The
Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc.
An International Professional Organization
Advocacy and Action in Support of Group Work Practice, Education, Research, and Publication
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An International Professional Organization Advocacy and Action in Support of Group Work Practice, Education, Research, and Publication |
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Standards for Social Work Practice with Groups Commission on Group Work in Social Work Education |
DONATING YOUR MATERIALS to the Social Group Work Collection at The Social Welfare History Archives
What is an Archives and why send materials to it?
Why AASWG USES THE Social WELFARE HISTORY ARCHIVES AS ITS REPOSITORY The Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis founded in 1964, houses hundreds of collections related to social work and social welfare. The Social Group Work Collection, brought together through the initiative of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups includes personal papers of individual group workers as well as the organization records of the AASWG and its Chapters. Examples of some of the related collections are the Helen Hall Papers, 1915-1975; Henry Street Settlement Records, 1892-1982; Margaret Berry House Records, 1939-1961; National Association of Social Work records, 1917-1963; National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers Records, 1891-1965. AASWG is committed to seeing that group work collections are gathered in a systematic way and are housed in one location. Some of the papers of this generation’s social workers, such as Gertrude Wilson, William Schwartz, Beulah Rothman and Max Casper, now reside in the Social Group Work Collection. AASWG wants to ensure that papers of future donors will be sent to the Social Group Work Collection at the Social Welfare History Archives in Minnesota. What to preserve Your donation can be as little as a single item which may be very significant and as large as a collection of papers over a lifetime. If you are donating personal papers, it is advised to consult with the archives directly before sending the material. If you have organizational material related to your AASWG chapter, submit the material to your chapter’s archives committee and it will handle the transmission of material to the archives. The material does not need to be in any order; professional staff will organize it once it arrives at the archives. How to begin If you have personal material that relates to group work, contact David Klassen at the Social Welfare History Archives by calling 612-624-4377 or e-mailing d-klaa@te.umn.edu. He will discuss with you the material you have and how to get it to him in a safe manner. Examples of personal papers (to include personal life of the person, teaching/practice life of the person, professional involvement of the person)
Examples of organizational material
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Archives
preserve collections of written, visual, and audible material created by
individual people and/or organizations so that researchers, students, and others
interested in the subject can have access to the material. Archives are staffed
by archivists who are experts in the preservation of material and in the topic
areas of the collections. Materials sent to an archives are stored in
climate-controlled rooms and policies exist to ensure protection of the
materials from damage and/or from being removed from the site. These materials
do not circulate. Access to the papers is controlled by the repository. In some
cases, material can be reproduced. Study rooms are available for reading
material.