Young Women's Christian Association records

Collection

Identifier: 04.YWCA

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Young Women's Christian Association records include the materials pertaining to the founding, administration, history, and activities of the organization at Michigan State Normal College. Included in the collection are bound ledgers, notebooks, and scrapbooks, financial records, publications, constitutions, by-laws, and clippings.

The Young Women's Christian Association records are divided into four series: Ledgers, Scrapbooks and Notebooks, Administration and History, and Finances.

The Ledgers series includes the following bound ledgers: Advisory Board, Committee Reports, Treasurer's Book, and Recording Secretary.

The Scrapbooks and Notebooks series includes bound materials, such as officer's notebooks, committee notebooks, receipt books, and scrapbooks with clippings and photographs. There are several unbound scrapbook pages which have been separated and housed in a flat file.

The Administration and History series includes clippings, correspondence, annual reports, meeting minutes, a constitution and by-laws, publications, newsletters, and other materials relevant to the activities of the organization.

Finally, the Finances series includes the financial records of the Young Women's Christian Association, specifically audit reports, budgeting materials, and banking records.

Dates

1896 - 1948

Administrative History

The Young Women's Christian Association at Michigan State Normal College was a non-sectarian voluntary association founded on Christian principles in order to build a fellowship of students and faculty on campus. It was originally located in Starkweather Hall (for more on Mary Ann Starkweather see the Starkweather Hall collection in the University Archives). The purpose of the group, as stated in their constitution, was to "... promote the spirit of Christian fellowship on this campus with its various dominations and races in such a way that we may know each other in the spirit of our heavenly Father. We shall strive for this goal through worship, directed study, and social activities."

Extent

2.4 Linear Feet (2 record center cartons, 1 archive box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Young Women's Christian Association at Michigan State Normal College was a non-sectarian voluntary association founded on Christian principles in order to build a fellowship of students and faculty on campus. The Young Women's Christian Association records include the materials pertaining to the founding, administration, history, and activities of the organization at Michigan State Normal College. Included in the collection are bound ledgers, notebooks, and scrapbooks, financial records, publications, constitutions, by-laws, and clippings.

Arrangement of Materials

The Young Women's Christian Association records are divided into four series: Ledgers, Scrapbooks and Notebooks, Administration and History, and Finances.

The Ledgers series includes the following bound ledgers: Advisory Board, Committee Reports, Treasurer's Book, and Recording Secretary.

The Scrapbooks and Notebooks series includes bound materials, such as officer's notebooks, committee notebooks, receipt books, and scrapbooks with clippings and photographs. There are several unbound scrapbook pages which have been separated and housed in a flat file.

The Administration and History series includes clippings, correspondence, annual reports, meeting minutes, a constitution and by-laws, publications, newsletters, and other materials relevant to the activities of the organization.

Finally, the Finances series includes the financial records of the Young Women's Christian Association, specifically audit reports, budgeting materials, and banking records.