National Student Councils YMCA and YWCA, 1956-1960
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning National Student YWCA and National Student YMCA college summer service group programs. The programs place participants in a church or social agency to gain experience working in an urban environment, develop their leadership skills and train in group work. In addition to job experience, the program includes workshops and discussion opportunities to complement the experiences. Documents include evaluation reports of individuals and of the total program, planning committee minutes, brochures and summary reports of the total program.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1956-1960
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
333 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- National Student Councils of the YMCA and YWCA (Organization)
- National Student YWCA (Organization)
- Student Young Men's Christian Association (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Brochures
- Brochures
- Notes
- Pamphlets
- application forms
- correspondence
- lists (document genres)
- minutes (administrative records)
- outlines (documents)
- reports
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository