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Language of Material: EnglishContributing Institution: Special Collections & ArchivesTitle: Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles CollectionIdentifier/Call Number: URB.YWCAExtent: 95.63 linear feetExtent: 193 MegabytesDate (inclusive): ca. 1890-1986Abstract: The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles was established in 1893 to promote thephysical, social, spiritual, and educational well-being of young women. The collection documents the establishment,evolution, and achievements of the YWCA of Los Angeles.Language of Material: EnglishHistorical Note:The YWCA of Los Angeles was established in 1893 when Miss Emma Reeder came from San Francisco expressly to organizea local branch. Incorporated the following year, the Los Angeles chapter served to promote the physical, social, spiritual,and educational well-being of young women. In its first year of operation, the YWCA increased its membership from nine toover 360 members.The YWCA of Los Angeles is a decentralized agency with many branches, boarding homes, club houses, and campingretreats throughout LA County. In 1899, a Traveler's Aid Department was established to care for new arrivals to the city.The first boarding home for women in Los Angeles was founded by the YWCA in 1905. Three years later the YWCA's firstpermanent residence opened, followed by the Hollywood Studio Club, a temporary residence for young women training forcareers in the entertainment industry.For over eighty years the YWCA of Los Angeles has provided shelter and counseling services for transient and needywomen, sponsored camping trips, conducted educational, physical and religious classes, and encouraged women toachieve leadership roles in society.Scope and ContentsThe Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles Collection documents the establishment, evolution, andachievements of Los Angeles' YWCA branches. The bulk of the collection consists of publicity and memorabilia includingbrochures, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and scrapbooks. Also contained in the collection are extensiveadministrative records such as by-laws, constitutions, correspondence, financial statements, historical profiles, minutes ofvarious boards and committees, position papers, studies, and reports. The collection is arranged in three major series:Young Women's Christian Association Administrative Records (ca. 1890-1984), Mary Andrews Clark Residence(1910-1986), and Hollywood Studio Club (1915-ca. 1979).Series I, Young Women's Christian Association Administrative Records, is divided into seven subseries.Administrative Records (ca. 1890-1974), contains the YWCA's organizational records including annual reports, articles ofincorporation, brochures and pamphlets, committee records, constitutions, correspondence, financial statements, variousYWCA histories, reports, studies, and audio recordings. Audio recordings are available digitally. It is arranged alphabeticallyby subject. Board Records (1903-1966), documents the meetings of several YWCA boards, committees, and various jointcommittee meetings. The files are arranged by board and chronologically within. Committee Records (1904-1971),includes materials from the many committees created to handle the work of the ever-expanding organization. The bulk ofthe subseries contains minutes and reports of the Executive Committee. The files are arranged in alphabetical order byname of committee. YWCA Branch Records (1908-1975), contains annual reports, brochures, correspondence, factsheets, histories, pamphlets, and related publicity material on the many branches, campuses, clubs and residencesmaintained or supported by the YWCA of Los Angeles. The records document the activities of the Mary Andrews ClarkResidence, Hollywood Studio Club, International Institute, Japanese Branch, and the San Fernando YWCA Project. YWCAPublicity Files (ca. 1890-1984), includes brochures, handbooks, newsletters, and related reference items documenting theactivities of the YWCA of Los Angeles. Newspaper clippings constitute the bulk of the subseries. The subseries is arrangedby type of material and chronologically within each category. Scrapbooks (1893-1970), includes completed andfragmented scrapbooks documenting the YWCA's activities throughout the decades, including local and national events andconventions. Photographs (ca. 1900-1964), includes photographic prints, negatives, and albums documenting the peopleand events associated with the Los Angeles chapter of the YWCA.Series II, Mary Andrews Clark Residence, is divided into eight subseries. Administrative Records (1910-1982), contains correspondence and monthly reports by Esther May Carter, as well as financial reports and ephemera. Board and Committee Records (1915-1969), contains reports from the William Andrews Clark Memorial, Clark Residence Committee,
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Study Committee, Committee of Management and the Ellen Groshon Loan Fund Committee. Publicity Files (1943-1965),contains newspaper clippings from 1948 as well as postcards. Scrapbooks (1912-1986), contains brochures, invitations,letters, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs and programs. Resident Files (1913-1976), consists primarily ofcorrespondence. Resident Committee Files (1947-1967), contains a variety of minutes and activities for the local andthe national YWCA. Personnel policies, night hostess manual, notices and room rates are included. National Publications(1927-1970), contains copies of the journal, The Women's Press. Photographs (1911-1976), includes photographic prints,negatives, and slides documenting the people and events associated with the Mary Andrews Clark Residence.Series III, Hollywood Studio Club, documents the YWCA's philanthropic work with young women who came to LosAngeles to seek fame and fortune in the movie industry. The material contained in this series includes resident files,newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, announcements, magazines, guest books, photographs, invitations, andephemera. It is divided into six subseries. Administrative Records (1919-ca.1979), contains the Hollywood Studio Clubaccount books, annual reports, broadsides, by-laws, correspondence, architectural drawings, history, resident lists, andmaterials concerning the operations of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. Committee Records(1917-1970), includes notes, minutes, and records of the Study Committee as well as the Advisory, Management, andAdministrative Committees. Publicity Files (ca. 1915-ca. 1979), contains articles, artwork, newspaper clippings, pressreleases, and the report to the national YWCA. Many items central to Hollywood publicity are also contained in thesubseries. Scrapbooks (1915-ca. 1970), contains oversized materials including photographs, newspaper clippings,invitations and other ephemera. Non-YWCA Materials (1921-1968) includes the book, The History of Hollywood.Photographs (ca. 1920-1974), includes photographic prints, negatives, slides, and albums documenting the people andevents associated with Hollywood Studio Club.Arrangement of Materials:Series I: Young Women's Christian Association Administrative Records, ca. 1890-1976 Subseries A: Administrative Records, ca. 1890-1974 Subseries B: Board Records, 1903-1966 Subseries C: Committee Records, 1904-1971 Subseries D: YWCA Branch Records, 1908-1975 Subseries E: YWCA Publicity Files, ca. 1890-1984 Subseries F: Scrapbooks, 1893-1970 Subseries G: Photographs, ca. 1900-1964Series II: Mary Andrews Clark Residence, 1910-1986 Subseries A: Administrative Records, 1910-1982 Subseries B: Board and Committee Records, 1915-1969 Subseries C: Publicity Files, 1943-1965 Subseries D: Scrapbooks, 1912-1986 Subseries E: Resident Files, 1913-1976 Subseries F: Residence Committee Files, 1947-1967 Subseries G: National Publications, 1927-1970 Subseries H: Photographs, 1911-ca. 1976Series III: Hollywood Studio Club, 1915-ca. 1979 Subseries A: Administrative Records, 1919-ca. 1979 Subseries B: Committee Records, 1917-1970 Subseries C: Publicity Files, ca. 1915-ca. 1979 Subseries D: Scrapbooks, 1915-ca. 1970 Subseries E: Non-YWCA Materials, 1921-1968 Subseries F: Photographs, ca. 1920-1974Related MaterialCanoga Park Women's Club Collection Reseda Woman's Club Collection San Fernando Women's Club Collection Tarzana Woman's Club Collection
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Winnetka Women's Club Collection Conditions Governing Access:The collection is open for research use.Conditions Governing Use:Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has been dedicatedto the public. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S.Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners.Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.Accruals:1991, 1995GeneralOther Information:Initial processing of this collection was made possible in part through a grant from the National Endowment of theHumanities.For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual, or see the Citing ArchivalMaterials guide.Processing Information:Robert G. Marshall, Claire La FiaSubjects and Indexing TermsEphemeraDocumentsPhotographsScrapbooks
Series I: Young Women's Christian Association Administration Records, ca. 1890-1984
1917-1948Box 3, Folder 22 National Y.W.C.A.: list of convention actions regarding economic and social
welfare; list of important dates regarding business, industrial and agriculturalmovements (1885-1941), 1943 September 17
Box 3, Folder 23 National Y.W.C.A. - Fourteenth National Convention: report, 1936Box 3, Folder 24 National Y.W.C.A. - History: pamphlet, ca. 1924Box 3, Folder 25 National Y.W.C.A. - Journal: The YWCA Magazine, January 1953Box 3, Folder 26 Organizational chart, ca. 1961Box 3, Folder 27 Pacific Coast Conference: programs, 1903, 1913, 1919Box 3, Folder 28 Pacific Coast Field Committee: annual reports, 1903-1907
Scope and Contents[Note: Known during this period as Pacific Coast Territorial Committee]
Box 3, Folder 29 Pacific Coast Field Committee: annual reports, 1909-1910, May 1912Box 3, Folder 30 Pacific Coast Field Committee: booklet, ca. 1919Box 3, Folder 31 Pageant ("The Ministering of the Gift"): booklet, 1913Box 3, Folder 32 Personnel: policies, 1948 December 16Box 3, Folder 33 Public Relations: procedures, 1942, 1979Box 3, Folder 34 Reorganization: procedures; progress report regarding recommendations, 1956Box 3, Folder 35 Report ("The Club"), 1939 March 20Box 3, Folder 36 Rosters: Board of Directors; committees; departments; past presidents,
1915-1935, 1942, 1945Box 3, Folder 37 Salary lists for instructors and staff, 1915Box 3, Folder 38 Slogan surveyBox 4, Folder 1 Union Oil Company of California: correspondence regarding acquiring sub-surface
lease on Hollywood Studio Club property, 1956, 1959Box 4, Folder 2 United Service Organizations (USO): brochureBox 4, Folder 3 United Way, Inc.: agreement (first draft), ca. 1966Box 4, Folder 4 Vocational/Business Employment Department: reports, July-August 1914Box 4, Folder 5 Von's Grocery company: correspondence regarding Japanese employees, 1941
December 20Box 4, Folder 6 Welfare Federation of Los Angeles Area: memoranda, 1940, 1953Box 4, Folder 7 The Woman's Hotel: brochure, ca. 1920-ca. 1929Box 4, Folder 8 World Court: resolution regarding accession of the United States, 1929 December
26Box 4, Folder 9 Young Men's Christian Association: correspondence, 1927, 1944Box 13, Folder 22 Annual Meeting - Fifty-Eighth: program, 1952 April 21Box 13, Folder 23 Annual Meeting - Fifty-Ninth: program, 1953 April 20Box 13, Folder 24 Annual report, 1982Box 13, Folder 25 Industrial Welfare Commission: statement regarding California Wage Board
recommendations, 1969 April 10Box 13, Folder 26 International YWCA: article, December 1963Box 13, Folder 27 Job Corps: position statement regarding continuation, December 1968Box 13, Folder 28 Loan Guarantee: agreement, 1913 December 18Box 13, Folder 29 Los Angeles, City of: mayoral proclamation regarding Salute to YouthBox 13, Folder 30 National Convention - Twenty-Fifth: report, 1970 April 16Box 13, Folder 31 National YWCA: article, March 1975
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Box 13, Folder 32 National YWCA: article regarding 125th anniversary, 1983 September 11Box 13, Folder 33 National YWCA: newspaper clippings, 1919 January 20Box 14, Folder 1 National YWCA: newspaper clippings, 1919 January 20Box 14, Folder 2 National YWCA: pamphlet regarding Public Affairs Program, ca. 1970Box 14, Folder 3 National YWCA - Journal: Association Monthly, January 1916Box 14, Folder 4 Public Housing Projects: work proposal, September-October 1966Box 14, Folder 5 Training and Adult Services: report, 1971 January 13Box 14, Folder 6 United Service Organization (USO): citation for patriotic service, 1946 May 1Box 16, Folder 1 Constitution and by-laws, ca. 1894Box 16, Folder 2 Los Angeles Youth Project: mapBox 16, Folder 3 National YWCA: broadside; magazine clippings, 1945, 1947-1948Box 16, Folder 4 National YWCA: phonograph record ("Match Us to This Hour - Five Meditations")
by Lilice Reid BarnesBox 17, Item 1 Office sample book for broadsides; brochures, business cards; forms; letters;
stationery, 1911, 1914-1915Box 18, Item 1 Office sample book for application forms; broadsides; brochures; business cards;
invitations; letters; stationery, 1922Box 89, Item 1 Invitation to opening of Hollywood Studio ClubBox 89, Item 2 Hollywood Studio Club Room PlaquesBox 89, Item 3 Trowel used at laying of Cornerstone at 3rd and Hill Streets, 1907Box 89, Item 4 Citation presented to Teen-Age Trials, 1954Box 89, Item 5 Flyer for A Trip to Pacific Lands at the Temple Auditorium in Berean HallBox 89, Item 6 50th Anniversary Birthday Celebration Gold Ivy, 1944 March 25Box 89, Item 7 50th Anniversary Mrs. Curtis S. Albro Bag, 1944 March 25Digital Folder World Voices of the YWCA, Geneva audio recording, 1974Digital Folder Women on the Move, YWCA Public Service Audio Recordings: Gloria Steinem, Rita
Moreno, Shirley Verrett, Teen Women
Subseries B: Board Records, 1903-1966 Box 4, Folder 10 Board of Directors: by-laws, 1951 May 17Box 4, Folder 11 Board of Directors: memorandum; resolutions regarding property, 1959, 1962Box 4, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, 1904-1909Box 4, Folder 13 Board of Directors: minutes, 1916-1917Box 4, Folder 14 Board of Directors: minutes, 1918-1919Box 4, Folder 15 Board of Directors: minutes, 1920Box 4, Folder 16 Board of Directors: minutes, 1921Box 4, Folder 17 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1922Box 4, Folder 18 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1922Box 4, Folder 19 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1923Box 4, Folder 20 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1923Box 4, Folder 21 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1924Box 4, Folder 22 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1924Box 4, Folder 23 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1925Box 4, Folder 24 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1925Box 4, Folder 25 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1926Box 4, Folder 26 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1926Box 4, Folder 27 Board of Directors: minutes, 1927Box 4, Folder 28 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1928Box 4, Folder 29 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1928Box 4, Folder 30 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1929Box 4, Folder 31 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1929Box 5, Folder 1 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1930Box 5, Folder 2 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1930Box 5, Folder 3 Board of Directors: minutes, 1931Box 5, Folder 4 Board of Directors: minutes, 1932Box 5, Folder 5 Board of Directors: minutes, 1933Box 5, Folder 6 Board of Directors: minutes, 1934
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Box 5, Folder 7 Board of Directors: minutes, 1935Box 5, Folder 8 Board of Directors: minutes, 1936Box 5, Folder 9 Board of Directors: minutes, 1937Box 5, Folder 10 Board of Directors: minutes, 1938Box 5, Folder 11 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1939Box 5, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1939Box 5, Folder 13 Board of Directors: minutes, January-April 1940Box 5, Folder 14 Board of Directors: minutes, May-December 1940Box 5, Folder 15 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1941Box 5, Folder 16 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1941Box 5, Folder 17 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1942Box 5, Folder 18 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1942Box 5, Folder 19 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1943Box 5, Folder 20 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1943Box 5, Folder 21 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1944Box 6, Folder 1 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1944Box 6, Folder 2 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1945Box 6, Folder 3 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1945Box 6, Folder 4 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1946Box 6, Folder 5 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1946Box 6, Folder 6 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1947Box 6, Folder 7 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1947Box 6, Folder 8 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1948Box 6, Folder 9 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1948Box 6, Folder 10 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1949Box 6, Folder 11 Board of Directors: minutes, April-June 1949Box 6, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, July-December 1949Box 6, Folder 13 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1950Box 6, Folder 14 Board of Directors: minutes, April-June 1950Box 6, Folder 15 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1950Box 6, Folder 16 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1951Box 6, Folder 17 Board of Directors: minutes, April-June 1951Box 6, Folder 18 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1951Box 6, Folder 19 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1952Box 6, Folder 20 Board of Directors: minutes, April-May 1952Box 6, Folder 21 Board of Directors: minutes, June-September 1952Box 6, Folder 22 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1952Box 7, Folder 1 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1953Box 7, Folder 2 Board of Directors: minutes, April-May 1953Box 7, Folder 3 Board of Directors: minutes, June 1953, September 1953Box 7, Folder 4 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1953Box 7, Folder 5 Board of Directors: minutes, January-march 1954Box 7, Folder 6 Board of Directors: minutes, April-May 1954Box 7, Folder 7 Board of Directors: minutes, June-September 1954Box 7, Folder 8 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1954Box 7, Folder 9 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1955Box 7, Folder 10 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1955Box 7, Folder 11 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1956Box 7, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1956Box 7, Folder 13 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1957Box 7, Folder 14 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1957Box 7, Folder 15 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1958Box 7, Folder 16 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1958Box 7, Folder 17 Board of Directors: minutes, January-December 1959Box 7, Folder 18 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1960Box 7, Folder 19 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1960Box 8, Folder 1 Board of Directors: minutes, January-May 1961Box 8, Folder 2 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1961
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Box 8, Folder 3 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1962Box 8, Folder 4 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1962Box 8, Folder 5 Board of Directors: minutes, January-April 1963Box 8, Folder 6 Board of Directors: minutes, May-September 1963Box 8, Folder 7 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1963Box 8, Folder 8 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1964Box 8, Folder 9 Board of Directors: minutes, September-December 1964Box 8, Folder 10 Board of Directors: minutes, January-April 1965Box 8, Folder 11 Board of Directors: minutes, June-December 1965Box 8, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, January-June 1966Box 8, Folder 13 Board of Managers: meeting outlines (1908-1914), ca. 1915Box 8, Folder 14 Board of Managers: minutes, 1905-1906, 1910Box 8, Folder 15 Board of Managers: minutes, 1916Box 8, Folder 16 Board of Managers: minutes, 1917Box 8, Folder 17 Board of Managers: minutes, 1918Box 8, Folder 18 Board of Managers: minutes, 1919Box 9, Folder 1 Board of Managers: minutes, 1920Box 9, Folder 2 Board of Trustees: minutes, 1920Box 9, Folder 3 Board of Trustees: minutes, 1921Box 9, Folder 4 Board of Trustees: minutes, 1924Box 9, Folder 5 Board of Trustees: minutes, 1925-1926Box 9, Folder 6 Board of Trustees: minutes, 1927, 1929Box 14, Folder 8 Board of Directors: minutes, September 1966Box 14, Folder 9 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1966Box 14, Folder 10 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1967Box 14, Folder 11 Board of Directors: minutes, April-June 1967Box 14, Folder 12 Board of Directors: minutes, September 1967Box 14, Folder 13 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1967Box 14, Folder 14 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1968Box 14, Folder 15 Board of Directors: minutes, April-June 1968Box 14, Folder 16 Board of Directors: minutes, September 1968Box 14, Folder 17 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1968Box 14, Folder 18 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1969Box 14, Folder 19 Board of Directors: minutes, April-May 1969Box 14, Folder 20 Board of Directors: minutes, June 1969Box 14, Folder 21 Board of Directors: minutes, September 1969Box 14, Folder 22 Board of Directors: minutes, October-December 1969Box 14, Folder 23 Board of Directors: minutes, January-March 1970Box 14, Folder 24 Board of Directors: minutes, April-May 1970Box 14, Folder 25 Board of Directors: minutes, June 1970Box 14, Folder 26 Board of Directors: minutes, October-November 1957Box 14, Folder 27 Executive Committee: minutes, January-October 1958Box 14, Folder 28 Executive Committee: minutes, October-November 1960Box 14, Folder 29 Executive Committee: minutes, February 1961Box 19, Folder 1 Board of Directors: minutes book, 1911-1916Box 19, Folder 2 Board of Managers: minutes book, 1903-1906Box 20, Folder 1 Board of Managers: minutes book, 1907, 1910Box 20, Folder 2 Board of Managers: minutes book, 1910-1912Box 20, Folder 3 Board of Managers: minutes book, 1912-1914Box 21, Folder 1 Board of Managers: minutes book, 1915-1916
1951 October 17Box 9, Folder 9 Building Committee: minutes, regarding Hotel Figueroa, 1925Box 9, Folder 10 Building Committee: minutes, regarding Hotel Figueroa, 1926-1927
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Box 9, Folder 11 Clark Residence Committee: notes; report, 1948-1949Box 9, Folder 12 Convention Study Committee: rosters of committee members and national
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Box 9, Folder 48 Blue Triangle ClubBox 10, Folder 1 Camp Estelle: brochures; postcard, 1921-1937Box 10, Folder 2 Central Branch: invitation; major reports, 1951, 1963Box 10, Folder 3 Clark Residence: brochureBox 10, Folder 4 Glendale Branch: floor plans, ca. 1960-ca. 1969Box 10, Folder 5 Glendale Branch: report, ca. 1965Box 10, Folder 6 Hermosa Beach Club: fact sheet; letter, 1949 December 2Box 10, Folder 7 Hill Street Branch: brochures; pamphlets, 1908-1914, ca. 1952Box 10, Folder 8 Hill Street Branch: postcards, ca. 1910-ca. 1919Box 10, Folder 9 Hollywood Branch: brochures; letter; pamphlets, 1928, 1947-1948Box 10, Folder 10 Hollywood Branch: grant deed, 1926 March 16Box 10, Folder 11 Hollywood Branch: newspaper clippingsBox 10, Folder 12 Hollywood Branch: newspaper clippings, 1932, 1942-1947Box 10, Folder 13 Hollywood Branch; newspaper clippings, 1950-1959Box 10, Folder 14 Hollywood Branch: newspaper clippings, 1960-1965Box 10, Folder 15 Hollywood Center: newsletters, 1960-1961Box 10, Folder 16 Hollywood Studio Club: brochure, ca. 1950-ca. 1959Box 10, Folder 17 Hotel Figueroa: affidavit; motions; resolutions regarding bond, 1925-1927Box 10, Folder 18 Hotel Figueroa: bill of sale; correspondence regarding furniture and equipment,
1934Box 10, Folder 19 Hotel Figueroa: brochures; business card; flier, 1923-ca. 1926Box 10, Folder 20 Hotel Figueroa: Building Committee directory, ca. 1925Box 10, Folder 21 Hotel Figueroa: commemoration brochure regarding hotel opening, August 1926Box 10, Folder 22 Hotel Figueroa: correspondence, 1925-1927, 1942Box 10, Folder 23 Hotel Figueroa: financial documents; report (partial), 1926-1927Box 10, Folder 24 Hotel Figueroa: legal document (copy) regarding construction, 1926 August 5Box 10, Folder 25 Hotel Figueroa: meeting transcripts regarding construction, 1925Box 10, Folder 26 Hotel Figueroa: newspaper clippings, 1926Box 10, Folder 27 The International Institute: brochures; pamphlets; program, ca. 1924, 1932Box 10, Folder 28 The International Institute: by-laws, 1928Box 10, Folder 29 The International Institute: constitution; recommendation to the Board of
Trustees, 1924, 1925Box 10, Folder 30 The International Institute: newspaper clippings, 1928, 1938Box 10, Folder 31 The International Institute: recommendation; reports; request; resolution,
1923-1929Box 10, Folder 32 The International Institute: reports, 1934, ca. 1935Box 10, Folder 33 The International Institute: trust agreement, 1928Box 10, Folder 34 Japanese Branch: annual reports, 1941Box 10, Folder 35 Japanese Branch: brochures; pamphlets, 1940-ca. 1941Box 10, Folder 36 Japanese Branch: by-laws and constitutions, 1922, 1937Box 10, Folder 37 Japanese Branch: newspaper clippings, 1930-1942Box 10, Folder 38 Japanese Branch: resolutions, 1992 September 27Box 10, Folder 39 Japanese Branch: rosters, 1937Box 10, Folder 40 Magnolia [Japanese] Residence: committee minutes, September 1953-December
1957Box 10, Folder 43 Magnolia [Japanese] Residence: departmental reports, 1950-1951, 1953-1955Box 11, Folder 1 Magnolia [Japanese] Residence: departmental reports, 1956-1957Box 11, Folder 2 Magnolia [Japanese] Residence: letters; report regarding closing, 1959Box 11, Folder 3 San Fernando Valley: major report, 1963Box 11, Folder 4 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: correspondence, 1943-1944Box 11, Folder 5 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: correspondence, 1944Box 11, Folder 6 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: membership list, 1943-1944Box 11, Folder 7 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: minutes, 1944Box 11, Folder 8 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: planning documents, 1944Box 11, Folder 9 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: promotional material, 1944
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Box 11, Folder 10 San Fernando Valley YWCA-YMCA: reports, 1944-1945Box 11, Folder 11 Soroptimist Club - Huntington Park: Y.W.C.A. committee report, 1949Box 11, Folder 12 South Figueroa Street: brochures; pamphlets; subscription card, 1922-1940Box 11, Folder 13 South Grand Avenue: brochure, 1920Box 11, Folder 14 Southeast Branch: major report, December 1962Box 11, Folder 15 Tahquitz Meadows Camp: brochure, 1957Box 11, Folder 16 Tahquitz Meadows Camp: letter regarding proposals for selling property, 1948
November 10Box 11, Folder 17 Tahquitz Meadows Camp: suggested budget, 1950Box 11, Folder 18 Twelfth Street Branch: broadside; brochure; rulesBox 11, Folder 19 Twenty-Ninth Street Branch: brochures; pamphlets, ca. 1935Box 11, Folder 20 Twenty-Ninth Street Branch: report, 1935 February 28Box 11, Folder 21 Van Nuys - West Valley Center: newsletter; zoning report, 1945, 1964Box 11, Folder 22 West Branch: reports, 1962, 1966Box 11, Folder 23 Woodlawn Branch: brochure; fact sheet, ca. 1942, 1961Box 11, Folder 24 Woodlawn Branch: by-lawsBox 11, Folder 25 Woodlawn Branch: correspondence, 1953Box 11, Folder 26 Woodlawn Branch: study regarding relocation, November 1961Box 11, Folder 27 YWCA Lodge: broadside; brochures, ca. 1920-ca. 1929Box 15, Folder 12 Asian Women's Center: newsletter, June 1973Box 15, Folder 13 Central Branch: membership meeting program, 1957 March 28Box 15, Folder 14 Girl Reserves: brochure, ca. 1940sBox 15, Folder 15 Girl Reserves - Newsletter (copy): Peppimist, April 1923Box 15, Folder 16 Mid-City Y-Teens: Mother's Day programBox 15, Folder 17 North Valley: invitation regarding "Salute to Women," 1975 April 11Box 15, Folder 18 San Fernando Valley: correspondence; proposal regarding projected building and
facilities, April-May 1969Box 15, Folder 19 San Fernando Valley: zoning authorization, 1969 February 25Box 23, Item 1 Camp Estelle: Junior High log, 1928Box 23, Item 2 Camp Estelle: "Pioneering" log, 1928Box 24, Item 1 West Branch: newspaper clippings, 1957-1964Box 24, Item 2 West Branch: newspaper clippings, 1965Box 24, Item 3 West Branch: newspaper clippings, 1966-1967
Subseries E: YWCA Publicity Files, ca. 1890-1984 Box 11, Folder 28 Brochures: pamphlets, ca. 1900-1910Box 11, Folder 29 Brochures: pamphlets, 1912-1925Box 11, Folder 30 Brochures: pamphlets, 1930-1944Box 11, Folder 31 Brochures: pamphlets, 1960-1961Box 11, Folder 32 Newsletters: Contact, 1939-1940Box 11, Folder 33 Newsletters: Greetings, 1897-1914Box 11, Folder 34 Newsletters: Los Angeles YWCA Newsletter; Dates - Notes - Reports from Your
manuals; work order, 1950, 1952-1956, 1958Box 69, Folder 16 International YWCA: article; brochure, December 1963Box 69, Folder 17 International YWCA: article; brochure, December 1963Box 69, Folder 18 Interracial Study: correspondence; recommendations; report; statements,
1943-1945Box 69, Folder 19 Jefferson Electric Clock: brochureBox 69, Folder 20 Kilbourne, Katherine: correspondence regarding Dorothy Scarth, 1960-1966Box 69, Folder 21 Library: duties of librarian; inventories; lists, 1940-1956Box 69, Folder 22 Morris, Katherine Clark: Christmas cardsBox 69, Folder 23 Morris, Katherine Clark: correspondence, 1960-1966Box 69, Folder 24 Morris, Katherine Clark: list of family members, 1962Box 69, Folder 25 National YWCA: brochuresBox 69, Folder 26 National YWCA: conference closing speech (Edith M. Larrigo), 1963 May 2Box 69, Folder 27 National YWCA: overview; peace statement; savings plan, 1958-1965Box 69, Folder 28 National YWCA - World Fellowship: brochure; service program; speech, 1963-1964Box 69, Folder 29 National YWCA - Young Adults: memorandum regarding programs, February 1964Box 69, Folder 30 Office manual, May 1955Box 69, Folder 31 Office manual, May 1955Box 69, Folder 32 Personnel: employee lists; general correspondence; notes, 1942-1947Box 69, Folder 33 Personnel: employee lists; general correspondence; notes, 1952-1953Box 69, Folder 34 Personnel: employee lists; general correspondence; notes, 1954-1957Box 69, Folder 35 Personnel: employee lists; general correspondence; notes, 1964Box 69, Folder 36 Personnel, A-C: applications; correspondence, 1947-1962Box 70, Folder 1 Personnel, D-G: applications; correspondence, 1946-ca. 1961Box 70, Folder 2 Personnel, H-J: applications; correspondence, 1942-1963Box 70, Folder 3 Personnel, L-P: applications; correspondence, 1944-1966Box 70, Folder 4 Personnel, R-S: applications; correspondence, 1943-1963Box 70, Folder 5 Personnel, V-Z: applications; correspondence, 1952-1963Box 70, Folder 6 Residents: interviewer questions and answersBox 70, Folder 7 Room postings, ca. 1964Box 70, Folder 8 Security Services: correspondence; procedures; schedules, 1956-1959Box 70, Folder 9 Statistical Report for National YWCA, 1942-1949Box 70, Folder 10 Statistical Report for National YWCA, 1950-1953, 1955-1959Box 70, Folder 11 Statistical Report for National YWCA, 1960-1966Box 70, Folder 12 Statistics, 1952-1966Box 70, Folder 13 Staff reunion song, 1966 August 26Box 70, Folder 14 Thirty-Fifth Anniversary: historical notes, ca. 1948Box 70, Folder 15 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary: historical dates; invitation; reports, 1938Box 70, Folder 16 United Nations: brochures, November-December 1958Box 70, Folder 17 United Service Organizations, Inc. [USO]: brochures, ca. 1955Box 70, Folder 18 YWCA of Los Angeles: annual reports, 1963-1964Box 70, Folder 19 YWCA of Los Angeles: broadside; brochures; flier, 1960, 1962Box 70, Folder 20 YWCA of Los Angeles: directories, 1958, 1962
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Box 70, Folder 21 YWCA of Los Angeles: memoranda, 1964Box 70, Folder 22 YWCA of Los Angeles: organizational chartBox 70, Folder 23 YWCA of Los Angeles: reading list, February 1962Box 70, Folder 24 YWCA of Los Angeles: report, October 1963Box 70, Folder 25 YWCA of Los Angeles: report (Laura Ault), 1963 April 18Box 70, Folder 26 YWCA of Los Angeles - Advisors: roster, 1962-1963Box 70, Folder 27 YWCA of Los Angeles - Board of Directors: rosters, 1954-1966Box 70, Folder 28 YWCA of Los Angeles - Center Committee Chairmen: rosters, October 1962Box 70, Folder 29 YWCA of Los Angeles - Job Corps Training: budget summary; fact sheetBox 70, Folder 30 YWCA of Los Angeles - Newsletter: News of Your YWCA, January 1962, October
1962Box 70, Folder 31 YWCA of Los Angeles - Personnel: roster, September 1956Box 70, Folder 32 YWCA of Los Angeles - Program Planning Committee: objectives, April 1948, June
1948Box 70, Folder 33 YWCA of Los Angeles - Seventieth Annual Meeting: program, 1964 April 13Box 77, Folder 1 Activities - Volley Ball: rules and regulations, 1932Box 77, Folder 2 Broadsides, ca. 1913Box 77, Folder 3 Building Maintenance and Repair: blueprint regarding kitchen rearrangement;
complaint (Wilshire Tile Company); employee schedule, 1935, ca. 1946, 1956-1958Box 77, Folder 4 Director's report, January 1960Box 77, Folder 5 Fiftieth Anniversary: notes, ca. 1963Box 77, Folder 6 Financial Documents: press releases, 1963 February 7Box 77, Folder 7 Financial Documents: budgets; expenditures, 1943-1951Box 77, Folder 8 Forty-Fifth Anniversary: fashion show notes, 1958Box 77, Folder 9 Housekeeping: notes; work order, 1957-1958Box 77, Folder 10 Housekeeping: notes, 1960-1961, 1963Box 77, Folder 11 Personnel: employee lists, 1954-1955Box 77, Folder 12 Personnel - G: application (Gaston, Lillian), ca. 1960Box 77, Folder 13 Property Documents: agreement; deed of gift, 1913, 1919Box 77, Folder 14 Room postingsBox 77, Folder 15 Statistics (covering 1952-1966), ca. 1966Box 77, Folder 16 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary; newsletter, 1938 January 26Box 77, Folder 17 West Third Street Improvement: resolution, 1928Box 77, Folder 18 YWCA of Los Angeles: broadside, 1962Box 90, Folder 1 Activities - Ballet Classes, release statement, 1956 May 28Box 90, Folder 2 Activities - Christmas Program, 1956, 1963Box 90, Folder 3 Activities - Hostess and Desk AssignmentsBox 90, Folder 4 Residents Register, 1913-1919Folder 3 Blueprints of the Kitchen, June 1958
Subseries B: Board and Committee Records, 1915-1969 Box 58, Folder 27 Board of Directors: meeting report regarding William Andrews Clark Memorial,
1942 April 23Box 58, Folder 28 Clark Residence Committee: report regarding YWCA of Los Angeles, 1939 April 27Box 58, Folder 29 Clark Residence Study Committee: report regarding monthly statisticsBox 58, Folder 30 Committee of Management: directory, September 1950Box 58, Folder 31 Committee of Management: minutes, 1948 November 3Box 58, Folder 32 Ellen Groshon Loan Fund Committee: committee minutes, 1965 May 10Box 71, Folder 16 Administrative Committee: agenda, 1952 June 11Box 71, Folder 17 Clark Residence Committee: correspondence, 1959-1968Box 71, Folder 18 Entertainment Committee: minutes, 1960Box 71, Folder 19 Finance Committee: correspondence; minutes; statements, 1942Box 71, Folder 20 Finance Committee: correspondence; minutes; statements, 1943Box 71, Folder 21 Finance Committee: correspondence; minutes; statements, 1944Box 71, Folder 22 Finance Committee: correspondence; agenda; statements, 1945Box 71, Folder 23 Finance Committee: correspondence; statements, 1946Box 72, Folder 1 Finance Committee: correspondence; minutes, 1947
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1955-1965Box 73, Folder 5 Residence Committee: report "Five Years at Clark Residence," ca. 1960Box 73, Folder 6 Residence Committee: rosters (1913-1966), 1938-1966Box 73, Folder 7 Residence Committee: statistics, 1915 April 15Box 73, Folder 8 Ways and Means Committee: correspondence; minutes; news service publications,
1950-1952Box 73, Folder 9 Ways and Means Committee: questions regarding Clark residence, ca. 1952Box 79, Folder 1 Ways and Means Committee: news service publications, 1950-1952Box 90, Folder 5 Finance Committee - Investment Statement, 1946 June 10Box 90, Folder 6 Finance Committee - Summary of Major Expenditures, 1943-1951 April 1
Women, 1967Box 85, Folder 1 Magazine clippings, ca. 1920-ca. 1929Box 85, Folder 2 Magazine clippings, 1941 August 3, 1946 March 9, ca. 1940-ca. 1949Box 85, Folder 3 Magazine clippings, 1953-1954Box 85, Folder 4 Magazine clippings, ca. 1960-ca. 1969Box 85, Folder 5 Newspaper clippings, ca. 1920-ca. 1939, 1949 July 13Box 85, Folder 6 Newspaper clippings, 1941, 1945-1946Box 85, Folder 7 Newspaper clippings, 1950, 1960, 1966, 1969Box 85, Folder 8 Newspaper clippings, 1959Box 91, Item 1 Three (3) printing blocksFolder 1, Item 1 Magazine Article – "Boardinghouse of Broken Hearts" by Jean MuirFolder 1, Item 2 Magazine Article – "Where Hollywood's Good Girls Go" - Photo Parade
Subseries D: Scrapbooks, 1915-ca. 1970 Box 86, Item 1 "Publicity - Hollywood Studio Club 1915-1925": invitations; magazine clippings;
programs, 1915-1917, 1919, 1921-1925Box 87, Item 1 Scrapbook of Newspaper clippings, 1931-1937, 1940-1942Box 88, Item 1 "Guest House for Service Women Scrapbook": announcement; newspaper
clippings; photographs, 1944, 1947-1949Box 88, Item 2 Spot Magazine, Published by Country Press, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut,
September 1940Box 101, Item 1 ca. 1917-ca. 1970
Subseries E: Non-YWCA Materials, 1921-1968 Box 82, Folder 22 Picture book, History of Hollywood, 1968Box 83, Folder 1 Academy Award Dinner: guest signatures (photograph), 1938 March 10Box 83, Folder 2 Activities - Christmas: card, signedBox 83, Folder 3 Guest book, 1926-1928Box 83, Folder 4 Guest book, March 1928-June 1941Box 83, Folder 5 Guest book, June 1941-March 1945Box 84, Folder 1 Printing and Publicity Samples Scrapbook: office sample book, 1921-1946
Series III: Hollywood Studio Club, 1915-ca. 1979Subseries F: Photographs, ca. 1920-1974
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