Missouri, circa 1921-1950

Documents concerning the programs, administration and members of the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Saint Louis, Missouri. Letters with local, regional and national staff are often seeking or giving advice about association life and can offer a look into the challenges, management and daily issues that arise in local associations and administration handbooks demonstrate the structure and function of the administrative duties of local associations. Several reports and letters concern the branch system in Saint Louis and include notes on the formation of a committee to examine the member groups and branches. YWCA of Saint Louis branches include the Carondelet Branch, International Institute and Phyllis Wheatley Branch. Visitation reports for the two branches include summaries and assessments of branch programs and leadership. The Phyllis Wheatley Branch is a branch serving the community's African American women and girls. Its function, purpose and organization is established in its constitutions and bylaws and a building project is documented in correspondence and a program for a building dedication ceremony. The YWCA of Saint Louis International Institute functions to meet the often unique need of the community's immigrant women and their families. Correspondence and reports document the institute's program and services including its request to separate from the YWCA.