War Work Council Overseas Committee reports, 1919-1920
Scope and Contents
Reports of the work in Italy, Poland and Romania of the War Work Council of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. to the Overseas Committee. Reports describe the social, economic, political and safety conditions faced by women in addition to summarizing and assessing the successes and challenges of war relief efforts. Correspondence and reports from secretaries provide a first hand account of the scenes and intimate description of conditions.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1919-1920
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
96 frames (1 partial reel)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Reconstruction (1914-1939)
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Italy
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Poland
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Romania
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- France
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Women's Christian associations
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
