India, circa 1919-1948

File — Box: 1, Reel: 56, microdex: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning endowments requests from the Y.W.C.A. of India, Burma and Ceylon, annual reports, leadership and physical education. The YWCA of the U.S.A. has a long history of cooperation with India's YWCA through training and sending leaders in addition to financial support. In celebration of their jubilee anniversary, the Y.W.C.A. of India, Burma and Ceylon is seeking an endowment fund to build a summer conference site. Later endowment requests seek to support a leadership training school. The YWCA of the U.S.A. National Board sends out correspondence seeking donations and pledges to support these efforts. Annual reports from the Y.W.C.A. of India, Burma and Ceylon often resemble reports made by YWCA of the U.S.A. secretaries and document and assess the efforts of the Y.W.C.A. of India, Burma and Ceylon to improve the spiritual, intellectual, physical and social welfare of the women in girls in India.

Dates of Materials

Creation: circa 1919-1948

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.