Mississippi, United States

Scope and Contents Correspondence and reports concerning the southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the southern region Girl Reserve conferences for 1945. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1944 eastern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the 1943 southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important to them in their daily lives and personal...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, assessment and proceedings of the 1942 southern region Girl Reserve conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Regional conferences bring together girls from different backgrounds and Girl Reserve clubs across a region to unite under common purpose, discuss matters important...

Scope and Contents Conference materials, post-conference evaluations and reports and pre conference planning materials for the 1939 southern region Girl Reserve Conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Conferences for Girl Reserve secretaries and advisors are a place for sharing methods and ideas, discussing the issues faced...

Scope and Contents Conference materials, post-conference evaluations and reports and pre conference planning materials for the 1938 southern region Girl Reserve Conferences. Girl Reserve, the YWCA club for adolescent girls, is an opportunity for girl to meet and to develop their spiritual, physical and intellectual lives through social activities, camps, leadership training and classes. Conferences for Girl Reserve secretaries and advisors are a place for sharing methods and ideas, discussing the issues faced...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration, and development of the Mississippi District YWCA with further form and topical designations on the microfilm. The administration and development of the association is documented in basic standards reports, constitutions, and bylaws. Also included in this section is a pamphlet celebrating the history of the association on its golden anniversary. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. activities, the development and organization of new associations and the history, administration, program and services of affiliated associations in Mississippi. Prior to developing new associations, the YWCA of the U.S.A. studies the current services for women in an area, the community interest, community need and potential leadership. These factors are considered in visitation reports and correspondence with the community leaders and organizers....

Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports and administrative records concerning the Mississippi District YWCA and the development of new associations in Pascagoula, Starkville, Vicksburg and West Point, Mississippi. The district YWCA is a central organization for YWCA and Girl Reserve work in small communities unable to support an independently affiliated association. Correspondence and governing documents concern the district association's role, their relationship to local associations and the national...

Scope and Contents Excerpt from the report, "Impact of Federal grants in Aid in the State of Mississippi," followed by documents concerning the program and development of associations in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, and Jackson, Mississippi. A short summary of the development of work in Gulfport summarizes initial responses to a request for new work there. Documents from Hattiesburg concern the association's disaffiliation and continued use of the YWCA name and symbol. Finally, documents concerning the...

Scope and Contents Visitation reports concerning the development of the YWCA of Laurel, Mississippi as well as correspondence concerning the approval and submission of their constitution. These are followed by documents concerning the administration, development and program of the Mississippi District YWCA. The administration and development of the association is documented in basic standards reports, national certification documents, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions,...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning National Intercollegiate Christian Council (NICC) summer and spring projects, the relationship between student associations of the YWCA and YMCA and additional documents concerning the NICC. Summer service projects organized by the NICC are intended to give students an opportunity to learn about social, economic and political problems. Additionally, some summer projects offer opportunities for volunteer service. Students participating in the College Summer Service Group...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. South Central Field Committee. Field committees unite local associations under the general purposes and missions of the National YWCA, assist with emerging and established local associations, arrange conferences and camps, and oversee fundraising campaigns. Materials include reports from field secretaries. These narrative reports summarize work with local associations, make recommendations and requests for personnel and finance, report on...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the Southern region of the National Student YWCA., including the Atlanta Intercollegiate Council, student forums, issues of race and inclusion, and leadership meetings. Minutes and report from meetings addressing race and inclusion address the racism and segregation problems of the southern region as they apply to college campuses, the student YWCA and YMCA and include matters such as the interracial practices of conferences and conventions, upholding the national...

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Newsletters of the southern region of the National Student YWCA.

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Monthly and visitation reports for the Southern region of the National Student YWCA. Monthly reports to the National Student Council are submitted using standard forms and collect information concerning meetings attended, campuses visited, materials prepared, regional developments, how the secretary's day were divided and interviews conducted. Visitation reports are narrative reports of a secretary's visit to campus associations. 

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Documents concerning the Southern region of the National Student YWCA including conference minutes and discussion notes, correspondence and reports regarding student associations on African American campuses in Mississippi, summer project programs and pamphlets, program and leadership handbooks and minutes and correspondence regarding the structure and organization of the National and regional student YWCA. 

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Annual reports from the Southern region of the National Student YWCA. 

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...