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DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-38
title: Lester Breslow interview, 1990

description: Breslow, Lester - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman on June 20, 1990. An interview with Dr. Lester Breslow as he discusses the development of public health in California; work with California State Department of Public Health; personal role in politics of public health in California; work with voluntary health agencies; impact of Reagan's governorship on public health; UCLA School of Public Health; work as Dean of School of Public Health; Watts Riots and establishment of King Medical Center; long-time interest in cancer control; work in health promotion. ❧ Dr. Lester Breslow, frequently referred to as "Dr. Public Health," was a pioneer in many aspects of public health in California and nationally. Following military service and work in Minnesota in public health, he entered the California Department of Public Health by the "back door," and established himself as a leader in various divisions of that department before becoming Director of the Department. During the Reagan governorship, he left because of philosophical differences, joining the School of Public Health at UCLA. There he sequentially assumed chairmanship of various departments in public health. ❧ Lester Breslow (b. 1915). Professor of Public Health. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 6-20-90. Length of interview: 3 hours 48 minutes. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Transcript of interview: 62 pp. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Development of public health in California; work with California State Department of Public Health; personal role in politics of public health in California; work with voluntary health agencies; impact of Reagan's governorship on public health; UCLA School of Public Health; work as Dean of School of Public Health; Watts Riots and establishment of King Medical Center; long-time interest in cancer control; work in health promotion. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. "Dr. Lester Breslow: Mr. Public Health," Los Angeles Times (13 October 1997), Section S, 1, 6.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-23
title: Rosalyn Benitez-Bloch interview, 2001

description: Benitez-Bloch, Rosalyn - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ An interview with Dr. Rosalyn Benitez-Bloch as she discusses her wide-ranging professional life and involvement in the field of social work, and shares some of the insights she has gained and shared with others. ❧ Dr. Benitez-Bloch, with a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare and a doctorate from the University of Southern California School Of Social Work, has a long and particularly distinguished career in various aspects of social work. She has held a variety of positions in the American Red Cross, Jewish Family Service of San Francisco, the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, and Vista Child Care Service of Los Angeles. She has taught at UCLA School of Social Welfare and UCLA Extension, USC School of Social Work, Hebrew Union College, and the Andrus Gerontology Center at USC, University of Hawaii, and a number of other facilities. Her agency work and teaching have been characterized by innovations, about some of which she has written. She has lectured widely and conducted numerous workshops, served on a variety of advisory committees and boards, and has been an active participant in the work of a number of professional associations. Simultaneously with much of this work, she has conducted a private practice. ❧ Interviewed by Hannah Hamovitch. Date of interview: 8-25-01. Lenth of interview: 2 hours 5 minutes. Transcript of interview: 51 pp. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-449
title: Vivian Brown interview, 2014

description: Brown, Vivian - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ An interview with Vivian Brown, PhD as she discusses the inspirations behind her career in psychology and the push for identifying co-occurring disorders and trauma in addiction. ❧ Vivian Brown, PhD – Oral History Interview for the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA). Interviewed by Areta Crowell, PhD. Date of interview: 10-28-14. Length of interview: 1 hour and 3 minutes. Transcript of interivew: 22 pp. DVD containing interview. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. DVD containing interview. ❧ Regrettably, we experienced some audio feedback issues during the interview. View the written transcript. ❧ CONTENTS: (00:31) - Introduction. (01:39) - Beginning of Career in Mental Health & USC School Research Psychology. (02:12) - VA Hospital in Brentwood. (04:16) - Breaking Down Barriers in Co-Occurring Disorders. (04:46) - History & Inspirations . (08:18) - First Job - Los Angeles Psychiatrist Service . (08:36) - Funding Under President Kennedy. (08:51) - Writing Grants & Developing Co-Occurring Programs. (09:42) - Alternative Means of Funding & Politics of the 1960’s. (14:17) - Career Development. (14:50) - Addition of Trauma - 1970’s. (15:40) - Federal Funding w/ Addition of AIDS. (17:20) - The Founding of Prototypes - 1986. (20:25) - Women with Co-Occurring Disorders and Violence Study. (22:21) - Integration of Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Trauma in Interventions. (27:00) - Family Drug Treatment in Court Systems. (28:10) - Role in Policy Development. (29:30) - Reviewing Programs and Proposals . (30:33) - Federal Government Advisory Councils . (33:24) - Lessons Learned – Integration of Mental and Primary Healthcare. (33:49) - Trauma as Central Issue. (37:14) - Getting the Message of the Importance of Trauma Across. (39:30) - Obstacles . (42:30) - Reduction of Barriers . (45:12) - Dealing with Frustrations. (48:18) - Most Satisfying Experiences. (50:08) - Changes in Political and Academic Climate Over 50 Years. (51:55) - Role of Consumers. (55:10) - Do it Differently? . (56:26) - Improving the Field of Social Work. (59:39) - Importance of LA County. (01:01:20) - Closing Remarks.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-542
title: Doreen Der-McLeod interview, 2017

description: Der-McLeod, Doreen - Oral History Interview for the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) ❧ Interviewer: Rev. Harry Chuck. Date: 11/17/2017. An interview with Doreen Der-McLeod as she discusses her impact on San Francisco’s Chinatown and experience as a bridge for Chinese-American youth and families. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: (00:30) Introduction and overview of career. (02:18) Influence of Cameron House on career choice. (02:56) Social climate when entering the field of social work. (04:43) Evolution of career in youth work. (06:13) Involvement in San Francisco’s Chinatown. (10:10) Strategies used to achieve goals of improving parks and recreation in Chinatown. (12:42) Realization of ability to create change. (15:44) Obstacles and successes while advocating for parks and recreation. (17:40) Sources of career satisfaction. (19:46) Changes in social and political climate throughout career (1960s-present). (22:58) Current social issues to address - immigration and Democracy. (27:05) Advice for incoming social workers - working for change. (29:46) Comparative experience in rural areas of Appalachia. (34:52) Finding her own path: Impact of circumstance and divine intervention. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ); 2. Curriculum Vitae; 3. DVD containing interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-74
title: Carmen Combs interview, 1990

description: Combs, Carmen - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom on August 14, 1990. An interview with Carmen Combs as she discusses her early childhood in Iowa; graduation from Yale School of Law in 1927; early law practice; work at USC in Legal Aid Clinic; work with "Okie" families; referee in juvenile courts in Los Angeles area; House of Good Shepherd and Boys Republic; detention of children at McClaren Hall; appointment from Earl Warren to city's advisory committee; career with League of Women Voters and issues addressed; involvement with grand jury investigations; "Woman of the Year" award; volunteer for Pasadena School District; work with League of Women Voters and its involvement with migrant workers; philosophy as working mother; changes in child welfare and lives of children; effectiveness of social welfare agencies in working with juvenile delinquents; opinion of probation officers. ❧ Carmen Combs was an attorney who spent a number of years as a referee in the Juvenile Court of Los Angeles. She also was an active volunteer in various committees and organizations that focused on juvenile justice and related issues. Among her activities was work with the Legal Aid Society, Los Angeles; the University of Southern California Center on Law and Poverty; the Governor's (Warren) Committee on Juvenile Justice; the League of Women Voters; and the Boys' and Girls' Republic. This interview describes some of her activities in these organizations. ❧ Carmen Combs (1903-1991). Lawyer. Referee in Los Angeles Juvenile Court. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview 8-14-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 12 minutes. Transcript of interview: 24 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Early childhood in Iowa; graduation from Yale School of Law in 1927; early law practice; work at USC in Legal Aid Clinic; work with "Okie" families; referee in juvenile courts in Los Angeles area; House of Good Shepherd and Boys Republic; detention of children at McClaren Hall; appointment from Earl Warren to city's advisory committee; career with League of Women Voters and issues addressed; involvement with grand jury investigations; "Woman of the Year" award; volunteer for Pasadena School District; work with League of Women Voters and its involvement with migrant workers; philosophy as working mother; changes in child welfare and lives of children; effectiveness of social welfare agencies in working with juvenile delinquents; opinion of probation officers. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: 1. Program and correspondence for "Models for Tomorrow: The Multi-Service Center, the Multi-Purpose Worker." 2. Carmen Combs, "Juvenile Justice or Do Too Many Rights Make a Wrong?." 9 page manuscript of article published in Glendale Law Review, 1976. 3. Obituary from League of Women Voters newsletter, October 1991. 4. Minutes of Advisory Committee on Detention Practices, 5-2-74. (Combs a member.) 5. Carmen Combs, Short Tales from a Long Life (1988).
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-20
title: Leonard Beerman interview, 1997

description: Beerman, Leonard - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Ed Hummel on April 3, 1997. An interview with Rabbi Leonard Beerman as he discusses his growing-up experiences and decision to enter into the rabbinate; activism in the search of peace; devotion to inter-faith activities; various positions held; and rights of human subjects in research. ❧ Rabbi Leonard Beerman. Interviewed by Ed Hummel. Date of interview: 4-3-97. Length of interview: 1 hour 14 minutes. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Transcript of interview: 21 pp. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: An interview with Rabbi Leonard Beerman as he discusses his growing-up experiences and decision to enter into the rabbinate; activism in the search of peace; devotion to inter-faith activities; various positions held; and rights of human subjects in research. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Correspondence from Ed Hummel to Rabbi Leonard Beerman re interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-53
title: Gerald Bubis interview, 1994

description: Bubis, Gerald - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Ben Cohen in January, 1994. An interview with Gerald Bubis as he discusses his entrance into the field of social work; overview of his positions held; work with Jewish social service; relationship between synagogues and social work; different phases of his career in social work; the establishment of the School of Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College; his double master's degree program in social work with USC; tension between assimilated and Orthodox Jews; application of values (Jewish, for example) to social work; methodologies of social work; his professors; social movements; his personal philosophy; the influence of social workers on programs and policies; his reflections on professional studies and methodologies. ❧ Gerald Bubis obtained an MSW from the University of Minnesota, after experiences from childhood on working as club leader and later for Hillel. Following his graduate study, he was a full time assistant director of Hillel at the University of Minnesota, then sequentially with the Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis, in Oakland, in Long Beach, and in Los Angeles. In 1968, until his retirement 23 years later, he was with the Jewish Communal Service of the Hebrew University Adjacent to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. There he established that program and, also, a joint degree with the USC School of Social Work leading to an MSW and a master's degree in communal service. This interview describes the establishing of that program and some of the philosophy and views that governed his participation in that program as well as his general professional activities. ❧ Gerald Bubis. Interviewed by Ben Cohen. Date of interview 1-94. Length of interview: 40 minutes. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Transcript of interview: 16 pp. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Entrance into the field of social work; overview of his positions held; work with Jewish social service; relationship between synagogues and social work; different phases of his career in social work; the establishment of the School of Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College; his double master's degree program in social work with USC; tension between assimilated and Orthodox Jews; application of values (Jewish, for example) to social work; methodologies of social work; his professors; social movements; his personal philosophy; the influence of social workers on programs and policies; his reflections on professional studies and methodologies.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-35
title: Elizabeth Borders interview, 1993

description: Borders, Elizabeth - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Robert W. Roberts on September 3, 1993. An interview with Elizabeth Borders as she discusses her entrance into social work; first experiences in the profession at St. Louis; education; work in Boston; being a teacher of medical social work; work at USC; USC School of Social Work faculty; development of medical social work at USC; research with Dr. Lester Breslow; work with Benjamin Rose Institute; Maury Hamovitch's study of gerontology; Leisure World; impressions of modern social work; health care bills; social work and social policy. ❧ Elizabeth Borders. Interviewed by Interviewed by Robert W. Roberts. Date of interview: 9-23-93. Length of interview: 1 hour 13 minutes. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate). Transcript of interview: 25 pp. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Her entrance into social work; first experiences in the profession at St. Louis; education; work in Boston; being a teacher of medical social work; work at USC; USC School of Social Work faculty; development of medical social work at USC; research with Dr. Lester Breslow; work with Benjamin Rose Institute; Maury Hamovitch's study of gerontology; Leisure World; impressions of modern social work; health care bills; social work and social policy. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Biographical information prepared by Elizabeth Borders (7 pp.). 2. Personal profile by Elizabeth Borders of herself (4 pp).
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-47
title: June Brown interview, 1993

description: Brown, June - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by John Milner on June 29, 1993. An interview with Dr. June Brown as she describes her early interest in social work; first position with the Bureau of Public Assistance; work in Belvedere district; education at USC School of Social Work; work with child welfare; position with State Dept. of Social Welfare; Children's Bureau; doctoral studies at USC on Children's Bureau fellowship; study of adoption; changes in children's welfare services; delinquency; institutional care of children; retirement; changes in USC School of Social Work. ❧ Dr Brown's primary interest in practice and in teaching has been child welfare, a field in which she has written and also been involved in through volunteer activities. Her intimate knowledge of the problems of administering child welfare programs in Los Angeles County and in California is displayed in this interview, particularly issues touching what was known as the Division of Child Welfare Services, and then the Department of Children's Services, within which was placed the Department of Adoptions and the impact of federal and state regulations on these, as well as other influences affecting administration and operation of these programs. ❧ June Brown (b. 1927). Social worker, children's welfare. Professor, USC School of Social Work. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 6-29-93. Length of interview: 1 hour 20 minutes. 1 cassette (1 duplicate cassette). Transcript of interview: 22 pp. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Her early interest in social work; first position with the Bureau of Public Assistance; work in Belvedere district; education at USC School of Social Work; work with child welfare; position with State Dept. of Social Welfare; Children's Bureau; doctoral studies at USC on Children's Bureau fellowship; study of adoption; changes in children's welfare services; delinquency; institutional care of children; retirement; changes in USC School of Social Work. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-14
title: Mareanor Applebaum interview, 1988

description: Applebaum, Mareaner - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ An audio interview with Mareaner Applebaum as she discusses her entrance into and education in social work at Columbia University, early social work in New York City, her work with and description of the Vista Del Mar Child Care Service, and her work with and leadership of social welfare organizations. ❧ Mareaner Applebaum, who died in 1995, was employed for 39 years at Vista Del Mar Child Care Service, where she professionalized the child welfare services operation, collaborated in many agency activities with her colleagues, and was active professionally in many ways in the larger community. When she retired as assistant director of Vista Del Mar, the agency established the Mareaner Applebaum Institute. Each year invited leaders in the field share their knowledge with the agency and social work community. This interview describes her entry into the field of social work, various facets of her career at Vista Del Mar, and her professional activities subsequent to her retirement. Details of her professional positions and roles on boards and committees of the larger community are incorporated in the curriculum vitae on file with the California Social Welfare Archives. ❧ Interviewed by Maurice Ostomel. Dates of interview: 10-20-88 (also interviewed on 8-12-88, but considered unsatisfactory, so redone on 10-20-88). 4 cassette tapes. Length of interview: 43 minutes. Transcript of 10-20-88: 18 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript). Transcript of 8-12-88 interview: 18 pp. (2 copies). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Entrance and education in social work at Columbia University; early social work in New York City; work with and description of Vista Del Mar Child Care Service; work and leadership of social welfare organizations. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. 1 diskette of transcript of 10-20-88 interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-523
title: Nancy Humphreys interview, 2015

description: Humphreys, Nancy - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ An interview with Dr. Nancy Humphreys, MSW as she discusses her work in social work education, professional associations, and influence on policy. ❧ Interviewed by Ellen Dunbar, PhD. Date of interview: 10-10-15. Length of interview: 39 minutes. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: (1:15) – Her start in social work, Occidental College. (3:02) – MSW at USC School of Social Work. (4:45) – Experience as a child with polio knowing a social worker. (5:15) – Her mother’s work in the relief department as a social worker. (6:09) – Political, social, economic climate in the 1960s. (7:30) – Civil Rights Act of 1964. (8:09) – Career Development, work for the Welfare Department, organizing welfare rights groups. (10:45) – PhD at UCLA; teaching at Cal Poly Pomona, USC, and UCLA. (12:00) – Leaving California for Rutgers University, social work in policy practice. (13:20) – President of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), first president of CA chapter. (15:30) –Director at Montana State University, headed policy practice institute at UCONN, created Nancy A. Humphreys Political Social Work Institute at UCONN. (17:55) – Changes in MSW and BSW programs from 1960 to 2015. (18:32) – Founding BSW and MSW in Armenia after the earthquake in 1988, during the collapse of the USSR. (20:30) – Political social work as a career, running for political office as a social worker. (22:03) – Difficulties as a young woman president of NASW. (23:00) – Regrets for not being a stronger proponent for the gay and lesbian community as president of NASW. (24:45) – Increase in Affirmative Action target for women in the social work profession in leadership positions within NASW. (26:40) – Social work under presidents Nixon and Reagan. (28:20) – Change in political, social and economic climate during her career, denial of healthcare in some states. (29:15) – Balancing micro and macro practice in MSW programs. (30:15) – Preparing students better for policy change on behalf of their field, and getting people to vote and advocate for themselves politically. (35:40) – Political Social Work. (38:20) – Millennials’ creative use of technology and not joining traditional social work/professional groups. (40:00) – “Black Lives Matter” movement, NASW involvement in Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Gay Rights movements. (43:10) – Closing. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ). 2. DVD with interview. 3. Biography from California Social Work Hall of Distinction Induction. 4. Press release. 5. C.V.