YMCA of the USA

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Douglas and the Huachuca area, Arizona. Documents are arranged alphabetically by area with further topical and form designations on the microfilm. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and discussion of personnel and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the development, administration and program of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona in addition to inquiries regarding new organization in Yuma and Prescott. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further topical and form designations on the microfilm for Phoenix and Tucson. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the administration, program and development of the YWCA of Berkeley, California followed by a memorandum concerning the development of a YMCA and YWCA in Buena Park. Documents concerning the administration and history of the YWCA of Berkeley include basic standards reports, certification materials, constitutions, bylaws and historical overviews. Visitation reports for the association are more narrative in nature and include program descriptions, reports of challenges and...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning area and statewide YWCA meetings in Connecticut followed by documents concerning the program, administration, and development of the associations in Bridgeport and Greenwich. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further topical and form designations on the microfilm for Bridgeport and Greenwich. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in New Haven and New London, Connecticut in addition to correspondence inquiring about new organization in Newington. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further topical and form designations on the microfilm under New Haven and New London. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws....

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Bloomington and Canton, Illinois in addition to correspondence concerning new organization in Cahokia. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further form and topical designations on the microfilm under Bloomington and Canton. The administration and development of the two affiliated associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws....

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Kokomo, Lafayette, Marion, and Logansport, Indiana in addition to correspondence and reports regarding the registered Y-Teen club in Middleton. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further form and topical designations on the microfilm under each affiliated association. The administration and development of the affiliated associations is documented in basic standards...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Boone and Burlington, Iowa. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further form and topical designations on the microfilm under Burlington. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and discussion of...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, development, and disaffiliation of the YWCA of Davenport, Iowa. Documents include correspondence and reports concerning its relationship to the YMCA and eventual merger leading to the association's disaffiliation. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and discussion of...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Des Moines and Dubuque, Iowa. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further form and topical designations on the microfilm under each association. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and discussion...

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Documents concerning the building, leadership, program and services of the YWCA of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visitation reports of the YWCA of Boston describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include lists of professional and volunteer leadership, anniversary pamphlets and correspondence.

Scope and Contents Documents concerning organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. doing work with similar goals including work with women and youth. The YWCA of the U.S.A. maintains an awareness of other organizations doing work within their scope and often collaborates with these organizations, attends or contributes to hosted conferences and seminars or shares skills and resources. Correspondence between the organizations may address the nature of the relationship and the types of work that are of...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YMCA of the USA North American Assembly on YMCA Work with Youth, YMCA of the USA studies and the role of women and girls in the YMCA of the USA. The North American Assembly on YMCA Work With Youth is a gathering of YMCA of the USA leaders to discuss the youth program, the needs of youth in North America, training needs for leaders working with youth and the social, political and economic conditions affecting youth. Assembly preparatory materials and reports prepare...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the work of the YMCA of the USA as well as their relationship with the YWCA of the U.S.A. Although separate organizations, the YMCA and the YWCA of the U.S.A. have a history of cooperation and collaboration when their emphases overlap. YMCA's clubs for high school students, the Hi-Y, provides group activities, leadership opportunities and social opportunities for high schoolers. Conference and congress proceedings and reports provide an overview of the work of the Hi-Y...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the work of the YMCA of the USA, their work with women, and their relationship with the YWCA of the U.S.A.. Although separate organizations, the YMCA and the YWCA of the U.S.A. have a history of cooperation and, though sometimes complicated, collaboration when their emphases overlap. In addition, the relationship between the YMCA and the YWCA of the U.S.A. comes under frequent discussion regarding the role of women as members of the YMCA and how separate the...

Scope and Contents Minutes, reports and correspondence concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. central region associations. Regional staff, central region members of the YWCA of the U.S.A. National Board and central region field staff meet to discuss the status and needs of associations in the region, bring reports from conferences and conventions and review financial needs. In addition, meetings may include review of the relationship between the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA of the USA associations in the central...

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Robert Foust visited the Soviet Union (USSR) in 1962 as part of an official USA-USSR exchange program with the YMCA/YWCA. The collection includes his personal records of the trip and souviners.

Scope and Contents Reports of rural studies conducted with funding from the Ford Fund. Careful studies are made to identify problems in rural associations and communities that may be underserved, identify what makes a successful rural associations and make recommendation for future practices. Reports provide background information, describe the method of study, present data such as population and association statistics, make recommendations for future rural development and discuss the social and economic...

Scope and Contents Pamphlets and reports concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work in rural communities. During World War II, YWCA of the U.S.A. members contribute to the agricultural labor through harvest camps for girls and women joining the agricultural and food workforce. "The YWCA and Wartime Agriculture" bulletins give an overview of the agricultural war efforts, assess programs, address concerns that members may have and provides background information to the agriculture situation and why members are...

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The YMCA of North America has a long history of work with the Russians and with Russian emigres following the Russian Revolution. The report provides history and context to their work with the Russian people, outlines the work they are currently doing, discusses the YMCA's cooperative relationships and discusses the religious background and emphases of the work. 

Scope and Contents The United War Work Campaign is a collaborative war relief fund. Its members are national organizations and leaders in war relief efforts. The United War Work Campaign is directed by its Committee of Eleven, a board of representatives from each member organization. The committee develops policy and procedure for the use and management of the fund, discusses budget, assesses war relief programming and needs and discusses the role of each member organization. In addition, the committee...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s cooperation with other organizations on their Japanese Evacuee Project, an organization-wide project of special programs, activities and advocacy to assist the Japanese Americans displaced in the United States during World War II. Cooperating organizations include the Protestant Commission on Cooperation in Japanese Work, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, the War Relocation Authority and the YMCA. Documents include...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) during World War II including the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s involvement. During World War II the YWCA of the U.S.A. collaborates with the YMCA on USO projects. A summary report of this cooperation assesses the relationship between the two and summarizes the nature of their cooperation. Documents concerning the purpose of the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s USO work includes bylaws, descriptions of the purpose and aims of the USO...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Wenatchee Valley and Yakima, Washington. Documents are arranged alphabetically by area with further topical and form designations on the microfilm. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, national certification documents, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes,...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the United War Work Campaign, a joint fundraising campaign raising money for the war work activities of the participating organizations. Documents include campaign handbooks, bulletins, pamphlets and correspondence explaining the origins and goals of the United War Work Campaign, provide updates on the money raised and the types of war relief it goes towards, explain the collection and distribution of the funds and provide fundraising suggestions. The Victory Girls and...

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Photographs from the join YMCA/YWCA conference for high school youth held at Grinnell College. Photographs include images of delegates participating in program planning, conferences sessions, and social activities.

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s relationship with the YMCA including the use of joint buildings and shared spaces and cooperation in health education and recreation. Minutes of meetings of the Council on Work and Relations with the YMCA, joint YMCA-YWCA meetings and Joint Committee meetings concern how the two organizations can cooperate, how their cooperative relationship is benefiting members and areas where the organizations wish to remain separate. 

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Correspondence, notes and reports concerning the relationship between the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA including documents concerning the affiliation of joint YWCA-YMCA clubs with the YWCA of the U.S.A. and relationships between the two at the local association level. 

Scope and Contents National consultative committees are organized to consult on the relationship between YWCA and YMCA programs for high-school girls and boys at the national, state and local levels. In addition to consulting duties the committees may also have responsibility for program planning, dissemination of information, leadership training and coordination of activities. Included are meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, pamphlets and lists of communities and the programs available. In addition,...

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Sections one through five of the report of the "Reconnaissance Study," a study of the relationship between the YWCA and YMCA in the United States.