YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. Record Group 7. Student Work
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Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
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Historical Note Predecessor Organizations The first student Young Women's Christian Association in the United States was founded in 1873 at Normal University, Normal, Illinois. "Goaded" into action by the growing Young Men's Christian Association movement on college campuses, the Normal University example was soon followed on a number of mid-western campuses. Some YMCAs at coeducational schools initially included women among their membership, but, by about 1881, the YMCA helped the women to form separate women's associations so that they could concentrate their efforts on young women-whose needs were outside of the mission of the YMCA. As the movement grew, the YMCA's first collegiate secretary, Luther Wishard, worked in conjunction with the International Board of Women's Christian Associations to organize and develop Student YWCAs on campuses all over the country. Speaker at Student YWCA, unidentifed, undated Like the work of Women's Christian Associations among working women in cities, Student Associations focused on young women away from the "steadying influences" of home. Yet, in contrast to WCAs in cities, Student Association program tended to be deeply and evangelically religious-especially in those Associations with close ties to the YMCA. In addition to Bible study, "united prayer," and "Christian conversation," the Student Associations aimed to translate the religious zeal of the campus and student summer conferences into commitment to a life of service either at home or abroad. The mission was "to lead students to faith in God through Jesus Christ, to lead them into membership and service to the Christian Church," to provide "character education" in order to counteract the permissive atmosphere of the campus, and to "influence them to devote themselves to making the will of Christ effective in human society, and to extending the Kingdom of God throughout the world." In a day when colleges and universities had little or no administrative staff responsible for student affairs, few student clubs, and no student government, student Christian Associations (including Student YWCAs) provided such services, activities, and experiences to the student body. Student Associations differed from City Associations in that they tended to be smaller in size, their membership changed completely every four years, they usually made use of space provided by the institution, and they rarely had paid staff, relying instead on volunteer advisors from the college's faculty or administration. In the 1880s, the existing national organization of Women's Christian Associations, the International Board, was a loose confederation of independent City Associations with no permanent staff or headquarters. The students were convinced that their associations needed the resources and continuity of an ongoing national organization with paid staff. In 1886, at a summer conference at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the women students decided to form their own organization, the National Association of Young Women's Christian Associations. This organization eventually became known as the American Committee. The Student YWCAs always worked in collaboration with other student Christian organizations. In addition to continued ties with the YMCA and a variety of denominational student organizations, they were part of the trio of organizations (YMCA, YWCA, and Inter-Seminary Missionary Alliance) that formed in 1888 the Executive Committee of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, an organization seeking "the evangelization of the world in this generation." In 1895, they were founding members of the World Student Christian Federation, the student branch of the world ecumenical movement. Before long, alumnae of Student YWCAs began to found City YWCAs to serve their home communities. Rather than affiliating with the International Board, these Associations became members of the umbrella organization founded by the students, the American Committee. The American Committee saw itself as focused exclusively on the needs of young women--as opposed to the International Board, which served women of all ages. In addition, there were two ways that Associations belonging to the American Committee differed from those in the International Board: all members were required to be members of Protestant evangelical churches, and they were committed to supporting missionary work abroad. Before long, the International Board of Women's Christian Associations, came to see the American Committee as in competition for its constituency and funding. Though it did not include the word "young" in its name until 1893 when it became the International Board of Women's and Young Women's Christian Associations, there were many YWCAs among the International Board's membership. Various attempts at merger were made, but it was not until 1906 that an agreement could be reached and the two organizations came together to form the Young Women's Christian Associations of the United States of America. YWCA of the USA When the two predecessor organizations merged, the new YWCA of the U.S.A. consisted of about 600 student associations with roughly 40,000 active members and 223 city and town associations with approximately 110,000 members. The work of the new national association was divided between the "Home" and "Foreign" fields. Its purpose was to conduct studies to identify needs of the Association's constituency, develop effective methods for meeting those needs, and set standards across the Association for work among that constituency. In the "Home" field, committees were formed to oversee the work of various types of Associations: City, Town and Country, and Student. Up until World War I, the Student work included any young woman in school, secondary as well as college. As the national staff grew, Student Secretaries were given responsibility for specific types of schools: church schools, professional schools, secondary schools, boarding schools, "colored" schools, Indian schools, state universities, and colleges. The first African-American members of the national staff, worked for the Student Committee beginning in 1907, visiting the existing "colored" student associations and helping to establish and develop new ones. The formation of the new national organization meant that the relatively conservative Student Associations in the American Committee came into contact with the more progressive membership of the International Board and its emphasis on Christianity expressed through social action. Students were inevitably changed by the college experience and YWCA staff noted their difficulties passively accepting religion as it had been presented to them in their early life. To counteract the students' tendency to simply abandon religion, the Student Department developed techniques such as "round table discussions" for encouraging "honest questioning;" a Bible study curriculum and religious education at conferences that introduced more radical theology; and students were encouraged to undertake social service projects, "the most effective instrument in developing the consciousness outside oneself." (Student Committee Biennial Report, 1913-14.) The Student Department also produced publications for Bible study, such as the "voluntary study course" for use at the college level, and the Inch Library and Girl's Year Book for teenagers. Regular regional and national YWCA meetings as well as the Student Associations' continued ties with other national and international student Christian organizations meant a continuous widening of experiences for the students. The National Association saw the Student Department as a primary source of personnel for the growing national movement. It made an active attempt to "relate" student association graduates to some form of community service whether it was ultimately with the YWCA (as professional or volunteer staff) or with some other organization. Student Associations did not generally have an established board or fundraising capability but the National Association invested disproportionately in staff to foster Student Associations because so many of its leaders came out of the student movement. The Council of North American Student Movements (consisting of the student YMCA and YWCA of the U.S. and Canada, and the Student Volunteer Movement) was formed in 1912 under the chairmanship of John R. Mott of the World Student Christian Federation and the YMCA, to create a "national attack" of the "un-Christian elements in our so called 'Christian Civilization'." ("The Students of North America and Social Action," Association Monthly, Jun 1914) From the beginnings of the student YWCA movement, Student Associations tried to "fire" undergraduates to action. Their zeal perhaps accounts for their tendency to push the Association as a whole toward more radical social change positions, particularly with regard to race relations, and economic conditions. A May 1914 national Negro Student Convention, called by Christian student leader John R. Mott brought what was identified by Method Department Executive Louise Holmquist as a "new light" to the work of the YWCA. Up to that point, the social gospel promoted by the Federal Council of Churches had been defined primarily in terms of capital versus labor and efforts to bring justice to the working class. Convention speakers linked the social gospel to race issues and argued that it was the duty of Christian organizations to help bring justice to African-Americans. In her quarterly report to the Student Committee of September 1914, Colored Student Secretary Josephine Pinyon expressed her response to the Convention this way: "Now there is something that will make people realize that the colored work is . . . an integral and by no means negligible part of the responsibility assumed when the National Board was organized." This conference was followed in 1915 by the YWCA's first national Conference on Colored Work in Louisville, Kentucky, where it was acknowledged that "leadership for the race must come from the student ranks." (Student Committee Annual Report, 1915) If the YWCA was going to contribute substantially to race relations, it must work hard to recruit and train leaders especially among its Black student membership. Though it had been the student movement, through the American Committee, that had insisted on the more conservative evangelical basis of membership when the YWCA of the USA was formed in 1906, the students were the first to request a loosening of that policy, through the World Student Christian Federation in 1913. They proposed an alternative "personal" basis, meaning a personal commitment to the purpose of the YWCA rather than membership in a Protestant evangelical church. The first national student conference, in January of 1915, was called primarily for discussion of this change prior to its presentation to the full National Convention in May of that year. At Convention a Commission was appointed, the matter was considered and re-considered, and, at the 1920 Convention, the Constitution was amended to allow Student Association members this alternative basis of membership. The academic calendar had always provided the YWCA and other Christian organizations with the opportunity to bring students together on a regional or national level during the summer months. Summer Conferences were highly popular from the very beginning of the movement and provided invaluable opportunities for all kinds of training, for inciting to action, and for taking the pulse of the students. The National Association also took advantage of the students' summer recess by developing programs for students in its core program areas, such as leadership training, international relations, economic conditions, citizenship, race relations, etc. In the early years, these included the Eight Week Club Program under which college women from parts of the country (particularly rural areas) where there was no YWCA could use their time at home over the summer to foster interest in the YWCA and its goals by initiating club activities for high school girls. When the U.S. joined World War I, the Student Movement (YM, YW and SVM) raised more than a million dollars for the Student Friendship Fund for work among prisoners of war, and to support the war needs of the World's Student Christian Federation, and the War Work Councils of the YWCA and YMCA. The general feeling after World War I, was that the National Association should work to encourage self-governance by various of its 'constituent groups' particularly those (such as the students and the industrial women) who had made outstanding contributions to the war work. The students' war experience had primed them for greater participation in the Association and for self-governance. In December 1919, the National Board Executive Committee approved a plan drawn up by the Committee on Student Administration and Student Initiative that established the National Student Assembly as the governing body of the students. This gave students the right to direct their own program and policies with the proviso that any matters affecting the entire Association required action of the full Convention. Time that had been set aside during the 1920 Convention for a student "sectional" meeting became the first meeting of the Assembly. [Though none of the 1920 Convention materials make note of it as the first National Student Assembly, a similar report in the 1922 Convention proceedings is titled Second National Student Assembly.] The Assembly's work was administered by the National Student Council, made up of students and faculty elected at summer conferences. Because it was difficult for full time students to meet regularly to work on plans and schedules, the Council's Executive Committee was given an unusual amount of decision-making authority. The Student Assembly was soon followed by the establishment of other self-governing Assemblies: Industrial in 1922 and Business and Professional in 1924. The War experience also brought to the students a "new sense of kinship with the rest of the human family," and a "new sense of social responsibility" (Report of the Findings Committee of the 1919 National Student Conference in Evanston, Illinois). They saw the church as a medium for promoting Christian democracy and sought conscious alignment with the "constructive elements" of the labor movement. As part of the post war recovery, the YWCA of the USA instituted a national program of interracial education with the hope of influencing public opinion through "earnest study" of race issues in terms of Christian doctrine. The students' participation in this effort was especially enthusiastic, particularly in the south and southwest regions where YWCAs existed in 3 out of every 4 colleges. As would often be the case, the students efforts pushed ahead of the National Association and far beyond public opinion. Some came to see these activities, such as holding interracial conferences in the south, as "jeopardizing the Association as a whole." In addition to challenging the status quo on race, the women were using religion not only as the basis of that challenge, but as a means to step into the public sphere in order to issue that challenge. In time, these efforts in the southern and southwest regions came to monopolize a budget and staff that was shrinking as a result of the 1930s economic crisis causing some resentment in other regions. In addition to interracial education, the National Association facilitated student programming in leadership training, "social morality" (with an emphasis on sex education as well as ethical concerns for the roaring '20s), and economic conditions. Religious education was facilitated "by the presentation of Christianity in terms of life" (Student Department Annual Report, 1921-22) and Student-Industrial Clubs were formed to bring together college students and working women for joint study and Christian fellowship. National Summer Programs in the 1920s and 1930s focused on economic conditions with students learning about industry, agriculture, and rural communities. With the approaching war in Europe, the participation of some students in peace activities caused more controversy. From its beginnings, the Student YWCAs had strong element of cooperation with other organizations. Some affiliations, such as the World Youth Congress, were used as "evidence" of the YWCA's communist leanings in the red-baiting 1950s. Student ties were especially close to the YMCA in parts of country where most colleges and universities were coeducational. In some periods, the Student YWCAs exhibited stronger affiliation with the concerns of college students than they did with more general women's concerns. An era of greater cooperation with the YM began with the founding of the National Intercollegiate Christian Council (first known as the National Intercollegiate Student Council) in 1935. NICC held national assemblies, produced program materials and other publications, and ran a variety of summer programs. For "a number of years" the National Student Assembly of the YWCA met at the NICC Assembly, rather than at the YWCA National Convention. During World War II students participated in most of the YWCA's various war efforts, including programs for students at Japanese Relocation Centers, fundraising for foreign relief and reconstruction, and working in U.S.O. centers located near college campuses. In response to the severe financial challenges caused by the Great Depression, in the late 1930s the YWCA undertook an extensive Program Planning Study with the aim of a more centralized planning of the work of the national Association. The advent of World War II slowed and, to a certain extent, altered this process because it was deemed "unseemly" to be engaged in "too introspective" a process while the world was at war. The end result was a set of recommendations about which subjects should remain in the YWCA program and how much staff would be needed to "carry the subject." The YWCA emerged from World War II with a less ambitious array of programs and the requirement that funding be in hand before new programs were undertaken. The post-World War II era also brought major changes to colleges and universities where there was a dramatic increase in enrollment and related building boom. Larger student bodies came to be served by an increasing "student affairs" infrastructure within the college administration. In addition, a proliferation of student clubs and organizations of all kinds meant that many who traditionally would have joined Christian organizations had a variety of other options. Under these circumstances, YWCAs found it harder to reach a sizeable portion of the student body and the Association's presence in college life was substantially diminished. Just as City Associations had to adjust their program due to rapid suburbanization, the Student Department had to adjust to the growth in junior and community colleges with their non-resident student community. In the conservative 1950s when "narrow loyalties [were] left unchallenged," the Student YWCA attempted to be a place on campuses "where faith and doubt are both at home." "Because we are not a church, we can insist on an all open, free full search with all alternatives getting a hearing . . . but with room for a variety of affirmations and for expression of deep commitment" (February 1957 presentation to the National Board). 1950s Summer Projects included international exchanges, citizenship seminars in Washington DC, and at the UN, and urban service projects in various cities. In 1951 the NICC changed its name to National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA (NSCY). The Student YWCA tended toward more collaborative work with the YMCA in the 1950s, but by the early 1960s, they were doing more work targeted at women. Student Summer Programs, some run in conjunction with the Student YMCA, continued in the 1960s and 1970s with foundation and other outside funding. In addition to international exchanges, urban service projects, leadership training, and citizenship seminars in Washington D.C., there were also a number of regional summer programs such as the Middle Atlantic's program to combat Appalachian poverty, a migrant worker program in the Pacific Northwest, and a host of "human relations," school desegregation, and voter registration projects in the South. The Students continued to be active on public affairs issues, participating in the civil rights movement and later advocating for racial justice; and demonstrating against the Vietnam war and the draft. Responsible for many of the more radical resolutions submitted to Convention, they worked to educate the National Association on issues related to the environment, women's liberation, and the Equal Rights Amendment. Though the Student Assembly had the constitutional right to set policy and decide program for the Student Movement, the challenges of maintaining a full-time student schedule while also participating in the National Association in a meaningful way, meant that in reality the staff and volunteers did much of the work and the student members simply approved their plans. In the late 1960s, students became restless under this system and agitated for greater control over their movement. Following the 1970 "One Imperative" Convention, the Student YWCA amended its bylaws to institute a more pluralistic governing body by requiring that the Council include members from the each of the five ethnic caucuses, four geographic regions, students, non-students, and staff. The name of the Council was briefly changed to National Student Steering Committee. The nation-wide economic crisis of the 1970s caused a reduction in university funding to campus organizations and in student activity fees. Because Student YWCAs did not collect membership fees, this meant that their primary means of financial support was greatly reduced or entirely eliminated. The same financial woes triggered a drastic reduction in the YWCA's national staff. What had been a student staff of 59 (to serve 414 Associations) in 1950, was reduced to 3.25 (for 59 Associations) by 1975. Coming at a time when student interest in "joining" was at a low ebb, the reductions were particularly devastating to the student movement. This trend was not unique to the YWCA. The YM experienced a similar decline in student membership and decided to close its Student Department in 1970. One strategy for increasing the involvement of younger women in the YWCA was the formation of Young Women Committed to Action at a national Young Adult Conference in November 1969. This group brought together three groups (Students, Teens, and Young Adults) served by different departments and committees of the National Association. Though the press coverage and actions that came out of their initial meetings caused quite a stir, the group was disbanded after ten years due primarily to lack of participation. Various studies, plans, and reports produced between the mid-1970s and early-1990s reiterated the combination of external and internal factors that contributed to the drastic decline in Student YWCAs. In addition to general postwar trends, by the later 1970s, the YWCA was suffering from students' general lack of interest in fostering or maintaining organizations and more and more students were troubled by the 'C' in YWCA. Because of its diminished profile, the YWCA was not perceived as an activist or feminist organization and it became ever more difficult to find skilled advisers. Primary YWCA issues related to the empowerment of women and racial justice were integrated into campus life through women's and multicultural centers and the institutionalization of women and minority/ethnic studies within the academy. And continued budget cuts at the national level meant the popular summer program opportunities were abandoned. Lacking the staff and funding to found new Student Associations, in 1987 the Committee on Membership in the National Association (MINA) approved a plan to help establish a YWCA presence on campuses where none existed through the Registered Student Group plan. Registered Student Groups would function in cooperation with established (and often staffed) campus women's centers or organizations and offer a means for "relating in a structured manner" to the national student YWCA. RSG members could be elected to the National Student Council and attend regional and national meetings and events. A handful of such groups existed at least until 1998. While all of the studies acknowledged the "historically invaluable contribution" and disproportionate impact of the Student YWCA on the movement as a whole, the National Association, which continued to experience severe budget restrictions, did not have the resources to address the particular problems of Student YWCAs, but also did not take action to eliminate the program. As of the 2001 Convention, 12 Student YWCAs were affiliated with the YWCA of the USA. Administrative History1906-23Student Committee of the Home Departmentt, later Method Dept./Research and Method1923-24 Student Department of the Field Division1940-53Student Division1953-71College and University Division 1972-75Youth Constituencies Unit (includes Teens, Students, Young Adult)1975-92Services to Student Associations (SSA), sometimes listed under Field Services 1992-Member Association Services (MAS) Office, Student
The YWCA of the U.S.A. donated a portion of its records to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1964 and the remainder in 2002 and 2003.
Scope and Content Note Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. NOTE: For the most part, the Microfilmed Records and the Original Format Records do not duplicate each other and both should be consulted. This description covers materials in both formats. See the Contents List for a folder-level inventory of the Original Format Records. See the Microfilmed Records Reel Lists for a detailed inventory of the microfilm. The Student Materials consist of minutes; newsletters and other publications; reports; subject and reference files; mailings; a small amount of correspondence; work plans; conference and training materials; and files on individual Student Associations. The Student YWCA was a unique 'constituent group' within the National Association, operating as its own organizational unit through most of the history of the organization. The various functions that were divided among multiple departments in service of the Community Associations were all carried out by the Student staff on behalf of Student Associations. The records, therefore, are somewhat like an association within the National Association. As is the case generally with the National Association records, the bulk of the Student materials date from 1906 to 1970, the interval covered by the microfilmed Central File and Minutes and Reports. Little has survived for the period between 1970 and 1988. There are some 1988 to 2001 records, but because the Student movement was greatly reduced in size by that time, it is a modest amount. The materials are rich with detail about the Students' part in most of the YWCA's traditional areas of concern. Minutes and reports, publications, and Council and Region records contain key materials for understanding the interracial work of the YWCA since staff with responsibility for "colored" and American Indian work were first hired by the Student Committee to work in "colored" and Indian schools. The students' enthusiastic efforts in "Interracial Education" after World War I and later involvement in Civil Rights Movement are also well documented. Files on Programs and Projects, as well as "Cooperation" chronicle the students' participation in the YWCA's continued efforts to be a socio-economically diverse organization, through clubs and summer programs designed to help them learn about the lives, issues, and concerns of young employed women who did not go to college. Health education, and particularly sex education was a central concern of the Student YWCA from the beginning of the movement. Minutes and reports, in particular, document this aspect of the program from the organized "positive health" campaign after World War I through the "Sex-Ins"-- information sessions on women's sexuality--on college campuses in the late 1960s. As with the records of other "constituent groups" the National Association's leadership training efforts are also well documented. Materials on effective group work and administrative practice can be found in the Assembly, Conference, Council, and Training files, and in Publications. Student Committee and Staff minutes and reports are some of the best sources of information about the YWCA's program of religious education. Concern over college students' tendency to abandon religion led the National Association to pay particular attention to the content of and methods for engaging college students in deeper thinking about religion. Some of the staff members most closely associated with the YW's religious program worked for the Student Department and Student secretaries taught religion courses in the Training School. Since the students were responsible for proposing many of the more radical Convention resolutions and additions to the Public Affairs Program, the materials record not only the formation of these resolutions, but also vigorous advocacy on their behalf. Advocacy activities are documented in the Conference and Council materials as well as in publications, especially newsletters put out by the National Student Council. In addition, the materials provide evidence of the students' impatience with the pace of change in the National Association, particularly from the 1960s on, as the "generation gap" became more acute. The Organization files are a good source of information about national and international student Christian organizations and their activities from the intense activity of the early years through their general decline as the twentieth century wore on. Documentation about YMCA-YWCA joint activities is particularly strong. Prior to the establishment of the Services to Student Associations office in 1975, the Student Division does not seem to have maintained files on individual Associations. Reports written by regional staff (in the Region section) are the best source of earlier information on individual Student Associations. Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only [see Microfilmed Records Reel List] Materials under 'Student' include extensive Conference, Council and Region records as well as files on the National Intercollegiate Christian Council/National Student Council of the YM and YW, Training, Projects, World Student Christian Federation, Young Men's Christian Association, and miscellaneous subjects. The materials are arranged alphabetically. Microfilmed records also include information about requirements for membership of Student Associations in the National; Student Assembly materials in Convention files; records of Student-Rural Projects; and information about the students' public advocacy under 'Public Affairs.' Most of the Student materials were discarded after microfilming, so it is crucial to consult the microfilm. They can be found in: Minutes and Reports Student CommitteeBasic Standards Committee [for Student Associations]Standards Study CommitteeSubject Files StudentConvention, Student AssemblyRural, Ford Studies, Student-RuralPublic Affairs [various Student programs and activities] Original Format Records, 1906-2000, 34 linear feet [see Original Format Records folder list] Most of the Student records were discarded after microfilming, so it is crucial to consult the microfilm. The bulk of the surviving paper records are dated from the 1920s through the 1960s. While these generally duplicate materials on the microfilm, they include some office "working files" that were transferred to the YWCA Archives after the Central File had been filmed and some of these materials, dating from the 1960s, are probably not on the film. The paper records contain student publications that were not included in the microfilm, particularly joint YM-YW publications, such as the serial The Intercollegian. 1970-2000 (post-microfilm) materials include what appear to be the major reports on and studies of the Student work, as well as records of attempts to revitalize the Student movement through the revival of dormant Associations, establishment of new ones, or establishment of Registered Student Groups. There are also a few records about the Alumnae Skills Network, an effort to foster Student YWCA graduates' continued involvement in the YWCA through donations or volunteer work. There are also files on individual Student Associations dating primarily from the mid-1970s to 2000. These include basic organizational documents such as constitutions, accreditation and other reports, records of staff visits, correspondence, and some information about program. See also Related Materials.
The records are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions. Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.
The YWCA of the USA retains copyright ownership of the records, but has authorized the Sophia Smith Collection to grant permission to publish reproductions or quotations from the records on its behalf. Copyright to materials authored by persons other than YWCA staff may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use."
Additional Formats A copy of the microfilmed records of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records is available to borrow from the William Allan Neilson Library at Smith College via Interlibrary Loan. To request the microfilm from our library you will need to submit the following information to your library's Interlibrary Loan department: Author: Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. National BoardTitle: Records, 1876-1970 [microform]WorldCat Accession Number: OCLC 57415795Notes: "Call # 689" and reel number(s) you want to borrow Full descriptions and reel lists of the microfilm are available online.
This Record group forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records In other Record Groups RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD contains records of the primarily student American Committee. In addition, the Student YWCA is a frequent subject in National Board minutes and reports. Activities of the Student YWCA and its staff are frequently reported in the YWCA's main serial, The AssociationMonthly/Womans Press/YWCA Magazine in SERIES VI. PUBLICATIONS of RECORD GROUP 6 PROGRAM. The Student YWCA was under the direction of the Home Department/Research and Method Department prior to the establishment of the National Student Council in 1920. Records are in RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM. Convention records in RECORD GROUP 4. NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONVENTIONS contain regular reports on the Student work, on Student Assemblies at Convention, and records of Resolutions initiated by the Student YWCA. Materials related to Membership, and the Student YWCA's push to change the "basis" of individual membership in the YWCA are in SERIES III. MEMBERSHIP OF INDIVIDUALS in RECORD GROUP 1. GENERAL AND HISTORY. RECORD GROUP 10. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS includes audio and videotapes of a few Student Conferences and Assemblies from the mid 1980s. Elsewhere in the Sophia Smith Collection and Smith College Archives Southern Women, the Student YWCA, and Race (1920-1944) Collection The Smith College Archives houses records of the Smith College Association for Christian Work, a college Christian association affiliated with the YWCA
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SERIES I. GENERAL AND HISTORY
This series consists of general historical materials such as timelines and pamphlets about the Student program; records of inter-departmental cooperative projects (Student-Industrial, Student-Rural); some general information on student interracial work including the 'Self-Audit on Total Integration in Student YWCAs and SCAs' (1966); a few financial records; and papers and dissertations about the Student YWCA. The materials is arranged alphabetically by subject.
SERIES II. COMMITTEES
This series consists of minutes and a small amount of other material related to various Committees, Commissions, 'Issue Networks,' and 'Task Groups' made up of members of the National Student Council, the student staff, and the National Board. It is arranged alphabetically.
SERIES III. DEPARTMENT/DIVISION
Material in this series relates to the work of the national and regional student staff. Included are policies, a small amount of correspondence, some reference materials, staff meeting minutes and reports, job descriptions, and work plans. Materials are arranged alphabetically.
SERIES IV. CONFERENCES
This series contains a small amount of surviving material about some national and regional student conferences. Of note are typed proceedings for the 1926-27 Council of Christian Associations Conference and fairly substantial materials from Geneva (mid-west) Region conferences in the 1960s.
SERIES V. COUNCIL
Surviving paper records for National Council consist mainly of workbooks, minutes, correspondence, and notes from Council meetings, 1960-72. Regional Council materials dated prior to World War I tend to be minutes and reports, post-War materials include mailings, local arrangements, training materials, and correspondence. The Geneva (mid-west) and Pacific Northwest Regions are especially well-documented from the 1930s through the 1960s. There are significant materials from the Rocky Mountain Region from the 1950s and 1960s.
SERIES VI. NATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Included are minutes and reports, and planning, study and training materials for the YWCA's National Student Assembly. Earlier materials, 1922-40, consist primarily of minutes and reports.
SERIES VII. ORGANIZATIONS
This series consists of two Subseries: General, consisting of records of the National Student Council's participation in various national and international student and Christian organizations; and YMCA and YWCA, consisting of records of the organizations whose membership was primarily (though not always exclusively) the Student YMCA and YWCA. These include the Council of Christian Associations (CCA, 1921-30); the National Intercollegiate Christian Council (NICC, 1935-50), and the National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA (NSCY, 1951-70). Materials include publications, committee/commission records, training materials, joint YM-YW Student staff meetings and conference materials.
SERIES VIII. PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, mailings, proposals, and reports from a variety of Student Summer Projects and other training programs. The materials are arranged alphabetically. Joint YMCA-YWCA Programs and Projects are filed in SERIES VII.
SERIES IX. PUBLICATIONS
This series consists of YWCA publications by, for, or about students. Included are general pamphlets, administrative handbooks, religious education materials, newsletters, and program materials. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Publications put out jointly by the YM and the YW are filed under NICC/NSCY in SERIES VII.
SERIES X. REPORTS
This series contains general reports on the Student Program; annual reports of the Student Committee Chair and Department Executive; and periodic/quarterly reports by Student Secretaries/Staff. The bulk of the material is Secretary reports dated between 1908 and 1926. As elsewhere in the National Association records, the Secretary reports are a goldmine of information.
SERIES XI. STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS AND REGISTERED STUDENT GROUPS
General materials filed at the beginning of the series include lists of Student Associations and Registered Student Groups, general information about accreditation standards, and copies of report forms. These are followed by files on individual Student Associations which contain legal documents such as constitutions, accreditation and other reports, correspondence, reports of staff visits, and program materials. The bulk of the materials are dated 1975 and later. They are arranged alphabetically by state, then by institution.
This is the Contents List for the Original Format Records only. The reel lists for the Microfilmed Records are in a separate file. See Scope and Content note for more description.
Miscellaneous, 1913-2000, n.d.
Brochures and pamphlets, general
By-laws, 1934-98
Charts, circa 1960-65
Cooperation
Student-City, 1926-29
Student-Community, 1926-68
Student-Industrial
General, 1926-59, n.d.
Conferences, 1921-31
Summer Study/Student-in-Industry Programs, 1920-50
Student-Girl Reserve/Teen, 1922, n.d.
Student-Rural, 1915
Financial
General, 1912-66, 1999
Alumnae Skills Network/Student Leadership Development Fund, 1982-95
College and University YWCA Board Finance Packet, 1963
Rocky Mountain Region, 1950-70, n.d.
Interracial
General, 1922-74, n.d.
Self-Audit on Total Integration in Student YWCAs and SCAs, 1966
Correspondence, 1966-67
Compilation notes
Miscellaneous notes and reference materials
Report, Dec 1966
Responses by state
A-C
D-W
Junior Colleges, 1923-38, 1966
Papers and dissertations
"The Constitutional Relationship of the Student YWCAs to the YWCAs of the USA," 1940
"The Future of YWCA Work with Students" position paper by Sara Kavich, 1978
'"On the Edge of Tomorrow": Southern Women, the Student YWCA, and Race, 1920-44' by Frances Sanders Taylor, dissertation, Stanford University, 1984
"The Student YWCA: Issues and Affirmations" by Margaret E. Norton, 1967
Studies
Study of National Student Council: outline and raw materials, 1936-40, n.d.
National Student Survey (aka Student Study), 1994
General, 1992-94
Student Study Committee, 1993-94
Background papers, 1978, 1983
Survey instruments
Notes on phone interviews and focus groups
Responses
Reports
Training
General, 1957-77, 1988, n.d.
Reference materials, 1955-64, n.d.
Cluster Meetings, 1984
Faculty Advisors Workshops, 1962
Leadership, 1956-60, n.d.
Management Workshop for Leadership in Student Associations, Nov 1981
Program Planning, 1956-65, n.d.
Strategic Planning Student Leadership Summits, 1997
"The System and Change" by Sally J. Timmel, 1970
YMCA-YWCA Relationships, 1945-66, n.d.
Student Committee: minutes
Student Department, 1922-23
Executive Committee of the National Student Department, 1922-24
[Full] Executive Committee of the National Student Council, 1924-47
National Student Council [Resident] Executive Committee, 1924-28
Resident/Headquarters Committee, 1928-46
Administrative Committee of the National Student YWCA: minutes
National Student Steering Committee
Rosters, 1977-83
Minutes and reports, 1979-85
Executive Committee, College and University Division: minutes, 1959-68
National Student Committee: minutes, 1968-71
[National Board] Student Affairs Committee, 1978-87
Ad-hoc Committee to Look at the National Student Movement, 1996
Ad-Interim Committee, 1932-33
Black Affairs Committee, 1968-76, n.d.
Budget Committee, 1929-31
Business Committee of the National Student Council, 1923-24, 1926-28
Business Committee of the Student Dept/Division: minutes, 1923-24
Friendly Relations with Foreign/International Students, 1924-33
Interracial/Interracial Education Committee, 1933-47
Issue Networks
General, 1967-70
Drug Abuse, 1971
Economic Power, 1963-71
Higher Education, 1969-70
Women's Liberation, 1969
New Directions in the Student YWCA Commission: report, 1968
Personnel Committee: minutes, 1929-32
Personnel and Finance Committee, 1957-58
Personnel and Budget Committee, 1931-32
Personnel Committee for Local Staff
General and reports, 1940-50
Minutes, 1945-60
Personnel Committee for National Staff, 1965-68
Personnel and Training Committee: minutes, 1961-68
Task Groups
Christian Social Responsibility in the Field of Integration, 1956
Financing the Christian Association, 1956
Keeping Records and Making Reports, 1956
on Native American Fund
General, 1970-72, n.d.
Reference materials, 1968-71, n.d.
Department policies, 1908-17
Correspondence
General
Southern region, 1969-70
Odile Sweeney Memorial Fund, 1984-86
Establishment of new student YWCAs
Inquiry summaries, 1979-91
Inquiries: correspondence and notes,1973-98, n.d.
"New Work": correspondence and notes
General, 1966-83
Boston Area, 1987-91
Northwest, 1987-95
Oregon, 1988-90, n.d.
Southeast
General, 1967-92, n.d.
New Orleans, 1968
Reference materials
General, 1963-75, n.d.
"The Missing Student Project," University Religious Council, University of California at Berkeley, 1981
South Africa and divestment, 1989-90, n.d.
Tourism, ethics of, 1985-89, n.d.
Vietnam, 1993-96, n.d.
Staff
General, 1954-66
Meetings
Minutes and reports
Student Staff Convocation, Apr 1967
Interracial Education Secretary job analysis, 1935-42
Work plans and job descriptions, 1980-98, n.d.
General, 1910-84, n.d.
National Student Conferences
YWCA Women's Student Conference, Evanston, IL, Feb 1919
Council of Christian Associations, Milwaukee, WI, Dec 1926-Jan 1927
Published report
Typed proceedings
Typed proceedings (cont'd)
National Student-Faculty, Detroit, MI, 1930
Regional
Asilomar/Pacific Coast, 1914, 1925-32, 1961
Geneva/Mid-West, 1912-67
Middle Atlantic/Eagles Mere/East Central, 1913-46
New England/Maqua/O-At-Ka/various locations, 1922-46
Pacific Northwest/Seabeck, 1919-48
Rocky Mountain/Western/Estes, 1913-49
Silver Bay/Eastern/Northeast
General, 1905-38
Recreation Committee notebook, 1907-11
Southern, 1912-49
General, 1925-62, n.d.
Rosters, 1985-98
Minutes, reports, "Workbooks," and "Handbooks"
1959-62 (Minutes and Reports)
1962-1967 (Workbook)
Area/Regional Councils
General, 1960-94, n.d.
Regional Advisory Committee Chairmen: meetings, 1962-68
Regional Development Committee Chairmen, 1968-69
Asilomar (Pacific Southwest), 1922-40
Eastern, 1968-72
Geneva (Mid-West/Central)
YM - YW relationships, 1939-40
Publication: Ways That Work, n.d.
Middle Atlantic (aka East Central-central part of eastern region)
Eagles Mere, 1922-34
Student Christian Movement of the Middle Atlantic Region
New England
Maqua (northern New England), 1922-25
Maqua and New England, 1926-29, 1931-33
Student Christian Movement of New England, 1933-54
North East Regional Advisory Committee, 1965-69
New York, 1966-69
Pacific Northwest
Seabeck, 1922-24, 1927-41
PNW Council of Christian Student Associations, 1935-55
Joint YM-YW Regional Councils
PNW Advisory Committee, 1965-68
Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest/Western, 1967-72
Pacific Southwest, 1962-69
Rocky Mountain/Inter-Mountain/West Central
Rocky Mountain Region Student Christian Movement, 1922-41
Rocky Mountain Region Student YWCA, 1958-71
Southern
South/Southwest: proposal for team staffing, 1968
Southwest
General, 1922-31
Southwest Council of Student Christian Associations/Hollister Joint Council, 1933-48
Western, 1989
SERIES VI. NATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY (YWCA only)
Travel scholarship/Grants-in-aid, 1964-96
"Songs and Worship," n.d.
General and miscellaneous, 1916-64
American Youth Congress, 1940-41, n.d.
Chinese Students' Christian Association in North America, 1948-51
Committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students, 1945-59, n.d.
Council of North American Student Movements
General, 1913-23
Minutes, 1912-20
Federated Student Committee
General, 1921-28
Minutes
International Student Service, 1938-39
International Union of Students/Union Internationale des Etudiants, 1946
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, 1945
National Student Christian Federation
General, 1961-66, n.d.
Packet for January 1961 meeting
Student Christian Movement [U.S.], 1940-84
Student Christian Movement in New England, 1936-65
Student Christian Movement [International], 1909-57, n.d.
Student Volunteer Movement
General, 1941-89
Convention and conference materials, 1910-24, 1951-56
United States National Student Association, 1947-49
United Student Christian Council, 1945-55, n.d.
World Conference of Christian Youth, 1939-52
World Federation of Democratic Youth, 1945
World's Student Christian Federation
General, 1920-87, n.d.
Histories, 1948-85
American Provisional Council: minutes, 1938-43
Conferences and Assemblies
Oxford, 1909
Constantinople, 1911
Lake Mohonk, 1913
European Student Relief
Report of a North American Working Party on "The Rise of China," 1968
Student Friendship Fund
General, 1921-24, n.d.
Reports, 1922-27
Executive Committee: minutes
World University Service, 1957-59, n.d.
YMCA and YWCA
Council of Christian Associations
General, 1924-31, n.d.
Conference materials, 1926-27, 1931
Minutes and reports, 1923-34
Christian World Education
General, 1928, n.d.
Committee: minutes, 1923-34
Budget and Finance Committee, 1930-34
National Intercollegiate Christian Council/National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA
General and history
Miscellaneous, 1942-57, n.d.
"The NICC Record: What Does it Show?" by Betty Johns, 1951
Precursor joint YMCA-YWCA meetings, 1934-35
Annual Meeting [Councils], 1938-66, n.d.
Committees/Commissions
General, 1951-54
Administrative Committee: minutes
Consultative Committee on Sex Values, 1965-66, n.d.
Ethnic Minorities Commission, 1936-41, n.d.
Interracial Commission, 1934-35
Interracial Education Committee,1935-39, n.d.
Interracial-Intercultural Relations Committee, 1956
Program Commission
Minutes, 1943-54
Personal and Campus Affairs Committee, 1946-49
Publications
General, 1943-52, n.d.
Program Pamphlets, 1944
Program Papers, 1945
Cabinet Workbook Program Papers, 1946-47
Program Papers, 1948-51
SPAN (Student Public Affairs News), 1945-54
World Relatedness Committee, 1949-52
Exchanges
European Work-Study Seminar, 1949-50
Negro delegation to India, 1935-36
U.S.A.-U.S.S.R. Student Exchange
General, 1958-59
Scrapbook, 1964
Miscellaneous, 1939-41, 1961
Inquiry on Racial Inclusiveness in Student YMCAs, YWCAs and SCAs, 1957-58
Mailings
Dear Marion and Jack letters, 1943-44
Cues, 1963-65, n.d.
National Student Assembly (YM+YW), 1941-41, 1946-47, 1951, 1954-55, 1956, 1958-59, 1962-63, 1967, n.d.
General, 1940-59, n.d.
Revolution and Response series, 1963
Study booklets, 1954-55
The Intercollegian
Staff meetings, conferences, and seminars (joint YM-YW)
General, 1935-65, n.d.
National Seminar on Staff Development, 1959
Staff Study Planning Committee, 1954
Task Group on Ways of Work, n.d.
Leadership, 1951, 1952, 1960
Program planning, 1960
World Affairs Consultation, 1953
General, 1958-94
Projects Committee, 1964-67
Appalachian Project: log, summer 1965
Civil Rights, 1966
Danforth Foundation Pilot Program for Black University Women, 1972-73 (includes the publications "Career Planning for Black Women" by Juanita Papillon and Elizabeth Morgan)
Contemporary India, Seminar for American Student Leaders, Jun 1967
East Los Angeles (proposed), 1984
Experiment in Pluralistic Governance, 1974
Human Relations, [integration-related] 1966-67
Schiff Charitable Trust, 1959-63
Field Foundation, 1965-67
[The One] Imperative Model-Building Projects, 1970, 1974
In-Service Training Program, 1949-50
Intern Program, 1997, n.d.
International Experiences for Students
General, 1985-88, n.d.
Pacific Rim Student Project, Manila, summer 1989
General, 1988-89
Applications
Reference materials and notes
Jacksonville Project: Desegregation of Schools, 1965
Justice in America? Program and Action for Student YWCAs, 1971
Pre-School Educational Enrichment (Hogg Foundation), 1966
A Program Book for Student Christian Associations, 1948
Race Relations Workshop, 1965
Racial Desegregation and Integration in Colleges and Universities, 1956-57
Rosebud Indian Reservation, 1965-66
Student Program Models: solicitation letter and drafts, 1994-95, 1996, 1998
Toward Pluralism: A Program to Alleviate Interracial Tension in Large University Residence Halls, Imperative Model-Building Projects, 1974
Voter Education and Registration Project (New World Foundation), 1964-66, n.d.
Week Without Violence, 1995, 1997
Miscellaneous, 1916-70
Instructional pamphlets on committee and cabinet work, 1908-51
Suggested Constitutions for YWCAs in Universities, Colleges, and Seminaries, 1908-17
Advisory Board/Group pamphlets, 1933, 1942, 1964
The Black Dispatch: publication of the Black Affairs Committee of the National Student YWCA, 1966-82
Blurb Sheet, 1969
Building for Freedom Today and Tomorrow pamphlet series, 1942-43
College Voluntary Study Courses, 1915-20
First year, Second year
Third year, Fourth year
Discussion materials, 1923-46
F.Y.W.I.: News'zine of the National Student YWCA,1996-98
In the Company of Women: National Student YWCA Newsletter, 1985-94
Interact: correspondence, 1969-73
Interact, 1966-82
Interracial News Bulletin
Interracial Programs of Student YWCAs by Yolanda Wilkerson, 1948
Meditations, 1936-39, 1941
National Student YWCA Highlights, 1973-74
One YWCA: On the Campus-In the Community, 1958
A Program Book and A New Program Book for Student Christian Associations, 1938, 1943, 1948
Women: Partners of Men in the Home and the World. A discussion of the role of College-trained women in America today, 1955
Miscellaneous, 1912-62, 1999
"An Analysis of the Undergraduate Representative System," Jan 1921
"Annual Report of the Secretary for Interracial Education" by Yolanda B. Wilkerson, 1946-47
"Position Paper on the Future of YWCA Work with Students," by Sara Kavich, 1978
Committee Chair /Department Executive
Annual and biennial, 1910-21, 1956-94
Periodic
Foreign/International Students, 1908, 1910-16, 1922, 1930-33
Secretary
Convention, 1915-20
Adair, Helen M., 1920-21
Allen, Hazel, 1921
Babson, Helen, 1921
Ball, Constance L., 1921-24
Blanchard, Leslie, 1914-25
Brady, Mabel G., 1919
Bond, Caroline, 1919
Brooks, Louise W., 1909-11
Brown, Alice, 1921-22
Bryson, Gladys, 1920-25
Burner, Oolooah, 1911-22
Burton, Margaret E., 1915-18
Butler, Eliza R., 1910-19
Cate, Dorothy, 1921
Clark, Margaret Logan, 1921-22
Conant, Ruth A., 1921-22
Condé, Bertha, 1908-24
Condon, Katharine, 1923
Crandall, Lulu, 1922
Curran, Doris, 1921-24
Cutler, Ethel, 1908-19
Dabb, Edith, 1909-21
Dasef, Laura, 1921
Derricotte, Juliette, 1918-24
Donovan, Helen E., 1919-20
Eckert, Bertha, 1921
Erskine, Madeline, 1920-22
Everett, Mabel T., 1909-15
Fair, Helen Faye, 1921
George, Katy Body, 1914-19
Gerlach, Talitha, 1924-25
Goforth, Caroline, 1921-22
Gogin, Gertrude, 1920
Gwin, Maude, 1923-25
Hall, Deborah, 1921
Halsey, Katharine C., 1921-24
Hamilton, [Julia] Mae, 1921-23
Heller, Elsie B., 1921-25
Heyneman, Ruth M., 1921
Hitchcock, Harriet, 1924-26
Holloway, Cecelia, 1910-12
Holmquist, Louise A., 1909-12
Hoyt, Alice G., 1920-24
Hunter, Lucy, 1918
Hunton, Addie W., 1914
Inskeep, Mildred, 1921-22
Klenk, Frieda, 1921-23
Lawson, Elizabeth, 1921
Lealtad, Catharine, 1918-19
Loucks, Grace, 1920-24
Lumpkin, Katherine DuPree, 1921-25
Lutters, Marie, 1920
Meek, Susie S., 1919-21
Miller, Flora J., 1910-11
Moss, Miriam D., 1921-22
Nelson, Amanda C., 1919-20
Pearson, Ruth Lee, 1919-20
Perry, Frances L., 1921-26
Pierce, Florence M., 1921-23
Pinyon, Josephine, 1912-16
Reid, Rebecca, 1921-25
Richards, Katharine L., 1920-22
Riggs, Lucy Y., 1921-25
Ross, Elizabeth A., 1908-10
Saddler, Juanita, 1921-23
Salisbury, Helen V., 1918-19
Scudder, Mary Theresa, 1919
Scurlock, Stella, 1924
Seesholtz, Anna, 1918-19
Sharp, Agnes A., 1919-20
Stone, Mabel A., 1918-20
Stuart, Marguerite, 1921
Thomas, Helen L., 1912
Thomson, Henrietta, 1924
Webb, Betty, 1925
Weisel, Mary E., 1920-22
Wilbur, Theresa, 1909-10
Williams, Clayda J., 1922
Williams, Frances, 1921-25
Wygal, Winnifred, 1921-23
Yarrow, Millacent, 1919
Young, Willie [or Willa] R., 1921-25
Staff Quarterly
Bigsby, Marjorie, 1978-83
Kavich, Sara, 1975-78
Logan, Kay W., 1983-85
Lundy, Mary Ann, 1982-86
Redenbaugh, Eula, 1978-81
Santiago, Joan Blaustein, 1984-85
Serrano-Lux, Frances, 1979-82
"General," 1914-96, n.d.
Notebook of historical information about College and University Associations (by region), circa 1930-1961
Geneva, Middle Atlantic, New England, New York
Pacific Northwest and Southwest, Rocky Mountain
Registered Student Groups, 1950-96, n.d.
Student Associations and Registered Groups, lists, 1950, 1966-67, 1974-96, n.d.
Lists, 1979-98, n.d.
Study on proposed changes in purpose and basis of membership policies and practices, 1957-58
Membership
Accreditation requirements, 1982-96
Affiliation/Disaffiliation, 1940-62, 1980-98, n.d.
Committees
Purpose Commission, 1925-27
Student Standards Study Committee, 1939-40
Student Constitution and Standards Committee/Standards Committee, 1949-56
Committee on Member Associations, College and University Division, 1958-63
Life and Work Committee, 1965-66
Membership in the National Association (MINA) Committee, student matters, 1984-2000
Financial: Fair Share, 1965-92
Forms and Guidelines
Miscellaneous, 1953-97, n.d.
Annual Report, 1951-97
Basic Standards Report forms, 1952-70
Basic Standards Report, 1952-61
Association Review, 1983
Brief Information Basic to Organizing a Student YWCA on Your Campus/How to Organize a Student YWCA on Your Campus, 1974-96
Suggested Constitution for a Student YWCA, 1908-13, 1970, n.d.
How to Organize a Student YWCA on Your Campus: Advisers Manual, 1995-96
Student Action Audit for Change, 1970-80
Association Files
Alabama: Alabama State University, 1983
Arizona: Arizona State University, Women's Student Center (RSG), 1986-95, n.d.
Arkansas: Philander-Smith College, 1979
California
California State University at Fresno, 1951-84, n.d.
California, University of
Berkeley
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1986-2001
Board of Directors, 1981-83, 1991-98
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1972-98
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1975-2000, n.d.
Financial, 1994-96
History "Standing Ground and Starting Point," 1990
Program, 1988-2001, n.d.
Davis, Cal Aggie Christian Association (RSG)
Los Angeles
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1968/69, 1985-93
Board of Directors, 1981-94
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1924-88
Correspondence and Campus Visit reports, 1974-98, n.d.
Program, 1988-93, n.d.
Humboldt State University, Club O, 1993
Pacific, University of the, Anderson Y Center, Stockton
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1948-80, n.d.
General, 1973-96, n.d.
San Diego State University, 1969-95
Southern California, University of, 1980-90
Stanford University, 1958-88
Colorado
Colorado, University of-Boulder, 1970-79
Colorado Women's College, 1979
Denver, University of, 1955-79, n.d.
District of Columbia: Howard University
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1987, 1997, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit reports, 1981-99, n.d.
Program, circa 1980-98
Florida: Bethune-Cookman College, 1982, 1992
Georgia
Agnes Scott College, 1979
Berry College, 1979
Clark College, 1982, 1993
Morris Brown College, 1993
Spelman College, 1981-93
Hawaii, University of Hawaii
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1984-2001
Board of Directors, 1980-96
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1955-94, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1943-49, 1969-99, n.d.
Program, 1969-98, n.d.
Idaho: Boise State University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1990-94
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1989-94
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1988-98, n.d.
Illinois
Illinois State Normal University, Normal, IL, circa 1884, 1916-49
Northwestern University, 1943-44
University of, Champaign-Urbana (formerly Illinois Industrial University)
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1987-2001
Action Audit, 1975-76
Board of Directors, 1982-2000
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1969-98
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1874-75, 1911, 1966-2001, n.d.
Program, 1980-2000, n.d.
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, IA, 1931-33
Iowa State University/Ames-ISU
Action Audit, 1980
Board of Directors, 1992-2000, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1964-96
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1973-2000, n.d.
Program, 1992-2000, n.d.
Southwestern Community College, 1969-76
Kansas: University of Kansas, 1970-71, 1981-84
Kentucky: University of Kentucky, 1988-98, n.d.
Louisiana
Dillard University, 1972-76, n.d.
Grambling College/State University, 1964-80
Southern University
General, 1962-84
Student slayings, 1972-73
Maryland
Frostburg State College, 1979
Maryland, University of, 1979
Morgan State University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1988-2001
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1969, 1994
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1973-99, n.d.
Towson State College, 1979
Massachusetts
Salem State College (RSG), 1993, 1996
Simmons College (RSG), 1988, 1992-96
Michigan
University of Michigan: report, 1958
Minnesota
Austin Junior College, 1979
Minnesota, University of
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1985-2001
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1986-98, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1978-99
Legal
Program, 1970s, 1990s, n.d.
Rochester State Junior College, 1979
Mississippi
Alcorn State University/Alcorn A. and M. College
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1967-71, 1991-2001
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1969-94, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1965-99
Harris Junior College, 1964
Hinds Junior College, 1973-77
Jackson State University/College, 1969-86
Millsaps College, 1965-77, n.d.
Mississippi Industrial College, 1964-84
Mississippi State College for Women/Mississippi University for Women, 1968-78, n.d.
Mississippi, University of, 1962-74
Mississippi Valley State University, 1983-93
Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute, 1972-84, n.d.
Rust College, 1968-85, n.d.
Tougaloo College, 1969-74
Missouri
Cottey College, 1981
Missouri, University of-Columbia, 1984-85
Washington University, Campus Y
Accreditation and Annual Reports
Board of Directors, 1989-99, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1996
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1975-99
Program, 1963-2001, n.d.
William Woods College
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1964-87
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1965-90, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1959-88, n.d.
Nebraska, University of
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1956, 1968-81, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1956-76, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports
History, 1959, 1973, 1981
Program, 1956-81, n.d.
Nevada, University of, 1967-75
New York: Syracuse University, 1985
North Carolina
Appalachian State Teachers' College, 1964-66
Barber-Scotia College, 1965
Bennett College
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1966-78
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1910, 1963-64
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1965?-80, n.d.
Catawba College, 1965-78, n.d.
Charlotte College/UNC-Charlotte, 1962-63
Duke University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1968-78
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1969-72, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1961-83
Program, 1973-79, n.d.
East Carolina University, 1970-77
Guilford College, 1964-65
Johnson C. Smith University, 1980-81
Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1964-65
Livingstone College, 1965-75
Louisburg College, 1966
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College/University, 1967-68, 1981-84
North Carolina Central University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1992-2001
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1981-98
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1965, 1980-99, n.d.
North Carolina, University of-Chapel Hill
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1969-75, 1983/84-96
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1964-97
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1965-99, n.d.
Program, 1974-97, n.d.
Queens College, 1966-71, n.d.
Salem College, 1965-73, n.d.
Shaw University, 1965
Winston-Salem State University, 1965-93, n.d.
Ohio
Central State University, 1980
Miami University, 1980
Oberlin College, 1975-98, n.d.
Ohio State University, 1935-84
Ohio Wesleyan University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1966-84
Board of Directors, 1968-78
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1967-75, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1968-95, n.d.
Program
Otterbein College, 1979
Toledo, University of, 1979
Wilberforce University, 1979
Oklahoma
Central State College: history, 1961
Oregon
Lane Community College (RSG), 1988
Linfield College, 1979
Oregon State University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1984-98
Board of Directors, 1975-91
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1950-98, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1969-99, n.d.
Program, 1967-98, n.d.
Oregon, University of
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1978-85, 1990-2001
Board of Directors, 1981, 1988, 1991, 1995, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1964-98, n.d.
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1971-2000, n.d.
Program, 1968-95, n.d.
Portland State University, 1994
Pennsylvania
Albright College, 1971-78
Carnegie-Mellon University, 1964-74
Cheyney State College, 1980
Pittsburgh, University of, 1970-83
South Carolina
Allen University, 1963-71
Benedict College, 1963-72
Converse College, 1966-71
Erskine College, 1965-79, n.d.
Furman University, 1965-67
Morris College, 1972, 1979
Newberry College, 1963-71
South Carolina State College, 1969-82
South Carolina, University of, 1965-75, n.d.
Voorhees College, 1966-72
Tennessee
Fisk University, 1967-80, n.d.
Knoxville College, 1964-80
Lane College, 1964-69
LeMoyne College, 1965
Maryville College, 1964, 1972
Memphis University, 1972
Morristown College, 1964-68
Tennessee [Agricultural and Industrial] State University, 1964-75
Tennessee, University of, 1967
Vanderbilt University, 1964-67
Texas
Del Mar College, 1964-66
Jarvis Christian College, 1950-51, 1975
Prairie View A & M, 1965, 1984
Southern Methodist University
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1968-98
Board of Directors, 1965-98, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1966-99
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1964-2000, n.d.
Program, 1967-93, n.d.
Southwestern University, 1964-65
Texas Christian University, 1964-66
Texas Southern University, 1964-66
Texas, University of-Austin
Board of Directors, 1970-97, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1958-97, n.d.
Program, 1960s-90s, n.d.
Wiley College, 1922, 1980
Virginia
Bridgewater College, 1963-69
Hampton Institute, 1915-80
Longwood College, 1962-72
Madison College, 1963-71
Mary Washington College, 1962-70, n.d.
Radford College, 1963-70
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1965-82
Southern Seminary, 1962-72
Sweet Briar College, 1961-82, n.d.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1964
Virginia Seminary, 1967
Virginia State College-Norfolk/Norfolk State College, 1963-78
Virginia State College-Petersburg, 1969-79
Virginia Union University, 1964
Westhampton College of the University of Richmond, 1962-76, n.d.
Washington
Everett Community College (RSG), 1988
The Evergreen State College, 1988-99
Shoreline Community College (RSG), 1988
Spokane Falls Community College, Associated Women Students (RSG), 1990-96
Tacoma Community College, Women into the Future (RSG), 1994-96
Washington State College/University, Pullman, WA
Report of General Director, 1936-37
Accreditation and Annual Reports, 1975-2001
Board of Directors, 1974-97, n.d.
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1954-96
Correspondence and Campus Visit Reports, 1970-79, 1988-99, n.d.
Washington, University of
Board of Directors, 1969, 1978-79, 1992-93
Constitution and Basic Documents, 1971-97, n.d.
Program, 1968-98, n.d.
Western Washington College, 1979
Whitman College Women's Resource Center (RSG), 1988-96
West Virginia
Parkersburg Community College, 1980-81
West Virginia University, 1980-91
Wisconsin: miscellaneous, 1956, 1990-92