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Unpublished inventory available. Contact the Archives for more information.
The collection reflects the efforts of the VA Social Work Service to develop a program of social services in the Veterans Administration and to assist in readjustment problems of veterans returning to community life.
These records represent an addition to those previously received from the Veterans Administration, described in a separate inventory. The collection contains administrative records, general history files, staff training and development papers, technical staff bulletins, correspondence and reports from other agencies, and reports and correspondence documenting the Veterans Administration involvement in hospitalization and post-hospitalization care for returning veterans after World War II. The training files represent the bulk of the collection. The hospitalization and post-hospitalization files document the activities of the Veterans Administration Social Service after World War II in assisting veterans with physical or mental disabilities.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.