Florida State University College of Social Work Files, 1963-1992, bulk 1972-1985
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.80 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University School of Social Work Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-013
Background
- Scope and content:
The College of Social Work files primarily comprise a fairly complete collection of undergraduate student handbooks (some with revised editions) prepared by the Department of Social Work from 1971-1992. The handbooks describe requirements for the B.S. and B.A Degree, list undergraduate courses, and offer information on social work certification, post graduate education, and other student related topics. Several pamphlets describe the Doctoral Program in Social Work, but they only cover scattered years from 1975-1984. In addition, the collection includes other materials published by the Department of Social Work and FSU's Institute of Governmental Research that relate to field instruction, improving the research aspects of the social work curriculum, student research projects, and public welfare programs and administration in Florida's 67 counties.
- Biographical / historical:
The Florida State University social work program began in the early years of the institution. Dr. Raymond F. Bellamy, professor of sociology from 1918 to 1956, first introduced social welfare content into the curriculum in the 1920s. In 1928 Dr. Coyle Moore, later to become the first Dean of the School of Social Welfare, joined the sociology faculty and taught "The Field of Social Work" and an introductory social welfare course "for those who expect to take up social work." By the mid 1930s, during the Great Depression, undergraduate courses in casework and group work were offered, as well as field placements at the Leon County Welfare Association and the Leon County Unemployment Relief Council.
- Acquisition information:
- Given by FSU College of Social Work in 2007.
- Custodial history:
It is evident from her signature on many of these materials that they belonged to Patricia V. Vance, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Department of Social Work, during the 1970s and 1980s.
- Processing information:
Processed by Burt Altman in October 2008
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
To request permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from the archives, please contact Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. Researchers must obtain separate permission from the copyright holders of material held within University Archives collections for which the institution does not hold copyright.
- Preferred citation:
[Name of Item], [Date of Item], Florida State University School of Social Work Files, Heritage & University Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-2007-013
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
