War Work Council Social Morality Committee and Volunteer Workers' Bureau minutes and reports, 1913-1921

File — Box: 4, Reel: 381, microdex: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports of the Social Morality Committee and Volunteer Workers' Bureau of the War Work Council of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The Social Morality Committee coordinates lectures, training and educational materials teaching the benefits of health as the basis for socially and personally responsible living. Such program include sex education to girls and women, particularly women exposed to military camps. The Social Morality Committee begins as the Social Morality Commission, a commission to study the "social training of women and girls." Also included is a report of the Bureau of Social Education who is tasked with research and publication of educational materials. The Volunteer Workers' Bureau of the War Work Council is responsible for the training, placement and recruitment of volunteers to carry out the work of the War Work Council and is formerly known as the Workers' Bureau. After the end of World War I, the committee discusses the transition of volunteer training programs and volunteers to peacetime activities.

Dates of Materials

1913-1921

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.