Documents concerning the administration, program and development of the YWCA of the U.S.A. associations in Evansville, Fort Wayne, and Gary Indiana, and visitation reports for registered associations in Fairmont, Garrety, Goshen, Greencastle, and Hagerstown. Documents are arranged alphabetically by city or town with further topical and form designations on the microfilm for the associations in Evansville, Fairmont, Fort Wayne and Gary. The administration and development of the full associations is documented in basic standards reports, national certification documents, constitutions, and bylaws. Visitation reports include program descriptions, reports of challenges and successes, and discussion of personnel and management need. Additional materials may include additional correspondence and reports concerning association programs, services and operations. Registered association visitation reports comment on the background to the visit, meetings that took place, the community of work, association leadership, and its overall performance.
Indiana
circa 1951-1960
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana, United States
Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, United States
Hagerstown, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Fairmont, Will, Illinois, United States
Indiana
496 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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Indiana, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 3: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3, Reel 259
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