YMCA/YWCA records, circa 1917-1970, predominate 1950-1970
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- YMCA/YWCA records, circa 1917-1970, predominate 1950-1970
- Extent
- 5.7 cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Subjects
- YMCA of the USA.
- Young Women's Christian Association.
- College students - Societies and clubs.
- Religious institutions - Kentucky - Lexington.
- Christian youth - Religious life.
- Service learning - Kentucky - Lexington.
- Student volunteers in social service.
- Arrangement
- This collection is arranged in six series: I. Organizational records II. Programs III. Events IV. Organizations V. Conferences, conventions, and seminars VI. Publicity materials VII. Photographic materials
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The YMCA began in London in 1844 in response to poor living and social conditions as a result of the influx of men from rural areas looking for work during the Industrial Revolution. The organization offered Bible study and prayer as an alternative to street life and crime.
- The YWCA also began in London, though eleven years later, in 1855. Both organizations spread to the United States as they gained in popularity, continuing to offer social services to urban populations and working towards religious, cultural and racial harmony.
- The first campus YMCA program was established at the University of Virginia in 1858. The Intercollegian YMCA was formed in 1877 with associations in forty colleges.
- During the 1870s and 1880s, women were members of many YMCAs and attended state conventions. The first student YWCA was organized at Illinois Normal University in 1873, and in 1874 the first state convention was held in Ohio.
- The two organizations have always worked closely together. In 1912, the Council of North American Student Movements was formed to further cooperative work between the YWCA and YMCA, as well as two other student movements. In 1922, the National Student Assembly of the YWCA was established and the National Student Council and its regional divisions were formed. In 1935, the National Intercollegiate Christian Council was formed to accomplish joint efforts between the two organizations.
- The policies and intercollegiate program of the Student YMCA and YWCA are developed by the National Assembly of each, and by the area, regional and national councils. The Regional Councils in the nine regions elect representatives to the National Student Council of the YMCA or YWCA which meet annually. When these are in joint session, they constitute the National Student Council of the YMCA and YWCA.
- Student YWCA and YMCA organizations are voluntary, non-denominational, campus-centered fellowships of students and faculty members. As such, they work closely with other Christian student movements, participating in the World Student Christian Federation, the United Student Christian Council, the World University Service and the Student Volunteer Movement.
- On UK's campus, the YMCA/YWCA encouraged participation in clubs, associations, and councils with similar missions. Some of these were directly sponsored by the YMCA/YWCA, while others were outside organizations with which Y members or administration were affiliated. Those sponsored directly included the Pitkin Club, Phalanx fraternity, Cosmopolitan Club, Chess Club, Freshman Club, and the Interfaith Council. Affiliated organizations included ACURA (Association for Coordination of Religious Affairs), Christian Athletes, Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and the Southern College Personnel Association.
- In addition to social organizations, UK campus Y members were also involved in community service projects, such as providing Christmas presents to children at the Lincoln School. The YMCA/YWCA also worked to improve race relations, sponsoring activities open to all races, and petitioning Lexington area restaurants to allow African-American patrons.
- Information on history of the YWCA and YMCA taken from "Brief resume of history of student YWCA and YMCA" and from each organization's website: http://www.ymca.net and http://www.ywca.org.
- Scope and Content
- The YMCA/YWCA records contain correspondence, documents, records, programs, flyers, reports, and photographic materials generated by both organizations between the years of 1917 and 1970. Materials focus on the University of Kentucky campus chapters, including clubs administrated by the YMCA/YWCA, activities, and meetings. Also included are materials that document the organization at the regional and national level.
- Some of the activities covered in the collection are: UK Freshman Camp; Pitkin Club meetings and events; a drive to end segregation in Lexington area restaurants; World University Service programs; community service projects at the Lincoln School; Appalachian projects; retreats; and Southern Regional Conferences.
Contents of the Collection
I. Organizational records, circa 1920s--1969
The Organizational records series contains material relating to the history, policies, minutes, reports, constitutions and bylaws of both organizations. Materials are arranged by topic and chronologically therein.
History of YM/WCA in Kentucky, circa 1924-1949
History of YM/WCA Chapel, 1949-1954
History of YM/WCA interracial relations, 1924-1954
General policies and purposes, circa 1923-1952
Constitution revision and bylaws, 1963-1968
Articles of operation, June 1960
Policy on use of University Foreign Relations and Interfaith buildings, 1945-1956
Mid-year and President's reports, 1962-1966
Annual reports, 1935-1968
Advisory Board reports; "YWCA and the College Encounter", circa 1961-1965
Cabinet executive committee reports, 1960-1962
Cabinet secretary's report, 1961-1962
Evaluation reports for National administration, 1966-1967
Committee reports, circa 1966-1967
Personnel recruitment, 1966-1967
Personnel guidelines, 1962-1963
Personnel policies, 1951-1952
Personnel training, 1966-1967
Counselor references, circa 1920s
Personnel, vacation and travel requests, circa 1944-1953
Personnel - Executive Director position, 1957-1962
Miscellaneous forms, 1956-1967
Officers lists, circa 1938-1940
Membership lists, 1954-1958; 1964-1967
Membership lists for sophomores and fraternities, 1958-1961
Membership lists, freshman, 1959-1962
Membership information and studies, circa 1947-1962
Membership initiatives, 1960-1967
Advisory Board business, 1957-1958
Advisory Board reports, 1958
Advisory Board business, 1959-1961
Advisory Board business, 1962-1964
Advisory Board business, 1964
Advisory Board business, January - April 1965
Advisory Board business, May - September 1965
Advisory Board business, October - December 1965
Advisory Board business, January - March 1966
Advisory Board business, April - December 1966
Advisory Board business, 1967
Advisory Board members list, circa 1953-1968
Advisory Board long-range planning committee, 1963-1966
Nominating committee, 1962
YWCA Board leadership, undated
YWCA Board business, 1966-1969
YWCA Cabinet members, 1935-1966
YWCA Cabinet minutes book, 1953-1957
YWCA Cabinet minutes, April 1964 - December 1966
YWCA Cabinet business, circa 1965-1967
YWCA Cabinet evaluations, 1964-1965
YWCA Cabinet workshops, 1962
YWCA Cabinet handbooks, guides, rules, circa 1955-1963
YWCA Cabinet applications, circa 1961-1967
YMCA budgets and financial statements, 1959-1963
YMCA budget and financial statements, 1964
YMCA budget and financial statements, 1965
YWCA budget and financial statements, 1966-1968
YMCA ledger, 1962
YMCA ledger, 1963
YMCA ledgers, October 1965-1966
YWCA deposits, September 1967 - May 1968
Expenses for "Y lounge", 1960
Faculty finance drive, 1958
Faculty finance drive, 1961
Faculty finance drive, 1962
Joint YMCA/YWCA planning, 1965-1969
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1950-1959
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1960-1961
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1962
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963-1965
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1966-1968
Correspondence with students over summer, 1962
II. Programs, 1919-1966
The Programs series contains documents, flyers, clippings, and correspondence related to various programs in which both organizations were involved. Some of these are campus or local activities sponsored by the Y, while others are broader in nature. General information on the mission of the "Y" is placed first, with materials arranged alphabetically by program thereafter.
Role of the "Y", circa 1963
"Accomplished programs", circa 1947-1960
"Accomplished programs", circa 1960-1966
Appalachian projects, circa 1964-1966
Appalachian projects, 1964-1966
Bogota, Columbia project, circa 1966-1970
"Campus parables", 1962-1964
Christian Faith and Heritage, circa 1946-1956
Christian Faith and Heritage, circa 1957-1961
Christian mission, 1946-1950
Church vocation, circa 1961
College of the Bible, 1965
Community service, circa 1919-1935; 1963-1964
Cooperstown program, 1958
Danforth fellowship, 1964-1966
Ecumenical Institute, 1964-1966
Employment services, 1924-1955; 1963
Faculty Christian Fellowship, circa 1964
Family relations, 1942-1947
Foreign students, 1958-1963
Fraternity affairs, circa 1931-1951
Furniture, 1924-1962
Human relations, 1956-1958
"K Book", 1941-1958
Lisle fellowship, 1957-1963
Read-in, "Revolutionaries, Past and Present", undated
Religious emphasis, 1926-1946
Religious emphasis, 1947-1958
Religious programs, general, 1962
Service keys, 1927-1957
Social service - Lincoln School (Institute), 1943-1946
South America program, 1964-1965
Survey of UK operations, 1957
"Survival kits", 1967-1968
Vocational guidance, circa 1923-1924
Vocational guidance, 1940-1952
World Student Service fund, 1942-1952
World University Service, circa 1950-1957
World University Service, 1957-1960
World University Service correspondence, reports and notes, 1955-1960
III. Events, 1927-1969
The Events series contains documents, notes, correspondence, and clippings related to events sponsored by either or both organizations. Most of these are campus and/or local events. Materials are arranged alphabetically by event and chronologically therein.
Activities night skit, undated
College night, 1927-1950
Discussion groups -- fraternity, 1949-1957
Farewell to seniors , 1937-1945
Freshman camp, circa 1952-1960
Freshman camp, circa 1961-1962
Freshman camp, circa 1963-1964
Freshman camp brochures, 1951-1969
Fund drives, 1965-1966
Installation banquet, 1958-1962
Lexington Central YWCA events, 1965-1966
Passion play, 1960-1961
Miscellaneous events , 1957-1967
Spring retreat, circa 1927-1944
Spring retreat, circa 1945-1956
IV. Organizations, 1928-1967
The Organizations series includes several special interest clubs operated on campus under the aegis of the YMCA/YWCA. This series includes documents, notes, correspondence, and clippings related to these clubs. The YMCA/YWCA also participated in councils and outside organizations with similar goals, whose activities are represented within this series. A general list of campus organizations precedes an alphabetic list with a chronological arrangement therein.
Organizations on campus, 1958-1961
ACURA (Association for Coordination of Religious Affairs), circa 1962
Area Student Council, 1962
College life; Chess club, 1965 and undated
Christian Athletes, 1961-1965
Cosmopolitan Club, 1937-1961
Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1940s - 1966
Freshman Club, circa 1928-1961
Hi-Y Club, 1929-1945
Interfaith Council, 1944-1958
Interfaith Council, 1958-1960
Interfaith Council, 1961
Interfaith Council, 1962
Interfaith Council, 1963
Kappa Epsilon, 1966
National Student Council, circa 1959-1961
National Student Council, 1962
National Student Council, 1963-1967
Phalanx fraternity, 1945-1961
Pitkin Club, circa 1927-1937
Pitkin Club, 1938-1945
Pitkin Club, 1946-1957
Southern College Personnel Association, 1956-1961
V. Conferences, conventions, seminars, 1920-1968
The Conferences, conventions, seminars series contains documents, notes, flyers, programs and correspondence relating to conferences, conventions and seminars. Some of these were sponsored by the YMCA/YWCA, while others were meetings in which the organizations were participating members. Folders are arranged with the local, regional and national conferences of the YMCA/YWCA first, followed by conferences including other organizations.
Kentucky Area Conference, 1950-1957
Kentucky Area Conference, 1958-1959
Kentucky Area Conference, 1960-1961
Sixth Kentucky Ecumenical Student Conference, undated
Kentucky-Tennessee district meetings, 1938-1961
Southern Regional Conference, 1950-1956
Southern Regional Conference, 1950, 1952, 1953
Southern Regional Conference reports, 1955, 1956
Southern Regional Conference, 1957
Southern Regional Conference, 1958
Southern Regional Conference reports, 1956-1958
Southern Regional Conference reports, 1957, 1958
Southern Regional Conference report; Annual meeting of Student Council, 1958
Southern Regional Conference, 1959-1960
Southern Regional Conference report and resource book, 1959
Southern Regional Conference, 1961
Southern Regional Conference program, 1961
Southern Regional Conference, 1962
Southern Regional Conference, 1962
Southern Regional Conference Student Council meeting report and workbook, 1962
Southern Area Council -- program, report and resource book, 1962
Southern Regional Conference, 1963
Southern Regional Conference programs and reports, 1963
Southern Regional Conference, 1964-1966
Southern Regional Conference, 1967
National Convention, 1951-1952
National Convention, 1955-1957
National Convention, 1958-1961
National Convention, 1967
National Convention, 1967
National Student Council, President's School, 1948
National Student Council and Assembly meetings , 1957-1959
National Student Council reports, 1960, 1961
National Student Council minutes, 1961
National Student Council meetings, 1962-1963
National Student Council minutes and report, 1962
National Student Council minutes, handbook and report, 1963-1964
National Student Council program, 1967
National Student Council , 1968
National Student Assembly, 1941-1942; 1950-1951
National Student Assembly, 1953-1955; 1958-1959; 1961-1963
National Student Assembly, 1967
National Student Assembly, 1968
Worship materials from conferences, 1929-1956
Worship materials from conferences, 1938-1956
ACURA (Association for Coordination of University Religious Affairs) conference, 1960-1962
ACURA conference, 1962-1967
Chicago seminar; Dick Harmon seminar, 1966; 1967
Homemakers Conference; Human relations conference, 1962; 1963-1964
Kentucky State Christian Association; Leadership seminars, 1961; 1956, 1962
Presidents conference; regional assembly, 1962; 1967
Staff conferences, 1944-1949
Staff conferences, 1956-1962
Summer conference, 1959-1966
Washington seminar, 1960
United Nations seminars, 1951-1960
United Nations seminars, 1961-1965
United Nations seminars, 1966
United Nations seminars, 1967
YWCA staff position papers presented at conferences, 1966-1967
Miscellaneous conferences, circa 1939-1960s
VI. Publicity materials, 1917-1967
The Publicity materials series contains clippings, correspondence, printed materials and flyers advertising members, events, or purposes of the YMCA/YWCA.
Publicity materials, circa 1950-1961
Publicity materials, 1964-1966
Publicity materials, 1966-1967
Kentuckian (yearbook) clippings, 1940-1950
Kentucky Kernel (newspaper) clippings, circa 1950s-1967
Miscellaneous public relations materials, 1917-1959
Miscellaneous public relations materials, 1959-1963
Miscellaneous public relations materials, 1963-1964
VII. Photographic materials, 1926-1967
The Photographic materials series contains black and white prints of events, programs, and members of the YM/YWCA. Subjects include: group portraits of clubs within the YM/YWCA, portraits of officers and club members, retreats, conferences, on- and off-campus events.
UN seminar, 1967
World University Service, undated
Freshmen at home of Bart Peak, 23 January 1948
Conrad, Friedly, Peak, Van Gondiver, Moore, undated
Retreats, 1945, 1947
Set-up for college night -- football field, 1947
Retreats, 1943, 1949
Frank Dickey, undated
Christmas, Lincoln School, 1947
State student conference, 1 December 1945
Group photos at dinners and retreats, circa 1948-1949
Berea Student Conference -- UK delegation, 30 November -- 1 December 1945
Portrait, unknown, undated
Officers , 1950-1951
Camp and retreats, 1942-1950
Portrait, unknown, undated
State retreat, Camp Daniel Boone, 1 May 1935
Serviceman in Marseilles, June 1945
YM/YWCA events , 1943-1949
YMCA building, University of Illinois, undated
Soldiers band, 1943-1944
Retreats, circa 1943
Portraits, undated
YM/YWCA events , 1944-1949
Club members, 1941, 1950
YM/YWCA events , 1943-1949
Portraits, undated
YM/YWCA events , 1943-1955
Bill Cassidy, clothes inspection, England, August 1944
YM retreat , 1949
Portraits of Phalanx fraternity members, circa 1943-1945
Phalanx members at a dinner, 1949
Cosmopolitan Club picnic, 1941-1942
Lincoln School Christmas, 1954
Pitkin Club, 1926-1927
Fall retreat at Camp [?], 1947
Cosmopolitan Club, 1932
World University Service projects, 1952-1955
Jason Rexroat and Katherine Cheryl, undated
Katherine Cheryl, undated
Mission Santa Barbara, 1931
Pitkin Club, May 1928
Southern Region Student Y, Mississippi State, October 1949
Pitkin Club, 1932-1933
Phalanx fraternity planting a tree, 1946
Pitkin Club, 1929-1930; 1931-1932
"We all wish you all the usual. Love, Fuzzy." Navy portrait, undated
Pitkin Club, 1928-1929
Kentucky Government Seminar, Frankfort (Ky.), March 1949
Gene Qualls, former Cabinet member, undated
Y Lounge, circa 1950s
UN seminar, 1967
Cosmopolitan Club, 1944-1954
World University Service projects, circa 1954-1956
Hanging of the Greens, December 1953
Three men, unidentified, undated
Freshman Club, 1949-1950
Interfaith Council, 1948-1949
Group portrait, 1956
Interfaith Council, 1950-1951
Dr. Toyohiko Kakawa, undated
Two men, unidentified, February 1949
Vocational emphasis, men's dorms, 1956
Interfaith Council, 1951-1952
Freshman Y, 1948-1949; 1952-1953
Pitkin Club, 1937-1938; 1933-1934
Freshman Y, 1948-1949
Phalanx, 1953-1954
"Cont. Club", undated
Phalanx, 1953-1954
Hanging of the Greens, December 1953
Group portrait, undated
Dr. Toyohiko Kakawa and unidentified man, undated
Freshman Y Cabinet, 1937-1938
Kentucky State Y Conference, 1932
Pitkin Club, 1950-1951
Student-faculty coffee, 1953
"WSSF", undated
Fire that destroyed M&O depot, 15 February 1946
Honoring gold star alumni of WWII, 1946
Upper-class Y, 1949-1950
Group portrait, 1944
Freshman Club, 1944-1945
Pitkin Club, 1936-1937
Upper-class Y, 1948-1949
Hanging of the Greens, 1956
Interfaith Council, 1948-1949
State student conference, Centre College, 1932
Upper-class Y, 1948-1949
Group portrait, circa 1918
Interfaith Council, 1949-1950
BC blue and white band, circa 1942-1945
Portrait, unknown, undated
Upper-class Y, circa early 1950s
[?] leaving for the Olympics, undated
Pitkin Club, 1951-1952
Hanging of the Greens, 1956
Pitkin Club, 1944-1945
Jewish books presented to Y library, 10 May 1946
Pitkin Club, 1948-1949
Loyalty circle, 1939
YM delegates, Southern Regional conference, 1954
Speakers table at banquet, 27 May 1957
World Affairs program, 1953
Unidentified photos, undated
Students -- probably at Blue Ridge Assembly, Black Mountain, NC, undated
Unidentified photos, undated
Camp Daniel Boone, undated
Unidentified photos, undated
Vocational emphasis, men's dorms, 1956
Unidentified public relations photos, undated
UN seminar, 1967
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