Robert Weidensall
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Title
Robert Weidensall
Subject
Young Men's Christian Association of North America;
Robert Weidensall; YMCA; YMCA Hall of Fame; Omaha YMCA; George Williams College;
Description
Portrait photograph of Robert Weidensall. Described by his contemporaries as “the best-loved man of the brotherhood,” Robert Weidensall worked tirelessly for 37 years developing YMCAs in rural communities in the mid-to-late 1800s. Weidensall began his YMCA work after serving in the Civil War.
He laid the foundation for the great network of local and state YMCAs of the Midwest, traveling nearly 200,000 miles over 14 years. He began building YMCAs along the expanding railroads, and soon expanded his work to German-speaking young men, college students, and the men of the South. He advocated for staff training and for state YMCA committees.
He helped found both George Williams College and the organization that would become the Association of YMCA Professionals (AYP). He was described by his peers as a man of “great character, of the farmer-engineer-explorer-pioneer type…He had the gift of prophecy, combined with common sense.”
He laid the foundation for the great network of local and state YMCAs of the Midwest, traveling nearly 200,000 miles over 14 years. He began building YMCAs along the expanding railroads, and soon expanded his work to German-speaking young men, college students, and the men of the South. He advocated for staff training and for state YMCA committees.
He helped found both George Williams College and the organization that would become the Association of YMCA Professionals (AYP). He was described by his peers as a man of “great character, of the farmer-engineer-explorer-pioneer type…He had the gift of prophecy, combined with common sense.”
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Publisher
Springfield College
Date
1890-1910?
2010-07-20
Rights
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Relation
RG 103 YMCA Hall of Fame Papers
http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/library.nsf/78D4B8F1DEB9FDC38525741100498AC9/F75FFB60247BF41A85257639005F614A?OpenDocument
103
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11
18
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YMCA-HOF
Format
Image/jpg;
Image/tiff;
Type
Image
Identifier
rg103-2001-weidensall-r-portrait-01
Files
Collection
Citation
“Robert Weidensall,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 23, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/12273.
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