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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Date range 1906

Young Women's Christian Association, West Virginia University Chapter, Records 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (5 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat box, 3 in.)

Young Women's Christian Association (West Virginia University Chapter)
Records of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) at West Virginia University (WVU). Includes brochures, budgets, calendars of events, correspondence, ledgers, memorabilia, minutes, newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, reports, rosters, scrapbooks, and telegrams. Topics include the national history of the YWCA (including the 1855/1955 YWCA centennial commemoration); the 1906 charter of WVU YWCA chapter; WVU YWCA and YMCA event invitations and programs (including vespers and officer installation service programs, annual international sales announcements, trips, 'Project Do Something' and Big Sister Program events, etc.); local history of the WVU YWCA chapter (including the WVU YWCA 50th anniversary commemoration); cabinet, membership, and advisory board rosters (including information by and about Betty Boyd, Assistant Dean (later, Dean) of Women, West Virginia University and ex-officio member of the WVU YWCA Advisory Board); advisory board minutes; and financial account books. Annual reports include: presidents' reports, 1923-1964; WVU YWCA annual reports, 1960-1978; annual reports to national YWCA, 1945-1971; advisory board annual reports, 1922-31, 1943-1961; cabinet members reports, 1949-1965. Scrapbooks for the years 1941-1948, 1954-1957, and 1973-1978, include: newspaper articles; event announcements and programs; brochures and pamphlets; YWCA membership applications and cards; postcards; color and black and white photographs of members, trips, and events; and other organization and event memorabilia.
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