Guide to the YWCA of Silicon Valley Records MSS.2006.01.01

Michelle Morton
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
July 2007
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
special.collections@sjsu.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: YWCA of Silicon Valley Records
creator: YWCA Silicon Valley
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2006.01.01
Physical Description: 30 boxes (18 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1876-2005
Abstract: The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Silicon Valley was established in 1905 to provide fellowship, mutual aid, and spiritual and professional guidance to young working women. The records included in this collection range from 1905 to 2005 and include budgets, clippings, correspondence, financial statements, minutes, memoranda, photographs, printed material, registries, reports, scrapbooks, slides, and videos.

Content Description

The Young Women's Christian Association of Silicon Valley (YWCA) was established in 1905 to provide fellowship, mutual aid, and spiritual and professional guidance to young working women. The YWCA pioneered services to poor and working women in the valley, and continues to offer an array of educational resources and programs designed to improve the community. The records included in this collection, range from 1905 to 2005 and include budgets, clippings, correspondence, financial statements, meeting minutes and memoranda, photographs, printed material, registries, reports, scrapbooks, slides, and videos.
Series I contains materials related to the history and administration of the YWCA of Silicon Valley, including Board of Director minutes dating back to 1915, financial records, personnel records, press coverage, and history files created by the organization. These records reveal the founding, development, and growth of the YWCA in what is now called Silicon Valley. Series II includes correspondence, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, press coverage, and printed material that document the YWCA’s programs for children, adolescents, parents, working women, and seniors. This mission was met through clubs and programs such as the Girl Reserves, which offered opportunities for charity work as well as camping and picnics; the Business Girls’ League, which offered vocational counseling, classes, and clubs for working women; and the Hi-Spot, a social, recreational, and civic club governed by local teens. This series documents the activities and administration of these programs. Series III includes clippings related to YWCA events, programs, and campaigns; photographs of YWCA clubs, outings, and events. Prevalent in this series is a well-kept and organized scrapebook collection, rich with documents, filers, and pictures of the periods they represent.

Organizational History of YWCA

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) originally formed in England in 1855. In the United States the YWCA combined evangelism and pragmatic activism to provide for the physical, social, mental, and spiritual needs of young women living on their own. The organization strove to provide “wholesome” activities for women and girls living in cities and to develope civic-minded female leadership. In addition to Christian guidance, local YWCA braches offered residences, cafeterias, job training, daycare, exercise, crafts, camping, dances, and other services. By 1906 the U.S. YWCA had over 186,000 members. In 1907 it incorporated and established its headquarters in New York City. Today YWCA branches function fairly autonomously and respond to local needs and conditions. Currently, there are nearly 300 U.S. branches serving some 2 million women, and there are chapters in more than 122 countries.
The YWCA of Silicon Valley was organized in 1905 and incorporated in 1914. The organization struggled initially, disbanding in 1909 because of debt, but by 1914 local women were in the midst of a $75,000 fund drive to match a $25,000 donation by Maria Schofield for a YWCA building in San Jose. Julia Morgan, architect for a number of YWCA buildings on the west coast, was hired to design the building and in 1915 the cornerstone was laid on Second and San Antonio Streets in San Jose. An annex was added in 1926, and the expanded building included residences, a cafeteria, a gym and pool, and club rooms. The Morgan building was demolished in 1973 to make way for the San Antonio Plaza urban renewal project. The current YWCA facility, Villa Nueva, opened in 1993 after a $3,000,000 capital campaign matched by state, local, and federal funds. The Villa Nueva facility includes low-income housing, childcare facilities, and administrative offices.The agency was renamed the YWCA of Silicon Valley in 2004.
The YWCA pioneered services to poor and working women in the valley. The national YWCA worked to improve the conditions of girls working in factories, passing resolutions at their 1920 convention calling for an 8-hour day and the right to organize and collective bargaining. The YWCA started the Girl Reserves in 1918, a club devoted to patriotic work and charity, as well as picnics, hiking, and camping at Ayun Mapu in Big Basin and Asilomar in Pacific Grove. The Business Girls League, founded in 1930, offered vocational counseling, classes, and clubs for working women. Between 1942-1946 YWCA, the Red Cross, and the United Service Organization recruited Victory Girls to attend dances with soldiers. When Japanese Americans were interned during World War II, the YWCA accompanied single women and set up branches in the internment camps. By the 1950s the Girl Reserves had become the Y-Teens, with groups at local high schools and conferences at Asilomar and other locales. This shift reflected local youths’ interest in more social and co-educational activities. The Hi-Spot (1944-1959, re-opened briefly in 1961) was a popular teen center governed by a council of high school students with an adult advisory board. The Hi-Spot offered a snack bar, classes and discussions, sports, games, dances, and a Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury entitled “Hi-Spot News.” By the 1950s the majority of its members were Latino youth.
The YWCA also served the needs of older women in this period through programs such as “Ladies Day Out” and clubs such as the Y-Wives. While local programs had served the racially diverse population as early as the 1930s, in the 1960s the YWCA began to address the issue of racial justice more aggressively. Responding to pressure from local branches, the national YWCA passed an "Interracial Charter" in 1946. The charter mandated the active integration of women of color into programs, facilities, and governing bodies. In 1965 the national YWCA created the Office of Racial Justice, and in 1969 the first of eight Racial Justice Institutes was held in Palo Alto. In 1970, the national YWCA adopted the One Imperative: “To thrust our collective power toward the elimination of racism, wherever it exists, by any means necessary.” Locally, the YWCA established a Racial Justice Committee, which published a Directory of Black Businesses, it held race dialogues, and it developed youth programs and multicultural curriculum. In 1973 Inez Jackson became the first African American to be elected Board President of the YWCA.
The YWCA offered a number of innovative programs in this era, including the Young Mother’s Education Program (1967), which partnered with the San Jose Unified School District to keep young mothers in school; the 24-hour Rape Crisis Hotline (1973); and the Hispanic Outreach Program (1978), which offered childcare, youth programs, clubs, and citizenship and English as a Second Language courses. Rape Crisis services expanded in the 1970s, developing a speaker’s bureau and collaborating with police, the district attorney, and the county hospital to assist victims of sexual assault. In the 1980s and 1990s YWCA programming expanded to include Child Assault Prevention, Parent Education, Career Development, and two major outreach and fundraising events, a Tribute to Women in Industry (1985) and the Professional Women’s Luncheon (1991). More recent organizational activities and programs include the election of the first men to the Board of Directors (2004), Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (2003); an event at which male community leaders walk a mile in women’ shoes to raise awareness about sexual assault. The Social and Racial Justice Program (2006), an anti-bias education program, New Options, a multilingual after school program, and TechGYRLS (2007) and an after-school program that teaches girls technological and engineering skills. Fran Smith was commissioned to write the history of the YWCA of Silicon Valley. Her book, Breaking Ground: The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley 1905-2005, was published in 2005.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in three series: I. Administrative Files, 1905-2005; II. Programs and Events, 1910-2002; III. Printed and Visual Materials, 1876-2002.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has been assigned to the San Jose State University Library Special Collections and Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files from or derived from these collections is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

YWCA of Silicon Valley Records, MSS-2006-01-01, San José State University Library, Special Collections & Archives

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid written in July 2007 by Michelle Morton. EAD encoded in 2007 by Erin M. Louthen.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Young Women’s Christian Association
Young women – Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) - Societies and clubs
Women – Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) - Societies and clubs

 

Series I. Administrative Files, 1905-2005

Scope and Contents

This series is arranged alphabetically, and within that arrangement, chronologically. It includes materials related to the history and administration of the YWCA of Silicon Valley, including board of director minutes dating back to 1915 (note that minutes are missing for 1983, 1984, and 1994), financial records, personnel records, press coverage, and history files created by the organization. These records document the founding, development, and growth of the organization, including membership, staff and operations, building campaigns, local programming, and discussion and debate about the YWCA’s mission. The history files, dating from 1909 to 2002, are particularly rich, containing annual reports, campaign materials, letters, pamphlets, programs, and other miscellaneous materials. The YWCA buildings played a key role in the organization’s history, and this series also documents the building campaigns, including those for historic Schofield Hall, designed by acclaimed architect, Julia Morgan, and later Villa Nueva. The buildings provided local women an autonomous space of their own and a stable home-base for the organization.
Box 1, Folder 1

Association Review 1970-1973

Box 1, Folder 2

Advisory Board, General

Box 1, Folder 3

Advisory Board, 1988-1995

Box 1, Folder 4

Advisory Board, 1996

Box 1, Folder 5

Advisory Board, 1997

Box 1, Folder 6

Advisory Board, 1998

Box 1, Folder 7

Advisory Board, 1999

Box 1, Folder 8

Advisory Board, 2000

Box 1, Folder 9

Advisory Board, 2001

Box 1, Folder 10

Board of Directors: Manual 1992-1999 (1 of 4)

Box 1, Folder 11

Board of Directors: Manual 1992-1999 (2 of 4)

Box 1, Folder 12

Board of Directors: Manual 1992-1999 (3 of 4)

Box 1, Folder 13

Board of Directors: Manual 1992-1999 (4 of 4)

Box 1, Folder 14

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1915

Box 1, Folder 15

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1916

Box 1, Folder 16

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1917

Box 1, Folder 17

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1918

Box 1, Folder 18

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1919

Box 1, Folder 19

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1920

Box 1, Folder 20

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1921

Box 1, Folder 21

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1922

Box 1, Folder 22

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1923

Box 1, Folder 23

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1924

Box 1, Folder 24

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1925

Box 1, Folder 25

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1926

Box 1, Folder 26

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1927

Box 1, Folder 27

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1928

Box 1, Folder 28

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1929

Box 1, Folder 29

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1930

Box 1, Folder 30

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1931

Box 1, Folder 31

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1932

Box 1, Folder 32

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1933

Box 1, Folder 33

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1934

Box 1, Folder 34

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1935

Box 1, Folder 35

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1936

Box 1, Folder 36

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1937

Box 1, Folder 37

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1938

Box 1, Folder 38

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1939

Box 1, Folder 39

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1940

Box 1, Folder 40

Board of Directors: Meetings,1941

Box 1, Folder 41

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1942

Box 1, Folder 42

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1943

Box 1, Folder 43

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1944

Box 1, Folder 44

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1945

Box 1, Folder 45

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1946

Box 1, Folder 46

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1947

Box 1, Folder 47

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1948

Box 1, Folder 48

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1949

Box 1, Folder 49

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1950

Box 1, Folder 50

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1951

Box 1, Folder 51

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1952

Box 1, Folder 52

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1953

Box 1, Folder 53

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1954

Box 1, Folder 54

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1955

Box 1, Folder 55

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1956

Box 1, Folder 56

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1957

Box 1, Folder 57

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1958

Box 1, Folder 58

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1959

Box 1, Folder 59

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1960

Box 1, Folder 60

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1961

Box 1, Folder 61

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1962

Box 1, Folder 62

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1963

Box 1, Folder 63

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1964

Box 1, Folder 64

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1965

Box 1, Folder 65

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1966

Box 1, Folder 66

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1967

Box 1, Folder 67

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1968

Box 1, Folder 68

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1969

Box 2, Folder 69

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1970

Box 2, Folder 70

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1971

Box 2, Folder 71

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1972

Box 2, Folder 72

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1973

Box 2, Folder 73

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1974

Box 2, Folder 74

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1975

Box 2, Folder 75

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1976

Box 2, Folder 76

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1977

Box 2, Folder 77

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1978

Box 2, Folder 78

Board of Directors: Meeting, 1979

Box 2, Folder 79

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1980

Box 2, Folder 80

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1981

Box 2, Folder 81

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1982

Box 2, Folder 82

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1985

Box 2, Folder 83

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1986

Box 2, Folder 84

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1987

Box 2, Folder 85

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1988

Box 2, Folder 86

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1989

Box 2, Folder 87

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1990 (1 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 88

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1990 (2 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 89

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1990 (3 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 90

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1990 (4 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 91

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1990 (5 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 92

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1991 (1 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 93

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1991 (2 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 94

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1991 (3 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 95

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1991 (4 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 96

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1991 (5 of 5)

Box 2, Folder 97

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 2, Folder 98

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 2, Folder 99

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1993

Box 2, Folder 100

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1995 (1 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 101

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1995 (2 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 102

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1995 (3 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 103

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1995 (4 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 104

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1996 (1 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 105

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1996 (2 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 106

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1996 (3 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 107

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1996 (4 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 108

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1996-1997

Box 2, Folder 109

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1997 (1 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 110

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1997 (2 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 111

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1997 (3 of 4)

Box 2, Folder 112

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1997 (4 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 113

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1997-1998

Box 3, Folder 114

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1998 (1 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 115

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1998 (2 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 116

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1998 (3 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 117

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1998 (4 of 4)

Box 3, Folder 118

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1999 (1 of 5)

Box 3, Folder 119

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1999 (2 of 5)

Box 3, Folder 120

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1999 (3 of 5)

Box 3, Folder 121

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1999 (4 of 5)

Box 3, Folder 122

Board of Directors: Meetings, 1999 (5 of 5)

Box 3, Folder 123

Executive Board: Meetings, 1996

Box 3, Folder 124

Executive Board: Meetings, 1997

Box 3, Folder 125

Executive Board: Meetings, 1998

Box 3, Folder 126

Executive Board: Meetings, 1999

Box 3, Folder 127

Executive Board: Meetings, 2000 (1 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 128

Executive Board: Meetings, 2000 (2 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 129

Board History, 2000

Box 3, Folder 130

Board History, 1907-1956

Box 3, Folder 131

Board History, 1944-1956

Box 3, Folder 132

Building Committee, 1972-1996

Box 3, Folder 133

Building Committee, 1997

Box 3, Folder 134

Building Committee,

Box 3, Folder 135

Constitution and By-Laws 1921

Box 3, Folder 136

Financial Records, 1988-1994

Box 3, Folder 137

Financial Records, 1995-1996 (1 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 138

Financial Records, 1995-1996 (2 of 2)

Box 3, Folder 139

Financial Records, 1997-1998

Box 3, Folder 140

Financial Records, 1999

Box 4, Folder 141

Financial Records: Annual Campaign, 1996

Box 4, Folder 142

Financial Records: Annual Campaign, 1998

Box 4, Folder 143

Financial Records: Annual Campaign, 1999

Box 4, Folder 144

Financial Records: Annual Campaign, 2002

Box 4, Folder 145

Financial Records: Building (No Date)

Box 4, Folder 146

Financial Records: 1914-1946

Box 4, Folder 147

Financial Records: 1926 (1 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 148

Financial Records: 1926 (2 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 149

Financial Records: 1926 (3 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 150

Financial Records: 1926 (4 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 151

Financial Records: 1926 (5 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 152

Financial Records: 1926 (6 of 6)

Box 4, Folder 153

Financial Records: Check Registers 1947-1948

Box 4, Folder 154

Financial Records: Check Registers 1948-1949

Box 4, Folder 155

Financial Records: Check Registers 1949-1950

Box 4, Folder 156

Financial Records: Check Registers 1950-1951

Box 4, Folder 157

Financial Records: Check Registers 1951-1952

Box 4, Folder 158

Financial Records: Check Registers 1952-1954

Box 4, Folder 159

Financial Records: Check Registers 1954-1955

Box 4, Folder 160

Financial Records: Check Registers 1955-1956

Box 4, Folder 161

Financial Records: Check Registers 1958-1959

Box 4, Folder 162

Financial Records: Committee Meetings 1940-1958

Box 5, Folder 163

Financial Records: Round-the-World YWCA Reconstruction Fund 1946-1949

Box 5, Folder 164

Financial Records: Tax Exceptions 1940s

Box 5, Folder 165

Financial Records: Tax Exceptions 1950s

Box 5, Folder 166

Financial Records: Taxes - Proposition 4 1944-1945

Box 5, Folder 167

Financial Records: Tax Receipts 1914-1957

Box 5, Folder 168

History 1909-1912

Box 5, Folder 169

History 1913

Box 5, Folder 170

History 1914

Box 5, Folder 171

History 1920s

Box 5, Folder 172

History 1930s (1 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 173

History 1930s (2 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 174

History 1930s (3 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 175

History 1930s (4 of 4)

Box 5, Folder 176

History 1940s (1 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 177

History 1940s (2 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 178

History 1950s (1 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 179

History 1950s (2 of 2)

Box 5, Folder 180

History 1956

Box 5, Folder 181

History 1960s

Box 5, Folder 182

History 1970s

Box 5, Folder 183

History 1980s

Box 5, Folder 184

History 1990s

Box 5, Folder 185

History 2000s

Box 5, Folder 186

History: Fran Smith, 1991-2002

Box 6, Folder 187

Mission and Long Range Plan, 1961-1994

Box 6, Folder 188

National YWCA: Dues Task Force 1991-1997

Box 6, Folder 189

National YWCA: Dues Task Force 1998

Box 6, Folder 190

National YWCA: History, 1973-1995

Box 6, Folder 191

National YWCA: Mailings, 1998-1999

Box 6, Folder 192

Personnel: Committee, 1995-1996 (1 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 193

Personnel: Committee, 1995-1996 (2 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 194

Personnel: Committee, 1997-2000

Box 6, Folder 195

Personnel: Executive Staff Meetings, 1998-1999

Box 6, Folder 196

Personnel: Forms, 1980-2000

Box 6, Folder 197

Personnel: Job Descriptions, 1989-1995

Box 6, Folder 198

Personnel: Legal, 1984-1991

Box 6, Folder 199

Personnel: Meetings, 1987-1999

Box 6, Folder 200

Personnel: Policies and Procedures, 1970-1989

Box 6, Folder 201

Personnel: Policies and Procedures, 1981-1993

Box 6, Folder 202

Personnel: Policies and Procedures, 1995-1996 (1 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 203

Personnel: Policies and Procedures, 1995-1996 (2 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 204

Personnel: Policies and Procedures, 1997-2001

Box 6, Folder 205

Personnel: Volunteer Logs 1979-1980

Box 6, Folder 206

Policies and Procedures Manual 1987 (1 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 207

Policies and Procedures Manual 1987 (2 of 2)

Box 6, Folder 208

Press 1947-2000

Box 6, Folder 209

Press: Kits, 1992-2005

 

Series II. Programs and Events, 1910-2002

Scope and Contents

This series is arranged alphabetically, and within that arrangement, chronologically. It includes correspondence, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, press coverage, and printed material that document the YWCA’s programs for children, adolescents, parents, working women, and seniors. In addition to fundamental necessities, such as food and housing, the YWCA worked to develop a spirit of fellowship and a commitment to community service, as well as physical well being in young women. This mission was met through clubs and programs such as the Girl Reserves, which offered opportunities for charity work as well as camping and picnics; the Business Girls’ League, which offered vocational counseling, classes, and clubs for working women; and the Hi-Spot, a social, recreational, and civic club governed by local teens. Later programs included the Rape Crisis Center, which worked with the city to assist victims of sexual assault; Parent Education Programs; and the Professional Women’s Luncheon, a fundraiser that gathers local professional women. This series documents the activities and administration of these programs. The programs and newsletters describe classes offered by the central and branch YWCAs in Silicon Valley. Clubs such as the Y-Teens, events such as the Racial Justice Convocation, and programs such as the Child Assault Prevention Program are also represented. This series also contains information on fundraising campaigns and events, such as the first building campaign (1914-1915) for the Julia Morgan-designed Schofield Hall, the Villa Nueva campaign, and the Professional Women’s Luncheon.
Box 7, Folder 210

Building: Schofield Hall Residence Register, 1929-1930

Box 7, Folder 211

Building: Burning of the Mortgage 1946

Box 7, Folder 212

Business Girls, 1930s

Box 7, Folder 213

Business Girls, 1940s

Box 7, Folder 214

Career Development, 1980-1988

Box 7, Folder 215

Child Assault Prevention, 1984-1992

Box 7, Folder 216

Directory of Black Businesses, 1970

Box 7, Folder 217

Fashion Shows 1973-1990

Box 7, Folder 218

Fundraising Ideas 1981-1996

Box 7, Folder 219

Girl Reserves 1925-1927

Box 7, Folder 220

Hi-Spot 1940s

Box 7, Folder 221

Hi-Spot 1950s

Box 7, Folder 222

Hi-Spot 1960s (1 of 2)

Box 7, Folder 223

Hi-Spot 1960s (2 of 2)

Box 7, Folder 224

Kid's Connection 1994-1996

Box 7, Folder 225

Memorial Services and Funds 1915-1997

Box 7, Folder 226

Miscellaneous Ephemera No Date

Box 7, Folder 227

Newsletters: Local 1980s

Box 7, Folder 228

Newsletters: Local 1990s

Box 7, Folder 229

Newsletters: Local 2000s

Box 7, Folder 230

Newsletters: National, 1980s

Box 7, Folder 231

Newsletters: World, 1980s

Box 7, Folder 232

Newsletters: World, 1990s

Box 7, Folder 233

Parent Education 1990s

Box 7, Folder 234

Past Presidents Tea 1962

Box 7, Folder 235

Principal for a Day 1994

Box 8, Folder 236

Printed Material 1910s

Box 8, Folder 237

Printed Material 1930s

Box 8, Folder 238

Printed Material 1940s

Box 8, Folder 239

International World Atlas 1942

Box 8, Folder 240

Printed Material 1950s

Box 8, Folder 241

Printed Material 1960s

Box 8, Folder 242

Printed Material 1970s

Box 8, Folder 243

Printed Material 1980s

Box 8, Folder 244

Printed Material 1990s

Box 8, Folder 245

Printed Material 2000s

Box 8, Folder 246

Professional Women's Luncheon 1991

Box 8, Folder 247

Professional Women's Luncheon 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 248

Professional Women's Luncheon 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 249

Professional Women's Luncheon 1993

Box 8, Folder 250

Professional Women's Luncheon 1994

Box 8, Folder 251

Professional Women's Luncheon 1995 (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 252

Professional Women's Luncheon 1995 (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 253

Professional Women's Luncheon 1996

Box 8, Folder 254

Professional Women's Luncheon 1997

Box 8, Folder 255

Professional Women's Luncheon 1998

Box 8, Folder 256

Professional Women's Luncheon 1999

Box 8, Folder 257

Professional Women's Luncheon 2000

Box 8, Folder 258

Professional Women's Luncheon 2001

Box 8, Folder 259

Professional Women's Luncheon 2002, 2011, 2012

Box 8, Folder 260

Luncheon Budget and Invoices, 1991

Box 8, Folder 261

Luncheon Budget and Invoices, 1992

Box 8, Folder 262

Luncheon Correspondence 1991 (1 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 263

Luncheon Correspondence 1991 (2 of 2)

Box 8, Folder 264

Luncheon Correspondence 1992

Box 9, Folder 265

Luncheon Minutes 1991

Box 9, Folder 266

Luncheon Minutes 1992

Box 9, Folder 267

Luncheon Seattle 1991

Box 9, Folder 268

Luncheon Speaker 1992

Box 9, Folder 269

Luncheon Speeches, Laurie Besterman 1991-1995

Box 9, Folder 270

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1991 (1 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 271

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1991 (2 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 272

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1991 (3 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 273

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 9, Folder 274

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 9, Folder 275

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1997 (1 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 276

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1997 (2 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 277

Luncheon Sponsors and Participants 1997 (3 of 3)

Box 9, Folder 278

Program Schedules, 1967-1969

Box 9, Folder 279

Program Schedules, 1970-1977

Box 9, Folder 280

Program Schedules, 1978-1979

Box 9, Folder 281

Program Schedules, 1980-1981

Box 9, Folder 282

Program Schedules, 1982-1983

Box 9, Folder 283

Program Schedules, 1984-1985

Box 9, Folder 284

Program Schedules, 1986-1987

Box 9, Folder 285

Program Schedules, 1988-1989

Box 9, Folder 286

Program Schedules, 1990-1991

Box 9, Folder 287

Program Schedules, 1992-1993

Box 9, Folder 288

Program Schedules, 1995-1996

Box 9, Folder 289

Racial Justice Convocation 1969-1972

Box 9, Folder 290

Rape Crisis Center 1973-1993

Box 9, Folder 291

Statistics 1992-1994

Box 9, Folder 292

Susan Wilson Quarter Century Club 1987-1988

Box 9, Folder 293

Susan Wilson: Speeches, 1992-1998

Box 9, Folder 294

Tamah Thamah Club 1939-1942

Box 9, Folder 295

Testimonial Letters 1994-1996

Box 10, Folder 296

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1986 (1 of 3)

Box 10, Folder 297

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1986 (2 of 3)

Box 10, Folder 298

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1986 (3 of 3)

Box 10, Folder 299

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1987 (1 of 2)

Box 10, Folder 300

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1987 (2 of 2)

Box 10, Folder 301

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1988

Box 10, Folder 302

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1990

Box 10, Folder 303

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1991

Box 10, Folder 304

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1992 (1 of 5)

Box 10, Folder 305

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1992 (2 of 5)

Box 10, Folder 306

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1992 (3 of 5)

Box 10, Folder 307

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1992 (4 of 5)

Box 10, Folder 308

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1992 (5 of 5)

Box 10, Folder 309

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1995

Box 10, Folder 310

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1996

Box 10, Folder 311

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1997

Box 10, Folder 312

Tribute to Women in Industry, 1998

Box 10, Folder 313

Tribute to Women in Industry, 2000

Box 10, Folder 314

Tribute to Women in Industry: Correspondence 1986

Box 10, Folder 315

Tribute to Women in Industry: Correspondence 1987

Box 10, Folder 316

Tribute to Women in Industry: Correspondence 1991

Box 10, Folder 317

Tribute to Women in Industry: Correspondence 1992

Box 10, Folder 318

Tribute to Women in Industry: Newsletters 1986-1990

Box 11, Folder 319

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations, 1986

Box 11, Folder 320

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations, 1987

Box 11, Folder 321

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations, 1991

Box 11, Folder 322

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations, 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 11, Folder 323

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations, 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 11, Folder 324

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations - Accepted 1992 (1 of 2)

Box 11, Folder 325

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations - Accepted 1992 (2 of 2)

Box 11, Folder 326

Tribute to Women in Industry: Nominations - Rejected 1992

Box 11, Folder 327

Tribute to Women in Industry: Publicity 1986

Box 11, Folder 328

Tribute to Women in Industry: Publicity 1987

Box 11, Folder 329

Tribute to Women in Industry: Publicity 1992

Box 11, Folder 330

Tribute to Women in Industry: Surveys and Questionnaires 1986-1989

Box 11, Folder 331

Tribute to Women in Industry: Video Taping 1990-1992

Box 11, Folder 332

Tribute to Women in Industry 2002

Box 11, Folder 333

Villa Nueva 1984-2002

Box 11, Folder 334

Villa Nueva: Captial Campaign, 1988-1990

Box 11, Folder 335

Villa Nueva: Captial Campaign, 1989-1994

Box 11, Folder 336

Villa Nueva: Printed Material 1989-1994

Box 11, Folder 337

Villa Nueva: Printed Material - Bridge 1993-1999

Box 11, Folder 338

Villa Nueva: Publicity 1989-1993

Box 11, Folder 339

Why Us Kids 1994

Box 11, Folder 340

Work Study - San Jose State University 1969-1979

Box 11, Folder 341

World YWCA 1986-1991

Box 11, Folder 342

Y-Teens 1953-1955

Box 11, Folder 343

Y-Teens 1955-1957

Box 11, Folder 344

Y-Teens 1957-1961

Box 11, Folder 345

Y-Walk 1994

 

Series III. Printed and Visual Materials, 1876-2002

Scope and Contents

This series is arranged by format, and within that arrangement, chronologically. It includes clippings related to YWCA events, programs, and campaigns; photographs of YWCA clubs, outings, and events; scrapbooks organized by date and subject (e.g. the Hi-Spot); and slides documenting a variety of YWCA activities and campaigns. The scrapbooks contain a range of formats, including clippings, correspondence, ephemera, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets, and photographs. The Hi-Spot, Business Girls’ League, Schofield Hall and Villa Nueva figure prominently in the scrapbooks. Business Girls’ League, founded in 1930, offered vocational counseling, classes, and clubs for working women. The Hi-Spot (1944-1961) was a popularteen center governed by a council of high school students with an adult advisory board. The Hi-Spot sponsored a snack bar, classes and discussions, sports and games, dances, and a Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury entitled “Hi-Spot News.” By the 1950s the majority of its members were Latino youth. Schofield Hall (1916-1973) and Villa Nueva (1993-present) are the two buildings the YWCA has occupied in the agency’s history. Both buildings were the result of enormous capital campaigns relying on community support, and both facilities housed administrative offices as well as residences, programs, and services.
Box 12, Folder 346

Clippings No Date

Box 12, Folder 347

Clippings 1910s

Box 12, Folder 348

Clippings 1920s

Box 12, Folder 349

Clippings 1930s

Box 12, Folder 350

Clippings 1940s

Box 12, Folder 351

Clippings 1950s

Box 12, Folder 352

Clippings 1960s

Box 12, Folder 353

Clippings 1970s (1 of 4)

Box 12, Folder 354

Clippings 1970s (2 of 4)

Box 12, Folder 355

Clippings 1970s (3 of 4)

Box 12, Folder 356

Clippings 1970s (4 of 4)

Box 12, Folder 357

Clippings 1980 (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 358

Clippings 1980 (2 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 359

Clippings 1981 (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 360

Clippings 1981 (2 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 361

Clippings 1982 (1 of 3)

Box 12, Folder 362

Clippings 1982 (2 of 3)

Box 12, Folder 363

Clippings 1982 (3 of 3)

Box 12, Folder 364

Clippings 1983 (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 365

Clippings 1983 (2 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 366

Clippings 1984 (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 367

Clippings 1984 (2 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 368

Clippings 1985-1989

Box 12, Folder 369

Clippings 1990s

Box 12, Folder 370

Clippings 2000s (1 of 2)

Box 12, Folder 371

Clippings 2000s (2 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 372

Photographs No Date

Box 13, Folder 373

Photographs 1910s

Box 13, Folder 374

Photographs 1920s

Box 13, Folder 375

Photographs Negatives 1930s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 376

Photographs 1930s (2 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 377 (P)

Photographs 1940s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 377 (N)

Photographs Negatives 1940s (2 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 378

Photographs 1950s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 379

Photographs 1950s (2 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 380

Photographs 1960s (1 of 3)

Box 13, Folder 381

Photographs 1960s (2 of 3)

Box 13, Folder 382

Photographs 1960s (3 of 3)

Box 13, Folder 383

Photographs 1970s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 384

Photographs 1970s (2 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 385

Photographs 1980s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 386

Photographs 1980s (1 of 2)

Box 13, Folder 387

Photographs 1990s

Box 13, Folder 388

Photographs 2000s

Box 14

Slides, Videos, Audio Cassettes 1876-2002

Box 15

Scrapbook 1905-1908

Box 15

Scrapbook 1910-1928

Box 16, Folder 389

Scrapbook: 1908-1926

Box 16, Folder 390

Scrapbook: First Building 1914-1915

Box 16, Folder 391

Scrapbook: Part A 1923-1928

Box 16, Folder 392

Scrapbook: Part B 1923-1928

Box 16, Folder 393

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League, Part A 1933-1936

Box 16, Folder 394

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League, Part B 1933-1936

Box 16, Folder 395

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League, Part A 1939-1940

Box 16, Folder 396

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League, Part B 1939/1940

Box 17

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League 1 1944-1945

Box 17

Scrapbook: Business Girls' League 2 1945-1946

Box 18

Scrapbook: Hi-Spot 1944-1953

Box 19

Scrapbook 1940-1950

Box 20

Scrapbook: 1945

Box 20

Scrapbook: 1942-1952

Box 20

Scrapbook: Hi-Spot 1954-1959

Box 21

Scrapbook: 1946-1952

Box 21

Scrapbook: 1956-1957

Box 22

Scrapbook: 1950-1959

Box 23

Scrapbook: 1954-1955

Box 24

Scrapbook: 1957-1963

Box 25

Scrapbook: 1958-1970

Box 30

Scrapbook: 1962-1977

Box 26

Scrapbook: 1970

Box 27

Scrapbook: Villa Nueva 1990s (1 of 2)

Box 28, Folder 397

Photographs: Villa Nueva 1990s

Box 28

Scrapbook: Villa Nueva 1990s (2 of 2)

Box 29

Posterboards: Villa Nueva 1990s

Box 29

Calendar: San Jose Department of Housing 2001

Box 29, Folder 398

Photographs: Girl Reserves 1921-1926

Box 29, Folder 399

Poster: YWCA 1950s

Box 29, Folder 400

Photographs: Y-Teens 1955-1956

Box 29, Folder 401

Photograph: Oversized 1960s (1 of 2)

Box 29, Folder 402

Photograph: Oversized 1960s (2 of 2)