National Board and executive committee minutes and reports, 1955 January-1957 June

File — Box: 1, Reel: 6, microdex: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and its executive committee. Minutes concern national business, budgets and finance, committee business, fundraising, approval of new clubs and personnel. In addition to meeting minutes materials include reports from committees, summaries of studies, lists of actions and resolutions, updates on international work, and annual reports from the General Secretary. Continuing themes include the role of religion in the YWCA of the U.S.A., the basis for membership, cooperation with other organizations and family life. As issues of race relations in the United States rise, so to do the discussions and studies of race relations increase within the YWCA of the U.S.A.

Dates of Materials

1955 January-1957 June

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Record Group:

This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.