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Contains administrative records, such as board meeting minutes, policy statements, financial records, production files, subscription materials, editorial files, and general correspondence.

Abstract The records chronicle the American Social Health (originally "Hygiene") Association's efforts to control and prevent venereal disease, prostitution, and drug addiction through educational, legal, and medical measures. The records reflect considerable interaction with the armed forces, particularly during periods of war or full mobilization. Field reports document conditions in individual cities and the influence of housing, recreation, sanitation, and other factors on vice and public health....

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Contains National Association of Social Workers publications and the records of an oral history project.

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The collection contains the personal and professional papers of noted public welfare administrator and social work educator, Benjamin E. Youngdahl. Personal correspondents include Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, and John F. Kennedy. Materials documenting Youngdahl's career in the academic and public sectors form the bulk of the collection.

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Topics discussed in the agency's correspondence, reports, studies,and speeches include confidentiality, financing, casework philosophy, usage patterns, and qualifications for Exchange membership.

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Copy of oral history transcript done at Columbia University, covering Miss Tousley's work at the Community Service Society of New York.

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The collection consists of records of two predecessor organizations, the American Association of Schools of Social Work and the National Association of Schools of Social Administration, and the administrative and program records of CSWE.

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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.

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The collection includes correspondence and papers from Elva Walker's organizational memberships. Also available is the Elva Walker Collection on the Aging, consisting of books, pamphlets and magazines covering aspects of aging.

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The collection consists of a copy of an unpublished manuscript, "The United Way," a history of the federated fund movement in the United States, written by Elwood Street in 1963.

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Contains material concerning Brugger's work as a consultant in social work education during the U.S. occupation of Japan, 1948-1950.

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Papers, speeches, writings, and teaching materials, as well as files relating to a research project conducted by Gertrude Wilson.

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Collection contains reprints of articles.

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Lurie's papers reflect his involvement in issues facing the social work profession, and especially Jewish social service agencies. Included are his speeches and articles on civil liberties, public relief, foreign affairs, and other issues that concerned the liberal-to-radical wing of the social work profession.

Abstract Helen Hall was a settlement worker and social reformer. These personal and professional papers reflect her career as a leader in the settlement house movement, particularly during the period 1933-67, including her involvement in the National Federation of Settlements – particularly with its studies of unemployment during the late 1920s and early 1930s – and the United Neighborhood Houses of New York City. The papers also document her involvement with various consumer groups, her initiative...

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The records contain conference reports and records relating to seminars and meetings of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development.

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Included in the collection are administrative records, minutes and working papers of association congresses and seminars, and correspondence with schools of social work in countries around the world.

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Records of the International Conference of Social Work Secretariat records contain correspondence with and reports from national committees in 68 countries; correspondence with a variety of international organizations, many of them affiliated with the United Nations; and records pertaining to preparation for international conferences, which were held approximately every two years.

Abstract The International Social Service USA (ISS) records contain: administrative files; program and service records; statistics; documents relating to ISSUSA relations with other organizations, states or territories, and countries; and the administrative records of ISS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The records document a wide range of social services with an international dimension, including services to refugees and migrants and, particularly, international adoptions by families in the...

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Collection contains papers regarding the social welfare activities of Irene Hoebel.

Abstract The De Schweinitz papers and personal library (which includes 17th and 18th century pamphlets) reflect a joint interest in social welfare history and education, social security, interviewing in social work, sex education, family life, and a variety of other topics. Both personal and professional papers are included; most of them centered on Karl de Schweinitz’s research, teaching, and writing. Included is Karl De Schweinitz's uncompleted manuscript history of social welfare, variously titled...

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The papers of Katharine Toll, a social worker who headed the Boston Social Service Exchange. Her papers contain correspondence manuals and other documents related to the Boston Social Service Exhange as well as materials on refugee services, international develpoment and technical assistance programs.

Abstract The Margaret Berry papers document her work with social service organizations and reflect her role as an unofficial historian of the settlement movement through items she collected about individuals, agencies, meetings, and events. The papers consist of: Berry's personal papers and memorabilia; materials related to her involvement with the Social Service Employees Union as well as local, national and international settlements and social welfare organizations; and clippings, memorials, and...

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Marion Hathway (1895-1955) was a social work practitioner and educator. Her papers include correspondence, articles, speeches, course materials, and resource files that document her career as a professor of social work at the University of Pittsburgh and Bryn Mawr College and her role as executive secretary and president of the American Association of Schools of Social Work.

Abstract The Minneapolis Family and Children's Service (MFCS) contain annual reports, minutes, studies, correspondence, memoranda, manuals, pamphlets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and case records from MFCS and its predecessor agencies: Minneapolis Associated Charities, Juvenile Protective League, Children's Protective Society, and Family Welfare Association. The records reflect the evolution from early volunteer efforts to a professionally staffed casework agency and document numerous programs,...

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Administrative and publicity records of the Minneapolis Red Cross.

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The Minnesota Charities Review Council records relate to the operaation of the Council, its history and origins, funding, relations with government agencies, and the Minnesota agencies whose fund-raising campaigns were reviewed by the Council.

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Published material relating to NCSW's annual conferences make up the majority of this collection. Minutes and supporting documents from boards of directors and various committee meetings are also included.

Abstract National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, financial records, photographs, and other documents from the National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, now United Neighborhood Centers of America. The Federation, which was founded in 1911, included local settlement houses and neighborhood centers from across the United States and Canada. The records document the programs, methodology, member...

Abstract The National Social Work Council was first organized in 1923 by executives of national welfare associations who met to discuss common problems and exchange information. Subsequent periods of reorganization have resulted in the National Social Welfare Assembly (1945), the National Assembly for Social Policy and Development (1967), the National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations (1973), and the National Human Services Assembly (2005). The National Social...