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| Title: | University of Chicago. Woodlawn Social Services Center. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1960-1984 |
| Size: | 10 linear feet (14 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Woodlawn Social Services Center (also called SSC, or the Social Services Center) was established in 1969 as a branch of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Social Service Administration. SSC sought to centralize the provision of social services in Chicago's Woodlawn neighbourhood while remaining active in social work education and research. This collection contains committee minutes, correspondence and memoranda, conference proceedings, grant and project proposals, maps and blueprints, publications, reports, syllabi, and student work. Material addresses the founding of SSC and the implementation of its academic and community programs between 1961 and 1984. |
Series III contains budgets and faculty appointment letters that are restricted for 50 years. This series also contains student grades and evaluations, restricted for 80 years; and client case files, restricted for 80 years.
The remainder of the collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Woodlawn Social Services Center. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
The Woodlawn Social Services Center (also known as SSC, or the Social Services Center) was a branch of the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Social Service Administration. Founded in 1920 to continue the work of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, SSA had became a model for innovation in social work education by the 1960s.The establishment of the SSC in 1969 represented one such initiative, combining professional education and research with social welfare in Chicago's Woodlawn neighbourhood.
Woodlawn, the neighbourhood immediately south of the University of Chicago, is bounded north to south by 60th and 67th Streets and west to east by King Drive and Lake Michigan. Originally a working-class white and immigrant area, racial tensions and declining housing conditions caused "white flight" during the 1950s. Escalating gang warfare contributed to the departure of middle-class African-Americans, and by the 1960s Woodlawn was one of Chicago's poorest and most dangerous neighbourhoods. Subsequent plans to expand the university campus southward put the University and Woodlawn communities at odds.
These conditions prompted SSA to stabilize and strengthen relations with Woodlawn residents. The Woodlawn Social Services Center, located behind SSA at 61st Street and Drexel Avenue, was funded by federal agencies and the University. SSC sought to centralize the provision of social services. By housing child care, employment and legal aid, and a health clinic under one roof, it hoped to better evaluate and address Woodlawn's specific needs. SSC also forged relationships with local groups such as The Woodlawn Organization (TWO). TWO, initially formed to oppose University expansion and promote the community's "self-determination," became responsible for nominating a residents' advisory committee to help develop SSC programs and policies.
This collection is divided into three series:
Series I: Administration, contains correspondence, grant proposals, maps and blueprints, minutes, publicity material, and reports, related to the establishment of the SSC. Material spans 1960-1970.
Series II: Programs, contains material related to SSC courses and community projects. It includes committee minutes, conference proceedings, correspondence, proposals, publications, reports, syllabi, and student work. It spans 1961-1984.
Series III: Restricted, contains restricted budget materials, case work files, faculty appointments and evaluations, and student grades.
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University of Chicago. School of Social Service Administration. 1956-1969
University of Chicago. School of Social Service Administration. 1969-1978
Series I: Administration |
This series contains correspondence and memoranda, grant proposals, maps and blueprints, minutes, publicity material, and reports, related to the establishment of the SSC. Material spans 1960-1970.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Advisory Board minutes, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Aid to Families with Dependent Children, grant proposal, 1967 |
| Box 1 Folder 3-4 | Audio-visual equipment, invoices and information, 1967-1968 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Brieland, Donald, correspondence, 1967-1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Building regulations, 1969 |
| Box 1 Folder 7-10 | Building specifications, 1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 1-2 | Building specifications, 1968 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Chicago Board of Health, correspondence, 1968-1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Child Welfare Facility, progress report, 1965-1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 5-9 | Child Welfare Research Grant, proposals, 1966-1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Computation Center, accounts and memoranda, 1968-1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), grant proposals, 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 1-3 | Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), grant proposals, 1966-1968 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Development and planning, memoranda and reports, 1969 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Fact sheet, 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Fact sheet, revised, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Federal programs information, 1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Fundraising and gifts, correspondence, 1967-1969 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | "Goals of the Center," 1966 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Grants, forms and instructions, 1965-1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Grant proposal, circa 1965-1966 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Groundbreaking information, 1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Hausner and Mascai Architects, correspondence, 1966-1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, correspondence, 1968-1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Interior and furniture, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Maps, circa 1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | New Haven, Berkeley, and Washington models for development, 1967-1970 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Personnel applications, 1966-1969 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | "Profile of the South Madison Urban Renewal Project," 1966-1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Progress report, 1967-1968 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE), grant proposal, 1967 |
| Box 4 Folder 12-15 | Publicity and press releases, 1960-1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Report to Governor Ogilvie, 1971 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Rosenheim, Margaret, memoranda and proposals, 1966-1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | "Roxbury Multi-Service Center: Its Operations and Clientele," 1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Staff meeting minutes, 1967-1970 |
| Box 5 Folder 5-6 | "A Summary of the Social Services Center Project," circa 1968-1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Telephone services, memoranda, 1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | University of Chicago architect, memoranda, 1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | University of Chicago Law Department, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | University of Chicago Office of legal Counsel, correspondence, 1968-1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | University of Chicago Women's Board, memoranda, 1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | "The Western Reserve University Service Program," 1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | "The Woodlawn Mental Health Center: A Community Mental Health Center Model," 1966 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | Chicago Department of City Planning, map of South Side Section 15, 1964 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | Chicago Department of City Planning, map of South Side Section 16, 1964 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | Hyde Park-Kenwood Urban Renewal Project, map, 1960 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | SSC floor plan, 1964 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | SSC floor plan, 1967 |
| OVRZ Folder 1 | SSC preliminary landscaping map, 1967 |
Series II: Programs |
This series is divided into four subseries:
Subseries 1: Committees, contains meeting minutes and reports generated by faculty committees, 1965-1970.
Subseries 2: Curriculum and Field Work, contains syllabi and teaching materials, proposals and reports on curriculum development, and field work information and reports. It includes admissions information and student work. Material spans 1967-1981.
Subseries 3: Urban Community Problems Seminar, 1968-1969, contains student papers presented at this seminar during the 1968-1969 school year.
Subseries 4: Other Agencies and Projects, contains correspondence, proposals, and reports related to SSC's community involvement and its partnerships with other social welfare organizations. It includes conference proceedings and publications relevant to social welfare policy. Material spans 1961-1984.
Subseries 1: Committees |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Ad-hoc Committee, 1969 |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | Day Care Committee, 1969-1970 |
| Box 5 Folder 16-17 | Faculty Committee, 1967-1968 |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Public Assistance Committee, 1967 |
| Box 5 Folder 19-20 | Subcommittee on Educational Design, 1966-1969 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Visiting Committee, 1965-1969 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Woodlawn Coordinating Committee, 1968 |
Subseries 2: Curriculum and Field Work |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Applications, 1972 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Brown, Edwin G., C.V., undated |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Class schedules, 1969-1970 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Cohen, Josh, field work notes, 1971 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Cohen, Josh, memorandum, 1973 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Community work placements, correspondence, 1967 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Course bibliographies, 1971 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Course reading lists, 1968-1970 |
| Box 6 Folder 11-16 | Curriculum development, proposals and reports, 1968-1970 |
| Box 6 Folder 17 | Diagnostic assignments, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Education progress report, 1968 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Exam questions, 1967-1968 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Faculty identification cards, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 4-5 | Field work, interviews and questionnaires, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Field work, minutes, 1969 |
| Box 7 Folder 7-11 | Field work, placements and planning information, 1968-1970 |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | "Generalist Methods" course assignments, 1967-1970 |
| Box 7 Folder 13-14 | "Generalist Methods" course notes, 1968-1969, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 15 | Generalist Program, history, 1972 |
| Box 7 Folder 16-17 | Generalist Program Materials Handbook, 1979-1981 |
| Box 8 | Folders1-2: Generalist Program, teaching materials, 1971-1972, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 3-4 | Generalist Program, minutes, 1970-1973 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Generalist Program, report, 1973 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | "Group Methods" syllabus, 1969 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | "Group Teaching in Field Instruction," undated |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Hudson, Walter, dissertation proposal, 1970 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Hudson, Walter, papers on research methods, 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Lieberman, L., seminar notes, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Schwartz, Arthur, research plan, 1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | SSC retreat scehdule, 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Special Educational Program for Experienced Workers ("March Program"), registration, 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Student registration questionnaire, 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 6-9 | Student project proposals, 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Student recommendations for the program, 1969 |
Subseries 3: Urban Community Problems Seminar, 1968-1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Seminar materials |
| Box 9 Folder 12-15 | Paper titles and abstracts |
| Box 9 Folder 16 | "Administration in a Public Assistance Agency," Memra Taylor |
| Box 9 Folder 17 | "Agency X," Helen Kinney |
| Box 9 Folder 18 | "Agency X," Marjorie Mayo |
| Box 9 Folder 19 | "Black News Media" |
| Box 9 Folder 20 | "Block Clubs in Woodlawn," Bette Jo Row |
| Box 9 Folder 21 | "Chicago's Excluded Child Phenomenon," Vernon Hanson |
| Box 9 Folder 22 | "Child Welfare and Family Services in Woodlawn," Janet Bruin |
| Box 9 Folder 23 | "The Community Family Health Center," Jonas Bagdonas |
| Box 9 Folder 24 | "A Community Mental Health Center," Carole Alexander |
| Box 9 Folder 25 | "Considerations Re: A Mental Health Agency in the SSC," Craig Nicholson |
| Box 9 Folder 26 | "Cook County Public Assistance," Jacqueline Jackson |
| Box 9 Folder 27 | "Day Care Center," Sarah Trice |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | "The Day Care Program of Woodlawn SSC," Kerry Dilson |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | "Developing a Mental Health Agency in a Deprived Community," Evelyn Angert |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | "Emergency and Information Referral Components of SSC," William Goss |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | "Employment Training," Gail Seeman |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | "Formulation of a Day Care Facility," Jean Ames |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | "Gangs in Woodlawn," Jeremiah Killey |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | "General Health and Hospitals," |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | "Group Services: Chicago Boys Club, Parkway Community House, YMCA," William Williams |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | "Housing and Urban Renewal," Joan Beerhalter |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | "Joint Youth Redevelopment Committee," George Wagner |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | "Legal Aid," N.C. Dent |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | "The Legal Aid Agency in Woodlawn SSC," Elsa Benham |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | "The Legal Aid Component of the Woodlawn SSC," Charles Brown |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | "Legal Services in Woodlawn," Susan Felder |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | "Maternal and Child Health in Woodlawn," Lorraine Wallach |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | "Mental Health," Elissa Martino |
| Box 10 Folder 17 | "Mental Health Agency Model," Wilford Hepburn |
| Box 10 Folder 18 | "Model Cities for Woodlawn: A Source of Conflict," Vivian Golan |
| Box 10 Folder 19 | "Narcotic Addiction," John Green |
| Box 10 Folder 20 | "Parent Groups Concerning Education," Joan Pechanec |
| Box 10 Folder 21 | "Plan for the Public Aid Agency at the SCC," Francisco Collazo |
| Box 10 Folder 22 | "Plans for a Health Agency in the Woodlawn SSC" |
| Box 10 Folder 23 | "Police and the Woodlawn Community," Charles Andrew Pfeiffer |
| Box 10 Folder 24 | "Proposal for the Medical Center," Bernice Kimbrough |
| Box 10 Folder 25 | "Proposal for a Mental Health Agency," Jane Weinberg |
| Box 10 Folder 26 | "Public Aid in the Social Services," Sheldon Stolowich |
| Box 10 Folder 27 | "Public Assistance in the SSC," Jimmy Rush |
| Box 10 Folder 28 | "Public Assistance in Woodlawn," William Harrell |
| Box 10 Folder 29 | "Services Available Through the Woodlawn Urban Progress Center," Sharon Marston |
| Box 10 Folder 30 | "Tutoring Projects in Woodlawn," Larry Drill |
| Box 10 Folder 31 | "Woodlawn Church Research," Adrienne Dianne Kraft |
| Box 10 Folder 32 | "The Woodlawn Experimental Schools Project," Jacqueline Crawford |
| Box 10 Folder 33 | "The Woodlawn Organization," Kathleen Billups |
| Box 10 Folder 34 | "Woodlawn Services Council, 1961-1968," Carole Moller |
| Box 10 Folder 35 | "Woodlawn Welfare Rights Organizations," Paulette Wolfson |
Subseries 4: Other Agencies and Projects |
| Box 10 Folder 36 | "Behaviour Research Action in the Social Sciences (BRASS)," correspondence, 1984 |
| Box 10 Folder 37 | Berkeley Community Social Service Project, report, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Brandeis conference, proceedings, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | "Black Identity and the Helping Person," 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Center for Urban Studies, colloquium, 1969 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Center for Urban Studies, report, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | "Changing Race Relations: Impact On and Implications For Jewish Casework Agencies," 1964 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Chicago Alcoholic Treatment Center, annual report, 1965 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Chicago Child Care Society, report, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Chicago Economic Development Corporation, Second Progress Report, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, annual report, 1968-1969 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | Child Welfare Conference, proceedings, 1968 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | City of Chicago Model Cities Program, correspondence, 1973 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Columbia University Planning Committee, survey, 1967 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Community relations, correspondence, 1967 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | "A Community Study: East Woodlawn Problems, Programs, Proposals," 1963 |
| Box 11 Folder 15 | Cook County Department of Public Aid, report, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 1-2 | Component agencies, memoranda and minutes, 1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Computer Science Summer Institute, registration, 1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Day Care Services in Woodlawn Conference, proceedings, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | "Factors Associated With Potential Use of Casework Service," 1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 6-7 | Family Resource Center, proposals and fundraising, 1983-1984 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | "Federal Day Care Requirements," 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | Fifth Ward Health Committee, health center proposal, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | Hyde Park-Kenwood community organizations, correspondence and data, 1962-1965 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, budget, 1970 |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | Illinois Department of Corrections, Juvenile Division, statistical summary, 1969 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | Illinois Department of Public Aid, proposal, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Mandel Legal Aid Clinic and United Charities, correspondence and reports, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Maternal and Child Care Center, casework, 1967 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago, public meeting, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | "Proposals for Social Welfare Testing Project," 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | Service Agencies Council of Woodlawn, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | "The Social Power of the Negro," 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | SSC data bank, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | Three-Schools Conference, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | United Charities, correspondence, 1967-1968 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | "Urban Dynamics," proposal draft, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | VA Hospitals, brochure, 1968 |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | Welfare Council, publications list, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 13 | Woodlawn Experimental Schools, project overview, 1967 |
| Box 13 Folder 14 | The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), clippings and correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 15-16 | Woodlawn Service Program Final Report, 1972 |
| Box 13 Folder 17 | YWCA, correspondence, 1969 |
| Box 13 Folder 18 | "Zupstan Proposal for Perinatal Health," 1967 |
Series III: Restricted |
This series contains restricted budget materials, case work files, faculty appointments and evaluations, and student grades.
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Budget, 1966-1970 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | Case work files, 1967-1968 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | Faculty appointment, 1968 |
| Box 14 Folder 4-6 | Faculty evaluations, 1967-1969 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Legal aid correspondence, 1968-1969 |
| Box 14 Folder 8-9 | Research associate appointments, 1969 |
| Box 14 Folder 10-13 | Student grades, 1968-1972 |