Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association
Administrative History
The Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA) was a youth organization for young women associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Previously known as the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, it was renamed in 1934. In 1972 the organization merged with the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association to form the Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women.
Citation:
YWMIA sports-camp manual, 1961: t.p. (Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association)Wikipedia, Mar. 3, 2011 (Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association; youth organization for young women; auxiliary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; est. 1869 as the Young Ladies' Department of the Cooperative Retrenchment Association; renamed as the Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association in 1871; renamed Young Ladies' National Mutual Improvement Association (abbreviated YLNMIA) in 1877; renamed as Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (abbreviated YLMIA) in 1904; renamed as Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA) in 1934; merged with Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association to form Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women in 1972; split to form Young Women and Young Men organizations in 1974)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Wesley C. Carter scrapbooks
Elizabeth Souter scrapbooks, approximately 1905-1973
Contains scrapbooks created by Elizabeth Souter to document her activities. Includes information on her missionary service, her work in the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA), and in an art club. Materials date from approximately 1905 to 1973.
Joan Peart scrapbook
Contains scrapbook containing work that Joan Peart completed as a Beehive. The items document her activities such as tending children, cleaning up after herself, and other homemaking skills. The materials date from between 1939 and 1940.
Bertha S. Reeder papers
Correspondence, pamphlets, programs, maps, lessons, sheet music, memorabilia, reports, scrapbooks, bulletins, and a history. The materials relate to Reeder's work in the YWMIA and to the Mormon Church in general. The items also relate to Reeder's travels. Much of the correspondence is to congratulate Reeder on her accomplishments.
Bertha S. Reeder photographs
Contains five scrapbooks and three larger photographs relating to Bertha S. Reeder, her church service, and her travels. Includes Reeder family photographs, news clippings detailing Reeder's term in the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association (YWMIA) presidency, tourist information, and postcards of New England.