South Carolina, circa 1917-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. activities in South Carolina, the administration, history and programs of the YWCA of Charleston, South Carolina and inquires into the development of an association in Anderson. The report of the state public affairs meeting in South Carolina outlines the meeting's purpose and summarizes the proceedings of the meeting to talk about the social and economic public affairs platforms of the YWCA in South Carolina. Following this are letters of inquiry into the possibility of forming a YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Anderson. The administrative history of the YWCA of Charleston, South Carolina can be traced through its constitutions and bylaws in addition to its association fact sheets and historical notes.
Dates of Materials
- circa 1917-1950
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
704 frames (1 partial reel)
- African American women -- Societies and clubs
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
- Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Constitutions
- Leadership in women
- Nonprofit organizations -- Administration
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Notes
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Questionnaires
- Questionnaires
- Race relations
- Racism
- Social action
- Social service
- South Carolina, United States
- Women -- Services for
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work
- Young Women's Christian associations -- South Carolina
- administrative records
- bylaws (administrative records)
- correspondence
- lists (document genres)
- reports
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository