Omar Schmidt papers 1943-1977

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Omar Schmidt papers 1943-1977

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Article reprints, papers, newspaper clippings and Community Health and Welfare Council annual reports from Omar Schmidt, director of the Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County (Minnesota).

0.5 linear feet; (1 box)

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives

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Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County

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Organized in 1960 to provide planning and research services to the United Fund of Hennepin County, the Community Health and Welfare Council was absorbed as part of the United Way in 1976. From the description of Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County records, 1947-1977, (bulk 1960-1975). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63285792 The Community Health and Welfare Council of Hennepin County was charged with planning and r...

Schmidt, Omar

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Omar Schmidt earned his M.A. in Social Work Administration in 1943 from Case Western University (Cleveland, OH). He enlisted in the army and was assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington as chief psychiatric social worker (1944-1946). After his discharge from the army in 1946, Schmidt became chief of psychiatric social work for the U.S. Veterans Administration hospital in Des Moines, IA and at Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1949, he joined the Central Planning and Research Department, later to ...