Industrial conferences, 1940-1950

File — Box: 2, Reel: 103, microdex: 8

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Proceedings, minutes, reports, and correspondence concerning southern region industrial conferences. Materials are arranged by year but do not include 1944 or 1945. Conference materials provide an overview of industrial club administration and organization for the conference year as well as reports on methods and programming employed to achieve club goals. Administrative information may include conference planning as well as lists of leaders speakers and committee members. Often, analysis is given as to the success of the conference and it's activities. In addition, conference materials may provide summaries of lectures and discussions from the conferences that highlight the industrial and labor issues faced by women and girls at the time. Issues discussed include what it means to be in a democracy, working conditions, wage a labor laws, work during World War II, discrimination, political activity, unionization, civil rights, leadership qualities, and more. A 1942 letter discusses the historical and current efforts to include African American women and girls in the conferences.

Dates of Materials

Creation: 1940-1950

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.