Student, circa 1936-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the United Student Christian Council, United Student Peace Committee, University Christian Mission and World Mission of Christianity, organizations working with student associations. The United Student Christian Council is an organization of student Christian organizations to encourage unity between organizations and across denominations, discuss together the common issues faced by students, discuss the role of Christianity in campus life and social problems and decide on programming. The United Student Peace Committee is an organization of student groups and student serving groups that aims to coordinate peace movement efforts across campuses. Documents include guidelines for demonstrations and student strikes, conference programs and flyers and general information regarding the movement. The University Christian Mission brings religious leaders to speak on college campuses and the World Mission of Christianity concerns the international missions of the church and students' roles. Documents concern the role of students in social and religious movements, the role of Christianity in social movements, the Christian student movement and religion on campuses.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1936-1950
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
659 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- National Student YWCA (Organization)
- Student Young Men's Christian Association (Organization)
- Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America (Organization)
- National Intercollegiate Christian Council (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Notes
- Pamphlets
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- correspondence
- handbooks
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Topical
- Christian stewardship
- College students -- Religious life
- College students -- Societies, etc
- Interdenominational cooperation
- Leadership in women
- Missionaries
- Missionaries
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Peace movements
- Social action
- Student movements
- Universities and colleges -- Religion
- Volunteers
- Women college students
- Women in the ecumenical movement
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Protest movements
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository