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National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA 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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Documents concerning Spectrum, a project organized by the National Student Councils of YMCA and YWCA to study the role of the YWCA and YMCA in changing communities. The project uses Chicago Illinois to study the role of the YWCA and YMCA in a changing urban environment by placing participants in one of three positions. Community Action Interns live in the community and receive a small living stipend. They observe and participate in community organizations. Career Try-out participants work full time in business, industry, the YWCA or the YMCA to gain work experience and study the role of business in the community. Urban Field Study Aids, collect data and information on the urban community. The reports and information collected by the project inform the upcoming National Student Assembly. Project proposals outline the scope and deliverables from the project. Reports summarize the student experiences and project results. 

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Title

National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA

Date Created

1966-1967

Repository

Smith College Special Collections

Collection

YWCA of the U.S.A. microfilm records

Creator

YWCA of the U.S.A.

Topical Subject

Social justice
College students
Political activity
Women college students
Student movements
Social change
Nonprofit organizations
Management

Geographic Subject

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Genre

reports
newsletters
correspondence

Extent

131 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

National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Physical Storage Information

Box 4: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3, Reel 303

All Names

YWCA of the U.S.A.

Identifier

smith_ssc_324_r303_m003