Armory Hill YMCA (Springfield, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
School for Christian Workers Building Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-111
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents the first school building for Springfield College, at the time the School for Christian Workers, located on the corner of Sherman and State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Included in the collection are photographs and negatives of the outside of the building dating from around 1885 to 1946. Interior shots of the building, including one of the few photographs of the gymnasium where James Naismith created basketball as well as pictures of the early library and...
Dates:
1885-1995
Series 03: Armory Hill Branch
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 03
Series 03 Scope and Contents
This series contains information and materials on the Armory Hill YMCA, a branch of the Springfield YMCA. Included within are pamphlets, annual reports, newspapers (Association Notes), constitutions, and scrapbook pages containing pamphlets and newspaper articles about various activities and functions held at the YMCA in the late 19th century. Of particular importance are two bound manuscripts containing glued in receipts/forms describing missionary or membership work within the local...
Dates:
1876-1973; Majority of material found within 1882-1940
Springfield Massachusetts YMCA Papers
Collection — Boxes 01-13
Identifier: MS-523
Abstract
The Springfield Massachusetts YMCA was one of the first YMCAs to be established in North America after Montreal and Boston. The first meeting was held on May 3rd, 1852 at the Old First Church on Court Square. Soon disbanded for lack of support, it was not until the cities third attempt in the early 1880s, with the creation of three separate branches; a Railroad YMCA, the Armory Hill YMCA, and a Central/Downtown Springfield Branch, that the Springfield YMCA was here to stay. The Railroad YMCA...
Dates:
1876-1973; Majority of material found within 1882-1940