Conventions, twenty-first, 1958

File — Box: 1, Reel: 40, microdex: 8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Workbook, program, and call to the Twenty-first National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Distributed prior to the convention, the workbook provides an update on work and progress since the previous convention and discusses current trends and background information for topics that will be discussed at convention. The theme of the twenty-first convention is "deep roots and world reach." The workbook indicates that the convention will focus on strengthening its roots to community work and serving individuals and remembering the individual's place in the world organization. Similar to the previous convention, discussion concerns the changing technology, social interactions, economic conditions, and roles of women.

Dates of Materials

Creation: 1958

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.