Moorland, Jesse Edward, 1863-1940

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1863 - 1940

Biographical Note

In 1892, Jesse Moorland was appointed the first general secretary of the “Colored YMCA” in Washington, D.C., working hard to maintain financial support for the association during the economic depression of 1893.

Moorland served as a church pastor in Nashville (Tenn.) and Cleveland (Ohio) for five years. From 1898 until 1923, he served on the YMCA’s national staff supporting YMCA work in African-American communities. Moorland worked with industrialists John D. Rockefeller and Julius Rosenwald to support the work of the Y in black communities.

He convinced Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Co. to offer $25,000 to any community that could raise $75,000 for the construction of a black YMCA. Twenty-five “Rosenwald Buildings” were constructed between 1910 and 1931. Moorland then faced the challenge of staffing these YMCAs, working with Student YMCAs as a source of qualified leadership.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

YMCA Hall of Fame – 2000 – Inductee (historical) – Moorland, Jesse – Nomination and Biographical Information, ca. 1997-2000

Folder — Box 13: Series 02, Folder: 04

Identifier: 02

Series 02 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is arranged chronologically by year, and within each year, the materials are arranged by type, including: videos and photographs of the induction ceremonies, programs and/or invitations to the ceremonies, memos, planning committee minutes, budget notes, and other organizational materials, newspaper clippings, biographical information and nominations for the inductees, photographs of the inductees, and information about other nominees from that year. Undated and/or unidentified...

Dates: ca. 1997-2000

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections / YMCA Hall of Fame Records / Series 02: Annual Induction Ceremonies and Nominations

YMCA Hall of Fame – 2000 – Inductee (historical) – Moorland, Jesse – Photographs, ca. 2000

Folder — Box 13: Series 02, Folder: 05

Identifier: 02

Dates: ca. 2000

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections / YMCA Hall of Fame Records / Series 02: Annual Induction Ceremonies and Nominations

YMCA Hall of Fame Records

Record Group — Box All Boxes

Identifier: RG-103

Abstract This collection documents the history and governance of the YMCA Hall of Fame at Springfield College and also provides information about individual inductees and induction ceremonies from the Hall of Fame’s founding in 1985 to the present. The purpose of the YMCA Hall of Fame is to provide “a forum to recognize professionals who personify what is best about the YMCA. It honors individuals who have devoted their lives to the building of community, encouraging each person to develop to their...

Dates: 1894 - present; Majority of material found within 1985 - present

Found in: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections

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