YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. Record Group 8. Community Associations
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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 Forms part of the YWCA of the U.S.A. Records. Brochure, "Where the RoadsLead," 1930 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. Links to the lists for both formats are provided in the Series Descriptions or Scope and Contents notes under each Record Group. This record group documents the National Association's interactions with local YWCAs and other types of general membership groups (such as Registered Groups). Materials include minutes; reports; publications; lists; forms, policies and procedures; correspondence and mailings; constitutions and by-laws; legal files; rosters; spreadsheets; studies and surveys; training materials; and files on individual Associations dating from 1884-2002.
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SERIES I. SERVICES TO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Historical Note Organizational responsibility for advisory services to, and day-to-day contact with, Community Associations was especially fluid during the first twenty-five years of the YWCA of the USA. This was probably due in part to the predecessor organizations' strong insistence that the fundamental differences between City and Student Associations required very different types of national organizations for administrative support; a point of view that substantially delayed the merger of the two predecessor organizations. Initially, the National Association divided its staff into a Home Department (concerned with work in the U.S.) and a Foreign Department (concerned with U.S. staff working abroad). By 1909 the Association added a Department of Territorial Work with Field Secretaries in regional offices spread around the country. Part of its job was to bring together the various state and territorial committees established under the auspices of the predecessor organizations to form a coherent whole. A 1910 reorganization replaced the Home and Territorial Work Departments with the Department of Method (renamed Research and Method in 1919) and the Department of Field Work. The Field Work Department was to be the "direct medium of information between the National Board and the field, providing information on standards, policies, finances, and work desired and contemplated." The Department of Method, worked at "developing and perfecting YWCA methods." As the YWCA expanded into different geographic regions and set about forming Associations in smaller towns and rural districts, it assigned some staff based of the size of the community, with certain individuals specializing in City, Town, or "Extension" (later Rural) work. Other secretaries specialized in work with particular "constituent groups," such as students, industrial workers, "colored" women, teen age girls, and new immigrants. The Method and Field Work Departments both had such specialist staff. The National Association assigned Specialist Field Secretaries based on the needs of a particular region. In 1915, for instance, the West Central region had a city secretary and two student secretaries, but no industrial secretary, while the Northeastern region had a city secretary, two industrial secretaries, a county secretary, and two student secretaries. Method Department staff traveled the country visiting Associations and reporting on their area of expertise, but also on any other aspects of YWCA program they felt warranted comment. Field Work staff were experts in their region and communicated its needs and concerns to the national office. Both staffs contributed heavily to overall YWCA efforts, whether they were specifically assigned to the department charged with exchange of information or the department charged with development and perfection of methods. From its earliest staff configurations, the National Association seems to have remained unsure about whether or not it was desirable to divide responsibility for "method" and "services." The major post-World War I reorganization in 1922-23 consolidated all of the staff who worked directly with Community Associations and "constituent groups" in a newly established Field Division, taking on the "promotion and advisory service" work previously done by the Research and Method Department. Research and specialist advisory work "in the subjects in which we should be specialists" such as religious psychology, social issues, world fellowship, bible, and health moved to a new Education and Research Division. [See RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES I. DEPARTMENT, STAFF, AND COMMITTEES.] Financial difficulties of the Great Depression forced a major staff reduction in 1932. Responsibility for most "constituent groups" temporarily moved to the Leadership Division [See RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES II. TRAINING AND PERSONNEL] Services to Associations were consolidated in the new National Services Division, and the specialization of staff for City, Town, and Rural Associations was eliminated. The National Association decided it could no longer support such extensive travel by Secretaries and that they needed to develop methods for reporting on their work that were less time-consuming than the traditional narrative reports. The Program Planning Study of 1939 resulted in another reorganization in 1940 with the Division of Community YWCAs (later known as the "Community Division") replacing "National Services." The National Association once again combined responsibility for program subjects and constituent groups with services to Community Associations. Five years later, program development was again separated from direct services to Associations and moved to the Program Subject Department [See RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES I. DEPARTMENT, STAFF, AND COMMITTEES.] By 1950 the National Association's work with constituent groups was just a fraction of what it had been at the end of World War I, and the Association concluded that it could not afford to continue so much specialist staffing, particularly for Industrial and Business and Professional work. This change reduced its constituent group-related responsibilities. However, the implementation of a system for assessing each Community Association's performance in light of a set of "basic standards" set by the National Association created a new set of tasks for the Division. The 1949 Convention approved this new concept for membership of Community Associations in the YWCA of the USA after more than a decade of study and discussion. Determining the Basic Standards (also known as Standards, and later, Standards of Excellence) became a part of each Convention, when plans were established for the work of the National Association in the following triennium. The Association developed, tested, and put into place a "Basic Standards" report form following the 1949 Convention. One of the elements it placed under close scrutiny was the adherence of Community Associations to the YWCA's Interracial Charter (adopted in 1946). Each triennium committees developed a set of "Basic Standards" for adoption at Convention. Once approved, they were enforced by the Committee on Membership in the National Association (MINA). Staff responsible for services to Associations assembled and maintained all of the related paperwork. Interactions between the National Association and Community Associations became increasingly about tracking each Association's financial support of the National Association, and assessing whether its administration and programs were in line with Convention actions. Though the YWCA had been working explicitly toward a fully integrated organization since the adoption of its Interracial Charter in 1946, nearly twenty years later much work remained to be done. In response to the growing Civil Rights movement, the YWCA of the USA initiated an Action Program for Integration and Desegregation of Community YWCAs in 1963. [See RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES IV. CONSTITUTENT GROUPS, Subseries C. Interracial/Racial Justice] The National Board allocated special funds to help "every Community and Student Association achieve full compliance with our Interracial Charter and the Civil Rights Act of 1964." By the 1970 "One Imperative" Convention, the YWCA had developed the Action Audit for Change process. Designed to attempt to resolve institutional racism within the YWCA, the process began with every Community Association studying its own policies and programs. At the 1976 Convention, the Association established the Action Audit for Change Process as an ongoing requirement for continuing affiliation of Community and Student YWCAs with the national organization. In response to the rapid social change and upheaval of the late 1960s, the YWCA of the USA concluded it needed another major reorganization to serve its potential membership more effectively. The Organizational Renewal Committee developed a "Team-Matrix" plan for implementation in 1971-72, but a major budget deficit and associated staff cut precluded its full implementation and the national staff entered a period of much shifting and tweaking of organizational responsibilities. The idea behind the "Team-Matrix" plan was to develop a structure that would be able to respond quickly to the type of social upheaval associated with the late 1960s and early 1970s and make the most effective use of limited resources in a time of increasing demands. It was a purposefully non-hierarchical system designed to maximize communication and cooperation across the organization. Staff based in the regions were no longer so expressly associated with direct service to Associations, but were supposed to work with all of the units at headquarters. A new Organization Development Unit was put in charge of standards certification, organization of new YWCAs, and advice on operation of physical facilities (the Unit included a buildings consultant). It also included staff for Services to Urban Associations, once again acknowledging the unique characteristics of large and complex city Associations. The National Association struggled with the partially implemented and understaffed 'Team-Matrix' system for some years, once again consolidating services to Community Associations under a Field Services Division in 1978. Field Services included Services to Urban Associations, Organization Development, and regional staff. Field Services took responsibility for Community Association certification and the Organization Development Unit took on a more standard "O.D." role, focused on advisory service. Direct service to Community Associations in need of specific help or advice continued on a smaller scale and more often by mail or telephone than through a visit from National Staff. Once the National Association was more-or-less out of the business of program development, Community Associations were encouraged to share information about their new programs and methods. The National Office collected such materials for potential adaptation and dissemination to the whole Association. National staff also kept track of Associations involved in controversies and lawsuits, especially those that had the potential to make a serious negative impact on the National Association. These included pressures to merge with YMCAs, lawsuits challenging the all-female board membership policy on sex discrimination grounds (EEOC vs. Tucson YWCA), and a variety liability lawsuits. In the early 1980s Community Associations began agitating for improved services from the national offices. They complained of unclear lines of responsibility and a lack of accountability. They felt they weren't getting the kind of help they needed. In the resulting reorganization (1984), Organization Development was eliminated. In 1988, the National Association modified the Association Standards Review process to save costs, and replaced the visit by a National Review Team with a conference call. Project Redesign in 1992, a major study by KPMG Peat Marwick, Inc., evaluated the national office and its service to Community Associations. Input gathered from Associations and focus groups resulted in, among other things, a new office called Member Association Services (MAS). Technical assistance to Associations was eliminated as well as consulting on program and resource development. MAS was charged with reinvigorating state and regional councils for improved interchange of information and "rigorously enforcing adherence to the standards." Community Associations that routinely met their national support payment quotas and basic standards demanded that MINA develop a process for bringing delinquent Associations into full compliance. Whatever the intention, this tightening of enforcement resulted in worsening of relations between the national office and Community Associations as well as the loss of roughly eleven percent of Associations. Poor relations between the National Association and Community Associations was one major impetus for a series of strategic planning initiatives through the 1990s. A special convention in 2000, approved a major restructuring plan called "Steps to Absolute Change." [See RECORD GROUP 1. GENERAL AND HISTORY, SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS, and RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD, SERIES III. NATIONAL COORDINATING BOARD] Administrative History1907Home Department1909Territorial Work Department and Home Department1910Field Work Department and Method Department1919Field Work Department and Research and Method Department1923Field Division1932National Services Division1940Division of Community YWCAs1972Organization Development Unit, Services to Urban Associations, and regionally-based staff1978Field Services Division (includes Services to Urban Associations and Regions), and Organization Development Unit (eliminated 1984)1992Member Association Services Scope and Content Records in this Series include minutes; reports; publications; lists; forms, policies and procedures; correspondence and mailings; constitutions and by-laws; legal files; rosters; spreadsheets; studies and surveys; and training materials dating from 1884-2002. This finding aid uses the term "Community Association" (as distinct from "Student Association") in referring to all general membership groups. The YWCA itself sometimes used "Local Association" and, in recent years, "Member Association." Also included here are materials about other general membership groups that were not full-fledged Associations, such as Registered Groups and Authorized Groups. Information on Student Associations can be found in RECORD GROUP 7. STUDENTS. As is true elsewhere, few records have survived for the period between 1971 and 1988. Department/Division records provide rich documentation of the development and growth of the National Association, its methods and program, especially in the minutes and the visitation reports up to 1931. Traveling Secretaries reported on the situation at existing Associations and in the surrounding community, as well as areas of the country where the National Association was considering establishing new Associations. Included are special studies of rural communities to determine how the YWCA, which evolved in urban settings, could serve geographically dispersed communities. In later years, similar information can be found in reports by Regional Staff. The earliest records of national staff interactions with Community Associations can be found in the minutes and reports of the Department. The National Association did not keep files on individual Community Associations until the establishment of the Field Division in 1923. Even though they were not always under the supervision of the department or division responsible for services to Community Associations, all of the City, Town, and Rural Communities Departments' records are filed together here in the interests of ease of access. For the years 1910-23, researchers should also consult the records of the Department of Method/Research and Method [in RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM] which officially oversaw those departments. Records associated with the system established in 1949, requiring Community Associations to meet 'Basic Standards' in order to maintain membership in the National Association document one of the important ways the YWCA of the USA brought about a variety of changes in Community and Student Associations, from buying in to the more radical political and social stands of the organization (including racial integration, support for the Equal Rights Amendment, etc.), to sound administrative practices (full payment of 'National Support' dues, training of Association leaders, etc.). Materials in this series document evolving relations between the national office and Community Associations, both good and bad. For instance, they provide extensive evidence of deteriorating relations between national and locals that lead up to the major restructuring of 1999-2001. The also provide much insight into relations with the YMCA, as many Community Associations shared facilities with the YM, and felt keenly local pressures to merge operations. Some unusual materials of note include: a set of Rural-Industrial Studies funded by the Ford Foundation in the mid-1920s and records of YWCA activities at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, (in the files of the Exposition Auxiliary Committee of the Field Work Department.) Microfilmed Records, 1884-1970 only [see Microfilmed Records Reel List] Most of the Minutes and Reports are also available on paper, notable exceptions being the early Field, State, and Territorial Committee files. Certain portions of the Subject Files materials are also available on paper, in general these include departmental publications, reports, and studies. Minutes and Reports 1884-spring 1932: City DepartmentEmployment and Room RegistryExposition, Panama-PacificField CommitteesField and Territorial CommitteesField DivisionFood ServiceRural Communities Department/CommitteeState CommitteesTerritorial CommitteesTown Departmentfall 1931-1970: Community Division CommitteeCommunity DivisionNational Services DivisionNew Organization CommitteeSubject Files Department and division reports, publications, and studies can be found under: Advisory Correspondence Study and ProceduresBuildingsCommunity DivisionDedication Services [for Community Association buildings]Fields and Field WorkFoodHousing [residences, room registry]RegionsRuralYWCA Original Format Records, 1907-2001, n.d., 17 linear feet [see Original Format Records folder list] This series consists of records of the national office, staff, and committees charged with communicating with and providing services to community associations. Included are minutes, reports, correspondence, training materials, publications, etc., designed for association-wide use. This series includes some early reports on individual associations in Secretaries' visitation reports, but most of the materials about specific associations can be found in SERIES IV. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS FILES of this Record Group. As described in the Historical Note above, staff responsible for services to Community Associations was very closely linked to the staff developing "Method" for the National Association. Even though oversight of the City, Town, and Rural Communities departments was shifted between the Field (association services) and Research and Method Departments (program and methods), the work of those departments remained consistent. For ease of access, all of the City, Town, and Rural Communities Department records are filed together in this series. Researchers should also consult the records of the Research and Method Department (which had responsibility for those departments 1910-23). [see RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM] The records are divided into two Subseries: Subseries A. Records, 1906-spring 1932Subseries B. Records, fall 1932-2002 Subseries A. Records, 1906-spring 1932 This subseries covers the period during which support staff for Community Associations specialized in services and program for larger cities, smaller towns, and rural areas. The records are arranged in sections as follows: General and History, Minutes, Publications, Reports, Special Projects, and then Studies. Within the first four sections (General and History, Minutes, Publications, and Reports), records of the department/division responsible for overall administration of the work (Territorial Work, Field Work, Field Division) are filed first, followed by the records of the specialized departments (City, Town, and Rural.) The Special Projects section consists of the records of the Exposition Auxiliary Committee, responsible for the YWCA's work at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and the Rural Communities Politics program of the mid-1920s. The Studies section is primarily a set of rural studies funded by the Ford Foundation in the mid-1920s. They are arranged alphabetically by state with general reports filed at the end. Subseries B. Records, fall 1932-2002 Materials in this subseries begin with the major administrative reorganization of 1932 which eliminated the specialist City, Town, and Rural staff. The series is arranged in sections as follows: Department/Division, Committees and Task Forces, Community Associations, Conferences and Meetings, Programs and Projects, Regional Staff and Councils, Reports, and Training. Department/Division materials are arranged chronologically by department (National Services Division, Community Division, Organization Development Unit, Services to Urban Associations, Field Services, and then Member Associations Services) Materials include general office forms, correspondence, and staff meeting minutes. Committees and Task Forces includes memoranda, correspondence, notes, agendas, and minutes grouped according to the Department (Community Division, Organization Development, Member Association Services.) Community Associations files consist of mailings, notes, summaries, forms, guidelines and questionnaires. Conferences and Meetings has local arrangements, reports, and general materials about a small number of gatherings, arranged chronologically. Programs and Projects contains minutes, correspondence, mailings, notes, summaries, reports, reference materials, and "work tools" for Programs and Projects related to Association administration, residences, rural work, and the organization of new YWCAs. Of particular note are records related to the Action Plan to accelerate racial integration in Community YWCAs, 1963-65. Publications produced by the Services to Community Associations staff deal with such topics as Association buildings and residences, effective Association administration, and the organization of new YWCAs. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Regional Staff and Councils materials consist of correspondence, newsletters, and conference announcements and reports. The bulk of the materials date from the 1990s to 2001. Reports contains General reports on subjects such as types of Associations, residences, and membership, arranged chronologically. The Staff reports are chronological accounts of staff activities, 1971-2001. Training materials consist of handouts, reports, advertising, and local arrangements materials for training opportunities on such subjects as community relations, financial management, effective administration, and residences. They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Related Materials In other Series in this Record Group Records of the department's interactions with individual Community Associations can be found in the SERIES IV. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS FILES. In other Record Groups Extensive discussions of the role of the National Board in relation to Community Associations are in the National Board and Executive Committee minutes and reports in RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD. Additional material about the changes in administrative structure can be found in SERIES II. REORGANIZATIONS in RECORD GROUP 1. GENERAL AND HISTORY. Because "Method" and program development were sometimes part of the responsibility of this department and sometimes in a separate department, researchers should also consult RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES I. DEPARTMENT, STAFF, AND COMMITTEES, particularly for the years up to 1932. Additional materials about the Action Plan to accelerated integration of Community YWCAs can be found in RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, in SERIES IV. CONSTITUTENT GROUPS, Subseries C. Interracial/Racial Justice.
SERIES II. MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATIONS
Historical Note The YWCA of the USA was founded to provide services and program support to Associations and other membership groups located all over the U.S. Most of its member associations were Community Associations (known during some periods as "Local" or "Member" Associations), which served a geographic area; or Student Associations, which served students at individual colleges or universities. Other types of organized groups also existed. Registered YWCAs (or Registered YWCA Clubs) were defined in 1933 as "the germ of a local YWCA." District YWCAs were formed in rural areas where an Association with a central building could not effectively serve the geographically dispersed population. Both types of groups generally functioned without paid staff and received advice, program materials, training, and other support from the National Association . County Associations were an early attempt at staffing rural work. They were established in rural areas with a large enough population and associated financial means to support a paid secretary, but lacking the resources to support a full-fledged Association with a building. As the YWCA of the USA moved out of its initial period of expansion, it felt the need of a device for measuring the quality of its Associations' programs. The Standards Study (1935-39), carried out by the Laboratory Division and the Standards Study Committee, sought to define a set of "definite principles by which Associations may be recognized as members of the National Association in good standing or sub-standard." Based on the Basic Standards Study, the Community Division eventually developed a "Basic Standards Report" form which was presented at Convention in 1949 along with proposed amendments to the by-laws. Representing a "new concept of membership," the changes called for each Convention to adopt a set of "Basic Standards" for Community Associations to meet in order to "put Convention actions into living form" during the succeeding triennium. Each Association would be required to file a report on its program and work in relation to these Standards once in each Convention cycle. The by-laws revision was approved at Convention and Associations were required to complete and submit their first Basic Standards Reports in the 1949-52 triennium. As part of the 1949 by-laws revision, the National Association established the Committee on Membership in the National Association (MINA). It's job was to assess whether new organizations met the requirements for membership in the YWCA of the USA and subsequently recommend them for Association status; to determine whether existing Associations were meeting standards for maintenance of their membership; and recommend disaffiliation of Associations not meeting standards and paying dues. It also recommended dissolution of inactive Associations. The adoption of this new system of standards gave the National Association a tool to induce a variety of changes in Community and Student Associations, from buying-in to the more radical political and social stands of the organization (including racial integration, support for the Equal Rights Amendment, etc.), to implementing sound administrative practices (full payment of 'National Support' dues, training of Association leaders, etc.). Though the new system technically gave MINA the authority to get tough with Associations not meeting the standards, over the years the National Association, true to its commitment to fostering intergroup relationships across "whatever barriers separate them," seems to have preferred gentle persuasion over rigorous enforcement, particularly during the volatile civil rights era. By the late 1960s, the National Association noted a wide degree of variation in the manner in which Basic Standards Reports were filled out. A new Association Review Process was developed to be a 'deeper and broader measuring stick' of the health and vitality of Associations. Under this system, once every 6 years (two triennia) each Association would do a careful self-study that would be followed by a visit and conference with a National Review Team and a final report. The final report's recommendations would be submitted to MINA. If the Review Team concluded that the Association's program could not be accredited, it was given a specific list of things needing improvement and six years in which to do something about it before it could be recommended for disaffiliation. In response to a variety of factors, including, among other things, rapid suburbanization after World War II, a new type of organization was approved at the 1967 Convention and existed for five or six years. 'Accredited YWCAs' could be formed in communities of 50,000 population or less, or in larger communities which could only support a small YWCA. They were required to have good membership, program, and business procedures, but not required to have a building, staff, or the variety and complexity of program offered at a larger Association. In the interests of efficiency and cost effectiveness, the National Association simplified the Association Review process in1988 replacing the Review Team visit with a conference call. As part of its efforts to re-vitalize the national organization in the 1990s, the Association developed a special category for newly-forming YWCAs. "Provisional YWCA" status gave a group interested in establishing a new Association four years of "maximum services" from national staff and assistance from state/regional councils and nearby Associations. If all requirements were met at the end of that period, the Provisional YWCA became a Community YWCA. One of the changes requested by Community Associations consulted in 1992 during the major reorganization process known as Project Redesign, was a "rigorous enforcement" of adherence to standards by Community Associations. MINA was charged with the task of developing a process that would bring delinquent Associations into full compliance with National Association standards for program within two triennia and working out payment schedules for unpaid dues. This time, the National Association moved beyond gentle persuasion and the tightening of enforcement resulted in the loss of roughly 11% of Associations and a worsening of relations between the national office and Community Associations. All of which probably contributed to the major restructuring of the National Association in 1999-2001. By the 1996 Convention, YWCA members voted to simplify the Standards system. Community YWCAs would use the 'Standards of Excellence' approved at Convention as a tool for self-evaluation. Affiliation in the YWCA of the USA would allow them to operate programs within a defined geographic area that focused generally on the empowerment of women and girls and the elimination of racism. Scope and Content This series documents the policies and practices related to membership requirements (affiliation, disaffiliation, accreditation, and inactive, probation, and provisional status) for Community Associations in the National Association. Included are copies of the "Basic Standards" established at Conventions, samples of various report forms, and procedures related to membership. There is also summary information about affiliated associations, disaffiliations, and name changes, plus general information about various types of Associations and groups, such as Registered Groups and District Associations. The series also contains records of the Standards Study (1935-39), the Basic Standards Committee (1947-69), and the Committee on Membership in the National Association (1952-2001) which document the formation of membership policy and Association standards. Microfilmed Records, 1906-70 only [see Microfilmed Records Reel List] Records for the years covered by the microfilm for the most part duplicate the surviving original format records. Minutes and Reports contains records of the major committees: Membership in the National Association CommitteeMembership Policies CommitteeStandards Study Committee records include forms and publicationsSubject Files include miscellaneous lists and policies and procedures related to membership of associations under: Lists of Associations in ExistenceNational BoardYWCA Original Format Records, 1886-2001, n.d., 3 linear feet [see Original Format Records Folder List] There are a few original format materials dated before 1970, such as the Affiliations, Disaffiliations, and Name Change notebooks, that were not microfilmed. There are relatively substantial records policies, procedures, and forms, as well and Committee on Membership in the National Association records that were created after microfilming was complete. Included are lists, forms, guidelines, and policies and procedures related to membership of Associations in the YWCA of the USA along with records of the Standards Study Committee and the Committee on Membership in the National Association. Related Materials In other Series in this Record Group Completed Basic Standards and Association Review reports as well as correspondence with individual Associations about their membership status are in the SERIES IV. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS FILES. Discussions of membership issues can also be found in the records of the various departments providing services to Community Associations in SERIES I. In other Record Groups Materials related to membership of Student Associations are in RECORD GROUP 7. STUDENT WORK. Issues related to membership of Associations and standards for Association membership were regularly discussed by the National Board and Executive Committee. See National Board minutes and reports in RECORD GROUP 2. Establishment of Basic Standards/Standards of Excellence for Community Associations was part of the regular business at Convention. See RECORD GROUP 4. Records related to policies for Membership of individuals (as opposed to Associations) are in SERIES III of RECORD GROUP 1. GENERAL AND HISTORY.
SERIES III. HOLLYWOOD STUDIO CLUB
Historical Note The Hollywood Studio Club grew out of informal meetings of "a group of ambitious girls" who gathered in the basement of the Hollywood Public Library in the summer of 1916 to read plays together. The Librarian, worried for their welfare, consulted other Hollywood women, who formed themselves into a Committee to sponsor club work among young women employed in the burgeoning motion picture industry. Working in close collaboration with the Los Angeles YWCA, the women secured contributions from Hollywood business men to rent a Club House at 6129 Carlos Ave. The building was used primarily as a "social and educational center" but it also had facilities for short-term housing for a small number of new arrivals in Hollywood and emergency accommodations for the unemployed. In the spring of 1919, a special committee of the Field Work Department of the YWCA of the USA recommended that the National Board assume responsibility for the Hollywood Studio Club "as a demonstration of work among the moving picture profession." The experimental work was administered through the Pacific Coast Field Committee of the Field Work Department beginning in the fall of 1919. While such experiments were not unusual for the National Association to undertake, usually on a trial basis, the publicity potential of the "Glamour Branch of the YWCA" was not lost on the National Board and the Club continued as a "special project" of the National Association until 1965. The National Board purchased the Club House on Carlos Ave. in March of 1920, but soon found its facilities, which could only house 22, inadequate for the needs of the many young women flocking to Hollywood. A campaign was launched in 1923 to raise funds for a new building with Constance Adams de Mille (Mrs. Cecil B.) as its chair. San Francisco architect Julia Morgan was hired to design the structure on a centrally located lot close to all of the major studios. The new building at 1215 Lodi Place could house as many as 94 residents or transients and had a dining room where non-residents could get good food at reasonable prices. There were also rehearsal rooms, a telephone answering service, and various recreational activities. The Studio Club's first Director, Marjorie Williams, a graduate of the YWCA's National Training School, established an effective and well-respected facility with excellent relations with the film industry. She also established a pattern of management which did not emphasize interpretation of the YWCA program or require membership in the YWCA. The Club operated "according to the spirit, if not so much to the letter" of Community YWCAs: community living at a good address with "girls" from many places in a well regulated situation with excellent food, attractive surroundings, and "the assurance of a friendly counselor." With an eye to expansion of its facilities, the YWCA purchased the lot adjacent to the Studio Club in 1943. In response to the serious lack of housing for women in the armed services during World War II, the Studio Club offered to license the lot to the County War Council for construction of a temporary Guest House for Service Women. Completed in August of 1944, the Guest House could accommodate 100 women. After the War it served as a Studio Club annex until October of 1949, when it was destroyed by fire. In the mid-1930s, the National Association resolved to limit its property holdings as much as possible, but was unable to find suitable buyers for some of its assets until after World War II. When buyers were finally found for the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, in 1951 and the Grace Dodge Hotel in 1959, the Committee of Management of the Studio Club felt the Club would probably also soon be sold, and hesitated to ask for funding for the substantial capital improvements needed on their aging building. Over time the Studio Club's unique status became somewhat of a liability. Unclear lines of responsibility meant the Club had no real advocate in the National Association. Though the Club was mostly self-sufficient, it existed without any reserve funds for unusual expenses. It also did not make regular "national support" payments to the National Association. A 1959 study of the Studio Club and "its relationships" concluded it remained without a doubt a necessary and useful facility, but one that needed "new relationships" in order to continue successfully. The report advocated for a five to seven year exploration of alternatives. In the end, the Committee of Management asked the Los Angeles YWCA if it would be interested in an affiliation and the National Association transferred responsibility for management of the Club to the YWCA of Los Angeles in 1964. The Hollywood Studio Club was ultimately closed by the Los Angeles YWCA in 1975, a "victim of changing times and fire codes." Noted Hollywood Studio Club "alumnae" include Zasu Pitts, Ayn Rand, Donna Reed, Maureen O'Sullivan, Linda Darnell, Barbara Hale, Dorothy Malone, Barbara Rush, Marilyn Monroe, and Kim Novak. Administrative History1919-25Pacific Coast Field Committee, Field Work Department/Field Division1925-31City Department1932Business Committee, General Administration1933-40Special Project, National Services Division1940-50Special Project, Community Division1950-60General Administration1960-65Executive Office Scope and Content Materials in this section document the National Association's interactions with the Club. Included are legal files about properties and mortgages, correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes and reports of the Committee of Management, reports of the Club Director, and the 1959 Study of the Club. The Club Director's reports 1938-40, Jun 1949-1964 provide extensive information about house activities, career advancements of club members, problems and illnesses, visitors and alumnae. Though the 1940s are described as the hey-day of the Club, few records have survived from that decade. Most of the records are available in both microfilm and original format. Microfilmed Records, 1917-70 only [see Microfilmed Records Reel List] Minutes and Reports of the Committee of Management and the House Director can be found under 'Hollywood Studio Club.' Subject Files: General information on the Club from the 1950s and 1960s can be found under 'Real Estate.' Local Association Files: Correspondence and reports (1920-48) can be found under California, 'Hollywood Studio Club' and under 'Los Angeles, Hollywood Studio Club.' Original Format Records, 1917-80, n.d., 1.5 linear feet [see Original Format Records Folder List] Included are correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes, reports by national staff and by the Club Director, legal files about mortgages and real estate, and general historical materials. Related Materials In other Series in this Record Group Discussions of the Club also appear in the minutes and reports of the department/division with responsibility for its work. These include: Field Work Department, Field Division, City Department, National Services Division, and Community Division in SERIES I of this Record Group. In other Record Groups As a special project of the National Board, discussions about the Club regularly appear in the National Board and Executive Committee minutes in RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD. Photographs of the Club and Club activities are in RECORD GROUP 9. PHOTOGRAPHS. In other repositories Additional materials can be found in the YWCA of Los Angeles Collection it the Urban Archives Collection, California State University-Northridge.
SERIES IV. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS FILES
Historical Note From the earliest days of the two predecessor organizations, statistical information was collected and maintained about each Community Association's programs and financial contributions to the national effort. This type of information gathering continued after the founding of the YWCA of the U.S.A. in 1906-07. At the time, the National Association's main concern was the growth of the new organization and the efficacy of its services. The information collected was primarily put to use by the staff working to attract financial support and build the public image of the National Association. The cut in staff and reorganization of work that resulted in the establishment of the Field Division in 1923 represented the beginnings of a new way of thinking about how best to provide services to Community Associations. In her report to the 1922 Convention, "The Association Movement Today," the General Secretary noted that the Association may have reached the end of its initial expansion period and should now begin to strive for "quality, and not quantity" of Associations. The Field Committees, "to which we owe our rapid growth," were re-assigned to fund-raising work and the national staff was "readjusted . . . so that local units and national headquarters are in closer touch." One of the tools for the "readjusted" staff to enhance the services provided to Associations appears to have been the establishment of a central "geographic" file (later known as the "Local Associations" file) with folders for each Association. Visitation report forms were designed to gather information about individual Associations which could be filed in that Association's folder. (Prior to this time, Secretaries' reports tended to be chronological accounts of their travels, with commentary on the many Associations visited over the course of a trip combined in a single report.) The concept behind the staff readjustment was carried further in the 1932 reorganization and staff reduction when services to Associations was further streamlined into a National Services Division and the City, Town, and Rural Communities departments were eliminated. The development of a system (adopted at the 1949 Convention) by which Associations were expected to meet a set of "basic standards" in order to remain affiliated with the National Association had a profound effect on the relationship between the YWCA of the USA and its member Associations. As the National Association reduced its program development activities, particularly after World War II, the work of the department charged with providing services to Community Associations became increasingly about monitoring this "basic standards" reporting process and tracking each Association's financial support of the National Association. Once the Action Audit for Change process was adopted in the 1970s, that reporting was also the responsibility of the department. While record-keeping related to membership regulations increased, direct service to Community Associations in need of specific help or advice continued, but on a smaller scale and more often by mail or telephone than through a visit from National Staff. As the National Association scaled back its program activities, Community Associations were encouraged to share information about their new programs and methods. The National Office collected such materials for potential adaptation and dissemination to the whole Association. National staff also kept track of local pressures to merge operations with the YMCA and Associations involved in controversies and lawsuits, especially those that had the potential to make a serious negative impact on the National Association. Included in these are lawsuits challenging the all-female board membership policy on sex discrimination grounds (EEOC vs. YWCA of Tucson), and a variety of liability lawsuits and problems with tenants. Scope and Content The National Association appears to have begun to keep files on individual Associations with the staff reorganization in 1923. The files created at that time contain some earlier items, particularly information about the original affiliation of Member Associations and copies of constitutions and by-laws. The records of interactions between national staff and individual Associations, including the extensive and rich correspondence and visitation reports, date from 1923 on. Included are such topics as relations with branches (usually 'colored' branches, but also International Institutes); progress with racial integration; studies on various topics carried out either by the Association or by a local agency; affiliation/disaffiliation history, lawsuits; and controversies. The files can include Association histories, materials about program, rosters of staff and volunteer leadership, reports on YM-YW cooperation, information about the Association's building, and annual reports. Many also include consultants' reports and special studies on any and all topics of interest to the YWCA, such as race relations, industrial conditions, and youth. These can be a rich source of historical information about individual YWCAs, but they are not particularly comprehensive. What is included is somewhat dependent on what the Community Association thought to send to the National Office. After 1930, the Association phased out the extensive written reports of its early years. Though Secretaries continued to file visitation reports, they did not travel as much and the files are much less likely to contain records of extensive interaction with the National Association. Once the Basic Standards system was initiated after World War II, Community Association files tend to primarily contain Basic Standards report forms and updated constitution and affiliation/certification (including dissolution and disaffiliation) history materials. Also included are Action Audit for Change reports on progress toward eliminating institutional racism. Community Association files also document inquiries from individuals interested in forming new YWCAs and associated records. As with elsewhere in the records, very little survives from 1971-87. The later files document the process for "rigorously enforcing adherence to the standards" that was undertaken as a part Project Redesign in 1992. They also contain extensive evidence of deteriorating relations between National and its Community Associations. Microfilmed Records, 1884-1970 only [see Microfilmed Records Reel list] Most of the materials in the extensive Local Associations files on the microfilm were discarded after filming. Surviving paper records from that period (1884-1970) are extremely fragmentary. Reel 169, containing the pre-1950 records of some Florida Associations (Gainesville-West Palm Beach) and Georgia Associations (Albany-Brunswick) is lost. The microfilmed records include some very early materials, but the bulk are dated after the establishment of the Field Division in 1923. The earlier microfilmed Local Associations files are rich sources of information about Associations and their various Branches and International Institutes. Included are YWCA and other organizations' studies and surveys of the local community and particular constituencies within it. These regularly include local interracial, youth, immigration, and industrial studies among other topics. There are also files on YWCA cooperation at the local level with other social service organizations, particularly the YMCA. The microfilmed Local Associations files also contain some records of World War I era facilities (filed by location) as well as some records of the Hollywood Studio Club (under California.) Filming of the "Local Associations" files was done in three batches: materials covering the years 1884 to 1950; 1951 to 1960; and 1961to 1970. Each batch is arranged alphabetically by state and then alphabetically by location of the Association. Please note: The Inventory lists the types of materials that were filmed, but not necessarily in the order in which they appear on the film. Original Format Records, 1868-2002, 108 linear feet [see Original Format Records Folder List] The Paper Records are arranged in two Subseries: Subseries A. Community Associations Historical Files Most of the materials in the extensive Local Associations files on the microfilm were discarded after filming. Surviving paper records from that period (1884-1970) are extremely fragmentary. These files consist primarily of materials assembled by the YWCA Librarian and Archivists to provide historical information about Community Associations. Included are publications, clippings, studies, histories, and reports. There are a few miscellaneous early office records that were transferred from offices after the National Board Archives was established. These may not have been microfilmed. Some major studies and reports on individual Associations that were part of the National Board library collection can be found here. Also included are responses to the National Board Archives Project 1974 questionnaire about historical records held by Associations. They are arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by location or name of the Association. Subseries B. Community Associations Files These files are the equivalent of the Local Associations files on the microfilm, but date between 1988 and 2002. They are the files maintained by the Member Association Services office. Included in this series are the various reports and records required for maintaining affiliation with the National Association, such as updated constitution and by-laws, summary financial records, statistical reports and general information on program. The correspondence deals with affiliation-related issues, and can also include advisory correspondence, and materials on local controversies, as well as such things as arrangements for visits by national staff. The MAS office also kept track of any lawsuits filed against Community Associations. The materials are filed by state and then by the most current name of the Association (as of 2002) with its location/city in parentheses where applicable. Related Materials In other Series in this Record Group The earliest records of national staff interactions with Community Associations can be found in the minutes and reports of the departments providing services to associations (Field Work, City, Town, Rural Communities) in SERIES I of this Record Group. These include 1907-23 reports of visits to Associations. In other Record Groups There is some correspondence with Community Associations in RECORD GROUP 3. NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, in SERIES I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION and in RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES III. PUBLIC ADVOCACY. Materials related to the Action Program for Integration and Desegregation of Community Associations and the Action Audit reporting program can be found in RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM, SERIES IV. CONSTITUENT GROUPS, Subseries C. Interracial/Racial Justice. The Department of Data and Statistics (in RECORD GROUP 3. NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, SERIES 4 ) published compilations of statistics gleaned from report forms submitted by Community Associations. Detailed reports from individual Associations affiliated with the two predecessor organizations to the YWCA of the U.S.A. are included in the Conference and Convention Proceedings of those organizations in RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD. Additional early information about interactions with Associations can be found in the minutes and reports of the State, Territorial, and Field Committees in RECORD GROUP 2. PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL BOARD. Routine reports on activities of Community Associations can be found in the YWCA of the USA's main serial publication: The Association Monthly/Womans Press/YWCA Magazine/YWCA Interchange in SERIES 6. PUBLICATIONS of RECORD GROUP 6. PROGRAM. Similar types of records about Student Associations is in RECORD GROUP 7. STUDENT WORK. In other repositories The Sophia Smith Collection maintains a list of repositories known to hold historical records of Community and Student YWCAs.
This is the Contents List for the Original Format Records only. The reel lists for the Microfilmed Records are in a separate file. See Series Descriptions for historical and scope and content notes.
Subseries A. 1907-spring 1932
General and History
Field Work Department, 1913-20, n.d.
Field Committees: By-laws, 1913-21
City Department/Committee
General, 1899-1928
Policies and Program, 1909-15
Association Extension Committee, 1914, n.d.
Town Department/Committee, 1913-23
Rural Communities Department/Committee, 1913-76, n.d.
Minutes
[Sociological Investigation and] Association Extension Committee, 1907-4 Oct 1912
Territorial/Field Work
Special Committee on Territorial Work, 1908-Mar 1909
Department of Territorial Work, May 1909-Jan 1910
Department of Field Work
Feb 1910-May 1919
Jun 1919-May 1921
Field Division
Committee, Executive Group, staff, and Committee of Management, 1922
Committee, Executive Group, and staff, 1923-Jun 1931
Council on Organization, 1924-30
City
City Committee, 1907-21
City Department
Town and Country
Small Town and Country Committee, 31 Oct 1912-Apr 1913
Town and Country Committee, Sep 1913-21
Town Department
Rural
County Department, 1921-22
Rural Communities Department, 1922-Jun 1931
Publications
"The Study of a Local Field," by Walter M. Wood, 1907
General and administration, 1907-22, n.d.
Constitutions, 1915, 1929
Membership, 1921, 1927
Residences and Boarding Homes, 1907-30
"Community Studies for Young Women's Christian Association Workers in Cities" compiled by the Research Bureau for the City Committee, 1920
"Development of Association Program in Areas Related to Cities: Methods of Work and Suggestions for Preliminary Study," 1928
"Outline for a Study of the Community and Itself by a City Association," City Department reprint, 1928
"The Place of the Young Women's Christian Association in Cities" by Mary S. Sims, TWP 1926;1930 revised edition
Town
General and Administration, 1914-29, n.d.
Constitutions, 1919-29, n.d.
"A Community Study for Town Associations," n.d.
"Suggestions for Education Committees of YWCAs in Towns," n.d.
General, 1908-26
"How Can We Interest Our Community in the YWCA," draft for a leaflet, 22 Apr 1930
Reports
Field Work
State Adjustment Committee, 1907
Special Committee on Territorial Work, 1908
Chair, Executive Secretary, and Office Secretary, 1909-18
Secretary reports
Miscellaneous, 1911-20
Marion E. Hopkins, Cafeterias, 1920-21
Northwestern Territorial Committee: annual reports, 1910-11
Miscellaneous, 1919-27
Employment and Room Registry (Emma Phinney), 1924-29
Food Service
Marion Hopkins, 1922-30
Margaret Proctor, 1923-24
Case Study of a Village in Mississippi by Marjorie Patten, 1931
Report of the Survey of Western Massachusetts, 1929
Chair and Vice-Chair reports to National Board, 1907-25
Secretary annual and periodic reports
Edith S. Aykroyd, 1920-21
Margaret Alton, 1920
Helen D. Beavers, 1921-23
Elizabeth Boies, 1909-17
Eva D. Bowles, 1913-30
Edith (Terry) Bremer, 1911-16
Anna L. Brown, 1909-16
Amy Gordon Bruce, 1922
Elsie I. Burnham, 1931
Margaret L. Burton, 1913-14, 1927
Mary S. Bushnell, 1910-12
Eliza R. Butler, 1913
Mary L. Cady, 1918-20
Julia F. Capen, 1920-29
Harriet R. Chamberlin, 1922
Frances M. Crittenden, 1922
Mary Frances Day, 1924-31
Mary E. Dunbar, 1922
Marcia O. Dunham, 1911-14
Mary S. Dunn, 1907-09
Jeanette Dutchess, 1921-31
Lena M. Farrar, 1919-30
Mary C. Ferris, 1928-31
Marie Foulkes, 1919
Erie Layton Gates, 1922-25
Blanche Geary, 1910-20
Margaret B. Gerard, 1929-30
Annie Kate Gilbert, 1920-28
Gertrude Gogin, 1917-20
Gertrude Griffith, 1911-16
Maud L. Harrison, 1920
Elizabeth (Ross) Haynes, 1909-12
Emma Hays, 1909
Cecelia Holloway, 1911
Louise S. Holmquist, 1909-13
Addie W. Hunton, 1911-14
Imogene B. Ireland, 1920
Mary E. Jackson, 1918-20
Jean E. James, 1919
Eleanor Larrabee Lattimore, 1920
Genevieve Lowry, 1931
Josephine F. Lynch, 1919
Leona Macgeorge, 1922
Hazel MacKaye, 1919-20
Louise MacMaster, 1919-22
Essie L. Maguire, 1931
Mary E. Musson, 1918
Marion H. Nicolovius, 1920-23
Grace L. Osborn, 1922-27
Marion Peabody, 1926-29
Matilda Peper, 1909
Lena M. Phillips, 1919
Emma Phinney, 1920-29
Mary Preston, 1927-29
Margaret Swain Pratt, 1920
Margaret A. Proctor, 1918-20
Lucile Rader, 1929
Susan M. Rebhan, 1922-23
Alice R. Reynolds, 1922-31
Anna V. Rice, 1913-20
Elizabeth A. Ross
Adela F. Ruffin, 1922-24
Mary E. Rust, 1920
Helen Rysdorp, 1928-31
Helen B. Schuyler, 1927-31
Mary E. Scott, 1923-31
Grace Sheppard, 1920
Florence Simms, 1912-20
Mary Sims, 1914-30
Marie Lutters Stanton, 1920
E. Beatrice Stearns, 1920
Marguerite K. Sylla
Edith Baldwin Terry
Helen L. Thomas, 1909-16
Harriet S. Vance, 1922-23
Laura Vossler, 1918-19
Harriet Wilde, 1919-20
Margaret Williamson, 1917-25
Sue Ann Wilson, 1920
Cordella A. Winn, 1922-31
Helen W. Wise, 1923-31
Bertha J. Woodward, 1919
Laura H. Young, 1922-24
Association Extension Committee
Chair report to National Board, 1907-19
Biennial report, 1909-10
Biennial Report, 1920-21, 1926-27, 1928-29
Report of the Department, 3 Mar 1924
Miscellaneous
Findings on Occupation of the Field, Town Department and Staff Meeting, 21-23 Apr 1928
Recommendations made and adopted at the sectional meeting of delegates from town Associations, April 26, 1922, during the national convention
Reports of the Commissions to study various aspects of the Town program, given at Town Meeting at Convention, 1926
Secretary annual, biennial, and periodic
Miscellaneous, 1920-30
Fannie O. Ames, 1918-19
Vera Barger, 1919
Helen F. Barnes, 1909-11
Lavinia Bonner, 1922-24
Frances Bothwell, 1921-24
Eva D. Bowles, 1913
Edith Terry Bremer, 1912
Rachel Brooks, 1917-20
Anna L. Brown, 1909-18
Helen Orr Brown, 1926
Elise I. Burnham, 1924-31
Mary L. Cady, 1919-20
Anna M. Clark, 1919-21
Ethel H. Clark, 1919-20
Gretchen L. Coon, 1922
Mildred Corbett
Lillie V. Cromwell and Jane Dickey, 1929
Ethel Cutler, 1915-17
Sarah B. Deitrick, 1922
Jane Dickey, 1926-29
Jane Dickey and Mary Jane Fisher, 1927-28
Lois Diehl, 1922-25
Mildred H. Esgar, 1923-28, 1930
Mrs. Charles T. Evans, 1924-25
Lena M. Farrar, 1919
Jessie Field, 1912-17
Mary Jane Fisher, 1928-30
Blanche Geary, 1920
Gertrude Ann Geopfarth, 1923-24
Abbie Graham, 1915
Gertrude Gogin, 1918-20
Mabel Head, 1919
Louise Holmquist, 1909-17
M. Esther Huckins, 1925-31
M. Esther Huckins and Jane Dickey, 1926-27
Addie W. Hunton, 1912-13
Belle Ingels, 1927-31
Elizabeth Jenkins, 1920
Lucile Lippitt, 1926-31
Kate Logan, 1917-19
Lillian Long, 1907-11
Ethel Landfear, 1915-16
Essie L. Maguire, 1928-31
Bertha I. Miller, 1921-27
Jean C. Moore, 1921-22
Margaret Proctor, 1918-19
Clarinda Richards, 1918-19
Lucy B. Richmond, 1919
Clara S. Roe, 1922-30
Ebertha Roelofs, 1922-24
Helen B. Schuyler, 1921-27
Anna Seaburg, 1909-15, 1918-20, 1922-27
Ruth Shallcross, 1931
Florence Simms, 1909-12, 1919
Gretta Smith, 1928-31
Janet M. Smith, 1922
Marie Lutters [Stanton], 1920
Mary Stuart, 1918-19
Edith Baldwin Terry, 1910-12
Helen L. Thomas, 1911-14
Rural Work
Department biennial reports, 1918-20, 1920-22, 1922-24, 1926-27, 1928-29
Analysis of the Condition and Plans of the Rural Associations in the Eastern Region, n.d.
Report of the Discussion of Women's Programs, Aug 1930, Fletcher Farm
Statement regarding work of the Rural Communities Department, 23 Apr 1925
Miscellaneous, 1920-31, n.d.
Mrs. R.H. Benham, 1921
Eleanor Blackburn, 1928
Elizabeth E. Blick, 1925-28
Frances Bothwell, 1924
Elsie I. Burnham, 1925-26
Emma F. Byers, 1924
Anna M. Clark
Gertrude Coon, 1922
Eleanor Copenhaver, 1922-26
Jane Dickey, 1926-31
Lois Diehl, 1931
Inez Ensign, 1927-31
Helen N. Flack, 1924-31
Margaret Forsyth, 1925
Rhoda Foster, 1919-31
M. Maud Fowler [Bristol], 1919-28
Isora Sprague Gibson (Mrs. W. H.), 1924-29
Mrs. John M. Hanna, 1925-27
Marion W. Harmer, 1924-27
Elizabeth B. Herring, 1922-31
Elsie M. Hogsett (Mrs. L.M.), 1924-29
M. Esther Huckins, 1926, 1931
Helen Hutchinson, 1922-24
Imogene B. Ireland, 1924-25
Julia Lee, 1924
Grace Nutting Miller, 1923-25
Ethel Niermeyer, 1925-27
Marjorie Patten, 1927-28
Margaret Powell, 1924-26
Irene Riley, 1925-31
Henrietta Roelofs, 1924-30
Elisabeth Rogers, 1925-31
Emma Jewell Ross, 1922-29
Helen B. Schuyler, 1926-28
Lucy Sommerville, 1925-28
Florence Stone, 1927
Francelia Stuenkel, 1921-25
Grace Stuff, 1926-27
Adria Titterington, 1927-31
Mildred D. Wilcox, 1929-31
Hazel Bell Withrow, 1924-26
Special Projects
Exposition Auxiliary Committee (Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco 1915)
General and minutes, Apr-May 1915
Exposition Extension Secretary (Alice Hoyt), Jul-Oct 1915
Field Work Department Special Worker (Ella Schooley), Dec 1914-Dec 1915
Cafeteria (Frances Holroyd), Mar-Oct 1915
Club House on the Zone (Elizabeth Boies), Jun-Nov 1915
Department Dealing with Women Employees of the Exposition (Thirmuthis Brookman), Apr-Dec 1915
Emergency, Employment, Information, and Room and Board Departments (Alice Brookman and Grace Southwick), Mar-Dec 1915
Office Work (E.W. Ristine), Jun-Oct 1915
Religious Work (Julia Lee), Apr-Oct 1915
Rural Communities Politics program, 1924, n.d.
Studies
General, 1924-31
California
Orange County, California, by Clara S. Roe and Rhoda Foster, Nov-Dec 1925
Pomona Valley, California, by Julia Tolman Lee and Rhoda Foster, Sep-Oct 1926
Town-Rural Study of Riverside, Redlands, and San Bernardino Area of Southern California by Rhoda Foster and Clara S. Roe, Nov-Dec 1925
Tulare County, California by Julia Tolman Lee and Rhoda Foster, 1925
Idaho: Southern Idaho Project by Rhoda Foster, Helen N. Flack, and Isora Sprague Gibson, 1924-25 (to discover methods of organizing an Assn in a large area with scattered population and small financial resources)
Indiana by Hazel B. Withrow, 1924-26
Iowa Study by Lois Diehl: preliminary report, Aug 1931
Michigan
Development of the Young Women's Christian Association in the First Southern Michigan District (Hillsdale County, and Western Lenawee County), Jan 1923-Jan 1927
Lansing Area by Julia Toman Lee and M. Maud Fowler, ca. 1926
Report of the Town-Rural Study in Southern Michigan, May 1925
Work in Hillsdale County, Michigan, by Inez Ensign, 1926-27
The YWCA in Michigan: Lapeer District Rural Work, 1925-27; Grand Rapids Area Rural Work, ca. 1926 and Wexford County Rural Work, ca. 1927
Oklahoma: The Northeast Oklahoma District YWCA by D. Katharine Rogers, Nov 1926
Ohio: The Tecumseh District YWCA by D. Katharine Rogers, Jul 1926
Texas
Dallas and Galveston-Houston Districts, Texas, by Margaret Williamson and Emma Jewell Ross, May 1927
Urban-Rural Economic Study of the Dallas and Houston-Galveston Districts of the YWCA by R. Clyde White, 15 Sep 1926
Wisconsin
Study of the YWCA of Wausau, Wisconsin by Clara Strong Roe, May 1928
Report of the Town-Rural Study in Southern Wisconsin, Oct 1924
Rural-Industrial Study by Eleanor Copenhaver, Jul 1924
Rural-Industrial Section (Soft Coal Communities, Steel and Lead Communities, Southern Textile Communities) by Eleanor Copenhaver, Margaret Forsyth, Donald McConnell, Dorothy P. Gary, and Lois MacDonald, [1926]
Student-Rural Community Study by Gladys Taylor, [1925]
Town-Rural Relationships by Francelia Stuenkel and Clara S. Roe: general, Jul 1924
OVERSIZE
"Town Book, Tenth Anniversary," scrapbook given to Town Department Executive, Anna Seaburg, 1926
Subseries B. Fall 1932-2001
Department/Division
National Services Division (fall 1932-spring 1940)
General and History, 1935-38
"Brief History," Report of National Services Division, 1931-37 by Lucy P. Carner
National Services Division/National Services Division Committee
Oct 1931-Jul 1940
National Services Division Staff
Jan 1932-Aug 1936
Aug 1936-Jul 40
Community Division (fall 1940-71)
General and History, 1941-71
Correspondence re YWCA Constitution revision and interpretation, 1955-71
Community Division Committee
Charter, 1958; and index to minutes, 1940-46
Community Division Core Group, 1970-71
Organization Development Unit (1972-84)
General, 1972-83
Buildings Consultant
General, 1970-81
Ohio
Cleveland, 1970-80
Columbus, 1975-80
Dayton, 1970-81
Lancaster, 1971-75
Licking County, 1970-78
Mansfield, 1973-76
Medina, 1970-78
Springfield, 1974-75
Toledo, 1971-81
Youngstown, 1975-80
Oklahoma, 1970-74
Pennsylvania, 1974-75
Services to Urban Associations
General, 1971-83
Urban Services Committee/Urban Affairs Committee: minutes, 1974-79
Field Services Division: general, 1978-91, n.d.
Member Association Services (1992-2001)
General, 1992-2001, n.d.
Correspondence, 1992-2001, n.d.
Financial and budget, 1992-95
Job descriptions, 1994, 1999, n.d.
Office forms and record keeping procedures, 1992-2000, n.d.
Unemployment insurance program for Member Associations, 1996
Committees and Task Forces
Community Division Subcommittees
Miscellaneous, 1942-48
Accredited YWCA, 1966
Administration, 1946, 1969
Association Review, 1968
Camping, 1966
Membership Study Group, 1959-60
Membership, 1964-65
New Organization, 1968
Personal and Family Relations, 1941-42
Racial Integration, 1966
Residence Study, 1968
Teenage Program, 1964-66
Young Adult, 1964-66
Organization Development Task Forces, 1983-84
Member Association Services
Consistent Messages Work Group, 1995
National/Local Relations Task Force, 1990-93
Racial Justice Committee, 1993-94, n.d.
Task Groups, 1995
Community Associations
Accreditation and Affiliation
General, 1991-96
Audit Accreditation Reports, 1990-92
Status reports, 1993-2001, n.d.
Disaffiliation, general, 1997-98
Mid-cycle Affiliation Requirements contact all sheets, 2001?
Probationary status
General, 1995-98
Associations on probation, Oct 1996
YWCA Retirement Fund participation, 2000-2001
Correspondence
Legal issues and agreements
General, 1992-96, n.d.
Mailing re EEOC v. YWCA of Tucson, 1992
Nine West Group, Inc., settlement funding, 2000
Financial
Finance data from Member Associations, 1991-94
National Support/National Affiliation Dues
General, 1991-2000
Formula
Requests for proposals for developing a new formula, 1997
A.T. Kearney , Inc.: report and presentations on dues formula, 1997-98
Payment status reports, 1996-98
Reports, 1991-99
Revolving Loan Assistance Fund, 1997, n.d.
Guidelines, Forms, and Publications
Grace H. Dodge Merit Fellowship Award, ca. 2000
Geographical Reviews: draft, 1996
Membership Chairpersons and Membership Committees in Community YWCAs, Mar 2000
Programs offered by Member Associations
General, 1996, 1998
Aquatics, n.d.
Camps, 1990
Child Abuse, 1995
Domestic Violence, 1994, 1998
Elderly Care, 1995
Employment Assistance, 1994
Employment Training, 1996
Fitness, n.d.
HIV/AIDS, 1997
Pools, 1998
Prison/Ex-Prison, 1993
Rape Crisis Hotline, 1991
Residences, 1992-98
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 1999-2000
Transitional Housing, 1993
Tribute Ceremonies, 1994
Wellness/Healthy Lifestyles, n.d.
Women Entrepreneurs, 1998
Widow/Divorce Support Groups, 1994
Questionnaires and surveys to Member Associations
Financial Development, 1998
Software, 1992
Conferences and Meetings
Big City Conference, 1948
Consultation: Alternatives to Building, 1975
Forums on National/Local Partnership, spring 1983
Metropolitan Seminars, 1973-2001
Programs and Projects
Action Plan [to accelerate racial integration in community YWCAs]
Subcommittee on the Action Plan: minutes, 1963-65
Correspondence, 1963-65
Leadership Kit for Community YWCA Action Program, 1964
Mailings, 1963-64
Reference materials, 1960-63, n.d.
Reports, 1963-65
Work tools, 1963-64
Agricultural Committee Projects: number 4 "Do Farm Prices Just Happen?" and number 5 "How Much Security Has the Farmer?," 1938
Residence Survey, 1936-39
General, 1937-53
District YWCAs, 1936-39
Study Project on Administration of Metropolitan and Selected One-Branch YWCAs, Harleigh B. Trecker, 1958
Study Project on Administration of YWCAs in Changing Communities, 1959
Special Project on New Organization, 1960-61
Area Planning-Implications for the YWCA, 1965
Before the YWCA Builds: A Building Manual, 1957, 1967
Branch Relationships and Branch By-Laws (A Revision), 1946
A Building Manual for the YWCA: Part 1, Guidelines for Implementing a Building Program, 1978
A Building Manual for the YWCA: Part 2, Design Guidelines for New or Renovated Buildings, 1981
The Community YWCA and its Community Chest Relations, a worktool prepared by Genevieve Lowry, 1952
Decentralized Units of Program, 1953-58
Form of Organization for the Small Association, 1950
Getting Your Annual Meeting Squared Away, Feb 1984
Guidelines for YWCAs Considering Consolidation, 1969
How We Build: Visual Presentation of Function and Space, 1949
Leader's Guide for Unstaffed YWCA Units, 1965
Membership Pointers for Community YWCA's, 1949, 1951
One YWCA: On the Campus-In the Community, 1958
The Operation of Housing and Building Services (Including Rooms Registry and Referral Services) for Community Associations, circa 1950
Organizing a New YWCA, n.d. [missing Part 1], Jun 1997, Dec 2001
Organizing a New YWCA: Stage Two, The Provisional Stage, 1974
Procedures and Forms for Use in Developments of Community YWCAs: Staff Work Tool, 1967, 1974, 1980
Program and Structure in Community YWCAs, Staff Work Notes, 1947
Record keeping, 1978, 1983
Registered YWCA Groups, Kit of Organizing Material, 1975
The Residence and the YWCA: typescript and published version, 1954
"Search Committee Guidelines for Executive Director and Interim Executive Director of the YWCA of the USA," 2001
"Study Guide for Determining the Need for a YWCA Residence," 1961
What Can We Expect of Rural Schools, Mildred Cranston, 1948
When We Build: Some hints and hunches collected from here and there, 1952
YWCA Handbook: A Guide for Community Units of District YWCAs, 1940
YMCA-YWCA Cooperation, 1956-69
Serials
"Information Briefs" from Executive Bulletin, 1975-78
Network News, 1993-98
Council Gram, 1994-96
Regional Staff and Councils
General, 1933-99, n.d.
Regional Field Managers
Correspondence, 1992-2001
Meetings, 1999-2001
Regions charts, 1940-89, n.d.
Regional staff assignments, 1964-65
Northwest Conference, Menucha, Oregon, Nov 1980
Multi-State Convocations re national-local relationship "Strengthening the Ties That Bind," Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1997-99
Arkansas/Arkansas-Texarcana, 1989-94
Carolina Cluster, 1974-98, n.d.
Central Region, 1949-57
Connecticut, 1993-98
Council of Illinois and St. Louis YWCAs (CISLY), 1992-2000
Dakotas, 1994-2001
Delta (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama), 1998
Eastern Region, 1955-69
Florida-Georgia (sometimes known as Georgia-Florida), 1996-98
Great Lakes Alliance (Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and St. Louis), 1999-2000
Hawaii, 1993-98
Heartland (Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas), 1989-2001
Indiana, 1997-99
Iowa, 1993-98
Kentucky-Tennessee/Alabama-Kentucky-Tennessee, 1991-98
Louisiana, 1995-98
Michigan, 1992-2000
Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, D.C., Maryland), 1998, n.d.
Minnesota, 1986-2000, n.d.
New England, 1993-99, n.d.
New Jersey, 1994-2001
New York State, 1992-2000, n.d.
New York and New Jersey, 1907
Northeast, 1996-97
Northeast Alliance (Haverhill, Newburyport, and Malden, Mass.), 1997-98, n.d.
Northern California (NorCal), 1982-99, n.d.
Northwest YWCA Coalition/Pacific Northwest Coalition (Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon), 1995-2001
Oklahoma, 1993-96
Pennsylvania, 1992-2001, n.d.
Rocky Mountain, 1993-98
Southern Region, 1956-69
Southern California (SoCal)
Southwest/Texas (Arizona, Texas, and Albuquerque, NM), 1988-2002, n.d.
Virginia, 1992-97
West Virginia, 1996-99
Western Region, 1957, 1965-69
Wisconsin, 1989-98, n.d.
General
Report of special staff meetings considering adjustment of policies and practices for local associations, Jan 1933
Progress of Rural Associations, 1938-40
Report of Registered YWCAs, 1940
Summary report of responses to questionnaire on residences included as a supplement in 1951 Annual Statistical Report forms, 1952
"Greenleigh Report" by Arthur Greenleigh, Greenleigh Associates Management Consultants, re operations, structure, and service of the National Board Office, 1958 [copy also in Reorganizations]
Analysis and summaries by Lois Diehl of studies made by various groups between 1955 and 1961 of YWCA Community Associations, Feb-Mar 1962
Analysis and overall summary
Detailed summaries
Central Region
Eastern Region
Southern Region
Western Region
Membership Analysis, 1994, 2000
Report of the Program-Planning Studies, 1931-33 by Mildred H. Esgar
Small Associations, 1967
Staff
Buildings Consultant, Iris Alex, 1971-81
Organization Development, Unit Executive, 1973-80
Member Associations Services Office
General, 1992-98
Staff monthly reports, 1996-2001, n.d.
Training
General, 1952, 1997-98
Advising on Labor and Union Questions, Staff Workshop, 1946
Building Management Workshop, Jul 1979
Building YWCA Association Leadership for the 21st Century, Facilitator's Guide, 1994
Community Relationships and Cooperation Workshop, Nov 1956
Community Studies: outlines and suggestions, 1923-38, n.d.
Financial Management Module, 1995
Fund Development Module, 1999-2000
Staff finance course, May 1933
Large Associations with Three or More Branches or Centers Workshop, 1956
Organizational Training, Needs Assessment report, 2000
Presidents' Policy Management Training, Oct 1996
Risk Management for YWCAs, 2000
Staff Working with Residence Program in the YWCA Workshop, 1959
General and history
Miscellaneous, 1886-2001, n.d.
Thesis "Accreditation in the field of social welfare: an approach to self-regulation and social control" by Ann W. Nichols, Columbia University, School of Social Work, 1979
Charter membership, 1932, 1949
Accredited YWCAs, 1961-67
Authorized Groups, 1978
Registered Groups
General, 1933-98
Staff Work Tool: Registered YWCA Groups, 1965
Applications (completed) for membership and change of status, 1932-83
Affiliated Associations lists, 1950-94, 1996
Cities with both Community and Student Associations lists, 1961-62
Disaffiliated Associations lists, 1958-2001
Disaffiliated/Dissolved Associations card file, circa 1950-80
District Associations lists, 1948-50
Affiliations, Disaffiliations, and Name Changes notebooks, 1935-83
Affiliation/Membership
Student
Community Associations, Arizona-Wyoming
Name change
Community Associations, California-Wyoming
Disaffiliations, Alabama-Wyoming
Policies and Practices
The Standards Study
General, 1935-37, n.d.
Forms
Questionnaire on Administrative Practices, 1936-37
Branch Study Questionnaire, 1936
Questionnaire on National-Local Relationships, 1937
Summary sheets, 1937
Minutes, Standards Study Committee, 1936-39
Report of the Standards Study by Helen E. Davis, TWP 1936
The Standards Study,1936-38: A Study of Administrative Practices and Association Relationships
The Branch Study: Part II of the Standards Study by Mildred Corbett, 1938
The Standards Study, 1938-40: A study of National Structure and National-Local Relationships and Final Report and Recommendations
The Student Standards Study: Structure and Relationships of Student YWCAs, 1940
Report: Preliminary report of the Branch Study, 1937
Basic Standards
Suggested Minimum Criteria for Affiliation of a Community YWCA…, Staff Work Notes, Mar 1947
Suggested Guide for Report by Community Associations, 1948
Basic Standards Committee: minutes and reports, 1950-66
Membership in the National Association and Basic Standards Committee: minutes, 1967-69
[Basic] Standards brochures, 1949-94
Standards of Excellence, 1997-98
Accreditation Requirements, 1982-96
Affiliation Requirements, 1991-2001
Appeals Process [Association Status], 1993-99
Associations Developing Agreements guidelines, Dec 1994
Disaffiliation Process, circa 1998
Inactive Status Policies and Procedures, 1992
Name Change by a Member Association, 1995-2000
Probation Status Policies and Procedures, 1993-99, n.d.
Provisional Status Policy, 1994-2000, n.d.
Report Forms
Basic Standards Report Forms, 1952-67
Association Review Kit, 1980, 1986
Association Progress Report form, 1989
Association Progress Report overview of process, circa 1993
Association Standards Review and Affiliation requirements for Community Associations: forms, 1994-96
Progress on Goals for the Decade and Objectives for the 1979-82 Triennium, 1980
Annual Report Forms Kit
Affiliation Requirements reports, 1996-97, n.d.
National Support/National Affiliation Dues forms, 1993-97, n.d.
Report Forms Kit Evaluation forms, 1995, 1998
Membership in National Association Committee
General, 1961-2001, n.d.
Rosters, 1958-2004
Correspondence, general, 1992-2001, n.d.
Mass mailings to member associations, 1953-99
MINA and Basic Standards Committee, 1966-70
Oct 1996-Feb 2000
Reports to National Board and National Board actions, 1953-83, 1994-2000
Reports to Convention, (34th) 1996, (35th ) 1998, (36th) 2001
History and memorabilia, 1926-75, n.d.
Buildings
6129 Carlos Ave: legal documents, 1919-20
1215 Lodi Place
Mortgage, 1926
Construction, 1925
Specifications, Julia Morgan, 1925
National Register of Historic Places nomination, 1980
1227 Lodi Place
Purchase, 1943-44
USO Guest House: correspondence and legal documents, 1944
Budget information needed for figuring quotas, 1941-42
By-laws, 1955, 1961
Correspondence with National Staff, 1945-64
Director's Reports
Legal complaint of Otto Naylor, 1964-65
Minutes and reports
Hollywood Studio Club Committee and Building Committee, 1924-26
Hollywood Studio Club Committee, 1927-31
Committee of Management
Rosters, 1958-61
Minutes, Dec 1950-55, 1957-64
"A Study of the Hollywood Studio Club, Its Relationships" by Lois Diehl
Report, 1959
Correspondence and notes, 1959
Subseries A. Historical Files
Scrapbook: clippings re YWCA activities (mostly mid-west), 1918-19
Alabama
Birmingham, 1955-94, n.d.
Mobile, 1989, n.d.
Montgomery, 1951-66
Arizona
Globe, 1931-32
Huachuca Area (Sierra Vista), 1976-81
Arkansas
Helena, 1927-54
Little Rock, 1918
Miscellaneous, 1978-84, n.d.
Fresno, 1904, 1970-78, n.d.
Garden Grove, 1958-62
Glendale
Imperial Valley District (El Centro), 1950-69, n.d.
Long Beach
General, 1972-79
1968 Program Interpretation, 1964-68
Los Angeles
General, 1965-89, n.d.
Program Study by John Price Jones, 1947
Narrative Report for Program Year 1951-52
Outline for Study of Community: Long Range Planning for YWCA Program, 1957
Depth Study Report: Proposed Capital Funds Campaign, 1968
Area Survey and Facility Location Study, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Jan 1969
Master Plan, Jun 1969
Mid-Peninsula (Palo Alto), 1981
Monterey Bay District (Santa Cruz?), 1930-41
Napa, 1929-32
Oakland
General, 1894-1977
Capital Funds Project, 1954 "Swim"
Study by YWCA and Council of Community Services, Jun 1957
Redlands, 1976-78, n.d.
San Francisco
General, 1960, 1977-78
Young Adult Study, 1958-59
San Joaquin Valley, Central (Exeter), 1950-71
Tulare County, North, 1929-31
Tulare County, South, 1927-37
Colorado
General, 1977, 1987
Boulder: A Study of the YWCA of Boulder, 1968
Colorado Springs, 1950-90
Colorado Town and Country/Colorado District (Denver), 1948-68
Denver
General, 1971-94, n.d.
"A Study of Social Action, the Public Affairs Committees of the Denver YWCA," by Olive Eleanor Riddell, MSW thesis, University of Denver, 1949
Denver Action Research for Expanded Services (DARES): final report by Rhetta M. Arter, 1969
"Herstory" by Patricia M. Kenning, circa 1979
Fort Collins, 1928-32
Grand Junction, 1927-33
Middle Park, 1968-70
Connecticut
General, 1977, 1982, n.d.
General, 1977, n.d.
Study "Greater Bridgeport's Need for a Residential Center for Girls with Special Needs," 1968
Hartford
General, circa 1928, 1972-75, n.d.
Annual Reports, 1869, 1872, 1874-75, 1879, 1889
New Haven, 1945-89
Stamford, 1927-90
Delaware
District of Delaware (Dover), 1927-46
New Castle County (Wilmington), 1945, 1995
District of Columbia
General, 1875-2000, n.d.
Hannah Harrison School, 1954-79
Montgomery County, Maryland, Branch, 1953-77
Phyllis Wheatley Branch
General, 1870-1980, n.d.
"The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA: A Cooperative Study," 1956
Florida
Clearwater, 1948-77
Hernando County, 1928-40
Jacksonville, 1970?, 1971
Miami, circa 1926-88
Palm Beach County, 1986
St. Petersburg: scrapbook (photocopy), circa 1922-35
Tampa, 1971-77
Georgia
Atlanta, 1954-81, n.d.
Augusta, 1981
Brunswick, 1979
Cobb County: "A Brief Factual Review of the Cobb County, Georgia, Young Women's Christian Association for the years 1954-58"
Savannah, 1973-83
Hawaii
Honolulu, 1935-82, n.d.
Idaho
Idaho Town and Country District (Boise), 1950-67
Canyon County (Nampa), 1977-85, n.d.
Magic Valley District (Twin Falls), 1929-37
Pocatello: histories, circa 1980
Southwestern Idaho District, 1927-50
Twin Falls, 1975-78
Illinois
Miscellaneous, 1967, 1980
Chicago
General, 1937-97, n.d.
Industrial Department
General, 1918-45, n.d.
Newsreel, May 1938, Feb 1940
Student Department, 1932-33
Galva, 1927
Highland Park, 1971-80
Jacksonville: annual report, 1874
McLean County (Bloomington), 1973-76
Quincy, 1897, 1968, n.d.
Springfield, 1971-76
Streator, 1928-29
Indiana
General: Report of Indiana Project, Aug 1954
Miscellaneous, 1928-74
Fort Wayne, 1973-76
Indianapolis, 1913-32, 1973-76
Logansport, 1967-77
Marion, 1961, 1989
St. Joseph County (South Bend), 1976-81
Terre Haute: proposal for a new facility, 1972
Iowa
General, 1907-79
Iowa Town and Country District, 1968-74
Boone, 1947-66
Davenport, 1950-67
Des Moines, 1935, 1971-74
Dubuque, 1902-85
Keokuk, 1948-54
Johnson County, 1973-75
Muscatine: Building and Usage Study, 1969
Newton, 1927, 1948-66
Page County (Clarinda), 1927-33
Sioux City, 1878, 1899, 1977-86
Spencer, 1975
Washington (part of Town and Country District), 1927-32, 1975
Kansas
Kansas State Executive Committee: State Secretary's log book, 1893-1905
Kansas District (Wichita)
General, 1938-81
The Prairie Schooner, 1975-76
Y-Teen Cook Book, 1953
Arkansas City, 1928-30
Emporia, 1927-48
Independence, 1948-73
Lawrence, 1884-86, n.d.
Parsons, 1967-71
Kentucky
Miscellaneous, 1963, 1978
Kentucky District/Kentucky-Tennessee District/Kentucky District, 1936-59
Owensboro, 1975-78
Louisiana
Alexandria-Pineville, 1971-74
Monroe, 1948-83
New Orleans
General, 1960-88, n.d.
Canal Street Branch
General, 1926-39, n.d.
Advisers' Bulletin, 1939-40
Maine, 1969-82
Maryland
Baltimore
General, 1939-76, n.d.
Baltimore Council of Social Agencies Study of the Baltimore Young Women's Christian Association, Mar 1953
Song Book, 1939
Massachusetts
General, 1977-83
Boston
General, 1888-1986, n.d.
Annual Reports: unbound copies
Reports, general (including Annual): bound, 1867-86
The Heart of Woman, centennial publication, 1966
A Speaker's Guide to the Boston YWCA, 1866-1978
Brockton, 1968-75
Cambridge, 1896, 1975-77
Haverhill, 1911, 1975-88, n.d.
Holyoke
General, 1977-81, n.d.
Materials for Association Review, 1980
Lawrence
General, 1970-85
Inventory to Records housed at Immigrant City Archives, Lawrence, circa 1985
Malden: Report on Program Needs for Teen Age Girls, 1959
Newburyport, 1979, 1983
Newton, 1929
Western Massachusetts District/Springfield, 1927-37, 1971-93, n.d.
Worcester, 1935-89
General, 1914-82
Ann Arbor, 1949-60, 1992?
Battle Creek, 1968-72
Detroit
General, 1977-78, n.d.
Narrative Report, 1952-53
Thesis "Interracial Practices of Five Group Work Agencies" by Elizabeth E. Sherwood, University of Michigan School of Social Work, 1952
First Southern Michigan District, 1927-29
Flint, 1977-90
Jackson, 1968-72
Lansing Area (rural), 1929-30
Lansing, Greater
General, 1958-89, n.d.
Centennial Cookbook, 1989
Lapeer County, 1930
Muskegon, 1968-72
Saginaw, 1970-80
Saint Clair, 1929-37
Western Wayne County/Dearborn, 1969, n.d.
Wexford County, 1928-32
Minnesota
General, 1898-1982
Albert Lea, 1971-78
Austin/Mower County, 1928-50, 1989-95
Virginia, 1928-30
Mississippi
General, 1964-67
Hattiesburg, 1928-55, n.d.
Meridian, 1927-50
Mississippi District
General, 1950-80
History, 1968
Missouri
Carthage, 1927-31
Joplin
General, 1977-84, n.d.
Financial reports, 1977-82
Moberly, 1928
St. Joseph, 1926, 1979
St. Louis
Annual Reports, 1870-72, 1874-75
Narrative Reports, 1951-52
Springfield
Financial reports, 1979-81
Montana
Billings: history, 1988
Missoula: history, circa 1981
Nebraska
Alliance, 1962-72
Jefferson County (Fairbury), 1968-76
Kearney, 1927-31
Lincoln
General, 1978
Masters thesis "The Lincoln YWCA: From Social Evangelism to Secular Activism" by Katherine Jellison, University of Nebraska, 1984
Nebraska District, 1949-62
Norfolk, 1927-32
Seward, 1962-77
Nevada
Reno-Sparks: Making Their Mark: Reno/Sparks YWCA History by Victoria Ford, 1996
New Hampshire
New Hampshire District (Concord), 1948-62
Manchester, 1977
Portsmouth, 1977-80
New Jersey
General and miscellaneous, 1922-90, n.d.
Bergen County: Narrative Record (scrapbook), 1954-57
Eastern Union County/Elizabeth: inventory of records with timeline of events in the history of the organization, 1993
Jersey City, circa 1929, 1977, n.d.
Montclair-North Essex, 1967, 1982
Passaic, 1959-89
Plainfield, 1956
Ridgewood, 1944-65, 1978
Somerset County, 1930-40
Trenton, 1959
New York
State Convention: proceedings, 1888
General, 1884-1998
Albany: Report of Study made by the YWCA of Albany, NY, under the direction of Lois Diehl, Oct-Nov 1958
Brooklyn
Buffalo, 1880, 1933, 1952-94, n.d.
Chautauqua County, 1901, 1927-39
Farmingdale, 1954-58
Freeport, 1927
Nassau County/Hempstead District, 1928-50
New York, City of
Peekskill, 1976-82
Queens, Borough of (Jamaica), 1929-51
Rochester and Monroe County
Needs Assessment Survey of Monroe County High School Teen Women, circa 1980
Management Study and Facility Analysis, Nov 1981
Suffolk County (Bay Shore), 1929-66
General, 1929-66, n.d.
Board of Directors: minutes and reports, 1944-53
Correspondence, 1947-53, n.d.
Finance Campaign, 1947, 1949-52, n.d.
Utica
General, 1873, 1956
The Christian Worker, 1882-86
Westchester and Putnam County (Katonah), 1927-39
White Plains, 1988-96, n.d.
North Carolina
Miscellaneous, 1922-23, 1970
Salisbury, 1948-52
North Dakota: Grand Forks, 1967-70
Miscellaneous, 1969-86
Ashtabula County, 1964-74, n.d.
Cambridge, 1928-34
Cincinnati
General, 1911-93, n.d.
Centennial, 1968
Strategic planning: report "Laying the Foundations for the Future," 1976
Women's Christian Association
Annual Report, 1869, 1870, 1871
Annual Report, including Annual Report of the Young Ladies' Branch, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875
Young Ladies' Branch/Protestant Industrial Branch: annual reports, 1876-77
Young Women's Christian Association
Year Book, 1903, 1911, 1913-15
Reports by Eva Bowles, 1934
Cleveland
General, 1869-1997, n.d.
History
"After Thirty Years: Telling of the Daily Doings, Multiform Methods and Departments of the Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland," souvenir publication, 1899
"Women Involved in the Real World" compiled by Mildred H. Esgar, first draft, prepared for centennial observance, 1968
International Institute, 1940, n.d.
Dayton, 1944-75, n.d.
Lancaster-Fairfield County, 1971-85
Montgomery County, 1927-30
Ohio District, 1950-69
Toledo: report "Today and Tomorrow at the Toledo YWCA," May 1972
Youngstown, 1975, 1980
Oklahoma
Miscellaneous, 1925, 1974
Kaleidoscope: Program Materials for YWCA Councils in Oklahoma, n.d.
McAlester, 1928-33
North East Oklahoma District, 1927-29
Oklahoma District, 1942-59
Okmulgee, 1948-53
Sapulpa, 1945-60
Tri-state District, 1930
Tulsa District, 1917-30
Oregon
Astoria, 1949-61
Baker, 1927-29
Central Lane YWCA of Eugene, 1950-67
Medford, 1931-32
Portland, 1874, 1976-83
Salem, 1949
Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous, 1889-2000
Bethlehem, 1959-97
Easton, 1950-80
Germantown, 1970-80
Hanover, 1974-90, n.d.
Harrisburg
General, 1974-80
Report of the 1954-55 Study of the Harrisburg YWCA
Hollidaysburg, 1928-54
Kane, 1950-67
Lancaster, 1954, 1998
Philadelphia
General, 1897-1998, n.d.
Centennial, 1969-70
Manual: "YWCA Property Administration," Oct 1978
Women's Christian Association of Philadelphia Annual Report, 1870, 1874, 1877, 1883
"100 Years Plus: The Philadelphia Plan" by Rhetta Arter, 1970
Pittsburgh
General, 1911-12, 1940-92, n.d.
Centennial, 1967
Women's Christian Association of Pittsburgh and Allegheny: annual reports, 1875, 1875, 1876, 1877
"The Administrative Process Used in Planning the Total Program of a Group Work Agency" by Mildred Savacool, 1950
Self-Appraisal Report, 1952
Reading: Cook Book, n.d.
Turtle Creek, 1928-30
Wilkes-Barre, 1971-80
Williamsport, 1872, 1971
Wilmerding, 1927-43
York, 1951-53, n.d.
Rhode Island: general, 1877, 1935-75
South Carolina
Aiken County, 1954-60
Charleston, 1959, 1967
Columbia
Phyllis Wheatley Branch study, 1958
Visitation reports, 1941-47
Greenville, 1967, n.d.
Spartanburg, 1929-31
Sumter, 1966-82
South Dakota
Aberdeen, 1977-82
Rapid City, 1948-61
South Dakota District, 1927-28
Tennessee
Miscellaneous, 1961-97, n.d.
Bristol, 1971-79
Chattanooga, 1973-93
Memphis, 1945-68
Oak Ridge, 1958-95, n.d.
Tennessee District, 1951-56
Miscellaneous, 1956-81, n.d.
Amarillo, 1969-77
Austin, 1913-88, n.d.
Beaumont: cook book, 1976
Dallas, 1978-79
Dallas District, 1928-30
Galveston, 1977-84
Houston
General, 1969-88
A Manual for Leaders, 1971-72
Houston-Gulf Coast District (Angleton), 1949-64
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Mercedes), 1928-47
Odessa, 1967-72
Oil Belt District, 1928-29
San Antonio, 1977-91, n.d.
Virginia
Lynchburg, 1984
Norfolk (Tidewater Area)
General, 1961-74
Phyllis Wheatley Branch study, 1959
The Peninsula (Newport News), 1918-90
Portsmouth, 1928-31
Richmond: thesis '"Helping Others Help Themselves": Social Advocacy and Wage-Earning Women in Richmond, Virginia, 1910-32' by Elizabeth Stevens Brinson, 1984
Staunton, 1927-30
Washington
Miscellaneous, 1976-79
Centralia, 1929-31
Everett, 1927-31
Seattle, 1964-84
Seattle-King County, 1981, n.d.
Tacoma: Directional Study, "To Chart a Course," 1968
Tri-City YWCA of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland/Richland, 1951-61
State, 1890, n.d.
Miscellaneous, 1976-78
Green Bay-De Pere: History, 1919-68
Madison, 1918, 1927, 1992
Milwaukee
General, 1973-92, n.d.
"Priorities and Potentials for Program Development," 1966
"Internal Operations," 1966
Neenah-Menasha, 1968-77
Sheboygan, 1954-64
Wyoming, 1926-79
Ohio, Cleveland: The Earnest Worker, Jun 1880-May 1886 [incomplete]
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Faith and Works, September 1875-August 1888
Tennessee, Memphis: The Gleaner, Nov 1881-Oct 1886
General, 1885, 1889, 1932-98, n.d.
Thesis "The YWCA of the City of New York, 1870-1920" by Helen Bittar, New York University, 1979
Archives, Laura Parsons Pratt Research Center, 1974-87
Branches and Residences/Buildings
General, 1974-88, n.d.
Flushing, 1991-98
Harlem/Upper Manhattan/New Harlem, 1903-77, n.d.
Headquarters, 7 East 15th St., 1988-94, n.d.
International Institute, 113 East 34th St., 1912-40, n.d.
Margaret Louisa Home (residence), 14 East 16th St., 1904-11, n.d.
Studio Club (residence & social center for artists), 210 E 77th St., 1926, 1973, 1977
West Side, 1937
Joint Campaign to Raise $4,000,000 for the YWCA and the YMCA of the City of New York, 1913
Annual Reports/Record of the Year
Bound copies
With additional materials bound in, 1871-1913
Ladies' Christian Association/Union of the City of New York (precursor organization)
General, 1882, 1975
Subseries B. 1988-2002
Birmingham
Accreditation requirements, 1991-99
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-98
Annual Statistical Report, 2000
Board of Directors, 1991
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996-99
Correspondence, 1989-2001
Program, 1983-99, n.d.
Mobile
Accreditation requirements, 1991-98
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-95
Affiliation requirements, 1995-96
Board of Directors, 1992
Constitution/Basic documents, 1972, 1996
Correspondence, 1991-98, n.d.
Program, 1990-97, n.d.
Alaska
Anchorage
Accreditation requirements, 1993-99
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-99
Affiliation requirements, 1994-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1989-96, n.d.
Correspondence, 1979-2000
Program, 1987-99, n.d.
Bisbee
Accreditation requirements, 1992-94
Board of Directors, 1990-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994
Correspondence, 1988-2000, n.d.
Program, 1997-99, n.d.
Douglas
Accreditation requirements, 1993-96. n.d.
Board of Directors, 1993
Constitution/Basic documents, 1998
Correspondence, 1978, 1989-2000
Maricopa County (Phoenix)
Affiliation requirements, 1993-98
Board of Directors, 1991-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1961-99
Correspondence, 1981-2000
Finance administration, 1988-99
Program, 1995-99, n.d.
Tucson
Affiliation requirements, 1994-97
Board of Directors, 1987-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1969, 1996
Correspondence, 1988-99
Legal: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. YWCA of Tucson and YWCA of the USA
General and correspondence, 1988-93
Defendants' affidavits in opposition to motion of plaintiff for summary judgment
Exhibits
Mailing to member associations, 1992
Program, 1988-99
Bess Chisum Stephens/Greater Little Rock (Little Rock)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-98
Affiliation requirements, 1994-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1973, 1995-1996
Correspondence, 1989-99
Program, 1990-98, n.d.
El Dorado
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-99
Annual Statistical Report, 2000-01
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995-96
Correspondence, 1989-2002, n.d.
Program, 1984-93, n.d.
Fort Smith
Accreditation requirements, 1988-93
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978, 1989-91
Correspondence, 1977-93
Disaffiliation, 1991-93
Finance administration, 1988
Program, 1989-92
Hot Springs/Quapaw Community YWCA
Accreditation requirements, 1990-92
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982-90, n.d.
Correspondence, 1982-92
Program, 1984-92, n.d.
General, 1993-94, 1998
Alameda County, Southern (Hayward)
Affiliation requirements, 1993
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977-81
Correspondence, 1988-95, n.d.
Merger with Oakland, proposal, 1991
Bakersfield
Accreditation requirements, 1991-97
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1985-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996
Correspondence, 1988-98
Program, 1984-95, n.d.
Berkeley Community
Correspondence and notes, 1988-95
Organization/Structure, 1973-92, n.d.
Contra Costa County (Richmond)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1990-97
Affiliation requirements, 1996-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1940-98
Finance administration, 1989-95
Program, 1991-97, n.d.
Fontana
Constitution, 1955-83
Program, 1969-93
Fresno
Accreditation requirements, 1990-98
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-97
Affiliation requirements, 1995
Board of Directors, 1996-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1991-96
Correspondence, 1990-98
Finance administration, 1988-92
Organization/Structure, 1990, n.d.
Program, 1996, n.d.
Gardena Valley
Accreditation requirements, 1992-99
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1995-98
Annual Statistical Report Form, 2000
Board of Directors, 1996-98, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975, 1996, 1998
Correspondence, 1974-2000, n.d.
Program, 1985-97, n.d.
Affiliation requirements, 1995, 2000
Board of Directors, 1997-98, 2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1937, 1982-2000
Program
General, 1982-2000, n.d.
Domestic Violence training materials, ca. 2000
Harbor Area (San Pedro)
Affiliation requirements, 1995, 1998
Board of Directors, 1996-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1921, 1995-96
Correspondence, 1995-99, n.d.
General, 1989, 1997, n.d.
Lesbian Outreach Project, 1995
Humboldt County (Eureka)
General, 1970-88
Constitution/Basic documents, 1958
Correspondence, 1989-93, n.d.
Program, 1980-91, n.d.
Los Angeles, Greater
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-2000
Affiliation requirements, 1995, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995, n.d.
Correspondence, 1972, 1992-2002
Program, 1992-2001, n.d.
Mid-Peninsula (Palo Alto)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995
Correspondence, 1980-2002
Program, 1992-99, n.d.
Monterey County/Peninsula (Monterey)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1991, 1996, n.d.
Program, 1996-98, n.d.
Napa Solano (Vallejo), 1986-88
Accreditation requirements, 1991-96
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-96
Affiliation requirements
General, 1995
Resource manual for Affiliation, Jan 2001
Constitution/Basic documents, 1890, 1959, 1991, 1996, n.d.
Correspondence, 1986-2001
Orange County, Central (Orange)
Board of Directors, 1990-91
Constitution/Basic documents, 1967, 1996, n.d.
Correspondence, 1989-98
Legal: Nowotarski and Nowak v. Central Orange County YWCA, 1992-94
Program, 1990, 1995, n.d.
Orange County, North (Fullerton)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1973, 1995-96
Correspondence, 1990-99
Orange County, South (Santa Ana)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1946, 1978, 1998
Correspondence, 1992-98
Pasadena-Foothill Valley (Pasadena)
Affiliation requirements, 1998, 2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1946-98
Correspondence, 1990-2001
Program, 1985-2000, n.d.
Redlands
Accreditation requirements, 1991-95
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-92
Constitution/Basic documents, 1976, 1991
Program, 1995-96
Riverside County (Riverside)
Affiliation requirements, 1996, 2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993, 1996, 2000
Correspondence, 1992-99, n.d.
Finance administration, 1991-96
Program, 1989-2000, n.d.
Sacramento
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-95
Affiliation requirements, 1996
Board of Directors, 1990-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1951-96
San Bernardino
Board of Directors, 2000-01
Constitution/Basic documents, 1964, 1993, 1998
Program, 1969-94, n.d.
San Diego County
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1995-99
Board of Directors, 1990, 1996-98
Correspondence, 1988-2001, n.d.
Program, 1982-98, n.d.
San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo
Board of Directors
Rosters, 1995-97
Minutes and correspondence, 1995-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1937-98
General, 1989-2000, n.d.
Re sale of buildings, 965 Clay St. ("Chinatown Center," Chinatown/North Beach Branch) and 1830 Sutter St. ("Japantown YWCA," Western Addition)
Nov 1996-2002, n.d. Japantown YWCA," Western Addition)
Research materials re sale of buildings, 1912-34
San Gabriel Valley (West Covina)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1962-95
Correspondence, 1992-2000
Santa Clara Valley (San Jose)
Board of Directors, 1994-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914-97
Correspondence, 1990-2000
Program, 1991-2001, n.d.
Santa Cruz
Accreditation requirements, 1992-93
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1990
Constitution/Basic documents, 1955-88
Correspondence, 1990-95, n.d.
Santa Monica
Affiliation requirements, 1996, 1998
Board of Directors, 1998
Constitution/Basic documents, 1963-96
Correspondence, 1991-99
Program, 1988-2001, n.d.
Sonoma County (Santa Rosa)
Affiliation requirements, 1997
Correspondence, 1991-2000, n.d.
Program, 1995-98, n.d.
Torrance
Constitution/Basic documents, 1985-97
Correspondence, 1992-98, n.d.
Program, 1989-97, n.d.
Ventura County, 1976-80
Watsonville
Constitution/Basic documents, 1952, 1995
Correspondence, 1994-2002
Program, 1992-98
West End/Greater Pomona Valley (Pomona/Montclair)
Affiliation requirements, 1996-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1968-96
Correspondence, 1988-2000
Program, 1977-92, n.d.
Boulder County
Accreditation requirements, 1990-99
Board of Directors, 1997-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993-99
Correspondence, 1989-2000
Program, 1988-2002, n.d.
Denver, Metropolitan
Accreditation requirements, 1990-94
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991
Board of Directors, 1990-92
Constitution/Basic documents, 1936-92
Correspondence, 1990-95, 1997-99
Program, 1971-94, n.d.
Pueblo
Board of Directors, 1995-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1990-2000, n.d.
Correspondence, 1972-78, 1992-2001
Program, 1994-98
Darien-Norwalk
Board of Directors, 1996
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-94
Eastern Fairfield County/Greater Bridgeport (Bridgeport)
Accreditation requirements, 1990-97
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-97
Program, 1996
Greenwich
Constitution/Basic documents, 1919, 1996
Correspondence, 1993-2000
Program, 1997-98
Hartford, Greater
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1980-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1966, 1994-96, n.d.
Program, 1993-2000
Meriden
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979-85
Correspondence, 1995-2000
Legal: Everson v. YWCA of Meriden, 1991
New Britain
Constitution/Basic documents, 1910, 1995, 1998
Correspondence, 1993-99
New Haven
Accreditation requirements, 1991-94
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-95
New London
General, 1989-95
Waterbury
Accreditation requirements, 1990-95
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992
Correspondence, 1990-97
New Castle County (Wilmington)
Annual Statistical Report Form, 2001
Board of Directors, 1997-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1965, 1980, 1997
Program, 1993-2000, n.d.
District of Columbia, National Capital Area (District of Columbia, and Phyllis Wheatley Branch, DC; Montgomery County, MD, Alexandria, VA)
Accreditation requirements: personnel confidential, 1992-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1952-97
Correspondence, 1991-2001, n.d.
Hannah Harrison Center for Career Education, 1990-94, n.d.
Phyllis Wheatley Branch: research materials, 1918-60, n.d.
Program, circa 1972, 1989-99, n.d.
Clearwater, 1987-91
Daytona Beach
Constitution/Basic documents, 1941, 1977, 1994
Program, n.d.
Jacksonville
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996, 1999
Program, 1995-98
Miami, Greater and Dade County
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995, 1998
Program, 1964-98, n.d.
Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach)
Board of Directors, 1990-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1991-99
Program, 1985-98
Pensacola
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977-79
Correspondence, 1987-91
St. Petersburg (consolidates with Clearwater to become Tampa Bay), 1987-91, n.d.
Tampa Bay (consolidation of St. Petersburg and Clearwater, 1991)
Program, 1992-98, n.d.
Atlanta, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1942, 1977, 1994-95
Program, 1987-2000, n.d.
Brunswick
Constitution/Basic documents, 1950, 1985, 1994-96
Program, 1984-91, n.d.
Central Savannah River Area/Augusta (Augusta)
Affiliation requirements, 1995-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1969-97
Program, 1979-96, n.d.
Cobb County (Marietta)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996-2002
Correspondence, 1986-2000
Macon
Program, 1980-92, n.d.
Hawai'i Island (Hilo)
Board of Directors, 1995-2000, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1965-97
Kauai County (Lihue)
Board of Directors, 1993, 1996
Program, 1967?-2000, n.d.
O'ahu (Honolulu)
Manual, 1993
Constitution/Basic documents, 1962, 1996-98
Correspondence, 1985-2001, n.d.
Pool Site Inspection Report, 1991
Boise
Accreditation requirements, 1990-96
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-95
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1996
Board of Directors, 1986-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1971-95
Correspondence, 1984-97, n.d.
Program, 1987-96, n.d.
Lewiston-Clarkston
Board of Directors, 1987-92
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974-98
Correspondence, 1984-2000, n.d.
Program, 1997, n.d.
The Palouse (Moscow), 1991-96, n.d.
Southeastern Idaho/Pocatello
Correspondence, 1976-2001
Program, 1980-89
Alton
Board of Directors, 1997-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982-97
Correspondence, 1984-2000
Program, 1986-98
Aurora
Constitution/Basic documents, 1989-95
Correspondence, 1986-99
Program, 1990-96
Canton
Affiliation requirements, 1994-95, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1973-96
Correspondence, 1992-97
Program, 1992
Chicago, Metropolitan
Constitution/Basic documents, 1899, 1996
Correspondence, 1990-2001, n.d.
Program, 1996-99
Danville
Board of Directors, 1996-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1910, 1996
Program, 1998
Decatur and Macon County/Decatur
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1996-97
Board of Directors, 1989-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979-96, n.d.
Correspondence, 1972, 1991-99
Program, ca. 1969, 1997-99
Elgin
Program, 1986-96, n.d.
Evanston/North Shore
Constitution/Basic documents, 1947, 1981, 1996
Freeport
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1995
Constitution/Basic documents, 1967, 1996
Kankakee
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1998
Affiliation requirements, 1991, 1994, 1998
Constitution/Basic documents, 1907, 1966, 1998
Correspondence, 1991-99, n.d.
Lake County/Lake and McHenry Counties/Waukegan (Waukegan) [unofficial name Northeastern Illinois]
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-99
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1995, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1930, 1975, 1995
Correspondence, 1980-2001
Program, 1998-2001
McLean County (Bloomington)
Program, 1989, n.d.
Pekin
Board of Directors, 1995-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1928, 1995
Peoria
Constitution/Basic documents, 1925, 1996
Correspondence, 1986-98
Quad Cities (Rock Island) [serves Rock Island and Moline, IL, and Davenport and Bettendorf, IA]
Board of Directors, 1993, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1891, 1973-77, 1993, 1998
Correspondence, 1977-99
Program, 1991-94, n.d.
Quincy
Constitution/Basic documents, 1905, 1994, 1996
Correspondence, 1986-2000, n.d.
Program, 1981-2000
Rockford
St. Clair County (Belleville)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994, 1996
Correspondence, 1985-99
Sauk Valley/Sterling-Rock Falls (Sterling)
Board of Directors, 1993-99, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1990-95
Correspondence, 1984-99
Program, 1993, 1997-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1909-96
Correspondence, 1978-2000
Anderson
Board of Directors, 1992-93
Constitution/Basic documents, 1920-96
Correspondence, 1986-98, n.d.
Program, 1976-97
Calumet Area (Hammond)
Board of Directors, 1991-92
Correspondence, 1980-99
Program, 1992-93, n.d.
Elkhart County (Elkhart)
Board of Directors, 1980-81, 1996-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1997
Program, 1981, 1997
Evansville
Correspondence, 1989-98, n.d.
Fort Wayne
Correspondence, 1991-2001
Program, 1987-2002
Gary
Accreditation requirements, 1988-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993-97
Indianapolis
Affiliation requirements, 1997-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1989-98
Program, 1988-98, n.d.
Kokomo
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994-96, n.d.
Correspondence, 1988-2002, n.d.
Program, 1989-96, n.d.
Lafayette, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1932, 1984-95, n.d.
Marion
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996-98
Muncie
Affiliation requirements, 1998
Constitution/Basic documents, 1911, 1990-98
Legal
Correspondence, 1994-97
Pitts v. YWCA of Muncie, May- Jul 1996
State of Indiana Civil Rights Commission v. YWCA
Summonses, Jul 1996
Motions to dismiss and memoranda in support thereof, 15 Oct 1996
Richmond
Board of Directors, 1997-98, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1959-2001
Correspondence, 1987-98
Program, 1993-98, n.d.
Saint Joseph County (South Bend)
Terre Haute
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994, 1997
Program, 1981, 1996
Atlantic (Registered Adult Advisory Group), 1988-99
Black Hawk County (Waterloo)
Constitution/Basic documents, 2000
Correspondence, 1987-2000
Burlington
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1992-98
Program, 1989-98, n.d.
Cedar Rapids and Linn County
Board of Directors, 1990-2000
Program, 1992-96, n.d.
Clarinda Y-Women (Registered Adult Advisory Group), 1979, 1994-2003
Clinton County/Gateway (Clinton)
Program, 1980-2000, n.d.
Creston Community (Registered Adult Group), 1992
Des Moines, Greater
Affiliation requirements, 1994-95
Board of Directors, 1993-98
Branch, Greater Altoona Community Service Campus: potential provisional status, 1993-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994, 1997-98
Correspondence, 1989-2000, n.d.
Program, 1994-2000
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Board of Directors, 1996-2000, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1959-2000
Correspondence, 1992-2000, n.d.
Program, 1998-99, n.d.
Marshalltown
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993-98
Program, 1998-2000
Muscatine
Affiliation requirements, 1992-95
Board of Directors, 1989-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1952-95
Correspondence, 1981-97, n.d.
Program, 1989-95, n.d.
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Correspondence, 1992-99
Board of Directors, 1994-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978-96
Correspondence, 1985-2001
General, 1984-87
Registered Groups, 1987-91
Cunningham (Adult Advisory Group), 1993-95
Holton, 1989
Independence, 1981-89
Jewell (Adult Advisory Group), 1993-95
Kansas City
Constitution/Basic documents, 1989-96
Correspondence, 1987-2001
Legal, 1989
Program, 1993-2001, n.d.
Leavenworth
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-78, 1989
Correspondence, 1975-96, n.d.
Personnel confidential, 1983-90
Program, 1986-93
Salina
Program, 1990-99
Stafford, 1995
Topeka
Constitution/Basic documents, 1986, 1996, n.d.
Program, 1992-2000
Valley Falls (Adult Advisory Group), 1989-2001
Wichita
Board of Directors, 1994-96, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994-99
Program, 1994-98, n.d.
Ashland
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978, 1994
Correspondence, 1985-2002, n.d.
Lexington
Affiliation requirements, 1995, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1950-95
Program, 1992-2000, n.d.
Louisville and Jefferson County, 1987
Alexandria-Pineville
Affiliation requirements, 1995, 1998.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974, 1996
Correspondence, 1988-98, n.d.
Baton Rouge
Constitution/Basic documents, 1947-96
Correspondence, 1950-68, 1992-98
Historical, 1967
Program, 1983-97
Bayou Area/Bayou Parishes (Houma)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1985
Correspondence, 1984-93
Program, 1985-91, n.d.
Bogalusa
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975, 1995, n.d.
Correspondence, 1992-97, n.d.
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1997, 1999
Correspondence, 1992-2002, n.d.
Northeast Louisiana/Monroe
Correspondence, 1979-99
Northwest Louisiana (Shreveport)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1953, 1994-97
Correspondence, 1978-99, n.d.
Program, 1996-97, n.d.
Maine
Bangor-Brewer
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979, 1995
Correspondence, 1978-2000, n.d.
Program, 1970-2001, n.d.
Central Maine/Lewiston-Auburn (Lewiston)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1996-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1931, 1979, 1998
Program, 1979-91
Mount Desert Island (Bar Harbor)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993, 1998
Correspondence, 1983-2000
Program, 1995, 1997, n.d.
Portland, Greater
Action Audit, 1977-80
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996, 1998
Correspondence, 1983-2001
Program, 1995, 1998, n.d.
York County (Saco)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1967-85
Program, 1982-85
Annapolis and Anne Arundel County
Board of Directors, 1985-96, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1966, 1994-95
Program, 1993-97, n.d.
Baltimore, Greater
Affiliation requirements, 1995-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978-95
Correspondence, 1979-2001
Legal: Kokkenen v. YWCA of Greater Baltimore, 1988-90
Program, 1967-99, n.d.
Affiliation requirements, 1990, 1995, 1998
Board of Directors, 1995-98
Correspondence, 1982, 1992-2001
Program, 1994-2001, n.d.
Redevelopment Study, 1986
Cambridge
Constitution/Basic documents, 1987, 1996-97
Correspondence, 1987-99
Program, 1990-2002, n.d.
Central Massachusetts/Worcester
Personnel Confidential, 1997-98
Program, 1994-97, n.d.
Haverhill
Lawrence, Greater
Program, 1994-2001
Lowell, Greater
Association Review, 1985-88
Program, 1991-93
Malden
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994-95
Correspondence, 1991-2000
Program, 1991
Newburyport
Board of Directors, 1994-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994-97
Correspondence, 1989-99, n.d.
Program, 1983-98, n.d.
Northeast/North Shore (???), 1997
Southeastern Massachusetts/New Bedford (New Bedford)
Program, 1986-98, n.d.
Western Massachusetts (Springfield)
Correspondence, 1993-2001
Program, 1993-97
Retirement plan, 1976-98
Bay County/Bay City (Bay City)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1966-95
Correspondence, 1983-2000, n.d.
Berrien County/Southwestern Michigan/St. Joseph-Benton Harbor (St. Joseph)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1995-96
Board of Directors, 1987-93, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-95, n.d.
Correspondence, 1974-97
Development study, 1988
Marketing plan, 1987
Program, 1987-92, n.d.
Study of YWCA commissioned by Blossomland United Way, 1986
Detroit, Metropolitan
Flint, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1938-98
Program, 1990-94, n.d.
Grand Rapids
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974-98, n.d.
Correspondence, 1982-99
Kalamazoo
Board of Directors, 1991-96
Correspondence, 1994-2001
Program, 1980-96, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974-97
Pontiac-North Oakland/Pontiac
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977, 1984, n.d.
Shiawassee County (Owosso)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1992-93
Correspondence, 1996-98
Wayne County, Western/Dearborn Area
Constitution/Basic documents, 1955-95
Correspondence, 1963, 1992-98
Program, 1986, n.d.
Duluth
Accreditation requirements
Constitution/Basic documents, 1976-98
Mankato
Constitution/Basic documents, 1956, 1997-98
Correspondence, 1987-2001, n.d.
Minneapolis
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1997-98, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1959-98
Program, 1973-2000, n.d.
St. Paul
Accreditation requirements, 1988-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1958-97
Membership analysis and marketing survey, 1981
Program, 1980-2001
Winona
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-98
Correspondence, 1984-2001, n.d.
Jackson (see also General and Mississippi District)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977-78, n.d.
Correspondence, 1964, 1979-93, n.d.
Personnel, confidential, 1988
Program, 1976-91, n.d.
Laurel
Board of Directors, 1990-91, 1998-99
Program, 1986-87, n.d.
Mississippi District (see also Jackson)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1942, 1978, 1982
Correspondence, 1981-89
Program, 1972-87, n.d.
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1995
Board of Directors, 1994
Constitution/Basic documents, 1949-95
Correspondence, 1973-2001
Program, 1988-97
Saint Joseph
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994-96
Program, 1985-98, n.d.
Saint Louis
Constitution/Basic documents, 1905-96
Program, 1979-98, n.d.
Billings
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1995, n.d.
Annual Report of Participation Statistics, 1987
Constitution/Basic documents, 1930-95
Great Falls
Accreditation requirements, 1989-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1968, 1996
Correspondence, 1977-2002
Helena
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1952-96, n.d.
Program, 1993, n.d.
Missoula
Constitution/Basic documents, 1968-97, n.d.
Adams County (Hastings)
Affiliation requirements, 1993-97
Board of Directors, 1998-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974, 1996-98
Correspondence, 1927, 1985-2001
Program, 1984-2002, n.d.
Beatrice
Board of Directors, 1993, 1996, 1999
Constitution/Basic documents, 1988-96, n.d.
Program, 1991, 1993, n.d.
Grand Island
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1996-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975-99
Correspondence, 1974-76, 1988-2001
Program, 1985-88, 1993-2000, n.d.
Board of Directors, 1993-2001
Constitution/Basic documents, 1925-96
Correspondence, 1969-2001
Omaha
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979, 1994, 1997
Program, 1990-99, n.d.
Reno-Sparks
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1998-99
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1998
Board of Directors, 1992-94
Constitution/Basic documents, 1965-98
Program, 1988-2000, n.d.
Manchester
Accreditation requirements, 1991-2000
Action Audit for Change Reports, 1974-83
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978, 1997
Program, 1990, 1998
Nashua
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978
Bayonne (see also Hudson County), 1988-89
Bergen County (consolidation of Hackensack and Ridgewood, 1 Apr 1991 )
Program, 1991-2001
Burlington County (Moorestown), 1918, 1968-96, n.d.
Camden County and Vicinity (Stratford)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1986-96
Program, 1948, 1995-98, n.d.
Central Jersey (New Brunswick)
Bankruptcy, 1996-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1985-94
Program, 1993-95
Essex and West Hudson (Orange)
Hackensack (see also Bergen County), 1990
Hudson County (consolidation of Jersey City and Bayonne, 1989)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1990-99
Board of Trustees, 1996-97
Correspondence, 1988-2001
Jersey City (see also Hudson County), 1985-89, n.d.
Lakewood and Ocean County
Program, 1989-94, n.d.
Montclair-North Essex/Montclair
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1995, 2000
Correspondence, 1978-2002
Program, 1978-2001, n.d.
Newark, 1992-96
Passaic-Clifton
Accreditation requirements, 1990-93
Board of Directors, 1990, 1992-93
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982
Paterson
Constitution/Basic documents, 1903, 1996
Plainfield-North Plainfield
Correspondence, 1989-97, n.d.
Princeton
Program, 1986-2001, n.d.
Ridgewood (see also Bergen County)
General, 1983-91
Constitution/Basic documents, 1949-85
Summit
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1992-97, n.d.
Correspondence, 1968-98, n.d.
Program, ca. 1968-69, 1972-92, n.d.
Sussex County/Newton
Constitution/Basic documents, 1917-95
Correspondence, 1969-98
National Association Review Team Report, 1981
Trenton
Correspondence, 1959-2002, n.d.
Program, 1984-98, n.d.
Union County, Eastern (Elizabeth)
Program, 1989-99, n.d.
Westfield
Association Review, 1980
Association Progress Report, 1984
Board of Directors, 1978-80
Constitution/Basic documents, 1954-81
Correspondence, 1964-85
New Mexico
Lea County (Hobbs), 1983-87
Middle Rio Grande/Albuquerque
Accreditation requirements, 1987-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1988-95
Correspondence, 1984-2001
Adirondack Foothills/Lower Adirondack Foothills/Gloversville
Albany
Program, 1989-90
Sale of property, 1996
Small claims court case, 1971
Binghamton and Broome County
Board of Directors, 1992, 1995-98
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1996-99
Board of Directors, 1991-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993-96
Correspondence, 1989-2001, n.d.
Legal: Braithwaite v. YWCA, 1998-2000
Cortland
Affiliation requirements, 1995-1997
Program, 1990-2001
Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie)
Elmira and the Twin Tiers/Chemung County
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1995-98
Program, 1990, 1996-98, n.d.
Genesee County (Batavia)
Affiliation requirements, 1995, 1997-98
Jamestown
Constitution/Basic documents, 1984, 1996-97
Mohawk Valley/Utica
Constitution/Basic documents, 1983-95
Accreditation requirements, 1992-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1934-96
Correspondence, 1985-2000
New Harlem YWCA
General, 1981-90
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982-85
Niagara/Lockport
Board of Directors, 1996, 1999-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1915, 1996
Program, 1995-2001, n.d.
Orange County/Newburgh/Orange Area (New Windsor)
Board of Directors, 1995, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978-ca.1998
Correspondence, 1989-2002
Program, 1992-97, n.d.
Action Audit for Change Process
Steering Team Report, 1981
Steering Team Report appendix, 1981
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1996, 1998
Personnel Policies, 1983
Program, 1983-2001, n.d.
Schenectady
Legal: Sharpe v. YWCA, 1990
Program, 1980-98, n.d.
Syracuse and Onondaga County
Board of Directors, 1989-91
Constitution/Basic documents, 1987-97
Program, 1979-97, n.d.
The Tonawandas
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1913-97
Troy-Cohoes
Program, 1957-2002, n.d.
Ulster County (Kingston)
Board of Directors, 1995
Constitution/Basic documents, 1980, 1996
Watertown
Accreditation requirements, 1991-92
Constitution/Basic documents, 1916-93
Correspondence, 1986-96, n.d.
Western New York/Buffalo and Erie County (Buffalo)
Board of Directors, 1988-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1989, 1995
Correspondence, 1987-2000, n.d.
White Plains and [Central] Westchester
Constitution/Basic documents, 1970-95
Correspondence, 1990-2002
Program, 1972-2000, n.d.
Yonkers
Constitution/Basic documents, 1895, 1995-99
Program, 1991-2000, n.d.
Asheville
Constitution/Basic documents, 1907-2000
Program, 1987
Central Carolinas/Charlotte
Constitution/Basic documents, ca. 1991-96
Program, 1992-97
Greensboro
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995-97
Program, 1988-97, n.d.
High Point/Adams Memorial YWCA
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1995, 1997
Board of Directors, 1990, 1995
Constitution/Basic documents, 1920, 1996-99
Correspondence, 1977-2000
Rocky Mount
Constitution/Basic documents, 1920-97
Program, 1990-92, n.d.
Wake County/Raleigh
Correspondence, 1980-2000
Program, 1989-93
Wilmington
Board of Directors, 1990
Correspondence, 1985-98
Winston-Salem and Forsyth County/Winston-Salem
Affiliation requirements, 1994, 1996
Board of Directors, 1986-87, 1996
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914-96
Correspondence, 1967, 1990-99, n.d.
North Dakota
Fargo-Moorhead
Constitution/Basic documents, 1921-96, n.d.
Correspondence, 1963, 1978, 1987-99, n.d.
Minot
Correspondence, 1975-2000
Alliance
Board of Directors, 1995, 1997-98
Board of Trustees, 1996-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993
Program, 1991-99, n.d.
National Technical Assistance Team visit, 1987
Columbus
Accreditation: personnel confidential
Board of Trustees, 1992-96
Coshocton County
Board of Directors, 1992, 1995, 1997-98
Program, 1990-2001, n.d.
Dayton
Constitution/Basic documents, 1997-98
Program, 1970-99, n.d.
Elyria (see also Lorain)
Program, 1995-97, n.d.
Hamilton
Board of Directors, 1991, 1995
Constitution/Basic documents, 1902, 1996
Licking County (Newark)
Board of Directors, 1986, 1993-96
Correspondence, 1978-2001
Program, 1985-90, n.d.
Lima
Constitution/Basic documents, 1996-97
Program, 1977, n.d.
Lorain (see also Elyria)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994, 1995
Legal: Lorain National Bank v. YWCA of Lorain, 2000-02
Program, 1993-96, n.d.
Mansfield
Affiliation requirements, 1990, 1995
Board of Directors, 1990-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1974-95
Correspondence, 1988-99, n.d.
Program, 1957-93, n.d.
Massillon [becomes Western Stark County?]
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982-96
Program, 1997-98, n.d.
Medina County
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979,1996
Piqua
Salem
Board of Directors, 1992-99
Correspondence, 1990-99, n.d.
Program, 1976-98, n.d.
Steubenville
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914, 1996
Program, 1990-2000, n.d.
Summit County/Akron Area/Akron
Board of Directors, 1991-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1986-97
Correspondence, 1986-2001, n.d.
Toledo
Correspondence, 1990-98, n.d.
Program, 1993
Van Wert County (Van Wert)
Program, 1998, n.d.
Warren
Williams County/Bryan
Board of Directors, 1990-94
Constitution/Basic documents, 1984-98
Youngstown
Board of Directors, 1990-98, n.d.
Program, 1987-97, n.d.
Zanesville
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1995-97
Board of Directors, 1991-97
Correspondence, 1990-2000, n.d.
Program, 1988
Ardmore
Program, 2000
Bartlesville
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1987-98
Board of Directors, 1988-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1994, 1998
Program, 1949-97, n.d.
Enid
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1987-99
Board of Directors, 1987, 1999
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995, 1999
Program, 1981-99, n.d.
Oklahoma City
General, 1988-2000
Strategic planning materials, 1994
Constitution/Basic documents, 1963, 1993-95
McFarland Branch, 1995-96
Tulsa
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1989-97
Board of Directors, 1987-99, n.d.
Constitution/Basic documents, 1975, 1997
Correspondence, 1979-2001, n.d.
Program, 1984-99, n.d.
Portland, Greater/Portland
Constitution/Basic documents, 1944, 1985-96
Board of Directors, 1990-98
Program, 1991-98, n.d.
Allentown
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1993-98
Board of Directors, 1992-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1953-97
Correspondence, 1980-2001, n.d.
Racial Justice Task Force, 1991
Altoona
Board of Directors, 1992-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1935-96
Program, 1973, 1992-98, n.d.
Bethlehem
Board of Directors, 1992-96
Constitution/Basic documents, 1930, 1986-96, n.d.
Bradford
Constitution/Basic documents, 1984, 1998, n.d.
Bucks County
Constitution/Basic documents, 1955-96
Butler
Constitution/Basic documents, 1976-95
Program, 1990-91, n.d.
Carlisle
Board of Directors, 1995-2001
Constitution/Basic documents, 1919-95
Program, 1973-97
Chester
Correspondence, 1991-2002
Program, 1994-99, n.d.
Chester County/Greater West Chester/West Chester (see also Coatesville)
Board of Directors, 1987-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1964-96
Coatesville (see also Chester County)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977
Program, 1993-94
Easton
General, 1990-94
Personnel confidential, 1991
Erie
Constitution/Basic documents, 1984, 1998
Correspondence, 1989-95
Program, 1995-99
Germantown
Constitution/Basic documents, 1980, 1999
Gettysburg and Adams County/Gettysburg
Affiliation requirements, 1993, 1995, 1998
Board of Directors, 1995-99
Constitution/Basic documents, 1978, 1995
Hanover
Constitution/Basic documents, 1924-95
Harrisburg, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1982, 1996
Hazleton
Johnstown, Greater
Program, 1995, n.d.
Lancaster
McKeesport
Accreditation requirements, 1995-99
Program, 1993-94, n.d.
Meadville
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914-2000
Program, 1988, 1995-97, n.d.
Montgomery County, Central (Norristown)
Accreditation requirements, 1993-95
Oil City
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993, 1995
Correspondence, 1996-99
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1997-98
Application for Community YWCA Status, 2001
Constitution/Basic documents, 1870-1998
Correspondence, 1982-99, n.d.
Pittsburgh, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1892, 1990-96
Pottstown
Correspondence, 1995-99
Pottsville
Constitution/Basic documents, 1929, 1933, 1996
Shamokin
Titusville
Board of Directors, 1991, 1998
Washington County
Westmoreland County/Greensburg
Williamsport
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1994-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1898
York
Rhode Island
Greater Rhode Island
Correspondence, 1982-2002
Northern Rhode Island (Woonsocket)
Correspondence, 1996-2000
Program, 1998-99
Aiken: Initial Community Information, 1993
Charleston, Greater
Constitution/Basic documents, 1970-96
Legal: trademark infringement, 1968-75
Program, 1971-98, n.d.
Greenville
Program, 1991-96, n.d.
The Midlands/Columbia
Constitution/Basic documents, 1987, 1996
Upper Lowlands/Sumter Area
Constitution/Basic documents, 1948-97
Program, 1963-95
Huron
Constitution/Basic documents, 1919-96
Program, 1995-96, n.d.
Mitchell
Constitution/Basic documents, 1970, 1998
Correspondence, 1976-99
Program, 1984-98
Sioux Falls
Program, 1986-91, n.d.
Blount County (Maryville)
Accreditation requirements, 1994-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1993, 1996
Correspondence, 1993-99, n.d.
Bristol
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979-98
Program, 1975-96, n.d.
Knoxville
Accreditation requirements, 1990-2000
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1993-99
Board of Directors, 1989-92
Program, 1996-2000
Memphis
Constitution/Basic documents, 1995, 2000
Nashville
Oak Ridge
Constitution/Basic documents, 1954-97
Program, 1978-90
Abilene
Program, 1983-2000, n.d.
Austin
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1999
Board of Directors, 1990-93, 1999
Constitution/Basic documents, 1967-99
Correspondence, 1981-2001, n.d.
Legal: bankruptcy, 1994-96
Beaumont
Board of Directors, 1997, 2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914-94
Corpus Christi
Constitution/Basic documents, 1945, 1996
Program, 1995-2000, n.d.
Dallas, Metropolitan
Program, 1988-99, n.d.
El Paso del Norte Region/El Paso
Board of Directors, 1994-98
Legal: Rodriguez v. YWCA, 1997-2002
Regional Field Manager submission, 1999
Fort Worth and Tarrant County
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1989, 1997-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1987, 1997-98
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1991-98, n.d.
Board of Directors, 1995-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1963-95
Program, 1994-2000, n.d.
Sale of Blue Triangle Branch, 1999
Special meetings, Aug 1995
Lubbock
Constitution/Basic documents, 1956, 1996
Program, 1997-2000, n.d.
Paris and Lamar County
Constitution/Basic documents, 1967, 1995
San Antonio
Constitution/Basic documents, 1910-1995
Program, 1993-99, n.d.
Texarkana
Constitution/Basic documents, 1930, 1996
Waco
Board of Directors, 1991, 1993
Constitution/Basic documents, 1969-94, n.d.
Correspondence, 1988-97
Program, 1992-94, n.d.
Wichita Falls
Constitution/Basic documents, 1980-86
Utah
Box Elder County (Brigham City)
Accreditation: personnel confidential, 1997-99
Application for Provisional Status, 1999
Application for Community Status, 2001
Board of Directors and Organizing Committee, 1988-90
Constitution/Basic documents, 1988-99
Program, 1988-96, n.d.
Salt Lake City
Constitution/Basic documents, 1983-96
Development Audit Interview and Needs Assessment Report, 1996
Planning Study and Needs Assessment, 1996
Vermont (Burlington)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1997, 2001
Central Virginia/Lynchburg
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979-97
Danville/Pittsylvania
Board of Directors, 1989, 1996-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1921, 1977-96
The Peninsula (Newport News)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1950-94
Program, 1988-2000
Board of Directors, 1992-93, 1998
Program, 1991-94, 1998, n.d.
Roanoke Valley/Roanoke
Board of Directors, 1994-95, 1997
Constitution/Basic documents, 1914-98
South Hampton Roads/Tidewater Areas (Norfolk)
Board of Directors, 1996-97, 1999
Constitution/Basic documents, 1979-96
Program, 1981-97
Tax-exempt status, 1972-73
Women Speak on Affirmative Action in Washington State, 1998
Bellingham
Accreditation requirements, 1989-97
Board of Directors, 1988-97, n.d.
Correspondence, 1977, 1991-2000
Program, 1986-99, n.d.
Clark County/Vancouver-Clark County (Vancouver)
Board of Directors, 1996-2000
Constitution/Basic documents, 1927-97, n.d.
Program, 1994-2002, n.d.
Everett/Snohomish County, 1987-96, n.d.
Kitsap County (Bremerton)
Accreditation requirements, 1988-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1984-95
Program, 1987-98, n.d.
Olympia
Constitution/Basic documents, 1946-95
Program, 1990
Seattle-King County-Snohomish County/Seattle-King County
Spokane
Tacoma and Pierce County/Tacoma
Board of Directors, 1992-95
Constitution/Basic documents, 1998-99
Correspondence, 1968-2000
Walla Walla
Board of Directors, 1989-96
Wenatchee Valley
Accreditation requirements, 1989-98
Constitution/Basic documents, 1957-2000
Yakima
Constitution/Basic documents, 1911-96
West Virginia
Bluefield, 1983-93
Buckhannon, 1992-97
Charleston
Constitution/Basic documents, 1948-96
Program, 1981, n.d.
Harrison County
Accreditation requirements, 199698
Huntington
Correspondence, 1983-2001, n.d.
Marion County (Fairmont)
Association Review, 1982-83
Correspondence, 1982-98
Parkersburg
Constitution/Basic documents, 1962, 1998
Wheeling
Affiliation requirements,
Correspondence, 1994-99
Coulee Region/La Crosse
Board of Directors, 1989-90
Constitution/Basic documents, 1969-98
Correspondence, ca. 1980-2000
YMCA-YWCA Joint Management Committee, 1971-87
Green Bay-De Pere
Constitution/Basic documents, 1991-98
Madison
Discrimination Complaint, Fair Employment, 1996-97
Milwaukee, Greater
Racine
Program, 1991, 1997, n.d.
Rock County/Janesville
Stateline Area (Beloit)
General, 1985-95
Waukesha/Christoph Memorial
Board of Directors, 1989-90, 1995-97
Constitution/Basic documents, 1990-96
Pool Site Inspection report, 1991
Wausau
Board of Directors, 1994-99, n.d.
Wyoming
Sweetwater County (Rock Springs)
Constitution/Basic documents, 1977-99
Correspondence, 1983-97