Oral history collection, 1978-1980.

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Oral history collection, 1978-1980.

Transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Vida S. Grayson with educators and practicioners from various branches of social work, geographical regions, and ethnic backgrounds documenting the development of the field from the 1920s through the 1970s. Interviewees include Harriett M. Bartlett, Arthur Dunham, Arlien Johnson, Gisela Konopka. Inabel B. Lindsay, Helen Harris Perlman, Gladys Ryland, and Gertrude Wilson.

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Ryland, Gladys

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Gladys Ryland was born on June 30, 1900 in Pine Bluff, North Carolina to Henry and Effie Ryland and grew up in the coal towns of Western Pennsylvania. Interested in the connection between physical activity and morale, she began studying physical education in Battle Creek, Michigan. She moved to New York in 1921, where she earned her certificate in physical education in 1923 and moved to Chicago, where she taught classes in sports and dance to women at the YWCA in the Loop. After stints at YWCAs ...

Dunham, Arthur, 1893-

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Social worker, professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. From the description of Arthur Dunham papers, [ca. 1900]-1980. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418874 Social worker, educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Dunham : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569653 Arthur Dunham was a social work educator at the University of Michigan. ...

Wilson, Gertrude, 1895-1982

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Social worker. From the description of Reminiscences of Gertrude Wilson : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727602 Gertrude Wilson was a leader in the field of social work with groups. From the description of Gertrude Wilson papers, 1940-1980. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291519 Seamstress. From the description of Gertrude Phelps Wilson oral history inter...

Grayson, Vida S.

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Lindsay, Inabel B., 1900-

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Social worker; interviewee married Arnett G. Lindsay; interviewee d. 1983. From the description of Reminiscences of Inabel Burns Lindsay : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122586977 From the description of Reminiscences of Inabel Burns Lindsay : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608420 ...

Bartlett, Harriett M. (Harriett Moulton) Harriett M. Bartlett oral history interview.

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Harriet M. Bartlett was a medical social worker, educator, and author. She is known for her work at Massachusetts General Hospital, as director of the medical social work curriculum at Simmons College, as a leader the the American Association of medical Social Workers, and for her book, The Common Base of Social Work Practice, which emphasized the methods shared by social workers in all specialties. From the description of Harriett M. Bartlett papers, 1918-1976. (University of Minnes...

Perlman, Helen Harris

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Helen Harris Perlman was born on December 20, 1905 in St. Paul, Minnesota. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1926 and attended the New York School of Social Work from 1933 to 1934. In 1943, she earned her master's degree in social work from Columbia University. In 1945, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago as an assistant professor in social work. The University of Chicago awarded her The Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professorship, which is the...

National Association of Social Workers

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The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) was established in October, 1955, following five years of careful planning by the Temporary Inter-Association Council (TIAC). Seven organizations – American Association of Social Workers (AASW), American Association of Medical Social Workers (AAMSW), National Association of School Social Workers (NASSW), American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers (AAPSW), American Association of Group Workers UAW Association for the Study of Community Org...

Johnson, Arlien

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Arlien G. Johnson (d.1988) was a Reed graduate from 1917 who earned her PhD in social work from the University of Chicago. She was a national leader in the field of social work, a prolific writer, and a dean at the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. Her sister, Mildred A. Cline (1910-2000), graduated from Reed in 1932 and became a librarian in Oregon and California. From the description of Johnson & Cline Papers, 1900-1966. 1900-1966. (CORVALLIS BENTO...

Konopka, Gisela

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Social worker, educator; interviewee married Erhardt Paul Konopka. From the description of Reminiscences of Gisela Pieper Konopka : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158301 Educator, social worker, author. University of Minnesota School of Social Work and Center for Youth Development, 1947-1978. From the description of Gisela Konopka records, 1945-1994. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record ...