minutes (administrative records)

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work with teenagers and Y-Teen programs. Included are materials concerning the use of the Y-Teen symbol, adult and youth leadership, conference participation, teenage program emphases and purposes, reaching rural youth, membership fees and conditions, national Y-Teen projects, cooperation with the YMCA and their Hi-Y teenage program, and participation in the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth. 

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...

Scope and Contents The Young Adult Committee of the Community Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is an advisory committee responsible to the study and assessment of YWCA of the U.S.A. programs for young adults. Young adult programs are broadly defined as those programs serving women age 18-35. The committee's responsibilities include maintaining a knowledge of issues affecting young adults in the United States, cooperating with other divisions and committees working with young adults, suggesting program...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. young adult weekend and United Nations conferences followed by minutes of young adult council meetings. The United Nations young adult conference is part of United Nations day preparations and focuses on educating attendees on the function, purpose and importance of the United Nations. The conference report includes lists of conference leaders, a schedule of events, session notes, conference excerpts, the declaration of freedom and an introduction to...

Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. young adult program materials, regional council meeting minutes and reports, and a brief history of work with young employed women in the YWCA of the U.S.A. Regional young adult councils meet to discuss and plan regional program and are an intermediary between the National Young Adult Council and local associations with young adult programs. Minutes and reports are grouped by region and arranged chronologically. The National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s "A Brief...

Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. documents concerning its membership, use of name, outreach to industrial employed women, program, purpose and registered associations. Membership study reports examine policy and practice including dues, fee structures and communication. Additional documents concerning membership include policy proposals, discussion guides for use in local associations, handbooks and articles. Registered YWCA's are a way for teens, young adults or other groups to organize a club in a...

Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. residence programs have a history in the beginnings of the movement and as women gain more freedom the YWCA of the U.S.A. residence programs continue to operate and serve women. In 1959 a workshop for residence program staff assesses the residence programs, their role and functions in the YWCA of the U.S.A. and its local associations. The workshop report provides a summary of its sessions. Also included are planning committee minutes and pre-workshop materials to...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the membership basis for the YWCA of the U.S.A., World YWCA and YMCA. The YWCA of the U.S.A. begins with a membership requirement of membership in an evangelical Christian church and eventually includes and adopts a personal statement of religion. Memorandums, pamphlets, reports and meeting minutes include discussion of the role of the organization as a Christian organization and its relationship to the church and discussion on the potential benefits and risks of...

Scope and Contents Following the 1930 national YWCA of the U.S.A. convention, the basis commission is formed to study the alternate personal membership basis in associations other than student. The commission of representatives from across the organization collects data and input from local associations, studies and reports of membership basis practices and shares their results ultimately making presentations to the national convention and recommending that associations be given two years to implement the...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the commissions to study the membership basis of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The first commission studies the adoption of a personal membership basis in the student associations to reflect the membership basis of the World YWCA. Following the adoption of the personal membership basis by the student associations a further commission is recommended at the 1920 Cleveland convention to study an alternate personal membership in local associations. Documents include meeting minutes...

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Documents concerning the practices, policies, administration and procedures for membership in the YWCA of the U.S.A. and its local associations. Included are documents concerning the meaning of participation as a member of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and increasing member participation, membership studies and reports, handbooks and suggestions for membership policy and practices and a historical summary of convention actions concerning membership. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program and purpose of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Program refers to the activities, tools and facilities utilized to carry out the emphases of the organization and meet the needs of its members. Program pamphlets, notes, reports and handbooks assess the total program and the needs of member types, present the results of program studies and provide guidelines for assessing association program. Purpose statements and pamphlets concern the Christian purpose of the YWCA of...

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s relationship with the YMCA including the use of joint buildings and shared spaces and cooperation in health education and recreation. Minutes of meetings of the Council on Work and Relations with the YMCA, joint YMCA-YWCA meetings and Joint Committee meetings concern how the two organizations can cooperate, how their cooperative relationship is benefiting members and areas where the organizations wish to remain separate. 

Scope and Contents National consultative committees are organized to consult on the relationship between YWCA and YMCA programs for high-school girls and boys at the national, state and local levels. In addition to consulting duties the committees may also have responsibility for program planning, dissemination of information, leadership training and coordination of activities. Included are meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, pamphlets and lists of communities and the programs available. In addition,...

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Reports from Mark M. Jones to the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. concerning its organization, services and the national services development plan as well as comments and committee reports in response to the preliminary reports. 

Scope and Contents A series of standards studies is undertaken by the Laboratory Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. to study the structure, administration and relationship of the YWCA of the U.S.A.Preliminary and final reports summarize and assess the data collected and make recommendations to the National Board. Other documents include questionnaires distributed for data collection, articles about the need for the study and the outcomes, study committee meeting minutes and a discussion guide for use by local...

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Reports of studies of the YWCA of the U.S.A. arranged alphabetically by title of report. Studies conducted within the YWCA of the U.S.A. study many aspects of association and national activity including services and programs for different types of members including younger girls, "home women" and employed women, residence programs and staff and committee members. 

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YWCA of the U.S.A. yearbooks and documents concerning services to "young matrons" and home makers. Yearbooks contain directories of board members, associations and foreign secretaries in additions to statistical summaries of the year. Documents relating to services to young matrons include notes and data collected concerning services to young married women and housewives or homemakers. 

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Minutes and reports of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Commission to Study the YWCA as a Christian Movement, an in-depth study of the role of the YWCA of the U.S.A. as a lay Christian organization open to all women and girls and what role Christianity plays in the organization and its associations. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Commission to Study the YWCA as a Christian Movement, an in-depth study of the role of the YWCA of the U.S.A. as a lay Christian organization open to all women and girls and what role Christianity plays in the organization and its associations. Correspondence from commission members and leaders include updates and reports to the commission, updates and reports on commission progress and correspondence to consultants. Minutes and reports of...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports of committees and commissions concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s relationship and cooperation with the YMCA of the USA. While the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA of the USA are in theory parallel organizations they run into areas of overlapping mission in areas of co-educational programs in addition to the YMCA of the USA conducting some programming for women in areas lacking a developed YWCA. Cooperative relationships may also include the shared use of facilities and...