Texas, circa 1909-1950

File — Box: 3, Reel: 215, microdex: 6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning the development, history, programs and organization of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations and programs in Texas. Documents are arranged alphabetically by town beginning with the Dallas district and ending with El Paso. For developing associations that have yet to be affiliated, materials include letters of interest, advisory correspondence with regional and national representatives and visitation reports. The YWCA of the Dallas District includes counties in a roughly fifty mile radius of Dallas. The records include information concerning its affiliation and history as well as its discontinuance. As a fully affiliated association, the YWCA of El Paso has the most materials in this section. These materials include constitutions and bylaws, administrative records, a completed residence survey, visitation reports, lists of staff and volunteer leaders, a report of a study of the association and advisory correspondence. Following the materials concerning the whole association is a brief history of the association's international institute and a letter recommending that the institute be reopened.

Dates of Materials

Creation: circa 1909-1950

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.