Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Division of Social Work, Marion Hathway Files, University of Pittsburgh Creator
Hathway, Marion
Collection Number UA.90.18.1 Extent
7.2 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date 1930-1938 Abstract This collection
documents the development of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work from 1930 to
1938. Language
English . Author Edward Sites and Marianne Kasica. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address
University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Related Material
The University Archives Personal Files contains an information folder on Marion Hathway
which contains news clipping, photographs and short manuscripts.
The Marion Hathway Papers are located at the Social Welfare History Archives, University of
Minnesota Libraries (https://www.lib.umn.edu/swha).
Arrangement
These files are largely in the original order and with original file headings.
Custodial History
This collection was discovered in March of 2012 in a passageway on the 21st floor of the
Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. The passageway was behind a sealed
panel of a room that served as the Office of the Dean of the School of Social Work from its
earliest days until 1992. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Edward Sites, Professor Emeritus of the
School of Social Work, began the task of cleaning and organizing the collection. He
deposited this collection in the University Archives in March of 2014 and provided much of
the historical and biographical context of the description herein.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection,
but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are
therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when
publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the
creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Acquisition Information
Deposited in the University Archives by Edward W. Sites, Professor Emeritus, on behalf of
the School of Social Work Dean's Office, on March 6, 2014.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Scope and Content Notes This collection documents in detail the development of the School of Social Work from its
predecessor: the Division of Social Work in the Department of Sociology. Much of this
details the process that led to the School's development and accreditation. There is also
significant information on the research and training in social work in Pittsburgh during the
1920's through the 1940's.
History
The School of Social Work began very modestly as a set of courses in sociology and a social
work training program administered in the School of Economics (later the Business School).
It was eliminated from that school in 1921 and re-established in 1926 as part of the
Department of Applied Social Sciences. The School of Social Work grew out of the Department
of Sociology's graduate level program in training social workers. It was called the Division
of Social Work. Marion Hathaway was hired as an assistant professor of sociology in 1933 but
taught classes in this graduate, professional training course in Social Work.
Chronology:
1926 – Manuel C. Elmer becomes head of the Pitt Department of Sociology
1931 – Division of Social Work first organized as a separate unit. The degree that students
earned was Master of Arts in Social Work.
May, 1932 – Correspondence begins with the American Association of Schools of Professional
Social Work (AASPSW). The secretary of the Association was Mary Burnett of the Department of
Sociology at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
January 1933 – The Division of Social Work makes formal application for membership in the
AASPSW. The president is Dr. M. J. Karpf.
February 1933 – AASPSW President Phelps writes raising questions about whether the
University of Pittsburgh meets the requirements for membership. He raised 6 fundamental
questions.
July 1933 – Dr. Marion Hathway joins the faculty of the Department of Sociology at Pitt as
an assistant professor
July 19, 1933 – Pitt submits a revised application for membership to the AASPSW.
December 6 - 10, 1933 – Dr. Karpf makes a site visit to Pitt. He meets with Drs. Elmer and
Hathway among others.
December 1933 – Dr. Karpf writes to the Family Society of Allegheny County regarding field
work problems and the School responds to issues raised by Dr. Karpf
May 1934 – Pitt submits further documentation in support of its application for membership
in the AASPSW. in June Marion Hathway responds further to questions raised by the AASPSW
July 1934 – Marion Hathway is appointed Assistant Director of the Division of Social Work
and the AASPSW Committee reviewing Pitt's application for membership decides to grant the
School's admission to the Association.
October 17, 1934 – Marion Hathway further responds and outlines Pitt's progress in meeting
recommendations of the AASPSW
January, 1935 – Pitt's reports to the AASPSW. the enrollment is 252 students (232 women and
29 men).
Previous Citation
Division of Social Work, Marion Hathway Files, University of Pittsburgh, 1930-1938,
UA.90.18.1, University Archives, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Division of Social Work, Marion Hathway Files, University of Pittsburgh, 1930-1938,
UA.90.18.1, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Subjects Corporate Names American Association of Social Workers American Association of Schools of Social Work Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh. Graduate School of Social Work --
Faculty University of Pittsburgh -- Curricula University of Pittsburgh. Graduate School of Social Work --
History Genres Correspondence Clippings (Information artifacts) Other Subjects Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Social work education -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Container List Abbot, Edith
Containers box 1 , folder 1 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence between Marion Hathway, Assistant Director Division of Social Work,
University of Pittsburgh and Miss Edith Abbott, Dean of the Graduate School of Social
Service Administration, University of Chicago – April, 1933 - January, 1937
Contents:
Letters of reference; Negotiations for the publication in book form of Marion Hathway's
doctoral dissertation, "The Migratory Worker" by the University of Chicago Press;
Recruitment for faculty and community agency vacancies in Pittsburgh; Discussion of
arrangements for Dean Abbott to speak in Pittsburgh; Discussion of public welfare reform
in Pennsylvania; Discussion of training of "emergency relief workers" by schools of
social work; Mention of Pitt social work program extensions in Erie and New Castle in
1934
Administration , July, 1933 – March, 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 2 Scope and Content Notes Includes Hathway's 1933 letter of acceptance of appointment as Assistant Professor of
Sociology in the College; Correspondence urging faculty to support the fund raising
effort on behalf of the "Complete-the-Cathedral Campaign."; Correspondence on behalf of
Miss Pauline Redmond, the first Urban League Fellow "to take a degree in social work.";
Correspondence regarding subsequent appointments of Miss Hathway to the faculty; A
letter to Chancellor John G. Bowman in October, 1937 regarding the forthcoming
accreditation site visit by Mr. W. I. Newstetter of Case Western Reserve University on
behalf of the American Association of Schools of Social Work of which Miss Hathway was
the secretary and a member of the Association's Executive Committee; Confidential
memoranda detailing the agenda of faculty meetings of "the College"
Advertising
Containers box 1 , folder 3 A - General Correspondence
Containers box 1 , folder 4 Scope and Content Notes Responses to inquiries regarding the Division of Social Work or study at Pitt;
Invitations to speak and invitations to speakers; Brief exchange with Grace Abbott;
Information on requirements for admission to study social work in about 10 other
universities; Information on several national conferences; Responses to requests for
referrals to fill social work positions; Miscellaneous correspondence on a variety of
other subjects.
American Association of Schools of Social Work, Application for
Admission , May 1932-October 1935
Containers box 1 , folder 5 Advisory Committee, Division of Social Work , 1931-1938
Containers box 1 , folder 6-7 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence from leading social agency executives responding to an invitation to
serve on the Division of Social Work's Advisory Board; Drafts of lists of prospective
Board membership; Notes of discussion topics for meeting addenda; Draft list of
membership of Committee on Policy; Reports of October, 1933 and March, 1934 meetings of
the Advisory Committee; List of membership of Case Work Committee; Lists of Advisory
Committee members; Invitations to and responses from persons invited to serve on
Division of Social Work's Advisory Committee; November 1936 Summary of Agency Conference
on Field Work Minor.
Advisory Committee on Group Work , December 1931-March 1932
Containers box 1 , folder 8 Scope and Content Notes List of Advisory Committee on Group Work membership; Invitations to and responses from
agency personnel in the community inviting them to serve on the Advisory Committee.
Advisory Committee on Medical Social Work , October 1931-March 1934
Containers box 1 , folder 9 Scope and Content Notes List of Advisory Committee on Medical Social Work members; Program from the Dedication
of Falk Clinic, September 28, 1931; Handwritten notes from a speech apparently given in
connection with the dedication of Falk Clinic; Invitations to and responses from agency
personnel in the community inviting them to serve on the Medical Social Work Advisory
Committee.
Advisory Committee on Policy
Containers box 1 , folder 10 Allegheny County Board of Assistance , 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 11 Scope and Content Notes List of Allegheny County Board of Assistance offices and personnel; Copy of study
completed by Belle B. Glosser titled "Applications for Old Age Assistance from Residents
of Public Institutions in Allegheny County"
Allegheny County Emergency Relief Board , 1933-1938
Containers box 1 , folder 12 Scope and Content Notes Minutes and notes of meetings among state, county and university representatives
regarding training of emergency relief workers in Allegheny County; Lists of students
placed for training in various ACERB offices; Related correspondence; Marion Hathway's
syllabus for course "The State and Social Welfare"
ACERB – Correspondence , February 1934–February 1937
Containers box 1 , folder 13 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence among such persons as Marion Hathway, Nell Scott, Bess Long, George
Mills, Esther Goodyear and Ruth Camblon
American Association of Schools of Social Work Course Outlines , 1932-1936
Containers box 1 , folder 14 Scope and Content Notes American Association of Schools of Social Work Minimum Curriculum adopted at the
December 1932 Meeting of the AASSW; American Association of Schools of Social Work News
Letter, January 1, 1936. Sophonisba P. Breckinridge appears to have been the editor.
Syllabi for: Psychiatry in Social Work, Social Work and the Law, Basic Case Work,
Public Welfare Administration, Social Statistics, Medical Courses for Social Workers,
Labor Problems, Community Organization, Child Welfare, Field Work, Basic Course in
Psychiatry, Field Instruction in Group Work.
American Association of Schools of Social Work, Correspondence , January 1935-April 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 15 Scope and Content Notes General correspondence with such persons as Mildred Mudgett, Sophonisba Breckinridge
and Marion Hathway; Program from Annual Meeting of the American Association of Schools
of Social Work at the YWCA in New Orleans January 27-29, 1938. This was the meeting at
which Pitt's application for membership in the Association (the term for accreditation)
was acted upon. Sophonisba Breckenridge was the Association's president and Marion
Hathway was its secretary.
American Association of Social Workers , 1932
Containers box 1 , folder 16-17 Scope and Content Notes Memorandum from Karl de Schweinitz; Multiple copies of a reprint promoting the American
Association of Social Workers; Marion Hathway's correspondence and telegrams regarding
AASW business nationally and in Pennsylvania; Correspondence regarding civil service
coverage of social workers in Pennsylvania; Proposed requirements for admission of group
workers to membership in the American Association of Social Workers; Organizational
matters of the American Association of Social Workers; Extensive correspondence on
requirements for membership in the American Association of Social Workers;
Correspondence regarding standards for acceptance under AASW's membership requirements
of courses in schools of social work.
American Association of Social Workers, Pennsylvania Division , January 1934-February 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 18 American Association of Social Workers, Pittsburgh Chapter , January 1934-February 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 19 Scope and Content Notes Minutes of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Pennsylvania Division of the American
Association of Social workers; Membership lists of the Pittsburgh Chapter, PA Div.,
AASW; Reports of the Committee on Public and Private Relief; Fiscal data on City of
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
American Association of University Professors , October 1935-May 1937
Containers box 1 , folder 20 American Association of University Women, , September 1934-July 1936
Containers box 1 , folder 21 Scope and Content Notes AAUW, Pittsburgh Branch membership list 1934 – 1935; Correspondence regarding a
research study.
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees , June 1936-January 1937
Containers box 1 , folder 22 Scope and Content Notes Minutes and correspondence regarding the establishment of a "merit system" or civil
service system in Pennsylvania; Data on number of employees in various departments of PA
state government; Number of employees in all of PA government 1919–1933.
American Public Welfare Association , January 1936-December 1937
Containers box 1 , folder 23 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence including a January 1936 request by Dr. Hathway for 25 copies of the
Social Security Act and the response from the APWA that their supply had been exhausted;
Conference programs; APWA agency membership list.
American University , January 1937-June1938
Containers box 1 , folder 24 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence regarding a program at American University on Social Security;
Information on employment placement of participants in the program.
Annual Report Form Letters , 1935
Containers box 1 , folder 25 Applications for Position in Division , July 1934–December 1936
Containers box 1 , folder 26 B - General Correspondence , November 1934–June 1938
Containers box 1 , folder 27 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding appearance of former Governor of Minnesota, A. O. Eberhart;
Correspondence regarding students placed in Federal Emergency Relief Administration
settings; Correspondence with Washington University Clinics and Allied Hospital Director
Edith M. Baker regarding research at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh; Letter
from PA DPW regarding Cambria County's decision not to employ trained social workers
based upon a study that purported to show that "children had been unwisely placed and
the report is an exposé of bad results from foster home care."; Correspondence with the
president of West Virginia University regarding social work extension courses in
Wheeling, West Virginia; Correspondence with the president of West Virginia University
regarding candidates for faculty positions as West Virginia University attempted to
create a social work program.
Bernstein, Dr. Ludwig B. , May 1934–August 1937
Containers box 1 , folder 28 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding service as vice chair of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the
American Association of Social Workers, Bernstein's role as instructor in social work
and his move to California.
Bishop, Julia Ann
Containers box 1 , folder 29 Scope and Content Notes Case Supervisor, Rural Extension Unit, Child Welfare Services, Social Security Act.
Budget
Containers box 1 , folder 30 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Wilbur I. Newstetter regarding Division of Social Work budget;
Information regarding compensation for instructors in the Division of Social Work; A
list of the 1937-1938 Division of Social Work faculty and their salaries.
Buhl Lectures and Institutes , 1935-1937
Containers box 1 , folder 31-32 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with speakers regarding program and honoraria; Programs with speakers
and topics; Speakers include Norman Thomas, Frances Perkins, James Weldon Johnson,
Charlotte Towle, Bertha Reynolds and Ruth Benedict.
Burnett, Mrs. Mary C. , 1935-1938
Containers box 1 , folder 33 Scope and Content Notes Mary C. Burnett was the Director of Training for the Pennsylvania State Emergency
Relief Board. This file contains correspondence regarding the establishment of a "merit
system" in PA, enrollment of students in the social work program at Pitt and the
1937-1938 Annual Report (of the inaugural year) on enrollment in the Department of
Social Work at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
C - General Correspondence , June 1933-May 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 34 Scope and Content Notes Letters of reference; Correspondence regarding conference planning and speaking
engagements; Correspondence regarding a meeting in Pittsburgh of the American Birth
Control League, Inc.; Several child welfare items including a June 24, 1937 letter from
Mary Irene Atkinson, Director, Child Welfare Division, Children's Bureau, US Department
of Labor, writes to Pitt to say "…we have approved plans which included provision for
educational leaves. In most instances leaves have been given only to persons who had had
at least one quarter or (sic) professional training previously and who had also had some
experience as a paid worker on a social work staff. The experience of the past year and
a half leads us to the conclusion that this as been a sound procedure."
Camblon, Mrs. Ruth B. , September 1934-February 1937
Containers box 2 , folder 35 Scope and Content Notes 1. Correspondence regarding the successful recruitment of Ruth Camblon from the
Washington, DC Child Guidance Clinic as "field work supervisor."; Correspondence from
Mrs. Camblon to Dr. Hathway.
Catalogue Material
Containers box 2 , folder 36 Scope and Content Notes Drafts of the 1938-1939 Division of Social Work "catalog" including personnel, course
descriptions, tuition, etc.
Catholic Charities , September 1931-April 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 37-38 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence largely between the new executive director of Catholic
Charities of Pittsburgh (Miss M. Luella Sauer) and Marion Hathway, Manuel Elmer and
Harold A. Phelps regarding field work placements, physical examinations of prospective
students, students enrolled at Pitt from Catholic Charities, and a problem meeting
American Association of Social Workers standards for approving Catholic Charities as a
field site.
January 7, 1935 correspondence congratulates the University of Pittsburgh on its
Division of Social Work being approved for full membership in the American Association
of Schools of Social Work. This would have been tantamount to receiving
accreditation.
The Basis of a Program of Catholic Family Social Work by
Mary Luella Sauer Notes of interview of M. Luella Sauer by Ruth B. Camblon and
correspondence regarding students
Child Guidance Center, Student Field Work Placement , 1936-1937
Containers box 2 , folder 39 Children's Aid Society , 1932-1938
Containers box 2 , folder 40 Scope and Content Notes Includes lists of students placed at the Children's Aid Society from the first semester
1934-1935 to the second semester, 1937-1938
Children's Service Bureau , April 1932-June 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 41 Scope and Content Notes Largely correspondence between Marin Hathway and Susan M. Boyd, Executive Secretary
(and Case Work Supervisor) of the Children's Service Bureau; Correspondence concerns
student "field work placements,"; "Confidential" correspondence regarding the
implementation of the "Aid to Dependent Children" provisions of the new Social Security
Act
Child Welfare Institutes , 1934, 1936
Containers box 2 , folder 42 Scope and Content Notes Brochure from institute held December 4 and 5, 1934 in collaboration with the
Federation of Social Agencies entitled "Child Behavior and Foster Care"; Announcement of
Child Welfare Institute on May1, 1936 entitled Programs for Child Caring Institutions";
Announcement of Child Welfare Conference on June 23, 1936 entitled "The Child, His food
and Good Nutrition"
Child Welfare Material , 1932-1933
Containers box 2 , folder 43 Scope and Content Notes Case face sheet; Topics to be covered in supervision visits to children; Information
desired in foster home investigation; Memorandum to visitors; New case investigation;
Information to provident clinic; Other related information and forms.
Chorynak, John , August 1937-April 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 44 Scope and Content Notes Listing with descriptions of four courses Dr. Chorynak was scheduled to teach in the
1937-1938 academic year; Correspondence with and about Dr. Chorynak, a psychiatrist with
the Juvenile Court of Allegheny County. One letter concerns Hathway's attempt to locate
a study Chorynak cited in one of his classes that he said showed "the destructive
affects of social case workers in certain instances."
Citizens Committee on the Social Study , March 1937-February 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 45 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding "The Citizens' Committee for the Social Study of Pittsburgh
and Allegheny County." It appears that Gordon Hamilton may have had a part in the
"study."
Progress reports by the Division of Social Work on implementing the recommendations
resulting from the "study." One of these recommendations was "That at the University of
Pittsburgh, the Division of Social Work should become a Department of Social Work
co-equal with the other departments; with a full-time director who might however
participate if desired in the instruction in other departments in the same way as the
teaching force of other departments now is utilized in the Division of Social Work."
Civil Service
Containers box 2 , folder 46 Scope and Content Notes Primarily announcements for civil service examinations in the general area of social
work in 1936 and 1937, includes city, state and federal as well as other states such as
Illinois and Ohio
Class Rolls , 1936-1938
Containers box 2 , folder 47-50 Scope and Content Notes Information on classes and students.
Clippings
Containers box 2 , folder 51 Scope and Content Notes About a dozen newspaper clippings from 1937 and 1938 including an announcement of the
arrival of "Wilbert (sic.) I. Newstetter" as Dean in September, 1938; the announcement
by the University or the creation of the "School of Social Work" as the University's
"18th separate school;" and the announcement of the resignation of Dr. Marion Hathway,
associate professor of social work "to accept the executive secretaryship of the
Association of Schools of Social Work."
Coleman Home for Boys , July 1937-December 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 52 Scope and Content Notes Report of the Committee Appointed by the Federation of Social Agencies on the
Application of the Coleman Home for Membership in the Community Fund, Dr. Marion
Hathway, Chair and Dr. Hathway.s correspondence and minutes.
Committees , 1932-1933
Containers box 2 , folder 53 Scope and Content Notes Materials regarding several advisory committees the Division of Social Work was
establishing. File belonged to Harold A. Phelps originally.
Notes regarding committee membership including: Case Work, child welfare, protective
and correctional agencies, children's Institutions, Group Work, Medical Social Work and
Public Health, Public Welfare, Organization, and Policy.
Committee on Training , February 1937-June 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 54 Scope and Content Notes Materials relating to the Committee on Training of the Federation of Social Agencies;
Dr. Herbert L. Spencer (President of the Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham
University) chaired the committee and Isabel P. Kennedy (the Executive Secretary of the
Federation of Social Agencies of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County) was the secretary of
the committee; Correspondence from M. C. Elmer.
National Committee on Volunteers in Social Work , January 1936-March 1936
Containers box 2 , folder 55 Hospital Service Association of Pittsburgh
Containers box 2 , folder 56 Scope and Content Notes Newsletter and brochure for early health care plan.
Community Fund , June 1937-May 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 57 Scope and Content Notes Excerpt from the By-Laws of the Community Fund; Material regarding the application of
the Coleman Home for membership in the Community Fund; Financial statement of The
Community Fund in February, 1938; Minutes of Community Fund Board of Directors meetings;
Correspondence with Dr. Marion Hathway
Correctional Case Workers Association, letter from J. Warren Matson, , December 1937
Containers box 2 , folder 58 Counsel Service Society , 1934
Containers box 2 , folder 59 Scope and Content Notes List of members of the Advisory Committee to Counsel Service Society; "A Few of the
Suggestions Given in Mr. Matson's Study of the Jail Population in Pittsburgh, … June to
September, 1934."
County Executives Round Table , 1937
Containers box 2 , folder 60 County Welfare Bill , December 1933-June 1935
Containers box 2 , folder 61 Scope and Content Notes County Welfare Organization in Pennsylvania
A County Welfare Plan for Pennsylvania Extensive
materials regarding the development and lobbying for state legislation in public welfare
in Pennsylvania.
D - General Correspondence , February 1933-June 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 62 Department of Public Welfare , August 1935-September 1937
Containers box 2 , folder 63 Scope and Content Notes Newspaper clipping (undated and without identification of the newspaper) reporting that
"Four city welfare department employees are going to school on city time…" "All are
social workers." One is to attend Duquesne University and three are to attend the
University of Pittsburgh; Organizational chart of Social Service Department of
"Pittsburgh DPW"; "Notes on former students"
de Schweinitz, Karl, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public
Assistance , April 1936-April 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 64 Division of Social Work – Curriculum and Related Materials , 1932-1938
Containers box 2 , folder 65-70 Dunham, Arthur , June 1933-March 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 71 Scope and Content Notes Arthur Dunham was Secretary for Family Welfare and Relief Division of the Public
Charities Association of Pennsylvania. Mr. Dunham also appears to have had affiliations
with the New York School of Social Work, the University of Michigan and the Russell Sage
Foundation. Included here is the following: "Getting Things Done" by Arthur Dunham
reprinted from The Survey, April 15, 1928; "Shoes – and Ships – and Sealing Wax-" by
Arthur Dunham reprinted from The Survey Mid-Monthly, April, 1931; Reprint The Social
Worker and the Scissors; 4. Reprint Fourteen Points for Dictators; Extensive
correspondence covering a course in "Problems in Social Welfare Administration," the
accreditation of the social work program at the University of Pittsburgh, the training
of public employees for the state, the publication of Pennsylvania Social Work, the
Federation of Agencies, the Pennsylvania Conference on Social Work, the Public Charities
Association of Pennsylvania, and pending legislation concerning public welfare in
Pennsylvania; A March 17, 1938 letter from Dr. Hathway to Dunham in which she informs
him that without his permission, she is suggesting his name for the new post of Dean of
Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh
E - General Correspondence , November 1932 to June 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 72 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding meetings, publications, classes, personnel references, the
"Emergency Peace Campaign," developments in other states, requests for information from
members of Congress, etc.
In one major letter dated March 2, 1934, Dr. Hathway traces the history of the social
work program at the University of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1934. It contains the best and
most authoritative summary known to exist.
Educational Policies Commission , February 1936-March 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 73 Scope and Content Notes Letter inviting Dr. Hathway (addressed as "Mr. Marion Hathway") to serve as an ex
officio consultant to the Commission; Various pamphlets and press releases concerning
the Commission's work.
Elmer, Manuel C. , March 1933–March 1938
Containers box 2 , folder 74 Scope and Content Notes A March 9, 1933 memorandum from Elmer to the "Members of the Division of Social Work"
outlining the steps Elmer thought necessary for the development of the Division. It is
far ranging and includes curriculum, research, library, fund raising, and a variety of
policies; Correspondence covering Elmer's efforts to obtain funding from the Buhl
Foundation; Other miscellaneous correspondence regarding courses, instructors, salaries,
tuition, etc. See also Folder 201, Teagarden.
Emergency Relief , March 1927-May 1934
Containers box 2 , folder 75 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence with state agencies and universities in 21 states regarding
the training of emergency relief workers, their salaries, and other details of emergency
aid during the depression before the passage of the Social Security Act; There are
letters from Frank Bruno at Washington University, Margaret Leal at the New York School
of Social Work, Katherine Hardwick at Simmons, James Cutler at Western Reserve
University and others.
Extension School, Erie , July 1935–November 1937
Containers box 3 , folder 76 Scope and Content Notes Course listings; Students; Roster of social workers in Erie, PA; The Erie Chapter of
the American Association of Social Workers.
Extension School General , October 1934–February 1938
Containers box 3 , folder 77-78 Scope and Content Notes Brochure of extension courses for the 1934-1935 academic year; Correspondence
documenting the offering of extension courses in at least Beaver Falls, Brookville
(Jefferson County), Butler, Erie, Johnstown, Kittanning and Mercer; Information on
enrollment, courses and students; Responses to questionnaire.
Extension School, Washington , February 1935–October 1936
Containers box 3 , folder 79 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence about and description of two courses offered in Washington, PA.
F – General Correspondence , February 1935 – October 1936
Containers box 3 , folder 80 Faculty Personnel Data Sheets , 1937
Containers box 3 , folder 81 Family and Child Welfare Committee, Pennsylvania Charities
Association , May 1938-April 1939
Containers box 3 , folder 82 Family Society of Allegheny County , July 1935–June 1938
Containers box 3 , folder 83 Federation of Social Agencies , February 1937-May 1938
Containers box 3 , folder 85-86 Scope and Content Notes Discussions of a number if issues including the report of the "Committee on Free Speech
and Assemblage," Article Hathway submitted in 1937 for inclusion in "The Federator," the
newsletter of the Federation of Social Agencies. Courses in Psychiatry of Juvenile
Delinquency, Psychology of Juvenile Delinquency, The Problem of Mental Disease, Child
Psychiatry, Group Work, Local Public Welfare Administration and others are
mentioned.
Fellowships and Scholarships , February 1934-February 1938
Containers box 3 , folder 86 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence from the New York School of Social Work regarding criteria for admission
and list of questions asked of applicants; Correspondence with Sophonisba Breckinridge
(University of Chicago), Virginia Robinson (Pennsylvania School of Social Work), Gordon
Hamilton (New York School of Social Work); Announcement of 1937 summer training courses
offered at Henry Street Settlement in New York City; Announcements of various
fellowships and scholarships; Lists of fellowship and scholarship awardees.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration , January 1934-October 1935
Containers box 3 , folder 87 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence from Dr. Hathway regarding her doctoral dissertation ("The Migratory
Worker and Family Life") completed at the University of Chicago in 1933; Correspondence
regarding students and lists of students; Several letters exchanged with the West
Virginia Relief Administration which regarding students "assigned" to the University of
Pittsburgh.
Field Trips
Containers box 3 , folder 88 Scope and Content Notes List of agencies being visited by faculty and students including Thorn Hill, Holy
Family Orphanage, Mayview, Juvenile Detention Home, Juvenile Court Hearing, IKS; List of
"points to be observed and covered" in field visits; Correspondence related to field
trips including Polk State School; Lists of students assigned to various agencies for
visits.
Field work Applicants , 1930-1934
Containers box 3 , folder 89 Scope and Content Notes Lists of students accepted, rejected and placed on lists of alternates for placement in
various agencies from 1930 to 1934.
Field Work Evaluation Forms
Containers box 3 , folder 90 Field Work Evaluation Forms from other Schools
Containers box 3 , folder 91 Scope and Content Notes A Rating Scale for Social Workers from The Family,
February, 1934;Evaluation forms from Fordham University, New York School of Social Work,
Pennsylvania School of Social Work, Smith College School of Social Work, Western Reserve
University, National Catholic School of Social Service, Simmons College School of Social
Work, University of Minnesota, University of Southern California, University of
Washington, Washington University, Atlanta School of Social Work, University of Chicago,
University of Denver
Field Work -General , 1932-1938
Containers box 3 , folder 92 Scope and Content Notes One item is dated 1922. It is a report of a "Committee on the Supervision and Training
of New Workers"; An undated document with the heading "Medical social field work should
give the following particular experiences."; A reprint of an article from July, 1934 in
The News-Letter of the American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers entitled "A
Training Program in a Family Case Work Agency."; Extensive correspondence, memoranda and
policy statements regarding field work, evaluation of field work, student placements and
meeting minutes; Proposed Cooperative Plan between Mother's Assistance Fund and Carnegie
Institute of Technology; Correspondence with Pennsylvania Training School at Morganza
regarding placement of students; List of persons who were employed temporarily for Old
Age Assistance investigations; Correspondence regarding individual students; List of
employment openings; Information regarding field work objectives and evaluations.
Field Work Outlines , July 1932-October 1932
Containers box 3 , folder 93 Scope and Content Notes Information desired in foster home investigation; Visitor's first investigation of
foster home; Child guidance clinic outline for social history; Instructions for
preparing and presenting papers before the class; Outline for writing up first interview
taken from an article by Odencrenz, Louise in The Social
Worker
Field Work Practices Report by Students' Organization in Social
Work
Containers box 3 , folder 94 Field Work Questionnaire on Modifications and New Developments
Containers box 3 , folder 95 Field Work Statistics, compiled by Ruth B. Camblon , 1932-1937
Containers box 3 , folder 96-98 Field Work Student Evaluations
Containers box 3 , folder 99 Scope and Content Notes Various rating forms, guidelines and suggested experiences for field work students and
possibly agency workers; One printed form is titled " Report by District Superintendent
of Social Case Worker at Time of Recommendation for Increase in Salary and Termination
of Probation Period."
Field Work Student Evaluation Report Blanks
Containers box 3 , folder 100 Field Work Student Evaluation Outlines
Containers box 3 , folder 101 Student Field Work Evaluations, 1st and Second Semesters , 1932-1935
Containers box 3 , folder 102-107 Student Field Work Evaluations, 1st and 2nd Semesters , 1935-1938
Containers box 4 , folder 108-113 Student Field Work Evaluations, Summer , 1934-1938
Containers box 4 , folder 114-118 Field Work Supervision Materials
Containers box 4 , folder 119 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence including with Bertha Reynolds at Smith College; Several reports on
field work including "Personality Relationships in Supervision," "Methods of
Supervision," "Correlation of Academic Work of the Students with Field Work Experience,"
"Study of Student Case Records," "Selection of Cases," "Development of Case Recording As
a Factor in Supervision," and "Field Work Evaluation."; List of about 37 field work
supervisors for May, 1938; Suggested Field Work Objectives and Experiences for First and
Second Year Students in a Family Agency.
Field Work Supervisors , 1933-1937
Containers box 4 , folder 120-123 Scope and Content Notes Suggested Field Work Objectives and Experiences for First and Second Year Students in a
Family Agency; Suggestions on Case-Work Training and Field Supervision; Suggested
Program for Supervisor's Conference for Semester February to June, 1935; Supervisors'
List for October, 1937; Brief letter to Bertha Reynolds. Committee correspondence, much
of it with Ruth Camblon, Field Work Director; Meeting minutes; Survey of field
supervisors. Sample forms.
Finances of Division, Petty Cash Account , November 1937-June 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 124 G - General Correspondence , October 1932-April 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 125 Scope and Content Notes Wide variety of correspondence including letters of reference, information about
speaking engagements, theses, juvenile and adult corrections, admissions, and student
aid; Material regarding the civil service status of Juvenile Court employees in other
states and in Allegheny County; Information regarding a "Study of the Care of Dependent
Children under the Supervision of the Juvenile Court of Allegheny County."; Dr.
Hathway's membership in the "Unemployment Census Committee"; Other miscellaneous
correspondence.
H - General Correspondence , January 1933-June 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 126 Scope and Content Notes Wide variety of correspondence including references to Porter Lee, Grace Abbott, Mary
Wolcott, Harry Hopkins and Dorthea Dix. Dr. Hathway published an article on Dix about
January, 1935 in the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine; Correspondence regarding
admission, financial aid, theses, letters of reference, and YWCA Board activities;
Correspondence showing close ties with the Seattle Community Fund; Correspondence
regarding a national research study on "supervising children's agencies and
institutions." "Supervising" apparently referred to licensing; Correspondence with
legislators presenting detailed comments on specific proposed legislation;
Correspondence with the City of Pittsburgh "Department of Public Welfare" regarding
implementing the Social Security Act; Correspondence showing Dr. Hathway's great
interest in unemployment and relief; A newspaper article regarding the "Harmarville
Convalescent Home" and it's director Miss Lillian G. McDermitt; Other miscellaneous
correspondence.
Hamilton, Gordon
Containers box 4 , folder 127 Hatch, Mildred
Containers box 4 , folder 128 Access Restrictions
Restricted: Confidential
Hill, Lewis B.
Containers box 4 , folder 129 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence between Ruth Gamblon and Dr. Lewis B. Hill regarding lectures Dr. Hill
was to give in the area of social psychiatry for graduate students.
Home and School Visitor Certification
Containers box 4 , folder 130 I - General Correspondence
Containers box 4 , folder 131 Institutes , 1935-1937
Containers box 4 , folder 132-133 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding the presentation at the School o f Social Work of an Institute
by Bertha Reynolds on "Supervision" in 1935; Information reading an Institute by Mary E.
Hurlbutt of the New York School of Social Work on the topic "Community Program and
Nationality Groups" in 1936; Information regarding an Institute by Charoltte Towle in
1936. Records of several institutes sponsored by the Pennsylvania Conference of Social
Welfare in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Conference programs and attendance included.
"Client's Behavior and Worker's Attitudes" was a session led by Ruth B. Camblon of the
University of Pittsburgh social work faculty.
International Institute , 1936-1938
Containers box 4 , folder 134 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with the Service Bureau for Foreign Speaking Peoples of the
International Institute of the Young Womens Christian Association in Pittsburgh. (sic)
Correspondence includes membership, social events and field placements. The school
apparently placed students at the International Institute in at least 1936-1937 and
1937-1938.
Irene Kaufmann Settlement , October 22, 1937
Containers box 4 , folder 135 Scope and Content Notes Copy of a memorandum to Dr. Hathway regarding the detailed arrangements for one student
at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement.
J - General Correspondence , 1933-1938
Containers box 4 , folder 136 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Arlene Johnson in her role as Assistant Director of the State of
Washington Emergency Relief Administration and later as Associate Director of the
Graduate Division of Social Work at the University of Washington in Seattle;
Correspondence regarding the "supervisory powers of the Bureau of Children.";
Correspondence in 1935 "concerning the organization of the New County Relief Boards.";
Correspondence with Counsel for the Special Senate Committee to Investigate Unemployment
and Relief; Letters of reference, offers of employment, information of admissions and
scholarships.
Jewish Family Welfare Association , March 1934-May 1936
Containers box 4 , folder 137 Scope and Content Notes Memo concerning field work plans at Jewish Family Welfare Association; Student lists
and evaluations Analysis of September, 1934 JFWA caseload; 1935 Annual Report of the
Director of JFWA; Other miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda.
Jewish Social Service Bureau , 1932-1939
Containers box 4 , folder 138-139 Scope and Content Notes Jewish Family Welfare Association service statistics from 1930, 1932 and 1934; Survey
of family situations of children in foster homes and institutions in Pittsburgh; Report
of the Jewish Service Bureau Staff Committee on Relief; Newsletters of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau; Information regarding students placed at the Jewish Family Welfare
Association for field work in 1936-1937 and 1937-1938.
Joint Vocational Service , June 1934-March 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 140 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding student field placements at the Joint Vocational Service;
Correspondence regarding various candidates for agency and teaching positions;
Descriptive information regarding Joint Vocational Service; Other miscellaneous
memoranda and correspondence.
Juvenile Court. , October 1931-November 1937
Containers box 4 , folder 141 Scope and Content Notes Arrangements for students to visit Juvenile Court; Job announcements and applications;
"Recommendations for Selection and Qualifications of Personnel of the New Juvenile
Court"; Correspondence with officials in California, Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, New
Jersey and Maryland regarding juvenile court personnel practices; Report on training
program at the Juvenile Court; Suggestions for a training program at the Juvenile Court;
Other miscellaneous memoranda and correspondence
K - General Correspondence , July 1933-May 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 142 Scope and Content Notes Letters of reference; Correspondence regarding student field work assignments;
Correspondence regarding accreditation; Correspondence regarding the Social Survey of
Pittsburgh with such persons as Paul Kellogg, Phillip Klein and others; Correspondence
with Maurice J. Karpf; Other miscellaneous correspondence .
Kasserman, Margaret
Containers box 4 , folder 143 Scope and Content Notes Numerous reports of student performance containing confidential case names (Kasserman
was a field work supervisor); A handwritten paper entitled "Placement of Physically
Handicapped Children in Foster Homes." The paper has no date or author identification,
but appears to be student work.
Klein, Alice C.
Containers box 4 , folder 144 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence largely concerning examinations for employment in the Department of
Public Assistance" and Dr. Hathway's participation as an oral examiner.
L - General Correspondence , November 1932-May 1938
Containers box 4 , folder 145 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding a "Poor Law Conference" in Pittsburgh; Correspondence
regarding the need for the local Family Society to affiliate with the Family Welfare
Association of America; Correspondence in 1933 with I. Albert Liveright, Secretary of
the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, regarding implementation of the new
Federal Emergency Relief Administration; Correspondence regarding the Infant Boarding
Home Law; Correspondence regarding book orders, invitations to speak, students, a
lecture series, and a request to do an investigation of an agency problem in New York
City; Correspondence with Virginia Robinson, Assistant Director and Professor of Social
Case Work at the Pennsylvania School of Social Work in Philadelphia; Other miscellaneous
correspondence.
Liaison Conference , 1934-1937
Containers box 4 , folder 146-148 Scope and Content Notes 1934-35: Agenda, minutes, conference participants, presentations and reports with
miscellaneous related correspondence.
1936: Agenda, minutes, conference participants, presentations and reports with
miscellaneous related correspondence; Telegram postponing conference on one day's notice
because of March, 1936 flood.
1937: Announcements, correspondence and minutes of a conference held in Harrisburg and
attended by representatives of large agencies, schools of social work and the
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. The conference concerned the details
surrounding the implementation of public assistance and other provisions of the new
Social Security Act. One recommendation being debated was "the consolidation of all
services in the local community, including Poor Boards, the administration of these
services to be placed with a new assistance board, and the supervision and
standardization of the work to be assigned to a new state department. … In recommending
the abolition of the Poor Boards the report recommends the transfer to the county
commissioners of the almshouse property now held by the boards, …"
Mc – General correspondence , December 1933-February 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 149 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding admissions, reports, appointments to leadership positions,
institutes, conferences, speeches, etc; Correspondence regarding the creation of the
Falk Clinic as part of the University Medical School and its possible use for training
medical social workers.
M - General Correspondence , March 1933-May1938
Containers box 5 , folder 150 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding the National Urban League Fellowship at the University of
Pittsburgh, student evaluations, letters of reference, Dorthea Dix, a study of a New
York Program for Transient and Homeless people, several conferences, various local and
state-wide Community Fund projects, and a 1937 letter acknowledging Dr. Hathway's
provision of a child Welfare syllabus to a faculty member at the College of William and
Mary
Meader, LeRoy M. A. , October 1935-June 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 151 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Dr. LeRoy Meader, a Philadelphia physician who served as medical
director of the Pennsylvania Mental Hygiene Committee. Meader presented several series
of lectures in Pittsburgh under the sponsorship of the Division of Social Work funded by
the Buhl Foundation; Lists of attendees at Meader's lectures. (Apparently credit was
awarded as there are grades and notes regarding incompletes); Newspaper clipping
announcing one of the lecture series
Master Degree Materials and Requirements , January 1936-July 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 152-153 Scope and Content Notes Summary of the Regulations of the Graduate School, University of Pittsburgh, 1937;
Requirements for Master of Arts in Social Work Degree; Schedules and questions for oral
examinations; Guidelines for thesis preparation; Oral examination outcomes; Multiple
copies of a memorandum to Master of Arts in Social Work students outlining the 8
requirements for the degree.
The Migratory Worker and Family Life , December 1933-October 1935
Containers box 5 , folder 154 Scope and Content Notes The file consists of correspondence regarding the publication of Dr. Hathway's doctoral
dissertation; Rejection letter from Yale University Press; Correspondence with
University of North Carolina Press; Correspondence with the journal, The Family;
Correspondence with a literary agent; Correspondence with Edith Abbott; Correspondence
with University of Chicago Press, both pre and post publication; Original contract for
publication of the dissertation by the University of Chicago press in which the School
of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago agreed to pay the $587.30
cost of publication.
Miller, Margaret C. , March 1937-May 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 155 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with and about Margaret Miller who served during much of the period
covered by the file as Executive Secretary of the Mothers' Assistance Fund of Allegheny
County, the Blind Pension and Old Age Assistance; A partial University of Pittsburgh
academic transcript for Margaret Miller from 1931-32 and 1932-33.
Minutes on Supervisor Seminars , October 1936-May 1937
Containers box 5 , folder 156 Scope and Content Notes Minutes of supervision seminars at the Allegheny County Emergency Relief Board, the
Children's Aid Society, Travelers Aid, Children's Service Bureau, Family Society and
Jewish Family Welfare.
Mothers Assistance Fund , November 1933-December 1937
Containers box 5 , folder 157 Scope and Content Notes Directory of trustees and executives of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Mothers'
Assistance, Pension or the Blind and Old Age Assistance Funds by county; Handbook for
Administration of Old Age Assistance; What appears to be a student paper entitled "The
Organization of the Job of Case Worker in the Mothers' Assistance Fund."; Application
forms for various types of public assistance; List of "Persons employed temporarily for
Old Age Assistance investigations …"; "Report to the Committee on Case Loads."; "Old Age
Recipients Living in Institutions for the Aged in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania";
Student field work schedules.
J. Prentice Murphy Memorial Fund , June1936-January 1937
Containers box 5 , folder 158 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence concerning Dr. Hathway's participation in an effort to raise funds I
memory of J. Prentice Murphy for the benefit of his childrens' education; A letter
containing a two-paragraph quotation from the New york Times paying tribute to Mr.
Murphy.
Murray, Clyde , May 1937-June 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 159 Scope and Content Notes Blank Weekly Field Work Report Form; Correspondence with Mr. R. Clyde Murray who was
apparently associated with the Munhall Neighborhood House and who taught a course in the
Division of Social work entitled Principles of Group Work.
N - General Correspondence , January 1933-May 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 160 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence concerning the typing of Marin Hathway's doctoral dissertation;
Correspondence with the chair of the Membership Committee of the American Association of
Social Workers; Correspondence concerning Dr. Hathway's interest in joining an
organization called "New America."
National Conference of Social Work , October 1934-May 1936
Containers box 5 , folder 161 Scope and Content Notes Programs for National Conference of Social Work conferences; Correspondence including a
letter promoting Sophonisba Breckinridge for president of the National Conference of
Social Work in 1935.
New School of Social Work , February-June 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 162 Scope and Content Notes Letter dated February 5, 1938 from W. I. Newstetter (at Western Reserve University) to
John Weber, Secretary of the University of Pittsburgh, indicating that Pitt had been
accepted as a full member of the American Association of Schools of Social Work.
Newstetter was the AASSW's president at the time; A March 18, 1938 letter from Marion
Hathway to Edith Abbott telling her that Hathway is resigning her Univeristy of
Pittsburgh faculty position to become secretary (Executive Secretary) of the AASSW;
Other correspondence among Hathway, Newstetter and Weber, much of it concerning the
recruitment of a replacement of Hathway in her role as director of the Division of
Social Work and the creation of a social work entity separate from Sociology; One item
on the New School of Social Work in New York.
Newstetter, Wilbur I. , May 1936-August 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 163 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with Newstetter regarding his authorship of a report on Group Work;
personnel matters; preparations for a visit of Newstetter to the University of
Pittsburgh; and the transition of the Division of Social Work in Sociology to
independent School status within the University.
O - General Correspondence , February 1934-August 1937
Containers box 5 , folder 164 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence regarding admission to the School, Poor Relief in the State of
Washington; lectures on medical social work at Montefiore Hospital; other miscellaneous
correspondence.
P - General Correspondence
Containers box 5 , folder 165 Scope and Content Notes Minor correspondence regarding the Division of Social Work's application for membership
in the American Association of Schools of Social Work; Letters of reference; A list of
social work courses offered during 1934-1035 at the University of Pennsylvania,
University of Denver, Atlanta University, Fordham University, Smith College, the
University of Chicago, Loyola University and others; A copy of the March 1936 membership
list of the People's Lobby; Program of the Regional Conference of Progressive Education
Association, May 1936; Correspondence regarding student recruitment, admissions and
fellowships; Correspondence regarding the arrangement of speakers; The people's Congress
for Democracy and Peace, November 1937; A report entitled "Old Age Recipients Living in
Institutions for the Aged in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania"; Correspondence on various
subjects with Dr. Kenneth L. M. Pry, Dean of the School of Social Work at the University
of Pennsylvania; April 1938 acceptance by Dr. Hathway of an invitation to serve as a
member of the Special Advisory Committee on Training and Personnel of the United States
Children's Bureau; Other miscellaneous correspondence.
Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania
Scope and Content Notes Dr. Marion Hathway's file from August, 1933 to March, 1938 concerning the Public
Charities Association of Pennsylvania. The Association had its headquarters in
Philadelphia. Its Executive Director was George R. Bedinger with whom Dr. Hathway had
extensive correspondence on a variety of public and confidential subjects.
Correspondence
Containers box 5 , folder 166 Scope and Content Notes August 1933 "Tentative Report of the Sub-Committee Appointed to Recommend the Program
for the New Division of Family Welfare and Relief"; Extensive work on the Public
Welfare Act of 1935 in Pennsylvania; Opposition to political patronage in the
Pennsylvania Welfare Department under Governor Earle and promotion of a civil service
or merit system; Minutes of meetings of the "PCA Committee on State Welfare
Department"; List of the March, 1935 full and part-time faculty in the Division of
Social work.
County Welfare Boards Plan , 1933-35
Containers box 5 , folder 167-167a Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence, minutes, reports and correspondence in connection with the
writing, passage and implementation of Pennsylvania's Public Welfare legislation.
Adoption Study Committee , September 1932-April 1935
Containers box 5 , folder 168 Scope and Content Notes Minutes from several area "sections" of the Public Charities Association of
Pennsylvania Committee on Adoptions; Includes information on the "Ten Year Program
Committee on Adoptions" and "A Plan for the Study of Adoptions in Pennsylvania.
Family & Child Welfare Committee, Advisory Committee , November 1932-January 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 169 Family & Child Welfare Division, Executive Committee , April 1935-March 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 170-171 Scope and Content Notes Minutes and meeting related materials from this committee of the Public Charities
Association of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mary Denman of Pittsburgh is mentioned. Mary T.
Denman was a social welfare activist who earned her law degree from the University of
Pittsburgh, taught in the School of Social Work, served in the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives, was president of the Pennsylvania Conference on Social Welfare and a
member of many ground breaking boards. She was known as a consumer advocate.
Committee on Penal Affairs , May 1934-May 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 172 Scope and Content Notes Legislative Program of the Committee on Penal Affairs of the Public Charities
Association of Pennsylvania for 1934; Correspondence, meeting announcements, agenda,
minutes and reports.
Mental Hygiene Committee , January, 1937 to May, 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 173 Committee on Public Assistance and Relief , May-December 1936
Containers box 5 , folder 174 Pennsylvania Conference of Social Welfare , February 1934-April 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 175-176 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence, agenda, reports, conference programs, minutes, etc. from a very active
organization in which Dr. Hathway was deeply involved; Arthur Dunham, Leon Stern, and
other well known figures were also active; One of the reports shows 426 persons in
Allegheny County were PCSW members while there were 215 members from Philadelphia;
Materials and program pertaining to the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Conference on
Social Work.
Pennsylvania Social Work July 1934- August 1937
Containers box 5 , folder 177 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence between Dr. Hathway and a variety of persons regarding a new
journal (Pennsylvania Social Work) first published in July, 1934. Dr. Hathway was the
Chair of the Editorial Committee which appears functionally to have been the editor; One
key article was pulled from the first issue at the last minute because of the objections
of Miss Sarah H. M. O'Hare, Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. The article
concerned Veil Maternity Home, implicated in an active court case. Correspondence on
this matter is included.
Physical Examinations
Containers box 5 , folder 178 Scope and Content Notes Policy statement on physical examinations of students to ensure that they are capable
of entering the field. It contains the following statement: "Arrangements have been made
to provide physical examinations for all students admitted to regular standing in the
Division of Social Work. These are available without cost, through the University Health
Service."; Lists of students eligible for the physical examinations; Reports from the
University Health Service to Dr. Hathway giving the nominal outcome of these
examinations by student's name.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions, the outcomes in files 178 are vague.
Placement Correspondence , March 1932-June 1938
Containers box 5 , folder 179 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence concerning available field placements for social work
students, some with remuneration, even room and board. Agencies as far away as Erie are
mentioned; Some lists include names of agency directors; "Social Settlements" are
specifically mentioned; Correspondence regarding employment opportunities.
Prospective Students , March 1937-August 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 180 Scope and Content Notes Extensive correspondence concerning admissions.
Public Affairs Committee, Federation of Social Agencies of Pittsburgh and
Allegheny County , 1934-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 181-182 Scope and Content Notes Agenda, meeting announcements, annual reports and other materials from the work of the
committee; A letter to the First Vice President of the YWCA of Pittsburgh commending the
organization on allowing its facilities to be used "as a place of meeting for groups of
young people intent upon discussing economic and social problems of the day" Attached
are clippings reporting a "rally" held at the YWCA of the American Youth Congress, a
group that apparently had communist leanings. One headline contains the words "Students
Hear Red Doctrines Preached at Rally in Y.W.C.A."; A list of the 129 members of the
Public Affairs committee including such well know figures as Mary J. R. Condon, Edgar J.
Kaufmann, and Wilbur I. Newstetter. Dr. Hathway was the committee's chair; Confidential
correspondence with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration;
Small file consisting largely of meeting announcements. A topic of major consideration
was the campaign for merit (civil service) appointments of public employees in the human
service sector
Public Affairs Committee, Federation of Social Agencies of Pittsburgh and
Allegheny County, Materials , 1935-1936
Containers box 6 , folder 183 Scope and Content Notes Reports, positions on proposed legislation, positions papers, etc. related to emergency
relief, aid for the blind, labor, mental health, immigration and other social
legislation; Lists of persons dismissed and their replacements on state social agency
boards and in the state Department of Welfare. e.g. (1) Laura Porter was dismissed from
the Bureau of Community Work in the Division of Assistance. She was the Assistant
Superintendent of the State Mother's Assistance Office, had a graduate degree in social
work from the New York School, 11 years experience with the American Red Cross and in
hospitals. She was replaced by Ruth Zimmerman who had an undergraduate degree from a
state normal school and who had volunteered as a secretary. (2) Florence Hall was a
Wellesley graduate and had a graduate degree in social work from the University of
Pennsylvania. She had 14 years experience with the Children's Aid Society and Children's
Hospital. She was replaced by Ruth O'Boyle who was 22 years old, had completed nurses
training but had no work experience. (3) Helen Glenn Tyson, Chief of the Bureau of
Community Work and former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Welfare. Tyson was a
Vassar College graduate and had a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She had been
Head of the University of Pennsylvania Social Service Department, organizer and first
head of the State Mother's Assistance Fund, and Supervisor of Schools at Sleighton
Farms. She was replaced by a Mrs. McCullough who had no professional training or
experience whatsoever; Materials from the Special Session of the Pennsylvania
Legislature for May, 1936; Course syllabus from the Second Semester 1935-1936 focused on
the work of the Special Session of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1936 and taught by
Dr. Hathway: "Relief and Welfare in the Special Session"
Q - General Correspondence
Containers box 6 , folder 184 R - General Correspondence , 1933-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 185 Scope and Content Notes Letter from F. A. Retka, Superintendent of The Orphan Asylum of the Holy Family/Holy
Family Institute regarding student visits to the facility. Collaboration with this
agency goes back to at least December 1933; Names of persons attending regional
conference on Welfare Legislation; Correspondence with Bertha Reynolds regarding the
potential employment by the University of Pittsburgh of Ruth Camblon; Correspondence
with students, schools, public relief agencies around the country, publishers and
others; Correspondence regarding invitations to speak; Other miscellaneous
correspondence.
Reading Lists , 1933-1937
Containers box 6 , folder 186 Scope and Content Notes Reading lists for various courses including a 1933-1934 Child Welfare course; Faculty
represented include Marion Hathway, Arthur B. Thomas, Ruth B. Camblon, Clyde Murray,
John Chornyak, LeRoy M.A. Maeder, and Verne Wright; Courses represented include Child
Welfare, Seminar in Social Case Work, Principles of Group Work, History of Social Work,
State and Social Welfare, Social Organization and others.
Sample Reference Letter
Containers box 6 , folder 187 Regional Conference , 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 188 Scope and Content Notes Letter from Mildred Fairchild, March 16.
Rehabilitation Advisory Committee , October 1934-November 1935
Containers box 6 , folder 189 Registration , 1937-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 190 Scope and Content Notes Course listings for the University and other registration materials.
Russell Sage Foundation , October 1933- April 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 191 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence between Dr. Hathway and the editors at the Russell Sage Foundation. The
Foundation was also a publisher of the Social Work Year Book and the famous, 6 volume
Pittsburgh Survey ; In one letter, the editor asks Dr.
Hathway to prepare an article for the next edition of the Social Work Year Book on the
subject "Education for Social Work."
S - General Correspondence , 1933-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 192-193 Scope and Content Notes Students, classes and registration of students; Social agencies on various subjects;
Publication of Dr. Hathway's doctoral dissertation; League of Women Voters;
Sccreditation (referred to as membership); List of "State Emergency Relief
Administrations" by state for 1934; List of Pennsylvania Emergency Relief
Administrations; Original questionnaire forms from 1935 for the "Social Study of
Pittsburgh"; Letters of reference; Pennsylvania officials regarding policies and
personnel of the Department of Public Welfare.
Students and local and out of state social agencies regarding enrollment, scholarships,
and programs; Speaking engagements; "The Social Workers' Club," including a brief
history from 1909; Dr. Hathway's involvement with labor union activities; Brashear
Association and the Hazelwood Community Council; Efforts by schools of social work to
refute public statements by Emma Guffey Miller attacking social work education,
especially in Philadelphia. Miller was a well-known public figure, an ardent suffragist
and promoter of an Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution, a supporter of the New
Deal and a member of the Pennsylvania State Welfare Commission. Therefore, her otherwise
liberal public positions made her a formidable critic. Dr. Hathway and others sought to
neutralize her attacks.
Social Study Material , 1936
Containers box 6 , folder 194 Scope and Content Notes In 1934 and 1935, a study was conducted in Pittsburgh by Gordon Hamilton of the New
York School of Social Work. The study appears to have been directed by Philip Klein.
Professor Hamilton's report is 32 single spaced pages in length. In her introduction,
Professor Hamilton describes the study in this way: "The following report on
professional training in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County has been oriented chiefly to
the relation between the program of professional education as now provided by Margaret
Morrison Carnegie College, Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of
Pittsburgh and the needs of the social agencies in Pittsburgh and Allegheny College
(sic) for trained personnel"; "Social Study of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County: The
Group Work Field" Release No. 7 – Financing of Agencies in the Group Work Field, June
1936; Discussion Summary of Comment by the Faculty of the University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Division of Social Work on "A Study of Training for Social Work"; A strongly
worded, lengthy letter from the Executive Secretary of the Children's Aid Society of
Allegheny County taking exception to the report by Professor Hamilton
State Conference , Devember 1935-September 1937
Containers box 6 , folder 195 Scope and Content Notes The Pennsylvania Conference of Charities and Correction, which later became the
Conference on Social Welfare" and still later the Conference on Social Work. Dr. Hathway
was active in this organization that originated in 1909.
State emergency Relief Training , June 1934-January 1936
Containers box 6 , folder 196 Scope and Content Notes Case studies used in training; Minutes and correspondence; Names and personal
information regarding what appears to be trainers; State Emergency Relief Board forms
and applications for clients.
Student Lectures , March 1934-January 1935
Containers box 6 , folder 197 Scope and Content Notes Schedules and confirmations for outside lecturers to make presentations to students in
the Division of Social Work; Lecturers included Dr. Philip Klein, Judge Gustav L.
Schramm, Miss Isabel P. Kennedy, Mr. Maurice Moss, George Mills, Dr. Hovde, Wilbur
Newstetter and others.
Students' Organization in Social Work , May 1936-November 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 198 Scope and Content Notes Minutes, newspaper clippings, memoranda and correspondence from and about the Studen's
Organization in the Division of Social Work; A substantial report of a study done by the
Students' Organization entitled "Report on the Findings of the Committee on Field Work
Facilities in the Public and Private Agencies of Pittsburgh."
Summer Session, Division of Social Work , 1935-1937
Containers box 6 , folder 199 Scope and Content Notes List of late afternoon and evening courses for the 2nd Semester 1934-1935; List of
courses in Social Work and Sociology for the Summer of 1935; Correspondence.
T - General Correspondence , 1932-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 200 Scope and Content Notes Government reports, pamphlets and brochures; Student enrollment; Faculty matters at
other universities; Local social agency issues and relationships; The possibility of
Charlotte Towle teaching at the University of Pittsburgh; Faculty recruitment; Various
research studies.
Teagarden, Florence M.T. , March 1934- August 1937
Containers box 6 , folder 201 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence largely with Dr. Florence Teagarden in the Psychology Department at the
University of Pittsburgh concerning enrollment in psychology courses by social work
students.
Sidney Teller, Director, Irene Kaufmann Settlement , November 1933-March 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 202 Scope and Content Notes Copy of report entitled "Housing Statistics for the City of Pittsburgh Released by the
Bureau of Business Research of the University of Pittsburgh"; Correspondence regarding
student placements at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement; Correspondence regarding the League
of Social Justice and the Pittsburgh Civil Liberties Committee; Correspondence regarding
the donation of materials on housing by Mr. Teller to the University; Other
miscellaneous correspondence.
Thesis Projects , 1934
Containers box 6 , folder 203 Scope and Content Notes The file contains one 5-page memorandum entitled "Research and Thesis Projects in the
Division of Social Work in the University of Pittsburgh." It consists largely of a list
of thesis topics in family dependency, child welfare, courts, medical social work,
public relief, historical studies, community organization, professional standards,
public welfare, and special groups and problems.
Towle, Charlotte , October 1935-March 1937
Containers box 6 , folder 204 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence devoted to the planning of an "Institute on Supervision" given by
Charlotte Towle in Pittsburgh in April, 1936; Some correspondence on a second visit to
Pittsburgh in March, 1937.
Travelers Aid and Transient Service, National Association of , April 1937- September 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 205 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence largely with staff and executives at the national level in the National
Association for Travelers Aid and Transient Service; Correspondence concerns visits and
guest speaking arrangements for both Dr. Hathway and Travelers Aid personnel.
Travelers Aid Society , November 1937-December 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 206 Scope and Content Notes Newsletters ; Travelers Aid cases; Case procedures; Correspondence regarding
collaboration between Travelers Aid and the School of Social Work;
Travelers Aid Societies were federated under the National Association of Travelers Aid
and Transient Services.
U - General Correspondence , 1933-1938
Containers box 6 , folder 207 Scope and Content Notes Social Work Curriculum at the University of Buffalo, 1933-1934; Correspondence and
invoices with publishers; Other miscellaneous correspondence.
Urban League , December 1937-May 1938
Containers box 6 , folder 208 Scope and Content Notes Correspondence with the Urban League regarding student field work, thesis work, an
appointment to the League staff, a visiting speaker and other miscellaneous matters.
V - General Correspondence
Containers box 6 , folder 209 W - General Correspondence
Containers box 6 , folder 210 Women's Association
Containers box 6 , folder 211 Worker's Schools in Western Pennsylvania
Containers box 6 , folder 212 X,Y,Z - General Correspondence
Containers box 6 , folder 213 Young Men's Christian Association
Containers box 6 , folder 214 Young Women's Christian Association
Containers box 6 , folder 215 YMCA and YWCA
Containers box 6 , folder 216 