Study of Social Work Education records
Scope and Content
The collection is arranged into four series. The National Council on Social Work Education Study series consists of adminstrative records, including meeting minutes, progress reports, and project proposals. Subject Files are organized alphabetically, and include files pertaining to conferences, national social work organizations, and planning for the questionnaire and study. Questionnaire Responses are organized alphabetically by the names of the institutions taking part in the study. General Correspondence is primarily between Ernest Hollis and the directors of schools and departments of social work, and is organized alphabetically by state, then again by individual institution.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1953
Language of Materials
English
Use of Materials
Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.
Copyright
Please contact the Archivist for copyright information.
Historical Note
The collection consists of a study initiated by the Council on Social Work Education. The study, directed by Ernest Hollis and Alice Taylor and known as the Hollis Taylor Study, attempted to define the present and future role of social work. The study culminated in the publication of Social Work Education in the United States (Columbia University Press, 1950).
Extent
4 Linear Feet
Abstract
In addition to the committee's administrative records, the collection contains questionnaire responses form and correspondence with directors of schools or departments of social work.
Other Finding Aid
Unpublished inventory available. Please contact Archives for more information.
Subject
- Hollis, Ernest V. (Ernest Victor), 1895-1965 (Person)
- Davis, Alice Taylor, 1903- (Person)
- Council on Social Work Education (Organization)
- Title
- Study of Social Work Education records
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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