Title: Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere): Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1919-2007

Creator:

• Young Women's Christian Association (Green Bay-De Pere)

Call Number: Green Bay Mss 189; PH Green Bay Mss 189; AE 230; Audio 1693A

Quantity: 10.4 cubic feet (7 records center cartons, 3 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes and 1 card file box), 181 photographs, 228 transparencies, 1 drawing, 1 film, and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Young Women's Christian Association in Green Bay-De Pere (YWCA), 1919-2007, consisting of founding documents, annual meeting minutes, financial reports, committee and programming materials, and publications, scrapbooks and photographs. The campaign to raise money for the construction of a new building for the organization, which opened in 1962, is well-documented, as are the youth programs, particularly the summer camps White Gables and Wethanketha. Correspondence is sparse. A film of the groundbreaking for the new building and a tape recording of children's performance in the 1990s are also included.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0189

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The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) first met in Green Bay in May 1919. The first officers were: Euphemia Jane Kay, president; Mrs. J.H. Taylor, vice president; Mrs. W.P. Wagner, treasurer; Jessie Davis, recording secretary; and Mrs. S.H. Cady, corresponding secretary. By November plans to remodel the old post office at Adams and Cherry streets were complete. A cafeteria was opened and programs for girls, including chorus, physical education, and citizenship classes, began in 1920. Camp Wethanketha opened in 1924 and closed in 1929. A subsequent camp, White Gables, opened in 1931 and operated until it was sold in 1961. In 1941, De Pere was formally added to the group’s name. After a fundraising campaign, the group built a new building in 1962, and opened a fitness center in 1982.

The collection is arranged in the following series: ADMINISTRATIVE, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, HISTORICAL, PROGRAMS, SCRAPBOOKS, and AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS.

The ADMINISTRATIVE series consists primarily of founding documents and Board of Directors meeting minutes and Committee materials. Also includes financial reports.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS relates to the purchase, lease, and fundraising for the main buildings as well as camps owned by the YWCA.

The HISTORICAL series consists primarily of anniversary materials, historical sketches and newspaper clippings of key events.

The PROGRAMS series consists of materials relating to the programming conducted by the YWCA, as well as public relations and publications, such as guides and newsletters, promoting those programs.

The SCRAPBOOKS series contain primarily news clippings documenting the overall activity of the YWCA as well as scrapbooks that focus on specific topics such as fundraising campaigns. A few items of ephemera and a few photographs can be found.

The AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS series include photographs, a film, and an audio recording. The photographs have been arranged following the series in the manuscript portion of the collection.

Acquisition Information

Presented by the YWCA Green Bay-De Pere. Accession Number: M2013-129

Access Restrictions

COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network; consult Reading Room Staff.

Green Bay Mss 189	Series: Administrative
Box   1 Folder   1-5	Articles of incorporation, constitution, and by-laws, 1937-1998
Box   10 Folder   1-4	Articles of incorporation, 1928-1992
	Board of Directors
Box   1 Folder   6-24	Minutes, 1919-1994
Box   2 Folder   1-6	Minutes, 1995-2000
Box   2 Folder   7	Orientation
Box   2 Folder   8	Roster
	Committees
Box   2 Folder   9	Advisory, 1953-1957, 1973-2000
Box   10 Folder   5	Building Committee, 1920s
Box   2 Folder   10-11	Buildings and Grounds, 1972-1992
	De Pere YWCA
Box   2 Folder   12	Minutes, 1952-1970
Box   2 Folder   13	Annual reports, 1961-1963
Box   2 Folder   14	Correspondence, 1952-1968
Box   2 Folder   15	Programs, 1959-1970
Box   2 Folder   16	Early Childhood, 1985-1986
Box   2 Folder   17	Electors Meetings, 1958-1983
Box   2 Folder   18	EPS, 1989-1990
Box   2 Folder   19-21	Executive, 1942-1995
Box   2 Folder   22	Executive Team, 1993-1999
Box   2 Folder   23	Executive and Finance, 1966-1971
Box   2 Folder   24-30	Finance, 1969-1992
Box   3 Folder   1-5	Finance, 1992-2000
Box   3 Folder   6	Financial Development, 1983-2000
Box   3 Folder   7	Fitness Center, 1982-1984
Box   3 Folder   8	Fund Development, 1990-1997
Box   3 Folder   9-12	Membership, 1941, 1957, 1970s-2000 Note: Also includes Members meetings.
Box   3 Folder   13	Membership lists
Box   3 Folder   14	Nominating, 1976-1995
Box   3 Folder   15-17	Personnel
Box   3 Folder   18	Job descriptions
Box   3 Folder   19	Personnel policies
Box   3 Folder   20	Special Projects, 1966-1983
	Other Administrative
Box   3 Folder   21	Affirmative action policy and plan, 1974
Box   3 Folder   22	Annual meeting minutes, 1923-1998
Box   10 Folder   6	Creation of endowment fund, 1986
Box   3 Folder   23	Executive director, 1973-1977
Box   10 Folder   7	Financial reports, 1931, 1960-1980
Box   3 Folder   24	Long-range planning, 1979-1981
Box   3 Folder   25	Marketing study, 1981
	National, 1974-1980
Box   3 Folder   26	General
Box   3 Folder   27	Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   28	Support
Box   3 Folder   29	Association Review Team report, 1977
Box   10 Folder   8	Simpson Estate, Mary Fisk Newton, 1960
Box   4 Folder   1-11	Statistical reports, 1978-1989
Box   4 Folder   12	Treasurer's reports, 1976-1979
Box   10 Folder   9	Vroman estate, 1929
	Series: Building and Grounds	⇧
	Building campaign and fund, 1950-1962
Box   4 Folder   13	Building campaign ephemera, undated
Box   4 Folder   14	Burning of the mortgage, 1968
Box   4 Folder   15	Capital Funds Drive
Box   4 Folder   16	Financial information
Box   4 Folder   17	General
	New building fund
Box   4 Folder   18-19	General
Box   4 Folder   20	Campaign workers
Box   4 Folder   21	Correspondence
Box   4 Folder   22	Creditors tally sheets
Box   4 Folder   23	Dedication
Box   11 Folder   1	Floor plans, 1992
Box   4 Folder   24	Follow-up
Box   4 Folder   25	Gifts memorials
Box   4 Folder   26	Guest book
Box   4 Folder   27	Public relations program
Box   4 Folder   28	Record of pledges received
Box   4 Folder   29	Reports
Box   4 Folder   30	Historical
Box   4 Folder   31	Parking
Box   4 Folder   32	Workshop on buildings, Chicago
Box   10 Folder   10	Appraisals, 1931, 1953
Box   10 Folder   11	Camp Wethanketha, Elmhurst, 1924-1933
Box   10 Folder   12	Christie, John, statue correspondence
Box   10 Folder   13	Deeds
Box   10 Folder   14	Leases, 1920-1936
Box   10 Folder   15	Mortgages
Box   10 Folder   16	White Gables, 1901-1931
	Series: Historical	⇧
	Anniversaries
Box   4 Folder   33-34	50th
Box   4 Folder   35	70th
Box   4 Folder   36	75th
Box   4 Folder   37	80th
Box   4 Folder   38	National centennial
Box   4 Folder   39	Ephemera, 1921-1941, 1963
Box   10 Folder   17-19	Ephemera and clippings, 1919-1962
Box   4 Folder   40	Guest book, 1962-1994
Box   15	Highlights of YWCA's history, particularly White Gables, written on birch bark
	Histories
Box   4 Folder   41	Part I, “From the Records: A History of the First Half of the Thirty-five Years of the YWCA in Green Bay” / by Jessie N. Davis, for the membership meeting, 1954 May 20
Box   4 Folder   42	Part II, “History of Young Women's Christian Association” / by Eva W. Blood, 1955 April 14
Box   4 Folder   43	Part III / by Alice Sprecher Harker, circa 1961 Note: Includes parts I-II.
Box   4 Folder   44	Part I-III
Box   4 Folder   45	Part IV / by Mrs. Charles Sumner Larsen, 1961-1968
Box   4 Folder   46	Newspaper clippings
Box   4 Folder   47	Pamphlets, brochures
Box   4 Folder   48-50	Timelines
Box   4 Folder   51	Sing Along the Way song and music book
	Series: Programs	⇧
Box   4 Folder   52	Adult Program Committee
Box   4 Folder   53-56	Aquatic
Box   4 Folder   57	Big Brother, Big Sister
Box   4 Folder   58-66	Blue Triangle Club, 1921-1930
Box   4 Folder   67	Christian counseling, 1980
Box   4 Folder   68	The Dry Side, 1971
Box   4 Folder   69	Fall Educational Campaign, 1988
Box   4 Folder   70	Festival of Trees
Box   4 Folder   71	Foreign exchange program, 1964
Box   4 Folder   72-73	General
Box   5 Folder   1-2	General programming, 1988
Box   5 Folder   3	Girls Club
Box   5 Folder   4	Girls Neighborhood Camp report
Box   5 Folder   5	Girl Reserve Department
Box   5 Folder   6	Hanging of Greens
Box   5 Folder   7	Health Fair, 1964 Note: Includes photograph.
Box   5 Folder   8	HPER (Health, Physical Education and Recreation) Committee
Box   5 Folder   9	Little Sisters
Box   5 Folder   10	Meet YMCA
Box   5 Folder   11	Mother of the Year
Box   5 Folder   12	Northeast Wisconsin job placement
Box   5 Folder   13-14	Nursery Committee
Box   5 Folder   15	Parent-Toddler
Box   5 Folder   16	Program evaluations
Box   5 Folder   17	United Fund
Box   5 Folder   18	United Way
Box   5 Folder   19-21	Women of the Year, 1970s
Box   5 Folder   22	World Fellowship Community Day, 1975
Box   5 Folder   23	World Mutual Services Committee
Box   5 Folder   24-31	Y-Teen activities
Box   5 Folder   32-33	Youth programs, general
Box   5 Folder   34	YWCA Week
	Publications
Box   11 Folder   2	Poster-Diva poster
Box   5 Folder   35-38	Program guides, 1956-1961, 1985-2007
Box   5 Folder   39-47	Newsletters, 1944, 1972-1983
Box   5 Folder   48	Madison Street Beat newsletter, 1990-2003
Box   5 Folder   49	Our Voice newsletter, 2004, 2006
Box   5 Folder   50	Annual meetings, 1934-1954
Box   6 Folder   1-2	Annual meetings, 1955-2004
Box   6 Folder   3	Public affairs-national
Box   6 Folder   4	Press releases, 1974-1979
Box   10 Folder   20	Press releases, 1979-1982
Box   6 Folder   5-12	Press releases, 1983-1989
	Series: Scrapbooks	⇧
	General
Box   6 Folder   13-17	1919 September-1940 November
Box   11 Folder   3	, 1940s-1960s (loose pages)
Box   7 Folder   1-8	1947 March-1966
Box   11 Folder   4-5	1955 January-1958 February
Box   12 Folder   1-2	1963 March-1968 March
Box   8 Folder   1-2	1967 January-1969 March, 1983 March-1986 February
Box   13 Folder   1	Around the Globe Club, 1960
Box   8 Folder   3	Book reviews, 1947
	Building campaign
Box   8 Folder   4-5	1959-1960
Box   9 Folder   1	1960-1961
Box   13 Folder   2	1959-1962
	Finance campaign
Box   9 Folder   2-6	1939-1949
Box   13 Folder   3	Girls Club, 1983-1986
Box   13 Folder   4	Maintenance campaign publicity, 1947
Box   9 Folder   7	Publicity, 1971-1973
PH Green Bay Mss 189	Series: Audio/Visual Materials	⇧
	Photographs
	Administrative
Box   1 Folder   1	Presidents, 1926-1980
Box   2 Folder   1	General, 1919-1941
Box   1 Folder   2	Staff
	Historical
Box   1 Folder   3	Anniversaries-75th
	Building and Grounds
Box   1 Folder   4	Camp-White Gables (includes 3 non-photo)
Box   2 Folder   2	Camps, 1924-1960s
Box   1 Folder   5	General, 1919-2002
Box   2 Folder   3	Building drawing, by Nancy DeMille, circa 1961
Box   1 Folder   6	Holmgren, Kathy
	Programs
Box   1 Folder   7	Adults
Box   2 Folder   4	Adults and youth
Box   1 Folder   8	Aquatics
Box   1 Folder   9	Century of Vision Campaign
Box   1 Folder   10	Christmas
Box   1 Folder   11	Teens
Box   1 Folder   12	Young children
	Transparencies
Box   3 Folder   1	General
Box   3 Folder   2	Presentation, 1991
	Film
AE 230	“YWCA Groundbreaking,” 1961 Physical Description: 16 mm, black and white with sound
Audio 1693A	Audio
1693A/1	“Kids' songwriting workshop '94”