Correspondence, reports and administrative records concerning the YWCA of Minneapolis, Minnesota's history, affiliation, camp facilities, building, leadership, program for industrial women and overall programs and services. As is custom for YWCA of the U.S.A. associations, the YWCA of Minneapolis uses studies to inform their program, services and leadership and to evaluate their current practices. A study of the social and health services of Minneapolis conducted by the Community Chests and Councils, Inc. assesses the services available in the community and the community needs. The self study of the association is a collection of materials gathered together to make an assessment of the association's program and operations. Also included are documents concerning the association's camp facility Lyman Lodge, fundraising pamphlets, correspondence and reports concerning the industrial program, lists of professional and volunteer leadership and a residence survey. The association's history, organization and structure is documented in historical notes, association fact sheets and governing documents.
Minnesota
circa 1906-1950
558 frames (1 partial reel)
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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Minnesota, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 2: Series 2; Series 3, Reel 184
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