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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
1983 Where Does the Time Go? Volunteering During Leisure Time
 United Media Enterprises survey Report / Study Download
1998 What young people want from volunteering (United Kingdom)
The National Centre for Volunteering, London UK Katharine Gaskin Report / Study Download
2002 What makes a frequent volunteer? Predicting volunteer commitment in a community services organsation
 Australian Journal On Volunteering, Vol.7, No.2, 2002 Gianni Zappala, Tracy Burrell Article Download
1969 Volunteers Look at Corrections
 Joint Commission on Correctional Manpower and Training, Washington, DC, February 1969 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 Volunteers in Criminal Justice (Status Report 1976) -- PART 1 of 2
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC 1976 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
1988 Volunteerism: A Directory of Special Collections
 Working Group on Special Collections in Volunteerism, Energize Associates, Philadelphia, PA Report / Study Download
1997 Volunteerism in Alberta: Provincial Survey Highlights (Canada)
 Volunteer Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada 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
1992 VOLUNTEERING: A Traditional Canadian Value (Canada)
 Voluntary Action Directorate, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada, Ottawa, ON Canada Janet Lautenschlager 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
2001 Volunteering in Germany: Results of the 1999 Survey on Volunteering and Civic Engagement
 Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Bonn, Germany 2001 Report / Study Download
2005 Volunteering by States (data)
 RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas at Austin 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
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
2004 Volunteering "Bad for the Health' (United Kingdom)
 BBC News website, May 14, 2004 Article Download
1980 Volunteer Workers: a labour economy perspective
Labour and Society, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 1980 Benjamin Gidron Article Download
2004 Volunteer Management Practices and Retention of Volunteers
 The Urban Institute, June 2004 Mark A. Hager, Jeffrey L. Brudney Report / Study Download
2004 Volunteer Management Capacity in America's Charities and Congregations
 Urban Institute, Washington, DC 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
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
1999 Valuing Volunteers in Europe: a comparative study of the Volunteer Investment and Value Audit
Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 2, 1, 1999 London, UK Katherine Gaskin 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
1990 Training in Volunteer Administration: Assessing the Needs of the Field
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jeffrey L. Brudney, Mary M. Brown Article Download
1990 Time is Money: The Costs of Volunteering in Britain Today (United Kingdom)
 The Volunteer Centre UK Martin Knapp 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
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
2003 The Volunteer Life Cycle: A Marketing Model for Volunteering (United Kingdom)
 Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 5, #3 2003 London, UK Helen Bussell, Deborah Forbes Article 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
1975 The Value of Volunteer Services in the United States
 ACTION: The Agency for Volunteer Service, Washington, DC October 1975 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
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
1996 The Relationship Between Volunteer Motivations and Behavior in Non-Profit Organizations
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Dwight W. Mihalicz, Swee C. Goh Article Download
1994 The Payment of Volunteers (United Kingdom)
 Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, UK Report / Study Download
1990's? The Mutual Benefit Life Report: Corporate Commitment to Volunteerism
 Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Report / Study Download
1991 The Involvement of Volunteers in Rural Areas of England - survey findings (United Kingdom)
 The Volunteer Centre UK 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
1996 The Impact of Volunteer Coordinators On Volunteer Programs: An Evaluation of Volunteer Maryland!
 Journal of Volunteer Administration James X. Bembry Article Download
2004 The Impact of Professional Volunteer Management on the Volunteer Experience (United Kingdom)
 Voluntary Action, The Journal of the Institute for Volunteering Research, Vol. 6, #2, 2004 London, UK Kirsten Holmes Article Download
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
1997 The Economic Equation of Volunteering
 Social Policy Research 110, February 1997 Katharine Gaskin, Barbara Dobson Article Download
2001 The Current Status of Volunteer Activities and Volunteer Coordination in Japan
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Article Download
1993 The 1992 AVA Membership Survey: Summary of Results
 Association for Volunteer Administration Jeffrey L. Brudney, Teresa G Love, Chilik Yu Report / Study Download
1997 Teenage Girls Who Work as Volunteers Are Less Likely to Get Pregnant, Study Finds
 The Washington Post, August 28, 1997 Jay Mathews Article Download
1989 Taking Volunteerism into the 21st Century: Some Conclusions from the American Red Cross VOLUNTEER 2000 STUDY
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Maria P. Smith Article
1987 Surviving the Reagan Cutbacks: The Resurrection of VISTA
 Course paper Gay Strickler Report / Study Download
1988 Summary of a January 1988 Gallup Study on Voluntarism and the Liability Crisis
 National Coalition for Volunteer Protection Report / Study Download
1991 Should Volunteers Be Fired? A Policy Options Paper for Organizations
 Penn State Cooperative Extension, Lancaster, PA H. Bruce Hellerick Report / Study Download
1993 Senior Volunteerism Policies at the Local Level: Adaptation and Leadership in the 21st Century
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Laura B. Wilson, Sharon Simson Article Download