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| Title: | Gyarfas, Mary. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1955-1977 |
| Size: | 2 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Mary Gyarfas (1920-2004) Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA), mid-1950s - late-1970s. The collection contains material relating to courses Gyarfas taught while at UC, faculty meeting notes and correspondence, and various publications, both by Gyarfas herself and those relating to the SSA more broadly. Of particular interest are the collected papers presented at the Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium. Also contained in the collection are materials relating to Gyarfas’ involvement in a number of professional organizations, including The National Association of Social Workers and the Council on Social Work Education. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Gyarfas, Mary. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Mary Gyarfas (1920-2004) was a professor at the University of Chicago in the school of Social Service Administration (SSA) from the mid-1950s to the late-1970s. In addition to the classes she taught, Gyarfas was an active member of many of the administrative committees of the school. She was involved in the Casework Sequence Committee, the Curriculum Policy Committee, and a number of various subcommittees convened to discuss important topics in the field of social services at the time.
The Mary Gyarfas Papers are organized into three series: Series I: Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers; Series II: University of Chicago; Series III: Professional Organizations. The majority of the collection is contained in Series II – materials relating to Gyarfas’ time as a professor at the University of Chicago. The collection also contains correspondence, reports, casework, papers, meeting minutes, curricula notes, and coursework.
Series I, Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, contain seven papers, written by invited lecturers from around the country. These papers were not formally published at the time, though they were later collected into Theories of Social Casework, published by the University of Chicago.
Series II, University of Chicago, contains material relating to Gyarfas’ position as a professor at UC. The series is divided into five subseries. The first, Casework, contains correspondence, notes, and paper drafts relating to the Casework Sequence Committee. This committee, composed of twenty-two faculty and twelve students, convened in order to structure the course of classes and fieldwork in order to acquaint students to casework in the field of social services. The second subseries, Course, relates more widely to the classes taught by Gyarfas while at UC. This subseries contains reading lists, assignments, and notes on the doctoral seminars led by Gyarfas. The third subseries, Curriculum, contains material relating to the Curriculum Policy Committee. Contained are position statements on curriculum advancement from a number of faculty members, student surveys, and general correspondence relating to curricular issues. The fourth subseries, Faculty, contains faculty meeting minutes and notes as well as faculty evaluations. Additionally, this subseries contains notes relating to the Social Service Review, the faculty published journal from the SSA. The final subseries, Reports, contains reports on child development published by various departments at the University of Chicago. Also included are reports on fieldwork and a proposal for the new Social Services Center.
Series III, Professional Organizations, contains contain documents relating to the professional organizations that Gyarfas was involved in. Specifically, it contains publications and correspondence relating to the National Association of Social Workers, The Council on Social Work Education, and the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Series IV, Restricted Material, contains student references and evaluations to which access is restricted for 80 years.
Series I: Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #1, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #2, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #3, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #4, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #5, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #6, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Charlotte Towle Memorial Symposium Papers, Folder #7, 1969 |
Series II: University of Chicago |
Subseries 1: Casework |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Accreditation Committee, Casework, 1971 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Objectives of the Casework Sequence, 1964 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Casework, 1970-1973 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Casework Sequence Material, 1974 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Field Instruction, 1970 |
Subseries 2: Courses |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Seminar on Field Instruction, 1940-1959 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Class Assignments, 1963-1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Bibliographies, Folder #1, 1964-1967 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Bibliographies, Folder #2, 1964-1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Personality and Socialization, 1967-1970 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Advance Social Treatment Course Objectives, Hovda, 1971 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Doctoral Seminar, 1975 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Minutes of Seminar Sessions, Seminar on the Care of the Child, 1977 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Review of Seminar Sessions, September 27, 1976 |
Subseries 3: Curriculum |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Curriculum, 1967-1974 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Curriculum Policy, 1969-1974 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Position Statements for Casework and Curriculum, 1966-1972 |
Subseries 4: Faculty |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Faculty Minutes, Folder #1, 1955-1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Faculty Minutes, Folder #2, 1955-1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Faculty Meetings, 1966-1975 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Memos from Faculty, 1968-1975 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Evaluation of Faculty, 1968-1971 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Social Service Review, 1970-1971 |
Subseries 5: Reports |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Project Report, “An Analysis of Recent Changes in Federal Policy on Children and Youth,” Seminar on the Care of the Child, 1977 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Project Report, “Characteristics of Abused Children in Relation to Matched Controls…,” Seminar on the Care of the Child, 1977 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Project Report, “Before Home Start: Notes Toward a History of Parent Education in America, 1897-1927,” Seminar on the Care of the Child, 1977 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Report of the Conference on the Use of Social Science Data in the Formulation of Policy on Children, 1977 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Social Services Center, 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Group Teaching in the Field, 1969-1970 |
Series III: Professional Organizations |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | National Association of Social Workers, SSA, 1959-1971 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | NASW, Schwartz, 1962-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | National Association of Social Workers, Annual Program, 1966-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | CSWE, 1966-1975 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | HEW, 1970 |
Series IV: Restricted Material |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Student References and Evaluations, 1969-1970 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | 412, Casework, 1967 |