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| Title: | Perlman, Helen Harris. Papers |
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| Dates: | circa 1910s-1998 |
| Size: | 14.5 linear feet (26 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Helen Harris Perlman (1906-2004), social work educator and author, served on the faculty of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration from 1945 to 1971. Her integration of psychoanalytic theories and clinical experience contributed to the development of the "Chicago School" of social service practice. The Helen Harris Perlman Papers include correspondence, teaching materials, scholarly and creative writings, administrative records, artifacts, memorabilia and audio-visual material. Also included is a small collection of papers related to Helen Harris Perlman's husband, Max S. Perlman. |
Series II: Subseries 4 contains evaluative student records. This material is restricted until 2052.
Series IX: Audio-Visual Materials, does not include access copies for audio and video recordings. Researchers will need to consult with staff before requesting material from this series.
The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Perlman, Helen Harris. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Helen Harris Perlman (1906-2004), social work educator and author, served on the faculty of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration from 1945 to 1971.
After graduating with a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota in 1926, Perlman was told she would have difficulty finding work in the humanities because she was Jewish. She turned to social work, finding a summer job as a caseworker with the Chicago Jewish Social Service Bureau. She continued to focus on social casework and treatment while attending the New York School of Social Work. After earning a master's degree from Columbia University, she joined the faculty of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration in 1945.
Perlman's integration of psychoanalytic theories and clinical experience contributed to the development of the "Chicago School" of social service practice. At a time when, long-term, in-depth psychotherapy was the most popular approach to treatment, Perlman advocated short-term treatment and "partialization," in which the caseworker sought to help solve small problems that in turn related to the client's more complicated social and emotional issues. In 1957, she published Social Casework: A Problem Solving Process, now a basic text in social work education. Her other books on social work practice and education include Persona: Social Role and Personality (1968); So You Want to Be A Social Worker (1970); Helping: Charlotte Towle on Social Work and Casework (1970); Perspectives in Social Casework (1971); Relationships: The Heart of Helping People (1979); and Looking Back to See Ahead (1989). Perlman also contributed dozens of essays and scholarly articles to journals of education, social welfare, and public policy.
Within the School of Social Service Administration, Perlman was a popular teacher who led courses on casework, human behavior and personality development. She also taught courses on minority children, the position of women and children in utopias, and developed a "Great Ideas" course in social work. She served on SSA committees related to educational objectives and faculty status. Within the broader scope of the University of Chicago, Perlman served on administrative committees on the arts and educational curricula. Perlman was well-known in the university community for her contributions to amateur theatrical productions and campus events, such as the Quad Club Revels.
Perlman was a cultural groundbreaker at the University of Chicago: In 1951, her short story "Twelfth Summer" was published in the New Yorker. She used this occasion to protest a new policy that mandated that faculty contribute a portion of their outside earnings to the University of Chicago; Perlman asserted that this event finally "broke the back" of this policy. In 1970, Perlman was the first woman
to address the annual dinner of the university's faculty and Board of Trustees. Her speech on the role of women in universities was acclaimed in the campus community, and reprinted for many years afterward.
In addition to "Twelfth Summer," and the humorous pieces she composed for campus events, Perlman wrote other works of short fiction, essays and poetry throughout her life. Many of her pieces were published in newspapers, magazines and journals. She was interested in writing as therapy, and contributed to journals on therapeutic poetry. Her book of memoirs, the Dancing Clock and Other Early Childhood Memories, was published in 1989
Perlman was active in professional organizations, and received honorary awards from the Council on Social Work Education, the National Association of Social Workers, and the Association of Clinical Social Workers. She also received honorary degrees from Boston University, University of Central Florida, and University of Minnesota.
At the University of Chicago, Perlman was honored with the President's Award and the Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professorship. The School of Social Service Administration established the Helen Harris Perlman Visiting Professorship in honor of her contributions.
Helen Harris Perlman's husband, Max S. Perlman, was a University of Chicago alumnus and social work administrator. During World War II, he worked with the American Joint Distribution Committee to aid Jewish refugees. From 1945 to 1971, he served as Assistant Director of the Jewish Federation of Chicago, a social welfare institution dedicated to the Jewish community.
The Helen Harris Perlman Papers include correspondence, teaching materials, scholarly and creative writings, administrative records, artifacts, memorabilia and audio-visual material. Also included is a small collection of papers related to Helen Harris Perlman's husband, Max S. Perlman.
Series I: General Correspondence, includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with educators, researchers and social workers, mainly those outside the University of Chicago. Also included is correspondence with friends, students, mentors, publishers, and university colleagues. Correspondence in this series spans the years 1938-1998.
Series II: Teaching, contains course notes, bibliographies, syllabi, case records, readings, assignments, and other material from courses taught by Perlman from the 1940s-1990s. Most of these courses are in the area of either social casework or human growth and behavior, and were taught at the School of Social Service Administration. Also represented is Perlman's teaching of short courses, workshops, institutes, and special topics.
Series III: Published Writing, Research and Notes, contains manuscripts, drafts, notes, outlines, reprints, pamphlets, reviews, periodicals and related correspondence. This series spans the years 1927-1995, and includes Perlman's professional writing on social work, as well as creative fiction, essays and poetry.
Series IV: Unpublished Writing, contains manuscripts and drafts of Perlman's professional and creative pieces that she identified as incomplete or unpublished. Related notes, outlines and correspondence are also included. Material in this series spans the years 1927-1994, and the files are organized alphabetically by title, format or subject.
Series V: Administration and Professional Activities, documents Perlman's administrative relations with the School of Social Service Administration and the University of Chicago in general, as well as her activities with other institutions and professional organizations. Material in this series consists primarily of correspondence, spans the years 1945-1994, and is arranged alphabetically by organization.
Series VI: Degrees and Awards, documents Perlman's academic degrees, honorary doctorates and professional awards. Material in this series spans the years 1926-1992, and includes academic hoods, plaques, certificates, diplomas, clippings, press releases, correspondence, and speech drafts.
Series VII: Personal, includes biographical files, as well as material related to Perlman's family and early education. Material in this series spans the years 1910s-1995.
Series VIII: Max S. Perlman contains personal papers of Helen Harris Perlman's husband, as well as some material related to his death and memorial. Material in this series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, speeches and publications, an outline of the development of the Jewish Federation, certificates, awards, and biographical material. Material in this series dates from 1935-1996.
Series IX: Audio-Visual Materials, includes audio and video recordings from 1963-1990. Included are recordings of interviews and speeches, as well as audio-visual teaching aids for social work educators.
Throughout the collection, Helen Harris Perlman's later annotations are found on documents. Her annotations were made circa 1980s-1990s, and often provide contextual information or personal reflections about the documents.
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
Browse finding aids by topic.Series I: General Correspondence |
This series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with educators, researchers and social workers, mainly those outside the University of Chicago. Also included is correspondence with friends, students, mentors, publishers, and university colleagues. Files in this series are arranged into one set of chronological files, spanning the years 1938-1983, and one set of alphabetical files, spanning the years 1963-1998.
This series contains only a small fraction of Perlman's correspondence. Larger amounts of correspondence are included in Series II-VI, filed with other related documents.
| Box 1 Folder 1-11 | Chronological files, 1938-1978 |
| Box 2 Folder 1-2 | Chronological files, 1980-1983 |
| Box 2 Folder 2-10 | Alphabetical files, 1963-1998 |
Series II: Teaching |
This series contains course notes, bibliographies, syllabi, case records, readings, assignments, and other material from courses taught by Perlman from the 1940s-1990s. This series is divided into four subseries.
Subseries 1: Social Casework, includes files from courses taught at the School of Social Service Administration in this broad area in which Perlman specialized. Files are organized by course number when identified. Materials from multiple courses are found in some files.
Subseries 2: Human Growth and Behavior, also includes files from courses taught at the School of Social Service Administration, representing another area in which Perlman specialized. As in Subseries 1, files are organized by course number when identified, and materials from multiple courses are found in some files.
Subseries 3: Special Courses, Institutes and Lectures, includes material from courses Perlman taught at other institutions, as well as special courses she taught at the University of Chicago. Included in this subseries is material from her course on utopias and social welfare; preparatory material and notes for a course in "Great Ideas" in social work; material from outside courses in collaboration and fieldwork supervision; and several lists of her lectures, seminars and short courses.
Subseries 4: Restricted, consists of one folder of course material including student grades.
Additional materials related to Perlman's study and teaching of human behavior, casework and social welfare are found in Series IV.
Subseries 1: Social Casework |
| Box 2 Folder 11-13 | SSA 300-301, assignments, bibliographies and case records, 1963-1972 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | SSA 300-301 and 323-324, case records and bibliographies, circa 1957-1967 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | SSA 310, case records and course notes, 1958-1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | SSA 311-312, case records, 1961-1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 3-4 | SSA 312 and 430, supervising casework, case studies and problems, circa 1960s |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | SSA 330 and 331, syllabus, course notes and readings, 1945-1957 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | SSA 330 and 412, case records, circa 1940s-1950s |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | SSA 402-405, short-term casework, case records, circa 1960s- 1970s |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | SSA 410-411, case records, circa 1940s-1960s |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | SSA 410-411, case records, circa 1940s-1960s |
| Box 4 Folder 2-4 | SSA 420-421, casework for group workers, case records, circa 1945-1965 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | SSA 500, assignments and course notes, 1973 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | SSA 510, casework seminar, case records, 1963-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 7-9 | SSA 512, the role concept in social casework, assignments, readings and course notes, 1961-1971 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | SSA 512, casework seminar, minutes, assignments and lecture notes, 1964-1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | SSA 512, casework seminar, student papers, 1966 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | SSA 530, role theory, course notes, 1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | SSA 534, casework theory seminar, case records, 1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Psychotherapy and casework, course notes, circa 1950s |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Termination, course notes, circa 1950s-1960s |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Dependency, course notes, circa 1960s |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Role of client and caseworker, course notes, circa 1960-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Role concepts, course notes, circa 1963 |
| Box 5 Folder 9-10 | Course notes, 1950-1972 |
| Box 6 Folder 1-4 | Course notes, 1970-1975 |
| Box 6 Folder 5-8 | Course notes, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 9-10 | Case records, circa 1940s-1960s |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Assignments, 1968-1971 |
Subseries 2: Human Growth and Behavior |
| Box 6 Folder 12-13 | SSA 370, Personality and Socialization, bibliographies and syllabi, 1966-1973 |
| Box 6 Folder 14-16 | SSA 371, The Minority Child, course development material, course notes and assignments, 1967-1971 |
| Box 6 Folder 17 | SSA 372, adulthood, course notes and assignments, 1970 |
| Box 6 Folder 18 | SSA 428, assignments, 1974 |
| Box 7 Folder 1-3 | Human behavior and social environment, course development material, course notes and assignments, 1957-1973 |
| Box 7 Folder 4-8 | Human growth and development, course notes, 1959-1965 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Stress and crisis, course notes, 1966 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Middle age, course notes, 1967-1972 |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Role, course notes, 1969 |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Marriage and family, course notes, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Motivation and change, course notes, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Parenthood, course notes, circa 1970 |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Personality structures and functions, course notes, 1974 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Defenses and coping, course notes, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Syllabi and bibliographies, 1967-1974 |
Subseries 3: Special Courses, Institutes and Lectures |
| Box 8 Folder 3-5 | Great Ideas in Social Work, course development material and course notes, circa 1961-1979 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | SSA 488, Utopias and Human Welfare, course development material, circa 1973-1979 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | SSA 488, Utopias and Human Welfare, Thomas More, course notes and assignments, circa 1975-1980 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | SSA 488, Utopias and Human Welfare, Plato, course notes, circa 1975-1980 |
| Box 8 Folder 9-14 | SSA 488, Utopias and Human Welfare, course notes, circa 1970s- 1990 |
| Box 9 Folder 1-3 | SSA 488, Utopias and Human Welfare, course notes, circa 1970s- 1990s |
| Box 9 Folder 4-8 | Institutes, seminars and workshops on supervising and teaching field work, course notes, minutes and syllabi, 1946-1982 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Institute on collaboration and inter-disciplinary teams, course notes, bibliographies and readings, 1961-1982 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Short courses on problem-solving in social casework, bibliography and course notes, 1968-1973 |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Lists of lectures, seminars and short courses, 1971-1990 |
Subseries 4: Restricted |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | SSA 300, course notes, assignments and student records, 1966- 1972 |
Series III: Published Writing, Research and Notes |
This series contains material related to Perlman's published writing. Material in this series spans the years 1927-1995, and includes Perlman's professional writing on social work, as well as creative fiction, essays and poetry. This series is divided into two subseries.
Subseries 1: Books and Articles, is arranged alphabetically by title. Material in this subseries includes manuscripts, drafts, notes, outlines, reprints, pamphlets, reviews, periodicals and correspondence. This subseries includes files on books such as Social Casework and Persona: Social Role and Personality; articles written for social welfare and public policy journals; short stories including "Twelfth Summer;" biographical writing about Charlotte Towle; and autobiography and memoirs.
Subseries 2: Subject File, contains notes, outlines and correspondence regarding Perlman's publications, as well as reprints and reviews. A small number of manuscripts and drafts are also found. This subseries contains drafts and print copies of Perlman's speech about the place of women in universities, as well as correspondence commenting on the content and significance of the address. Also included are book and manuscript reviews; poetry; Perlman's work as a student and young professional; and files of notes and outlines on topics in casework and psychoanalysis.
Material related to Perlman's unpublished professional and creative work is found in Series IV.
Subseries 1: Books and Articles |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | "The Adolescent and the Community," University of Chicago Round Table, 1955 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | "An Approach to Social Work Problems: Perspectives on the Unmarried Mother on AFDC," 1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | "Are We Creating Dependency through Our Public Assistance Programs?" 1951 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | "Can Casework Work?" 1969 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | "Casework is Alive and Well and Living at the School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago," 1972 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | "Casework is Dead," 1967-1995 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | "Children in Exile," 1977 |
| Box 11 Folder 8-13 | The Dancing Clock and Other Childhood Memories, 1989-1990 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | "Diagnosis Anyone?" 1957-1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | "Family Diagnosis in Cases of Illness and Disability," 1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | "Help to Parents of the Mentally Retarded Child: A Diagnostic Focus," 1965 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Helping: Charlotte Towle on Social Work and Social Casework, 1969-1991 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | "I Was Charlie Chaplin's Wife," 1984 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | "In Quest of Coping," 1966-1975 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Looking Back to See Ahead, 1989-1991 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | "Niagara Falls is a Terrible Place to Go," 1956-1966 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | "A Note on Sibling," 1967 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | "On the Teaching of Social Policy," 1965 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Persona: Social Role and Personality, 1966-1976 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Perspectives on Social Casework, 1971-1987 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | "The Problem-Solving Model," 1970-1971 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Relationship: The Heart of Helping People, 1978-1991 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | "Role Concept and Social Casework: Some Explorations," 1960- 1962 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | "Self-Determination: Reality or Illusion," 1965 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | So You Want to Be a Social Worker, 1961-1991 |
| Box 13 Folder 7-10 | Social Casework, 1957-1974 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | "Social Casework in Social Work: Its Place and Purpose," 1973 |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | "Social Diagnosis Leading to Social Treatment," 1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | "Some Distinctions in Social Casework," 1955 |
| Box 14 Folder 2-3 | "A Study of Casework Problems," 1934 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | "A Tribute to Charlotte Towle," 1966 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | "Twelfth Summer," 1950-1988 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | "Unmarried Mothers, Immorality and the ADC," 1962-1963 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | "Where Can They Go for Guidance?" 1959 |
Subseries 2: Subject Files |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Address to the 50th annual dinner of the Board of Trustees of The University of Chicago for members of the faculties, 1970-1971 |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | Casework, 1937-1980 |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | Casework Notebook, 1957-1990 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | Casework teaching, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | Casework and social work misapprehensions, circa 1980s-1990s |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Continuity in adulthood, circa 1982-1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Crisis intervention, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Ego, circa 1940s-1960s |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Environmental modification, circa 1973-1975 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Family, circa 1980s-1990s |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Fees in social work, 1941-circa 1970s |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Harris, Irving B., 1990-1993 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Human behavior and social environment, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | Intake, 1949-1971 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | Interpretation, circa 1960s |
| Box 15 Folder 11 | New York School of Social Work, Student Unit in the Bureau of Child Guidance, 1941-1945 |
| Box 15 Folder 12 | Poems, Chicago Evening Post, 1927-1928 |
| Box 15 Folder 13 | Reprints, 1977-1993 |
| Box 15 Folder 14-15 | Reviews of books and manuscripts, circa 1948-1989 |
| Box 16 Folder 1-2 | Reviews of books and manuscripts, circa 1948-1989 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Social work as a profession, 1961-1966 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Student work and early professional writing, 1931-1942 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | University of Chicago Press, 1956-1975 |
| Box 16 Folder 6-7 | Unmarried mothers, circa 1960s-1970s |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | White House Conference "To Fulfill these Rights...," 1965 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Women in universities, 1991 |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | Work roles, circa 1960s-1970s |
Series IV: Unpublished Writing |
This series contains manuscripts and drafts of Perlman's professional and creative pieces that she identified as incomplete or unpublished. Related notes, outlines and correspondence are also found. Material in this series spans the years 1927-1994, and the files are organized alphabetically by title, format or subject.
Included in this subseries are scripts and occasional verse from amateur theatrical productions and campus events; short fiction and essays; poems; a diary; work on an intended revision of Social Casework; and drafts and compilations of writing for Notes from the After-Life, a book on aging and dying.
| Box 16 Folder 11 | "The Boy Who Got Lost," circa 1927-1930 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | "But Do You Talk to Your Children?" circa 1968 |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | Camping essays for parents, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 14 | "Casework and the Case of Chemung County," undated |
| Box 16 Folder 15 | "Casework with the Client's Environment," circa 1974 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Commencement speeches, 1974-1991 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Coping, 1966-1973 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Diary, 1970-1995 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | "I Was a Middle-Class Middle-Aged Mink-Coat Buyer," circa 1960s |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Latke-Hamentash debate, 1975 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | "The Lecture as a Method in Teaching Casework, Revisited," 1951- circa 1970s |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | "Lost Boy," 1960 |
| Box 17 Folder 8-9 | Memorials, tributes and retirements, 1962-1994 |
| Box 17 Folder 10-16 | Notes from the After-Life, 1964-1995 |
| Box 18 Folder 1-11 | Notes from the After-Life, chapters and excerpted writing, circa 1968-1993 |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | "Note on 'Classroom Teaching of Psychiatric Social Work'," 1949- 1982 |
| Box 18 Folder 13 | "A Note on Foster Families," circa 1960s |
| Box 18 Folder 14 | "An Open Letter to a Black Ex-Friend," 1965 |
| Box 18 Folder 15 | "Plane from Porto Rico," 1962 |
| Box 18 Folder 16 | Poetry and notes, 1927-1993 |
| Box 18 Folder 17 | Position statements, circa 1950s-1968 |
| Box 18 Folder 18 | "School Days, School Days..." undated |
| Box 18 Folder 19 | Sketches, 1959-1965 |
| Box 19 Folder 1-6 | Social Casework, proposed revision, circa 1971 |
| Box 19 Folder 7-8 | Speeches, 1961-1995 |
| Box 19 Folder 9-11 | Theatrical productions and campus entertainment, 1951-1978 |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | Untitled, Freud and treatment in casework, circa 1950s- 1960s |
| Box 19 Folder 13 | "Uses of Remembering," undated |
| Box 19 Folder 14-15 | "Waiting Room," 1972 |
| Box 19 Folder 16 | "We Monkeyed Around - And That's How It Was," undated |
| Box 19 Folder 17 | "What Should I Pray For?" circa 1990s |
| Box 20 Folder 1-3 | "Women and Children First - But Not in Utopia," 1993-1994 |
Series V: Administration and Professional Activities |
This series documents Perlman's administrative relations with the School of Social Service Administration and the University of Chicago in general, as well as her activities with other institutions and professional organizations. Material in this series consists mainly of correspondence, but also includes newsletters, minutes, and publications.
Perlman's work on SSA and university-wide committees is represented in this series, as are her teaching awards, development activities, and negotiations regarding salary and work responsibilities. Also found in this series are files on her board member work for the American Orthopsychiatric Association and Boston University; consulting projects for Hong Kong University and Hallmark; and contributions to the 1966 White House civil rights conference "To Fulfill these Rights..."
Material in this series spans the years 1945-1994, and is arranged alphabetically by organization.
| Box 20 Folder 4 | American Orthopsychiatric Association, correspondence and newsletters, 1993-1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Boston University School of Social Work, Board of Visitors, correspondence and minutes, 1976-1981 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Hallmark, correspondence, 1992 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Hong Kong University Department of Social Work assessment, correspondence, 1973-1974 |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | University of Chicago, arts programming and committees, 1971- 1972 |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | University of Chicago, Committee on Educational Review, 1970- 1971 |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | University of Chicago, education and curriculum committees, 1950- 1971 |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | University of Chicago, Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professorship, 1966-1971 |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Charlotte Towle Memorial Fund, 1978 |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Committee on Objectives and Design for Education, 1970 |
| Box 20 Folder 14 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, correspondence, 1945-1974 |
| Box 20 Folder 15 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, curriculum, 1982 |
| Box 20 Folder 16 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Faculty Status Committee, 1980 |
| Box 20 Folder 17 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Faculty Status Committee, 1980 |
| Box 20 Folder 18 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, Helen Harris Perlman Lectures, 1981-1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 19 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, publicity and promotion, 1990-1996 |
| Box 20 Folder 20 | University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, salary and appointments, 1950-1976 |
| Box 20 Folder 21 | White House Conference "To Fulfill these Rights...," 1965 |
Series VI: Degrees and Awards |
This series documents Perlman's academic degrees, honorary doctorates and professional awards. Material in this series spans the years 1926-1992, and includes academic hoods, plaques, certificates, diplomas, clippings, press releases, correspondence, and speech drafts.
| Box 21 | Two academic hoods, undated |
| Box 21 | Council on Social Work Education, Significant Lifetime Achievement Award, plaque, 1992 |
| Box 21 | National Association of Social Workers, Presidential Award for Excellence in Social Work Education, plaque, 1990 |
| Box 21 | University of Chicago, Helen Harris Perlman Visiting Professorship in Clinical Social Work, plaque, 1995 |
| Box 21 | University of Chicago, President's Award, medal, 1976 |
| Box 21 | Award certificates and clipping, 1965-1990 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | University of Minnesota, diploma, teaching certificate and awards, 1926-1967 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Columbia University and New York School of Social Work, diplomas, 1939, 1943 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | University of Chicago, Samuel Deutsch Distinguished Service Professorship, press release, 1971 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Award certificates, clippings and press releases, 1971-1996 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Boston University, honorary doctorate, clippings, correspondence and programs, 1974 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Boston University, honorary doctorate, correspondence and certificate, 1974 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | University of Central Florida, honorary doctorate, citation, 1990 |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Council on Social Work Education, Lifetime Achievement Award, remarks by Julia M. Norlin, 1992 |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | National Association of Social Workers, Presidential Award for Excellence in Social Work Education, correspondence, 1990-1991 |
Series VII: Personal |
This series includes biographical files as well as material related to Perlman's family and early education. Biographical material includes clippings, curricula vitae, bibliographies, biographical publications and autobiographical notes. Other material in this series includes photographs of Helen Harris Perlman and Max S. Perlman; family correspondence; childhood and college writing; correspondence regarding retirement; a family friend's M.F.A thesis; material related to the deposit of Perlman's papers; and a catalog from an exhibition on the history of the SSA. Material in this series spans the years 1910s-1995.
Most material related to Max S. Perlman is found in Series VIII.
| Box 22 Folder 10-16 | Clippings, curricula vitae, bibliographies, biographical publications and autobiographical notes, 1922-1994 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Helen Harris Perlman and Max S. Perlman, photographs, circa 1910s-1982 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Childhood writing and family correspondence, 1918-1919 |
| Box 23 Folder 3-4 | College writing, 1924-1926 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, newsletters, 1967-1977 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Retirement, correspondence, 1971 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, deposit of personal papers, correspondence and notes, 1981 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Christopher Dietrich Yu, "Tuning Up: First Poems," M.F.A. thesis, University of Virginia, 1990 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | "Innovations and Innovators: The School of Social Service Administration's Contribution to Direct Practice Social Work," University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center exhibition, program, 1995 |
Series VIII: Max S. Perlman |
This series contains personal papers of Helen Harris Perlman's husband. The first part of this series consists of a set of correspondence files, arranged alphabetically and dating from circa 1940s-1970s: Included is incoming and outgoing correspondence, primarily of a professional nature and relating to fund-raising and collaboration among Jewish philanthropies.
Also included in this series are speeches and publications, an outline of the development of the Jewish Federation, certificates, awards, biographical material, letters of congratulations on his birthdays and retirement, and materials from his funeral and memorials.
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Correspondence, A-B, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 23 Folder 11 | Correspondence, C-F, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 23 Folder 12 | Correspondence, G-H, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 1 | Correspondence, J, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 2 | Correspondence, K-L, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 3 | Correspondence, M-N, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 4 | Correspondence, O-S, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 5 | Correspondence, T-W, circa 1940s-1970s
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| Box 24 Folder 6 | Financial and travel material, 1935-1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Speeches and articles, circa 1945-1960 |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | "Organization and Development of the Jewish Federation," outline, circa 1960s |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Certificates and awards, 1943-1961 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Birthdays and retirement, correspondence, 1963-1971 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Curriculum vitae, 1992 |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Memorial and funeral arrangements, 1994-1996 |
Series IX: Audio-Visual Materials |
Series IX: Audio-Visual Materials, includes audio and video recordings from 1963-1990. Included are recordings of interviews and speeches, as well as audio-visual teaching aids for social work educators. Items in this series are organized by format. The accessibility of the media is not known.
| Box 24 Folder 13 | "Conversations on Casework with Helen Harris Perlman," three cassette tapes, 1978 |
| Box 24 Folder 14 | "Conversations from Wingspread: The Importance of Work," cassette tape, 1979; unidentified cassette tape, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 15 | "Looking Back toward Looking Forward," Boston College, videocassette, 1985 |
| Box 25 | "Conversations on Casework with Helen Perlman," four VHS videocassettes, circa 1990 |
| Box 25 | "Conversations on Casework with Helen Perlman: The Problem," two ¾" Umatic videocassettes, circa 1990 |
| Box 25 | Interview with Helen Harris Perlman by Maria McMahon, East Carolina University School of Social Work, VHS videocassette, circa 1988 |
| Box 25 | Central Florida University, honorary degree and commencement address, VHS videocassette,1990 |
| Box 26 | "Changing Perspectives on Man," video reel tape, 1976 |
| Box 26 | Council for Social Work Education, five audio reel tapes, 1963 |
| Box 26 | Casework client interviews, two audio reel tapes, circa 1960s |
| Box 26 | Interviews with Helen Harris Perlman, audio reel tape, circa 1960s |
| Box 26 | "Parenthood and Personal Change," From the Midway, audio reel tape, 1969 |