American Committee of Young Women's Christian Associations

Scope and Contents Reports and correspondence relating to the union of the American Committee and the International board and the formation of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Included are an early proposed constitution, Joint Committee leaflets, the 1907 Act of Incorporation and a 1906 agreement. Also included is a 1951 letter from Anson Phelps Stokes regarding a donation of correspondence from Olivia Phelps Stokes concerning the origins of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Digitized version includes renewals originally located...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the American Committee's involvement with the Joint Committee and the formation of the YWCA of the U.S.A. National Board. Proceedings and reports recommend that the American Committee affiliated groups unite with the International Board resulting in the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association. Additional materials concern the decision to unite, recommendations for moving forward and background information on the merger. Also included are summaries of...

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Conference proceedings, minutes and reports from the from the first, third, eighth and ninth conferences of the YWCA of the U.S.A predecessor organization the American Committee.

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Conference proceedings, minutes and reports from the 1905 and 1906 conferences of the YWCA of the U.S.A predecessor organization the American Committee. The 1906 conference was a special convention to address the joining of the American Committee with the International Board to form the proposed Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America.

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Letters between American Committee associations and national leaders. Much of the correspondence is with Mabel Cratty and offer insight into the program and function of the early young women's Christian associations in the United States.

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Correspondence between American Committee associations and leaders. Much of the correspondence is related to the business of the Joint Committee and efforts to align two national organizations of young women's Christian associations into the proposed united Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America.

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Correspondence between American Committee associations and leaders. Much of the correspondence is related to the business of the Joint Committee and efforts to align two national organizations of young women's Christian associations into the proposed united Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America.

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Conference proceedings, minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A predecessor organization, the American Committee. The proceedings and reports reflect the name of the organization at the time of creation as it went through organizational changes. Included are issues of the "Evangel," a publication issued by the International Committee of Young Women's Christian Associations.

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Early materials from the American Committee including constitutions, leadership manuals, annual reports, and a history of the American Committee organization.

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Joint Committee documents concerning the uniting of the American Committee and the International Board to form the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the relationship between the organizations. Materials include leaflets regarding the union, the report of the First Annual Convention of the YWCA's of the U.S.A. and lists of charter member organizations. Leaflets are slightly different versions than those located on reel 1A, microdex 7 of the YWCA of the U.S.A. records.

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Group photographs from the Secretarial Training Institute of the American Committee of Young Women's Christian Associations, a predecessor organization to the YWCA of the U.S.A.

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Guidelines and suggestions for committee structure, purpose and implementation in student associations in Young Women's Christian Associations. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the programs, administration and history of the World YWCA. The World YWCA exists to organize and unite national YWCA associations behind a common purpose while recognizing the differing needs of associations around the globe. Conference reports, committee reports and correspondence concern the organizational structure of the World's YWCA, the status and activities of national associations, the purpose and aims of the organization and matters of finance and budgets. The...