Race Relations Committee minutes and reports, 1933-1950
Scope and Contents
The Race Relations Committee of the YWCA of the U.S.A. maintains an awareness of race relations practices, law and conditions in the national organization, local associations and in their communities. The committee discusses the issues surrounding issues of race, recommends practices for local associations and suggests resolutions and statements to be adopted by the Public Affairs department. Discussions include matters of civil rights laws and legislation, the social, economic and political conditions faced by African Americans, the treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II and racial tensions in local associations.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1933-1950
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
258 frames (1 partial reel)
Genre / Form
Topical
- African American women
- African American women -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- Civil rights movements -- United States
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Leadership in women
- Race discrimination
- Race discrimination -- Law and legislation
- Race relations
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Racism
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository