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Sports Take Hold: Early Athletic Competitions

University of Minnesota Libraries. 2026. Sports Take Hold: Early Athletic Competitions. University of Minnesota Libraries. Reaching for Gold exhibit section. https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/reachgold/sportshold (accessed 2026-04-07).

Interpretive exhibit section from the University of Minnesota Libraries' Reaching for Gold project. Useful as a discovery layer for early YMCA athletic meets, basketball, volleyball, and physical education in China.

Source ID: SRC-2026-012
Type: website
Language: en
Publisher / Archive: University of Minnesota Libraries
Archive locator: Reaching for Gold exhibit section
Accessed: 2026-04-07

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Direct URL: https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/exhibits/show/reachgold/sportshold

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partial 1910s Ymca Pe (Interpretive exhibit section)
University of Minnesota's Sports Take Hold page functions as a discovery layer for early YMCA athletic culture and physical education in China.
partial Clarence H. Robertson (Sports Take Hold section)
Interpretive exhibit section centers Robertson's role in athletic promotion and YMCA field culture in Tianjin.
partial Robert R. Gailey (Sports Take Hold section)
University of Minnesota's exhibit section synthesizes Gailey's role as an early promoter of athletics in Tianjin alongside C. H. Robertson.

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