Oklahoma, United States

Scope and Contents Documents concerning weekend area conferences of YWCA of the U.S.A. Business and Professional Women in Northern and Southern Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. Weekend conferences are held between regional conferences to bring together Business and Professional clubs from a state or smaller region and connect on current issues and program. Minutes, reports, and newsletters give an overview of the events and themes of the conferences. Weekend conferences unify Business and Professional clubs,...

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 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 western 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 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 Minutes and reports of YWCA of the U.S.A. committees involved with the organization's work with African American women and girls and issues relating to racism and race relations. Early meetings focus on visitation reports and matters of personnel. By the time the Council on Colored Work of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is formed the focus shifts more to discussions of external trends, social and economic problems faced by the African American community and the YWCA of the...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s work in the state of Oklahoma and letters inquiring into the organization of a new association in Ada, Oklahoma. State visitation reports are summaries of YWCA of the U.S.A. field secretaries' visits to the state to observe and advise local associations. Following the state visitation reports is Southwestern Bell Telephone's report, "Economic Survey of Oklahoma." The report evaluates the physical, economic and industrial outlook for the state in...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the Northern Oklahoma District YWCA. The district YWCA is a federation of associations that are unable to otherwise maintain a separately affiliated association. Notes on the microfilm and in administrative records indicate that the association becomes part of the Tri-State District YWCA in about 1930. Financing the district association is a challenge due to varied support from and sizes of local associations. Correspondence and finance report includes discussion of ways...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the Oklahoma District YWCA, a federation of associations that are otherwise unable to maintain a fully affiliated association. The administrative history of the association and its relationship to the YWCA of the U.S.A. can be traced through its constitutions and bylaws. A brief narrative history of the association provides an overview of its organization and development out of the Oklahoma Rural Project of the YWCA. Visitation reports describe and assess the...

Scope and Contents The YWCA Oklahoma Rural Project was a project to organize a district association across the state of Oklahoma and bring YWCA work to small and rural communities that would be otherwise unable to maintain an affiliated association. The project was born out of rural extension work of the University of Oklahoma that initiated Girl Reserve clubs in rural communities. The history of the project is further discussed in historical overviews throughout the documents. The documents are arranged...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Okmulgee and Sapulpa, Oklahoma and the Tri-State YWCA and a survey of Pittsburg County. The administrative and organizational history of the associations in Okmulgee and Sapulpa can be traced through constitutions and bylaws in addition to association fact sheets and historical notes. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include notes on the...

Scope and Contents Letter concerning the work of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and its associations in Oklahoma followed by documents concerning associations or new work in Altus, Alva, Ardmore, Bartlesville, Blackwell, Clinton, Duncan, Enid, and Lawton. Documents are arranged alphabetically by area with further topical and form designations on the microfilm for Ardmore, Bartlesville, Enid, and Lawton. The administration and development of those four associations is documented in basic standards reports, national...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the program, administration and development of YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Muskogee and Oklahoma City, Ohio as well as the Oklahoma District YWCA. Documents are arranged alphabetically by area with further topical and form designations on the microfilm. The administration and development of the associations is documented in basic standards reports, national certification documents, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports...

Scope and Contents Reports of rural studies conducted with funding from the Ford Fund. Careful studies are made to identify problems in rural associations and communities that may be underserved, identify what makes a successful rural associations and make recommendation for future practices. Reports provide background information, describe the method of study, present data such as population and association statistics, make recommendations for future rural development and discuss the social and economic...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. Southwestern 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 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 planning, proceedings and evaluation of southwestern region meetings of student Christian associations. Joint YWCA-YMCA southwestern regional conferences meet to discuss the role of religion on campus and in their lives, social, economic and political problems and trends in the student Christian movement. Annual regional conferences in Hollister Missouri are open to all students and faculty, white and African American, at schools in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the planning, proceedings and evaluation of southwestern regional meetings of student Christian associations. Joint YWCA-YMCA southwestern region conferences meet to discuss the role of religion on campus and in their lives, social, economic and political problems and trends in the student Christian movement. Early regional conferences are not joint conferences but separate conferences students from the YWCA of the U.S.A. and YMCA. Additionally, separate conferences are...

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Documents concerning the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA including programs and correspondence regarding regional cabinet training conferences, minutes and reports of the advisory and administrative committees, and minutes and reports of the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations. 

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Newsletters from the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations and the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA. 

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Newsletters from the Southwest region of the National Student YWCA. 

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

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Monthly and visitation reports from the Southwest 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 National Student YWCA Southwest region and the Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations. Correspondence and minutes concerning the special project to fund an African American student secretary in the Southwest region follow the fundraising, planning and implementation of the project. Other documents include bylaws, programs, handbooks, lists of leaders, pamphlets and program guides and suggestions. 

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports from the YWCA of the U.S.A. West 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 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...