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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 the development and programs of young women's Christian associations in Yugoslavia and Serbia. While traveling through Europe, Ruth Woodsmall reports on the conditions in Serbia and the potential reception of a YWCA association. Ms. Woodsmall comments on the current relief efforts in Serbia and the people's distrust of foreign relief. Prior to establishing YWCA activities in Yugoslavia or Serbia reports and correspondence assess the current political and social...

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Reports of selected studies conducted by or for the YWCA of the U.S.A. Studies are listed on a card following the title card. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. affiliation and disaffiliation, strategies for responding to attacks on the organization, branches and centers, and buildings. Procedures for affiliation, disaffiliation and change of name are outlined in a handbook along with example forms. Also included are blank certificates and lists of associations. A cross reference card in the microfilm notes that more information on affiliation can be found in the National Board subject file under "committee on...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the administration, function, management and history of the YWCA of the U.S.A. including certification, constitutions and bylaws, methods for addressing controversial issues, cooperation with other organizations, county and district associations, and the history of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The name, function, purpose and organizational structure of the YWCA of the U.S.A. are established in its constitution and bylaws. As the organization grows and adapts to changing needs...

Scope and Contents The Committee to Study National Membership Policy of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is charged with studying the membership practices and policies of the YWCA of the U.S.A., clarifying membership policy and its implications, suggesting practices to strengthen membership and bringing recommendations to convention if necessary. Progress reports, notes and preliminary study results include reactions from members and local associations about current membership requirements and practices, assessments of...

Scope and Contents The YWCA of the U.S.A. Committee to Study National Membership Policy develops a project to study membership practices in local associations in order to assess the variety of membership practices and develop practices to strengthen membership across the organization. Responses from the associations selected for the study outline their membership policies and practices and may also include case examples and discussion of the role of members. The case studies from the project ultimately inform...

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...

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Chronological reports on the relationship between the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA of the USA. Reports compile documents concerning the nature, policies and functions of the relationship over time. Each report begins with an index to its contents. 

Scope and Contents Report of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Dodson study, "The Role of the YWCA in the Changing Era." In response to changing programs in the YMCA of the USA and changes in American life, the YWCA of the U.S.A. undertakes a study of their relationship with the YMCA of the USA. The National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. hires Dan W. Dodson to conduct the study and Dodson's report presents his findings and recommendations that ultimately affirms the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s value as an autonomous women's...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning relationships between the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA of the USA. The YWCA of the U.S.A. and the YMCA of the USA have had cooperative relationships at the local and national level sharing resources, buildings and program ideas. These relationships can be formal or informal and vary between associations and programs. The YWCA of the U.S.A. pays close attention to the nature of their relationship with the YMCA of the USA through the collection of statistics, conducting...

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 YWCA of the U.S.A. studies followed by documents concerning World Fellowship Week and YW-Wives. The YWCA of the U.S.A. conducts studies to maintain an awareness of the needs of its member groups and evaluate the success of programs and services. Studies inform future program development, staff and personnel decisions and national policy and procedure. In addition, local associations are encouraged to conduct their own studies to inform local decisions. Local studies are compiled in a lists...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the administration, affiliation and disaffiliation, central registration and committee work of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Handbooks describe the policies and procedures for organization planning, staff supervision, governance and other administrative functions. The function and organization of committees in the YWCA of the U.S.A. is detailed in a handbook followed by manuals for selected committees. As an organization comprised of many associations, one of the administrative...

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Reports of two studies of the fund-raising practices and capabilities of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. conducted by the John Price Jones Corporation. 

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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. 

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Raymond B. Fosdick and Mark M. Jones' report of their study of the organization of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. in response to the changing social and economic conditions faced by the organization. 

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Report of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Standards Study, a study of the structure, administration and relationships of the YWCA of the U.S.A. 

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.