• Karl Fries (1861–1943) stands behind John R. Mott in this 1909 photograph; the two men founded the World's Student Christian Federation in 1895 and became life long friends. Source: YMCA Biographical Records B, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Minneapolis, MN.

Source: YMCA Biographical Records B, Kautz Family YMCA Archives, Minneapolis, MN.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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