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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
1960 The Emerging Role of Volunteer Bureaus As Seen Through the Opinions and Attitudes of Community Welfare Executives
 Health and Welfare Council, Inc., Philadelphia, PA July 1960 Report / Study Download
1962 Volunteer and Professional Staff: 1962 Models
 A series of papers presented at the 89th Annual Forum National Conference on Social Welfare, May 31, 1962 Report / Study Download
1967 Keeping Up To Date: Selected Annotations of Current Literature
 Volunteer Administration Article
1969 AMERICANS VOLUNTEER (national survey on volunteering)
 U.S. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration, April 1969 Report / Study Download
1969 Volunteers Look at Corrections
 Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training, Washington, DC, February 1969 Report / Study Download
1972 American Voluntarism: An Anti-History with Anti-Heroines
 University of California, Irvine Lucille Kuehn Report / Study 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
1973 Report: First National Conference, Education for Voluntary Action
 National Center for Voluntary Action, Department of Education and Training, and the University of Michigan Extension Service, October 21-24, 1973 Report / Study Download
1974 NSVP Survey Profiles a Growing Student Volunteer Movement
 Synergist magazine, ACTION and National School Volunteer Program Gene Kates Article Download
1975 The Value of Volunteer Services in the United States
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC October 1975 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
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
1976 Volunteers in Criminal Justice (Status Report 1976) -- PART 2 of 2
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC 1976 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 Volunteers in Criminal Justice (Status Report 1976) -- PART 1 of 2
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC 1976 Report / Study Download
1977 Blacks and Voluntary Action: A Review of the Literature
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1977 King E. Davis Article Download
1977 NCVA Survey Of State Policies Affecting Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1977 Article 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
1977 Employment Credit for Volunteer Experience: Special Project Summary
 Governor's Office of Volunteer Services, St. Paul, MN Report / Study Download
1978 The Impact of Volunteerism in the Peace Corps on Career Development and Skill Transferability
 International Sociological Association IX World Congress, Special Session on Voluntary Groups in Modern Society, 1978 Mary DeCarlo 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
1979 The Volunteer Couple: Sex Differences, Couple Commitment, and Participation in Research on Interpersonal Relationships
 Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979, Vol. 42, No.4 Charles T. Hill, Zick Rubin, Letitia Anne Peplau, Susan G. Willard Article Download
1980 Volunteering, 1979-1980: A Status Report on America's Volunteer Community
 The National Center for Citizen Involvement, April 1980 Report / Study Download
1980 Volunteerism: Pushing Past the Platitudes
 Graduate Seminar, Loyola University Institute of Industrial Relations, April 1980 Lorinda Annis Schrager Report / Study Download
1980 Volunteer Workers: a labour economy perspective
Labour and Society, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 1980 Benjamin Gidron Article Download
1980 Values and Volunteers: Axiology of Altruism in a Crisis Center
 Psychological Reports, 1980, 47, 1007-1012 John Mahoney, Constance M. Pechura Article Download
1980 A Study of Volunteerism in Five Foreign Countries
 Student paper Mary Susnjara Report / Study Download
1980's? Dominant Class Culture and Legitimation: Female Volunteer Directors
 Journal of Voluntary Action Research Lucille Covelli Article Download
1980's? How to Survey the Level of Giving and Volunteering in Your Community
 Independent Sector Pamphlet / Booklet 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
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
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
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
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
1983 Where Does the Time Go? Volunteering During Leisure Time
 United Media Enterprises survey 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
1983 Continuing Professional Education for Volunteer Administrators
 United Way of Chicago Report / Study
1983 1983 VAC Survey: Supporting the Volunteer Community
 VOLUNTEER: The National Center Stephen H. McCurley 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
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
1983 DVS (Directors of Volunteer Services) Profile: Survey Results
 American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services Report / Study Download
1984 Volunteerism in a Rural Community
 American Association of University Women - Calavaras Chapter, and the Volunteer Bureau of Calaveras County. CA Report / Study Download
1984 Natural Helping Among Older Adults
 The Gerontologist, ,Vol. 24, No. 2, 1984 Catherine Chase Goodman Article Download
1984 Organizational Commitment Among Women Volunteers: Meaning and Measurement
 Psychological Reports, 1984 Jessica Reynolds Jenner Article Download
1984 A Skills Exchange for Unemployed People (United Kingdom)
 Human Relations, Vol. 37, No. 8, 1984 Barbara Senior, John B. Naylor Article Download
1985 Evaluation of Accountants for the Public Interest - New Jersey
 Savant Associates, Inc., Princeton, NJ, September 1984 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
1985 Volunteer Administration as an Occupational Practice : Report of a National Survey
 VA Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA Harold W. Stubblefield Report / Study Download
1985 The World of Volunteer Administrators: Two Case Studies of Role Functions and Organizational Environment
 College of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA January 1985 Harold W. Stubblefield, Leroy Miles Report / Study Download