Ohio, circa 1924-1950

File — Box: 3, Reel: 204, microdex: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning the status of the YWCA in Urbana, Ohio and the program, administration and management of the YWCA of Van Wert County. The YWCA of Urbana has origins as part of the YWCA of Springfield, Ohio. Correspondence indicates that due to difficulties in maintaining committed adult leadership their Girl Reserve program is unable to make financial commitments to the Springfield association and seeks alternative means of registering their club. The administrative history of the YWCA of Van Wert County can be tracked through the iterations of constitutions and bylaws in addition to association fact sheets. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include lists of professional and volunteer leadership, industrial department visitation reports, completed residence and finance surveys, correspondence concerning the YMCA and advisory correspondence with regional and national leadership.

Dates of Materials

circa 1924-1950

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.