Social group work

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Jersey City and Lakewood, New Jersey. As a charter member of the YWCA of the U.S.A., Jersey City has a long history of serving the women and girls of its community. In addition to its main club, the association maintains the Hudson City Branch and an international institute. The Hudson City Branch serves as a club for African American women and girls. Bylaws and constitutions establish its...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Montclair, New Jersey and the development of associations in Mercer County and Monmouth County. YWCA work in Mercer County operates under the YWCA of Trenton, New Jersey. This relationship and its impact on the county associations is discussed in reports and historical summaries. In Monmouth County, reports and historical notes indicate that the association there becomes inactive despite...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Morris County and Newark, New Jersey and the development of work in Morristown. YWCA of Morris County records follow the association from its affiliation through its eventual disaffiliation in 1952 due to program, leadership and financial difficulties. Visitation reports from Morristown describe the women's programs of the YMCA and attempts to reach an agreement about where the responsibility...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in New Jersey and an inquiry into the possibility of developing work in Ocean Grove. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, association fact sheets, historical summaries, residence surveys, program studies and applications for...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Passaic, New Jersey and its international institute. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, association fact sheets, historical summaries and applications for affiliation. The YWCA of Passaic as a charter member of the YWCA of...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Passaic and Phillipsburg, New Jersey and documents concerning developing work in Perth Amboy. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, studies of the YWCA of Paterson program and its community, documents concerning cooperation...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Plainfield, New Jersey, its branch association and a YWCA building in Pompton Lakes. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, a survey of social agencies in Plainfield, association fact sheets, historical summaries and...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Princeton, New Jersey, its branch association and developing programs in Rahway and Red Bank. Constitutions, bylaws, applications for affiliation and historical summaries document the administrative and operational history of the association. Visitation reports, association correspondence and an association survey provide documentation of the program and activities of the association. In addition,...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and developing programs in Salem County. Constitutions, bylaws, applications for affiliation and historical summaries document the administrative and operational history of the association. Visitation reports, association correspondence and an association survey provide documentation of the program and activities of the association. In addition, the YWCA of Ridgeway's...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Somerset County and Summit, New Jersey, and developing a program in Toms River. In Somerset County a YWCA operating as a registered club votes to disband and become members of the YMCA. Correspondence indicates that there had been some confusion regarding the status of the club and seeks to clarify their status. Visitation reports, administrative records and a historical overview provide...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Trenton, New Jersey, its Montgomery Street branch and its international institute. The YWCA of Trenton Montgomery Street Branch is the YWCA of Trenton's branch for its African American members. The branch has its own building, leaders and programs but is part of the central association. The organizational and administrative history of the branch is illustrated through governing documents,...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Westfield, New Jersey and documents concerning developing work in Vauxhall and Weehawken. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, documents concerning cooperation with the YMCA, association fact sheets and historical notes....

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Albuquerque, New Mexico and correspondence and reports concerning developing work throughout the state. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, association fact sheets, historical summaries and documents concerning the...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in New York. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include constitutions and bylaws, lists of professional and volunteer leadership, association fact sheets, historical summaries and applications for affiliation. For communities interested in developing YWCA work documents include assessments of community...

Scope and Contents Reports, correspondence and administrative records concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. association in Binghamton, New Jersey. Constitutions, bylaws, and historical summaries document the administrative and operational history of the association. Visitation reports, association correspondence and association pamphlets provide insight into the association's programs and activities. Additional materials include a study of community chest organizations in Binghamton, reports of the business,...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the administration, history and industrial work of the YWCA of Buffalo, New York. The association as a charter member of the YWCA of the U.S.A. has a long history of work with women and girls of Buffalo and a strong industrial program. The industrial program works with women in factories, conducts educational programs and advocates for improved working conditions. The industrial women tend to be involved in labor organizing and advocacy and these interest sometimes...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of Buffalo's relationship with the Joint Charities and Community Fund, their leadership rosters and studies. The YWCA of Buffalo has a very active industrial department offering an array of programs that include worker education and labor movement education. These activities sometimes attract accusations of spreading propaganda and communist ideas. Several incidents of criticism from the community eventually lead to a strained relationship with the Joint...

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Visitation reports and miscellaneous documents concerning the YWCA of Brooklyn, New York. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include anniversary program pamphlets and booklets and correspondence with regional and national leadership for consultation. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of Brooklyn, New York's branches. Branches often are created for African American clubs and international institutes in the early YWCA of the U.S.A. and in large metropolitan associations, such as the YWCA of Brooklyn, branches may also serve different neighborhoods or constituent groups. Administrative records, correspondence and reports throughout indicate a desire to centralize administration of the branches that are self governing and move towards a system...

Scope and Contents "Social Work in Greater Cleveland: How public and private agencies are serving human needs" and part of the report "Between the Spires and Stacks." The first report, "Social Work in Greater Cleveland" is a detailed study of the social work agencies of the city and the community needs. "Between the Spires and Stacks" is a study of social work with boys in Cleveland. While this study has a narrow scope, the report indicates that the results are intended to inform an approach to social work...

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Section one, chapter three through the end of the report "Between Spires and Stacks" and the complete report of "The Cleveland Group Work Study." "Between Spires and Stacks" is continued from reel 201, microdex 7 of the YWCA of the U.S.A. records. "The Cleveland Group Work Study" is a study of private social work agencies in Cleveland that was initiated from a need to cut allotments in the Welfare Federation of Cleveland. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. doing work with international interests, peace, religion, and social work. The YWCA of the U.S.A. maintains an awareness of other organizations doing work within their scope and often collaborates with these organizations, attends or contributes to hosted conferences and seminars or shares skills and resources. Correspondence between the organizations may address the nature of the relationship and the types of work that are...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. doing work with similar goals including work with women and youth. The YWCA of the U.S.A. maintains an awareness of other organizations doing work within their scope and often collaborates with these organizations, attends or contributes to hosted conferences and seminars or shares skills and resources. Correspondence between the organizations may address the nature of the relationship and the types of work that are of...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YMCA of the USA North American Assembly on YMCA Work with Youth, YMCA of the USA studies and the role of women and girls in the YMCA of the USA. The North American Assembly on YMCA Work With Youth is a gathering of YMCA of the USA leaders to discuss the youth program, the needs of youth in North America, training needs for leaders working with youth and the social, political and economic conditions affecting youth. Assembly preparatory materials and reports prepare...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s cooperation with social work organizations. Community Chests, organizations that assist in the collaboration between social agencies and donors for the securing and distribution of funds for social work, are a source of support and resources for the YWCA of the U.S.A. Documents include description and discussion of the nature of the relationship with the YWCA of the U.S.A. In addition, reports and pamphlets concern the relationship between the...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the National Conference of Social Work. The conference is a meeting of social work agencies to discuss social problems, methods of social action, possible future needs and the social work needs during World War II. Conference proceedings, bulletins, reports and notes from attendees summarize the conference discussions and presentations. Other documents include descriptions of the nature of the relationship of the YWCA of the U.S.A. to the conference, conference pamphlets...

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Documents concerning the Young Adult Council of the National Social Welfare Assembly, an organization to facilitate the exchange of policy, program, materials and ideas and organize youth conferences, initiate national inter-group projects and facilitate cooperation between groups serving young adults. Minutes and conference reports concern the social problems youth face, ideas and methods for addressing the problems, matters of management and planning and assessment of programming. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the National Social Work Council, an organization that exists to serve social work organizations through the facilitation of the sharing of ideas, planning conferences and facilitating the study of common problems. As World War II approaches and throughout the duration of the war the discussion turns to service to military members and addressing the changing needs of civilians during wartime. After the war these discussions focus on the transition to peacetime and...

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Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s cooperation with the American Red Cross, the California Conference of Social Work and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning social work organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Correspondence with the American Red Cross concerns a first aid training conducted by the American Red Cross for the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. in addition to a pamphlet on the history and work of the Red Cross. Documents concerning community chests and councils include a YWCA of the U.S.A. booklet on the relationship between the local association and its community chest and reports on the role of...