Business and Industrial women, 1930-1948
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning YWCA Business and Industrial state weekend conferences for Arizona, Northern California, Colorado-Wyoming, Illinois and Iowa. Conference bulletins, proceedings, and reports document conference business sessions, workshops and lectures. In addition to conference sessions, participants participate in recreational activities, and committees meetings. Bulletins and reports provide an overview of conference proceedings and summarize talks, workshops, and meetings. In addition reports may assess and report on the overall successes or challenges of the conferences. and make plans for future summer and weekend conferences.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1930-1948
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
140 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- YWCA of the U.S.A.. Business and Professional Department (Organization)
- YWCA of the U.S.A.. Industrial Department (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Bulletins
- Bulletins
- Newsletters
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Geographic
- Asilomar Conference Grounds (Pacific Grove, Calif.)
- Bisbee, Cochise, Arizona, United States
- Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
- Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States
- Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
- Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
- West Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository