Missouri, 1933
Scope and Contents
In response to a national reorganization and recommendations from the Jones study of the YWCA of the U.S.A., Kansas CIty is selected to be the subject of a local association study. The detailed study conducted throughout the year 1933 examines the social, economic, political and cultural background of the city, surveys current association programs and makes recommendations based on its findings. The report of the study is presented in three volumes. The first section concerns the social and political climate, the second section concerns the economic background and the third section is the program assessment. The study is initiated at the request and with cooperation from the YWCA of Kansas City, Missouri and the YWCA of Kansas City, Kansas.
Dates of Materials
- 1933
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
581 frames (1 partial reel)
- Community life
- Community organization
- Housing
- Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
- Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
- Leadership in women
- Social action
- Urban women
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Services for
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Missouri
- reports
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository