School of Social Work Records, 1898-circa 2010s, bulk circa 1930s-1980s

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Series III: Social Work Library, 1898-1982

Records in Series III: Social Work Library are a mixture of printed ephemera kept by librarians as reference materials for students; administrative records of the Social Work Library, dating from circa 1970s-1990s; and librarians' various attempts to gather historical "archives" of the school and library. Some school historical records in this series were gathered by the librarian Celestine Tutt, whose doctoral dissertation concerned the history of the Social Work Library. A small amount of material in the series also documents the Social Work Library's participation in an internship program administered by the Columbia University School of Library Service in the 1970s.


Subseries III.1: Reference materials, 1921-1980



Box 46 Folder 13 "Negro Longshoremen," by Edward F. Frazier, 1921 September



Box 27 Folder 4 Russell Sage Foundation Library bulletins (various), 1922-1939, Photocopies.


Box 27 Folder 2 Minutes of the Meetings of the Milford Conference, 1933 January



Box 46 Folder 14 "Social Causes of Recurrence of Tuberculosis in Children," by Tane Kanda, 1934



Box 47 Folder 6 Course 100: History and Philosophy of Social Work syllabus and lectures, circa 1950



Box 46 Folder 6 Casework teaching material, 1951-1977



Box 50 Folder 32 Veterans Administration book purchases, 1952



Box 27 Folder 10 Basic Books in Social Work selected lists, 1955, 1970, 1974



Box 49 Folder 19 Workshop on Community Organization in the Health Field, 1956 June 18-23



Box 27 Folder 5 United States Government Publications in Social Welfare, 1956-1961

Series published by the School of Social Work.



Box 46 Folder 25 Course 280: Foreign Programs, 1956-1961


Box 46 Folder 26 Basic Books in Social Work selected lists, 1956-1967



Box 28 Folder 10 List of Circulating Books on Course Reading Lists, 1958-1959



Box 47 Folder 26 SSO 201 (Course 121) and SSO 202 (Course 122) social study outlines, 1961 September



Box 49 Folder 25 Books in doctoral collection, 1963-1965


Box 49 Folder 11 VISTA training program syllabus and materials, 1964-1965



Box 46 Folder 5 Casework reference material, 1965-1973


Box 46 Folder 7 "Development of a Casework Treatment Typology," by Florence Hollis, 1966 December 27



Box 47 Folder 1-2 Field Work manuals: Concentration I, II, and III, circa 1970s, 2 folders


Box 47 Folder 3 Bibliography of reference books, circa 1970



Box 46 Folder 9 Guide for Field Work Instructors, Community Organization and Planning Area, 1970 January


Box 46 Folder 15 "Second Year Evaluation Report of the Neighborhood Youth Diversion Program," James A. Jones and Linda Bailey, Center for Research and Demonstration, 1973 May



Box 49 Folder 28 Directory of field instructors and student advocates, 1973-1974



Box 48 Folder 7-8 Seminar, Professor Carel B. Germain, 1974, 2 folders



Box 46 Folder 4 "Project LIFT," by Cora Yamamoto et al., 1976 May


Box 46 Folder 10 Field Work Agencies, Concentration II, 1976-1979



Box 49 "Computerized Information for Child Welfare: The Availability and Capacities of Parents of Children in Foster Care for Service Involvement," David Fanshel, 1978 November



Box 46 Folder 18 "Computerized Information for Child Welfare: Parental Visiting of Foster Children," David Fanshel, 1980 December



Box 47 Folder 8 Social Welfare Today air schedule, undated



Box 79 The Puerto Ricans of New York City, undated, 1 Volumes


Subseries III.2: School historical files, 1898-1982



Box 49 Folder 8-9 Special Collection/New York School of Philanthropy historical materials, 1898-1912, 1954, 2 folders

Scrapbook of clippings, 1912 "yearbook", 1954 Founders Day materials.



Box 47 Folder 9 Reprints by school faculty, 1912-1954



Box 55 Folder 2 Fellowships for students, 1915, 1928, 1930, 1951



Box 50 Folder 33 Alumni scrapbook, 1917-1931



Box 47 Folder 27-28 Advertisements, programs, and clippings, 1928-1932, 2 folders



Box 54 Alumni scrapbook, 1931-1940s



Box 50 Folder 9 New York School of Social Work information booklet, 1934



Box 47 Folder 13 Early New York School of Social Work correspondence, 1935



Box 55 Folder 5 Library list of New York School of Social Work bulletins, 1897-1937, 1937



Box 46 Folder 1 School of Social Work Library photograph, circa 1940s

Carnegie Mansion era?



Box 55 Folder 4 Alumni newsletter, 1942 January



Box 46 Folder 2 Lists of New York School of Social Work Projects, 1947 January-1961 November



Box 50 Folder 4-6 Publications and clippings, 1948, 1952, 1959-1960, 3 folders



Box 47 Folder 22 Library, Carnegie House, 1949-1957


Box 47 Folder 23 Library lists of faculty publications, 1949-1967


Box 47 Folder 10 The New York School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1950


Box 47 Folder 17 Kenneth D. Johnson speeches, 1950-1956



Box 50 Folder 28 Memos on leaving Community Service Society, Columbia University merger, accreditation, and the social work library, 1950-1964



Box 47 Folder 21 Alumni Newsletters, various dates, 1951-1972



Box 46 Folder 23 Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Scholarship Fund, 1952, 1957



Box 47 Folder 7 Press releases and publications, 1953-1954



Box 28 Folder 17 School of Social Work Master's Projects inventory, 1953-1956



Box 49 Folder 22-23 Alumni Association newsletter, 1953-1958, 1963-1981, 2 folders



Box 50 Folder 13 Alumni conference materials, 1953-1969



Box 47 Folder 15 Highlights from "A History of the New York School of Social Work," by Elizabeth G. Meier, 1954



Box 50 Folder 7-8 Press releases and publications, 1954-1955, 2 folders



Box 28 Folder 16 School of Social Work plan of organization, 1955



Box 47 Folder 18 "New Dimensions in Social Work," by Kenneth D. Johnson, 1956



Box 49 Folder 29 "Our Graduates--Where They Are and What They Do: A Survey of New York School of Social Work Graduates, 1898-1955," Inez Dane Ross, 1956 November



Box 47 Folder 16 Maurice R. Friend lecture subjects and references, 1956-1957



Box 49 Folder 18-21 Publications and clippings, 1956-1959, 4 folders



Box 27 Folder 1 Florina Lasker Awards, 1956-1965



Box 50 Folder 11 Promotional publications, 1956-1974



Box 46 Folder 12 Dorothy Hutchinson Memorial Service, 1957 March



Box 28 Folder 22 "Miscellaneous documents" related to School of Social Work, 1957-1973



Box 48 Folder 4-6 Student directories, 1957-1976, 3 folders



Box 47 Folder 14 Kenneth D. Johnson Memorial Fund, 1958-1959



Box 46 Folder 3 Curriculum Study Appendix II: Area Reports, 1959 January


Box 46 Folder 16 Curriculum Study General Report, 1959 January



Box 49 Folder 26 Letters of Intent, exchanged between the School and the Association, and other background material on the Alumni Association and its relationship to the New York School of Social Work, 1960 July


Box 49 Folder 16 Doctoral Committee, 1960-1961

Restricted until 2036



Box 46 Folder 11 "The First Twenty-Eight Doctoral Dissertations and Publications Deriving from Them, 1952-1960: An Alphabetical List" and "Directory of Doctors of Social Welfare from Columbia University School of Social Work and their Publications, 1950-1963", 1960 September, 1964 July 8



Box 49 Folder 15 Doctoral dissertations: chronological lists, 1960-1973



Box 47 Folder 24 Summer Institutes and Workshops, 1964-1965



Box 48 Folder 12 Alumni Association minutes and brochures, 1964-1968


Box 48 Folder 10-11 Alumni Conference keynote addresses and session minutes, 1964-1970, 2 folders



Box 50 Folder 19 Michael Schwerner Memorial Fund, 1965-1967


Box 50 Folder 24 Columbia University newsletters, 1966-1969


Box 50 Folder 12 Student flyers and programs, 1967-1970



Box 48 Folder 13-14 Faculty: Russell A. Nixon, 1969-1973, 2 folders

Publications, speeches, papers, and syllabi.



Box 46 Folder 24 Faculty: Richard A. Cloward books and articles, 1970



Box 49 Folder 10 Maimonides Medical Center student visit materials, 1971 January 22



Box 47 Folder 12 School of Social Work library annual report, 1971-1974



Box 49 Folder 27 Social Science Center publications, 1974



Box 50 Folder 15 School Council agendas, minutes, and memos, 1974-1976


Box 50 Folder 17 List of doctoral dissertations, 1952-1974, 1975 January



Box 46 Folder 27 Fall 1975 Registration materials, 1975 August

Copy sent to Library.


Box 46 Folder 8 "The Social Work Library, 1980-1983," by Celestine C. Tutt, 1978 July 20



Box 50 Folder 18 Master of Science student directories, 1978-1979



Box 49 Folder 24 Student newsletter, 1982 May



Box 50 Folder 14 "Function of Community Service Society (Family Service Division)" report, undated


Subseries III.3: Library records, 1910-1979



Box 28 Folder 19 Library reports, 1910-1912



Box 55 Folder 6 Social Work Library publications (various), 1912, 1950-1960



Box 27 Folder 9 Zilpha D. Smith Papers, 1915



Box 28 Folder 2 Library reports, 1934-1966



Box 27 Folder 21-22 Library classification scheme and expansions, 1949-1969, 2 folders



Box 28 Folder 12 Memoranda (various), 1949-1970



Box 50 Folder 29 Library Committee minutes, 1950-1958



Box 27 Folder 15-16 Library Committee, 1950-1960, 2 folders


Box 27 Folder 28-31 Library guestbooks, 1950-1961, 4 folders



Box 28 Folder 3-7 Library Associates, 1952-1963, 5 folders



Box 27 Folder 7 Library address books, 1952-1969



Box 50 Folder 30 Social Work Library surveys and reports, 1953-1954



Box 28 Folder 15 Library plan of organization, 1954-1955, 1957, 1961


Box 28 Folder 8-9 Library Associates meeting minutes, 1954-1960, 2 folders


Box 28 Folder 11 List of Selected Periodicals Received, 1954-1966



Box 27 Folder 13 Library Collection Development Policy, 1955



Box 47 Folder 31 Research Center proposal, 1955-1956



Box 27 Folder 14 Student Library Committee, 1955-1961



Box 50 Folder 16 Library meeting minutes, press releases, and clippings (various), 1955-1975



Box 27 Folder 23-24 Library classification list, 1956, 2 folders


Box 27 Folder 26-27 Gifts to the Library, 1956-1968, 2 folders



Box 50 Folder 31 Social Work Library statistics, minutes, and reports, 1956-1979



Box 27 Folder 6 School of Social Work Library Accounts, 1957-1973



Box 49 Folder 14 Meeting minutes (various), 1957-1974



Box 28 Folder 13 Library personnel manuals, 1957-1976



Box 27 Folder 11 Library bookplate samples, 1958



Box 28 Folder 1 Library statistics, 1958, 1973-1975



Box 47 Folder 11 Library exhibitions, 1958-1961



Box 28 Folder 20 Special Collections, 1958-1965



Box 27 Folder 8 Library staff applications and references, 1958-1972

Restricted until 2047.


Box 27 Folder 17 Committee on the History of Social Welfare, Subcommittee on Archives, 1959-1961



Box 49 Folder 12-13 Library correspondence with publishers of periodicals, 1960-1967, 2 folders



Box 27 Folder 19 Library correspondence with Walter I. Trattner, 1962-1966



Box 28 Folder 18 Proposals for library space in new building, 1962-1966



Box 27 Folder 20 Library Doctoral Collection, 1963-1964



Box 47 Folder 25 Library archives material for exchange, 1964-1965



Box 27 Folder 12 Zebulon Brockway Papers (Library/Archives), 1965


Box 27 Folder 25 Library classification: expansion of the 360s, 1965



Box 49 Folder 17 Gifts to the Social Work Library, 1969-1973



Box 47 Folder 20 Catalog of Films, Filmstrips, Transcriptions, 1970 March



Box 27 Folder 18 Library correspondence, 1970-1972



Box 50 Folder 26-27 Moving the Social Work Library: reports and memos, 1970-1979, 2 folders


Box 50 Folder 10 Reports, 1972



Box 49 Folder 4-5 Library Intern program planning committee, 1972 March-June, October-December, 2 folders



Box 48 Folder 19 Library Intern Job Descriptions, 1972-1975



Box 49 Folder 1-2 Intern progress reports, 1973 January-June

Restricted until 2048



Box 47 Folder 30 Columbia University Libraries Loan Code, 1973 September



Box 49 Folder 3 Intern progress reports, 1973 December-1974 June

Restricted until 2049



Box 48 Folder 16 Social Work Library office procedures, 1973-1974


Box 48 Folder 20 Library Intern Recruiting, 1973-1975



Box 28 Folder 21 Subject heading project, 1973-1976



Box 49 Folder 6 Library intern program guidelines, 1973-1976



Box 48 Folder 18 Library Intern Steering Committee, 1973-1977


Box 48 Folder 17 Librarians' memos to Columbia University School of Social Work deans, 1974



Box 49 Folder 7 Library intern program, 1974-1975



Box 48 Folder 21 Communications with Library Administration, 1974-1975



Box 47 Folder 4-5 Analysis: moving Social Work Library to Lehman, 1974-1979, 2 folders



Box 50 Folder 34 Library statistics for annual report, 1976-1977