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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
1986 Why Youth Workers Sabotage Volunteers
 Youthworker: The Contemporary Journal for Youth Ministry, Winter 1986 Greg McKinnon Article Download
1986 Using a Consumer-Oriented Approach: A Personal and Professional Perspective
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1986 Jeff Totten Article Download
1986 Interviewing Volunteer Applicants for Skills
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1986 Henry G. Pearson Article Download
1986 Accent on Recognition: Saying Thank You to Donors and Volunteers
 Philanthropic Service for Institutions, Adventist World Headquarters, Washington, DC Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1986 Using VCs to Tap the Workplace for Volunteer Resources
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1986 Article Download
1986 Stop Wasting Training Time! Try the S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d Workshop
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ivan H. Scheier Article Download
1986 Training Volunteers: The Role of Clients
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1986 Robyn James Article Download
1986 Volunteers and the Ethics of Advocacy
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Margery Naylor van Inwagen Article Download
1986 SerVermont: The First Year 1986
 SerVermont Cynthia Parsons Report / Study Download
1986 1986 Tax Deductions for Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1986 Article Download
1986 Individuals with Disabilities: Are you Overlooking an Important Volunteer Resource?
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring1986 Joy Peters Article Download
1986 Looking Ahead: Mobilizing Sources and Resources for the Future
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1986 Eva Schindler-Rainman Article Download
1986 Local Service Delivery: Volunteers and Recreation Councils
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Vincent L. Marando Article Download
1986 Three Checklists (for Volunteer Recruitment)
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1986 Steve McCurley, Sue Vineyard Article Download
1986 The Coming of the "We" Decade
 The Washington Post, July 20, 1986 Paul Taylor Article Download
1986 The Care and Feeding of Sprouts ... Nurturing Your First Job in Volunteer Administration
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Deborah Schroder Article Download
1986 Corporate retirees: new breed of volunteers
 Modern Maturity, AARP, February-March 1986 Article Download
1986 You Cannot Not Communicate
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Elaine Cogan, Ben Padrow Article Download
1986 End the liability of volunteering
 Chicago Tribune, August 24, 1986 U.S. Rep. John Porter Article Download
1986 Corporate Community Involvement
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Ellen Linsley, Ruth March, Marion Jeffery, Richard C. Durkee Article Download
1986 Effective Delegation
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Lynn Jones Article Download
1986 Women and Volunteering: Implications and Considerations
 Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs, museum exhibit catalogue. "Celebrate Women: Volunteer Service in Pennsylvania: 1870-1986" Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1986 Tools for Training Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1986 Article Download
1986 VOLUNTEER, Be Proud! Give Something Back
 Skill Builders, Inc. Hoboken, NJ Frederic P. Gardner, Henry E. Liebling Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1986 Recruiting Volunteers
 Article Download
1986 101 Ideas for Volunteer Programs

Over the course of training more than 20,000 leaders of volunteers, volunteer engagement experts Steve McCurley and Sue Vineyard gathered this collection of odd ideas and useful thoughts about running a volunteer engagement program, including subjects such as recruiting, screening, interviewing, and supervising volunteers. In their words, the book “is, quite simply, a place to start from, a place to browse in, and a place, finally, to steal [ideas] from.”

Heritage Arts Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley Book Download
1986 Volunteer Handbook -- City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
 City of Virginia Beach, Volunteer Council Department, January 1986 Sample Download
1986 Honeywell Corporate Responsibility and Volunteerism
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jill L. Ragatz Article Download
1986 A Program for Sighted, Blind, Low Vision, and Disabled Volunteers
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jeannette Franks Article Download
1986 Involving Special Groups, Meeting Special Needs
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1986 Judy Haberek Article Download
1986-87 Four Futures for Volunteer Administrators: Avenues of Enrichment and Growth
 The Center for Creative Community, Santa Fe, NM Ivan H. Scheier Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1986-87 1986 Directory of Volunteerism (and 1987 Supplement): "Yellow Pages of Resources for Leaders of Volunteers
Yellowfire Press, Boulder, CO Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1986/7 Screening volunteers - time for decisons (United Kingdom)
 INVOLVE, Journal of the The Volunteer Centre, Berkamsted UK, Winter 1986/7 Roger Watkins Article Download
1987 Marketing Volunteerism: A Values Exchange
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jeanne H. Bradner Article Download
1987 Together We Can Make A Difference in a Girl's Life (recruitment samples for Girl Scouts in Black, Asian, Hispanic & American Indian communities)
 Girl Scouts of America Sample Download
1987 Town Meeting Simulation (An Exercise)
 Susan J. Ellis Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1987 Creating an Organizational Climate to Motivate Volunteers
 The Journal of Arts Management & the Law, Summer 1987 Susan Brainerd Article Download
1987 Facing Realities: The Need to Develop a Political Agenda for Volunteerism
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Charles M. Wheeler Article Download
1987 How to Take Care of You So you Can Take Care of Others
 Heritage Arts Sue Vineyard, Steve McCurley Book Download
1987 Volunteer Administration: New Roles for the Profession to "Make a Difference"
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Eva Schindler-Rainman Article Download
1987 3 Steps to Successful Screening of Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall/Winter 1987 Nancy Macduff Article Download
1987 Volunteers in Public Service: A Canadian Model for the Support of Volunteerism in Government (Canada)
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Doreen Old Article Download
1987 Using Experiential Techniques In Hospice Volunteer Training
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Lois L. Hipp, Donna Davis Article Download
1987 So You Want a Volunteer to Help You??? Read on...
 Howard County Public Schools, Maryland Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 Reality Management: Risks We Must Take-Changes, Challenges and Choices For Volunteer Administrators-1986 and Onward
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Eva Schindler-Rainman Article Download
1987 The "Importance of Volunteerism" Resolutions
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring/Summer 1987 Article Download
1987 Lightgivers: a collection of prose, poems, and quotes about volunteers
 The Linkage Group, Inc., Vernon Hills, IL Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 AVA Annual Report 1986-7
 Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 Measuring Up: Guidelines on the Self-Evaluation of Volunteer Projects (United Kingdom)
 The National Federation of Community Organisations & the Volunteer Centre UK, London, United Kingdom Lesley Turner, Elaine Willis Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1987 Some Basic Questions and Answers about CVCs
 VOLUNTEER: The National Center, Arlington, VA Handout / Fact Sheet Download