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Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. residence programs, providing safe and affordable housing to young employed women. Documents include guidelines for managing a residence program and determining need, program reports, reports of housing needs, residence program workshop notes, and reports, directories and blank survey forms for gathering information on residence programs. 

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. World Fellowship Week, a YW-Wives workshop, and the YWCA of the U.S.A. as a national organization. World Fellowship Week is a world initiative that seeks to connect local associations to the World YWCA movement. Workbooks and program handbooks share program ideas and resource in addition to YWCA highlights from around the world. YW-Wives workshop notes evaluate and report on the workshop's proceedings. Additional YWCA of the U.S.A. materials include...

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 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 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...

Scope and Contents YWCA of the U.S.A. documents concerning internal and external cooperation and organizational democracy as well as association directories and handbooks. Cooperation policy and procedure statements and guidelines address the assessment of relationships, relationships between city and rural associations and maintaining a cooperative relationship. YWCA of the U.S.A. handbooks provide a detailed overview of the organization and its principles and practices. Other documents include association...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the practices, policies and procedures for membership in the YWCA of the U.S.A. and its local associations. The status of junior members, members under the age of eighteen, is discussed and studied to define their role in the organization and membership benefits. Reports and letters from local associations concerning their thought on junior membership are arranged alphabetically by city. To unite members in local associations and provide opportunities for collaboration,...

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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. 

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Blank forms for submitting statistical and summary reports and outlines to guide content of descriptive reports to the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. 

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Chronological records of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Commission to Study the YWCA as a Christian Movement documenting the commission from its inception following a leadership consultation on the role of the YWCA of the U.S.A., through implementation and the commission's report. The documents are preceded by an index to the types of materials in the order they appear.