Note: During the years covered by these records, the AUY was known as the Young People's Religious Union.
Container List:
Officers' files
bMS 427/1 (1) President Albert Pollard, 1922-24.
bMS 427/1 (2) President Edward P. Furber, 1924-26.
bMS 427/1 (3) President Charles Bolster, 1926-28 (folder #1).
bMS 427/1 (4) President Charles Bolster, 1926-28 (folder #2).
bMS 427/1 (5) President Frank B. Frederick, 1928-30, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/1 (6) President Frank B. Frederick, 1928-30, undated material.
bMS 427/1 (7) President Dana Greeley, 1930-32.
bMS 427/1 (8) President Bradford E. Gale, 1932-35.
bMS 427/1 (9) Secretary Ruth Twiss, 1925-30, and secretary Elizabeth Hall, 1930-32.
bMS 427/1 (10) Secretary Mary Denison, 1932-33, and secretary Elizabeth Kennedy, 1933-35.
bMS 427/1 (11) Recommendation for executive secretary.
Committees
bMS 427/1 (12) Membership Committee.
bMS 427/1 (13) Finance Committee.
bMS 427/1 (14) Interdenominational Relations Committee.
bMS 427/1 (15) Committee of Presidents.
bMS 427/1 (16) Nominating Committee, 1924.
bMS 427/1 (17) Nominating Committee, 1925.
bMS 427/1 (18) Nominating Committee, 1926.
bMS 427/1 (19) Nominating Committee, 1927.
bMS 427/1 (20) Nominating Committee, 1928.
bMS 427/1 (21) Nominating Committee, 1929.
bMS 427/1 (22) Nominating Committee, 1930.
bMS 427/1 (23) Nominating Committee, 1931.
bMS 427/1 (24) Nominating Committee, 1932.
bMS 427/1 (25) Nominating Committee, 1933.
bMS 427/1 (26) Nominating Committee, 1934.
bMS 427/1 (27) Sub-Executive Committee, general.
bMS 427/1 (28) New England Sub-Executive Committee.
bMS 427/1 (29) Mid-Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee, dated correspondence, October 16, 1930-August 30, 1932.
bMS 427/1 (30) Mid-Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee, dated correspondence, September 12, 1932-February 22, 1933.
bMS 427/1 (31) Mid-Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee, dated correspondence, February 24, 1933-May 11, 1934.
bMS 427/2 (1) Mid-Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee, undated correspondence.
bMS 427/2 (2) Mid-Atlantic Sub-Executive Committee, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/2 (3) Middle West Sub-Executive Committee, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/2 (4) Middle West Sub-Executive Committee, undated material.
bMS 427/2 (5) Pacific Coard Sub-Executive Committee.
bMS 427/2 (6) Survey Committee.
bMS 427/2 (7) Committee on Social Responsibility, pre-voting education.
bMS 427/2 (8) Committee on tracts.
bMS 427/2 (9) Committee appointed to investigate change in YPRU membership.
bMS 427/2 (10) Committee to bridge gap between alliance and league.
bMS 427/2 (11) Committee to design YPRU pins.
bMS 427/2 (12) Special Shoals Fund Committee ("5-X Shoals Committee").
bMS 427/2 (13) Committee to cooperate with Department of Religious Education.
bMS 427/2 (14) Committees--lists of names.
bMS 427/2 (15) Absentee Voting Committee.
bMS 427/2 (16) Anniversary Week Committee, 1931-32.
bMS 427/2 (17) Anniversary Week Committee, 1933.
bMS 427/2 (18) Anniversary Week Committee, 1934.
bMS 427/2 (19) Anniversary Week Committee, 1935 (folder #1).
bMS 427/2 (20) Anniversary Week Committee, 1935 (folder #2).
Commission on Social Responsibility
bMS 427/2 (21) Members, 1931.
bMS 427/2 (22) Material published and distributed.
bMS 427/2 (23) Reports.
bMS 427/2 (24) Conferences, 1932-33.
bMS 427/2 (25) Correspondence, October 14, 1929-September 29, 1933, plus undated.
bMS 427/2 (26) Article re: foundation of Commission on Social Responsibility, undated.
Federations
bMS 427/2 (27) Boston Federation.
bMS 427/2 (28) Essex County Federation.
bMS 427/2 (29) North Middlesex Federation.
bMS 427/3 (1) South Middlesex Federation.
bMS 427/3 (2) Bay Shore Federation.
bMS 427/3 (3) Worcester Federation.
bMS 427/3 (4) Western Massachusetts Federation.
bMS 427/3 (5) Mohawk Valley Federation.
bMS 427/3 (6) Twin-State Federation (Vermont and New Hampshire), dated correspondence, January 6 1928-October 31, 1933.
bMS 427/3 (7) Twin-State Federation, dated correspondence, January 4, 1934-October 14, 1937.
bMS 427/3 (8) Twin-State Federation, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/3 (9) Metropolitan Federation.
bMS 427/3 (10) Joseph Priestley Federation (Lancaster, Pennsylvania?).
bMS 427/3 (11) Meadville Federation.
bMS 427/3 (12) Ohio Valley Federation.
bMS 427/3 (13) Chicago Federation.
bMS 427/3 (14) Minnesota Federation.
bMS 427/3 (15) Midwestern Federation.
bMS 427/3 (16) Florida Federation.
bMS 427/3 (17) Southern California Federation.
bMS 427/3 (18) Northern California Federation.
Annual Meetings
bMS 427/3 (19) 25th Annual Meeting, 1921.
bMS 427/3 (20) 26th Annual Meeting, 1922.
bMS 427/3 (21) 27th Annual Meeting, 1923.
bMS 427/3 (22) 28th Annual Meeting, 1924.
bMS 427/3 (23) 29th Annual Meeting, 1925.
bMS 427/3 (24) 30th Annual Meeting, 1926.
bMS 427/3 (25) 31st Annual Meeting, 1927.
bMS 427/3 (26) 32nd Annual Meeting, 1928.
bMS 427/3 (27) 33rd Annual Meeting, 1929 (folder #1).
bMS 427/4 (1) 33rd Annual Meeting, 1929 (folder #2).
bMS 427/4 (2) 34th Annual Meeting, 1930 (folder #1).
bMS 427/4 (3) 34th Annual Meeting, 1930 (folder #2).
bMS 427/4 (4) 35th Annual Meeting, 1931 (folder #1).
bMS 427/4 (5) 35th Annual Meeting, 1931 (folder #2).
bMS 427/4 (6) 36th Annual Meeting, 1932 (folder #1).
bMS 427/4 (7) 36th Annual Meeting, 1932 (folder #2).
bMS 427/4 (8) 38th Annual Meeting, 1934.
bMS 427/4 (9) 39th Annual Meeting, 1935.
Conferences, rallies and camps
bMS 427/4 (10) Proctor Conference (New Hampshire), 1928-30.
bMS 427/4 (11) Proctor Conference, 1931-32.
bMS 427/4 (12) Proctor Conference, 1933.
bMS 427/4 (13) Proctor Conference, 1934.
bMS 427/4 (14) Proctor Conference, undated material.
bMS 427/4 (15) Denominational Staff Conference, 1926-28.
bMS 427/4 (16) Interdenominational Staff Conference, 1930-31.
bMS 427/4 (17) Maine Conference, 1930.
bMS 427/4 (18) Maine Conference, 1931.
bMS 427/4 (19) Maine Conference, 1932.
bMS 427/4 (20) Maine Conference, 1933, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/4 (21) Maine Conference, 1933, miscellaneous material (folder #1).
bMS 427/5 (1) Maine Conference, 1933, miscellaneous material (folder #2).
bMS 427/5 (2) Deerfield Conference, 1926.
bMS 427/5 (3) Lake Erie Summer Conference, 1925-28.
bMS 427/5 (4) Clifty Falls Conference, 1928-29.
bMS 427/5 (5) Hanska Summer Conference (Minnesota), June 26-30, 1925.
bMS 427/5 (6) South Middlesex Conference (Massachusetts), 1933.
bMS 427/5 (7) Labor Day Conference (Rowe, Massachusetts), 1933.
bMS 427/5 (8) Pink Parlor Conferences (Star Island, New Hampshire), 1928.
bMS 427/5 (9) Uni-Uni Joint Rally, 1930.
bMS 427/5 (10) Uni-Uni Get-Together, 1932.
bMS 427/5 (11) Clear Lake Camp (Wisconsin), 1925-28.
bMS 427/5 (12) New York Board Meeting and Shoals Reunion, 1933.
bMS 427/5 (13) Fall Rally, 1926.
bMS 427/5 (14) Fall Rally, 1927-29.
bMS 427/5 (15) Fall Rally, 1930-31, plus undated.
bMS 427/5 (16) Inverness Summer Camp (California), 1930.
bMS 427/5 (17) Young People's Camp (Rowe, Massachusetts), 1927-28.
bMS 427/5 (18) Ministers' Institute (Andover, New Hampshire), 1930.
bMS 427/5 (19) Laguna Beach Summer Camp (California), 1927.
bMS 427/5 (20) Institute of Liberal Religion (Humboldt, Iowa), 1924-27.
Peace Caravan
bMS 427/5 (21) 1930, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/5 (22) 1930, undated material.
bMS 427/5 (23) 1931, dated correspondence, March 3-May 29, 1931.
bMS 427/5 (24) 1931, dated correspondence, May 30-August 6, 1931.
bMS 427/5 (25) 1931, dated correspondence, August 11-October 26, 1931.
bMS 427/5 (26) 1931, undated material.
bMS 427/5 (27) 1932, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/5 (28) 1932, undated material.
bMS 427/5 (29) 1933.
bMS 427/6 (1) 1934, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/6 (2) 1934, diaries.
bMS 427/6 (3) 1934, "Caravan Letter," Numbers 1 and 3.
bMS 427/6 (4) 1934, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (5) 1935, dated correspondence.
bMS 427/6 (6) 1935, miscellaneous material.
Publications
bMS 427/6 (7) YPRU Bulletin, Volume I (incomplete), 1922-23.
bMS 427/6 (8) YPRU News, Volumes II-IV (incomplete), 1930-32.
bMS 427/6 (9) YPRU News, correspondence and miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (10) YPRU Mimeographic, Volume I (incomplete), 1927-28, plus correspondence.
bMS 427/6 (11) YPRU Pegasus, Volume I (incomplete), 1925-26.
Hymn books
bMS 427/6 (12) YPRU hymn and service books.
bMS 427/6 (13) Committee reports for new hymn and service books.
bMS 427/6 (14) Material for hymn and service books.
bMS 427/6 (15) Survey of favorite hymns of YPRU societies.
bMS 427/6 (16) Correspondence re: hymn and service book.
Efficiency contest
Note: This contest was run annually with the aim of increasing membership and participation in activities.
bMS 427/6 (17) 1922, tally and miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (18) 1924, announcement and awards.
bMS 427/6 (19) 1925, tally.
bMS 427/6 (20) 1926, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (21) 1927, awards and miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (22) 1928, awards and miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (23) 1929, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (24) 1930, awards and miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (25) 1931, correspondence.
bMS 427/6 (26) 1932, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (27) 1933, miscellaneous material.
bMS 427/6 (28) undated material.
Campaign and fund raising
bMS 427/7 (1) Campaign correspondence, January 18, 1921-August 24, 1926.
bMS 427/7 (2) Campaign correspondence, September 3, 1926-April 16, 1932.
bMS 427/7 (3) Campaign, undated material (folder #1).
bMS 427/7 (4) Campaign, undated material (folder #2).
bMS 427/7 (5) Special appeal, June 1927.
bMS 427/7 (6) Furniture and donors.
bMS 427/7 (7) Contributions and rug drive.
bMS 427/7 (8) "By and With Young People" and "What Next?" campaigns.
Relations with other departments and organizations
bMS 427/7 (9) Articles written for Newsletter of Unitarian Ministerial Union.
bMS 427/7 (10) Laymen's League and Missions.
bMS 427/7 (11) American Unitarian Association.
bMS 427/7 (12) Biennial Conference of A.U.A., 1931.
bMS 427/7 (13) Biennial Conference of A.U.A., 1935.
bMS 427/7 (14) American Youth Congress.
bMS 427/7 (15) Correspondence with Leyden International Bureau, April 15, 1927-September 21, 1931.
bMS 427/7 (16) Correspondence with Leyden International Bureau, October 10, 1931-March 6, 1934.
bMS 427/7 (17) Leyden International Bureau, undated material (folder #1).
bMS 427/7 (18) Leyden International Bureau, undated material (folder #2).
bMS 427/7 (19) Other departments and organizations, miscellaneous.
Miscellaneous
bMS 427/7 (20) Board meetings.
bMS 427/7 (21) Affiliated unions.
bMS 427/7 (22) Unitarian tablet at Deva, Rumania.
bMS 427/7 (23) Resolution re: Wayne Lees and required military training, Baltimore, 1933.
bMS 427/7 (24) Manual of discussion topics.
bMS 427/7 (25) Life Members Tea, 1930.
bMS 427/7 (26) YPRU objectives.