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Immigration YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 11. Microfilmed headquarters files

YWCA of the U.S.A. microfilm records

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Miscellaneous immigration materials concerning the YWCA program, outreach, and education regarding immigrants and displaced persons. Materials address United States laws and public policy, social welfare issues faced by immigrant populations, employment barriers and treatment, and social acceptance and perceptions. Cooperation between YWCA international institutes and other YWCA associations is addressed through the education materials and numerous pamphlets intended to educate women of the YWCA. "Folk in our Neighborhood", a publication for the Atlanta Georgia association describes the immigrant population surrounding the area and their unique needs. Other pamphlets such as "Meet the refugees" discuss legal issues, social acceptance, and policy regarding wartime refugees including German refugees. Included in these materials is a bibliography of materials to be used by social workers to foreign born families. "Women Behind Barbed Wire" is a pamphlet discussing outreach to interned women during wartime. Educational materials also address programming teaching English to non-native speakers. In addition, the United States Supreme Court decision on the Schneiderman case can be found among these documents. 

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Title

Immigration

Date Created

circa 1910-1950

Repository

Smith College Special Collections

Collection

YWCA of the U.S.A. microfilm records

Creator

YWCA of the U.S.A.

Topical Subject

Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Naturalization
Children of immigrants
Citizenship, Loss of
Community education
Cross-cultural orientation
English language
Study and teaching
Foreign workers
Human services
Nonprofit organizations
Administration

Geographic Subject

United States

Genre

pamphlets
booklets
correspondence
reports
bibliographies

Extent

433 frames (1 partial reel)

Access

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.

Use and Reproduction

To the extent that it owns copyright, YWCA of the USA has retained copyright in its works donated to Smith College, but has has authorized Smith College Special Collections to grant permission to publish reproductions or quotations from the records on its behalf. Copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, or which may regard materials in the collection not created by YWCA of the USA, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.

Preferred Citation

Immigration, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Physical Storage Information

Box 2: Series 2; Series 3, Reel 100

All Names

YWCA of the U.S.A.

Identifier

smith_ssc_324_r100_m002