Documents concerning the YWCA of Springfield, Ohio and its Clark Street and district branches. The administrative history of the YWCA of Springfield can be tracked through the iterations of constitutions and bylaws in addition to historical notes and association fact sheets. Visitation reports describe and assess the association's program, leadership, activities, facilities and services. Other documents include lists of professional and volunteer leadership, completed finance and residence surveys, correspondence concerning the YMCA and advisory correspondence with regional and national leadership. The Clark Street Branch of the YWCA of Springfield serves its African American women and girls. Correspondence, minutes and reports include discussion of proposed cooperative relationships with the YMCA and the branch's relationship to the central association. The report "The Y.W.C.A. in Ohio Springfield District" explains the district program's relationship to the YWCA of Springfield and summarizes and assesses the work for the rural areas outside of Springfield.
Ohio
circa 1906-1950
Leadership in women
Women
Societies and clubs
Women
Social conditions
Social action
Women
Services for
Nonprofit organizations
Finance
Nonprofit organizations
Management
Social service
Rural women
African American women
Societies and clubs
Racism
Race relations
Young Women's Christian associations
Young Men's Christian associations
Nonprofit organizations
Administration
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Ohio, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 3: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3, Reel 204
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