Outside organizations: Foreign, circa 1921-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. working on international issues. Foreign service organizations cooperating with the YWCA of the U.S.A. include war relief agencies, missionary work and international organizations working towards the betterment of women's lives. Documents are arranged alphabetically by organization.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1921-1950
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
306 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Bulletins
- Bulletins
- Pamphlets
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- articles of incorporation
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
Geographic
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Topical
- Charities
- Christian stewardship
- Feminism
- Folk festivals
- International relations
- Leadership in women
- Leadership in women
- Missionaries
- Missionaries
- War relief
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women in development -- International cooperation
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work
- World politics
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository