Young Women's Christian Association (Mount Holyoke College) Records 1893-1935

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Young Women's Christian Association (Mount Holyoke College) Records 1893-1935

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Contain constitutions, lists of members, minutes, reports, programs, publications, articles, announcements, budgets, scrapbook and photographs concerning the Mount Holyoke College chapter of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) from its inception in 1893 until 1935, when the organization was replaced by the Fellowship of Faiths. Materials document the religious and social activities of members, including their support of missionaries as well as residents of the South Hadley, Massachusetts poor farm and women and children in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Include documents and photographs taken at the Silver Bay, New York summer conferences for YWCA members.

8 boxes; (5.1 linear ft.)

Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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