Social work & counselling

Abstract NA4421 Ana Lazar, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Wachholz, October 20, 2016, at the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. Also present, Naomi Abrahams, a graduate student in the USM School of Social Work. Lazar provides a summary of her personal, educational, and professional background and how she got into Social Work and discusses her work at USM and the connection between the university’s program in social work and the development of social services in...

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NA4418 Anne Heros, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz, December 21, 2016. Heros speaks about the creation of the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine and issues faced in getting financial and other support from the City of Portland for multicultural social work programs. Recruiting volunteers to work with the Center from students in the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. No transcript. Recording: mfc_na4418_01A & mfc_na4418_01B. Time: 01:01:10

Abstract NA4422 Barbara Rich, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz and Barry Rodrique, January 5, 2015, at the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. Barbara Rich, a social work teacher at USM, talks about teaching a course on substance abuse treatment; attending University Of Maine in Orono, The Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child & Family Development, and USM; graduate school at Columbia; direction of residential treatment agency for young women; her most significant...

Abstract NA4416 David Finkelhoer, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Wachholz, February 23, 2017, at the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. Finkelhoer discusses his personal and educational background and time spent as a faculty member in the Social Welfare Department at USM, 1972-1976. He discusses the impact of suppressive government actions and investigations against political liberals in the mid to late 1970s on the field of social work and the persecution of...

Abstract NA4414 Dr. Franklin “Frank” Brooks, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz, January 31, 2017. Dr. Brooks talks about his background; about coming out as a gay man in 1978; recognizing his need for a Ph.D. while studying with Richard Steinman, a faculty member at USM; Richard Steinman’s courses; his dissertation “Transgender Behavior”; being active in LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) causes; the country’s time of radical social action, social change and social justice; having a private...

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NA4428 Florence Young, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz, February 27, 2017. Young discusses her work with Joe Kreisler and her involvement with the sheltering movement in Portland, Maine. Young graduated from the USM School of Social Work in 1983. Young discusses her attraction to work in the realm of social justice. No transcript. Text: 11p. Recording: mfc_na4428_01. Time: 00:31:54

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NA4426 James “Jim” Tierney, interviewed by Barry Rodrigue, October 30, 2016, at Brunswick, Maine. Tierney discusses how he entered the field of social work and becoming the Regional Director of the Portland, Maine office of the Department of Human Services right out of graduate school, at a time when social services programs were accelerating in growth. Recording: mfc_na4424_01A & mfc_na4424_01B. Time: 01:03:48

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NA4418 Anne Heros, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz, December 21, 2016. Heros speaks about the creation of the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine and issues faced in getting financial and other support from the City of Portland for multicultural social work programs. Recruiting volunteers to work with the Center from students in the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. No transcript. Recording: mfc_na4418_01A & mfc_na4418_01B. Time: 01:01:10

Abstract NA4423 Leslie Richfield, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Washholz. February 17, 2017. 2 cassette tape, 3 pp. index (derived from only side A of tape 1). Leslie Richfield, a faculty member in Social Work at USM. LR is from Ohio and then went to Boston University for both her undergraduate work and an MSW where her social justice concerns were encouraged. She then moved to Maine where she did her field placements, her specialty was casework because she wanted to work with kids. LR...

Abstract NA4427 Mark Swann, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz, January 30, 2017. Swan is the executive director of Preble Street (a resource center agency), talks about Joe Kreisler the 1975 founder of Preble Street; social work support; Kreisler’s role as chair of the department; Preble Street getting incorporated in 1985; how it was once called High Street Resource Center; 1993 being a big year when they moved to Preble Street from a church basement; how they help with food, shower, and shelter; the...

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A collection of interviews from 2016 and 2017 related to the origin and history of the School of Social Work at the University of Southern Maine (USM). Interviews conducted by Dr. Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Wachholz. Materials: 22 cassette tapes, 16 release forms/biographical data forms/audio and video recording logs, 2 binders with institutional history, 41 pp. collection index (digitized).

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NA4431 Papers related to the Center for Grieving Children compiled by researchers Sandra Wachholz and Barry Rodrique as part of their research into the history of the University of Southern Maine's School of Social Work. Documents include photocopies of newspaper articles, documents pertaining to the establishment of the Center for Grieving Children and its creators, promotional materials from the Center, and Sandra Wachholz research notes. Text: 60p. No recording.

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NA4430 Papers related to the history of the University of Southern Maine's School of Social Work compiled by researchers Sandra Wachholz and Barry Rodrique. The series includes copies of pages from the Gorham State College Catalog for 1968; and University of Maine at Portland-Gorham, Catalogs for 1970-1971; 1971-1972; 1972-1973; 1985-1986; 2001-2002; and email correspondence. Text: 85p. No recording.

Content Description The records mainly contain textual information created and curated by the University of Maine School of Social Work, but there is also photographic material. The record series Administrative Records contains various material regarding the administration of the School of Social Work and University of Maine including: faculty meeting material, accreditation material, various committees, strategic planning material, and staffing information. The record series Welfare...

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NA4417 Tara C. Healy, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Wachholz, March 20, 2017, at the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. Healy provide information about her personal, educational, and professional background; opting to work at USM, feeling the campus was less homophobic at the time. No transcript. Recording: mfc_na4417_01A & mfc_na4417_01B. Time: 00:42:18

Abstract NA4415 Vincent Faherty, interviewed by Barry H. Rodrigue and Sandra Wachholz, October 27, 2016, and November 10, 2016, at the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) School of Social Work. Faherty provides information about his personal background, priesthood, education, and experience working with Catholic Charities in New York City as his “first taste” with social work. Discusses early members of the faculty and structure of the School of Social Work at USM. No transcript. Text: 2p....