Social work archives oral history collection, 1970-1998.

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Social work archives oral history collection, 1970-1998.

This collection includes oral history interviews with important figures in the field of social work, conducted circa 1970-1998, many by Vida S. Grayson. Subjects include Dorothy Cunningham Bailey, Louise Silbert Bandler, Merriall Boselli, Eleanor Clark, Esther Cook, Rose Hahn Dawson, Eleanor Flexner (about Bertha Capen Reynolds), Irving Kaufman, Jean Leach, Rachel Levine (about Bertha Capen Reynolds), Howard Parad, Nancy Staver, and Fanny Tollenaar. Audiotapes and transcriptions are included for most interviews.

3.5 linear ft. (11 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7608989

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Flexner, Eleanor, 1908-1995

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Eleanor Flexner (October 4, 1908 – March 25, 1995) was an American distinguished independent scholar and pioneer in what was to become the field of women's studies. Her much praised Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, originally published in 1959, relates women's physically courageous and politically ingenious work for the vote to other 19th- and early 20th-century social, labor, and reform movements, most importantly the push for equal education, the abolition...

Bandler, Louise Silbert, 1909-

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Staver, Nancy.

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Bailey, Dorothy Cunningham.

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Hollis, Florence

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Social worker, social work educator. Born January 11, 1907, Philadelphia, PA. Graduated, Wellesley College, 1928. M.S.W., Smith College School for Social Work, 1931. District superintendent, Family Society of Philadelphia, 1931-33. District secretary, Institute of Family Service (Associated Charities), Cleveland, 1933. Published Social Casework in Practice: Six Case Studies, 1939. Taught casework, Western Reserve University, 1934, then at New York School of Social Work (...

Kaufman, Irving, 1917-

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Parad, Howard J. (Howard Joseph)

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Parad was educated at Harvard University (B.A., 1943) and Boston University, (M.S., 1947). He was the director of the Smith College School for Social Work, 1956-1971. From the description of Howard J. Parad papers, 1956-1971. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 52851026 ...

Dawson, Rose Hahn.

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Lucke, Elmina Rose

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Educator in social work and social studies, founder and Director of Delhi School of Social Work, consultant on social work education, social science researcher, traveler, YWCA official. Born December 6, 1889, Carleton, MI. Graduated Oberlin College, 1912. Directed social services, U.S. Children's Bureau, and employed by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1917-19. Founded and directed the International Institute in Detroit which was established by the YWCA for recent immigr...

Hartman, Annelies

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Dean, Smith College School for Social Work; Professor; Political activist; Editor From the description of Ann Hartman papers, 1975-1998 (ongoing) (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 476840032 ...

Reynolds, Bertha Capen, 1885-

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Betsy Estey Talbot Capen was a resident of Stoughton, Mass. Reynolds was her great-granddaughter. From the description of Papers, 1838-1956 (inclusive), 1838-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122506633 Social worker; Professor, social work; Author. From the description of Papers 1907-1979 bulk 1925-1979. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 46465318 by Rachel A. Levine Literary Executor Bertha Capen Reynolds,...

Clark, Eleanor, 1913-1996

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Eleanor Clark (1913-1996), author of novels and non-fiction works, as well as short fiction, essays, poems, and plays. Novels include Bitter Box (1946), Baldur's Gate (1970), Gloria Mundi (1979), and Camping Out (1986). Non-fiction works include the travel narratives Rome and a Villa (1952), Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964), and Tamrart: 13 Days in the Sahara (1985), and the memoir Eyes, Etc. (1977). From the description of Eleanor Clark papers, 1876-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Tollenaar, Fanny.

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Smith College. School for Social Work

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The Smith College School for Social Work was initially established as an experiment in the summer of 1918 to prepare social workers for the impending emergencies of World War I. The School became a permanent program of the College in 1919. It was originally known as the Training School for Social Work, but by 1924 it was known by its present name. From the description of School for Social Work records, 1919-[ongoing]. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 53318688 ...

Leach, Jean

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Cook, Esther Hills, 1796-1816

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Boselli, Merriall.

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