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Correspondence and reports concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Inglewood and Lancaster, California in addition to youth services reports for Kern County and Lodi, California conducted by the California Youth Authority. These reports assess the recreation, law enforcement, social, health and church agencies and services available to youth and make recommendations for improving service and reach.

Scope and Contents Documents concerning camp programs and administration. The YWCA of the U.S.A. and its local associations managed camp programs to give members opportunities to explore outdoor recreation, develop leadership skills and meet other YWCA members. Historical narratives of the camp program in the YWCA of the U.S.A. provide context to the role of camps in the organization. National support for camps varies and the documents concerning the Consultation on Area Camping and the report of the study of...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Community Division. The Community Division's purpose is to provide direct services to local associations and aid in communication between local associations and the national organization, as well as to other organizations. Materials concern the organization, planning and running of city and metropolitan associations. Guidelines describe the structure of organizations in the city and large metropolitan setting including cooperation with other...

Scope and Contents The Community Division of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is responsible for services to local associations that support their role in the community, facilitate relationships with other associations and the national organization, their administrative functions and their role as part of a global organization. One of these services is the administration of a self review system for local associations. This review system is in the form of the basic standards study that is later replaced by the...

Scope and Contents Community Division handbooks, policies, reports and work tools for local, regional and national staff. The Community Division is responsible for services to local associations that support their role in the community, facilitate relationships with other associations and the national organization, their administrative functions and their role as part of a global organization. These work tools support the Community Division's staff in fulfilling their support to local associations and provide...

Scope and Contents Community Division handbooks, policies and work tools for local, regional and national staff. The Community Division is responsible for services to local associations that support their role in the community, facilitate relationships with other associations and the national organization, their administrative functions and their role as part of a global organization. These work tools support the Community Division's staff in fulfilling their support to local associations and provide guidance...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. seminar on staff development and seminar on the role of administrators in staff development. Seminars include lectures and discussions led by professionals in the field of social work and includes common problems in staff development and personnel management, the role of the administrator in staff development, communication practices, staff relationships and volunteer development. Correspondence, worksheets and application forms prepare the attendee...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. seminar on administration. Through lectures and discussion groups the seminar for experienced administrators helps the YWCA of the U.S.A. administrator work within the "complex association structure" and manage volunteer staff and community relations. Preparatory materials sent to participants include reports and notes from previous lectures and studies of administrative practices including a workshop on the democratic process in YWCA of the U.S.A....

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. staff meetings on supervision in the Southwest and Southeast. The two regional seminars are lead by Walter Kindelsperger and cover topics related to the supervision of staff and volunteers. Discussion sessions use records of supervisory conference to stimulate discussion. These supervisory conference records are transcripts of proceedings of a meeting between a supervisor and staff or other supervisor. Meeting results and reactions are recorded in...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the World Conference of Christian Youth and general materials on conferences in the YWCA of the U.S.A. The World Conference for Christian Youth in Travancore, India is a chance for delegates from Christian Youth organizations to meet and discuss their role in the social, political, spiritual and economic challenges of the world. Documents include correspondence and reports from the American Committee for the Third World Conferences of Christian Youth, conference reports...

Scope and Contents Program, bulletins, and credential blanks for the Fifth National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Daily bulletins update attendees on the program for the day and include a page of notices and announcements. Addresses and talks include updates from foreign secretaries, discussion of World War I and religion, recommendations from the National Board, updates from departments and matters of national organization business and...

Scope and Contents Fourth National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America program, bulletins, and credential blanks. Convention program and schedule outline the speakers, meetings and special events of the convention. Also included are addresses and reports on city, student, rural and foreign work from YWCA of the U.S.A. secretaries from those departments. Daily bulletins update attendees on schedules for the day in addition to conveying notices and making daily...

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Announcement, bulletins, and credential blanks for the Sixth National Convention of the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. The first convention after the 1918 convention was cancelled due to World War I, an introduction from Mabel Cratty explains the significance and the challenges of the delay. Daily bulletins update attendees on the schedule for the day and contain notices and small articles regarding convention events and happenings. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Department of Data and Statistics and local association building dedication programs. The Department of Data and Statistics, later the Bureau of Research, Studies and Program Resources, publishes a yearly pamphlet of community association statistics. These pamphlets compile results from community association questionnaires concerning membership, enrollment and participation. Additional documents concerning data and statistics include correspondence...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. work in other countries. From early in the development of the organization there is an interest in working with women in other countries, to share in the benefits of the Christian women's movement and to assist in working for the enrichment of women's lives around the world. During and after World War II the demands for women in other countries grew with the needs for emergency work and then reconstruction. As it develops over time, the YWCA of the...

Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. Foreign Division's charter, lists of Foreign Division committee members, constitutions and membership basis policies of other countries, and reports concerning cooperation with other countries. Charged with arranging, planning, executing, and administering the budgets, the Foreign Division places women in other countries to assist in training, program implementation and to work cooperatively with emerging and established associations. Materials include committee meeting...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the health programs of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Health education is part of the national program of the YWCA of the U.S.A. who believe that everybody deserves opportunity for health and physical fitness. In 1961 at their national convention, the YWCA of the U.S.A. includes physical fitness as one of their major emphases for the following triennium. Following this they release a physical fitness project enlisting 24 local associations to test a fitness program and report on...

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Materials include job descriptions for YWCA of the U.S.A. health education secretaries and specify the standards of health examinations and health education standards. 

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, and forms concerning YWCA National Board insurance matters conducted with the Horace S. Ely Company. Communication to and from the Horace S. Ely Company includes requests for information, invoices for services, requests for quotes, and notifications of changes to policies. Materials may concern matters of property, building, automobile, leasing of property, or public liability insurance in addition to workmen's compensation, employee liability, and workplace...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning old age pensions, retirement funds, unemployment, and other insurance concerns in the YWCA of the U.S.A. Old age pension materials concern the adoption of Social Security benefits in the YWCA. Minutes and correspondence discuss the application of the Social Security to YWCA employees and discuss adopting alternative retirement benefits for employees not qualifying for Social Security benefits. Retirement plan materials further discuss the adoption of Social Security...

Scope and Contents Minutes, reports and correspondence of the YWCA of the U.S.A. National Board Committee on Membership in the National Associations (M.I.N.A.). In order to become affiliated with the national association local associations must meet a set of basic standards and affiliation requirements and the affiliation, disaffiliation and association standing is administered by the committee. The committee tracks the status of associations, makes recommendations for affiliation and disaffiliation, collects...

Scope and Contents Minutes, reports and correspondence of the YWCA of the U.S.A. National Board Committee on Membership in the National Associations (M.I.N.A.). In order to become affiliated with the national association local associations must meet a set of basic standards and affiliation requirements and the affiliation, disaffiliation and association standing is administered by the committee. The committee tracks the status of associations, makes recommendations for affiliation and disaffiliation, collects...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning National Student Councils of the YMCA and YWCA (NSCY) international summer seminars. NSCY international summer seminars offer students the opportunity to visit several European Countries studying foreign relations and increasing international understanding as they travel. Documents are grouped by year and vary in the type and amount of materials that are included. Each year includes at least one report, from the director or participants, and may also include brochures,...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning National Student Councils of the YMCA and YWCA (NSCY) summer projects. NSCY summer projects combine work experience, discussion sessions and group living to offer student participants a chance to expand job experiences, develop personally and spiritually and meet students from other associations. Summer projects focus on different areas of development and experience including the federal government processes and legislators, community service, social work, employment in...

Scope and Contents Document concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. regional designations, regional planning and regional program. In order to recognize regional differences while maintaining national unity, the YWCA of the U.S.A. establishes regions to better understand the needs of the different parts of the country and inform the national program and program implementation. Regional offices facilitate a closer relationship between local associations and the national organization. Reports, correspondence, notes and...

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Instructions and blank reporting forms for tracking participation statistics at YWCA of the U.S.A. associations followed by collected membership, staff and volunteer statistics. Collected data is compiled into tables and arranged by region then state. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning social work in the YWCA of the U.S.A., its role, functions, methods and relationship to other types of work. Case work materials discuss the relationship of case work to group work in the YWCA of the U.S.A., methods of conducting casework, forms for tracking work and suggestions for methods. In addition to individual and groups work with the problems of the girls in clubs, social work in the YWCA of the U.S.A. takes on larger issues affecting the country including...

Scope and Contents Following an action at the 1934 convention of the YWCA of the U.S.A., the standards study is organized in 1936 to study the relationship between local associations and the National Board, policies for affiliation with the national organization and the standards of an affiliation in good standing with the National Board. Reports compile the results of the studies, make recommendations, describe the context of the reason for the studies and present the method of information gathering. A branch...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning student associations affiliation, disaffiliation and basic standards. As members of the national YWCA of the U.S.A. organization, local student associations must apply for affiliation and meet basic standards of affiliation to maintain membership in good standing. LIsts of affiliated, unaffiliated and disaffiliated associations track the status of student associations across the United States. Also included are statistical summaries and outlines of affiliation standards...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. student associations, activities, program and cooperation with other organizations. Documents include lists and registration cards of affiliated student associations, National Student YWCA seventy-fifth anniversary celebration programs and planning materials, basic standards of affiliation for student associations, committee reports, lists of associations classified by college type and documents concerning cooperation with outside organizations. As...