YMCA of Montreal fonds

P145/14D11b – World War I

 

Box HA2001

• France (Canadian Corps athletics: High Jump, boxing tournament, running horse jumping, baseball, YMCA canteen and staff, dug-outs,  – 1916-1918 (1/3)
• France (Canadian Corps athletics: High jump, baseball,tug-of-war, Canadian embarkation camp, Vimy attack . – 1917-1919  (2/3)
• France (Canadian troops at Vimy Ridge, Passchendale, Arras, Y tea car). – 1915-1918 (3/3)
• England (Whitley College, Khaki University with Gerald Birks). - 1917
• Germany (Dusseldorf aerial view). - [191-]
• War & Military Work (National Council). - [1914]
• Red Triangle Hut , Dominion Square, Montreal. - [191-]
• Australia YMCA Services. – 1918-1919
• Ontario (Mounted rifles soldiers). - [1915]
• Arrival of 42e battalion in Montreal. – March 11, 1919
• 35^th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force. – 1915
• Manitoba (funeral of Sister Margaret Lowe). - [1918]
• Belgium (ruins of Ypres). [1915]
• Soldiers and installations. - [1918]

 

Box HA2690

• Photographs related to YMCA work during World War I. - [191].
• Clipping: National Council fund-raising campaign. - 1919.

 

Box HA2343

• Kingston, ON military camp. – 1910
• Portrait of soldiers. - [191-]
• Sports at the Canadian Corps camp. - [191-]
• Dug-out in mine crater on Vimy bridge. – 1917
• Canadian Corps Fall Championship Athletic Meet, France (the 72^nd Highlanders in the tug-of-war). – 1917

 

Box HA4842

• Group of soldiers in , St. Cloud. – August 1, 1918

 

Box HA6837   

• Paris Souvenir photo album. - 1918-19.
  
• France-England Souvenir photo album. - 1918-1919.  
  

 

Box HA2119

Scrapbooks

• 2 scrapbooks. - 1916-1919.
  • Clippings from newspapers across Canada, most related to YMCA Military Fund fund-raising campaign.
  • Taylor Statten's report on his work overseas for 1919.
  • Services for Canadian military personnel in London.
  • Dinner programs honouring Marshall Foch, Washington, D.C. (YMCA International Committee)
  • Church service program.
  • Constitution of the Women's Military Service Committee, Red Triangle Club, Montreal.
  • Other items.

 

Box HA2124

• Scrapbooks. - 1918-1919.Newspaper clippings.
• Scrapbook. - 1919.Photographs, Montreal Standard for May 11, 1918, meeting notes, campaign team rosters, posters, campaign stationery.

 

Box HA2173

• Scrapbook with b&w photographs of war services in England and France, including Khaki College. - [191-].

 

Box HA1045

Books

• The Canadian YMCA in the Great War: The Official Record of the activities of the Canadian Y.M.C.A. in connection with the Great War of 1914-1918, by Charles W. Bishop, General Secretary, National Council 1912-21. Published by the National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations in Canada. - 1924.

 

Box HA2330

Histories, reports

• Histories-YMCA War Work-World War I. - 1918, 1919, 1939.
• History notes. - 1912-1918.
• YMCA Army Work in Mesopotamia. - 1918.
• Summary report on War Work. - 1919.
• The Genesis of a Great Work: The Story of YMCA Imperial Military Field Service. - 1920.
• The Canadian Corps and Its Part in the War, by General Sir Arthur Currie. - 1920.
• The Achievements of the YMCAs of Canada in Their Overseas Service during the Great War. - 1939.
• Cartes postales-Ypres, L'Yser. - [191-].
• Images of YMCA World War I Military Work-damaged clippings. - [191-].
• Death of Laddie Millen. - 1916, 1918.
• Death of Harry Whiteman. - 1915.
• Taylor Statten's report of his work overseas for February 1919. - 1919.
• Some Points in Reference to the History of the YMCA Military Work in North America. - [192-].

Boards, committees, meetings

• Military Work. - 1914-1918.
  • Possibly Taylor Statten's file.
• Reports on Military Work. - 1916.
• National Military Service Committee/Overseas Executive Committee. - 1917-1918.
• Military Service Committee organization chart. - [191-].
• The Canadian YMCA (Overseas)-report. - 1917.
• YMCA Military Committee and its Executive Committee. - 1918.

 

Box HA2115

Boards, committees, meetings (continued)

• Notes on Conference of YMCA and YWCA. - [1918?].
• Headquarters-list of establishments-Cdn YMCA. - 1918.
• Blueprint-plan showing how a new area is plotted. - [191-].
• Précis of cases dealt with by Mr. G. G. Coulter, J.P., on behalf of the Canadian YMCA during the month of March 1919. - 1919.
• Proposed Post-War Program. - 1919.

Senior management: John W. Ross

• John W. Ross-Military Work Committee. - 1914-1917.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1915-1916.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1916.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1916-1917.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1916-1919.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1917.
• John Ross' Military Service Committee file. - 1919.
• J. W. Ross-correspondence with McGill YMCA Field Branch, France. - 1915-1917.
• John W. Ross-War Work. - 1917-1918.
  • 2 folders. Oversize item has been placed in Box HA2334.
• John W. Ross-War Work. - 1918-1919.

Senior management: Gerald W. Birks

• Gerald W. Birks-correspondence. - 1918.
• Mr. Gerald W. Birks-clippings-overseas. - 1919.Also photographs.
• Notes-speeches-Military Work. - 1918.
• Chaplain relations. - 1918-1919.
• Letter to Arthur Wood regarding YMCA in World War I. - 1944.

Programs: Education

• Khaki University-correspondence, reports. - 1917-1920, 1938.
• Khaki College-Canadian National Council Military Work-briefs, reports, and correspondence. - 1917-1919.
• Khaki University-publicity, reports. - 1917, nd.
• University of Vimy Ridge. -1918, nd.
• Canadian Soldiers' College-Seaford. - [191-].

Facilities, equipment, supplies

• Canadian YMCA Hôtel d'Iéna, Paris. - [191-].
• YMCA post-card-blank. - [191-].
• In a Soldiers' Club at the Front, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell. - [191-].
• Leave Guide for London. - nd.
• Beaver Hut, London. - 1918.

Financial administration

• Military Service Fund campaign. - 1917.
  • Scrapbook.
• War Work-financial statement for 1918. - 1918.
• Financial campaign. - 1918.
• Red Triangle Fund statement. - 1919.
• National Council War Services-financial report for 1919. - 1920.

Communications

• Facts about YMCA work at the front. - [191-].
• Military Field Service Information Bulletin. - 1914.
• For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms. - 1915.
  • U.S. YMCA periodical reports on Military Work.
• Manual of Information and Methods: Military Service Department. - 1916.
• Serving Soldiers: The YMCA and the War. - 1916.
  • A Budget of News from The Military Service Department.
• Letters of appreciation. - 1916-1918.
• High Praise of YMCA, by Sir Edward Kemp-clipping. - 1918.
• Some Facts about the 1918 Four-fold Program. - [1918?].

 

Box HA2334

• YMCA War Work fund-raising newsletter transferred from Box HA2115. - [1917?].

 

Box HA2044

Communications (continued)

• Booklets on the 1st Canadian Division by General MacDonell. - 1919.
• Red Triangle Sunday publicity. - 1919.
• The Achievements [of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada in their Overseas Service] during the Great War. - 1939.
• Album-Canadian YMCA with the Overseas Military Forces of Canada. - 1917, 1969.
• YMCA War Work, Western Canada edition. - 1918.
• Red Triangle News-Quebec edition. - 1919.
• U.S. War Work-answers to criticisms. - 1918-1921.
• The 1918 Business of the Canadian YMCA with the Canadian Overseas Forces. - nd.
• Criticism and investigation-C. W. Bishop. - 1918-1919.
• Letter to Prayer Helpers-A. G. Fraser. - 1917.
• YMCA with the Overseas Military Forces of Canada-Report of Activities. - 1918.
  • Also financial statement for 1918.