Randall Library Collections

Video: Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of Professional Social Work in the US (A/V) HM831 .L442 2001 

Books:
The Altruistic Imagination: A History of Social Work and Social Policy in the United States. Reserves HV91 .E38 1985 
American Social History Since 1860. Reference and General Collection E169.1 .A437 1971 
Biographical Dictionary of Social Welfare in America. Reference HV27 .B57 1986 
Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History. General Collection HV741 .B77 
Encyclopedia of Social Work. Reference HV35 .S6 (1929 - 1995)
From Character Building to Social Treatment: The History of the Use of Groups in Social Work. General Collection HV45 .R44 
From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America. General Collection HV91 .T7 1984 
A History of Social Welfare and Social Work in the United States. General Collection HV91 .L37 
Moral Purposes of Social Work: The Character and Intentions of a Profession. General Collection HV10.5 .M67 1992 
National Conference on Social Welfare General Collection HV88 .A3 (1946, 1960, 1965)
The Professionalization of Poverty: Social Work and the Poor in the Twentieth Century. General Collection HV40.8.U6 P76 1999 
The Rural Community and Social Case Work. General Collection and Special Collections HV41 .B7 1933 
Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need. General Collection HV91 .A94 1975 
Social Welfare in America: An Annotated Bibliography. Reference HV91 .S624 1983 
The Heritage of American Social Work: Readings in its Philosophical and Institutional Development. General Collection HV91 .P8 

Jane Addams
The Excellent Becomes the Permanent. General Collection CT219 .A3 1970 
Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy: A Life. General Collection HV28.A35 E57 2002 
Jane Addams: A Centennial Reader. General Collection HN5 .A3 
The Long Road of Woman's Memory. Special Collections HQ1206 .A25 1916 
A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil. General Collection HQ144 .A7 1972 
Peace and Bread in Time of War. Special Collections D613 .A3 1983
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets. General Collection HQ796 .A3 1909 
Twenty Years at Hull-House: with Autobiographical Notes. General Collection HV4196.C4 H7 1938 

Florence Kelley
Impatient Crusader: Florence Kelley's Life Story. Goldmark, Josephine Clara.  General Collection HN57.K4 G6 
Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work.  Sklar, Kathryn Kish.  General Collection HQ1413.K45 S58 1995  v.1 

Lillian Wald
The House on Henry Street. General Collection HV4196.N6 H5 1915 
Always a Sister: the Feminism of Lillian D. Wald. General Collection HQ1413.W34 D36 1989 
Women of Valor: the Struggle Against the Great Depression as Told in Their Own Life Stories.   General Collection 
HQ1412 .W66 1990 

Other Pioneers of Social Work
Two Sisters for Social Justice: A Biography of Grace and Edith Abbott. General Collection HV27 .C67 1983

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Websites

From Charitable Volunteers to Architects of Social Welfare: A Brief History of Social Work (Univ. of Michigan)

Heatherbank Museum of Social Work (Europe)

Social Work History Network (Europe)

The Social Work History On-Line Time-Line

Social Work History Station (Boise State)

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1775-2000.
Last Update: December 12, 2005