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Teenage girls -- Religious life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 148 Collections and/or Records:

Community association programs: Activities and programs, circa 1920-1989

 File — Box 1029: Series 1 [Barcode: 310183630387586], Folder: 12-13
Scope and Contents

Photographs highlighting programs and activities for teenage girls at local YWCA associations. Photographed activities include day trips and beach outings, hikes, service projects, religious activities, meetings of teenage groups, and other social activities. Many of the local associations are identified on the backs of the photographs.

Dates of Materials: circa 1920-1989

Conventions, fourteenth, 1936

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 32, microdex: 9
Scope and Contents Documents concerning participation by proxy at the Fourteenth National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. For junior members of the YWCA of the U.S.A., the only representatives at convention are the local junior members and adult leaders of groups from around the country. For the Fourteenth Convention, in order to get representation from more junior members, fifty associations were chosen to discuss and report on the topics of education...
Dates of Materials: 1936

Conventions, nineteenth, 1952

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 39, microdex: 7
Scope and Contents Addresses, worship services, and reports for the Nineteenth National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Addresses from YWCA delegates as well as special guests reflect an interest in international affairs, peace, and freedoms and include a presentation on the international implications of the "Interracial Charter" passed at a previous convention. In addition to addresses, the convention features small discussion groups of special interests...
Dates of Materials: 1952

Girl Reserve, circa 1924-1943

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 83, microdex: 8
Scope and Contents Documents concerning adult guides and leaders of the Girl Reserve Department of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girls to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Adult leaders of the Girl Reserve have opportunities for training and exchange of ideas through Adult guidance Council meetings and training classes. Handbooks, guide sheets...
Dates of Materials: circa 1924-1943

Girl Reserve, circa 1920-1941

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents Documents concerning Girl Reserve advisor's training, alumnae clubs and anniversary celebrations. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girls to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. To celebrate the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of the Girl Reserve Department special activities, services and pageants are planned. Materials are circulated with suggested...
Dates of Materials: circa 1920-1941

Girl Reserve, circa 1915-1945

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 3
Scope and Contents During World War II, the need for increased work with teenagers becomes more apparent and teenage canteens are established through many organizations, including the YWCA of the U.S.A., to meet those needs. Pamphlets and correspondence concerning the canteens describe the purpose and aims of the services and the organization of canteens and their activity programs. During World War II the agriculture industry also sees and increased need for labor. To meet the harvesting needs of farms during...
Dates of Materials: circa 1915-1945

Girl Reserve, 1913-1942

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 4
Scope and Contents To ensure the needs of the developing girls are being met, the YWCA of the U.S.A. conducts studies and keeps records of participation. A study during the early years of World War II collects responses to questionnaires concerning the effect the war is having on young people. In 1928 a more comprehensive study of the services of the Girl Reserve Department is conducted in collaboration with the Field Department. This study assesses the services to girls, services to young employed girls and...
Dates of Materials: 1913-1942

Girl Reserve, 1913-1945

 File — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 310183630156023], Reel: 93, microdex: 6
Scope and Contents

YWCA of the U.S.A. Girl Reserve pamphlets arranged alphabetically by title. Pamphlets include activity guides, exercises, health records, camp songs, guides for employed girls, book recommendations, development charts, guide for charitable work, how to contribute to the war effort, girls work, Girl Reserve guidebooks, leadership guidebooks, high school work, religious materials, social commentaries, work with girls on the Mexican border, and other training and program materials. 

Dates of Materials: 1913-1945

Girl Reserve, 1923-1945

 File — Box 2: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 310183630156023], Reel: 94, microdex: 2
Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. Girl Reserve program pamphlets and materials outline how to implement the Girl Reserve program. The program refers to the mission, goals, and administration of the groups. Girl Reserve programs involve health, religion, social development, and the arts. Several publications are materials for groups reaching American Indian girls. Materials instruct leaders in forming a Girl Reserve Group, convey the principles of the Girl Reserve and the YWCA, provide examples of...
Dates of Materials: 1923-1945

Girl Reserve Committee minutes and reports, 1938-1945

 File — Box 4: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 310183630156007], Reel: 355, microdex: 3
Scope and Contents

Minutes and reports of the Girl Reserve Sub-committee of the Leadership Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The Girl Reserve is the YWCA of the U.S.A. program for teen-age girls. The committee meets to discuss leadership, program needs, the relationship of the Girl Reserve clubs to the rest of the YWCA of the U.S.A., training opportunities and overall administration of the Girl Reserve program. 

Dates of Materials: 1938-1945

Girl Reserve Committee minutes and reports, 1929-1937

 File — Box 4: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 310183630156007], Reel: 355, microdex: 4
Scope and Contents Minutes and reports of the Girl Reserve Sub-committee of the Leadership Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The Girl Reserve is the YWCA of the U.S.A. program for teen-age girls. The committee meets to discuss leadership, program needs, the relationship of the Girl Reserve clubs to the rest of the YWCA of the U.S.A., training opportunities and overall administration of the Girl Reserve program. A note in the microfilm indicates the minutes are missing for the years 1932 through 1934. Meetings...
Dates of Materials: 1929-1937

Girl Reserve conferences, 1946

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 5
Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning the central region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...
Dates of Materials: 1946

Girl Reserve conferences, 1946

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 6
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1946

Girl Reserve conferences, 1945-1946

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 84, microdex: 7
Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning the southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives...
Dates of Materials: 1945-1946

Girl Reserve conferences, 1945-1946

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning the southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives...
Dates of Materials: 1945-1946

Girl Reserve conferences, 1939-1945

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 3
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the central region Girl Reserve conferences for 1945. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...
Dates of Materials: 1939-1945

Girl Reserve conferences, 1944-1945

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 4
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the eastern region Girl Reserve conferences for 1945. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...
Dates of Materials: 1944-1945

Girl Reserve conferences, 1944-1945

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 5
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the southern region Girl Reserve conferences for 1945. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...
Dates of Materials: 1944-1945

Girl Reserve conferences, 1944-1945

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 6
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the western region Girl Reserve conferences for 1945. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...
Dates of Materials: 1944-1945

Girl Reserve conferences, 1939-1944

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 7
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1944 central region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1939-1944

Girl Reserve conferences, 1944

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 8
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1944 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1944

Girl Reserve conferences, 1943-1944

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 85, microdex: 9
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1944 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1943-1944

Girl Reserve conferences, 1944

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1944 western region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1944

Girl Reserve conferences, 1943

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 2
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1943 central region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1943

Girl Reserve conferences, 1943

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 3
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1943 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1943

Girl Reserve conferences, 1943

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 4
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1943 southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1943

Girl Reserve conferences, 1942-1943

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 5
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1943 western region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...
Dates of Materials: 1942-1943

Girl Reserve conferences, 1941-1942

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 6
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, assessment and proceedings of the 1942 central region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important...
Dates of Materials: 1941-1942

Girl Reserve conferences, 1942

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 86, microdex: 7
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, assessment and proceedings of the 1942 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important...
Dates of Materials: 1942

Girl Reserve conferences, 1942

 File — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 310183630155991], Reel: 87, microdex: 1
Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, assessment and proceedings of the 1942 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important...
Dates of Materials: 1942