
Record Group Overview
	Creator:	Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
	Title:	YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. Record Group 1. General and History
	Dates:	1877-2003
	Abstract:	This record group contains reference files compiled from the National Board Library collection and National Board Archives providing general historical information about the YWCA of the U.S.A., its organizational structure, requirements for membership, and affiliation with the World YWCA. Also included are biographical files on staff and board members and reference files on the World YWCA and national YWCAs in other countries. Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records.
	Language:	English
	Identification:	Forms part of MS 324

Administrative Information

The YWCA of the U.S.A. donated a portion of its records to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1964 and the remainder in 2002 and 2003.

This Record group forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records

Additional Formats

A copy of the microfilmed records of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records is available to borrow from the William Allan Neilson Library at Smith College via Interlibrary Loan.

To request the microfilm from our library you will need to submit the following information to your library's Interlibrary Loan department:

Full descriptions and reel lists of the microfilm are available online.

Processed by Maida Goodwin, Amy Hague, Kara McClurken, Amanda Izzo, 2008 FY 07-08

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

YWCA of the U.S.A. Records, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

The records are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.

The YWCA of the USA retains copyright ownership of the records, but has authorized the Sophia Smith Collection to grant permission to publish reproductions or quotations from the records on its behalf.

Copyright to materials authored by persons other than YWCA staff may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use."

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Scope and Contents

Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records.

NOTE: For the most part, the Microfilmed Records and the Original Format Records do not duplicate each other and both should be consulted. This description covers materials in both formats. See the Contents List for a folder-level inventory of the Original Format Records. See the Microfilmed Records Reel Lists for a detailed inventory of the microfilm. Links to the lists for both formats are provided in the Series Descriptions.

YWCA Poster, 1952
This record group contains reference files compiled from the National Board Library collection and National Board Archives providing general historical information about the YWCA of the U.S.A., its organizational structure, requirements for membership, and affiliation with the World YWCA. Also included are biographical files on staff and board members and reference files on the World YWCA and national YWCAs in other countries. Historical notes for each series are not included in this record. Where applicable, the Series Descriptions refer researchers to relevant Historical notes in other sections.
This Record Group is divided into seven Series:
I. GENERAL II. REORGANIZATIONS III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS IV. ANNIVERSARIES V. BIOGRAPHICAL FILES VI. 'FOREIGN' YWCAS REFERENCE FILES VII. WORLD YWCA REFERENCE FILES
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Series Descriptions
SERIES I. GENERAL
This series includes basic historical information about the YWCA of the U.S.A., its constitution, purpose, organizational structure, and staff. The records consist of articles, fact sheets, theses, books, pamphlets, and manuscripts on the history of the YWCA of the U.S.A.; copies of the YWCA's charter, constitution and by-laws, and Purpose, with minutes, notes, and correspondence about various revisions; Annual Reports; general information about Committees, Councils, and Departments, including charters and rosters; organization charts; staff rosters and office/telephone directories.
Microfilmed Records, 1884-1970 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel Lists]
Many of the basic histories written by YWCA staff and members were among the last items filmed in Part 2c of the Subject Files and can be found under YWCA, History. Annual Reports and Constitution and By-laws up to 1970 are also available on the microfilm.
General historical items can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1889-2000, n.d., 5 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records folder list]
Most of the Microfilmed Records are also available in Original Format. In addition to the post-1970 records on Constitution amendments, updates of the Purpose, and Annual Reports, there is also some more recent historical writing about the YWCA. The Original Format files of organization charts and staff rosters/telephone directories are much more comprehensive than what is available on the microfilm.
Related Materials
Discussions of all changes to the Constitution and Purpose of the YWCA can be found in RECORD GROUP 4. NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS.
Videotaped panels and presentations related to the YWCA's reexamination of its Purpose in the late 1980s and its mission as a Single sex organization in the late 1980s-early 1990s are in RECORD GROUP 10. AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS
SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS
Historical information about the major administrative reorganizations can be found in the general Historical Note and in the Historical Notes for RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, and RECORD GROUP 8. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.
This series contains the major studies of the National Association administrative structure done by outside consultants and National Association Committees. Generally, reorganizations were prompted by financial crises and the Association more often than not opted to implement some of the concepts, but did not adopt the recommendations wholesale. In some cases, as in the Organizational Renewal plan of the early 1970s, financial constraints prevented full application of the plan. In addition to the studies there are minutes, reports, and working files of committees and commissions.
The bulk of the records are related to the series of "redesign" and "strategic planning" efforts begun in the late 1980s that ultimately led to the major restructuring of the National Association in 1999-2000. Included are many notes, reports, memoranda, surveys, and other materials from the Governance Task Force (1988-92); Project Redesign (1992-93); Strategic Planning Initiative (1994-2000), and Change Initiative (1998-2000).
Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel Lists]
Records about YWCA reorganizations can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1921-2001, 3.5 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records Folder List]
Most of the pre-1971 Original Format Records can also be found on the Microfilm. The later files, provide extensive documentation of the Association's internal struggles in the final two decades of the 20th Century. The records are arranged chronologically.
Related Materials
A number of meetings, discussions, and presentations related to the 1980s-2000 reorganizations were videotaped. The videotapes are in RECORD GROUP 10. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS.
SERIES III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS
Historical information about requirements for membership of individuals can be found in the general Historical Note and in the Historical Notes for RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM (especially under Religion), and RECORD GROUP 8. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.
This series contains general and historical materials; files on policies and practices related to individuals (as opposed to Community or Student Association's membership in the National Association); and publications and committee records related to the recruitment and development of new members.
Included are records of the Basis Commission, 1913-19, charged with examining the requirement that YWCA members must be members of Evangelical Protestant churches; and the Corresponding Membership system, 1920-31, which allowed women who lived in regions of the country where there was no YWCA to join the National Association directly (as opposed to being members in the National by virtue of their membership in a Community or Student Association.) Records of post-World War II membership committees are more likely to be concerned with definition of terms such as member, elector, and participant; fee structures; and the status of men and boys in YWCA programs. From the 1960s on, Association committees expended increasing energy on recruitment of new members.
Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel Lists]
Microfilmed records include the records of the main pre-1971 committees involved with individual membership. Records of the Basis Commission are in the Subject Files under YWCA, Membership, rather than in the Minutes and Reports.
Records about membership of individuals can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1913-93, n.d., 1.5 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records Folder List]
The Original Format Records are arranged in three sections: General and History; Policies and Practices; and Recruitment and Development. General and History consists of two theses written in 1951 and 1954 on membership in the YWCA. Policies and Practices includes forms, committee records, reports, studies, and publications. Recruitment and Development contains committee records, publications, and records of the late 1980s "Why Double You?" membership campaign. Most of the Original Format Records pre-1971 are also on the microfilm.
Related Materials
Extensive discussions of issues related to individuals' requirements for membership can be found in the records of the two predecessor organizations in RECORD GROUP 2 and in Convention records in RECORD GROUP 4.
SERIES IV. ANNIVERSARIES
Over the 20th century, the YWCA chose to mark different anniversaries in its history, including:
The Anniversaries records consist of minutes, planning materials, programs and other publications, and publicity from various YWCA anniversaries, 1916-94.
Documentation is especially rich for the "World YWCA Centennial" in 1955 (the centennial of the founding of the first proto-YWCAs in Great Britain-as opposed to the centennial of the organization, World YWCA) and the 135th Anniversary of the founding of the earliest U.S. Association in 1993-94. Included are extensive files on the traveling exhibit from 1993-94 "Women First for 135 Years."
Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel list]
The Microfilmed Records contain minutes, publications, and other records of the Jubilee in 1916, and a few fundraising and publicity materials from the 20th (1926) and 25th (1932) anniversaries. There are extensive records from the 1955 Centennial including planning materials, publications, minutes, committee records, fundraising, and publicity.
Records about various anniversary celebrations can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1916-94, 2 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records Folder List]
Original format records duplicate in large part what is on the microfilm, but also have modest amounts of information about anniversaries celebrated in 1937, and 1944. There are extensive 135th Anniversary files which post-date the microfilm and a small amount of material related to the centennial of the founding of the organization called the World YWCA in 1994. The records are arranged in chronological order.
Related Materials
There are many photographs of 1955 "Centennial" and 1993-94 135th Anniversary events along with a few photographs of other anniversaries in RECORD GROUP 9. PHOTOGRAPHS.
Video presentations and television coverage of 125th and 135th Anniversary events can be found in RECORD GROUP 10. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS.
SERIES V. BIOGRAPHICAL FILES
The Biographical Files consist of a wide variety of materials compiled by the YWCA of the U.S.A. archives to provide easy access to basic information about YWCA staff (both national and in Community Associations) and National Board members and officers. There are also some materials on World YWCA officers and staff.
The Biographical Files contain newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, speeches, essays, pamphlets, "Who's Who" biography forms, obituaries and memorials, awards and commendations, published biographies, family histories, YWCA personnel record cards, and publications authored by the subject of the file.
Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel list]
General biographical files on some staff and National Board members can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1906-2000, 9.5 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records Folder list]
The National Board Archives staff compiled files from a variety of sources, they include some of the people and items in the microfilmed files, but cover a wider date span and may include small amounts of personal correspondence and memorabilia donated to the YWCA Archives. Most of the National Association's personnel files were discarded, but small amounts of surviving materials, such as personnel record cards and questionnaires, were incorporated into these Biographical Files by National Board Archives staff.
SERIES VI. 'FOREIGN' YWCAS REFERENCE FILES
Historical information about the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work with staff of the YWCA in other countries can be found in the Historical Note for RECORD GROUP 5. INTERNATIONAL WORK.
With the exception of the records related to the YWCA of China, the historical files on "Foreign" YWCAs are small subject files consisting primarily of publications. In some cases there are scrapbooks or photograph albums, usually presented to the YWCA of the U.S.A. or to one of its "Foreign" staff as part of a ceremonial occasion. They are arranged alphabetically by country.
The National Association's involvement with the YWCA of China dates back to the earliest days of the Association and included an unusually large number of American secretaries. Because of this, the files related to the YWCA of China are especially rich. In addition to brochures, reports, copies of minutes of the National Committee of the YWCA of China, financial records, and publications, there are a number of photograph albums donated to the YWCA Archives by American secretaries who served in China in the 1910s and 1920s.
Microfilmed Records, 1877-1970 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel List]
The Microfilmed Records have fairly extensive "reference" materials as part of the "Foreign" and "International" sections. Unfortunately, reels 51 and 52 (China, American Staff, Correspondence and Reports, Brennecke - China, Property, Canton) were lost some years ago before transfer to the Sophia Smith Collection.
Reference files on YWCAs in other countries can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1884-98, n.d., 5 linear feet
[see Original Format Records Folder list]
The Original Format Records are arranged alphabetically by country. Due to the large size and scope of the YWCA of China materials, they are filed separately at the end of the series. Other larger files include those on the YWCA of Great Britain and the YWCA of India, Burma, and Ceylon, which contain copies of various serials put out by those Associations.
Related Materials
Early materials on the "Foreign" work of the Predecessor Organization, the American Committee can be found in RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD.
Records of the YWCA of the USA's International Work are in RECORD GROUP 5.
The Sophia Smith Collection Periodicals Collection contains Today: Magazine of the YWCA of India for 1963-1979.
SERIES VII. WORLD YWCA REFERENCE FILES
This series is a general reference file on the umbrella international association to which the YWCA of the U.S.A. is affiliated, the World YWCA. It includes historical publications, general pamphlets, constitution, annual reports, publications, and files on conferences and councils, programmes and projects.
Microfilmed Records, 1884-1970 only
[see Microfilmed Records Reel Lists]
The Microfilmed Records include general "reference" materials about the World YWCA along with records of the YWCA of the USA's interactions with the World YWCA. These can be found on the microfilm under:
Original Format Records, 1896-2003, n.d., 5.5 linear ft.
[see Original Format Records Folder List]
Many of the "reference" materials on the Microfilm are also available in Original Format. The National Board Library and Archives also collected copies of a number of World YWCA publications, including Conference, Consultation, and Council proceedings and reports; and brochures and reports of Programmes and Projects.
Related Materials
Records of YWCA of the USA correspondence with and participation in the World YWCA are in RECORD GROUP 3. NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.
There is a also small amount of related material in RECORD GROUP 5. INTERNATIONAL WORK.
RECORD GROUP 10. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS contains videotaped "reviews" of various World Council Meetings dating from the mid-1980s, plus extensive footage of the 1987 World Council meetings which were held in the U.S.
SERIES I. GENERAL

Box
Folder
1 1-5
Miscellaneous historical materials, 1906-2000, n.d.

YWCA History Fact Sheets

6
General, 1971-2000

7
Employed Women, 1953-80

8
Firsts, 1983-94

9
Predecessor organizations, 1889-1929

10
Student, 1972-73, n.d.

Articles, manuscripts, theses, books, pamphlets

11
The Development of the Young People's Movement by Frank Otis Erb, University of Chicago Press, 1917

12
Fifty Years of Association Work Among Women, 1866-1916: A History of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America by Elizabeth Wilson, National Board, 1916

Box
Folder
2 1
The First Twenty-Five Years: Being a Summary of the Work of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America, 1906-1931 by Mary S. Sims, The Womans Press, 1932

2
From Deep Roots: The Story of the YWCA's Religious Dimensions by Frances Helen Mains and Grace Loucks Elliott, National Board, 1974

3
The Girl Reserve Movement of the Young Women's Christian Association: An Analysis of the Educational Principles and Procedures Used Throughout Its History by Catherine S. Vance, Teachers College, Columbia University, Contributions to Education, 1937

4
The Growth and Development of the Young Women's Christian Association: An Interpretation by Elizabeth Russell Hendee, The Womans Press, 1930

5
Historical Outline of the Young Women's Christian Association Movement in America, National Board, 1908

6
"Historical Papers" (or "Jubilee Sketches"), 1916

7
A History of the World's Young Women's Christian Association by Anna V. Rice, The Woman's Press, 1947

8
The National and International Work of the YWCA, Finance and Publicity Department, 1928

The Natural History of a Social Institution-The Young Women's Christian Association by Mary S. Sims

Box
Folder
2 9
Published version, Womans Press, 1936

Thesis, New York University, 1935

Part 1

Box
Folder
3 1-3
Parts 2-4

4
The Past is Prelude: Fifty Years of Social Action in the YWCA "prepared" by Elsie D. Harper, Bureau of Communications, National Board, 1963

5
The Purpose Widens, 1947-67 by Mary S. Sims, National Board, 1969

6
The Religious and Educational Philosophy of the Young Women's Christian Association: A historical study of the changing religious and social emphases of the Association as they relate to changes in its educational philosophy and to observable trends in current religious thought, educational philosophy, and social situations by Grace H. Wilson, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, 1933

7
See What You've Got Into! Introducing the YWCA to New Members by Margaret Hiller, 1937

8-11
"Women, Reform, and Feminism: the Young Women's Christian Association and the American Friends Service Committee, 1945-1960" by Susan Lynn, PhD thesis: Stanford University, 1986

Box
Folder
4 1
"The Young Women's Christian Association: An American and World Organization," unsigned typescript, n.d.

2
"Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A., National Board of the (YWCA-USA) by Ann Nicholl in Social Service Organizations, 1978

3
"The YWCA Then and Now," by Odile Sweeney: text, correspondence, and notes, 1979

4
The Young Women's Christian Association-What Is It? by Inez Ensign, 1930

5
The YWCA: An Unfolding Purpose by Mary S. Sims, Woman's Press, 1950

Pictorial historical publications

Box
Folder
4 6
Photo Memories of '600,' Communications Unit, 1983

7
Pictorially Yours, YWCA, 1940

8
The Story of the YWCA by Helen Southard, 1992

9
Wherever She Is…, [1960]

10
Awards and commendations, 1999

10a
Calendars of national YWCA events, 1993-2001

Charter, Constitution, and By-laws

Act of Incorporation/Charter

Box
Folder
4 11
1907 and amended, 1934, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1950

12-15
Correspondence re amendments to charter, 1925-50

16
Corporation Seal, 1923-50, n.d.

17
Official name of Association, 1989-95

Constitution and By-laws

18
Constitutions under which conventions functioned, 1906-36

19
Constitution, 1915-40

By-laws

20
1917-26

Box
Folder
5 1-3
1941-98

4-6
Constitution and By-laws, 1949-98

Committees

Box
Folder
5 7-8
Constitution Commission, 1939, 1945-49

9
on Review of the National Board By-laws, 1940-49

10-11
By-laws Review, 1950-66

12
on Revision of the Constitution, 1956-64

Box
Folder
6 1-2
Constitution Review, 1964-66

3-8
Constitution and By-laws, 1972-98

9
Reorganization Task Force, By-laws Subcommittee/Task Group, 2000-01

Correspondence

Box
Folder
6 10
General, 1947-82, n.d.

By Subject

11-12
Accreditation, Affiliation, Certification, and Disaffiliation, 1957-70, n.d.

13
Authorized Groups/Organized Groups, 1951-81

Box
Folder
7 1
Board Member eligibility, 1967-82

2
Constitutions and By-Laws of Community Associations, 1965-73

Convention

Box
Folder
7 5
Membership of Associations and individuals, 1956-74

6
Officers, 1957-81, n.d.

7
Teens, membership eligibility, 1971-75

8
Retirement Fund, 1975-79

9
World Council Delegate Elections, 1973, n.d.

Annual Reports

Box
Folder
7 10-14
1932, 1934-46

Box
Folder
8 1-10
1947-1984/85

Box
Folder
9 1-5
1985/86-2000

Committees, general

Box
Folder
10 1-2
General and miscellaneous, 1900-64, n.d.

3
Charts, 1948-66

4-6
Charters, 1958-59, 1965, 1968

7-13
Rosters, 1940-71, 1979, 1982-2001

Miscellaneous

Ethical Investments

Box
Folder
10 14
Subcommittee of Finance Committee, 1978

Committee

15-18
General, 1981-88

Box
Folder
11 1-6
Correspondence and reference material, 1973-84

7
Middle East Task Force, 1999

8
National Educational Campaign Committee for the 1920 World Service Program, 1919-20

9
Social and Economic Justice Task Force, circa 1973

10
Special Committee on Plans for the Berlin Conference, 1908

11
Study Group on Sexual Orientation, 1980

12
[New York] World's Fair Project, 1938-39

13
Councils, 1952

14-15
Department Charters, 1947, 1958-59

Box
Folder
12 1-7
Organization charts, 1921-97

8
Charts, miscellaneous, 1950-71, n.d.

9
Policies, miscellaneous,

Purpose/Mission

Box
Folder
12 10
General, 1920-95

YWCA as a Single-Sex Organization

11-13
General, 1936-97, n.d.

14-15
Clippings, 1988

Staff Rosters

Box
Folder
12 16
"American Committee," 1891-1906

YWCA of the USA

17-21
1906-25

Box
Folder
13 1-4
1960-2000

Staff/Telephone/Office Directories

Box
Folder
13 5-14
1940-46, 1954-55, 1964-68, 1970-83

Box
Folder
14 1-9
1984-92, 1999
SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS/STRUCTURE OF THE YWCA

Survey of the Organization of the National Board (Fosdick and Jones)

Box
Folder
15 1
Report, Sep 1921

2
Report of the Reorganization Committee to the National Board, Mar 1921

3-4
Committee on the Evaluation of the National Program for the Budget Reviewing Committee: minutes and report, 1929 (includes department and division reports)

Report on a 1930 Survey and Proposals for the Future (Mark M. Jones), 1930

5
General, 1931

6
Preliminary Report on 1930 Orientation Survey, Jan 1931

7
Revised Report, Oct 1931

Committee to Study Mr. Jones' Report

8-9
Minutes, Feb-May 1931

10
Report, May 1931

11
Report of the Transition Committee, Oct 1931

12
Suggested Program of the Work of the National Board, November 1931 to December 1932 (Mark M. Jones): "Leaflet" 1, 1931-32, n.d.

National Service Development Plan, 1934-39 by Mark M. Jones, 1932

13-14
Report and correspondence, 1932

15
Commission on Administrative Practices, 1938-39

16
Fund-Raising Study and Report on the Foreign Division (John Price Jones Corporation): report, Jun 1946

Box
Folder
16 1
"Study and Recommendations Concerning the Public Relations, Publicity and Fund-Raising of the National Board," submitted to the Committee on Financing the National Board (John Price Jones Corporation): report, Dec 1947

2-4
Review of Studies and Major Actions on Structure of the National Board, 1921-53, prepared by Jane Dickey Britt, Jan 1954

5-6
"Greenleigh Report" (Arthur Greenleigh, Greenleigh Associates, Management Consultants): report and summary, 1958

7-8
Committee on the Structure of the National Association/Board: minutes and reports, Jul 1961-Apr 1967

9-10
Organizational Renewal [Sub]Committee: correspondence, reports, and working papers, 1969-73

11
Consultation on Organizational Relationships, Jan 1974

12
Proposed Criteria for Evaluation of the National Board's Program and Present Way of Work, Jan 1975

Looking to the Future: A Plan for Study and Action (Human Services Design Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University)

Box
Folder
16 13
Abstract and Study Design "Organizational Study: Needs and Directions for 1985", 1976

14
Final Report, Oct 1977

Box
Folder
17 1
Final Report, annotated copy, 1977

2
Response from YWCA departments, 1977-78

3-6
Long Range Planning Committee, 1981-86, 1992

7
National Executive Service Corps Study of YWCA Organization and Management Procedures, 1984

Governance Task Force/Transition Team/Policy Committee

Box
Folder
17 8-9
General, 1988-92

10
Register of Recommended Board Policies, 1988-89

Resource material

11
General, 1986-88

12
Carver Governance Design, Inc., circa 1987

Project Redesign (KPMG Peat Marwick, Inc.)

Box
Folder
17 13
General, 1992-93, n.d.

14
Final Report, Sep 1992

Strategic Planning Initiative

Box
Folder
18 1-2
General, 1994-2000, n.d.

Strategic Planning Committee

3
Rosters, 1995-98

4-6
Meetings, 1996-97

7
Affiliation Requirements Subcommittee, 1996

Subcommittee on Environmental Scanning/Governance Task Force

8
General, 1994

9
Reports

Survey of National Organizations

10
Report

11
Interview notes

12
Regional Forums, Round 1 (1994), Round 2 (1995), 1994-95

Leadership Summits, Feb-Apr 1997

13
General

14-15
Resource packet

Reports

16
Feb

Box
Folder
19 1-2
Mar-Apr

3
Staff

Leadership Roundtables

1999

Box
Folder
19 4
General

5
Briefing packet

6
Evaluations

2000

Box
Folder
19 7
General

8
Briefing packet

Reports

Box
Folder
19 9
Miscellaneous, 1994-95, n.d.

10
"Report and Survey", 1997

11
"YWCA [draft] Strategic Plan and Discussion Guide: Journey to the Future", [Jul 1995]

12
"YWCA Women 2000, Into the New Millenium: a Report to the Member Associations", [1996]

13-14
Change Agent Team: minutes, notes, survey, and reports, 1997-98

Strategic Investment Initiative/Strategic Initiative Plan (A.T. Kearney, consultants)

Box
Folder
20 1-3
General, 1997-99

Recommendations and prioritization

4
Draft, 10 Feb 1988

5-6
20 Feb 1998

7-8
Appendix-detailed analysis of recommended investment initiatives, 20 Feb 1998

9-11
Five Year Detailed Implementation Plan, 12 Jun 1998

12
Presentation to the Board of Trustees, Jun 1998

Box
Folder
21 1
Dues Formula Presentation to Regional Councils, n.d.

2
Data Capture Inventory I, 1999

3
Evaluation Report II (Data Capture Inventory II), Jun 2000

Change Initiative/Steps to Absolute Change

General and History

Box
Folder
21 4-5
Miscellaneous, 1998-2002, n.d.

6
Newsletters, Mar 2000-Jun 2002

7-9
Convention, 2000, 2001

10
Regional Councils, 2001

11
Steering Committee report, 19 Jan 1999

12
'Open Space' meeting, Dallas, Oct 1999

Issue Work Groups, Nov 1999-Aug 2000

13
General

14
Governance, 2000

15-17
Mission, Feb-Jun 2000, n.d.

Box
Folder
22 1
Survival of Associations, Apr-May 2000

2
Vision, 2000

'Accelerated Solutions Environment' meeting, Committee of 80, Dallas, Aug 2000

3
General

4
Transition Plan, 1 Sep 2000

Transition Team/Transition Steering Committee (Sep 2000-Jul 2001)

Box
Folder
22 5
'Accelerated Solutions Environment' meeting, Chicago, Nov 2000

6
Financial, 2000-01, n.d.

7
Memorandum of understanding re Executive responsibilities during Transition, 2000-01

8
Project Management Office

9-10
Proposed 'Operating System' and 'Operating Model': concept paper, convention report, and overheads, 2001

Transition/Project Teams/Task Forces

11
General and charters

12
Advocacy Team

13
Branding Team

14
Hallmark Programs Team

15
Healthy Behaviors Team

16
Membership Team

17
Mission/Vision Team

18
Staff/Volunteer Development Team

19
Structure Team

Transition Task Force/Reorganization Task Force (Aug 2001-02)

Box
Folder
22 20-21
General, 2001-02, n.d.

22-23
Meetings, Aug 2001, Feb 2002

Task Forces/Teams

Box
Folder
23 1
Operations/Operating Review

2
Shared Vision

3
Student Outreach

Work Groups

Box
Folder
23 4
By-Laws
SERIES III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS

General and History

Box
Folder
24 1
Thesis: "Membership in the Y.W.C.A.-History and Meaning" by Doris Ischinger, University of Southern California, School of Social Work, 1951

2
Thesis: "Evidences of Membership Interpretation in the Y.W.C.A. as Shown in the 1952 Annual Reports" by Roberta (or Roberts) Chapman, Columbia University, School of Social Work, 1954

Policies and Practices

Box
Folder
24 3-4
General, 1, n.d.

5
Membership cards and forms, 1967-84, n.d.

6-8
Basis Commission/Committee on Education Concerning the Basis: minutes, reports, mailings, articles, 1914-19

9
Basis/Committee on Membership Basis Education, 1920-36, n.d.

Corresponding Membership

10
History and general, 1920-31

11
Commission on Individual Membership: reports and questionnaire, 1921

Corresponding Membership Committee

12-14
Minutes, 1925-31

Reports

15
General, 1923-31

16
Secretary (Anna M. Clark), 1923-31

17
Membership Commission, 1948-49

Committee to Study National Membership Policy

General

Box
Folder
24 18-19
1952-Apr 1957

Box
Folder
25 1-2
May 1957-62

3
Minutes, 1956-58

4-5
Study of Current Membership Policy, 1957-58

6
Study Project to Improve Membership Practices, 1959-60

7
Membership Study, Oct-Dec 1971

8
Ad-hoc Committee on Membership Policy, 1972

9
Membership Task Force, 1991-93, n.d.

Publications

10
"Membership Policies and Practices in Community YWCAs", 1962, 1966

11
"Membership in Community YWCAs", 1974-80

12
"Working Papers to Help Associations Help Themselves in Improving Membership Practices", 1958

13
"Work Tool for the Organization and Maintenance of Membership and Program Participant Records in the YWCA", 1970

Recruitment and Development

Box
Folder
25 14
General, 1915-87, n.d.

15
See What You've Got Into: Introducing the Y.W.C.A. to New Members by Margaret Hiller, 1937, 1939

Box
Folder
26 1
New Dimensions of Membership: Program Packet, winter 1950

2
Centennial Membership Development Committee, 1952-55

3
More Members: Guidelines for Membership Campaigns in Community YWCAs, 1976

4
Membership Development Questionnaire, 1985

5
Guidelines for the Membership Chair and the Membership Committee in a Community YWCA, 1987

"Why Double You?" Membership Drive, 1988-89

Box
Folder
26 6
General, 1988-89

7
Recruitment Handbook, 1988

8
Membership in the YWCA: Research Reports, 1991
SERIES IV. ANNIVERSARIES

1916: Jubilee, 50th Anniversary of founding of first YWCA in the U.S. (at that time credited to Boston, 1866), 1916

Box
Folder
26 9
General

10
National Jubilee Committee: minutes and reports, 1915-16

11
1932: "25th Anniversary of the Present National YWCA" (National Board of YWCAs of the USA, 1906), 1932

12
1937: 25th Anniversary of national headquarters building at 600 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 1937

13
1944: 50th Anniversary of the founding of the organization called the World's Young Women's Christian Association, 1944

1955: "World YWCA Centennial," 100th anniversary of founding of 2 organizations in England (1855) that later merged and took the name YWCA-first YWCA to be founded in the world, 1955

Box
Folder
27 1
General, 1952-55, n.d.

2
Events, 1954-55

3
Exhibition of paintings by Mary Bruce Sharon, 1955

4-5
Membership Development Program, 1952-55

6
Newsletter, Progress Report, 1954-55

7
Program materials

Publicity

8
General

9
Publicity Committee

10
Newspaper clippings

11
Press, Radio and TV Guide

12
Press releases, 1952-55

13
Radio, TV and films

14
Y-Teens

15
1966: 60th Anniversary of U.S. national organization (1906)

16
1983-84: 125th Anniversary of founding of Ladies Christian Association of New York (1858-by this time considered first YWCA in the U.S.)

1993-94: 135th Anniversary of founding of Ladies Christian Association of New York (1858)

Box
Folder
28 1
General

2
Souvenir Program Journal

Exhibit: "Women First for 135 Years, 1858-1993"

3-4
General, 1993-95, n.d.

5
Text

6
Advisory Committee

7
Artifacts exhibit

8
Brochure

9
Budget

10
Catalog

Collages

11
General

12
#1, YWCA Residences in 50 States

13
#2, World War I Hostess Houses

Box
Folder
29 1-2
#3, Selected National Board Properties

3
#4, Pioneering Health and Sex Issues

4
#5, Exercise, Sports and Nutrition

5
#6, Camps, Athletics and the Olympics

6
#7, YWCA Encourages Public Health

7
#8, The Industrial Worker and the YWCA

8
#9, New Job Skills Training

9
#10, Support Services for Working Mothers

10
#11, Girl Reserves and Y-Teens

11
#12, Rural Work

12
#13, Public Policy and Advocacy

13
#14, The Evolving Mission

14
#15, The Student Movement

15
#16, Preserving Cultural Identity

16
#17, Embracing Diversity

17
#18, The YWCA Moves on Freedom, Dignity and Racial Justice

18
#19, YWCA's Work in 86 Countries

19
#20, Emerging African Nations

20
#21, Relief in Time of Strife

21
#22, World YWCA

22
#23, WWI Serving Behind the Lines

23
#24, Training for Empowerment

24
#25, Leader Training Centers

25
#26, YWCA National Conventions: Public Policy and Membership, The Action Agenda

26
#27, Womans Press

27
#28, YWCA of the USA National Board Executives

28
29, 135 Years of Leadership

29
#30, The White House and the YWCA

30
Aborted collage, World Service Council

31
Lenders to exhibit

Box
Folder
30 1
Press kit

2
Staff

Travel

Box
Folder
30 3
General, 1993-98

4
Condition report

5
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, Oct-Nov 1993

6
YWCA Leadership Development Center, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb-May 1994

7
YWCA 33rd National Convention, Westin-Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, Jun-Aug 1994

8
Dewitt Historical Society of Tomkins County, Ithaca, New York, Sep-Nov 1994

9
Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 1994-Jan 1995

10
National Museum of Civil Rights, Memphis, Tennessee, Feb-Apr 1995

11
Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May-Jul 1995

12
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana, May-Jun 1996

13
YWCA of the Central Carolinas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Aug-Oct 1995

14
Postcard series (cancelled)

15
Poster series

16
Who's Who in the YWCA of the U.S.A. special 135th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Marquis Co., 1994

1994: "World YWCA Centennial," 100th Anniversary of founding of the international organization called the World Young Women's Christian Association (1894), 1994

Box
Folder
30 17
General

18
Submissions for Convention book
SERIES V. BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

Box
Folder
31 1
A-Al

2
Alexander, Alpha

3
Allen, Julia F.

4
An

5
Anderson, Constance

6
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver

7
Angle, Wesley M.

8
Ap-Az

9
Ba - Barg

10
Barn-Bay

11
Baker, Gwendolyn Calvert

Barnes, Lilace Reid

12
General

13
Meditation given at 26th Convention, San Diego, 1973

14
Correspondence with Juliet Blanchard, 1938

15
Devotional materials, 1947-64

Barrow, Nita

16
General

17
A Tribute to Dame Nita Barrow

Box
Folder
32 1
Bea - Bep

2
Ber-Bez

3
Beane, Ruth N.

3a
Bertine, Eleanor

4
Bi

5
Bl

6
Boa-Bor

7
Bos-Boy

8
Boardman, Dorothy

9
Booth, Mary

10
Bowles, Eva

11
Boynton, Opal "Poppy"

12
Bra-Bri

13
Bremer, Edith Terry

14
Brennecke, Margaret

15
Brinkley, Dolores "Dee"

16
Broa - Brom

17
Broo-Bry

18
Brown, Gladys L.

19
Brown, Gladys S. (Mrs. Wright)

20
Bryant, Erna

Box
Folder
33 1
Buck-Bur

2
Bus-By

3
Burkhead, Alice Clarkson (Mrs. F. M.)

4
Burner, Oolooah

5
Burton, Margaret

6
Butler, Leontine

7
Byram, Betsy

8
Ca-Cam

9
Can-Carp

10
Carr-Carv

Carner, Lucy Perkins

Box
Folder
33 11
General

11a
Writings

12
Carter, Eunice Hunton (Mrs. Lisle C.)

13
Catto, Isabel

14
Ce - Cha

15
Che-Chz

16
Chain, Claribel Ba Muang

17
Chakko, Sara

18
Chalmers, Frances K. (Mrs. Allan Knight)

19
Chaplin, Virginia

20
Christensen, Ethlyn

21
Church, Margaret (Mrs. Fred J.)

22
Cla

23
Clary, Phoebe

24
Claytor, Helen

Box
Folder
34 1
Cle - Con

2
Coo

3
Coit, Eleanor

4
Conde, Bertha

Coppock, Grace

Box
Folder
34 5
General

6
G.L.C.: The Life of Grace Coppock by Helen Thoburn, 1923

7
Grace Coppock, A Person for Today by Helen Thoburn, 1925

8
Friendship Fund

9
Writings

10
Cor - Cra

11
Cotton, Elizabeth Boies

12
Coyle, Grace

13
Cram, Mary Frances

Cratty, Mabel

Box
Folder
34 14
General

15
Death, Memorial tributes and services

16
Endowment Fund

17
Writings

Box
Folder
35 1
Cu

2
Curtis, Fannie Holland (Mrs. A. Maurice)

Cushman, Vera Scott

Box
Folder
35 3
General

4
Correspondence, miscellaneous

5
Cuthbert, Marion

6
Da

7
Dabb, Edith

8
Dail, Hilda Lee

9
d'Alviella, Countess Helene Goblet

10
Dammond, Ellen

11
Davis, Helen Alling

12
De - Dil

13
Derricotte, Juliette

14
Dickinson, Sarah Truslow (Mrs. Robert L.)

15
Dieson, Eldri

16
Dingman, Mary A

17
Dockstader, Harriet "Skip"

18
Dodge, Grace Hoadley

Dodge Family

Box
Folder
35 19
General

20
Huntington, Elizabeth Dodge

21
Dodson, Dan

Box
Folder
36 1
Doherty, Gladys M.

2
Doo-Dow

3
Dow, Caroline Bell

4
Dreier, Mary E.

5
Droll, Hattie

6
Du

7
Dudley, Marion

8
Dunham, Julia S. (Mrs. Edward W.)

9
Dunham, Marcia O.

10
Dunn, Mary Skinner

11
Dutchess, Jeanette

12
E

13
Earle, Mary Clayton (Mrs. Ralph)

14
Eastman, Elizabeth

15
Eckert, Bertha

Elliott, Grace Loucks

Box
Folder
36 16
General

17
Memorial Correspondence

18
Esgar, Mildred

19
Espy, Lilian

20
Ewing, Eloise

21
Fa

22
Farrell, Eileen

23
Fasnacht, Kathryn

24
Fauset, Crystal Bird

25
Fe - Fi

26
Ferebee, Dorothy

27
Fidler, Edith Alverson (Mrs. Lon)

28
Field, Jessie

29
Fields, C. Virginia

30
Finley, Martha Boyden (Mrs. John H.)

31
Fisher, Welthy

Box
Folder
37 1
Fl

2
Fo

3
Fr - Fz

4
French, Eleanor

5
French, Mary Billings (Mrs. John)

6
Ga

7
Gage, Frances

8
Gaiser, Mary Cooper Jewett

9
Galpin, Leta

10
Gambrell, Sarah

11
Garrison, Jane

12
Gates, Edith

13
Ge-Gh

14
Gerlach, Tabitha

15
Gerwick, Katherine

16
Gi-Go

17
Gibson, Henrietta

18
Gilbert, Annie Kate

19
Gilkey, Geraldine Brown (Mrs. Charles W.)

20
Gra

21
Graham, Abbie

Box
Folder
38 1
Graham, Jewel Freeman

2
Gratz, Lois

3
Graves, Elsa

4
Gre-Gu

5
Green, Margaret (Mrs. E.H.)

6
Grenfell, Hilda (Mrs. Arthur)

7
Guthrie, Anne

8
Haa-Ham

9
Hamilton, Florence D. (Mrs. Wallace)

10
Hamilton, Grace Towns

11
Hamilton, Madrid

12
Han-Har

13
Hanna, Sallie R. (Mrs. John M.)

14
Harbison, Janet (Mrs. E. Harris)

15
Harcourt, Edith Farley (Mrs. Clayton J.)

16
Hardcastle, Jane

17
Harper, Elsie

Harrison, Agatha

Box
Folder
38 18
General

19
Annuity Fund, 1950

20
Correspondence to Margaret Burton and Margaret Fuller, 1924-54

21
Has-Hay

22
Hawkes, Anna Rose (Mrs. Herbert E.)

23
Haynes, Elizabeth Ross

Box
Folder
39 1
Hea - Hen

2
Heard, Winifred

3
Heckman, Miriam Sipfle (Mrs. Walter C.)

4
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold

5
Heim, Virginia

6
Heineman, Irene Taylor (Mrs. Arthur S.)

Hendee, Elizabeth

Box
Folder
39 7
General

8
YWCA

8a
Photographs, Nationality Work

Speeches and Writings

9
1922-29

10
1932-33

11
"The Economic Position of Women in the Nineteenth Century," M.A. Thesis, n.d.

12
Henshaw, Helen Manville

13
Heo - Her

14
Herring, Elizabeth

15
Hes - Hev

16
Hi

17
Hickman, Emily

18
Hill, Agnes Gale

19
Hiller, Margaret

20
Hillis, Ina Ruth

21
Hirth, Emma

22
Hitchcock, Elizabeth French (Mrs. Ethan Allen)

23
Ho - Howard

24
Howarth, Susan

Box
Folder
40 1
Hoy - Hum

2
Hun-Hz

3
Hunt, Bessie (Mrs. Fred Hunt)

4
I

Ingraham, Mary

Box
Folder
40 5
General

6
Notes on Race Relations, 1942-52

7
Jac - Jar

8
Jackson, Alexine Clement

9
Jaynes, Joyce M.

10
Je - Ji

11
Jo-Joh

12
Job, Martha

13
Johnson, Lydia

14
Joi - Jz

15
Jones, Marian

16
Ka

17
Kawai, Michi

Box
Folder
41 1
Ke - Kh

2
Kenyon, Dorothy

3
Khan, Ivy

4
Ki

5
Kl - Ky

6
Knight, Margaret

7
Knowles, Helen

8
Kuhn, Margaret (Maggie)

9
La

10
Lamborn, Elizabeth

11
Lamont, Elizabeth Kinney

12
Lea-Leo

13
Ler-Li

Lerrigo, Edith

Box
Folder
41 14
General

15
Speeches and Writings

16
Ll- Lu

17
Love, Susan

18
Lowry, Genevieve

19
Lucke, Elmina

20
Lumpkin, Katharine DuPree

21
Lundy, Mary Ann

Box
Folder
42 1
Ly

2
Lyon, Sarah

3
Ma-Map

4
MacArthur, Kathleen W.

5
Macdonald, A. Caroline

6
Macy, Edith Dewing (Mrs. Edward W.)

7
Mains, Frances Helen

8
Mar

9
Markey, Dorothy Gary

10
Marti, Elizatheth "Beth" (Mrs. Lloyd)

11
Marsh, Bessie (Mrs. Leo B.)

12
Marvel, Beth (Mrs. Archie D.)

13
Mas-May

14
Mathai-Davis, Prema

15
Mayhew, Abby Shaw

16
Mc

17
McAfee, (Martha) Jane

18
McCanse, Jessie Hill (Mrs. Ralph)

19
McCarthy, Louise Roblee (Mrs. Eugene Ross)

20
McClellan, Josephine N. (Mrs. William S.)

21
McClintock, Mabel Case (Mrs. H.H.)

22
McConnell, Dorothy Frances

23
McCombs, A. Parks

24
McCulloch, Rhoda

25
McFarland, Carmen

26
McWilliams, Marion Lerrigo (Mrs. William J.)

Box
Folder
43 1
Mea - Mi

2
Mead, Ada Hardy (Mrs. Charles W.)

3
Mead, Margaret P.

4
Meares, Carrie

5
Mercer, Marion (Mrs. C. Douglas)

6
Miguel, Elisa (Mrs. M.C.)

7
Miller, Bernice

8
Miller, Elizabeth White (Mrs. Charles O.)

9
Miller, Ethel Prince (Mrs. Kenneth D.)

10
Mo

11
Monroe, Edna A. (Mrs. Marshall)

12
Moore, Elisabeth Luce (Mrs. Maurice T.)

Morris, Alice Vanderbilt (Mrs. Dave Hennen)

Box
Folder
43 13
General

14-15
Scrapbook: notes and writings, 1902-21

16
Morrison, Barrying

17
Morriss, Margaret S.

18
Morse, Rebecca Finley

19
Morton, Helen

20
Moser, Frances

21
Mott, John R. and Leila

22
Mu-My

23
Muldowny, Ruth (Mrs. Sylvester)

24
Munn, Frances

25
Murphy, Betty Anne

26
Muskrat, Ruth

27
Musser, Elise (Mrs. Burton W.)

Box
Folder
44 1
Na - Nj

2
Neely, Ann Elizabeth

3
No

4
Norris, Elizabeth Downe

5
O-Ol

6
Olcott, Katharine

7
On-Oz

8
Osilaja, (Elizabeth) Folaremi

Owen, Mildred

Box
Folder
44 9
General

10
National Training School notebook, 1923-1924

11
Term papers, 1923, n.d.

12
Owens, Sarale Alice

13
Pa

14
Packard, Mary Woody (Mrs. Arthur W.)

15
Packard, Ruth L.

16
Paist, Theresa Wilber (Mrs. Frederic M.)

17
Palmer, Elizabeth

18
Papes, Alice

19
Park, Esther

20
Parker, Katherine Blunt (Mrs. Edwin B.)

21
Paul, Dorothea

22
Pawlowski, Georgia M.

23
Paxton, Jean Grigsby

Box
Folder
45 1
Pe

2
Pell, Orlie

3
Perry, Frances

4
Perry, Sue

5
Pfeutze, Louise (Mrs. Paul E.)

6
Ph-Po

7
Ping, Margaret Li-A

8
Pole, Hilda

9
Pu-Q

10
Putnam, Glendora McIlwain

11
Ra- Re

12
Rainey, Mildred (Mrs. Homer)

13
Reed, Clara

14
Reynolds, Annie

15
Reynolds, Dolores

16
Ri

17
Rice, Anna V.

18
Rietveld, Harriet

19
Risley, Florence

20
Rob

Box
Folder
46 1
Roberts, Caroline D. (Mrs. Marshall O.)

2
Robinson, Marion

3
Rockefeller family

Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich (Mrs. John D., Jr.)

Box
Folder
46 4
General

5-8
Correspondence, 1918-29

9
Writings

10
Rockefeller, Mary French (Mrs. Laurance S.)

11
Roe, Mildred S.

12
Roelofs, Henrietta

13
Roosevelt, Eleanor

14
Rouse, Ruth

15
Royden, A. Maude

Box
Folder
47 1
Ru-Ry

Russell, Maud

Box
Folder
47 2
General

3
Inventory to papers at New York Public Library

4
Russell, Valerie

5
Sa

6
Saddler, Juanita

7
Savacool, Mildred

8
Sc

9
Schmidt, Irma (Mrs. George Paul)

10
Schulte, Lucy

11
Se

12
Sh

13
Sharon, Mary Bruce

14
Sheley, Helen

15
Shell, Helen H.

16
Sherman, Opan Woodley (Mrs. Dallas B.)

17
Shinn, Ruth

Box
Folder
48 1
Si-Sm

Simms, Florence

Box
Folder
48 2
General

3
Florence Simms: A Biography by Richard Roberts

4
Memorial Fund and Memorial Lecture at Smith College

5
Writings and student notes

Simons, Savilla Millis

Box
Folder
48 6
General

7
Speeches and Writings

8
Sims, Mary

9
Sims, Norma

10
Skallerup, Nancy

11
Smith, Alice O. (Mrs. Allan C.)

12
Smith, Celestine Louise

13
Smith, Myra

14
Snyder, Ida Sloan

Box
Folder
49 1
So

2
Sokoloff, Nancy Boyd

3
Southard, Helen

4
Spa-Spe

5
Spaulding, Pauline Snyder (Mrs. Sumner)

6
Sparling, Edna (Mrs. E.M.)

7
Spencer, Clarissa Hale

Speer, Emma Bailey (Mrs. Robert

Box
Folder
49 8
General

9
Correspondence

10
Spellmann, Dorothea

11
Spi-Sta

12
Starr, Rhea

13
Stauffer, Norma

14
Ste-Stz

15
Steele, Henrietta Diszeroth

16
Stille, Sue

17
Stringfellow, Wilma

18
Stuff, Grace

19
Su-Sy

Box
Folder
50 1
Ta-Te

2
Takeuchi, Kikuye

3
Taylor, Harriet

4
Taylor, Hazel Stout (Mrs. Joseph)

5
Terlin, Rose

6
Terry, Eva

7
Th-To

8
Thoburn, Helen

9
Thompson, Elizabeth Staplecamp (Mrs. Harry A.)

10
Thurman, Sue Bailey

11
Tillett, Gladys Avery (Mrs. Charles W.)

12
Timmel, Sally Jane

13
Townsend, Alice Greenough (Mrs. Edward M.)

14
Toyer, Aurelia

15
Tr-Tz

16
Travers, Lillian K.

17
Trecker, Harleigh B.

18
Troiano, Rose

19
Tucker, Katharine D. (Mrs. Henry H.)

20
Turner, Ella

21
Tyndall, Margaret

22
U

23
Va

24
Van Arsdale, May B.

25
Van Asch Van Wijck, Cornelia

26
Van Meter, Ruth

27
Vaughan, Katharine

28
Vawter, Dorothy Fuller (Mrs. William A.)

29
Ve-Vz

30
Volz, Verna

Box
Folder
51 1
Wa

2
Waddell, Catherine Hughes (Mrs. Chauncey L.)

3
Walker, Helen M.

4
Walker, Irene

5
Walker, Katherine

6
We

7
Webb, Nellie S. (Mrs. James A., Jr.)

8
Weber, Eleanore (Mrs. Ford R.)

9
Wellington, Beatrice M.

10
Wh

11
Wheeler, Clara Boyd

12
Wheeler, Mary

13
White, Julia J.

14
Wi-Will

Wickenden, Elizabeth

Box
Folder
51 15
General

16
Speeches and Writings

17
Wilcox, Elsie

18
Willett, Mary Jane

19
Williams, Frances Harriet

20
Williams, Marjorie Brackett

21
Williamson, Margaret

Box
Folder
52 1
Wils-Wiz

2
Wilson, Carol Green (Mrs. George Osborn)

3
Wilson, Doris V.

Wilson, Elizabeth

Box
Folder
52 4
General

5
The Road Ahead: Experiences in the Life of Frances C. Gage, The Womans Press, 1918

6
Wilson, Gertrude

7
Wilson, Jessie Woodrow

8
Wilson, Katharine Lobdell (Mrs. William R.)

9
Winn, Cordella

10
Wo-Wr

11
Wood, Mary E.

12
Woodsmall, Ruth Frances

13
Woolley, Mary E.

14
Wright, Sara-Alyce P.

15
Wu-Wy

16
Wygal, Winnifred

17
Y-Z
SERIES VI. 'FOREIGN' YWCAS REFERENCE FILES

Box
Folder
53 1
British-American YWCA of Paris, 1904-12

2
YWCA of Argentina, 1914, 1940

3
YWCA of Australia, 1955, 1959, 1982

4
YWCA of Belize, 1999

5
YWCA of Burma: photograph album, Taunggyi day care centre, 1961-62

YWCA of Canada

6-8
General, 1928-90

9
Montreal: annual reports, 1877-78, 1940

Box
Folder
54 1
YWCA of Ceylon, 1908-14

YWCA of China

Box
Folder
54 2
YWCA of Denmark, 1942, 1994

3
YWCA of German: "The German National Committee and Its Work", 1910

4
YWCA of Ghana: "Youth and Youth Organizations in Ghana", 1973

YWCA of Great Britain

Box
Folder
54 5
General, 1884-1998, n.d.

6-7
Go Forward: Monthly Journal for Secretaries and Workers, Feb, Apr-Dec 1892

London

8-9
Annual Report, 1884-90

Our Own Gazette, 1896-1901

10
Vol. XV-?

Box
Folder
55 1-2
Vol. XVII-XVIII

3
YWCA of Hong Kong, 1991-92

YWCA of India, Burma, and Ceylon

Box
Folder
55 4
General, 1908-44, n.d.

5
Our Indian Magazine, Oct-Dec 1899

6-7
The Young Women of India, , 1900-01

8-10
The Young Women of India and Ceylon, Sep 1914-May 1915, Apr- Jun 1916

Woman's Outlook in India

11
Jul-Dec 1916

Box
Folder
56 1
Jan, Jun, Aug, Dec, 1917

2
Jan-May 1918

3
YWCA of Italy, n.d.

YWCA of Japan

Box
Folder
56 4
General, 1913-66, n.d.

5
Photograph album, 1926-30

6
YWCA of Jordan, Christmas Crib Dolls, 1964, n.d.

YWCA of Kenya

Box
Folder
56 7
General, 1987, n.d.

8
Handbook for Volunteers and Staff Responsible for Administration of YWCA Hostels, compiled by Norma Stauffer, n.d.

YWCA of Korea

Box
Folder
56 9
General, 1973-74, n.d.

10
Scrapbook: Rural Training Centre, Tongnae, 1957

11
YWCA of Mexico: cookbook, 1960

12
YWCA of New Zealand: Auckland YWCA Peace Site scrapbook, 1987

13
YWCA of Singapore, 1914

YWCA of South Africa

Box
Folder
57 1
General, 1908-09, 1986, n.d.

2
The Quarterly Record, 1918-28 (incomplete)

3
YWCA of Thailand: Cook Book, Bangkok, 1967; Annual Report, 1995

4
YWCA of Uganda: First African Sub-Region Workshop, 1993

5
YWCA of Zambia, 1964-71, n.d.

YWCA of China

General and History

Box
Folder
58 1
General, 1914-79, n.d.

2
"Women in a Changing China: The YWCA" paper by Jean McCown, University of Michigan, 1971 Associations

3
Canton, 1913, 1932

4
Chefoo, 1932, n.d.

5
Foochow, 1914

6
Hong Kong, 1920, 1970

7
Peking, 1980, n.d.

Shanghai

8
General, 1911-38

9
Normal School of Hygiene and Physical Education, 1917-20

10
Tientsin, 1935-43

11
Scrapbook, circa 1932-34

12
Biography, 1936, n.d.

13
Constitution and By-laws, 1933

Minutes and reports

National Committee of the YWCA of China and Executive Committee

Box
Folder
58 14-19
1919-26

Box
Folder
59 1-6
1927-31, 1933

7-8
Ad Interim Committee and Executive Committee, 1936-37

9
Executive Committee, 1939, 1950

Reports

10-11
Miscellaneous, 1927-49, n.d.

12-14
Annual, 1915-47

15
"The YWCA in China", 1922

16
Conferences, 1908-40

Box
Folder
60 1-3
Conventions, 1923, 1928, 1933

4
Financial, 1919-47, n.d.

Industrial Work

Box
Folder
60 5
General, 1906-41, n.d.

6
Studies, 1928-31

7
International Education Commission, 1940, n.d.

8
Legal issues, 1937-43

9
Literature Project Commission, 1933

Publications

Box
Folder
60 10
Miscellaneous, 1914-41, n.d.

11
News Items, 1918-19

12
The YWCA Magazine, 1923-25

13
The Green Year: The YWCA Magazine, 1923-35

The 'Green Year' Supplement

14-16
1925-27

Box
Folder
61 1-4
1928-33

5
News letters, 1927-33

6
Songbooks, 1923-25

7
Study courses, 1921, 1923

8
Publicity, 1939-40

9-10
Reference materials, 1922-50, n.d.

Rural Work

Box
Folder
61 11
General, 1932, 1935, n.d.

12
Photograph album, n.d.

13
Reports, 1928-39

14
Student Work, 1921-27, 1934

15
Student Relief Committee, 1939-40

Miscellaneous

Box
Folder
62 1-3
Photograph albums: Grace Steinbeck, n.d.; Mary Elizabeth Durfee, Nanking YWCA, 1918-19; Abby Mayhew, 1913-21

Florence Pierce [Secretary in Peking (1925-27) Tientsin (1927-33); Executive Director, Mukden Association (1934-37), worked primarily with students]

Box
Folder
63 1
General, 1974

2
Miscellaneous, 1926-62, n.d.

3
Correspondence, 1931-35, 1949-50

4
Writings, 1933, n.d.

Photograph albums

"Minor Pilgrimages and Peking Scenes", 1929

Tientsin YWCA activities

Box

64
China and Korea, 1925-27
SERIES VII. WORLD'S YWCA REFERENCE FILES

General and History

Box
Folder
65 1-2
General, 1908-99, n.d.

Historical publications

3-6
General, 1920s-40s, 1994

National Associations

7
1926-40

Box
Folder
66 1
1947, 1955

2
General pamphlets, 1938-2000, n.d.

3
Constitution and policy statements (incomplete), 1934-95

4
Constitution re-drafting, 1953-54

5
Statements of Policy, 1963, 1994

Annual Reports (incomplete)

Box
Folder
66 6
1896-1920

Box
Folder
67 1
1974-2001

2
Committee to Nominate American Members of the World's Council, 1933-46

Conferences

3
1st-4th, 1898-

4
5th, 1914

5
Budapest, 1928

6-9
Miscellaneous, 1937-39, 1960-65

Box
Folder
68 1-3
North America Area Conference of the YWCA: proceedings, 1937

4-7
Canada-United States Conference of the YWCA: proceedings, 1938

8-11
Consultations, 1955-59, 1961-1962, 1966, 1970-74

Council: proceedings/reports

Box
Folder
69 1-10
1938, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1979, 1983, 1987

Box
Folder
70 1-2
1991, 1995, 2003

Programmes and Projects

Box
Folder
70 3
Cooperation for Development, 1977-86

4
Health Cluster Project, 1983-84

5
International Training Institute, 1980

6
International Voluntary Service, circa 1964

7
Mutual Service, 1951-59

8
Prayer Circle, 1935-51

9
Refugee and Rehabilitation Services, 1948-86

10
World YWCA Membership Day, 1961-72

World YWCA Day

11-12
1965-72

Box
Folder
71 1
1980-94

2-6
YMCA-YWCA Week of Prayer, 1914, 1935-2000

Publications

Miscellaneous

Box
Folder
71 7-10
1933-69

Box
Folder
72 1-2
1972-91, n.d.

Common Concern (incomplete)

Box
Folder
72 3-10
1976-93

Box
Folder
73 1-4
1994-2001

5-7
Directories, 1939-97, n.d.

8
Human Rights, 1949, 1984-87

9
Pack [of Addresses] for Europe, 1949, 1981, 1988

Box
Folder
74 1
Perspective, 1975-76

2-3
Prayers and Prayer Calendars, 1901-16, 1960-81, n.d.

4-7
Programme Bulletin and Programme Paper, 1961-73

Religion

Box
Folder
74 8
1942-65

Box
Folder
75 1
1970s-86, n.d.

Women's International Quarterly

Box
Folder
75 2-3
Oct 1912-Jul 1916

Box
Folder
76 1-2
Oct 1916-Jul 1919

3
World's YWCA Monthly (incomplete), 1941-67

4-5
World's YWCA News Service, 1923-30

Box
Folder
77 1-3
World's YWCA Quarterly, 1896-Jul 1912

4
Young Women on the Move, 1994-97

Record Groups
The YWCA of the USA Records are arranged as follows:
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Contents

YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. Record Group 1. General and History

Finding aid prepared by Maida Goodwin, Amy Hague, Kara McClurken, Amanda Izzo.

Processing of the YWCA Records was made possible by the generous support of the National Historical Records and Publications Commission and the estate of Elizabeth Norris.

2008

Record Group Overview

Administrative Information

Additional Formats

Preferred Citation

Scope and Contents

Series Descriptions

SERIES I. GENERAL

SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS

SERIES III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS

SERIES IV. ANNIVERSARIES

SERIES V. BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

SERIES VI. 'FOREIGN' YWCAS REFERENCE FILES

SERIES VII. WORLD YWCA REFERENCE FILES

SERIES I. GENERAL

SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS/STRUCTURE OF THE YWCA

SERIES III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS

SERIES IV. ANNIVERSARIES

SERIES V. BIOGRAPHICAL FILES

SERIES VI. 'FOREIGN' YWCAS REFERENCE FILES

SERIES VII. WORLD'S YWCA REFERENCE FILES

Record Groups