Renew campaign, 1996

File — Box: 1a, Folder: 6

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The records of the YWCA of Fargo-Moorhead have been organized into seven series: constitutions, meeting minutes, correspondence, committee records, financial reports, subject files, and scrapbooks. Except for the scrapbook series, the remaining records are very scattered and incomplete documenting primarily the 1960s through 1983. The majority of the records were organized from two notebooks kept by the president or executive director. Included Miscellaneous records were deposited later and incorporated into the collection, in particular newsletters, minutes and the annual reports.

The Meeting Minutes Series are for both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The Board of Director minutes cover 1971 and 1972, although incomplete, and begin again in 1981 through 1983. The latter series is complete. The Executive Committee minutes include scattered minutes for the years 1968-1969, and 1971-1972. Beginning in 1981 they are complete through 1985.

The Correspondence File contains only several letters. The Committee Series files are all very incomplete. The most informative files are the ones containing committee descriptions and duties. The Financial Report Series is relatively complete for the period 1964 through 1972. They are primarily monthly statements of income and disbursements.

The Subject Files Series are also sketchy, but contain information on a variety of YWCA activities such as fund raising and residence studies. There are also copies of its newsletter from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1996 to 2002. Later addition includes the YWCA’s annual reports from 1981 to 1996. Also of interest is a historical list of board members from 1906 to 2003.

The Scrapbooks Series is the major series in the records. They cover the period from 1931 to 1972 and appear quite complete. They are typical scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on YWCA events, programs, souvenirs, and photographs of events, members and former members. The YDL scrapbooks are complete from 1941 to 1954 and contain a large amount of photographs of former members and their families. The remaining scrapbooks are for the Friendship Club, (1937-1941), Tri C Club, (1938-1943), and on the 1944 Tri-State Conference held in Duluth, Minnesota.