The WSCF Archives at Yale Divinity Library
The two major WSCF collections at YDS are the World Student Christian Federation Records (RG 46) and the World Student Christian Federation Geneva office records (RG 46F).
The Archives of the World Student Christian Federation North America Regional Office (RG 46A) provide documentation of the continuing efforts of the WSCF, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection contains the North American secretaries' files and official records from the United States Committee and the Student Christian Movement of Canada. Operations of the Inter-Regional Office in Geneva and other regional student movements are also documented.
The World Student Christian Federation Board of Trustees in the U.S. records (RG 46B) consist of administrative and financial records of the WSCF U.S. Board of Trustees. The WSCF has headquarters in Geneva, but maintained a U.S. Board of Trustees to guide policy and financial operations in North America.
The World Student Christian Federation records, Addendum (RG 46C) consists primarily of printed WSCF records gathered by the Yale Divinity Library up through 2015.
The World Student Christian Federation Africa Region records (RG 46D) include legal documents, minutes, financial records, and documentation of workshops and consultations dealing with issues such as human rights, women's leadership, conflict transformation, HIV and AIDS, and economic justice.
The World Student Christian Federation Europe Region records (RG 46E) include administrative records, minutes, financial records, and documentation of conferences, workshops, and projects such as the Theological Project, Women's Project, Refugee Project, and East European Language and Leadership Training Project (Lingua Franca).
Numerous other record groups at the Divinity Library complement these collections. The papers of John R. Mott (RG 45) are integrally related to the archives of the WSCF. Mott was a founder of the organization and its General Secretary and Chairman for many years. Likewise, the papers of Ruth Rouse (RG 313), who was Secretary for the WSCF for twenty years, working closely alongside Mott. During her career with the WSCF, Rouse visited sixty-six different countries, including every country in Europe except Portugal.
Also related are the Archives of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions (RG 42), the Archives of the YMCA-Student Division (RG 58), and the personal papers of Robert P. Wilder (RG 38), Clarence P. Shedd (RG 35), Luther D. Wishard (RG 30), Ruth Harris (RG 171) and Margaret Flory (RG 86).