Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) records, 1903-1982.

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Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington) records, 1903-1982.

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The records document the operations and programs of the University of Washington YWCA between 1903 and 1982. Accession 1930-001 covers 1904-1972 and contains newsletters, board and committee minutes, constitutions and by-laws, correspondence, financial records, subject series largely dating from the 1960s, and scrapbooks from the 1920s-1940s. Accession 1930-003 contains similiar materials, but most of these documents are dated between 1970 and 1974. In addition to subject series from the 1970s and records from UW YMCA committees and boards, it includes extensive program files from the Aradia Clinic, the Lesbian Resource Center, the Mechanica Committee, and the menopause study project. Accession 1930-010 consists of interviews with 14 women recorded in 1975. Accession 1930-019 contains early records of the organization, including correspondence, publications, and other writings, 1903-1918. Accession 1930-021 includes committee and board minutes, extensive subject series, financial records, correspondence, and program files from the Aradia Clinic, the Lesbian Resource Center, the Mechanica Committee, Rape Relief, the Third World Women's Resource Center, the Women in Midstream program, the Women in Trades program, and the Women's Divorce Cooperative.

50.6 cubic feet, including textual materials, 44 sound tape reels, 36 sound cassettes, and one sound disc (82 boxes, 1 tube, and 1 vertical file)

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