Indiana, circa 1906-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the history, administration, services, personnel, members and facilities of the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana in addition to a community survey of Wabash and a letter responding to a request for new organization. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, studies, pamphlets and programs and association fact sheets and historical summaries.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1906-1950
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
657 frames (1 partial reel)
Genre / Form
- Constitutions
- Pamphlets
- Questionnaires
- Questionnaires
- administrative records
- bylaws (administrative records)
- correspondence
- lists (document genres)
- programs (documents)
- reports
Geographic
- Indiana, United States
- Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
- Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository