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 3
Advisory Board, 1988-1995
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 132
Building Committee, 1972-1996
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 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 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)
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 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 218
Fundraising Ideas 1981-1996
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 230
Newsletters: National, 1980s
Box 7, Folder 231
Newsletters: World, 1980s
Box 7, Folder 232
Newsletters: World, 1990s
Box 8, Folder 239
International World Atlas 1942
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 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 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 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 340
Work Study - San Jose State University 1969-1979
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 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 14
Slides, Videos, Audio Cassettes 1876-2002
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 20
Scrapbook: Hi-Spot 1954-1959
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 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)