Documents concerning the YWCA of the U.S.A. Industrial Department program and administration covering the southern industrial situation, secretary job analysis and staff meetings. Southern situation materials concern conditions faced by Southern industrial workers, particularly those in the textile industry. Included in these documents are reports on working conditions, discussion of progress made and methods used, an address by Sherwood Anderson at an industrial institute, correspondence planning meetings and events, and reports from field visits to various regions. In addition, there can be found materials regarding labor organizations, textile industry strikes(including a strike in Danville, Virginia), and employer relations. Secretary job description materials describe in detail the role, duties, functions, and requirements for the position of Industrial secretary. The detailed handbook includes how the industrial secretary fits into the YWCA organization as well as lists of job duties and descriptions of what work with industrial girls may involve. Minutes and meeting notes make up the materials for the Staff meetings subject file. Meetings may discuss industrial council business, plan for future events, report on industrial work progress, assign duties, and address other industrial matters.
Industrial
1919-1946
Housing
Industrial housing
Industrial relations
Discrimination in employment
Wages
Women
Cotton manufacture
Textile factories
Textile industry
Labor laws and legislation
Labor unions
Child labor
Hours of labor
Strikes and lockouts
Textile industry
Work environment
Job analysis
Secretaries
Women
Employment
Women in the labor movement
Nonprofit organizations
Management
Women
Political activity
Nonprofit organizations
Administration
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This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections. However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.
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Industrial, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 2: Series 2; Series 3, Reel 106
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