Asheville YWCA Archive
M99.1.1-19; P99.1.1-4;
OS99.1.1-9
"YWCA Camp Kenjocketee," c. 1920,
D.Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC
Asheville
| Title | Asheville YWCA Archive |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/YWCA/default_ywca.html |
| Creator | YWCA (Asheville, NC) |
| Alt. Creator | Phyllis Wheatley Branch for Negroes ; Phyllis Wheatley Center |
| Subject: Keyword |
YWCA ; Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. ; YWCA ; African Americans
; Phyllis Wheatley Branch for Negroes ; Phyllis Wheatley Center
; Moorhead House ; Marjorie Lockwood ; Adela Ruffin ; Thelma
Caldwell ; Elizabeth McCubbin ; Holly Jones |
| Subject: LCSH |
Caldwell, Thelma McCubbin, Elizabeth Lockwood, Marjorie Ruffin, Adela Jones, Holly Asheville YWCA (N.C.) -- History Asheville YWCA. Phyllis Wheatley Branch (N.C.) -- History Phyllis Wheatley Center (Asheville, N.C.) Young Women's Christian Associations -- North Carolina -- Asheville Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. -- History Church work with African Americans -- North Carolina -- Asheville African Americans -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- Social life and customs Young women -- Religious life -- North Carolina -- Asheville |
| Description |
The materials in the YWCA Collection consist of miscellaneous administrative
files,
board minutes, annual reports, photographic materials, newspaper clippings
and scrapbooks,
and other organized series. The
materials span the dates 1907 to 1998, with most items dating from the 1920s and later.
The collection documents the history of the Asheville YWCA and the
segregated Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the YWCA. It reflects the
organization's dedication to public service and resilience in the face of financial
adversity. Also included is information relating to the YWCA's Moorhead House, a home for
working girls, and the early history related to the Phyllis Wheatley
Branch and its later incorporation into the larger Asheville YWCA.
Additional donations of material have substantially augmented the holdings and contain materials from the early years of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch. These papers fill in gaps in the history of the integration of the two YWCA facilities and their activities. The administrative history of the Asheville YWCA and the Phyllis Wheatley Branch is relatively complete. Of particular interest to researchers is the documented process of moving the segregated YWCA institutions together in the 1970s. The Asheville YWCA was the first YWCA in the south to successfully integrate its facilities. |
| Date original | 1999-11-17 |
| Date digital | Date issued: 2000-04-01 ; Revised 2001-04-11 ; 2004-08-12 ; 2007-06-1 |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville |
| Contributor | YWCA of Asheville |
| Type | Collection ; Text ; Images |
| Format | 21 boxes ; 284 folders |
| Source | M99.1.1-19 ; P99.1.1-4; OS99.1.1-9 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Related Collections: Diane Bernard, "The Consolidation of the YWCA-Asheville: The Promotion of Integration and Fiscal Responsibility." November 18, 1998. Senior Papers, History, University of NC at Asheville ; Daniel Maddalena, "Integration and the Asheville YWCA" November 10, 2000. Senior Papers, History, University of NC at Asheville ; For oral histories that detail the contributions of specific individuals, see: Thelma Caldwell, Phyllis Jones Sherrill, Lucy Mae Harrison, Allene Sugg Highsmith, Marjorie Lockwood, Carolyn Rosenthal, Lacy and Harriett Haith, Mary Parker, Lettie Polite, Shirley and Alfred Whitesides, Jane Craig, Minnie E. Jones, Leslie Anderson, Patty Schleicher, Nancy Marlowe, James and Elspeth Clarke, Lucy Herring, Leah Karpen in Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Special Collections, UNCA, Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, UNCA Special Collections ; "The elimination of racism ... by any means necessary" : the Asheville YMCA's commitment to racial equality within itself and the surrounding community: a thesis Thompson, Ellen Natasha, 2006 80 leaves, 2006, Appalachian State University catalog, LD175 .A40k Th 1736 ; YWCA of Asheville 100 Years exhibit at YWCA based on UNCA holdings and funded through a North Carolina Humanities Grant ; |
| Coverage | 1907-2007 ; Asheville, NC |
| Rights | University of North Carolina at Asheville, D. Hiden Ramsey Library, Special Collections/University Archives |
| Donor | Donor number: 147 ; 153 ; |
| Acquisition | 1999-11-17 ; 2000-05-15 |
| Processor | Updated June 2007; Special Collections staff 2001; Richard Moss, Spring 2000 ; 2008-08-09 ; 2012-02-01 |
| CHRONOLOGY | Chronology of the YWCA |
| HISTORY |
Historical Context: a brief
history of the Asheville YWCA
|
| ASHEVILLE YWCA ARCHIVE | Central YWCA
1906-1970 Phyllis Wheatley/ South French Broad Ave. YWCA Branch1913- 1970 |
