India, circa 1920-1948
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the National YWCA of India, Burma and Ceylon. Conference reports summarize the proceedings of the conventions held quadrennially to address the changing role of women in India and internationally. Following this, annual reports and conference proceedings discuss the YWCA's efforts to meet the social, physical, mental, and spiritual needs of women in India including assessments and suggestions for future work. The YWCA of the U.S.A. has an established partnership with the National YWCA of India, Burma and Ceylon sending secretaries to India for training as well as offering financial support. Requests are made for the support of the Anandagiri Conference Grounds in order to maintain the training facility as a place for women of all backgrounds to meet.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1920-1948
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
582 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
Genre / Form
- Pamphlets
- Annual reports
- Annual reports
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Geographic
Topical
- Camps for girls -- India
- Christian stewardship
- Christianity -- India
- Church and social problems
- Education -- India
- Fund raising
- Fund raising
- Leadership in women
- Liberty
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Physical education and training
- Religion -- Study and teaching
- Women -- India
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- Political activity -- India
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Burma
- Young Women's Christian associations -- India
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Sri Lanka
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository