| Title |
Asheville YWCA Archive |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/YWCA/ywca.htm |
| Creator |
YWCA (Asheville, NC) |
| Alt. Creator |
Phyllis Wheatley Branch for Negroes ; Phyllis Wheatley
Center |
| Subject |
Keyword:
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. ; YWCA ; African Americans
; Phyllis Wheatley Branch for Negroes ; Phyllis Wheatley Center
; Moorhead House |
| Subject |
LCSH:
Caldwell, Thelma
McCubbin, Elizabeth
Lockwood,
Marjorie
Ruffin, Adela
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 |
Scope and Content:
The materials in the YWCA Collection consist of miscellaneous administrative
files,
Board minutes, annual reports, photographic materials, newspaper scrapbooks and clippings,
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
and 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 1970's. The
Asheville YWCA was the first YWCA in the south to successfully integrate
its facilities. |
| Date |
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 at Asheville 28804 |
| Contributor |
Phyllis Wheatley Branch ; YWCA, U.S.A. |
| Type |
Text (Printed material, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks) |
| Format |
284 folders in 21 boxes |
| Source |
M99.1.1; M99.1.2; M99.1.3; M99.1.4; P99.1.1; P99.1.2; P99.1.3;
P99.1.4; OS99.1.1; OS99.1.2; OS99.1.3; OS99.1.4; OS99.1.5; OS99.1.6; OS99.1.7; OS99.1.8;
OS99.1.9 |
| 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.
YWCA
of Asheville 100 years |
| 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 ; |
| HISTORY |
Historical Context: a brief
history of the Asheville YWCA |
| CHRONOLOGY |
Chronology of the YWCA |
| |
|
| LOCATION |
M99.1: Manuscripts and Printed Material |
|
P99.1: Photographs and Slides
|
|
OS99.1
Scrapbooks and Oversize Materials
|
| SERIES |
|
| M99.1:
Manuscripts and Printed
Material |
| |
Series 1: Charter
|
| |
Series 2:
History
|
| |
Series 3: Administration
|
| |
|
Minutes of Committees |
| |
Series 4:
Board of Directors |
| |
|
Minutes of Board of Directors |
| |
Series 5:
Financial Documents |
| |
Series 6:
Legal Documents
|
| |
Series 7:
Phyllis Wheatley Branch
|
| |
Series 8:
Moorhead House
|
| |
Series 9:
Programs
|
| |
Series 10:
Correspondence
|
| |
Series 11:
United Way
|
| |
Series 12:
YWCA Names and
Notices |
| |
Series 13:
Miscellaneous Documents
|
| |
Series 14:
Newspaper Clippings |
| |
|
| P99.1:
Photographs and Slides |
| |
Series 1:
Classes and programs that included swimming lessons, arts and crafts classes and belly dancing [ywca0001-0053] |
| |
Series 2:
Exercise programs for adults and children that included horseback
riding, gymnastics and martial arts [yweca0054-0168] |
| |
Series 3:
Social events for adults and children, holiday programs, children's
dramas [ywca0169-0285] |
| |
Series 4:
Swimming programs for infants, children and adults [ywca0286-0349] |
| |
Series 5:
YWCA staff and officers throughout meetings and events [ywca0350-0375] |
| |
Series 6:
Summer camp [ywca0376-0457, ywca_6_0001-0003] |
| |
Series 7: International
and Intercultural events held at the YWCA [ywca0458-0556] |
| |
Series 8:
YWCA Buildings [ywca0557-0595, ywca_8_0001-00009]] |
| |
Series 9: YWCA people throughout the years [ywca0601-0748,
ywca_9_0001-0009] |
| |
Series 10: Digital/Scanned Photographs
[ywca0749-0769] [glas001-012] |
| |
Series 11: Additional
photographic materials |
| |
Series 12: YWCA
manuscripts, letters [ywca_12_0001-0007] |
| |
Series 13: Negatives
|
| |
Series 14: Motion Picture Film
|
| |
|
| OS99.1
Scrapbooks and Oversize Materials |
| |
Series 1:
Oversize Scrapbooks
|
| |
Series 2:
Oversize Newspaper Clippings
|
| |
Series 3:
Oversize Charts/Blueprints |
| |
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