Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.
The AASWG records were given to the Social Welfare History Archives by individual group work practitioners and educators as part of the AASWG initiative to collect and promote the association's history.
Currently, the records are grouped by individual donor in the order in which they were processed by the archives.
Please contact Archives for more information.
Researchers interested in studying group work should also consult the National Association of Social Workers Records (SW001), Margaret Berry Papers (SW106), Homer Bishop Papers (SW032), Helen Hall Papers (SW034), Ruby Pernell Papers (SW261), Beulah Rothman Papers (SW112), William Schwartz Papers (SW113), Gertrude Wilson Papers (SW224), and the Group Work pamphlet collection in the Social Welfare History Archives. The archives also holds the records of numerous settlement houses, the National Federation of Settlements, and United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc. These records are often excellent sources for documenting group work.
The idea for the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups began at the annual meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in 1978. Group workers attending the meeting recognized that social work conferences did not include group work presentation and held an impromptu meeting to plan a conference dedicated to group work. The First Annual Group Work Symposium was held in 1979. The Committee for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups was formed at the symposium and was incorporated in 1981. In 1985, the committee became a membership organization and was renamed the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.
Sources:
Contains correspondence, board and committee minutes, regional and local chapter files, project records, newsletters, and annual symposia files. Also, gifts of material from individual association members documenting the history of group work education and practice; AASWG committees; and the AASWG annual symposium. These additions to the records are filed under the name of the donor.
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.
AASWG newsletters; Annual symposium programs (1988, 1998, 2002, 2003); AASWG directories; and a group work bibliography compiled by William Schwartz. Includes a memorial eulogy for William Schwartz from the 4th Annual Symposium and a paper by Heckerman and Tokayer on philosophy and group work practice from the 13th annual symposium. See also the Toby Berman-Rossi papers.
Documents relating to "An Experiment in Narrative Group Work Records," 1938; correspondence from Helen Northen, Ruby Pernell, and Gertrude Wilson; and a small amount of group work papers and course material by Gertrude Wilson.
Group work notes and course materials from School of Applied Social Service, University of Pittsburgh
Material from Norma Lang, professor of social work at the University of Toronto and long-time member of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups (AASWG). Most of the records document the ASSWG's 4th Annual Symposium (1982) and 22nd Annual Symposium (2000). These include: committee minutes and notes, correspondence, scholarly papers and abstracts, curricula vitae of speakers, and programs, announcements and form letters. Symposium-related records also include files on plenary speakers, invitational speakers, and honorees. Additional AASWG materials and topics are: Committee for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups announcement; symposium announcements, programs, forms (1979-1999); 3rd Annual Symposium participant survey; AASWG Board, 1988-1991; Chapter Development Committee; Curriculum Study Committee; newsletter (1988-1997); list of board and committee chairs. Also includes material related to the early organization the AASWG and memorials for AASWG members, Reginald Bundy, Wilson Head, and Harleigh B Trecker. Finally, the records include a small number of Lang's writings on the subject of group work
Currently, the papers are arranged into 5 series and housed in three boxes. Box 9 contains general AASWG related materials. Box 10 contains records from the 4th Annual Symposium of AASWG. Boxes 11 and 12 contain records from the 22nd Annual Symposium. Other AASWG-related materials and Lang's writings are also housed in Box 12.
The Norma Lang addition to the AASWG records was given to the archives by Professor Lang following her retirement from the University of Toronto. The materials were packed and shipped to the archives by Barabara Muskat, the chair of Toronto chapter of AASWG in 2005.
Records include agenda, minutes, committee files, correspondence, local chapter files, membership information, symposia records, and financial material.
Conference programs and other records relating to the 1st and 3rd-17th ASSWG symposia; detailed records documenting planning for the 7th National AASWG Symposium; newsletters, AASWG board minutes, Chapter Development Committee files, local New Jersey chapter files, and a small amount of Professor Leiderman's professional records and writings on social work.
Records include national AASWG material, Board records, Chapter Development Committee, regional and local chapter files, newsletters, and conference files. Includes special projects: Syllabus Exchange Project and Training Project
Papers and articles on group work.
Commission on Group Work in Social Work Education