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DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-279
title: Robert Shushan interview, 2001

description: Shushan, Robert - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Horace Sheldon on March 9, 2001. An interview with Robert Shushan as he discusses the development of the Exceptional Children's Foundation; the expansion of the ECF's role of service; the California State Department for Mental Retardation; insights into the needs and causes of mental retardation. ❧ Robert Shushan. Interviewed by Horace Sheldon. Date of interview: 3-9-01. Length of interview: 1 hour and 44 minutes. Transcript of interview: 21 pp. CD containing interview and transcript.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-267
title: Carl Shafer interview, 1994

description: Shafer, Carl - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Milton Goldberg on May 18, 1994. An interview with Carl Shafer as he discusses his entrance into field of social work; specialization in studies at USC School of Social Work; early social work positions; Jewish Big Brothers; Foothill Family Service; entrance into private work; doctoral studies at USC School of Social Work; courses taught as faculty member at USC School of Social Work; combination of teaching and private social practice as faculty member; changes in approaches to work with children; social work and changes in families since World War II; depth of social problems in modern society; place of social work and its values in modern society; volunteer work; experiences with public social welfare organizations; other family members in social work; reflections on career in social work and on social work itself; reflections on important persons in field of social work. ❧ Carl Shafer (d. 2000). Social worker, private practice. Social agency director. Professor of social work. Interviewed by Milton Goldberg. Date of interview: 5-18-94. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 40 minutes. Transcript of interview: 16 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 2. Curriculum Vitae. 3. Personal statement re career in social work. 4. Los Angeles Times obituary notice. 14 April 2000. 5. University of Southern California School of Social Work memorandum re death of Carl Shafer. 18 April 2000.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-243
title: Robert Roberts interview, 1993

description: Roberts, Robert - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom on July 25, 1993. An interview with Robert W. Roberts as he discusses his entrance into social work; social workers as role models; early life and education; MSW at Cal-Berkeley; first position; work with Jewish Family Services; work as research associate; doctoral studies at Columbia; teaching at University of Chicago; publications; job offer from USC; move to Los Angeles; director of undergraduate education at USC School of Social Work; opinion of MSW program at USC; assistant dean under Maurice Hamovitch; work as Dean of School of Social Work; relationship with Maurice Hamovitch; fiscal problems; renewed emphasis on research; development of programs to help meet university budgeting requirements; developments in social work curriculum during deanship; adjustments during era of shrinking budgets in the 1980s; faculty requirements and commitment to community; experience teaching in foreign universities; activities during retirement; changes in profession of social work; separation between social work agencies and schools of social work. ❧ Robert W. Roberts (b. 1932). Professor and Dean, USC School of Social Work. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Length of interview: 7-25-93. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 2 hours and 42 minutes. Transcript of interview: 48 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. Galley proofs of biography in "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare." 3. Retirement notice. 4. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-228
title: Helen Ramirez interview, 1990

description: Ramirez, Helen - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom on October 11, 1990. An interview with Helen Ramirez as she discusses early interest in social welfare; education and work at School of Social Work, USC; work with Fresno County Department of Public Welfare; LA County Dept. of Adoptions; establishing ethnic identity of Hispanic children; changes in LA County Dept. of Adoptions, now Dept. of Children's Services; open adoptions; road blocks to adoption of minority children; Public Law 96-272; support for families after adoption; single parent adoptions; changes in family structures and adoption; "developmentally disabled children" and adoption; bilingual/bicultural unit; future needs of adoption services; approaches to working with "drug-impacted" children; relationship between adopted child and adopted family, and birth family; review of changes in adoption; opposition to open adoptions; adoptions of children into families with different ethnicity; adoption of children with AIDS; foster parents and adoption; volume of placement of children; independent adoption; merger of LA County Dept. of Adoptions with Children's Services of Dept. of Public Social Services to create Dept. of Children's Services; development of innovative programs and resources re work with Bureau of Community Resources; service on board of Family Services Association of America; honors; achievements as pioneering woman; service on state task forces; changes in practice of social work; impact of budget cutbacks. ❧ Helen Ramirez. Social worker, children's welfare. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview: 10-11-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 23 minutes. Transcript of interview: 36 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ). 2. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-249
title: Ralph Sachs interview, 1988

description: Sachs, Ralph - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Frances Feldman on April 27, 1988. An interview with Ralph Sachs as he discusses his recruitment to LA's Commission on Public Health Care; polio immunization; lack of facilities and money for LA's Commission on Public Health Care; development of health center clinics; clients of clinics; combining of city and county health departments; work as executive officer in City Health Department; views on combining of city and county health departments; work after leaving City Health Dept.: nursing homes, Ford Foundation in India; work with University of Hawaii School of Public Health and Administration; work with world Health Organization; more on work in Hawaii; begins position as deputy of public health activities for Los Angeles County; problems in programs in LA public health programs; investigation into nursing homes; activities with elderly during his retirement; new program for elderly in LA County; work with Visiting Nurses Association and Health Foundation; contributions of a public health official to voluntary social agency; need for coordinating council for social welfare agencies. ❧ Ralph Sachs (1911-1995). M.D. Public health. Interviewed by Frances Feldman. Date of interview: 4-27-88. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 18 minutes. Transcript of interview: 26 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 2. 1 3x 5 in. photograph and 1 2 x 2 in. photograph of Ralph Sachs. 3. LA Times article re problem in County health care. 4. Curriculum Vitae. 5. Notes re interview. 6. Flyer advertising talk by Sachs on aging.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-258
title: Eva Schindler-Rainman interview, 1992

description: Schindler-Rainman, Eva - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Charlotte Langley on January 10, 1992. An interview with Eva Schindler-Rainman as she discusses her education and entrance into social work; early social work before professional training; influence of parents on her participation in social work; work with Family Service; work on MSW; work with mentally ill during studies; position with Girl Scouts; work at UCLA and development of programs; doctoral work at USC; work in field of 'voluntarism'; work in New York City on 'Metropolitan Critical Areas Project'; publications on voluntarism; founder of International Association for Volunteer Education; direction of voluntarism; funding for volunteer programs; opinion on merging of "Points of Light" with National Volunteer Action Program"; connection between social work and volunteer work; main developments in social work; views on diversity; role of volunteers; need for volunteers in schools of social work; other areas where volunteers needed; lesson of voluntarism; and contributions of volunteers. ❧ Eva Schindler-Rainman, who obtained a doctorate from the USC School of Social Work, was a notable organizer of community training activities and pioneered many devices for training personnel and for training and using volunteers to complement the work of professionals. She authored and co-authored numerous articles and books addressing these subjects. She herself served numerous organizations in a volunteer capacity. She had professional association with Girl Scouts, Camp Fires, United Way, the UCLA School of Social Welfare, and the USC School of Social Work. She pioneered new programs at the University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA. For most of her life, she lived and worked in Southern California, but the scope of her activities in voluntarism and training extended nationally and internationally. This interview describes not only her various activities as a professional and as a volunteer, but also sets forth her philosophy about voluntarism and its important role in the field of social work as well as in other kinds of endeavors, such as school systems. Dr. Rainman had moved to Truckee, California, during the last year of her life. She died in 1996. ❧ Eva Schindler-Rainman (d. 1996). Professional in social work training. Interviewed by Charlotte Langley. Date of interview: 1-10-92. 2 cassette tape (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 1 hour and 3 minutes. Transcript of interview: 31 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Photocopies of articles by Eva Schindler-Rainman. 2. Bibliography of works of Dr. Eva Schindler-Rainman (2 copies); other bibliographical information re Eva Schindler-Rainman. 3. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 4. 1 5 x 7 in. photograph of Eva Schindler-Rainman. 5. Handwritten notes re interview and length (by Charlotte Langley).
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-255
title: Rhoda Sarnat interview, 1998

description: Sarnat, Rhoda - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Frances Feldman on October 20, 1998. An interview with Rhoda Sarnat as she discusses early life and family background; undergraduate studies at UCLA in psychology; interest in social work stimulated by Helen Gruenberg; graduate school in social work at University of Chicago; work with Jewish social Service Bureau of Chicago; work under supervision of Esther Shouer; marriage to Bernard Sarnat; move to St. Louis with husband; birth of first child and reduced work; relationship with housekeeper; return to California in 1955; private practice with The Psychological Service Center of Los Angeles; role as student advisor at USC School of Social Work, beginning in 1962; Director of Field Work at USC; relationship with Dean Malcolm Stinson and Josephine di Paolo, Director of Field Work; work as Director of Field Work; work with Senior Health and Peer Counseling, after retirement; work with Older Persons in a Caring Atmosphere; docent at LA Zoo; Rhoda Sarnat Prize of the Mental Health Section of the Institute of the National Academy of Sciences; Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat Endowment in USC School of Social Work; Rhoda Sarnat Lectureship at School; work with National Association of Social Workers; lectureship at Los Angeles Home for the Jewish Aged; contributions to student loan fund at the University of Chicago; financial contributions to the Hamovitch Research Center; establishment of Sarnat Center at Brandeis University for the Study of Anti-Jewishness; reflections on career in social work. ❧ Rhoda Sarnat (b. 1915). Social worker. Field Work Director, USC School of Social Work. Interviewed by Frances Lomas Feldman. Date of interview: 10-20-98. 1 cassette tape (1duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 3 minutes (approximately). Transcript of interview: 23 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 3. Autobiographical essay. 4. Photocopies of 2 articles on social work by Rhoda Sarnat. 5. CSWA oral history interview forms. 6. Brochure for "Rhoda G. and Bernard G. Sarnat Symposium for Geriatric Care." 7. Program for Sarnat Lecture, University of Southern California, School of Social Work. 13 April 2000.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-201
title: Helen Northen interview, 1987

description: Northen, Helen - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by John Milner on June 10, 1987. An interview with Helen Northen as she discusses her entrance into social work; education: group work and case work at U. of Pittsburgh; field instructor at U. of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr; position at University of Hawaii School of Social Work; position at USC in School of Social Work; teaching generic practice at USC; Metropolitan State Hospital Project, Los Angeles NIMH project; leadership in local and national programs, eg, Campfire girls; major changes in social work practice; agency vs. private practice; publications; chair of national conference held in LA in 1967; personal philosophy of social work; future plans. ❧ Helen Northen. Professor, USC School of Social Work. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 6-10-87. 1 cassette tape (no duplicate tape, although notation on envelope states one exists). Length of interview: 33 minutes. Transcript of interview: 13 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Entrance into social work; education: group work and case work at U. of Pittsburgh; field instructor at U. of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr; position at University of Hawaii School of Social Work; position at USC in School of Social Work; teaching generic practice at USC; Metropolitan State Hospital Project, Los Angeles NIMH project; leadership in local and national programs, eg, Campfire girls; major changes in social work practice; agency vs. private practice; publications; chair of national conference held in LA in 1967; personal philosophy of social work; future plans. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. California Social Work Hall of Distinction Biography ( http://socialworkhallofdistinction.usc.edu/honorees/ ). 2. 1 videotape: "Helen Northen, Oral History." 3. Curriculum Vitae. 4. 2 3.5 x 4 in. photographs of two unidentified women (Helen Northen?). 5. 2 programs for "Phi Kappa Phi Annual Faculty Recognition Awards and Exhibition" (3-26-82). 6. Handwritten outline of interview topics, by John Milner.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-234
title: Milton Goldberg interview on Oscar Reiss, 1986

description: Reiss, Oscar - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Jean Berlfein on July 13, 1986. An interview with Milton Goldberg as he discusses Oscar Reiss'  education; entrance into the field of social work; various positions held. ❧ Oscar Reiss. M.D. F.A.A.P. Oscar Reiss Interview #1. Interviewed by Jean Berlfein. Date of interview: 7-13-86. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 31 minutes. No transcript. CD containing interview. ❧ Milton Goldberg: An Oral History Interview on Dr. Oscar Reiss. Interviewed by Jean Berlfein. Interview #2. Date of interview: 7-13-86. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcripts of interview: 13 pp. 1 diskette of transcript of interview on Dr. Reiss. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Milton Goldberg's role in Jewish Big Brothers and Dr. Oscar Reiss' assistance; Reiss' status as pediatrician; first meeting with Reiss; Reiss' work on and for board; development of professional staff; need for clinical social workers; creation of Parent-Child Guidance Service; involving fathers in treatment of children; clients' reasons for coming to services of Jewish Big Brothers; relationship between psychiatry and social workers; Reiss' key role in obtaining committee consultants; Camp Max Straus; relationship of Jewish Big Brothers to Reiss Davis Clinic; selling of Reis Davis Clinic; description of Los Angeles' Jewish community ca. 1945; personality of Dr. Oscar Reiss. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Oscar Reiss: A Pioneer in the Field of Mental Health (Book). 2. Newspaper clippings.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-294
title: Honora Wilson interview, 1995

description: Wilson, Honora - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch in March, 1995. An interview with Honora Wilson as she discusses development of interest in social work; studies at School of Social Work, USC; comments on Pauline Young; assignment to Welfare Dept.; USC professors; activities at USC; positions in social work during Depression; work with Frieda Mohr and Jewish Family Services; study at Smith's psychiatric school; work with Family Service of Cincinnati; return to LA and decision to return to Cincinnati for work; move back to LA to work for Family Service; work with City of Hope; changes in hospital's admittance policy; relationship with City of Hope's board of directors; Shirley Wilson, assistant director at City of Hope; research project; fundraising; hiring of rabbi at City of Hope; departure from City of Hope and work for Jewish Information Services; and work for ""Rancho"". ❧ Honora Wilson was one of a generation of strong woman administrators of social work agencies who pioneered during the post World War II through the 1960's. Her particular contribution was with the City of Hope Medical Center, in Duarte, CA. She was able to convince the lay board who makes decisions on admissibility to the hospital to transform this responsibility to the professional medical staff. The Board would receive advice from Ms. Wilson and her assistant with regard to the social needs of the patients. She was seen as the social conscience of the hospital, and was involved in pushing innovation programs, such as moral accommodations on the premises to enable parents to spend time with their hospitalized children being treated for leukemia. Parents were also permitted to assist in the nursing care of the children. This was a first. ❧ Honora Wilson. Medical social worker. Administrator, hospital social work department. Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch. Date of interview: March 1995. 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: 38 minutes. Transcript of interview: 21 pp. (2 copies rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 2. Photocopy of Honora Wilson's handwritten statement for interview.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-225
title: Dan Pursuit interview, 1995

description: Pursuit, Dan - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by John Milner on July 26, 1995. An interview with Dan Pursuit as he discusses reasons for entering social work; education in social work at Western Reserve University; probation officer; work with segregated training programs in U.S. Navy; first employee of Delinquency Control Institute; creation of DCI; objective of DCI; establishment of DCI teaching program; early leaders and contributions of USC School of Social Work to program; recruitment of police officers to DCI classes; other contributors to program; former directors of DCI; budget problems; important students of DCI, eg, Ed Davis; major financial donors and contributors; loss of R. J. Reynolds as a sponsor; awards and national recognition received by DCI; DCI extension in Hawaii; backgrounds of students attending DCI; hope for major financial donor; contributions of Ford Foundation; publications; technique for "brainstorming"; retirement; name change; reasons for success of DCI. ❧ Dan Pursuit. Social worker. Director of Delinquency Institute. Interviewed by John Milner. Date of interview: 7-26-95. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 56 minutes. Transcript of interview: 24 pp. (3 copies rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 2. Summary of Dan Pursuit tape. 3. Publications, syllabus and program description, initial planning committee, and informational brochure re DCI.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-300
title: Josephine Yelder interview, 1993

description: Yelder, Josephine - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by David Kuroda on September 13, 1993. An interview with Josephine Yelder as she discusses her entrance into the field of social work; interest in social action; graduate school; work with the Department of Public Social Services; work as a training consultant; "Techniques of Interviewing" film; and her family. ❧ Josephine Jordan Yelder was born in Lyons, Kansas. She grew up in Salina, Kansas. When she graduated from high school she went to Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA as sociology major. After graduation Los Angeles County employed her as a social worker. While employed there she attended school at USC. She received a Masters Degree in Social Work and in 1975 received her Ph.D. Her study and research focused on intergenerational relationships in black families. Dr. Yelder's direct social work experiences included casework at the Los Angeles County Department of Social Services, where she was highly respected and recognized as an outstanding clinician and diagnostician in meeting the needs of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans and other diverse population groups and clients. These activities resulted in the establishment of effective policies and procedures in the health and social care agencies throughout the Los Angeles County Department of Social Services. ❧ Josephine Yelder. Professor of Social Work. Consultant, social welfare task forces. Interviewed by David Kuroda. Dates of interview: 9-13-93. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 38 minutes. Transcript of interview: 20 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Memorandum from David Kuroda to Charlotte Langley and Ed Hummel, Oral History Committee Co-chairs, re interview. 2. Curriculum Vitae and biographical information.
DOI: 10.25549/cswa-c34-246
title: Martin Ruderman interview, 1989

description: Ruderman, Martin - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Maurice Ostomel on May 22, 1989. An interview with Martin Ruderman as he discusses his education; entrance into social work; various positions held. ❧ Martin Ruderman. (1907-1994). Community planner. State relief official. Interviewed by Maurice Ostomel. Date of interview: 5-22-89. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 24 minutes. Transcript of interview: 34 pp. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. 1 5 x 7 in. photograph of Martin Ruderman.