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This is the master database of all items in the Archive, including the books, journal articles and Timeline items referenced elsewhere on this website. This database is searchable by title, author, type, and topic. Special tags also exist for Research, Non-US/International items, and documents specifically related to the history of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA). All PDF documents may be downloaded for free. If you identify errors, please contact us immediately so we can make the necessary corrections.

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Year Title Source Author Type File
1985 ASDVS Survey Results on Effect of Medicare Prospective Pricing on Volunteer Services
 American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services of the American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL Report / Study Download
1983 DVS (Directors of Volunteer Services) Profile: Survey Results
 American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
1977 Report on the Use of Volunteers and Volunteer Resources in 32 Project Centers: Recommendations for Development
 Ethel M. Adams, Consultant Ethel M. Adams Report / Study Download
1970's Principles and Elements of a Successful Voluntary Action Center
 The National Center for Voluntary Action Report / Study Download
1978 Appropriate Volunteer Leadership Response to the Tax Revolt (Second Draft)
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. Report / Study Download
1976 1975 Census of the Profession of Volunteer Leadership
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc., Boulder, CO A.C. Gowdey Report / Study Download
1976 Patterns of Volunteering Activities in Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Center for Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, PA June 1976 Jiri Nehnevajsa, Ann P. Karelitz Report / Study Download
1969 Volunteers Look at Corrections
 Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training, Washington, DC, February 1969 Report / Study Download
1975 The Value of Volunteer Services in the United States
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC October 1975 Report / Study Download
1999 Positioning the Profession: Communicating the Power of Results for Volunteer Leadership Professionals
 Association for Volunteer Administration Nora Silver, Margaret Melsh Report / Study Download
1980 Volunteering, 1979-1980: A Status Report on America's Volunteer Community
 The National Center for Citizen Involvement, April 1980 Report / Study Download
2000's An Executive Summary of Family Volunteering: The Final Report (Canada)
 Volunteer Canada, Ottawa, Canada Report / Study Download
1988 Rewards for Volunteering: in agencies' programs, versus clubs and churches
 Paper given at Annual Meeting of Association of Voluntary Action Scholars (AVAS), October 1988 Report / Study Download
1990 Encouraging Signs? A Report on a Survey of Black Participation in Voluntary Organisations (United Kingdom)
 The National Coalition for Black Volunteering and The Volunteer Centre UK Report / Study Download
Late 1990's The Right Stuff: New Ways of Thinking About Managing Volunteers (United Kingdom)
 Institute for Volunteering Research, London, UK Meta Zimmeck Report / Study Download
1979 Passages in the Life of a Profession: A Discussion of Professional Certification and the Administration of Volunteer Services Programs
 Association for Administration of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
1985 Investing in Volunteers: Plans for a Volunteer Action Center
 The Community Service Council of Greater Parkersburg, Inc., Parkersburg, WV Report / Study Download
2004 Volunteering as Leisure / Leisure as Volunteering: An International Assessment
 CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA Robert A. Stebbins, Margaret Graham Report / Study Download
1985 Salary Survey Results: Society of Directors of Volunteer Services - Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania Society of Directors of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
2005 Volunteering by States (data)
 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin Report / Study Download
2002 'The Inflatable Log' : Volunteering, the State and Democracy
 Paper presented at the Annual ARNOVA Conference, Montreal, QB, Canada November 2002 Justin Davis Smith Report / Study Download
2004 AVA Visioning & Transformational Change Process: Focus Groups Report
 The Summit Planning Group, Inc. John R. Throop Report / Study Download
2000 Volunteerism in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities - conversations with national voluntary organizations
 AARP Jeanne H. Bradner Report / Study Download
2005 Volunteering and Monetary Giving in Texas
 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin Marc A. Musick Report / Study Download
2002 Investing in Volunteerism: The Impact of Service Initiatives in Selected Texas State Agencies
 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin Sarah Jane Rehnborg, Catherine K. Fallon, Benjamin J. Hinerfeld Report / Study Download
1999 Policy Recommendations from a Statewide Dialogue on Service and Volunteerism in California
 The James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA Report / Study Download
1980s The Development and Implementation of Master's Degree Specialization for Administrators of Volunteer Programs: A Humanistic Perspective
 Antioch University, Maryland. People to People Project Number 301 Mary DeCarlo, Hanelles Penner Report / Study Download
2001 Volunteering: a Code of Good Practice (compact on relations between Government and the Voluntary Sector) United Kingdom
 Compact Working Group and the Home Office, London, UK Report / Study Download
1978 The Volunteer Administrator
 F. Al Mantica F. Al Mantica Report / Study Download
1989 National and Community Service Act of 1989 (S.1430) -- Summary of Bill
 U.S. Senate Report / Study Download
1987 Overview of survey on higher education for volunteer managers
 Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA) Jacqueline A. Callahan Report / Study Download
1991 Marriott Seniors Volunteerism Study
 Commissioned by Marriott Senior Living Services and U.S. Administration on Aging Report / Study Download
1983 The Role of Stress in Church Volunteerism
 Term Paper submitted for course at Northern Illinois University, May 1983 Martha Windelborn Report / Study Download
1975 Americans Volunteer 1974 -- A statistical study of volunteers in the United States
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC February 1975 Report / Study Download
1970's Master of Arts: Planning and Administration of Volunteer Programs
 Antioch College/Maryland Report / Study Download
1990's? The New Volunteerism in Norway: An evaluation of Norway's first Volunteer Center (Norway)
 Diakonhjemmet College Center, Center for Voluntary Organisation, Oslo, Norway Jeanette Hawkins Report / Study Download
2010 Valuing Volunteer Management Skills (United Kingdom)
 Institute for Volunteering Research, London UK Georgina Brewis, Matthew Hill, Daniel Stevens Report / Study Download
2004 Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? (Europe)
 IZA, Bonn German Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer Report / Study Download
1981 Psychosocial Differences Between Elderly Volunters and Non-Volunteers
 Aging and Human Development, Vol 12(3), 1980-81 K.I. Hunter, Margaret W. Linn Report / Study Download
1983 The Willingness of Persons 60 and Over to Volunteer: Implications for the Social Services
 Journal of Gerontological Social Work, Vol. 5(4), Summer 1983 William H. Perry Report / Study Download
2006 Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement
 The Case Foundation Cynthia M. Gibson Report / Study
2004 Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
 Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health Report / Study Download
2008 Management Matters: A National Survey of Volunteer Management Capacity (United Kingdom)
 Institute for Volunteering Research, London UK Joanna Machin, Angela Ellis Paine Report / Study Download
2010 "A rose by any other name..." Revisiting the question: "what exactly is volunteering?"
 Institute for Volunteering Research, London UK Angela Ellis Paine, Matthew Hill, Colin Rochester Report / Study Download
2007 Volunteer Transitions among Older Americans
 The Urban Institute, Washington, DC Barbara A. Butrica, Richard W. Johnson, Sheila R. Zedlewski Report / Study
1984 Volunteerism in a Rural Community
 American Association of University Women - Calavaras Chapter, and the Volunteer Bureau of Calaveras County. CA Report / Study Download
2003 Volunteer Outcomes Study (for Boy Scouts of America)
 Boy Scouts of America Report / Study Download
1987 The Origins of Volunteer Support for Army Family Programs
 U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Bruce B. Bell, Robert A. Iadeluca Report / Study Download
1979 Proposed: A Performance-Based Assessment Program for Certification in Volunteer Administration
 Association for Administration of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
2010 Volunteering Vision 2010 (Australia)
 Volunteering South Australia, South Adelaide, South Australia, July 2000 Report / Study Download