Eileen Blackey collection
Scope and Content
The collection comprises copies of Eileen Blackey's speeches and writings, as assembled by colleagues after her death. Most of the documents deal with aspects of social work education in the United States and in Israel.
Dates
- 1935-1978
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
Dr. Eileen Blackey (1902-1979) was a social work practitioner, educator, and international consultant. She designed a pioneering in-service staff development program for emergency relief workers during the 1930s, worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration during World War II, and later directed staff development for the United States Veterans Administration's Social Service Division. As an educator, she organized and was the first dean of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; consulted internationally in the development of social work education; and served as dean at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1963 to 1968.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection comprises copies of Eileen Blackey's speeches and writings, as assembled by colleagues after her death. Most of the documents deal with aspects of social work education in the U.S. and in Israel.
Other Finding Aid
Unpublished inventory available. Please contact Archives for more information.
- Blackey, Eileen, 1902-1979
- Social service -- International cooperation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social work education -- Israel. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social work education -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Eileen Blackey collection, 1935-1978
- Date
- June 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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