Conventions, sixth, 1920
Scope and Contents
Reports from the Sixth National Convention for the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States of America. Reports update and assess the needs of departments in the YWCA of the U.S.A. including, foreign work, town and county, student, business and professional, industrial, finance and others. Other reports address war work during World War I, methods for reaching women and achieving YWCA goals in local associations, and National Board business and recommendations.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 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
351 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National Board (Organization)
- Young Men's Christian Association (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- African American women -- Societies and clubs
- Buildings
- Christian education
- Clubs -- Recruiting
- Congresses and conventions -- Planning
- Democracy
- Housing
- Immigrants
- Indigenous students
- Leadership in women
- Leadership in women
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Parliamentary practice
- Rural girls
- Student movements
- Teenage girls
- White collar workers
- Women -- Employment
- Women and religion
- Women and religion
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository