Community Division, 1961-1970

File — Box: 4, Reel: 283, microdex: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

YWCA of the U.S.A. Community Division newsletters and proceedings of a workshop on mid-sized associations. The Community Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is responsible for services to local associations that support their role in the community, facilitate relationships with other associations and the national organization, their administrative functions and their role as part of a global organization. "Memos to Staff," later "Program Memos to Staff" are semi-regular newsletters or memorandums to targeted groups of program leaders that share program ideas, give updates on national decisions or initiatives and share information regarding program planning for the associations. Memo recipients include leaders of health, youth, teenage, camp and general program. The Middle Size Association Workshop proceedings report on the workshop for associations in the central region with seven or more staff. The workshop brought together delegates from qualifying associations to share in practices and discuss challenges and opportunities in their region.

Dates of Materials

1961-1970

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.