Student: Eagles Mere region, circa 1935-1947
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the Middle Atlantic regional council of the National Student YWCA and Student Christian Movement. The regional council acts as a body between the National Student YWCA and national student movement organizations and the local student associations. Council meetings discuss the regional emphases and programming, make recommendations and resolutions, hear updates and reports from local student associations and events and discuss leadership and staff needs. The council's commission on ethnic minorities studies and reports on the issues of race on college campuses, collects information and seeks to increase interest in the problem of racism. Similarly, the Commission on social action collections and disseminates information, and increases awareness participation and interest in social action.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1935-1947
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
244 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- National Student YWCA (Organization)
- Student Young Men's Christian Association (Organization)
- National Intercollegiate Christian Council (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Notes
- Pamphlets
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Questionnaires
- Questionnaires
- booklets
- correspondence
- lists (document genres)
- minutes (administrative records)
Geographic
- Delaware, United States
- Maryland, United States
- Middle Atlantic, United States
- New Jersey, United States
- Pennsylvania, United States
- West Virginia, United States
Topical
- College students -- International cooperation
- College students -- Political activity
- College students -- Religious life
- College students -- Societies, etc
- Leadership in women
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Student movements
- Women college students -- Societies and clubs
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository