Inventory of the Young Men's--Young Women's Christian Association at Duke University records, 1968-1979
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
YM-YWCA at Duke University.
Title
Young Men's--Young Women's Christian Association at Duke University records, 1968-1979
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
3.0 Linear Feet
1,000 Items
Abstract
1,000 Items
The Young Men's-Young Women's Christian Association was created in 1969, an apparent merger of the men's and women's Y's elements. The YM-YWCA was a student religious organization operating within the Religious Activities Department and overseen by an advisory board and advised by the Associate Directors of Religious Activities.
The collection contains material pertaining to the activities and organization of the YM-YWCA including annual reports, flyers, handbooks, directories, and materials documenting the joint efforts of the YMCA and YWCA around the same period. The dates in the collection range from circa 1968-1979.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsPatrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
In accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as amended, Duke University permits students to inspect their education records and limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Young Men's--Young Women's Christian Association at Duke University records, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Young Men's--Young Women's Christian Association at Duke University records were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 1975-1978, 1983.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives Staff, December 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, April 2006
Accessions 75-34, 75-74, 77-171, 78-142, 83-77 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
A student religious organization operating within the Religious Activities Department and overseen by an advisory board and advised by the Associate Directors of Religious Activities. The YM-YWCA was created in 1969 in an apparent merger of elements of the men's and women's Y's. Among the activities undertaken by the organization were draft counseling, the promotion of vocation for social change, support and/or sponsorship of Black Days in Durham and selective buying campaigns, an international Christmas Bazaar, and the sponsorship of films and presentation of lectures by activists such as Dave Dellinger, Reed Kramer, Ben Ruffin, and Rennie Davis. The organization apparently ceased functioning around 1980-1981.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection contains material pertaining to the activities and organization of the YM-YWCA, a social activist religious group, including annual reports, flyers, handbooks, directories, and materials documenting the joint efforts of the YMCA and YWCA around the same period. Includes the logbook (1972/1973; restricted) and related material of the organization’s Draft Counseling and Information Center; "A White Paper on Institutional Racism at Duke: The Curriculum" (1972); listings of vocations for social change produced by OPT, its center for social change information; and copies of the handbook, The University Experience (1969/1970-1978/1979). The handbooks include essays on race relations, sexuality, civil rights and social change, and the experiences of foreign and minority students, as well as University history and administrative information. In an annual report (1970/1971) the book is said to have changed from "a book of interesting facts and figures" to "a rather controversial" alternative view of the University.
Also present in the collection are the records of the Institute for Nonviolent Study and Action (INSA) which was a leftist, activist agency of the Duke YM-YWCA. Their records include brochures, flyers, newsletters, manuals, and information concerning political and social issues of the early 1970s, and activities of the INSA. A sampling of topics include: Buddhism and nonviolence, Indochina; history, politics, and culture during the war, Cuba, UMWA (United Mine Workers Association), University investment, War -- bombing effects, and Wounded Knee. The INSA also collected flyers, brochures, and other printed matter from national organizations. Some organizations include: Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and New American Movement.
Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- African Americans--North Carolina--Durham--Rallies, demonstrations, etc.
- College students--North Carolina--Durham--Political activity.
- College students--North Carolina--Durham--Sexual behavior.
- Duke University--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Duke University--Students--Public services.
- Duke University--Religious Activities.
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
- Young Men's Christian Association.
- Young Women's Christian Association.
Related Material
Young Women's Christian Association. Duke University Chapter records, 1908-1971.
University Archive, Duke University.
Young Men's Christian Association. Duke University Chapter records, 1920-1969.
University Archive, Duke University.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Institute for nonviolent study and action, circa 1968-1975, | ||||||
| | National Organizations, 1970s | ||||||
 | | Duke YM-YWCA, | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
Institute for nonviolent study and action, circa 1968-1975,
1 Box
The Institute for Nonviolent Study and Action was a leftist, activist agency of the Duke YM-YWCA. This series include brochures, flyers, manuals, and information concerning political and social issues of the early 1970s, and activities of the INSA.
Box 1
Amnesty, 1973
AROD (Army Research Office - Durham), 1970-1972
Bibliographies, 1970-1973
Buddhism and nonviolence, 1970s
Calendars, minutes, announcements, agendas, etc., 1970s
Campus Recruiting, 1971-1973
Chile Symposium, 1975
Clippings, 1974
Control Data Corp. (C.D.C.), 1972
Cuba, 1974
DMS (Defense/Aerospace Contract Quarters), 1970-1972
Fasts and Fasting, 1972
Films, 1973-1975
Film series: orders, invoices, confirmations, 1975
Ford Motor Company, 1972
Guerilla Theater, 1972
Honeywell
Indochina; history, politics, and culture during the war, 1968-1973
Indochina War: overview and general, 1971-1972
Indochina War: weapons, army strategies, air war, 1971-1972
Industry involvement in military, 1971-1973
IT and T (see Southern Africa), 1971-1972
Japan, 1970s
Literature Table: orders, invoices, correspondence, 1974-1975
Jo Anne Little, 1974
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., 1971
Movin' On's, 1974
Duke NAM Leaflets, 1974
NAM organizing, 1972-1975
Newspapers, 1972-1975
NAM miscellaneous, 1972-1975
Natural NAM - general correspondence, 1974
N.C. Alliance, 1974
Organizing manual draft, 1970s
Peace Unity News
Planned Poverty and Technical assistance, 1970s
"Political economy of sexism" -Somers and Johnson, 1970s
Political Education (Internal), 1974
Student Network. Materials, 1974
Training for nonviolent responses in social conflict, 1970s
Treaties and other international acts, 1971-1972
UMWA (United Mine Workers Association)
University Investment, 1972
War -- bombing effects, 1972
Wounded Knee, 1973
National Organizations, 1970s
2 Boxes
This series include brochures, flyers, and information produced by national organizations and collected by the Institute for Nonviolent Study and Action concerning political and social issues of the early 1970s.
Box 1
AFSC (American Friends Service Committee), 1971-1972
Another Mother for Peace, 1970/1972
Anti-War Union, 1972
A.P.G.A. Peace Commission, 1972
Appalachian South Folklife Center, 1972
Atlanta Workshop in Nonviolence, 1972
Bay Area Nonviolent Community, 1972
Center for Conflict Resolution (Madison), 1971-1973
Center for the Study of Development and Social Change
The Christophers
Charleston (S.C.) G.I. Office
Churches of Christ, 1972
Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East, 1972
Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars, 1972-1973
Community Concerns Committee: 1970-1971
Community Study Group, 1972
Correspondence, 1972-1973
Cuban Studies
Elections: 1970-1971
Episcopal Peace Fellowship
Fasting
Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1970-1972
Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1972
Gandhi Peace Foundation (India), 1972
Greensboro Peace Center, 1972-1973
Greenville CALC (Clergy and Laity Concerned)
Institute for Nonviolent Study and Action, 1972-1973
INSA Project Journal
INSA Workshop, Oct. 1972
Institute for Study of Nonviolence (Palo Alto), 1970-1973
Institute Mountain West, 1972
Institute for Nonviolent Study and Action Veteran's Day Fast for Life, Oct. 20-23, 1972
Box 2
Jewish Peace Fellowship
Journal of World Education, 1972
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1971
Movement for a New Society (also AQAG), 1972
War Resister's League, 1972-1973
Shanti: Nonviolent Action Center (Fresno) and Joyas Struggle NRG, 1972
National American Congress on Latin American (NaCLA)
Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF) Louisville, KY, 1972-1973
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), 1971-1972
South Jersey Peace Center (Moorestown, NJ), 1972
Sunflower Life Center (Newton, Kansas), 1972
Third World Coalition, 1972
The Martin Luther King Center for Social Change, 1972
Nonviolent Action: Training (1970s)
Money, 1972
Reports, 1972
Mailing Lists, 1972-1973
MNS Provisional Council Madison, Nov. 16-18, 1972
Vietnam Children's Fund
Unsell the War
Times Change Press, 1971-1973
Medical Aid for Indochina. Inc., (MAI), 1972-1973
Nonviolence Conference, Spring 1972
Nonviolence Conference - Bills, Spring 1972
Pacific Studies Center, 1972
NC Political Prisoners Committee, 1972
New World Coalition
New American Movement
National Peace Action Committee
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1972
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation, 1972
Peace Booth Committee, 1972
NAM Records
University Experience, 1970-1971
Racism Workshop: 1970-1971
Vocation for Social Change Conference, 1970-1971
Draft Counseling and Information Center Draft Counselors Log Book, 1972-1973--RESTRICTED
Women's Caucus of NAM
Workers Support Committee NAM (2 folders)
Radical Education Project
Post American, 1972-1973
Philadelphia Resistance, 1972-1973
Philadelphia Life Center, 1972
People's Bicentennial Commission, (P.B.C), 1972
1973-1974
War Tax Resistance, 1971
White House Daily Meeting, 1971-1972
Duke YM-YWCA,
1 Box
Series contains material pertaining to the activities and organization of the YM-YWCA including annual reports, flyers, handbooks, directories, and materials documenting the joint efforts of the YMCA and YWCA around the same period.
Box 2
Newspapers
A White Paper on Institutional Racism at Duke: the Curriculum, 1972
YM-YWCA Annual Report (c.2), 1968/1969 - 1969/1970
Flyers, Announcements, Clippings, 1979
A.J. Muste "Of Holy Disobedience"
Draft Counseling and Information Center. Statements of Religious Bodies on the Conscientious Objector," ca. 1972-1973
OPT. Social Change Vocations - Directories, 1971
OPT. Social Change Vocations - Directories, 1972
The University Experience [Handbook], 1969/1970 - 1972/1973
The University Experience [Handbook], 1973/1974-1978/1979
The University Experience [Handbook], Duplicates
Duke YMCA/Duke YWCA: Joint Efforts: Community Action. Community Concerns Committee
Cabinet Meeting, 1970-1971
Campus Ministry: 1970-1971
