The CSWA Oral History Collection numbers one hundred
interviews with persons important in the history of social work in southern
California and in the nation. Examples of interviewees include
Carmelita White, the first African-American graduate of the USC School
of Social Work, in 1932; George Nickel, one
of the leaders in the advancement of social welfare in California, from his
entrance into the profession during the Great Depression until his death (1990);
and Charles Schottland, Social Security Commissioner
during the Eisenhower administration and head of the U.S. Children's Bureau.
To search the catalog's contents, arranged alphabetically by last name of
interviewee, click on the appropriate letter from the following menu.
To consult the collection on-site at the Archival Research Center in Doheny
Library, please make an appointment with Claude Zachary, by e-mail, czachary@usc.edu;
or by phone, 213-740-2587.
1. ALEXANDER, Chauncey (b. 1916). Professor of Social Work. Director of social welfare organizations. Social worker.
Chauncey Alexander Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 9-27-90; 11-15-91; 6-24-93. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of 9-27-90 interview: 27 pp. Transcript of 11-15-91 and 6-24-93 interviews: 30 pp.
Interview topics:
9-27-90 interview: Entrance into field of social work; World War II
service with Army psychiatric reconditioning unit; post-war work with Veteran's
Service Center; work with various southern California social welfare groups.
11-15-91 interview: Alexander's childhood; influence of times on social
work and his view of it; work at Regional Health Program at UCLA.
6-24-93 interview: Work with National Association of Social Workers;
current pursuits.
Additional materials:
Marianer Applebaum Interview. Interviewed by Maurice Ostomel. Dates of interview: 10-20-88 (also interview on 8-12-88, but considered unsatisfactory, so redone on 10-20-88). 4 cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of 10-20-88: 18 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript). Transcript of 8-12-88 interview: 18 pp. (2 copies).
Interview topics:
Entrance and education in social work at Columbia University; early
social work in New York City; work with and description of Vista Del Mar
Child Care Service; work and leadership of social welfare organizations.
Additional Materials:
3. BEERMAN, Leonard, Rabbi.
Rabbi Leonard Beerman Interview. Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Date of interview: 4-3-97. Length of interview: undetermined. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). No transcript.
Additional Materials:
4. BERMAN, Sam. Professional social worker, children's welfare.
Sam Berman Interview. Interviewed by Charlotte Langley. Date of interview: 1-17-91. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 31 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of transcript of interview). 1 page of questions and answers not done at 1-17-91 interview.
Interview topics:
Early interest in social work; army career during World War II; social
work in New York City; study and work at Menninger Clinic; director of
Children's Center in St. Louis; work at Rich Farm, of Chicago area; impressions
of Bruno Bettelheim; Child Welfare League work in New York City; move to
California and experiences with Vista Del Mar Child Care Services; childhood
values; professional values; retirement from Child Welfare League of California;
future of profession.
Additional Materials:
1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
2. Correspondence from Sam Berman to Charlotte
Langley re additional questions.
5. BLAINE, James. Professional social worker.
James Blaine Interview. Interviewed by Dr. Ben Cohen. Date of interview: November 1992 (date of day of interview not available). Length of interview: undetermined. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Transcript of interview: 14 pp. (3 copies of rough draft of transcript of interview).
Interview topics:
Entrance into the field of social work; work with All Nations Foundation;
subsequent social work positions, including EYOA; work with children's
home of Masonic Fraternity; experiences with EYOA; avenues for social workers
to have impact on policy; changes in social work practice; volunteer work;
personal reflections on life and his experiences.
Additional Materials:
6. BOARDMAN, Helen. Children's services, pioneer in social work
related to child abuse.
Helen Boardman Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 7-11-88. Length of interview: undetermined. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate). Transcript of interview: 27 pp.
Interview topics:
Reasons for interest in social work; education in social welfare with
Arlien Johnson and the University of Chicago; positions in social welfare;
changes in profession; work at Children's Hospital; relations with Children's
Bureau; changes in hospital and community; impact of article on child abuse
in
Medical Social Work; Protective Services Bill; worker caseloads;
Parents Anonymous; competition among social workers; move to Los Angeles;
Social Workers Association; licensing of social workers; organization and
structure of social work, eg, Welfare Planning Council and Welfare Federation;
impressions of profession; interviews in book and publication of Medical
Social Work article in book.
Additional Material:
7. BORDERS, Elizabeth. Medical social worker.
Elizabeth Borders Interview. Interviewed by Robert W. Roberts.Date of interview: 9-3-93. Length of interview: undetermined. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate). Transcript of interview: 25 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of interview).
Interview topics:
Entrance into social work; first experiences in profession, at St.
Louis; education; work in Boston; teacher of medical social work; work
at USC; USC School of Social Work faculty; development of medical social
work at USC; research with Dr. Lester Breslow; work with Benjamin Rose
Institute; Maury Hamovitch's study of gerontology; Leisure World; impressions
of modern social work; health care bills; social work and social policy.
Additional Material:
8. BRAND, Sybil. Social Philanthropist.
No interview. Biographical information sheet.
9. BRESLOW, Lester (b. 1915). Professor of Public Health.
Lester Breslow Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 6-20/27-90. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 75 pp.
Interview topics:
Development of public health in California; work with California State
Dept. of Public Health; personal role in politics of public health in California;
work with voluntary health agencies; impact of Reagan's governorship on
public health; UCLA School of Public Health; work as dean of School of
Public Health; Watts riots and establishment of King Medical Center; long-time
interest in cancer control; work in health promotion.
Additional Materials:
Harry Brickman Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 7-9-99. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: 1.25 hours (approximately). Transcript of interview: 24 pp.
Interview topics:
Studies in psychiatry at NYU and Menninger Clinic; psychiatric training
at facilities in San Francisco and Palo Alto; practice in Riverside; navy
service in Korean War; work as prison psychiatrist at Navy jail; private
practice after war; chief of Outpatient Department at the NPI at UCLA;
move to Director of Mental Health at LA County and philosophy of community
mental health services; development of community mental health services;
work of Alex Rogawski and Irv Berkowitz; failings of Short-Doyle Act to
fund community health services; continued work at Harbor General (LA County);
problems of voluntary commitment; politics of job with LA County and subsequent
resignation; work with UCLA, the Psycho-Analytic Institute, and Department
of Psychiatry at USC; leadership of Jack Lomas on Mental Health Board;
problems at USC Department of Psychiatry with personnel; development of
mental health services in ethnic communities; changes in attitudes towards
mental health programs; opposition of John Birch Society to community mental
health programs; work as Dean of Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute;
family.
Additional Materials:
1. Correspondence re interview.
2. 1 diskette of transcription.
3. Article by Dr. Harry Brickman.
11. BROWN, June (b. 1927). Social worker, children's welfare. Professor, USC School of Social Work.
June Brown Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 6-29-1993. 1 cassette (1 duplicate cassette). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 17 pp. (3 copies).
Interview topics:
Early interest in social work; first position, with Bureau of Public
Assistance; work in Belvedere district; promotion to supervisor; education
at USC's School of Social Work; work with child welfare; position with
State Dept. of Social Welfare; Children's Bureau; doctoral studies at USC
on Children's Bureau fellowship; study of adoption; changes in children's
welfare services; delinquency; institutional care of children; retirement;
changes in USC School of Social Work
Additional Materials:
12. BROWN, June (b. 1927); TAYLOR, Samuel. Professor, USC School
of Social Work.
June Brown/Sam Taylor Discussion. Date of interview: 7-20-99. 1 cassette (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
13. BUBEN, Zdenka (b. 1895). Medical social worker.
Zdenka Buben Interview. Interviewed by Lola Selby. Date of interview: 3-30/31-87. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 25 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of interview).
Interview topics:
Childhood in France and New York; education at UC, Berkeley; work in
health services in Alameda; work with LA County health services; establishment
of schools of social welfare in California; her education at University
of Chicago; return to Los Angeles and work with LA County health services;
structure of public health services in southern California in 1920s (?);
eligibility requirements for county health care; coordination of county
health services; private LA social health agencies; education at University
of Chicago; reflections on social work career; work with tuberculosis control;
USC School of Social Work; final reflections.
Additional Materials:
14. BUBIS, Gerald. Social worker, communal service.
Gerald Bubis Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview: January 1994. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 16 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).
Interview topics:
Entrance into field of social work; overview of positions held; work
with Jewish social service; relationship between synagogues and social
work; different phases of career in social work; establishment of School
of Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College; double master's degree
program in social work with USC; tension between assimilated and Orthodox
Jews; application of values, eg, Jewish, to social work; methodologies
of social work; professors; social movements; personal philosophy; influence
of social workers on programs and policies; reflections on professional
studies and methodologies.
Additional Materials:
15. CARTER, Genevieve (1907-1998). Social worker, researcher.
Genevieve Carter Interview. Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch. Date of interview: 2-25-87. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 27 pp. (4 copies of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Development of interest in social work; statistical research at Children's
Bureau; work with Welfare Planning Council; Research Department of Welfare
Planning Council; evaluation of Community Chest agencies; growing role
of state agencies in public welfare; methods of research; general conclusions
of social welfare research; director of research at Welfare Planning Council;
census data; major studies; pioneering methodology and needs assessment
studies; planning; interaction with other groups; persons and their background
involved in Research Department; Social Work Research Group; Director of
Welfare Planning Council; work with HEW in Washington; research on national
level; social gerontology; changes in social welfare; work after retirement.
Genevieve Carter Interview (II). Interviewed by Monika White; participant, Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 9-24-92. No cassette. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 42 pp. (1 copy of 35 pp.).
Topics of interview:
Impressions of Arlien Johnson; Lanham Act; post-war Japanese relocation;
Welfare Planning Council; mental health; passage of Doyle-Short Act; changes
because of Act; quality improvement; committees of Welfare Planning Council;
types of research; case management; research on public welfare mothers
and job placement; other research projects; publication re medicaid; work
in Australia; social gerontology; work on case management; more on gerontology;
Carter's book; HEW; Eskimo research; coordination and integration of public
and private social welfare.
Genevieve Carter Interview (III). Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 2-24-87. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 29 pp.
Topics of interview:
Detention of Japanese; other taped interviews re Manzanar; reasons
for involvement with Manzanar; other persons' involvement; maintenance
of Japanese family unity; educational background; Manzanar camp philosophy;
physical plant; food; camp social organization; riot; resolution of problems;
medical and dental services; staff composition; general camp meetings;
visit of "Happy" Chandler; relationship between Caucasian staff and the
Japanese; outside community relations; children's programs; camp library;
adult education, religion; recreation; emotions and feelings of staff and
the Japanese; concluding remarks.
Additional Materials:
16. CARVER, Ransom.
Ransom Carver: CSWA Meeting. Interviewer not identified. Date: n.d. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Transcript of interview: 23 pp., in form of 2 rough drafts of interview.
Topics of interview:
Reminiscences of various social workers; incomplete names given.
Additional Materials:
17. CLASS, Norris (1906-1992). Professor,USC School of Social work.
Social worker
Norris Class Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Dates of interview: 4-9/11-81. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 1.5 hours. Transcript of interview: 28 pp. (1 copy of rough draft).
Topics of interview:
4-9-81 interview: Beginning work at USC School of Social Work; early
members of School; teaching and fieldwork duties; research for U.S. Children's
Bureau on juvenile delinquency; Delinquency Control Institute; studies
on juvenile delinquency legal system; social agencies in Los Angeles; staff
evaluation projects and advisor's role to Probation Department; Child Welfare
League of America; development of doctoral program at USC in social work;
events of the 1960s at USC; years on faculty.
4-11-81 interview: Entrance into social work; social work in Cleveland;
director of Child Welfare Services for state of Oregon; development of
Delinquency Control Institute; work with Probation Department; courses
in delinquency; research for U.S. Children's Bureau on juvenile delinquency;
interdepartmental committee on courses in police training; directors of
DCI; work of DCI police classes in Hawaii; police classes in Arizona; USC
faculty; impressions of impact of DCI classes on police.
Additional Materials:
18. COHN, Hans. Director of Rosemary Cottage.
Hans Cohn Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 11-7-90. 1 cassette (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 23 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of interview).
Topics of interview:
Beginning of career in social work; beginning of work at Rosemary Cottage;
pioneer as man as director of girls' foster home; state of Rosemary Cottage;
changes in program philosophy; change in psychiatric consultants; changes
in program philosophy; present size of group home care; inadequacies of
foster home care; infant care; professional mores of child foster care;
role of social workers at Cottage; social policy issues; history of funding
for Cottage; present funding; placement of foster children outside the
state; state bills re foster care; funding and services; volunteers in
foster care; use of medication for Cottage children; social workers vs.
volunteers; conversation re personal matters; attitudes about institutional
care.
Additional Materials:
19. COMBS, Carmen (1903-1991). Lawyer. Referee in Los Angeles Juvenile
Court.
Carmen Combs Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview 8-14-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 26 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early childhood in Iowa; graduation from Yale School of Law in 1927; early law practice; work at USC in Legal Aid Clinic; work with "Okie" families; referee in juvenile courts in Los Angeles area; House of Good Shepherd and Boys Republic; detention of children at McClaren Hall; appointment from Earl Warren to city's advisory committee; career with League of Women Voters and issues addressed; involvement with grand jury investigations; "Woman of the Year" award; volunteer for Pasadena School District; work with League of Women Voters and its involvement with migrant workers; philosophy as working mother; changes in child welfare and lives of children; effectiveness of social welfare agencies in working with juvenile delinquents; opinion of probation officers.
Additional Material:
20. COOPER, Lawrence (b. 1912). Volunteer and board member social
welfare organizations and agencies.
Lawrence Cooper Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 6-2-88; 9-26-88; 4-10-89. 3 cassettes (3 duplicates). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Representative of business; volunteer with boards and agencies: Blue
Cross, Mental Health Development Commission; role in reorganization of
United Way.
Additional Material:
21. DIPAOLA, Josephine (1908-1995). GREEN, Rose. SELBY, Lola. Professors, University of Southern California School of Social Work.
Josephine DiPaola, Lola Selby, and Rose Green: A Conversation about the School of Social Work, USC. No interviewer: taped discussion. Date of interview: 7-24-77. 1 cassette (1 duplicate). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 11 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of "conversation":
Entrance into field of social work, including education at USC; early
work experiences; reasons for coming to USC; reflections on social work
program.
Additional Materials:
22. DOCKSON, Robert (b. 1917). Dean of University of Southern California
Business School. Chair of the Board of California Federal Savings and Loan
Association. Volunteer for social welfare agencies and organizations.
Robert Dockson Interview. Interviewed by Frances Feldman. Date of interview: 2-22-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 16 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early interests in social welfare; education and teaching career; work
with Community Chest ("Red Feather"); involvement in Welfare Planning Council;
attempt to bring social worker into his company; United Way; involvement
with organizations after United Way work; conference on housing; Orthopedic
Hospital; Haynes Foundation; contributions of lay volunteers to social
welfare organizations and agencies; requests for material from Robert Dockson.
Additional Material:
23. ELKIN, Meyer.
Meyer Elkin Interview. Interviewer not identified. Date of interview:
n.d. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined.
No transcript.
24. FELDMAN, Frances Lomas (b. 1912). Professor, USC School of Social Work. Social worker.
Frances Lomas Feldman Interview (I). Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch. Dates of interview: 10-24/31-89; 11-3-89. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 47 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into field of social work; declined medical school; beginning
positions and experiences; education at USC; Al Feldman's studies in social
work at USC; marriage and social work; work with state; work with Community
Chest; work with Los Angeles Housing Authority; Homemaker Service; Family
Services; Norris Class; Belvedere; Pat Murphy; benefits for orphans in
Belvedere district; study in Chicago; return to USC; Welfare Planning Council;
adoption; mental health study; Welfare Planning Council; publication of
book; study for public welfare department, "Project 220"; Watts riots;
McComb Commission; Alaska Project; impact of Alaska Project; Cancer Society
of California; studies re Society; study of TRW and Security Personnel
at USC; family financial planning; staff/faculty counseling at USC; reflections
on contributions to social welfare in California.
Frances Lomas Feldman Interview (II). Interviewed by Emilie Stoltzfus. Dates of interview: 6-21/28-97. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 40 pp. (2 copies).
Topics of interview:
Child care facilities in LA during World War II; entrance into profession
of social work; Homemaker Service; work with county (Child Care Coordinating
Committee); struggle between social welfare groups and education groups
over childcare and supervision; Katherine Oettinger; Catholic opposition
to Child Care Coordinating Committee; beginnings at USC; lobbying for child
care program; groups in support of childcare centers; development of childcare
centers; Feldman's own childcare for her daughter; attitudes towards working
women; standard budgets; segregation and integration of child welfare institutions;
work with State Relief Administration; work with county; Aid to Dependent
Children; controversies over childcare centers; attitudes towards childcare
by such agencies as Dept. of Education and social welfare agencies; community
mental health; Martha Branscombe of U.S. Children's Bureau; childcare for
migrant workers.
Additional Material:
25. GANTVOORT, Dorothy. Board member of Rosemary Cottage and Planned Parenthood.
Dorothy Gantvoort Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 7-21-93. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Recollections of Rosemary Cottage and Planned Parenthood.
Additional Material:
26. GOLDBERG, Milton. Social worker and administrator.
Milton Goldberg Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview: 12-12-94. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 29 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of interview).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; education; first position, with Jewish Family
Service; activities with Boy Scouts executive leadership as first Jew and
social work professional; hiring of first Hispanic and African-American
to work for Boy Scouts; Welfare Planning Council, Special Services for
Groups; Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth; executive
director of Jewish Big Brothers; goals for Jewish Big Brothers; Dr. Oscar
Reiss; casework with Jewish Big Brothers; supervision of "big brothers";
board of directors; fundraising and budget; relationship between private
and public funding; big brothers for girls program; personal reflections
on social work; volunteer activities with social welfare organizations
and agencies; influence of social work profession on policy and programs;
changes in field of social work; relationship between Jewish Big Brothers
and USC School of Social work; administrator of Camp Max Straus; establishment
of Los Angeles Times Camp fund; volunteer work after retirement; present
status of children from Jewish Big Brother program; anecdotes about children
in program.
Milton Goldberg: An Oral History Interview on Dr. Oscar Reiss. Interviewed by Jean Berlfein. Date of interview: 7-13-86. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. 2 transcripts of interview: 14 pp. and 10 pp.
Topics of interview:
Milton Goldberg's role in Jewish Big Brothers and Dr. Oscar Reiss'
assistance; Reiss' status as pediatrician; first meeting with Reiss; Reiss'
work on and for board; development of professional staff; need for clinical
social workers; creation of Parent-Child Guidance Service; involving fathers
in treatment of children; clients' reasons for coming to services of Jewish
Big Brothers; relationship between psychiatry and social workers; Reiss'
key role in obtaining committee consultants; Camp Max Straus; relationship
of Jewish Big Brothers to Reiss Davis Clinic; selling of Reis Davis Clinic;
description of Los Angeles' Jewish community ca. 1945; personality of Dr.
Oscar Reiss.
Additional Material:
27. GREEN, Rose (d. 1997). Professor, USC School of Social Work.
Rose Green Interview. Interviewed by Lola Selby. Date of interview: 7-11-88. 1 cassette tape (1duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 13 pp. (4 copies of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Introduction to social work; first position in social work; first teaching
position; joins USC's School of Social Work; personal rewards of teaching
and social work; "study of process"; changes in social work; donation of
papers; interest in children; activities after retirement; experience in
public schools in Philadelphia; more on activities after retirement; relationship
of early training in public schools to later social work.
Additional Materials:
28. GREENBERG, Maurice. Psychiatrist. Volunteer for social welfare
agencies and organizations.
Maurice Greenberg Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview: n.d.
1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
29. GREENWOOD, Ernest (b. 1910). Professor of Social Work.
Ernest Greenwood Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 4-18-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 90 minutes (approximately). Transcript of interview: 27 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript)
Topics of interview:
Immigration from Transylvania and early childhood; teaching; interest
in sociology and social work; Federal Employment Relief Act; graduate school;
social work in Ohio; dissertation; entrance into university teaching; move
to Los Angeles; Pittsburgh University position to teach social welfare;
position at UC Berkeley; interest in research methodology; work in Chile
after retirement; publications; early life in Austro-Hungarian empire;
life in U.S.; father's occupation and death; development of doctoral program
at UC Berkeley.
Additional Materials:
30. GRUENBERG, Helen (b. 1910). Professional social worker. 
Helen Gruenberg Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 8-29-88 (reinterviewed 8-3-98 because of defective tape). 2 cassette tapes (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 40 minutes (approximately). Transcript of interview: 20 pp.
Topics of interview:
Family; education; marriage; first social worker in private practice;
resistance to private practice from social work professionals; placement
of disturbed youth in foster homes; work with Los Angles Dept. of Water
and Power; activities after retirement.
Additional Materials:
31. HALL, Giles (b. 1903). Volunteer with social welfare agencies and organizations.
Giles Hall Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 9-25-89. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 75 minutes (approximately) . No transcript.
Additional Materials:
32. HAMOVITCH, Maurice (1919-1998). Professor and Dean, USC School
of Social Work. 
Maurice Hamovitch Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 8-17-90. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 3 hours. Transcript of interview: 54 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into field of social work; time in Canadian army; early career
at USC; modification of admission forms; creation of Los Amigos de Humanidad;
research; community involvement; teaching; opinions of Arlien Johnson and
other USC faculty members; role as dean; student unrest of 1960s and 1970s
and his mediation as dean; community and university activities; impact
of these activities on perceptions of social work and School of Social Work;
development of Hamovitch Research Center.
Additional Materials:
33. HEWITT, Chris. Social worker, children's welfare.
Chris Hewitt Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 12-1-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 20 pp.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; work with Children's Bureau; work with various
agencies for children and mentally disturbed; Child Care Consortium; interests
in children's welfare; high point of work with children's welfare agencies;
relationship of social agencies with clients; agency adoption; obstacles
in agency work, eg, budgets; present problems with careers in social work;
interagency cooperation; experience with agency where policy change was
effective; manager of thrift shop; volunteer work; work as board member;
county adoption committee; change in problems with children.
34. HOBBS, Irene.
Irene Hobbs Interview. Interviewer not identified. Date of interview:
7-21-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined.
No transcript.
35. JOHNSON, Arlien (1894-1988). Social work educator. Dean, USC School of Social Work.
Arlien Johnson Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 7-30-77. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour (approximately). Transcript of interview: 20 pp. (1 coy of rough draft of interview).
Topics of interview:
Acceptance of position at USC; experience as woman in position; early
faculty in School of Social Work; recruitment of faculty; inter-departmental
cooperation; salary as dean; effect of World War II on School of Social
Work; development of social welfare work and relationship to School of
Social Work; Maurice Hamovitch; Elizabeth McBroom; program for veterans
after World War II; influence on School of more men; selection of Dean
Malcolm Stinson as successor; loan fund; alumni organizations; reflections
on directions of research and teaching in social work at School.
Additional Material:
36. KAHN, Elsbeth. Professor, USC School of Medicine. Adjunct professor, USC School of Social Work. Medical social work.
Elsbeth Kahn Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 11-27-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 21 pp.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; development of interest in medical social
work; Red Cross social worker; medical social work at LA County Hospital;
National Association of Medical Workers and National Association of Social
Workers; work at Hospital Rancho Los Amigos; decision to earn Ph.D.; course
work at Brandeis; dissertation on aging; work at Vanderbilt; move to USC
School of Medicine; medical school committee work; reflections on career;
Hospital Rancho Los Amigos; development of programs and experiences at
Rancho; experiences at USC medical school; Department of Community Medicine;
subjects and teaching of medical seminars; approaches to AIDS and cancer;
counseling; volunteer work with outside agencies; hospice movement; influence
of professional social workers on medical programs and policies; cancer
education; changes in field of social work.
Additional Materials:
1. Papers and articles written by Elsbeth Kahn.
2. Invitation to Department of Family Medicine
reception on 13 June 1991 honoring Elsbeth Kahn on her retirement.
3. Curriculum Vitae.
4. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
37. KAILES, June. Professional social worker. Advocate for disabled.
June Kailes Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 6-4-98. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: 1 hour (approximately). Transcript of interview: 27 pp.
Topics of interview:
Education and interest in social work; experiences in applying to graduate
school; placement work during graduate studies at USC School of Social
Welfare, eg, Rancho Los Amigos; development of center for independent living
and work as Director of Westside Center for Independent Living; work in
national training programs for independent living; personal story of disability
(cerebral palsy); support from family; handicapped access at USC; changes
in attitudes towards disabled; work with legislation for disabled; agencies
providing community-based services for disabled; legislative programs,
goals, and approaches for needs of disabled; social work and disability;
attitudes of disabled towards self; electronic technology and disabled;
donation of archival material.
Additional Materials:
1. 2 copies of synopsis of interview and June
Kailes' background.
2. 1 California Social Welfare Archives Oral
History Release Agreement.
3. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
38. KAPLAN, Celeste (1915-1998). Social worker.
Celeste Kaplan Memorial Service. 1 videotape. Date:1-19-99. Length of tape: 2.25 hours. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
39. KING, Sandra. Social worker and director social welfare organizations.
Sandra King Interview. Interviewed by Hannah Hamovitch. Date of interview: 8-3/6-99. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 30 pp.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; volunteer for Jewish Family Service and
Freda Mohr Center; clientele of Jewish Family Service; education for MSW;
becomes director of Freda Mohr Center; beginnings of Freda Mohr Center;
growth of Center; budget and govt. grant for Multi-Purposes Senior Services
Project; growth of Project and Jewish Family Service; Project programs;
problems with growth; description of growth of program; responsibilities
and programs as executive director; more on services; influential people
in life.
Additional Materials:
40. KOZASA, Betty.
Betty Kozasa Interview. Interviewer not identified. No date. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
41. KULLI, John (b. 1919). Social work volunteer and board member.
John Kulli Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman.
Topics of interview:
Family background; influence on interest in social welfare; education
at UCLA; career with Sears Roebuck & Co.; work with Community Chest
and United Way as Sears employee; work with Boy Scouts; work with voluntary
youth social agencies; service as board member of Hathaway Home; work with
Portals House as chairman of board; work with Los Angeles Men's Program
in resource development; work with California Youth Authority after retirement;
work with West San Gabriel Valley Mayor's Committee for the Employment
of the Handicapped and Foothill Family Service; work with organizations
such as Management Council; work with Eastside Free Clinic and AIDS patients;
other volunteer work, eg, with disabled; philosophy of volunteer work;
family life; financial donations.
Additional Materials:
1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
2. Invitation to party for 80th
birthday of John Kulli.
42. KURODA, Akira, Reverend (b. 1914). Pastor. Social worker. 
Reverend Akira Kuroda Interview. Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Date of interview: 11-7-95. 1 cassette tape (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 1 hr. 2 copies of transcript of interview: 16 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early religious experiences; formative years; loss of father; entrance
into ministry; move to California; study at Wheaton College; starting a
church in Chicago; aspects of his ministry in the OMS Holiness Church of
North America, eg, social services for Japanese-Americans' relocation after
World War II; experiences in concentration camps for Japanese in World
War II; social adjustments of Japanese-Americans and their churches after
war.
Additional Materials:
43. LANGLEY, Charlotte (b. 1915). Social worker, case worker in children's welfare. Board member of social welfare organizations.
Charlotte Langley Interview. Interviewed by David Kuroda. Dates of interview: 7-8-96; 8-10-96. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 90 minutes (?). Transcript of combined interviews: 27 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; medical social work studies at the University
of Chicago; first positions as social worker; Vista del Mar; work with
Foster Home Department at Vista del Mar; reasons for parallel Jewish and
LA County foster child programs; professional speaking engagements; Child
Welfare League; training programs in southern California; teaching at UCLA
and Wilshire Boulevard Temple; volunteer work; relationship between volunteers
and professionals; professional accomplishments as social worker; changes
needed in field of social work; more on relationship between volunteers
and professionals; personal enjoyment of teaching; pedagogical problems
in teaching of social work, especially specialized training; present observations
on field of social work; United Way; ethics in social work; needed directions
in social work; political leadership; final reflections.
Additional Materials:
44. LOWREY, Millie. Director of social welfare agency.
Millie Lowrey Interview. Interviewed by John Kulli. Date of interview: 9-14-99. No cassette tape. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 19 pp.
Topics of interview:
PART A: Establishment of "LAMP" for mentally ill homeless men and women;
LAMP as model for community-based support service; description of LAMP
Drop-In-Center; focus on allowing homeless to consider and pursue long-range
mental health needs; need for and development of in-house drug recovery
program; development of transitional residences and small businesses; construction
of LAMP village; overview of development of LAMP; efforts at neighborhood
improvement; construction of new permanent housing; different LAMP businesses:
Village Linen Service; Village Laundromat, shower facility, Village Market;
Lamp Lodge (apartment complex); philosophy of LAMP; LAMP program for participants;
policy on medication for program participants; other LAMP beliefs; staff
at LAMP.
PART B: Background of Mollie Lowrey, program director; more on history
and philosophy of LAMP.
PART C: Interviewer's comments on LAMP and Millie Lowrey.
Additional Material:
1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
45. LUDLUM, James. Lawyer. Board member, social welfare and charitable organizations.
James Ludlum Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 7-6-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 58 minutes (approximately). No transcript.
Additional Materials:
1. List of James Ludlum's professional, business,
and civic assignments.
2. 1 CSWA interview form.
3. 1 8 x 10 in. photograph of James Ludlum.
46. MCBROOM, Elizabeth (d. 1997). Professor, USC School of Social Work.
Elizabeth McBroom Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 8-3-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 35 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of interview, along with list of emendations).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; education; early work experience; travel
in Europe; Gray Harbor County Children's Welfare: foster care; work in
State Office in Olympia, Washington; King County Division for Children;
teaching position at West Virginia University; return to Olympia, Washington;
work with Herrick House, Chicago, Ill.; psychoanalytic approach there;
Arlien Johnson and invitation at USC; work with state hospital (Norwalk);
faculty-student relationships at USC; School of Social Work's facilities;
sabbatical on Fulbright in Thailand; Bangkok experiences; Thai social welfare
institutions; association with Thai governmental agencies; doctoral program
at Cal-Berkeley; dissertation re socialization; sabbatical in Virgin Islands;
work with Rancho Los Amigos; sabbatical in Australia; work in Alaska with
Frances Feldman; more on teaching in Australia; USC counseling center;
editor of Social Work Papers; volunteer work after retirement; cancer
studies; anecdote about stay in Thailand; reflections on Henry Maas, dissertation
advisor, and Rino Patti, her student.
Additional Material:
47. MCISAAC, Hugh (b. 1936). Social worker. Director of Family Court
Services, Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Hugh McIsaac Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 8-9-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
48. MCNAMARA, Francis (Frank) (b. 1925). General Manager, United
Way of Los Angeles. 
Frank McNamara Interview. Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Dates of interview: 1-10/23-97; 2-6-97. 3 cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 66 pp.
Topics of interview:
Education; entrance into social work; first community chest campaigns,
in Massachussetts; work with volunteers; work with United Way of Newport
News, Virginia; recruitment of volunteers in Newport News; integration
of blacks into Newport News United Way; work in Rhode Island; Catholic
charities and United Way in Rhode Island; fight against Combined Federal
Campaign on the part of the United Way; merger of United Way in 1963; work
with United Way of LA; problems with United Way in Los Angeles; AID United
Givers; fundraising; creation of structure of United Way of Los Angeles;
leadership structure of Los Angeles United Way; 1968 campaign; allocation
of money; AID lawsuit; distribution of money to regions; selection of board
members; philosophy of leadership; contributions; history of national United
Way; national developments in United Way; United Way International; Brotherhood
Crusade.
Additional Materials:
49. MARTIN, Dorothy.
Dorothy Martin Interview. Interviewed by Helen Maxwell and Henry
Talbert. Date of interview: 6-17-95. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape).
Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
50. MATTICA, Agnes.
Agnes Mattica Interview. Interviewed by Henry Talbert. Date of
interview: 7-14-91. 1 cassette tape (1duplicate tape). Length of interview:
45 minutes. No transcript.
51. MATZEN, Clement (b. 1914). Psychiatric social worker.
Clement Matzen Interview. Interviewed by Tony Lufrano. Date of interview: 5-10-93. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 17 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Donation of materials to CSWA; entrance into social work; studies at
USC in medical social work; work at Camarillo State Hospital; patient treatment
at CSH; work with Veterans Administration and work with mentally ill; doctoral
work at USC; preference for psychiatric social work over teaching; training
of students from USC School of Social Work; philosophy of psychiatric social
work; southern California VA training programs; shock therapy at VA; programs
at VA; retirement; volunteer work after retirement, eg Aids hospice work;
how social work professionals can affect public policies and programs;
changes in social work.
Additional Materials:
52. MILNER, John. Professor of Social Work.
John Milner Interviews. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Dates of interview: 2-15-88; also an unspecified day in February 1988. 4 cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcripts of interviews: #1, 29 pp.; #2, 30 pp.; #3, 32 pp.; #4, 19 pp.
Topics of interview:
Interview #1: Ryther Child Care Center and Children's Protective
Society.
Interview #2: General state of social work in World War II San
Francisco; work with Children's Protective Agency of San Francisco; social
work in U.S. Army during World War II; experiences as inductee and soldier;
psychiatric social work in Pacific Theater; psychiatric social work in
India; establishment of social work in Army; opinion on work of Red Cross
in India and Pacific Theater; contact with Arlien Johnson and entrance
into USC; outstanding students; philosophy of teacher-student relationships;
changes in student-teacher relationship at USC; use of audiovisual aids
in teaching and social work; professional influences; philosophy of teaching;
evaluation of student performances; student evaluations of professor's
teaching; handling of student controversies in early 70s; relationship
between art and practice of social work; other university teaching experiences;
confrontation with racism while teaching at Tulane.
Interview #3: Experiences in foster care; early experiences
in foster care in Idaho; changes in foster care; Head Start; adoption training
program for social workers; practices of California Children's Home Society;
article on American Indian adoptions and Phoenix meeting re same; juvenile
delinquency; training of correctional officials through Delinquency Control
program; training of judges in Idaho; use of audiovisual devices in teaching
and demonstrations; Native American concept of adoption, as seen at Phoenix
meeting; early resistance to taping of social work interviews; film production;
reiterates earlier points re foster care and foster care in Idaho, and
adoptions; more on Delinquency Control Institute; more on training of judges,
Head Start, and use of audiovisual equipment; training films and videos;
consultant on commercial films; study of Jewish Big Brothers; consulting
work. (Note: Pp. 20-21 repeats material on pp. 8-9).
Interview #4: More on consulting work in Phoenix, House of Good
Shepherd; studies for Family Service; volunteer work; pedagogy; consultation
work; recruitment programs for adoption; state and national meetings for
volunteers; foster parents; Junior League volunteers; Roundtable for Children;
Welfare Council; Volunteer Bureau; volunteer work at MacLaren Hall.
Interview with John Milner at Annual Spring Forum of California Social Work Archives. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 4-13-89 (or 87?). 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 11 pp.
Topics of interview:
Description of Los Angeles and USC at time of Milner's arrival in 1946;
description of adoption and foster care practices; foster care institutions;
California Youth Authority; adoption programs throughout state; Delinquency
Control Institute; training programs and studies in Hawaii and Phoenix;
Head Start; use of audiovisual material; training films; teaching at Tulane.
Additional Materials:
53. MOHR, Freda.
Freda Mohr Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview:
11-25-69. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined.
No transcript.
54. MONTELIUS, Marjorie (d. 1996). Social worker.
Marjorie Montelius Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 1-11-91. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1.5 hours. Transcript of interview: 41 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance at USC into social work; public welfare experience with state
of Washington; director of Rosemary Cottage, Pasadena, CA; International
Institute of San Francisco; Fulbright stay in England; studies at University
of Chicago; volunteer work in Oakland, CA; work with Children's Welfare
of San Francisco Public Welfare; teaching of group work, UC Berkeley; work
with war refugees and ethnic groups at International Institute; Fulbright
stay in Hong Kong; Director of Traveler's Aid, San Francisco, CA.
Additional Materials:
55. MUDGETT, Margaret. Social worker. Chair, various California
social welfare organizations.
Margaret Mudgett Interview. Interviewed by Edna Gerstel. Date of interview: 11-3-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 45 minutes. Transcript of interview: 9 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; Community Chest and Girl Scouts; post-war
work with Sorenson Recreation and Youth Services Survey in Los Angeles;
work with Neighborhood Youth Association; Community Activity Aid; later
volunteer work.
Additional Materials:
56. MUNN, Janelle. Director, Los Angeles Unified School District
Mental Health Services.
Janelle Munn Interview. Interviewed by John Kulli. Date of interview: July 1993. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 2 pp., with addendum.
Topics of interview:
Duties with LAUSD; establishment of services and working with various
groups; lack of funding for work; involvement with programs, eg, "Rap Room";
improvement of mental health services in LAUSD; present services and staffing
for LAUSD; relationship between social worker and school psychologist;
philosophy re school mental health services.
Additional Materials:
57. NICKEL, George (1906-1990). Social worker. Corporate director, Beneficial Corporation. Founder of California Social Welfare Archives.
George Nickel Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 5-11-89. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 2 hours (?). Transcript of interview: 24 pp.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; work experiences during college education;
practice field work cases; director of Kern County Relief Administration
during Depression; budget for federal relief program for Kern County; reaction
in Kern County to federal relief; involvement with State Relief Administration
and other organizations; California Conference of Social Work; work as
director of Social Service for the SRA; beginning work with Beneficial
Management Corporation; California model small loan law; development of
consumer credit counseling; present state of consumer credit counseling;
Marshall Field child placement program in World War II; child care for
women workers during World War II (Lanham Act); child care in California
after war's conclusion; return to Beneficial after war; association with
Family Service of LA and National Board of Family Service; proposed merger
of children's social welfare agencies; registration of social workers in
California; work with state legislators on mental health; lobbying Roman
Catholic leaders re child care; activities with National Association of
Social Workers.
Additional Materials:
Helen Northen Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 6-10-87. 1 cassette tape (no duplicate tape, although notation on envelope states one exists). Length of interview: 35 minutes. Transcript of interview: 12 pp.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; education: group work and case work at U.
of Pittsburgh; field instructor at U. of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr;
position at University of Hawaii School of Social Work; position at USC
in School of Social Work; teaching generic practice at USC; Metropolitan
State Hospital Project, Los Angeles NIMH project; leadership in local and
national programs, eg, Campfire girls; major changes in social work practice;
agency vs. private practice; publications; chair of national conference
held in LA in 1967; personal philosophy of social work; future plans.
Additional Materials:
59. ORTIZ, Martin. Sociologist. Director, Center of Mexican-American Affairs.
Martin Ortíz Interview. Interviewed by Elena Garate Eskey and James Blaine. Date of interview: 3-1-95. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
60. OSTOMEL, Maurice (1911-1998). Social worker, gerontology.
Maurice Ostomel Interview. Interviewed by Mareaner Applebaum. Date of interview: 10-30-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 18 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Maurice Ostomel Interview (II). Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 11-31-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Topics of interview by Applebaum:
Education; MSW from Columbia; positions held in social work: American
Red Cross during World War II, Los Angeles Welfare Planning Council, Jewish
Home for the Aged; reasons for entering social work; Committee on Aging
of the Welfare Planning Council; Capital Expenditures Committee of the
Welfare Planning Council; American Association of Social Workers; consolidation
of LA social welfare organizations into LA chapter of NASW; presidency
of LA chapter of NASW; Board of Social work Examiners; work with Jewish
Home for the Aged; innovative programs developed at Home; anecdotes re
Home experiences; auxiliary and support groups for Home; building programs;
Orange County Jewish Home for the Aged; American Association of Homes for
the Aging; Arlien Johnson Scholarship Fund; Charles Schottland and first
White House Conference on Aging; Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
Additional Materials:
61. PANNOR, Harry.
Harry Pannor Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview:
12-7-93. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined.
No transcript.
62. PARAD, Howard, Dr. Professor, USC School of Social Work. Social
Worker. 
Dr. Howard Parad Interview. Interviewed by Dr. Carl Shafer. Date of interview: 4-5-99. 2 cassette tapes. Length of interview: 2.25 hours. Transcript of interview: 19 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Beginnings in social work; education and interest in social work, at
Harvard; World War II experience in medical corps; graduate work in social
work at Boston University; influences leading to doctoral work at Columbia;
nature of social work after World War II; experiences as academic; Dean,
Smith School of Social Work; recruitment of students to social work; recruitment
of minority students to Smith; failure to implement a clinical social work
doctorate at USC; failure of managed care; group therapy; present students'
lack of understanding of history of social work.
Additional Materials:
63. PATTI, Rino. Professor, USC School of Social Work.
Rino Patti Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 1-5/20-95, 3-31-95, 4-21-95. 4 cassette tapes (4 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 5 hours (approximately). Transcript of interview: 48 pp.
Topics of interview:
Family background; BSW education at San Diego State University; MSW
education at USC; work with Veteran's Administration in Ohio; approaches
to treating mentally ill; return to USC for doctoral program; relationship
with Norris Class; position on faculty at University of Washington; development
of program at Washington; personalities of UW faculty; internal politics
of UW Department of Social Work; personal research and accomplishments,
administration and social work education; training of students and management
problems in profession; faculty relations at USC; role of dean at USC School
of Social Work and direction of School; presidency of National Association
of Deans and Directors; Institute for the Advancement for (sic) Social
Work and lobbying efforts; professional social welfare organizations and
political lobbying; strengths of USC's School of Social Work on arrival
as dean; development of Ph.D. program; faculty scholarship; relationship
of scholarship and teaching at USC School of Social Work; creation of "new
culture" in USC's School of Social Work; Social Work faculty in USC government;
community involvement of Social Work faculty; contributions of USC School
of Social Work to University, field of social work, and larger community.
Additional Materials:
64. PAYNE, Grace. Social worker.
Grace Payne Interview. Interviewed by Emita Armi and Henry Talbert.
Date of interview: 10-11-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length
of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
65. PETERSON, Marian. Social worker.
Marian Peterson Interview. Interviewed by Edna Gerstel. Dates of interview: 5-13-87; 8-4-87. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 18 pp. rough draft; note mentions final draft is on diskette, but no diskette with material can be located.
Topics of Interview:
Positions and agencies worked for; work with Los Angeles County; work
with Welfare Planning Council: Welfare Information Service; Community Chest;
private industry needs during World War II for assistance from social welfare
agencies; part-time jobs with social welfare agencies, eg, Children's Bureau
of Los Angeles; MSW at USC; creation of Division of Child Welfare Services
and Department of Adoptions; Community Protective Services; Department
of Public Social Services; reviews thoughts on private industry needs and
child care; legislation for protective services for children; frustration
of politics in public welfare; reflections on work in Welfare Planning
Council: Welfare Information Service; agency studies and practice; commission
of Child Welfare League of America; Child Welfare Agency.
66. PITTS, Donald.
Donald Pitts Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 4-28-91. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1.3 hours. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Discussion of life in the 1930s; McKinley Home for Boys; summer camp
experience; Neighborhood Settlement; U.S. State Department; business experiences;
National Alliance of Business; USC School of Social Work board member.
67. PRITCHARD, Clyde. No material available. See no. 83.
68. PURSUIT, Dan. Social worker. Director of Delinquency Institute.
Dan Pursuit Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 7-26-95. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 55 minutes. Transcript of interview: 23 pp. (3 copies rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Reasons for entering social work; education in social work at Western
Reserve University; probation officer; work with segregated training programs
in U.S. Navy; first employee of Delinquency Control Institute; creation
of DCI; objective of DCI; establishment of DCI teaching program; early
leaders and contributions of USC School of Social Work to program; recruitment
of police officers to DCI classes; other contributors to program; former
directors of DCI; budget roblems; important students of DCI, eg, Ed Davis;
major financial donors and contributors; loss of R. J. Reynolds as a sponsor;
awards and national recognition received by DCI; DCI extension in Hawaii;
backgrounds of students attending DCI; hope for major financial donor;
contributions of Ford Foundation; publications; technique for "brainstorming";
retirement; name change; reasons for success of DCI.
Additional Materials:
69. RAMIREZ, Helen. Social worker, children's welfare.
Helen Ramírez Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 10-11-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1.5 hours. Transcript of interview: 35 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early interest in social welfare; education and work at School of Social
Work, USC; work with Fresno County Department of Public Welfare; LA County
Dept. of Adoptions; establishing ethnic identity of Hispanic children;
changes in LA County Dept. of Adoptions, now Dept. of Children's Services;
open adoptions; road blocks to adoption of minority children; Public Law
96-272; support for families after adoption; single parent adoptions; changes
in family structures and adoption; "developmentally disabled children"
and adoption; bilingual/bicultural unit; future needs of adoption services;
approaches to working with "drug-impacted" children; relationship between
adopted child and adopted family, and birth family; review of changes in
adoption; opposition to open adoptions; adoptions of children into families
with different ethnicity; adoption of children with AIDS; foster parents
and adoption; volume of placement of children; independent adoption; merger
of LA County Dept. of Adoptions with Children's Services of Dept. of Public
Social Services to create Dept. of Children's Services; development of
innovative programs and resources re work with Bureau of Community Resources;
service on board of Family Services Association of America; honors; achievements
as pioneering woman; service on state task forces; changes in practice
of social work; impact of budget cutbacks.
Additional Materials:
1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
70. REGAS, George. Episcopalian priest. Social activist.
George Regas Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 9-19-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
71. REID, Daniel. Social worker.
Daniel Reid Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 5-5-95. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 40 minutes. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social welfare; public welfare: A.D.C.; studies at USC;
placement of patients out of mental hospitals; Family Services of LA; Alice
Overton: casework teacher; first position out of school; Hathaway Home;
Rancho project; USC field work instructor; Bureau of Mental Health After
Care programs; private practice; teaching for USC extension; volunteer
community work; Child Abuse Council; work with judges in court cases; multi-disciplinary
investigation program; problems affecting children; work with children
re judges and investigation program; courses taught at USC extension; workshops
on child abuse; supervised students for San Jose program; hobbies.
Additional Material:
72. REISS, Oscar. M.D. F.A.A.P.
Oscar Reiss Interview. Interviewed by Jean Berlfein . Date of interview: 7-13-86. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Also see entry no. 26, for same interview.
73. RHODES, Kenneth. President of social welfare agencies.
Kenneth Rhodes Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 9-25-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 45 minutes. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
74. RIPLEY, Mary. Social work volunteer.
Mary Ripley Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 5-17-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 50 minutes (Side B only; side A accidentally erased). No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Volunteer efforts to establish mental health services for LA's Asian
community; 1988 Women's Rights March on Washington; changing role of women;
Palos Verdes organization on family planning; National Organization of
Volunteers; Campaign for Heart Association-LA County; role of women; environmental
changes; role of volunteers in social work; use of handicapped persons
as volunteers; social welfare agencies' need for directors of volunteers.
Additional Materials:
1. Typed outline of interview, by John Milner.
75. ROBERTS, Robert W. (b. 1932). Professor and Dean, USC School of Social Work.
Robert W. Roberts Interview. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Length of interview: 7-25-93. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 3 hours (approximately). Transcript of interview: 48 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; social workers as role models; early life
and education; MSW at Cal-Berkeley; first position; work with Jewish Family
Services; work as research associate; doctoral studies at Columbia; teaching
at University of Chicago; publications; job offer from USC; move to Los
Angeles; director of undergraduate education at USC School of Social Work;
opinion of MSW program at USC; assistant dean under Maurice Hamovitch;
work as Dean of School of Social Work; relationship with Maurice Hamovitch;
fiscal problems; renewed emphasis on research; development of programs
to help meet university budgeting requirements; developments in social
work curriculum during deanship; adjustments during era of shrinking budgets
in the 1980s; faculty requirements and commitment to community; experience
teaching in foreign universities; activities during retirement; changes
in profession of social work; separation between social work agencies and
schools of social work.
Additional Materials:
76. RUDERMAN, Martin (b. 1907). Community planner. State relief
official.
Martin Ruderman Interview. Interviewed by Maurice Ostomel. Date of interview: 5-22-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 90 minutes. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
1. Curriculum Vitae.
2. 1 5 x 7 in. photograph of Martin Ruderman.
77. SACHS, Ralph (b. 1911). M.D. Public health. 
Ralph Sachs Interview. Interviewed by Frances Feldman. Date of interview: 4-27-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 26 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Recruitment to LA's Commission on Public Health Care; polio immunization;
lack of facilities and money for LA's Commission on Public Health Care;
development of health center clinics; clients of clinics; combining of
city and county health departments; work as executive officer in City Health
Department; views on combining of city and county health departments; work
after leaving City Health Dept.: nursing homes, Ford Foundation in India;
work with University of Hawaii School of Public Health and Administration;
work with world Health Organization; more on work in Hawaii; begins position
as deputy of public health activities for Los Angeles County; problems
in programs in LA public health programs; investigation into nursing homes;
activities with elderly during his retirement; new program for elderly
in LA County; work with Visiting Nurses Association and Health Foundation;
contributions of a public health official to voluntary social agency; need
for coordinating council for social welfare agencies.
Additional Material:
Arnold Saltzman Interview. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview: 1-23-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
1. Letter dated 1-30-95 from Arnold Saltzman to Ben Cohen
re interview.
2. Resume and biographical information.
3. 1 5 x 7 in. black and white photograph of Arnold Saltzman.
79. SARNAT, Rhoda (b. 1915). Social worker. Field Work Director, USC School of Social Work.
Rhoda Sarnat Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 10-20-98. 1 cassette tape (1duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour, 15 minutes (approximately). Transcript of interview: 25 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early life and family background; undergraduate studies at UCLA in
psychology; interest in social work stimulated by Helen Gruenberg; graduate
school in social work at University of Chicago; work with Jewish social
Service Bureau of Chicago; work under supervision of Esther Shouer; marriage
to Bernard Sarnat; move to St. Louis with husband; birth of first child
and reduced work; relationship with housekeeper; return to California in
1955; private practice with The Psychological Service Center of Los Angeles;
role as student advisor at USC School of Social Work, beginning in 1962;
Director of Field Work at USC; relationship with Dean Malcolm Stinson and
Josephine di Paolo, Director of Field Work; work as Director of Field Work;
work with Senior Health and Peer Counseling, after retirement; work with
Older Persons in a Carin Atmosphere; docent at LA Zoo; Rhoda Sarnat Prize
of the Mental Health Section of the Institute of the National Academy of
Sciences; Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat Endowment in USC School of Social Work;
Rhoda Sarnat Lectureship at School; work with National Association of Social
Workers; lectureship at Los Angeles Home for the Jewish Aged; contributions
to student loan fund at the University of Chicago; financial contributions
to the Hamovitch Research Center; establishment of Sarnat Center at Brandeis
University for the Study of Anti-Jewishness; reflections on career in social
work.
Additional Materials:
80. SCHINDLER-RAINMAN, Eva (d. 1996). Professional in social work
training. 
Eva Schindler-Rainman Interview. Interviewed by Charlotte Langley. Date of interview: 1-10-92. 2 cassette tape (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 90 minutes. Transcript of interview: 30 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Education and entrance into social work; early social work before professional
training; influence of parents on her participation in social work; work
with Family Service; work on MSW; work with mentally ill during studies;
position with Girl Scouts; work at UCLA and development of programs; doctoral
work at USC; work in field of "voluntarism"; work in New York City on "Metropolitan
Critical Areas Project"; publications on voluntarism; founder of International
Association for Volunteer Education; direction of voluntarism; funding
for volunteer programs; opinion on merging of "Points of Light" with National
Volunteer Action Program"; connection between social work and volunteer
work; main developments in social work; views on diversity; role of volunteers;
need for volunteers in schools of social work; other areas where volunteers
needed; lesson of voluntarism; contributions of volunteers.
Additional Materials:
81. SCHOTTLAND, Charles Irwin (d. 1995). Social Security Commissioner.
Dean of School of Social Work, Brandeis University. President, National
Association of Social Workers.
Charles Irwin Schottland Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 1-6/7/8-87. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 3.5 hours (approximately). Transcript of interview: 69 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Background; California State Relief Administration; elevation to position of Social Security Commissioner; career and developments in California State Dept.
of Social Welfare; problems and issues of merit system; social work education,
including UC-Berkeley's undergraduate programs in Economics Department
and establishment of two year program at USC; categorical public assistance
programs; OAS; George McClain; Myrtle Williams; adoptions; role of volunteers
in adoption and in licensing of social workers; importance of social policy;
social workers' approaches to shaping social policy; contributions of California
Social Welfare to rest of nation.
Additional Materials:
Maurice and Marjorie Schwarz Interview. No interviewer listed. Date of interview: 7-11-89. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
83. SELBY, Lola. Social worker. Professor of social work.
Lola Selby Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 9-21-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 45 minutes. Transcript of interview: 16 pp. (2 copies of rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into social work; first positions as a social worker (during
Depression); Teaching positions: University of Iowa, USC; work with field
agencies; Chicano program; major university responsibilities; experience
in Great Britain; development of program at USC (generic program); opinions
of current social work practices.
Additional Materials:
84. SHAFER, Carl (d. 2000). Social worker, private practice. Social agency
director. Professor of social work.
Carl Shafer Interview. Interviewed by Milton Goldberg. Date of interview: 5-18-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour. Transcript of interview: 15 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Entrance into field of social work; specialization in studies at USC
School of Social Work; early social work positions; Jewish Big Brothers;
Foothill Family Service; entrance into private work; doctoral studies at
USC School of Social Work; courses taught as faculty member at USC School
of Social Work; combination of teaching and private social practice as
faculty member; changes in approaches to work with children; social work
and changes in families since World War II; depth of social problems in
modern society; place of social work and its values in modern society;
volunteer work; experiences with public social welfare organizations; other
family members in social work; reflections on career in social work and
on social work itself; reflections on important persons in field of social
work.
Additional Materials:
85. SHAKELY, Jack. President, California Community Foundation.
Jack Shakely Interview. Interviewed by Kay Bixby. Date of interview: 5-30-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 40 minutes (approximately). No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Creation of California Community Foundation; move from Peace Corps
to non-profit mental health (and other) organizations; implications of
withdrawal of public funds from non-profit social welfare agencies, especially
under Reagan Administration; observations on future of non-profit organizations.
Additional Material:
86. SHAW, Ann, Doctor. University teacher. Social worker. Board
member and president, social welfare and other organizations.
Ann Shaw Interview. Interviewed by Ann Shaw (?). Date of interview: 5-26-93. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
87. SHON, Mary Lee. Social worker.
Mary Lee Shon Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 5-12-99, 8-30-99. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: 1.5 hours. Transcript of interview: 36 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early life; discrimination against Asian-Americans in Los Angeles;
undergraduate studies at USC; beginning social work with County Bureau
of Indigent Relief; first Korean-American relief worker in California;
death of father; social work with Methodist churches; work with Koreans,
eg, interpreting; marriage; growth of Korean population in Los Angeles;
family experiences; death of husband; experiences of children; work as
teacher after death of husband; development of LA Unified curriculum on
Asian-Americans; final anecdote.
Additional Materials:
88. SOLOMON, Barbara. Professor,USC School of Social Work. University
administrator.
Barbara Solomon Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Dates of interview: 4-21/26-95, 5-3-95. 4 cassette tapes (4 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 69 pp.
Topics of interview:
4-21-95 interview: Background and entrance into field of social
work; graduate studies in social work at Cal-Berkeley; minority students
in program and financial aid; after graduation, work with VA Hospital in
Houston; medical social work at M.B. Anderson Cancer Hospital; move to
California, work with VA Hospital at Wadsworth; doctoral program at USC
School of Social Work; joins faculty at USC School of Social Work; teaching
responsibilities; tenure requirements and pressures; faculty relations
in promotion process; faculty and curriculum changes; emphasis on well-rounded
education in social work studies at USC; Affirmative Action at USC; innovative
thinking in social work field on question of diversity.
4-26-95 interview: Research on Black empowerment in the community;
methodology of empowerment; research projects; courses in ethnic studies
and relationship to diversity in society; creation of mutual points of
reference in diverse society;
5-3-95 interview: More on research and teaching; changes in
curriculum; experiences in field work during doctoral program and curriculum
changes; incorporation of ethnic issues into studies; experiences in England
and Kenya; influence of visits on views of diversity and social work in
the workplace; influence of background in social work on work as university
administrator; direction of USC School of Social Work, eg, research; goals
as university administrator re social work research; Social Work Centers
of Excellence; place of School of Social Work in "Strategic Plan of University".
Additional Materials:
89. STAINBROOK, Edward (b. 1912). Director of Psychiatric Department,
LA County USC General Hospital. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
USC School of Medicine.
Edward Stainbrook Interview. No interviewer and no date. No cassette
tapes. No transcript. One statement re move to California, association
with Arlien Johnson School of Social Work, etc. 1 curriculum vitae.
90. TALBERT, Henry.
Henry Talbert Reminiscences. September 1995. Two videotapes.
91. SU GI. Tetsu
Tetsu Su Gi Interview Interviewed by Edna Gerstel. Date of interview: 2-12-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 37 minutes. Transcript.
92. TIDBALL, Aneita. Social worker.
Aneita Tidball and Clyde Pritchard Interview. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 1979. 1 cassette tape (1duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
Discussion of their professional social work experiences in Idaho,
Chicago, Washington, and California, 1934-1970; pioneering efforts, eg,
in Idaho, in public welfare programs during Depression.
Additional Materials:
93. TOLL, Ethel (d. 1995) and Maynard. Director, family and children
social welfare organizations.
Ethel and Maynard Toll Interview. Interviewed by Kay Bixby, with Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 8-4-87. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
94. WEINSTEIN, Marvin. Social worker, mental health services. Director of Portals House.
Marvin Weinstein Interview. Interviewed by Rhoda Sarnat. Date of interview: 11-26-91. 1 microcassette. Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
95. WHITE, Carmelita (1908-1995). Social worker. First African-American
graduate of USC School of Social Work.
Carmelita White Interview. Interviewed by Nancy Jefferson and Marcia Wilson. Date of interview: 6-24-93. 1 videocassette.
Additional Materials:
96. WILSON, Gertrude (1895-1984). Social worker. Professor of Social
Work.
Gertrude Wilson Interview. Interviewed by Ruth Middleman. Date of interview: 8-11-82. 1 videocassette. Length of interview: 44 minutes 30 seconds. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
1. Obituary from NASW California News.
2. NASW-Los Angeles Area Chapter release about Institute on Group Work's
Contribution to Family Work, with Gertrude Wilson.
3. Newspaper articles re career and accomplishments of
Gertrude Wilson in area of group work.
4. Undated black and white photographs with unidentified
persons (other than Gertrude Wilson); sizes range from 3.5 x 2.5
in. to 10 x 8 in.
97. WILSON, Honora. Medical social worker. Administrator, hospital social work department.
Honora Wilson Interview. Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch. Date of interview: March 1995. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 21 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript).
Topics of interview:
Development of interest in social work; studies at School of Social Work, USC; comments on Pauline Young; assignment to Welfare Dept.; USC professors; activities at USC; positions in social work during Depression; work with Frieda Mohr and Jewish Family Services; study at Smith's psychiatric school; work with Family Service of Cincinnati; return to LA and decision to return to Cincinnati for work; move back to LA to work for Family Service; work with City of Hope; changes in hospital's admittance policy; relationship with City of Hope's board of directors; Shirley Wilson, assistant director at City of Hope; research project; fundraising; hiring of rabbi at City of Hope; departure from City of Hope and work for Jewish Information Services; work for "Rancho".
Additional Materials:
98. WU, Frances, Dr. Social worker. Director of retirement home.
Frances Wu Interview. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 6-2-99. 1 cassette tape. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 35 pp.
Topics of interview:
Early childhood in China; education; escape to Taiwan after Communist
takeover of mainland China; study at McGill University; social work in
New York with disturbed delinquent children; work at home for disturbed
children in Michigan; reasoning behind job changes; problems of older Chinese
refugees in United States; reasons for move to LA; doctoral studies at
USC School of Social Work; organizing of Chinese-American Golden Age Association;
loan applications for building for Chinese-American Golden Age Association;
racial makeup of home for elderly of Chinese-American Golden Age Association;
size of staff; board of directors; development of condominiums; Golden
Age Village; prices of condominiums; HUD restrictions on finances; salary
and personal finances; donations to education; activities for Golden Age
Village residents; age of residents; Home Owner Association; acknowledgement
of debt to USC School of Social Work.
Additional Materials:
99. YELDER, Josephine. Professor of Social Work. Consultant, social welfare task forces.
Josephine Yelder Interview. Interviewed by David Kuroda. Dates of interview: 11-1/23-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1.6 hours (approximately). No transcript.
Additional Materials:
100. ZISKIND, Lou. Social worker.
Lou Ziskind Interview. Interviewed by Marjorie Schwarz. Date of interview: 8-11-93. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Topics of interview:
State Relief Agency; Big Brothers; Jewish Center of Personal Service;
Gateways; building of new hospital; expansion of services to include mental
health services: addiction, teenage problems.
Lou Ziskind Interview (II). Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Date of interview: 5-14-97.
1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: undetermined. No transcript.
Additional Materials:
