This series is arranged alphabetically, and within that arrangement, chronologically. It includes materials related to the history and administration of the YWCA of Silicon Valley, including board of director minutes dating back to 1915 (note that minutes are missing for 1983, 1984, and 1994), financial records, personnel records, press coverage, and history files created by the organization. These records document the founding, development, and growth of the organization, including membership, staff and operations, building campaigns, local programming, and discussion and debate about the YWCA’s mission. The history files, dating from 1909 to 2002, are particularly rich, containing annual reports, campaign materials, letters, pamphlets, programs, and other miscellaneous materials. The YWCA buildings played a key role in the organization’s history, and this series also documents the building campaigns, including those for historic Schofield Hall, designed by acclaimed architect, Julia Morgan, and later Villa Nueva. The buildings provided local women an autonomous space of their own and a stable home-base for the organization.