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YWCA Special Collections Resources

Materials related to the YWCA in Smith College Special Collections

Digitized Materials in the YWCA records

Not everything in the YWCA collection has been digitized, but below you can find links to specific materials which have been digitized, either partially or in full.

Digitized Microfilm in the YWCA collections

YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 11. Microfilmed headquarters files includes the records of importance to the Association as a whole, which were submitted for filing at national headquarters. It includes Minutes and Reports, Subject Files, and Community (or "Local") Associations Files, which were microfilmed and mostly destroyed as a records management strategy beginning in 1964.

For more information about the history of the microfilmed records and their current organization, please read in the information in the "Additional Description" section of the finding aid at the bottom of the page in the "Collection Overview" view.

The microfilm records were digitized and described as part of a 2016-2018 CLIR Hidden Collections grant.

Digitized Periodicals in the YWCA collections

This collection of digitized periodicals is comprised of materials that document the administration of the YWCA of the U.S.A., its programs and publications, and the relationships with its member associations across the United States and internationally, including runs of Association Monthly and The Womans Press.

Digitized Photographic Materials in the YWCA collections

This record group includes photographic prints, negatives, slides and filmstrips documenting the work of the YWCA from the 1890s to the present from YWCA of the U.S.A. records, Record Group 9. Photographs.