Abstract Eveline Burns was a public policy economist and noted authority on Social Security. Her papers reflect her role in the creation, maintenance, and analysis of the Social Security system in the United States. They include an extensive set of her writings and speeches, 1923-1983; personal correspondence and journals; working files for various Social Security boards, committees, and study groups, 1934-1985; working files from her position with the Community Service Society of New York,...

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The papers of Everett Ross Clinchy, president and co-founder of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, president of the Council on World Tensions, and president of the Institute on Man and Science.

Abstract Records the Family Service Association of America, a national social service organization that promoted, set standards for, and served as a vehicle for communication among social work agencies that provide casework, counseling, and related services for families and individuals. Included are board and committee minutes, annual reports, national and regional conference proceedings, departmental and project files, membership and financial records, and subject files. These document the evolution...

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Minutes, annual reports, annual meeting proceedings, committee and department records, and financial records document the activities of Family Service of St. Paul. Also includes corporate documents and records relating to mergers, records of programs and services, publications and newsletters, statistics and case reports, accreditation self-studies, and photographs.

Abstract The collection consists of federal government publications collected by the Social Welfare History Archives staff or acquired along with collections given to the Archives. Selected agencies represented in the collection include the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of Labor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Children's Bureau, Housing and Home Finance Agency, National Institutes of Mental Health, Publich Health Service, White House Conference on Children, White House Conference...

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Collection contains administrative papers, clippings and surveys.

Abstract Records of Five Towns Community House, which served five suburban communities located on Long Island in Nassau County, New York. The records consist of minutes, agenda, correspondence, reports, statistical reports, financial records, ephemera, newspaper clippings, press releases, ephemera and photographs. The records document the administration, programs, and staff of Five Towns Community House and reflect its involvement with the local community. Materials related to group work with...

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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.

Abstract Records of the Florence Crittenton Association of America (FCAA), which was formed in 1950 as the Florence Crittenton Homes Association. Florence Crittenton homes were maternity homes and hospitals established throughout the U. S. and Canada to provide residential care for unmarried mothers and their children. Included are board of trustees and committee records, conference proceedings, reports and other publications, and financial records. The records do not include case files on individual...

Abstract The collection comprises the records of two organizations -- the National Florence Crittenton Missionand the Florence Crittenton Association of America-- that provided residential homes and other services to unmarried mothers. Included are board of trustees and committee records, conference proceedings, reports and other publications, financial records and files on Crittenton homes in approximately 60...

Abstract The Fred K. Hoehler papers are from his time with the American Public Welfare Association (APWA) and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The papers also describe his work with the Chicago Community Fund, the Citizens of Greater Chicago, the International Conference of Social Work, the National Citizens Council for Public Schools, the New World Foundation, mental health associations, and a variety of federal advisory committees. The papers contain extensive...

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The papers include correspondence with Paul Kellogg and members of the Survey magazine staff.

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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 the papers and records of Gertrude Zimand’s career with the National Child Labor Committee.

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Scrapbook with photographs of the Sheltering Arms polio treatment hospital in 1947. Excerpt from a memoir recounting her experiences in The Great Depression, World War II, contracting polio and receiving treatment at the hospital.

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The collection consists of minutes, reports, and other records documenting the Daytime Activity Center Association of Hennepin County and the development of day activity centers for children and adults with cognitive disabilities in the Minneapolis area.

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The collection includes personal papers, Browning and Houk's files, minutes of and correspondence with the American Association of Schools of Social Work, a 1928 survey by and correspondence with Sophonisba Breckenridge, a 1910 letter from Mary Richmond concerning widows' pensions, and photographs of noted personalities in the charity and welfare fields.

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Collection contains reprints of articles.

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The Greater Cincinnati Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood centers, formed in 1947 and dissolved in 1969, coordinated and assisted the programs and services of approximately ten neighborhood centers in the Cincinnati area. The records consist of board and committee minutes, correspondence of the executive director, speeches, press releases, and reports from the Office of Economic Opportunity-funded Neighborhood Services Project.

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Collection contains the minutes of the Greater St. Paul Casework Council.

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Records of Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE), an association of directors of social work doctoral programs. Records include steering committee minutes, annual conference proceedings, program guidelines, and officers' correspondence.

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Included in the records are officers' correspondence, conference program information, membership material, and financial records.

Abstract Madison House records (1899-1953) include legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related to summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. Madison House (established in 1898 as the Down-Town Ethical Society) and Hamilton House (established in 1901) were settlement houses located on New York City's Lower East Side. The two settlements merged in 1954 to form Hamilton-Madison House. Madison House records, 1899-1953, comprise legal records,...

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Collection contains papers regarding the Social Work Research Group and the CSWE curriculum study.

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Harriett M. Bartlett's papers document her work with the social service department of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston); the American Association of Medical Social Workers and its successor, the Medical Social Work Section of the National Association of Social Workers; advisory committees of the United States Children's Bureau; and with the National Association of Social Workers' Commission on Social Work Practice and the Division of Practice and Knowledge.

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Collection contains tapes and transcripts from a series of oral history interview projects.

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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.

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Hartley House, a settlement on Manhatttan's West Side, was opened in 1897. Over the years, the settlement attempted to improve living conditions in the area through programs such as children's classes, cooking and homemaking lessons, health services, English language classes, and work relief. The records contain, among other materials, correspondence, materials from various clubs at the settlement, photographs, and files relating to other organizations with which Hartley House worked.

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...