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Title: Young Women's Christian Association collection
Dates: 1919-1977
Creator:
East Bay Negro Historical Society.
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Young Women's Christian Association Collection consists of correspondence, event invitations and programs, meeting minutes,
constitution and by-laws, and publications of the Young Women's Christian Association of Oakland collected by the East Bay
Negro Historical Society. The collection is organized into two series: YWCA of Oakland and Assorted national YWCA publications.
The bulk of the YWCA of Oakland series is administrative records of the Linden St. and Market St. branches of the YWCA of
Oakland, the two black branches of the YWCA in Oakland, California. The administrative records include the Linden St. branch
constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, and programs and invitation to events held at the Linden St. branch. Publications
include a transcript of a 1934 speech delivered by Ernestine Bryant, “The architectural mode of life” and YWCA of Oakland
reports and newsletters. The assorted national YWCA publications series includes a March 1960 edition of the
The Phyllis Wheatley Reporter newsletter and a 1949 YWCA pamphlet,
Interracial policies of the Young Women’s Christian Associations of the United States of America.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Young Women's Christian Association Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum
& Library at Oakland.
Young Women's Christian Association collection , African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
Processed by Sean Heyliger, 01/08/2014.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Young Women's Christian Association Collection consists of correspondence, event invitations and programs, meeting minutes,
constitution and by-laws, and publications of the Young Women's Christian Association of Oakland collected by the East Bay
Negro Historical Society. The collection is organized into two series: YWCA of Oakland and Assorted national YWCA publications.
The bulk of the YWCA of Oakland series is administrative records of the Linden St. and Market St. branches of the YWCA of
Oakland, the two black branches of the YWCA in Oakland, California. The administrative records include the Linden St. branch
constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, and programs and invitation to events held at the Linden St. branch. Publications
include a transcript of a 1934 speech delivered by Ernestine Bryant, “The architectural mode of life” and YWCA of Oakland
reports and newsletters. The assorted national YWCA publications series includes a March 1960 edition of the
The Phyllis Wheatley Reporter newsletter and a 1949 YWCA pamphlet,
Interracial policies of the Young Women’s Christian Associations of the United States of America.
Series I. YWCA of Oakland
Series II. Assorted publications
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Young Women's Christian Association of Oakland.
Oakland (Calif.) -- History.
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.--History.
African American women--California--History.
African American women--Societies and clubs.