Texas, United States

Scope and Contents Documents concerning weekend area conferences of YWCA of the U.S.A. Business and Professional Women in Texas-Louisiana, the Tri-State area (North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota), Virginia and West Virginia. Weekend conferences are held between regional conferences to bring together Business and Professional clubs from a state or smaller region and connect on current issues and program. Minutes, reports, and newsletters give an overview of the events and themes of the conferences. Weekend...

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...

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, assessment and proceedings of the 1942 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...

Scope and Contents At the 1941 regional Girl Reserve conferences, Girl Reserve clubs from around the southern region hold regional camps and conferences to unite under a common purpose and aim, interact with girls from other clubs and backgrounds, discuss the social, economic, political and spiritual problems they face and participate in fun recreations and activities. Conference reports and proceedings summarize and assess the conference discussion groups, equipment and facilities, food and recreation. In...

Scope and Contents Documents 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 held each year unite area clubs under a common purpose and aim and provide an opportunity for girls to interact with others from differing clubs and backgrounds and to discuss issues that are...

Scope and Contents Conference materials, post-conference evaluations and reports and pre conference planning materials for the 1939 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. Conferences for Girl Reserve secretaries and advisors are a place for sharing methods and ideas, discussing the issues faced...

Scope and Contents Conference materials, post-conference evaluations and reports and pre conference planning materials for the 1938 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. Conferences for Girl Reserve secretaries and advisors are a place for sharing methods and ideas, discussing the issues faced...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports of YWCA of the U.S.A. committees involved with the organization's work with African American women and girls and issues relating to racism and race relations. Early meetings focus on visitation reports and matters of personnel. By the time the Council on Colored Work of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is formed the focus shifts more to discussions of external trends, social and economic problems faced by the African American community and the YWCA of the...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Southwestern Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps, and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries. These narrative reports summarize work with local associations, make recommendations and requests for personnel and finance, report on...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. South Central Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps, and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries. These narrative reports summarize work with local associations, make recommendations and requests for personnel and finance, report on...

Scope and Contents Official programs and reports of YWCA of the U.S.A. state committees arranged alphabetically by state covering Indiana through West Virginia. Materials include convention and conference proceedings where the overall status of the state's associations may be discussed in addition to matters of finance, membership statistics, and organizational management and governance. Summaries of addresses and discussions serve to provide an overview of the focus of the associations. Materials may also...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, proceedings and evaluation of southwestern region meetings of student Christian associations. Joint YWCA-YMCA southwestern regional conferences meet to discuss the role of religion on campus and in their lives, social, economic and political problems and trends in the student Christian movement. Annual regional conferences in Hollister Missouri are open to all students and faculty, white and African American, at schools in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, proceedings and evaluation of southwestern regional meetings of student Christian associations. Joint YWCA-YMCA southwestern region conferences meet to discuss the role of religion on campus and in their lives, social, economic and political problems and trends in the student Christian movement. Early regional conferences are not joint conferences but separate conferences students from the YWCA of the U.S.A. and YMCA. Additionally, separate conferences are...

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA including programs and correspondence regarding regional cabinet training conferences, minutes and reports of the advisory and administrative committees, and minutes and reports of the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations. 

Scope and Contents

Newsletters from the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations and the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA. 

Scope and Contents

Newsletters from the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA. 

Scope and Contents

Monthly and visitation reports from the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA. Monthly reports to the National Student Council are submitted using standard forms and collect information concerning meetings attended, campuses visited, materials prepared, regional developments, how the secretary's day were divided and interviews conducted. Visitation reports are narrative reports of a secretary's visit to campus associations. 

Scope and Contents

Documents concerning the National Student YWCA Southwest region and the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations. Correspondence and minutes concerning the special project to fund an African American student secretary in the Southwest region follow the fundraising, planning and implementation of the project. Other documents include bylaws, programs, handbooks, lists of leaders, pamphlets and program guides and suggestions. 

Scope and Contents

Annual reports from the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning a special project to develop YWCA work in South Texas followed by documents concerning the program, development and administration of associations in Abilene and Amarillo and inquiry regarding new organization in Alpine and Arlington. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further form and topical designations on the microfilm under the two affiliated associations. The administration and development of the affiliated associations is...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the work of the YWCA of the U.S.A. in the state of Texas and the history, affiliation, program and administration of the associations in Abilene and Amarillo. Statewide correspondence and visitation reports include assessments of overall program, summaries of state visits and discussion of issues affecting associations at the state level such as tax policies. Also included in the state materials is the report from the National Child Labor Committee of their study of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning the South Texas project followed by documents concerning the administration, program and development of the YWCA of Abilene, Texas. South Texas project documents concern the development of new YWCA of the U.S.A. organizations in Texas. Documents include reports of program development, project plans and updates, and progress reports. The administration and development of the YWCA of Abilene is documented in basic standards reports, national certification...

Scope and Contents

Photographs of YWCA of the USA hostess houses in Texas including images of interiors, exteriors, and rooms in use.

Scope and Contents

Photographs of industrial girls, club rooms and centers for women employed during World War I in Texas. Identified photographs include centers in Waco and Houston.

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, proceedings and assessments of the southern and western regional Y-Teen conferences. Regional conferences are a chance for Y-Teen delegates and the adult leaders to come together to discuss the issues important to them and unite behind a common purpose. Conferences include discussion groups, lectures and activities and several southern regions have separate conferences for African American girls. Also included are documents concerning the general planning...