Association for Social Work with Groups records
Scope and Content
Contains correspondence, board and committee minutes, regional and local chapter files, project records, newsletters, and annual symposia files. Also, gifts of material from individual association members documenting the history of group work education and practice; AASWG committees; and the AASWG annual symposium. These additions to the records are filed under the name of the donor.
Dates
- 1979-2000
Language of Materials
English
Use of Materials
Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.
Historical Note
The idea for the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups began at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in 1978. Group workers attending the meeting recognized that social work conferences did not include group work presentation and held an impromptu meeting to plan a conference dedicated to group work. The First Annual Group Work Symposium was held in 1979. The Committee for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups was formed at the symposium and was incorporated in 1981. In 1985, the committee became a membership organization and was renamed the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.
Sources:
- Andrews, Janice. "Group Work's Place in Social Work: An Historical Analysis." In Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. West Hartford, CT: University of Connecticut School of Social Work, 2001
- AASWG Web Site http://www.aaswg.org
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Abstract
Records of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG), a professional organization promoting research, education, and practice standards in the field of group work. Contains correspondence, board and committee minutes, regional and local chapter files, project records, newsletters, and annual symposia files. Also, gifts of material from individual association members documenting the history of group work education and practice; AASWG committees; and the AASWG annual symposium.
Arrangement
Currently, the records are grouped by individual donor in the order in which they were processed by the archives.
Other Finding Aid
Please contact Archives for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The AASWG records were given to the Social Welfare History Archives by individual group work practitioners and educators as part of the AASWG initiative to collect and promote the association's history.
- Title
- Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups records
- Author
- Linnea M. Anderson
- Date
- August 18, 2005
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 8/12/2016: Revised series titles
- 8/12/2016: Add box numbers to series
Collecting Area Details
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