Buildings, circa 1959-1970

File — Box: 4, Reel: 283, microdex: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Policies, handbooks and other documents concerning the use, maintenance and management of YWCA of the U.S.A. buildings and the buildings of local associations. Handbooks outline policies and suggest best practices addressing legal and practical aspects of building ownership and occupation. Following the disaffiliation of several associations that merge with their local YMCA, the YWCA of the U.S.A. released a set of documents outlining policies concerning merged associations and associations sharing a building with the YMCA. These documents address the reasons for disaffiliation the merger associations and established guidelines for acceptable cooperative relationships, especially for those associations sharing space with a YMCA. Additional documents include proceedings for a maintenance personnel workshop and a handbook for associations purchasing or being gifted a house.

Dates of Materials

circa 1959-1970

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Record Group:

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.