Documents concerning the YWCA of Richmond, Virginia and its Phyllis Wheatley branch serving its African American members. For the central association of the YWCA of Richmond, visitation reports summarize and assess overall program and performance and comment on any challenges they may face. Additional documents include correspondence concerning their relationship with the YMCA, program reports and advisory correspondence with regional and local leadership. The bylaws of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the YWCA of Richmond establish its purpose, function and administrative relationship to the central association. Correspondence, visitation reports and secretaries' reports are narrative descriptions of the branch's programs and relationship to the central association and include discussion of race relations. Also included are correspondence, reports and notes concerning a potential joint building campaign with the YMCA and summary sheets for the branch's standards study of compliance with national YWCA standards.
West Virginia
circa 1916-1950
Leadership in women
Women
Societies and clubs
Social action
Women
Services for
Nonprofit organizations
Finance
Nonprofit organizations
Management
Social service
African Americans
Social conditions
Race relations
Racism
African American women
Societies and clubs
Young Women's Christian associations
Women
Social conditions
Nonprofit organizations
Administration
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West Virginia, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 3: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3, Reel 220
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