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YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 3. National administrative office records

 Record Group
Identifier: SSC-MS-00324-RG3

Scope and Contents

This record group consists of the YWCA's national administrative office files including records from the office of the General Secretary (later Executive Secretary, later Chief Executive Officer), records on buildings and properties owned by the national organization, finance and development files, and records of the departments of data and statistics, library and archives, and publicity.

Dates

  • 1907 - 2002

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Access

Until we move into New Neilson in early 2021, collections are stored in multiple locations and may take up to 48 hours to retrieve. Researchers are strongly encouraged to contact Special Collections (specialcollections@smith.edu) at least a week in advance of any planned visits so that boxes may be retrieved for them in a timely manner.

Conditions Governing Use

To the extent that it owns copyright, YWCA of the USA has retained copyright in its works donated to Smith College, but has has authorized Smith College Special Collections to grant permission to publish reproductions or quotations from the records on its behalf.

Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by YWCA of the USA, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.

Extent

57 linear feet (138 boxes and 7 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This record group consists of the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s national administrative office files including records from the office of the General Secretary (later Executive Secretary, later Chief Executive Officer), records on buildings and properties owned by the national organization, finance and development files, and records of the departments of data and statistics, library and archives, and publicity. Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records.

Arrangement

YWCA of the U.S.A. Record Group 3., National administrative office records, is arranged in six Series:
  1. General administration
  2. Buildings and properties
  3. Finance and development
  4. Data and statistics
  5. Library and archives
  6. Publicity

Series I. General administration records, is arranged in 15 subseries

  1. Conferences, meetings, and summits
  2. Controversy
  3. Correspondence
  4. Events
  5. Legal materials
  6. Membership
  7. Mission and purpose
  8. National office and national staff
  9. Organizations
  10. Programs and projects
  11. Public relations
  12. Publications
  13. Racial justice
  14. Reports
  15. Speeches and statements

Series III. Finance and financial development is organized in three subseries:

  1. Finance and development
  2. Comptroller's office
  3. Miscellaneous

Series IV. Data and statistics, is organized in six subseries:

  1. General and history
  2. Committees
  3. Department
  4. Forms and guidelines
  5. Publications
  6. Studies and reports

Series V. Library and archives, is organized in six subseries:

  1. General and history
  2. Committee and department
  3. Exhibits
  4. Holdings
  5. Projects
  6. YWCA history subject files

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The YWCA of the U.S.A. donated a portion of its records to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1964 and the remainder in 2002 and 2003.

Processing Information

Processed by Maida Goodwin, Amy Hague, Kara McClurken, Amanda Izzo, 2008.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid to the YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 3. National administrative office records
Status
Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
Author
Finding aid prepared by Maida Goodwin, Amy Hague, Kara McClurken, Amanda Izzo in 2008, with significant editing by Christie Peterson in 2019, and amended by Scott Biddle (2020).
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Processing of the YWCA Records was made possible by the generous support of the National Historical Records and Publications Commission and the estate of Elizabeth Norris. Digitization and description of a selection of photographs, microfilm, and publications was made possible by the Council on Library and Information Resource (CLIR) 2106-2018 Digitizing Hidden Collections grant.

Revision Statements

  • 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
  • 2019-08-14: Parsed existing description into better fields for PUI. Updated with current language, and with post-CLIR grant info
  • 2020-08-28: Added info. to flat file folders

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository

https://libraries.smith.edu/special-collections/about/sophia-smith-collection-womens-history
Contact:
Young Library
4 Tyler Drive
Northampton MA 01063

  • Smith College Special Collections
  • Young Library, 4 Tyler Drive
  • Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
  • specialcollections@smith.edu
  • 413-585-2970

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