05 Dec Open Position: Media Production Intern
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06 Jun Reconstruction of the Witherspoon Branch Y
Albert De Martin, photographerCollection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc., in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996The fire which devastated the Witherspoon Y branch building started from an over-heated furnace. A December 1936 letter to the editor of the “Princeton Herald” noted...
06 Jun Witherspoon Street Young Men’s Christian Association
Frank A. VanZant, photographerCollection of the Historical Society of PrincetonIn the early twentieth-century, in racially divided Princeton, the Witherspoon branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association served as a focal point for the town’s African-American men and boys. Located on the corner of Witherspoon and...
06 Jun Witherspoon Y Group Portrait, 1945
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc.,in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996Top Row (left to right): George Wilson, Captain Campbell, Hydia Steward, Garnell Herron; Bottom Row (left to right): George Reeves, William Hall, Ira Dickerson, John Gripper....
06 Jun Paul Robeson, Paul Robeson Jr., and Eslanda Robeson, 1930
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonBy the time these photographs of the Robeson family were taken (on the occasion of the Robeson’s ninth wedding anniversary), Paul, “Essie,” and Paul, Jr. were living in London. In 1928, Robeson’s performance in Show Boat in London catapulted...
06 Jun In Front of the Witherspoon Y, c. later 1940s
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc.,in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996This group portrait includes Thomas Brown, Executive Secretary of the Witherspoon Y (top row, far right). Brown served in the position for three years starting in 1947. He left Princeton...
06 Jun Witherspoon YMCA Annual Membership Drive, c. late 1940s
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc.,in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996This sign promoting the benefits of Y membership notes that members can participate in “recreation of the entire body.” Campaign director William Yancey hoped for 600 members that year. Campaign...
06 Jun 1947-48 Jr. Hi “Y” Champs
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc.,in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996Clyde “Buster” Thomas, Captain of the Panther Jr. Hi-Y basketball team received the Heyden Chemical Championship Trophy from Gordon Sikes, Chairman of the Boys Work Committee of Princeton.Identified team members...
06 Jun The “Hawks” Witherspoon Y Basketball Team at Princeton High School Gymnasium
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc.,in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996Identified team members include (left to right): Dee Holmes (coach/advisory), John Williams, Tom Taylor, Jim Carter, Richard Kidd, George Holmes, Jim Jones, Richard Bracey, (unidentified), Donaldson Williams, Gus Hyter, Sidney...
06 Jun Proposed plan for the new joint YWCA-YMCA building on Avalon Place, c. early 1950s
Collection of the Historical Society of PrincetonGift of Youth Communications Inc., in Memory of F.G. Clark, 1996In 1958, the de facto segregation that separated the “Y” from the “Colored Y” ended and the combined Y.M.C.A (and the integrated Y.W.C.A) moved into a new building on...
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