Texas, circa 1907-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the history, affiliation, program and administration of the YWCA of Houston, Texas. The administrative history of the association can be traced through its constitutions and bylaws in addition to association fact sheets and historical notes while industrial program reports and departmental annual reports provide insight into the association's management, program activities and functions. Also included are lists of staff and volunteer leaders, correspondence and reports concerning association finance, a completed residence survey and constitutions and bylaws for the association's residence house.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: circa 1907-1950
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
515 frames (1 partial reel)
Genre / Form
- Constitutions
- Notes
- Questionnaires
- Questionnaires
- administrative records
- bylaws (administrative records)
- correspondence
- lists (document genres)
- reports
Geographic
Topical
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- Leadership in women
- Nonprofit organizations -- Administration
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance
- Nonprofit organizations -- Management
- Race relations
- Racism
- Social action
- Social service
- Women -- Services for
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- Young Women's Christian associations -- Texas
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository