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Yacht clubs

Genesee Yacht Club, 16(4):14 (Oct 1954)
Pultneyville Yacht Club, 58(2):5, 6 (Spr 1996)
Rochester Yacht Club. See Rochester Yacht Club

Yacht races

Canada Cup, 12(1):17 (Jan 1950); 16(4):14, 19 (Oct 1954)
Chicago tryouts, "Genesee" at, 12(1):17 (Jan 1950)
Fisher Cup, 12(1):17 (Jan 1950)
Toronto cup, 16(4):14 (Oct 1954)

Yachts, 16(4):19 (Oct 1954)

miniature regattas, 11(1):22 (Jan 1949)

Yale and Greenleaf

product line, 41(4):7 (Oct 1979)

Yale University (New Haven, CT), 10(2&3):5 (Jul 1948)

Class Poet, 61(2):2 (Spr 1999)
college song, 61(2):2 (Spr 1999)
faculty/staff, Levi Ward, Jr., 22(2):4 (Apr 1960)
school newspaper, writer for, 61(2):2 (Spr 1999)
as sponsor of child evacuees-WWII, 55(4):27 (Fall 1993)
students/graduates, 43(2&3):4 (Apr & Jul 1981)

Chapin, Moses-1810s, 30(2):3 (Apr 1968)
Durand, Henry S., 61(2):2 (Spr 1999)
Durand, John Ewing, 61(2):4 (Spr 1999)
Kellogg, Dr. , 61(2):12 (Spr 1999)
Strayer, Rev. Paul M., 22(2):22 (Apr 1960)
Strong, Dr. Maltby, 26(1):17 (Jan 1964)
Williams, Rev. Comfort, 29(3):19 (Jun 1967)

Yaman, Joseph (brewer)

cessation of brewing, 54(2):19 (Spr 1992)

Yaman and Nase Brewery

cessation of brewing, 54(2):19 (Spr 1992)

Yancey, Bert

as professional golfer, in U.S. Men's Open-1960s, 65(1):14 photo, 15 (Win 2003)

Yankee, U.S.S.

local assignees-Spanish-American War, 13(2):7, 14, 23 (Apr 1951)

Yankee Whalers in the South Seas by A. B. C. Whipple, 58(2):7 (Spr 1996)
Yantic (ship)

Arctic expedition and-1880s, 59(1):10 (Win 1997)

The Yards (Manchester, NY), 56(2):7-9, 23 (Spr 1994)
Yates, Arthur G.

business enterprises, 16(4):13 (Oct 1954); 30(4):19 (Oct 1968)
trestle construction, 37(1):5 (Jan 1975)
UR memorial gift in name of, 30(1):18 (Jan 1968)

Yates County

Civil War regiment from, activity at Gettysburg, 65(2):12-13, 20 illus (Spr 2003)
as Union Council member-1850s, 66(4):14 (Fall 2004)

Yates County Chronicle (newspaper)

on speech by Henry W. Johnson, quoted-1860s, 67(1):6 (Win 2005)

Yattau, Frank A.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):7 (Apr 1951); 13(2):19 (Apr 1951)

Yawman, Philip H.

burial site, 67(2):27 (Spr 2005)
occupation, 20(1):12-13 (Jan 1958)

Yawman and Erbe Manufacturing Co.

origin, 3(3):11 (Jul 1941)
product lines, 11(2):17 (Apr 1949)

furniture, 3(4):21 (Oct 1941); 35(2):8 (Apr 1973)
machinery, 35(2):8 (Apr 1973)
during World War II, 66(1):20 (Win 2004)

site

location, 22(3):28 (Jul 1960); 29(2):6 (Apr 1967); 66(1):20 (Win 2004)
subsequent use-1930s, 22(3):28 (Jul 1960)

subsidiary of Sterling Company of Buffalo, 20(2):8 (Apr 1958)

"Year Without a Summer"-1810s, 15(1):6 (Jan 1953)
Ye Gods and Goddesses

performance, 16(3):7 (Jul 1954)

"Yellow dog" clause, 25(1):18 (Jan 1963)
Yellow fever

Genesee Fever characterized as, 41(1&2):11n.10 (Jan & Apr 1979)
victim, Thomas W. Roys, 58(2):20 (Spr 1996)

Yellow journalism

of Spanish-American War-1890s, 13(1):6-9, 22 (Jan 1951)

Yellow Mill

construction and location-1810s, 2(1):4, 5 map (Jan 1940); 37(2):3 (Apr 1975); 55(1):5 (Win 1993); 72(1):6 (Spr 2010)
productivity, 37(2):5 (Apr 1975)
purchase, by Charles J. Hill, 37(2):7 (Apr 1975)
renaming, 37(2):7 (Apr 1975)

Yellowstone Army

Franklin, MO hosts dinner for-1820, 42(4):18 (Oct 1980)

Yellowstone Policy

Carroll, Henry and, 42(4):18 (Oct 1980)

Yeo, Commodore James

military service/correspondence-War of 1812, 4(4):8, 11-12, 17 (Oct 1942); 53(4):6, 7, 9-10, 22 (Fall 1991)

Yiddish language

newspaper, 64(3):8 (Sum 2002)
suppression-WWI, 39(4):8 (Oct 1977)

YMCA. See Young Men's Christian Association
Y.M.C.A. Weekly

founding-1930, 16(1):22 (Jan 1954)

YMCA Report on Social Conditions in Rochester (1904), 17(4):15 (Oct 1955)
Y.M.C.A.'s First Century in Rochester, by Blake Mckelvey, 16(1):1-28 (Jan 1954)
Yoga For You by Claude F. Bragdon, 29(4):19 (Oct 1967)
Yokefellows Band

formation, 16(1):10 (Jan 1954)

Yokes

oxen, ironing-1850s, 42(2):23 (Apr 1980)

Yonondio by William H. C. Hosmer, 6(2):8 (Apr 1944)
York, Canada. See also Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

subsequently Toronto, 4(4):10 (Oct 1942)
during War of 1812, 4(4):10 (Oct 1942); 24(1):11 (Jan 1962)

York House

location, 31(4):11 (Oct 1969)

York River

fish, stocking with, 6(3):18 (Jul 1944)

Yosemite National Park

landscape architect for, 50(2):7 (Jul 1988)

Yost, Sergeant George P.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):19 (Apr 1951)

Youmans, Gilbert

in whaling industry, 58(2):6 (Spr 1996)

Young, Lt. (no given name)

post at Sacket's Harbor, NY-1820s, 62(4):11, 23 (Fall 2000)

Young, Mrs. Alice H.

discrimination against, 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)
residence, 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)
spouse, James, 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)

Young, Charles N.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):22 (Apr 1951)

Young, Edwin J.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):21 (Apr 1951)

Young, Fred J.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):21 (Apr 1951)

Young, James

discrimination against, 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)
residence, 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)
spouse, Alice H., 60(3):6 (Sum 1998)

Young, Mrs. Joan

ministerial appointment-1980s, 44(4):30 (Oct 1982)

Young, John T.

as artist, 6(2):5 (Apr 1944)

Young, William

business enterprise, 37(2):21 (Apr 1975)

Young, Sergeant William B.

military service-Spanish-American War, 13(2):18 (Apr 1951)

Young Bachelor's Ball

location-mid 1800s, 18(2):19 (Apr 1956)

Young Canadians baseball club (Woodstock, Ontario)

competitions-1800s, 63(1):12, 14 (Win 2001)

The Younger Generation, Their Opinions, Pastimes and Enterprises 1830-1850 by Dorothy S. Truesdale, 1(2):1-21 (Apr 1939)
Young King (Seneca Chief)

Jemison family incident and, 68(1&2):18 (Win & Spr 2006)

Young Ladies' Baseball Club, 63(2):11 photo (Spr 2001)
Young Ladies' Moral Reform Society

formation-1830s, 1(3):18 (Jul 1939)

"The Young Lion" (train engine)

inaugural trip-1840, 30(4):5 (Oct 1968)

"Young Lion of the West"

Rochester known as, 11(2):5 (Apr 1949); 37(3):13 (Jul 1975); 39(3):19 (Jul 1977); 40(2):6 (Apr 1978); 43(4):14 (Oct 1981); 54(4):1 (Fall 1992); 72(1):4 (Spr 2010)

Young Lion of the West (canal boat)

at opening of Erie Canal-1820s, 11(3&4):8 (Jul 1949); 37(3):2 (Jul 1975); 49(4):8 (Oct 1987)
Scrantom account of-1830, 41(1&2):26, 27, 28n.3 (Jan & Apr 1979)

Young Men's Association

formation-1830s, 19(4):4 (Oct 1957)
headquarters, 36(4):4 (Oct 1974)
merger, with Rochester Athenaeum, 11(2):9 (Apr 1949)
O'Reilly, Henry and, 2(1):19-20 (Jan 1940); 6(2):6-7 (Apr 1944); 7(1):11 (Jan 1945)
at St. Mary's Church, church fire and-1910s, 44(4):21 (Oct 1982)

Young Men's Catholic Association

formation-1870s, 2(3):16 (Jul 1940); 16(1):7 (Jan 1954)

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

branches

Arnett Boulevard, 60(3):13 (Sum 1998)
Clarissa Street, 21(4):21 (Oct 1959)
German, 20(1):21 (Jan 1958)
Italian, 14(4):21 (Oct 1952)
Maplewood, 16(1):20 (Jan 1954)
neighborhood requests, 16(1):19 (Jan 1954)
Railroad Y.M.C.A, 16(1):8, 10, 11 (Jan 1954)
Third Ward, 20(4):9 (Oct 1958)
University, 16(1):22 (Jan 1954)

charter-1890, 16(1):13 (Jan 1954)
churches and, 14(4):8 (Oct 1952); 16(1):6, 21 (Jan 1954)
Civil War and, 16(1):5 (Jan 1954)
conventions, 16(1):3, 6, 10, 14 (Jan 1954)

first U.S., 16(1):3 (Jan 1954)

facilities

boat house, 16(1):15 (Jan 1954)
demands for, 16(1):12 (Jan 1954)
dormitory rooms, 16(1):17 (Jan 1954)
game, 16(1):12 (Jan 1954)
Health Club, 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)

finances, 16(1):4, 12, 14, 16-17, 23 (Jan 1954)

churches and, 14(4):8 (Oct 1952)
fundraising efforts, 16(1):10, 11, 19, 21, 24 (Jan 1954)

formation, 2(3):16 (Jul 1940); 3(3):15 (Jul 1941); 16(1):1, 5, 8 (Jan 1954); 23(3):14 (Jul 1961); 69(2):19 (Spr 2008)
German immigrants and, 16(1):4 (Jan 1954)
headquarters

early years, 1850s-1880s, 16(1):3, 6, 7, 8-9, 10 (Jan 1954); 27(3):12 (Jul 1965); 34(2):11 (Apr 1972)
Gibbs Street, 16(1):19-25 (Jan 1954); 35(2):14 (Apr 1973)

architect, 29(4):9 (Oct 1967)
opening-1910s, 22(1):17 (Jan 1960)

meeting on vice at, 14(4):11 (Oct 1952)
South Avenue (South St. Paul), 1890s-1910s, 16(1):12 (Jan 1954)

historical sketch, 16(1):1-28 (Jan 1954)

1850s-1880s, 16(1):2-12 (Jan 1954)
1890s-1910s, 16(1):12-19 (Jan 1954)
1910s-1950s, 16(1):19-25 (Jan 1954)

International Committee, 16(1):25 (Jan 1954)
London, 16(1):2 (Jan 1954)
of Manchester, NY

train wreck victims at, 56(2):19 (Spr 1994)

membership, 16(1):5, 10, 14, 18, 20, 21, 24 (Jan 1954)

Folsom (Marion B.) speech to, 61(1):15 (Win 1999)
non-Evangelical, 16(1):13 (Jan 1954)
Polish Jew, 16(1):13 (Jan 1954)

newspaper, Y.M.C.A. Weekly, 16(1):22 (Jan 1954)
non-members, 16(1):16 (Jan 1954)
officers, 16(1):4 (Jan 1954)

Adams, Robert B., 16(1):18 (Jan 1954)
Alling, Joseph T., 16(1):13 (Jan 1954); 22(2):18 (Apr 1960)
Alvord, Dean, 16(1):11 (Jan 1954)
Atkins, Reverend Addison B., 16(1):3 (Jan 1954)
Benedict, N. W., 16(1):4, 7 (Jan 1954)
Brugler, Mercer, 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
Buell, George, C., 16(1):9 (Jan 1954)
Cole, Austin H., 16(1):8 (Jan 1954)
Conklin, Henry W., 16(1):17 (Jan 1954)
Ellis, Henry G., 16(1):25 (Jan 1954)
Evangelical test, 16(1):13 (Jan 1954)
Fitch, J. Sawyer, 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
Folsom, Marion B., 61(1):3 (Win 1999)
Forbes, George M., 16(1):11 (Jan 1954)
Forbes, Professor George M., 23(3):14 (Jul 1961)
Ford, George G., 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)
Gugelman, Frank, 19(2):16 (Apr 1957)
Harris, Richard M., 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
Helmer, F. D., 16(1):11 (Jan 1954)
Hickey, Reverend Yates, 16(1):4 (Jan 1954)
Hollister, E. H., 16(1):7 (Jan 1954)
Hubbard, William A., 16(1):15 (Jan 1954)
Lansdale, Herbert P., Jr., 16(1):24, 25 (Jan 1954)
Lansdale, Herbert P., Sr., 16(1):18, 24 (Jan 1954)
McCurdy, Gilbert J. C., 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)
McGuire, Horace, 16(1):8 (Jan 1954)
Mixer, Albert H., 16(1):11 (Jan 1954)
Ogden, D. L., 16(1):9 (Jan 1954)
Parsons, George W., 16(1):6 (Jan 1954)
Parsons, Theron E., 16(1):9 (Jan 1954)
Paviour, Ernest A., 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)
Reynolds, Harrah J., 16(1):9 (Jan 1954); 16(1):10 (Jan 1954)
Rochester, Roswell Hart, 16(1):6 (Jan 1954)
secretaries, 16(1):22 (Jan 1954)
Seward, William R., 16(1):6 (Jan 1954); 16(1):7 (Jan 1954)
Shuft, Reed E., 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)
Shumway, E. Ritter, 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
Smith, Frank L., 16(1):9 (Jan 1954)
Starrett, M. L., 16(1):15 (Jan 1954)
Stebbins, Edwin A., 16(1):17 (Jan 1954)
Wardle, F. R., 16(1):10 (Jan 1954)
Wells, Schuyler C., 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
Whitford, Albert H., 16(1):13 (Jan 1954)
Wiley, S. Wirt, 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)

in Poland, WWII speaker from, quoted, 57(2):11 (Spr 1995)
programing, 14(4):18 (Oct 1952); 16(1):9, 13 (Jan 1954)

art lectures, 17(2):9 (Apr 1955)
Bible classes, 16(1):18 (Jan 1954)
book reception, 16(1):10 (Jan 1954)
camp, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950); 16(1):1, 15, 22 (Jan 1954); 19(2):9, 10 (Apr 1957)
churches and, 16(1):21 (Jan 1954)
classes, 16(1):11, 14 (Jan 1954)
club, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950); 16(1):11, 12, 14, 22 (Jan 1954); 18(4):19 (Oct 1956)
coeducational, 16(1):25 (Jan 1954)
concert, 16(1):15 (Jan 1954)
debating society, 16(1):11 (Jan 1954)
discussion groups, 16(1):22 (Jan 1954)
games, 16(1):12 (Jan 1954)
lecture series, 16(1):6, 9 (Jan 1954)
library station, 23(4):4 (Oct 1961)
motion pictures, 16(1):16 (Jan 1954)
outdoor, 16(1):23 (Jan 1954)
prayer meetings, 16(1):6, 12, 14, 16 (Jan 1954)
social events, 16(1):11, 12, 15 (Jan 1954); 16(1):14 (Jan 1954)
sports, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950); 16(1):12, 15, 22 (Jan 1954)
summer camps-1920s, 23(2):9 (Apr 1961)
Sunday, 14(4):12, 23 (Oct 1952)
swim classes, 17(1):19 (Jan 1955)
vocational, 16(1):15 (Jan 1954)

purpose, 16(1):1, 3, 18, 20 (Jan 1954)
research/surveys

housing, 27(4):4 (Oct 1965); 35(2):19 (Apr 1973)
municipal needs-early 1900s, 34(4):4 (Oct 1972)
social conditions/needs-early 1900s, 16(1):16 (Jan 1954); 17(4):15 (Oct 1955); 25(3):13-14 (Jul 1963)

revival, 8(3):21 (Jul 1946)
social outreach, 14(4):16 (Oct 1952)

of late 1800s, 23(3):17 (Jul 1961)
on Murderers' Row, 16(1):8 (Jan 1954)
relief efforts, 14(3):12-13 (Jun 1952); 16(1):4 (Jan 1954)
unemployed, aid to, 9(2&3):8 (Apr 1947); 16(1):14 (Jan 1954)

staff

Common Council petition-1890s, 14(3):9 (Jun 1952)
Moulthrop, Samuel P., 19(2):9-10, 15, 16, 18 (Apr 1957)

triangle as symbol, adoption, 16(1):14 (Jan 1954)
wartime activity

Spanish-American War, 13(2):10 (Apr 1951)
WWI, 5(4):8, 11 (Oct 1943)
WWII, 5(1):11 (Jan 1943)

World War I and, 16(1):20 (Jan 1954)

Young Men's Forum

formation, 11(2):4 (Apr 1949)

Young Men's Jewish Association

building construction, 35(2):15 (Apr 1973)

Young Men's Moral Reform Society

formation-1830s, 1(2):14 (Apr 1939); 1(3):18 (Jul 1939)
resolutions, 1(2):14 (Apr 1939)

Young Men's Society, 24(3):12 (Jul 1962)

formation and headquarters-1830s, 36(4):4 (Oct 1974)

Young Military Base (Cuba)

conditions and assignees-Spanish-American War, 13(2):14 (Apr 1951)

The Young Millwright and Miller's Guide by Oliver Evans, 59(2):17, 18 (Spr 1997)
Youngstown, NY

British fort at-1790s, 47(3&4):5 (Jul & Oct 1985)
as slave crossing, 37(4):4 (Oct 1975)
War of 1812 and, 4(4):13 (Oct 1942)

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

branches

Clarissa Street district, opening, 21(4):21 (Oct 1959)
Third Ward, 20(4):9 (Oct 1958)

formation, 3(3):15 (Jul 1941)
fundraising, 16(1):24 (Jan 1954)
location-mid 1900s, 22(1):17 (Jan 1960)
members, UR alumnae, 51(3):8 (Sum 1989)
programing

basketball team, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950)
classes, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950)
interpreters, hiring, 25(3):11 (Jul 1963)
vacation provisions, 12(1):15 (Jan 1950)

purpose, 14(4):8 (Oct 1952)
social outreach, 14(4):16 (Oct 1952)
WWI activity, 5(4):11 (Oct 1943)

Your Humble Servant

performance, 16(3):15 (Jul 1954)

"Your Money" (radio program), 32(3):14 (Jul 1970)
Youth

ARC recreation program, 55(2):31 (Spr 1993)
associations, 18(1):15 (Jan 1956). See also Youth Board; Youth Bureau

Youth Against War and Fascism, Vietnam War and, 48(3&4):14, 15-16 (Jul & Oct 1986)

Catholic, church ministry to, 60(3):11-13, 14, 16 (Sum 1998)
debating association. See Youths Debating Association
delinquency. See Juvenile delinquency/delinquents
gangs, at Gypsy camp-early 1900s, 25(4):11 (Oct 1963)
at Midtown Plaza, issues involving

1960s, 69(1):15-20 (Spr 2007)
1980s, 69(1):21-22 (Spr 2007)

radio program, 32(3):14 (Jul 1970)
smoking and. See Tobacco consumption
social services for-1940s, 23(2):16-17 (Apr 1961)
survey, on problem children-1930s, 20(4):18 (Oct 1958)
WWII civilian activity and training, 55(4):1-20 with photos (Fall 1993)
YMCA/YWCA programing. See Young Men's Christian Association — programing; Young Women's Christian Association — programing
Youth Week-1940s, 11(1):22 (Jan 1949)

Youth Against War and Fascism

Vietnam War and, 48(3&4):14, 15-16 (Jul & Oct 1986)

Youth-ARC recreation program, 55(2):31 (Spr 1993)
"Youth Asks the Question" (radio program), 32(3):14 (Jul 1970)
Youth Board

formation-1960s, 23(2):20 (Apr 1961); 23(3):26 (Jul 1961)
minorities and-mid 1900s, 26(2):18 (Apr 1964)

Youth Bureau

formation, 25(4):18-19 (Oct 1963)

Youth Problems, Committee on

survey, on problem children-1930s, 20(4):18 (Oct 1958)

Youths Debating Association

counsel, W. E. Clarke, 1(2):16 (Apr 1939)
formation-1830s, 1(2):14-15 (Apr 1939)
members, 1(2):14-16 (Apr 1939)

Bissel, W., 1(2):15-16 (Apr 1939)

programs, 1(2):15 (Apr 1939)

Youth Week

creation-1940s, 11(1):22 (Jan 1949)

Ysaye, (no given name)

as guest musician, 29(1):23 (Jan 1967)

Yust, William F.

as library director, 23(4):4-5, 7-8 (Oct 1961)

Seven Year Survey, 23(4):5 (Oct 1961)

YWCA. See Young Women's Christian Association

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