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RG 29 - YMCA and YWCA
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Subgroup I. YMCA Records, 1863-1969, n.d. (4.05 l.f.)

Series 1. Annual Reports, 1902-16, 1941-61 (0.2 l.f.)

Box 1
Annual Reports of the General Secretary (printed), 1902/03-1910/11, 1915/16
Annual Reports of the General Secretary, 1914, 1941/42, 1946/47-1959/60
Annual Reports of the Director of Religious Activities, 1958-61

Series 2. Miscellaneous Administrative Files, 1885-1969, n.d. (0.6 l.f.)

Box 1
Advisory Board, Minutes of Meetings, 1944, 1949-54, 1955-61 (2f)
Advisory Board (Faculty), Minutes of Meetings, 1946-48
Budgetary Records, 1905-23, 1943/44, 1944/45, 1955, n.d. (3f)
Committee files
    Committee Membership, 1900-01
    Interracial Committee, 1946
    Religious Activities Committee, 1962
    Religious Interests Committee, 1952-53
Constitutions of the YMCA, 1905, 1949, 1961, n.d.
Correspondence, 1945-61 (2f)
Library Accession Book, 1886-87 (Oversize; shelved separately)
Ohio Y.M.C.A., 1908-09
Personnel Policies, 1949-55
Publications, 1885-1916, 1944-49, n.d.
Box 2
Publications (cont.), 1885-1969 (2f)
Y.M.C.A. in China, 1918-20
Y.M.C.A. mailing lists, 1947-48

Oversize, housed in 420A, drawer 8 Questionnaire on Religious Activities of Oberlin College, n.d. (questionnaire only)

Series 3. Scrapbooks, 1924-27, 1937-49 (6 vol.)

Box 1
Scrapbooks, 1924-27, 1937-38 (2 vol.)
Box 2
Scrapbooks, 1940-41, 1946-47 (2 vol.)
Box 3
Scrapbooks, 1947-49 (2 vol.)

Series 4. YMCA Cloth Maps, 1863-96, n.d. (1.25 l.f.) (Eighteen large, cloth maps, most of which were produced by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.)

Box 1
Eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and Persia, n.d., (6'10" x 10')
G. Woolworth Cotton's Topographical Map of Palestine, 1863 (4' x 6')
Central and Southern Africa, 1880 (4 1/2' x 5'8") (3 maps)
Southern and Western India, 1882 (4 1/2' x 5 1/2') (3 maps)
Southern Japan, 1881 (3' x 4 1/2') (2 maps)
Missions of the American Board in Turkey, 1882 (4 1/2' x 8 1/2') (2 maps)
Micronesia, 1880, 1886 (3' x 4 1/2') (2 maps)
China, 1881 (4 1/2' x 6') (2 maps)
Map of the World, showing the missions of the A.B.C.F.M., 1884 (2 maps)

Subgroup II. YWCA Records, 1894-1967, n.d. (7.0 l.f.)

Series 1. Annual Reports, 1894-1962 (2.4 l.f.)

Box 1
Annual Reports, 1894-1910 (8f)
Box 2
Annual Reports, 1910-17 (7f)
Box 3
Annual Reports, 1917-26 (9f)
Box 4
Annual Reports, 1926-37 (11f)
Box 5
Annual Reports, 1937-41 (4f)
Box 6
Annual Reports of the General Secretary, 1923/24-1928/29, 1931/32, 1933/34-1961/62 (5f)
Annual Reports of the President, 1941/42-1956/57 (2f)
Annual Reports of the First Vice-President, 1942/43-1951/52

Series 2. Miscellaneous Administrative Files, 1894-1964, (1.2 l.f.)

Box 1
Advisory Board files
    Correspondence, 1960-61
    Memoranda, 1936-38
    Minutes, 1928/29-1943/44, 1947, 1948 (2f)
    Policies and Procedures, 1936-60
    Reports to the Advisory Board, 1937-42
Box 2
Basic Standards Reports, 1952-55, 1955-58, 1958-61
Certificates, 1950
Constitutions of the YWCA, 1927-61
Correspondence, 1904-06, 1917, 1923-27, 1951-55
Financial records, 1905-06, 1916-18, 1936/37-1956/57 (3f)
Box 3
Financial records (Treasurer's reports), 1940-43
Governing bodies and committees
    Cabinet, Minutes of Meetings, 1908-28, 1941-44, 1952-53, 1956-57
    Executive Committee, Minutes, 1952-58
    All-Association Committee Reports, 1941-44
    Local Extension Committee, 1905-09
    Personnel Committee
    Annual Reports, 1941/42-1943/44
    Employment policies, 1955, 1963
    Gen'l. Secretary's reports to, 1948-53
    Search for Executive Secretary, 1960, 1964
    Religious Meetings Committee, 1899-1904
Box 4
Handbooks, 1949-53
Historical File, c. 1911-61
Historical Survey of the YWCA of Oberlin by Barbara Shattuck, 1927/28
Membership drives, 1946, 1954-57
Membership survey, 1940
Photographs of YWCA Cabinet, 1941-42
Reports (Secretary's Book), 1894-96

Series 3. Scrapbooks, 1904-49 (18 vol.)

Box1
Scrapbooks, 1904-15, 1922-24 (3 vol.)
Box 2
Scrapbooks, 1924-35 (3 vol.)
Box 3
Scrapbooks, 1936-40 (4 vol.)
Box 4
Scrapbooks, 1940-46 (4 vol.)
Box 5
Geneva Region Conference, Summer 1939 [acc. 59]
Scrapbook 1943-44
Box 6
Scrapbooks, 1946-1949 (2 vol.)

Series 4. YWCA-Sponsored Programs and Events, 1896, 1905-67, n.d. (0.4 l.f.)

Box 1
Brochures and announcements of events, 1896, 1905-47
Clippings, booklets, 1906-44, 1967, n.d.
Fiftieth anniversary programs, 1944
Sixtieth anniversary programs and publicity, 1954
Speeches (2), 1951, n.d.

See also Series 3. Scrapbooks for a Geneva Region student conference, Summer 1939

Subgroup III. Joint YM/YWCA Records, 1927-71, n.d. (1.0 l.f.)

Series 1. Administrative Files, 1952-63 (0.2 l.f.)

Box 1
Cabinet Handbooks, 1958/59-1962/63
Employment policies, 1952-59 (2f)
Evaluations of YM/YW publications, 1955-57
Reports of joint YM/YW meetings, 1955-62

Series 2. YM/YWCA Programs, 1941-71, n.d. (0.4 l.f.)

Box 1
Chapel Committee, 1955-59
Chapel talks, 1960-68 (2f)
Clippings, 1952-53, 1958-61 (3f)
Meeting of the Christian World Mission, 1960
Play production and Spring events schedule, n.d.
Retreats and worship services, 1941-60
Tutorial project, 1967-71
YM/YW-sponsored student protests (over Russian invasion of Hungary), 1956 : clippings and related documentation (2f)

Series 3. YM/YWCA Publications, 1920-64 (0.4 l.f.)

Box 1
Archways, 1949-54 (occasional issues)
Campus Triangles, 1920
Live Y-er, 1943-45
News Y'ers, 1958-64
Old News Y'er, 1947-55
Scratch, 1959, 1961
What's Cooking?, 1960-61
Y's Log, 1927, 1928, 1935
YM/YWCA Handbook for Freshmen, 1958/59
YM/YWCA membership booklets, 1956/57, 1961/62, 1962/63

 
 
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