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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
1984 Recruiting and Training Retired Adults as Volunteers: An Israeli Experience (Israel)
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Elhanan Marvit Article Download
1981 Recruiting and Training Volunteers
 McGraw Hill Paul J. Ilsley Book Download
1982 Recruiting Black and Hispanic Volunteers: A Qualitative Study of Organizations' Experiences
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Susan Maizel Chambre Article Download
1981 Recruiting Low-Income Volunteers for 4-H Youth Programs: A Manual
 Pennsylvania State University, Cooperative Extension Service, University Park, PA Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1998-99 Recruiting Male Volunteers: A Guide Based on Exploratory Research
 Corporation for National Service, Washington, DC Stephanie T. Blackman Report / Study Download
1971 Recruiting Minority Group and Low Income People as Court Volunteers
 The National Information Center on Volunteerism, Boulder, CO January 1971 Theresa Yancey, Sandra McFeeley, Phyllis C. Lake, Ivan H. Scheier Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1993 Recruiting Older Volunteers
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Lucy Rose Fischer Article Download
1988 Recruiting Tips: Taking Notes from the Grassroots
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1988-89 Kenneth B. Perkins Article Download
1986 Recruiting Volunteers
 Article Download
1973 Recruiting Volunteers
 The Christian Ministry, May 1973 Lawrence I. Kramer Jr. Article Download
1991 Recruiting Volunteers for Difficult or Long-Term Assignments
 Heritage Arts Publishing, VMSystems, Downers Grove, IL Steve McCurley Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1990 Recruiting Volunteers for Difficult Positions
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Fall 1990 Steve McCurley Article Download
1986 Recruiting Volunteers in Schools: An Inservice Program for School Counselors
 Andrew V. Beale Article Download
1984 Recruiting Volunteers Through An Annual Appeal
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1984 Richard Ensman Article Download
1994 Recruiting: Help and Hope for Finding Volunteers
 Standard Publishing Ellen E. Larson Book Download
2003 Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers in Florida: Results From a Practitioner Survey
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jacqueline Flynn, Mary Ann Feldheim Article Download
1994 Recruitment packet of materials from YMCA of the USA
 YMCA of the USA, Chicago, IL Sample Download
1977 Recruitment: A Supermarket of Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Summer 1977 Carol L. Barbeito, Robert Hoel Article Download
2001 Reflecting on Jonathan Kozol's Challenge: Who Really Benefits from Service Learning?
 Currents: The Newsletter of Youth Service California, Nov. 3, 2001 Heather Manchester, Lauren Baiocchi Article Download
1997 Reflections of a Delegate to the Presidents' Summit for America's Future
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Trudy Seita Article Download
1979 Regular Voluntary Service And Emergency Public Action
 InVOLVE, #9, Autumn 1979 Sandy Duncan Article Download
2004 Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement
 Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health Report / Study Download
1979 Relationships, Responsibility, and Accountability of the Hospital Auxiliary, the Department of Volunteer Services, and Administration
 American Hospital Association, Chicago, IL Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1983 Relationships, Rights, and Responsibilities
 The American National Red Cross Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1976 Releasing the Potential of the Older Volunteer
 Older Volunteer Project, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Los Angeles, CA Book Download
1978 Religious Volunteer Program Management
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1978 Nancy D. Root Article Download
1980 Remarks of Senator Dave Durenberger, National Conference on Volunteerism, October 12, 1980
 National Conference on Volunteerism, October 1980 Download
1995 Remnant of Bush's Points of Light far from volunteerism
 Philadelphia Inquirer, January 10, 1995 Glenn F. Bunting Article Download
2000 Remote Supervision
 Lynch Associates Rick Lynch Handout / Fact Sheet Download
1993 Report from the AVA Subcommittee on Volunteer Administration in Higher Education
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Gretchen E. Stringer Article Download
1981 Report of the National Steering Committee on Volunteerism
 ACTION, Washington, DC February 1981 Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1988 Report of the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1988-89 Report / Study Download
1976 Report on an Educational Needs Survey for the Leadership of Volunteers
 National Information Center on Volunteerism, Inc. A.C. Gowdey, R. Cooper, Ivan H. Scheier 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
1982 Report: Cuts keep volunteers from filling service gap
 Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 1982 Michael A. Hobbs Article 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
1989 Required Volunteering: Contradiction or Congruity?
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1989 Joy Peters Article Download
1989 Required Volunteering: Contradiction or Congruity?
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Spring 1989 Joy Peters Article Download
1992 Research and Recruitment Strategies: What the American Red Cross Discovered
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1992 Loretta Gutierrez Nestor, Carl Fillichio Article Download
1967 Research Needs in Volunteer Activity
 Volunteer Administration John Tringo Article Download
1984 Research on K-12 School-Based Service-Learning: The Evidence Builds
 PHI DELTA KAPPAN, May 2000 Shelley H. Billig Article Download
1990 Research on Volunteerism: Researchers' Interests and Practitioners' Needs
 Journal of Volunteer Administration Jane Asche, Jane Janey Article Download
1985 Research on Volunteerism...What Needs to Be Done
 Journal of Voluntary Action Research, Vol. 14, Issue 2-3, April-September 1985 Susan J. Ellis Article Download
1980 Resolutions from the Issue Sessions at the 1980 National Conference on Volunteerism
 Association for Volunteer Administration, Boulder, CO Pamphlet / Booklet Download
1977 Resolutions of the National Congress on Volunteerism and Citizenship, 1976
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1977 Article
1997 Resource Kit for Managers of Volunteers

The purpose of this Resource Kit was to provide leaders and managers of volunteers with a succinct, practical guide to the fundamentals of developing a volunteer program.  It has lots of sample forms. This guide covers the 3 R's of Volunteer Management: READY?- RECRUIT and RETAIN, and an appendix which includes a section for local resource information on volunteering and an extensive annotated bibliography on books, videos, and publications in the field.

 The Volunteerism Project Betty Stallings Book Download
1981 Results of a National Survey of Recruitment and Motivation Techniques
 Volunteer Administration Nan H. Smith, Gregory T. Berns Article Download
2005 Resumes and Interviews: Hardly for Volunteers
 Nick Levinson Article Download
1992 Retention: The + and - of Volunteers
 Voluntary Action Leadership, Winter 1992 Nancy Macduff Article Download
1986 Rethinking Auxiliaries and Advisory Councils
 NONPROFIT WORLD, July/August 1986 Susan J. Ellis Article Download