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Young Men's Christian Association, Baghdad records

Archives of American Art

Object Details

sova.aaa.westharo_ref277
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9607757cc-fb04-4966-83c4-7275ffa76440
Collection Creator
Weston, Harold, 1894-1972
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Harold Weston papers
Harold Weston papers / Series 4: Associations and Organizations
Sponsor
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
(Box 10, 38; 0.2 linear feet)
Date
1916-1919
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.westharo, Subseries 4.10
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Harold Weston papers, 1894-1978, bulk 1912-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Scope and Contents note
Weston served with the YMCA, Baghdad in World War I and volunteered with the Baghdad Art Club. Records are from both the YMCA and the Baghdad Art Club and consist of exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, correspondence and memoranda between Weston and YMCA volunteers and others, YMCA holiday cards designed by Weston, financial materials, organizational history, a letter of introduction for Harold Weston written in Farsi and a hand-drawn map of rural areas outside Baghdad, YMCA announcements and newsletters, notes, photographs of the Baghdad Art Club exhibition of 1918 and a photo the YMCA Baghdad staff from 1917, YMCA printed materials, and a "University Plan" intended as an educational program for use in Mesopotamia.
Collection Restrictions
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
AAA.westharo_ref277
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9607757cc-fb04-4966-83c4-7275ffa76440
AAA.westharo
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1503510377387-1503510377440-9

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