This is the finding aid for the Harold T. Friermood Papers in the Springfield College Archives and Special Collections. This bulk of this collection has documents relating to all phases of Dr. Friermood’s Business Men’s Club (BMC) Study. The other materials, located in Series 2, include materials from his undergraduate work, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) documents, and publications about Jewish and African American membership. The materials in Series 1 include preliminary development of questionnaires and research methods, the raw collected data, ample supplemental materials (primarily brochures and other publications from YMCAs in the United States), rough drafts, the final dissertation, and subsequent publications about establishing YMCA Health Service and Business Men’s Club (BMC). Many of these documents include suggestions and critiques from academic advisors and leaders in the Young Men’s Christian Association community. The series is broken into five sub-series: preliminary work, data collection and research, sample and supplemental materials, development of business men’s club standards, and dissertation drafts and final product. Of particular note are letters and publications from the National Jewish Welfare Board (Box 8, Folder 13) and New York University’s “Report of Completed Doctoral Study” (Box 10, Folder 1), which covers the purpose of Friermood’s study, sub-problems, source of data and techniques used in data collection, organization and treatment of data, and findings. For more information about Harold T. Friermood, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/78
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