Child Welfare League of America records, 1900-1981.

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Child Welfare League of America records, 1900-1981.

The collection consists mostly of mimeographed minutes, memoranda,and reports. Included are documents from meetings that led to the organization of the Child Welfare League of America.

20 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7886100

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Child Welfare League of America

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The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) grew out of child welfare advocates' demands for better communication and regulation among agencies and institutions serving children. Its development over more than a decade reflected the gradual professionalization of social work in the early twentieth century and paralleled a period of growing emphasis on the issues of dependent children, child protection, and related problems. During the 1909 White House Conference on the Care...