Canada, 1877-1948
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the YWCA of Canada. Materials include suggested constitutions and bylaws, convention reports and the pamphlet, "The Story of the Y.W.C.A. in Canada." Correspondence includes letters between members of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YWCA of Canada on areas of collaboration and cooperation. Also included is "A Scientific Plan of Community Building," an article by Philip Bellows on community building and social and economic problems.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1877-1948
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
516 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- YWCA of the U.S.A. Foreign Division (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Constitutions
- Pamphlets
- Annual reports
- Annual reports
- bylaws (administrative records)
- correspondence
- reports
- telegrams
Geographic
Topical
- Christian stewardship
- Community life
- Congresses and conventions -- Planning
- Leadership in women
- Nonprofit organizations -- Administration
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Women -- Canada
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- Political activity
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Canada
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
