Student: Middle Atlantic region, 1962-1969

File — Box: 4, Reel: 309, microdex: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports of the Middle Atlantic region National Student YWCA advisory committee and documents concerning two regional special projects. Advisory committee minutes and reports concern regional development, program and project updates and conference updates. The two student projects focus on a specific regional problem and offer students opportunities to work within those communities, develop community organizing skills and practice leadership. "Opportunity in Appalachia" is a "self help project" for an isolated community community in West Virginia that has a history of struggling with poverty, education and access. The New Jersey migrant worker project brings attention to the unique conditions and problems faced by migrant workers. The report include evaluations and summaries grouped by place of project.

Dates of Materials

1962-1969

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.