Interracial, circa 1920-1949
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. work with African American women and girls. Materials include demographic data, discussion and conference notes, descriptions of racism and discrimination in the United States, overviews of YWCA of the U.S.A. work with African American girls and women and more.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1920-1949
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
301 frames (1 partial reel)
Genre / Form
- Bulletins
- Bulletins
- Essays
- Essays
- Memorandums
- Memorandums
- Notes
- Pamphlets
- charts (graphic documents)
- correspondence
Geographic
Topical
- African American labor union members
- African American women
- African American women
- African American women -- Societies and clubs
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Education
- African Americans -- Employment
- African Americans -- Housing
- African Americans -- Medical care
- African Americans -- Recreation
- Christian stewardship
- Civil rights
- Discrimination
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Segregation in transportation
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository