Zilpha Drew Smith Papers, 1892-1945, (bulk 1904-1917).

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Zilpha Drew Smith Papers, 1892-1945, (bulk 1904-1917).

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Zilpha Drew Smith (ZDS), social worker and educator, was involved in many aspects of social welfare in Boston from 1872-1918. ZDS was the Head Registrar and General Secretary of the Associated Charities, a city wide network of charity organizations, from its founding in 1879 to 1903. In 1888, ZDS along with Charles W. Birtwell formed the Monday Evening Club, a discussion group for social workers. She became the Assistant Director of the Boston School for Social Workers (later the Simmons College School of Social Work) in 1904. The collection contains various published and unpublished writings by ZDS including case histories, materials on the education of social workers, special papers and statistics compiled for an exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1900 and papers and lectures delivered at Boston School for Social Workers and National Conference of Charities and Correction. Also included are clippings, pamphlets, photographs and announcements of guest lecturers at Boston School for Social Workers. Correspondents include Mary E. Richmond, Jeffrey R. Brackett and Annie Haven Thwing.

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Smith, Silvanus, 1817-1901

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Sylvanus Smith was born on 23 May 1817, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of his birth, his father, Captain Jonathan Smith, was 36 and his mother, Zilpha Drew, was 37. He married Judith Winsor McLauthlin on 28 August 1841, in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of 2 sons, Sidney Smith and Erasmus Ford Smith, and 4 daughters, Francess Ann Smith, Zilpha Drew Smith, Mary Hathaway Smith, and Jennie West Smith. Sylvanus lived in Massachusetts, U...

Taylor, E. W. (Edward Wyllys), 1866-1932

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Simmons College. School of Social Work (Boston, Mass.)

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Smith, Zilpha Drew, 1851 or 1852-1926

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Social worker and pioneer in the organization of charity and social work education, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1892-1945 (bulk 1904-1917). (Simmons College). WorldCat record id: 28418507 ...

Thwing, Annie Haven, 1851-

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Brackett, Jeffrey R. (Jeffrey Richardson), 1860-1949

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Welfare administrator and social work educator. From the description of Papers, 1728-1955 (bulk 1881-1949). (Simmons College). WorldCat record id: 28418542 ...

Richmond, Mary Ellen, 1861-1928

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Boston School for Social Workers

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Monday Evening Club (Boston, Mass.)

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Associated Charities of Boston

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Birtwell, Charles Wesley.

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National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.)

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