Ohio, circa 1929-1950

File — Box: 3, Reel: 205, microdex: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning the YWCA of Youngstown, Ohio and its branches. Visitation reports, continued from the previous reel, describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Also included are correspondence relating to the YMCA in Youngstown and advisory correspondence with regional and national leaders. The YWCA operates two branches in addition to its central association. The Belmont Branch of the YWCA of Youngstown serves the African American girls and women of the community. Its functions and relationship to the central association are established in its bylaws and reports of interracial practices within the association evaluate the policies and practices throughout the association that deal with matters of diversity and race. The association's international institute is a club for the YWCA of Youngstown's immigrant women and their families. Annual and monthly reports summarize program and membership data and include narrative evaluations of the work of the institute.

Dates of Materials

circa 1929-1950

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.