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Letter from Kansas City banker George W. Fuller (Chairman, Business Men's Committee) soliciting contributions to Kansas City's Y.M.C.A. building fund

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P671

Overview

A one-page unsigned form letter from Kansas City banker George W. Fuller, dated February 20, 1906, written in Fuller's capacity as chairman of a Kansas City Business Men's Committee supporting construction of a new building for the Young Men's Christian Association of Kansas City.

Dates

  • Creation: February 20, 1906

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of George W. Fuller

George W. Fuller was born in Illinois in December 1845. In the 1900s, he was a Kansas City, Missouri banker, residing in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1906, he served as chairman of a Business Men's Committee which was established to support efforts by the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association of Kansas City, Missouri to build a new Y.M.C.A. building with various recreational and educational facilities for young men of the city.

Extent

1 folder : typescript

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

This unsigned, 1-page form letter from Kansas City banker George W. Fuller, dated February 20, 1906 and addressed "Dear Sir," is written in Fuller's capacity as chairman of a Kansas City Business Men's Committee appointed to support efforts by the Board of Directors of Kansas City's Young Men's Christian Association to fund a new Y.M.C.A. building. Fuller's letter invites financial support of the building fund and describes the anticipated benefits from the new facility.

Physical Location

RH MS P671

Related Materials

Library holdings related to construction of Kansas City's Y.M.C.A. building in the early 1900s:

Floor plan, Young Men's Christian Association, Kansas City, MissouriRH R148, Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

A new building for the Kansas City Young Men's Christian AssociationRH D6494, Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library

Title
Guide to the George W. Fuller Collection
Subtitle
Letter from Kansas City banker George W. Fuller (Chairman, Business Men's Committee) soliciting contributions to Kansas City's Y.M.C.A. building fund
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2006 Finding aid encoded by mh, 2006
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9283276500
Preferred citation
Letter from Kansas City banker George W. Fuller (Chairman, Business Men's Committee), February 20, 1906, soliciting contributions to Kansas City's Y.M.C.A. building fund, Kansas Collection, RH MS P671, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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