Travelers Aid Association of America records, 1910-1975.

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Travelers Aid Association of America records, 1910-1975.

Included in the collection are board and committee minutes and reports, conference programs and proceedings, directories of local travelers aid service, procedural manuals, bulletins and newsletters, reports and program analyses, scrapbooks, and teaching materials.

32 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7886127

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Travelers Aid Association of America

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The National Travelers Aid Association was founded in 1917 to provide nonsectarian services to travelers by fostering coordination and cooperation on a national level. It grew out of programs operated by the YWCA and other organizations to provide protection for young women moving to industrial areas to seek employment. The records show the broadening of services from young women to families and transients during the Depression and to servicemen and their families during World War II. ...