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| Title: | Towle, Charlotte. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1915-1968 |
| Size: | 14.75 linear feet (26 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Charlotte Towle (1896-1966), psychiatric social worker and theoretician in the fields of social work education and casework, was professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago for over thirty years. The Towle Papers comprise 26 boxes of correspondence, teaching and administrative materials, manuscripts and research notes, offprints, awards, biographical material, journals, and photos. |
Box 26 contains student evaluative material restricted for eighty years from date of record creation.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Towle, Charlotte. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Charlotte Towle (1896-1966) was born and raised in Butte, Montana. She received a BA in education from Goucher College (1919), but after graduation accepted a job with the American Red Cross which strengthened her interest in social work. With the aid of a Commonwealth Fund fellowship, she attended the New York School of Social Work, completing her studies in psychiatric social work in 1926. For two years she was director of the Home Finding Department of The Children's Aid Society of Philadelphia, and from 1928 to 1932 she gained experience in casework supervision and further training in psychiatric social work at the Institute for Child Guidance in New York. Established by the Commonwealth Fund as a model clinic, the Institute was in the forefront of psychiatric social work theory and practice. Towle served as the Institute's fieldwork supervisor for students from the New York and Smith College schools of social work.
In 1932 Towle accepted an appointment to the faculty of the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) at the University of Chicago. Because of its origins in the settlement movement, SSA's curriculum was oriented toward social welfare policy and administration. Edith Abbott, Dean from 1924 to 1942, had initially resisted the trend in the profession toward an emphasis on a psychiatric model in casework. However, when the Commonwealth Fund offered student stipends to SSA contingent on the introduction of psychiatric casework courses into the curriculum and the development of psychiatric field placements, Abbott invited Towle to join the faculty in order to strengthen its psychiatric emphasis.
In the 1930's the casework curriculum in most schools of social work consisted of one introductory course, often referred to as "generic," and many specialized courses. Consequently, the application of psychological knowledge was regarded as the nearly exclusive domain of psychiatric social work. Towle, convinced that all caseworkers needed knowledge about human behavior as well as access to a broad spectrum of treatment approaches, utilized case material from all fields of practice in her casework courses. She emphasized the consideration of multiple social and psychological factors in diagnosis and a range of treatment approaches as generic for all caseworkers (9:15, 10:1-13, 10:15, 11:1-13, 12:1). In 1941 Towle edited a collection of Social Case Records from Psychiatric Clinics with Discussion Notes as a volume in the Social Service Series published by SSA (4:5). Through widespread classroom use of this book and through her work on the curriculum committees of the American Association of Schools of Social Work and the American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, she helped define a generic casework curriculum for most schools (2:15-18, 3:6, and 9:12).
Not only did Towle's psychiatric orientation affect the SSA curriculum, but she herself was influenced by the broad social concerns and activities of colleagues such as Grace and Edith Abbott and Sophonisba Breckinridge. For example, Towle became interested in the philosophy of social work. In a 1945 book, Common Human Needs, she sketched for public assistance workers the link between understanding human behavior and administering social welfare programs: psychological needs and forces, she argued, were related to social forces and experience (12:11-15). The book was enthusiastically received (1:3-8) and was eventually translated into eight languages (Box 15).
Ironically, Towle's book received its widest publicity in 1951 through what came to be called "The Common Human Needs Affair". The incident began when the president of the American Medical Association noted Towle's statement, "Social security and public assistance programs are a basic essential for attainment of the socialized state envisaged in a democratic ideology, a way of life which so far has been realized only in slight measure." (p. 57) Taking the sentence out of context, he construed "socialized state" as political propaganda and accused the administrator of the Federal Security Agency, which had published the book, of promoting socialist attitudes. As a result, the administrator, Oscar Ewing, ordered the Government Printing Office to destroy all of its remaining copies. The social work profession as well as civil libertarians rallied around Towle (1:11-18), but Ewing did not rescind his order. Consequently, the National Association of Social Workers republished the work and it received wide circulation.
A third focus of Towle's intellectual interest was her effort to synthesize theories of education and of personality to develop a more comprehensive approach to professional education in social work as well as in other professions. Her courses in Growth and Development of Personality (7:11-14, 8:1-14, and 9:1-8) and Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (6:7-10 and 7:1-6) reflected this interest, as did many of her papers and articles. She summarized her theories in a 1954 book, The Learner in Education for the Professions (4:1-3).
Towle's leadership in generic casework theory and in casework education resulted in an invitation to spend 1954-55 as a senior Fulbright scholar at the London School of Economics, acting as educational consultant in its Applied Social Sciences sequence and helping English casework teachers to develop case materials. When her passport was temporarily withheld on suspicion of "communist" leanings (holding membership in two alleged front organizations and having signed a clemency petition for the Rosenbergs were adduced as evidence), she again became a cause célèbre in her profession and beyond (3:4-5). Her reputation cleared, she finally obtained a passport and spent a productive year in London (3:1, 13:14, and 14:6).
During the later years of her career, Charlotte Towle's national stature as a social work theorist and practitioner was acknowledged as she received several honorary doctorates as well as citations from professional organizations. Towle retired from the SSA faculty in 1964, but continued part time work for two years as a fieldwork supervisor for SSA students. She had just retired from this position at the time of her
death.
The Charlotte Towle Papers have been divided into twelve series according to content and type of record:
Series I: CORRESPONDENCE
Towle's correspondence is organized topically, maintaining as closely as practicable her own arrangement of the material. With the exception of a selection of personal letters from colleagues (1933-1965) which Towle labeled "Cherished Letters" (4:7), and a bundle of correspondence to and from Towle’s sister Mary Rall (4:9-11), all of the correspondence is professional in nature. In some cases Towle left notes to indicate that the materials in a folder were what she regarded as a representative sample of more voluminous correspondence which she had chosen not to preserve. An example is the topic "Consultations, 1935-1966" (2:4-10), which includes Towle's responses to inquiries on a range of subjects: clients' rights, the placement of foster children, the effect of war on children, and the emotional element in learning, to name several examples.
Other aspects of Towle's professional activity which are particularly strongly represented in her correspondence include the publication of her books and responses to them (Common Human Needs, 1:3-10; The Learner in Education for the Professions, 4:1-3; and Social Case Records from Psychiatric Clinics, 5:5), material concerning the "Common Human Needs Affair" (1:11-16), and her role in curriculum development (2:10-13, 3:6, and 3:8).
Series II: COURSE FILES AND RELATED TEACHING MATERIALS
This series includes Towle's lecture notes and mimeographed materials (primarily case materials and bibliographies) for her courses at SSA as well as for workshops and supervision institutes conducted elsewhere. It also includes a number of topical files of materials which she used in teaching. Here, as elsewhere, the attempt has been to preserve as much as possible Towle's arrangement of the material.
Series III: RESEARCH NOTES AND MANUSCRIPTS
This series consists of notes, drafts, and completed manuscripts of various papers, both published and unpublished. Towle was in great demand as a speaker, not only at professional conferences, but at schools of social work, social welfare agencies, and parent-teacher organizations. A large number of unpublished manuscripts (13:7-13) remain in the order in which Towle placed and numbered them, although her organizing principle is not readily apparent, being neither chronological, topical, nor alphabetical.
In 1961 Towle considered the possibility of publishing a collection of her papers, including some of those previously unpublished. Although she did not proceed with the project, she did make an outline and some preliminary notes which are preserved here (13:15).
The manuscript of Common Human Needs (12:11-15) is also a part of this series.
Series IV: ARTICLES AND BOOKS
This series is comprised of the original edition and the foreign language editions of Common Human Needs (Box 15), as well as the offprint of Towle's articles (16:2-9 and 17:1-3). The offprint have been arranged chronologically and were numbered by Mary Rall to correspond to their position in the Towle bibliography published on the occasion of the dedication of the Towle Memorial Library at the Spencer-Chapin Adoption Service, New York (20:1). Bibliographies of Towle’s published articles and works compiled at various points over the course of her career are also included (14:12).
Series V: HONORS AND AWARDS
This series includes the honorary degrees and awards which Charlotte Towle received and clippings and memorabilia related to them.
Series VI: POSTHUMOUS AND BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
This series encompasses a variety of material related to Towle’s life and death, and is arranged into two subseries:
Subseries 1, Biographical Materials, contains autobiographical notes, requests for biographical information made to Towle and the University of Chicago (19:4), biographical sketches written about her (18:4), and copies of the research material used in W. Posner’s dissertation on Towle’s work (18:5-8, and 19:1-3).
Subseries 2, Memorials, encompasses materials related to Towle's death. It includes letters and resolutions of condolence to Towle’s sister Mary Rall, arranged alphabetically (19:5-7). It also contains ephemera from memorial services, a memorial symposium, and lecture series held in Towle’s honor (19:9-12).
Series VII: EMPLOYMENT
This series contains materials related to Towle’s employment at the University of Chicago, and with the U.S. Veteran’s Bureau (20:3-7), and is arranged chronologically.
Series VIII: ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
This series contains administrative materials from Towle’s professional life, such as meeting minutes and departmental curricula. The materials are arranged chronologically.
Series IX: PERSONAL
This series includes personal diaries and journals (22:7, 23:1-5), and is arranged chronologically.
Series X: AUDIO-VISUAL
This series contains bound and unbound photo albums, as well as loose photographs, of Charlotte Towle (24:1-4), and a tape of a Studs Terkel radio program memorializing her (24:5).
Series XI: OVERSIZED
This series is comprised of a single annotated map, denoting an undated trip through Western Europe.
Series XII: RESTRICTED
This series contains Towle’s evaluations of student fieldwork, and is arranged in chronological order, as received. This material is restricted for a period of 80 years (2044-2046).
The following related resources are located in the Special Collections Research Center:
Abbott, Edith and Grace. Papers.
University of Chicago. School of Social Service Administration. Office of the Dean. Leon Carroll Marshall, Edith Abbott, and Helen R. Wright. Records, 1909-1956
Series I: Correspondence |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | American Red Cross, experience with, 1925 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Casework by Florence Hollis, preface to, 1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Common Human Needs, responses and reviews, 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Common Human Needs, 1946 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Common Human Needs, 1947-50 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Common Human Needs, 1951-56 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Common Human Needs, 1957-61 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Common Human Needs, 1962-67 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Common Human Needs, 1965 edition, bibliography revision |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Common Human Needs, 1965 edition, production and publication, 1964-1966 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | “Common Human Needs Affair,” 1947-1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | “Common Human Needs Affair,” Suitland Collection II, 1948-1952 |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | "Common Human Needs Affair," March-April, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | "Common Human Needs Affair," May, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | "Common Human Needs Affair," June, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | "Common Human Needs Affair," July, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | "Common Human Needs Affair," August-December, 1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | "Common Human Needs Affair," 1952-54 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Committee Work – Extracurricular (non-U. of Chicago), 1943-1948 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Committee Work – Social Service Administration, U. of Chicago, 1942-49 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Confidentiality, 1948-49, 1963-65 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Consultations, 1935-47 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Consultations, 1948-49 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Consultations, 1950-59 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Consultations, 1960-63 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Consultations, 1964 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Consultations, 1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Consultations, 1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Controversial issues, 1957-64 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Correspondence with Francis Shaw, 1947 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Correspondence with Madalene Moore, 1935 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Correspondence regarding Savilla Millis, 1925-1926 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Curriculum in advanced social casework education, 1946-48 |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Curriculum in advanced social casework education, 1949-51 |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Curriculum in advanced social casework education, 1952 |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Curriculum in advanced social casework education, 1953-56 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | England, year in, 1954-55 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | “Extracurricular Activities,” conferences, lecture, and articles, 1945-1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Faculty communications – Miscellaneous, 1937-1957 and undated |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | "Fulbright Affair," 1953-Aug.1954 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | “Fulbright Affair,” Sept.1954-1955 and undated |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Generic case work, 1946-49 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Gould House conference, 1963 [see also Gould House papers in 8;11] |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Growth and Development, Human, curriculum, 1957-1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Honors and awards, regarding, 1952-1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Invitations, 1961-63 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Invitations, 1964-65 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Invitations, 1965-66 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | The Learner in Education for the Professions, comments on manuscript, 1953-54 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | The Learner in Education for the Professions, production and publication, 1953-58 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | The Learner in Education for the Professions, responses and reviews, 1955-57 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | London School of Economics, social work program, 1957 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Mental retardation, 1957-59 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Mid-Century White House Conference, 1950 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | New York School of Social Work, paper delivered at, press misinterpretation, 1961 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Personal - "Cherished Letters," 1933-65 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Personal – Correspondence with “Elsie & Nicky,” 1955-1959 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Personal – Letters to Mary Rall, 1955-1956 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Personal – Postcards to Mary Rall, 1955 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Positions, applications for, 1931-1933 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Positions, offers of, 1934-64 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Psychiatry and social work, collaboration between,1959-60 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Request for Publications or Editorial Comments, 1946-1962 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Social Case Records from Psychiatric Clinics, responses and reviews, 1941-42 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Social Service Review, 1927-54 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Tributes to Charlotte Towle, 1936-64 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Tributes to Charlotte Towle, upon her retirement, bound volume, 1962 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Tributes to others by Charlotte Towle, 1952-64 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Work loads, memoranda concerning, Charlotte Towle's, 1946-59 |
Series II: Course Files and Related Teaching Materials |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Administration of Social Welfare (SSA 355), course proposal |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Advanced Education in Social Work, statements by Council on Social Work Education, 1964 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Assignments and examination questions, various courses, 1933-1964 and undated |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Casework Faculty, notes and minutes, 1963-64 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Child Therapy Program, Institute for Psychoanalysis, 1962-63 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Consultation process, workshops on, 1950-1963 and undated |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), case material, 1957 and undated |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), course book, 1956-1957 |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), lecture notes, 1949-1954 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), lecture notes, 1959-1962 and undated |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), lecture notes, 1959-1961 and undated |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), lecture notes, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), objectives and course plan, 1953-1957 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), teaching materials, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), teaching materials, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Dynamics of Learning and Teaching (SSA 431, 580), theoretical statements, 1956-1959 and undated |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Fieldwork Instruction, Concepts taught, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Fieldwork Instruction, Current trends in, 1964 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Fieldwork orientation, notes, 1958 and 1964 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Fieldwork supervision, case of Frederick T. – “a problematic learner," 1965 and undated |
| Box 7 Folder 11 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), assignments, 1960-1964 and undated |
| Box 7 Folder 12 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), assumptions, theoretical, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 13 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), case appraisals, undated |
| Box 7 Folder 14 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), “Cases on Individuals,” undated |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), discussion groups, 1950-1960 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Introduction; Definition of terms, 1958 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Stresses, 1958-1961 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Defenses, 1958 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, A Prevue [sic] of the Family, 1959-1966 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Family and Culture; Religion, 1961 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, The Place of Culture in Personality Growth and Development, 1962 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Infancy, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, ibid, undated |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Early Childhood, 1958 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Mid-Childhood, 1967 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Late Childhood, 1959 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, ibid, 1960 and undated |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Adolescence, 1959-1961 and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, Maturity and Aging, 1961 and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, ibid, 1961 and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), lectures, miscellaneous unused notes, 1958-1959 and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), materials mimeographed, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), outline and basic assumptions, 1957 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), reading notes and clippings, 1957-1965, undated |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Growth and Development of Personality (SSA 300-01, 320, 323-24), religion, social work and, 1959-1962 and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Guidance and Personnel Program, casework aspects, 1939 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Learning Patterns, lectures and workshops at Western Reserve University, 1961 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Lecture notes, miscellaneous, 1932, 1942, 1955, and undated |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | Post-Master’s Committee, Advanced Education, minutes and administrative documents, 1948-1952 |
| Box 9 Folder 12 | Psychiatric social work curriculum, 1934-1935 |
| Box 9 Folder 13 | Psychotherapy, Training in, New York University, Gould House conference, 1963 |
| Box 9 Folder 14 | Quotations, miscellaneous, used in teaching, 1957-1962 |
| Box 9 Folder 15 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Menton case (SCW 1), 1963 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Milano and Lopez cases (SCW 2), undated |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Brandon case (SCW 2), 1957-1961 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, London family case (SCW 2), 1956-1963 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Jenkins case (SCW 3), 1959 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Bannister case (SCW 3), undated |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Archer case (SCW 4), undated |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Bates and Moulton cases, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, Wagner case, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, various cases (SCW 3 and 4), undated |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, lecture notes, 1932-35 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, lecture notes, 1945-58 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331) case teaching notes, lecture notes, 1961-64 |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | Social Casework (SSA 307, 309, 320, 321, 330, 331), miscellaneous notes, undated |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | Students in social work education, selection of, 1941-1952 |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | Supervision (SSA 312) Casework, lecture notes, 1945 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Supervision (SSA 479) No. 24, "Basic Behavior Concepts in Professional Learning," by Charlotte Towle, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Supervision (SSA 581) No. 18,"First Interview of the Untrained Worker," undated |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Supervision (SSA 581) No 31, "The Nature of Social Work," by Werner W. Boehm, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Supervision (SSA 581) Casework, notes and materials, 1961-63 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Supervision, Casework, case problem sets with notes, #1-15, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Supervision, Casework, ibid, #16-29, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Supervision, Casework, Learning and, (theoretical statements), undated |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Supervision, Casework, miscellaneous lecture notes, 1949-1957 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Supervision, Casework, problems from Wayne State University and Western Reserve University, undated |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | Supervision Summer Institutes, 1959-64, notes |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | Supervision Summer Institutes, 1959-64, materials |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Supervision Summer Institutes, 1966, notes |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Supervision Summer Institutes, 1966, materials |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Supervision Workshop, Illinois Welfare Conference, 1964 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | Teaching, progression in, notes, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Teaching Social casework, notes, 1948 and undated |
Series III: Research Notes and Manuscripts |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Army Mental Hygiene Service, The Social Worker and the, discussion, 1960 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | Book Reviews, 1934-49 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | Book Reviews, 1950-64 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Cause and Function, notes, 1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | Character Disorders, Classification of, notes for SSA course taken 1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | Chartist Movement, course paper for SSA 365, English Philanthropy, 1939 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | Child placement, papers on, 1927, 1931 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Common Human Needs, bibliography for 1965 edition |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | Common Human Needs, 1945 edition, manuscript chapter 1 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | Common Human Needs, 1945 edition, chapter 2 |
| Box 12 Folder 14 | Common Human Needs, 1945 edition, chapter 3 |
| Box 12 Folder 15 | Common Human Needs, 1945 edition, chapter 4 |
| Box 12 Folder 16 | “Criteria of Educability,” copy of typescript with annotations, undated |
| Box 12 Folder 17 | Educability, Criteria of, paper, 1963 |
| Box 12 Folder 18 | Ethics, Social Worker's Code of |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Ethics and Values in a Changing Social Welfare Scene, paper, 1965 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Examinations in Social Work Education, paper, 1947 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Freiberg Institute, case discussion, 1964 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Health and Disease, notes for SSA course taken 1962 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | Learning, Relationship of Work and Play in, notes and paper |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | Learning Process in Field Work, Study on, 1949-51 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1940-1947 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1935-1949 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1947 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, circa 1930-1946 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1966 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1933-1956 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 13 | Lectures and papers, miscellaneous unpublished, 1929-1967 and undated |
| Box 13 Folder 14 | Lectures in England, 1955 |
| Box 13 Folder 15 | Papers, collected, outline for, 1961 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Poe, Edgar Allen, notes, 1927 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | Psychopathology for Social Workers, notes for SSA course taken 1956 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | “Reading Notes,” holographic notebooks, 1939-1955 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | Research, miscellaneous papers, notes, and proposals, 1948-1962 and undated |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | Social Casework in the Post-Masters' Program, paper, 1953 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Social work education in England, notes, 1955-1962 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Social Work Education, Keeping pace with our Knowledge of Children, Is, discussion, 1962 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | Social Worker, I'd like to be a, television program, 1957 |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | Supervision, unpublished papers on, 1964 and undated |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | Teacher, Helping the Casework Practitioner Become a, paper, 1959-1965 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | Teaching, Collaborative, 1954 |
Series IV: Articles and Books |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | Bibliography of Charlotte Towle's published articles and books |
| Box 14 Folder 13 | "My Experience as an Immigrant," The Mountaineer (April, 1915), 14-15 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Common Human Needs, first edition, two copies, 1945 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Common Human Needs, Turkish edition |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Common Human Needs, Italian edition, 1952 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Common Human Needs, Hebrew edition, 1953 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Common Human Needs, Japanese edition, 1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | Common Human Needs, Dutch edition, 1955 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Common Human Needs, German edition, 1956 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | Common Human Needs, Greek edition, 1961 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | Common Human Needs, Spanish edition, 1964 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | The Learner in education for the Professions: As Seen in Education for Social Work, owned by Towle, with marginalia (possibly by subsequent owner Robert Nee or W. Posner) and with inter-leafed ephemera, 1955 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Offprint, 1926-31 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Offprint, 1935 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Offprint, 1936-39 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Offprint, 1940 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Offprint, 1941-45 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Offprint, 1946-49 |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | Offprint, 1950-52 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Offprint, 1953 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Offprint, 1955-56 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Offprint, 1959-62 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Offprint, 1963-65 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Social Case Records from Psychiatric Clinics, with marginalia, 1941 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | "The Social context of Training Psychotherapists," by Charlotte Towle, 1963 |
Series V: Awards |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Honors, Lasker Award, Columbia University School of Social Work, 1956 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Honors, LL.D., Tulane University, 1957 |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Honors, LL.D., Goucher College, 1961 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Honors, LL.D., Western Reserve University, 1962 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Honors, memorabilia and clippings, 1954-1970 |
Series VI: Posthumous and Biographical Materials |
Subseries 1: Biographical Materials |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Autobiographical notes and statements |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Biographical inquiries and sketches, 1939-68 |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section one |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section two |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section three |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section four |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section five |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, section six |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Photocopies of Charlotte Towle Materials, used in Wendy Posner's dissertation, with her notes, "Disposition of Institute for Child Guidance Records |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Researcher requests for Towle’s papers, 1982 |
Subseries 2: Memorials |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Condolence letters to Mary Rall, A to H, 1966-67 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Condolence letters to Mary Rall, L to S, 1966-67 |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Condolence letters to Mary Rall, T to W and Indeterminate, 1966-1967 |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Condolence, resolutions of, 1966-67 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | Guilford, Edgar W., "Quid Vobis Vidatur; Charlotte Towle as an Untrained Social Worker, 1924-26," manuscript, 1966 |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Memorial services, November 6, November 10, December 6, 1966 |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | Memorial symposium and lectures |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | "The Mountaineer," Commencement Number, June, 1915, Butte High School, Butte, Montana |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Towle Memorial Library, Spence-Chapin Adoption Service, New York, dedication of, 1967 |
Series VII: Employment |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | University of Chicago, 1947-1962 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | US. Veterans Bureau, Personnel Folder, Charlotte Towle, 1921 |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | US. Veterans Bureau, Personnel Folder, Charlotte Towle, 1922 |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | US. Veterans Bureau, Personnel Folder, Charlotte Towle, 1923 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | US. Veterans Bureau, Personnel Folder, Charlotte Towle, 1924-27 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | US. Veterans Bureau, Personnel Folder, Charlotte Towle, 1945-1948 |
Series VIII: Administrative Documents |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | Council on Social Work Education, misc. papers, 1950's |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | Council on Social Work Education, misc. papers,1950's |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | Curriculum Committee, 1953-1964 |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Curriculum Committee, 1965-1966 |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | "Data Requested for Review of Accreditation, Council on Social Work Education, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, March 1961 |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1951-1954 |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1954-1956 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1956-1957 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1957-1959 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1957-1960 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Post Master's Committee Minutes through 1952 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Post Master's Committee Minutes through 1959 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Statistics on Social Work Education, 1956-1958 |
Series IX: Personal |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Personal Diaries, 1954 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Personal Diaries, 1955 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Personal Diaries (2), 1956 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Personal Diaries, 1957 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Personal Diaries (2), 1963-1964 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Personal Diaries, 1965 |
Series X: Audio-Visual |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Bound Photo Album, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Unbound Photo Album, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Photographs of Charlotte Towle with Friends, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Photograph of Charlotte Towle’s Retirement from SSA, circa. 1962 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Terkel, Studs, radio program in memory of Towle, December, 1966, tape |
Series XI: Oversized |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Map of the Touring Grounds of Western Europe, annotated, undated |
Series XII: Restricted |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1964-65 |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1964-65 |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1964-65 |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1965-66 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1965-66 |
| Box 26 Folder 6 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1965-66 |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Fieldwork supervision, reports, notes re., 1966 |