Reminiscences of Gisela Pieper Konopka : oral history, 1980.

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Reminiscences of Gisela Pieper Konopka : oral history, 1980.

Berlin childhood, radical politics in Germany, 1918-33, activist; introduction to psychoanalysis; student and researcher, University of Hamburg, 1923-33: education, history and philosophy; participation in underground resistance 1933-36: arrest, torture and imprisonment; concentration camps, 1936-41; arrival in United States 1941: impressions of immigrant life in New York, N.Y.; social work student, University of Pittsburg, MS 1943: debates on casework vs. groupwork, Freudian vs. Rankian analyses; professor, University of Minnesota School of Social Work, 1947-73: development of new approaches to groupwork, research in human relations, race relations, adolescent delinquency and unemployment; Doctor of Social Work, (cont.) Columbia University 1957; publications; coordinator Center for Regional and Urban Affairs, University of Minnesota 1968-70 and Special Assistant to Vice President for Student Affairs, 1969-79: racial inequality, student unrest, needed reforms in social work education; impressions of Gertrude Wilson, Edward Lindeman, John Kidneigh and others.

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University of Minnesota

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The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

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 ...

Grayson, Vida S.

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