large cities, giving talks for young men on Christian living and Prohibition under the employment of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He was an avid supporter of Prohibition and strongly in opposition to scientific advancement which he saw as disproving the Bible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4316_001
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Baseball players; YMCA of the USA--History; Prohibition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is portrait of William "Billy" Sunday. Sunday was born in Iowa in 1862. He was a major-league baseball player in the 1880s before becoming an itinerant evangelical preacher. He visited large cities, giving talks for young men on Christian living and prohibition under the employment of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He was an avid supporter of prohibition and opposition toward scientific advancement, which he saw as disproving the Bible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04077
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Baseball players; YMCA of the USA--History; Prohibition
 

Description: Lake Noah is located in Summit County near the city of Green, Ohio at latitude - longitude coordinates N 40.91339 and W -81.51484. Located on Lake Noah is Camp Y. Noah, an affiliate of the YMCA of Akron, Ohio. Camp Y. Noah was established in 1930 and consists of hiking trails, ropes courses, equestrian trails, and summer programing. It is also an accredited outdoor environmental educational center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F02_023_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Lakes and ponds; Camps; YMCA
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Works Progress Administration Handicrafts Class exhibition at the Y.M.C.A. in Toledo, Ohio. The W.P.A. sponsored handicraft classes were created to help teach American citizens how build and create different tools, toys and objects. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_016_001
Subjects: Handicrafts; Boat models; Exhibitions--1930-1950; YMCA of the USA; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)