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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
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
1976 1975 Census of the Profession of Volunteer Leadership
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc., Boulder, CO A.C. Gowdey Report / Study Download
1983 1983 VAC Survey: Supporting the Volunteer Community
 VOLUNTEER: The National Center Stephen H. McCurley Report / Study Download
2002 2002 Survey on Volunteerism in Singapore (Singapore)
 National Volunteer Center, Singapore Report / Study Download
1993 A Case for Research: Understanding the Characteristics of Potential Volunteers
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ann Freeman Cook Article Download
1981 A Collaborative Model for 1981 Volunteerism Issues (conference paper)
 National Conference on Volunteerism: AVA, AVB, AVAS, Philadelphia, PA, October 1981 Robert C. Kennedy Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1997 A Cynical Public Loves Their Government: An Overview of Government Volunteers and People Who Manage Them
 Association for Research on Nonprofits and Voluntary Action, 1997 Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN Nancy Macduff, Jeffrey L. Brudney Report / Study Download
1992 A Profile of Volunteer Management Education
 Arkansas Institute of Government, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR Jody Webb Report / Study Download
1984 A Skills Exchange for Unemployed People (United Kingdom)
 Human Relations, Vol. 37, No. 8, 1984 Barbara Senior, John B. Naylor Article Download
1980 A Study of Volunteerism in Five Foreign Countries
 Student paper Mary Susnjara Report / Study Download
1987 Administration of Volunteer Programs as a Career: What Role for Higher Education?
 Journal of Voluntary Action Research, Volume 15, Number 4 Harold W. Stubblefield, Leroy Miles Article Download
1992 Administrators of Volunteer Services: Their Needs for Training and Research
 Nonprofit Management & Leadership, Vol 2, No. 3, Spring 1992 Jeffrey L. Brudney Article Download
1995 African-American Participation in Mainstream Greater Richmond Voluntary Organizations: A Report From The Field
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Nelson Wikstrom Article Download
2001 America's Family Volunteers: Civic Participation is a Family Matter
 Independent Sector Report / Study Download
1972 American Voluntarism: An Anti-History with Anti-Heroines
 University of California, Irvine Lucille Kuehn Report / Study Download
1969 AMERICANS VOLUNTEER (national survey on volunteering)
 U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, April 1969 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
1978 An Analysis of Citizen Involvement in Voluntary Associations: Sub-Section and City-Wide
 Paper resented at 1978 Annual Meeting of the Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs, October 1978 Edward H. Hanten, Mark A. Reyer Report / Study Download
1978 Appropriate Volunteer Leadership Response to the Tax Revolt (Second Draft)
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. Report / Study Download
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
1988 Attitudes of Americans Over 45 Years of Age on Volunteerism
 Prepared for AARP by Hamilton, kFrederick & Schneiders, Washington, DC Report / Study Download
2004 AVA Visioning & Transformational Change Process: Focus Groups Report
 The Summit Planning Group, Inc. John R. Throop Report / Study Download
2004 Averting a disaster within a disaster: the management of spontaneous volunteers following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 6, #2, 2004 London, UK Liath Sharon Article Download
1994 Big Brothers/Big Sisters: A Study of Volunteer Recruitment and Screening
 Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA Phoebe A. Roaf, Joseph P. Tierney, Danista E. I. Hunte Report / Study Download
1977 Blacks and Voluntary Action: A Review of the Literature
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1977 King E. Davis Article Download
1973 Brief Survey of Practitioner's Observations and Attitudes about Volunteerism in America Today
 Extension Service, The University of Michigan Robert R. Wilson Report / Study Download
2005 By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers, New Century Edition

By the People remains the only book available presenting the full scope and depth of volunteer activity throughout three centuries of American history. Originally published in 1978, Susan Ellis and Katie Campbell reissued this revised New Century Edition in 2005. The book challenges misunderstandings about the role of volunteers and illuminates the impact of volunteers throughout history.

 Energize Susan J. Ellis, Katherine H. (Noyes) Campbell Book Download
2002 Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (Canada)
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Article Download
1983 Continuing Professional Education for Volunteer Administrators
 United Way of Chicago Report / Study
1982 Criminal Justice Volunteerism: A Comparison of Adult and Juvenile Agency Volunteers
 Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, Vol. 7(2), Winter 1982 Peter C. Kratcoski, Sue Crittenden Article Download
2004 Data Sets on Volunteerism: A Research Primer
 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1996 Defining Who Is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations
 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 1996 Ram A. Cnaan, Femida Handy, Margaret Wadsworth Report / Study Download
1980's? Dominant Class Culture and Legitimation: Female Volunteer Directors
 Journal of Voluntary Action Research Lucille Covelli Article Download
1983 DVS (Directors of Volunteer Services) Profile: Survey Results
 American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
1977 Employment Credit for Volunteer Experience: Special Project Summary
 Governor's Office of Volunteer Services, St. Paul, MN 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
1985 Evaluation of Accountants for the Public Interest - New Jersey
 Savant Associates, Inc., Princeton, NJ, September 1984 Report / Study Download
1997 Factors Related to Volunteer Commitment in Church-Related Services
 A Dissertation submitted to National Catholic School of Social Service of The Catholic University of America, 1997 Marilyn Christian Nelson Report / Study Download
1994 Family Volunteering: A Report on a Survey
 Points of Light Foundation, June 1994 Report / Study Download
2001 Generation V: Young people speak out on volunteering (United Kingdom)
 Institute for Volunteering Research, National Centre for volunteering, London UK Report / Study Download
1996 How Public Schools View Selected Components of Volunteer Management
 Journal of Volunteer Administration James B. Harshfield, Gary L. Peltier, George C. Hill, Richard F. Daugherty Article Download
1980's? How to Survey the Level of Giving and Volunteering in Your Community
 Independent Sector Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1998 IMPACT: A discussion paper on the impact of the absence of an administrator of volunteers (Canada)
 Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources - Ontario (PAVR-O), Canada Report / Study Download
1982 Incentives and Disincentives to Becoming or Continuing as a Volunteer: Results of a Selected Literature Search
 Minnesota Office on Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
1981 Influences on Married Women's Volunteer Work Participation
 Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 7, March 1981 Vicki R. Schram, Marilyn M. Dunsiing Article Download
1999 Initial Telephone Contact of Prospective Volunteers with Nonprofits: An Operational Definition of Quality and Norms For 500 Agencies
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Charles J. Hobson, Kathryn L. Malec Article 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
1983 Job Attitude and Motivation Differences Between Volunteers and Employees from Comparable Organizations
 Journal of Applied Psychology, 1983 Vol. 65, No. 4 Jone L. Pearce Article Download
1967 Keeping Up To Date: Selected Annotations of Current Literature
 Volunteer Administration Article
1998 Managers of Governmental Offices of Volunteerism: A Political Analysis
 American Volunteer Association, October 21, 1998 George Frederick Goerl Report / Study Download