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Records of Association of Social Workers
MSS.378/ASW
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Association of Social Workers

1920-1971
Administrative history: Established in 1935 as British Federation of Social Workers, the name
was changed to the Association of Social Workers in 1951. In 1970 the association merged with
six other social workers' organisations to form the British Association of Social Workers.
Reference: R.W. Stacey and A.T. Collis, British Association of Social Workers. Catalogue and
guide to the archives of the predecessor organisations, 1890-1970. Birmingham : British
Association of Social Workers, 1987. Supplement to the Catalogue, 1988.
Content: Annual reports, 1936-1968; minute series, including General Meetings, Council and
Executive Committee meetings; group/branch papers; correspondence and subject files; British
Federation of Social Workers and Association of Social Workers' publications, 1939-1970,
circulars, 1941-1951, and news sheets, 1945-1970, and evidence etc. submitted to inquiries.
Access: Open except for membership records and MSS.378/ASW/B/7/5/16, closed under the
Data Protection Act 1998.
Related material:British Association of Social Workers, its predecessors and others, the
Association of Child Care Officers (MSS.378/ACCO); Association of Family Case Workers
(MSS.378/AGFC); Association of Psychiatric Social Workers (MSS.378/APSW); Institute of
Medical Social Workers (MSS.378/IMSW); Moral Welfare Workers Association
(MSS.378/MWWA); Society of Mental Welfare Officers (MSS.378/SMWO); Association of
Tuberculosis Care Workers ; Association of Children's Officers (MSS.378/ACO); National
Association of Probation Officers (MSS.378/PROB); and Standing Conference of Organisations
of Social Workers (MSS.378/SCOSW). Also the National Association of Social Workers in
Education (MSS.71)
Constitution and foundation

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British Federation of Social Workers (BFSW)

1-4. Conference of representatives of
organisations of social workers [to consider the
formation of a British Federation of Social Workers]
minutes, November 1934-February 1935.
5. ''Statment [sic] of policy'', undated, 1935?
6.''Proposed British Federation of Social Workers:
suggestions for future work'', June 1935.
7. ''The function of the British Federation of Social
Workers'', undated, 1935?
Nov 1934-Apr 1970
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8. BFSW Annual report, 1936 (copy).
9. The British Federation of Social Workers: what it
is, 1936?
10. The British Federation of Social Workers,
1938?
11. ''The British Federation of Social Workers:
recollections'', [by Miss B. McFie], undated, 1950?
12. ASW News, April 1970 : various contributions
to history of BFSW /ASW. [12 items]
One file
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BFSW Constitution
1-8. BFSW Constitution, April 1937, draft?,
undated, and ''suggested constitution (amended)'',
December 1940, undated, April 1942?, drafts,
undated, March 1942, November 1943, and July
1945 and draft?, undated.
9. BFSW circular (copy), October 1946, about ''The
new constitution'', ?? not ''enclosed'' as stated.
10. BFSW circular about ''Referendum on
Constitution'', undated.
11-12. BFSW and members of the unofficial group
of social workers, minutes, June 1940.
13-15. APSW (Association of Psychiatric Social
Workers) executive committee minutes, April 1940,
March 1941 (agenda only) and August 1941.
16. ''Social Workers' Group'' ''A memorandum...:
What is a social worker?'', undated, March 1940.
17. ''Social Workers' Group'' ''An interim report of
the origin and activities of the Social Workers'
Group'', August 1940.
18-66. Correspondence, February 1940-June
1946.
One file
April 1937-June 1946
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ASW Constitution
Dec1951-Dec 1965
1-10. ASW Constitution, December 1951 and
draft?, December 1951, and June 1958; and drafts,
undated, 1961-1962; and March 1963.
11. [ASW] ''Statement on possible amendments of
the Constitution'', December 1965.
One file
Administration and Policy
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BFSW and ASW General Meeting, Council, and

Executive Committee Minutes
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General Meeting and Council minutes and

April 1935-June 1940
accounts, and the ''Proposed British Federation of
Social Workers'' Provisional Committee
Folios 1-6. BFSW General Meeting minutes, March
1937-February 1940 (agenda only).
Folios 7-55. BFSW Council minutes, December
1935-June 1940.
Folios 56-59. ''Proposed British Federation of
Social Workers'' Provisional Committee minutes,
April 1935-November 1935.
Folio 60. BFSW meeting ''to consider the Survey of
the Social Services'' minutes, July 1936.
Folios 3a, 46a. BFSW accounts, 1937, 1939.
Folios 7a, 60a, 13a, 21a, 26a, 29a, 32a, 33a, 5a,
43a, 48a. BFSW : invitation cards to meetings,
March 1936, May 1936, June 1936, October 1936,
November 1936, January 1937, July 1937, October
1937, March 1938, May 1938, July 1938, October
1938, December 1938, February 1939, April 1939,
July 1939, and February 1940.
Folio 22a. BFSW / NAPO (National Association of
Probation Officers): London and Home Counties
Branch invitation card to meeting, December 1937.
Folio 55a. ''Proposed British Federation of Social
Workers : Committee'', undated.
Folio 55a. BFSW Constitution, undated.
Folio 34a. BFSW circular, January 1939, about
''Special notice on civilian defence planning''.
One volume
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General Meeting and Council minutes and

accounts
Folios 1-8. BFSW (British Federation of Social
Workers) General Meeting minutes, July 1940-July
1943.
Workers) Council minutes, June 1940-December
1943.
Folios 10a, 18a. BFSW (British Federation of
Social Workers) accounts, 1939-1940.
1939-Dec 1943
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Workers) Regional Social Workers Group
[Boroughs of Battersea, Wandsworth, Lambeth]
minutes, July 1940-August 1940.
One volume
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BFSW General Meeting and Council minutes

Folios 1-9. BFSW General Meeting minutes, June
1944-February 1946.
Folios 10-97. BFSW Council minutes, January
1944-December 1947.
Folio 98. BFSW Chairman's Meeting minutes, May
1944.
Folio 11a. BFSW circular, undated, about ''Two
lectures on Educational Reconstruction''.
Folio 99. The development of social service in
Great Britain 1939-1946, The Council, 1946.
Folio 94a. ''The International Conference on Social
Work'', by Kay McDougall, undated, October 1947.
One volume
Jan 1944-Dec 1947
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BFSW, later ASW General Meeting, Council,

Executive Committee minutes and accounts
Folios 1-11. BFSW General Meeting minutes,
September 1948 and May 1949 (agenda only),
February 1951 (report only), June 1951 (agenda
only), and October 1951. ASW General Meeting
minutes, March 1955, March 1957-March 1959.
Folios 12-102. BFSW Council minutes, January
1948-May 1951. ASW Council minutes, June
1951-September 1958.
Folios 103-170. BFSW Executive Committee
minutes, June 1949-August 1951. ASW Executive
Committee minutes, October 1951-January 1959.
Folios 63a, 131a. BFSW accounts, 1951.
Folio 124a. BFSW ''Memorandum...Present
membership and financial position...Need for a
representative organisation...Increasing the
efficiency of the BFSW'', November 1950.
Folio 128a. BFSW ''Revised draft of the
Constitution'', undated, May 1951.
Folio 85a. ASW Negotiating Sub-committee
''Report... [''on the methods of negotiating salaries
and conditions of service'']'', undated, November
Jan 1948-Jan 1959
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1956.
Folio 158a. ASW ''Constitution and amendments'',
August 1957.
Folio 100a. Standing Conference on Registration
''Proposed Joint Training Council: report of the
Working Committee...'', undated, October 1958.
Folio 11a. [ASW] ''Notes on the proposed
amalgamation of Case Conference and the ASW
News'', undated.
One volume
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ASW General Meeting, Council, Executive

March 1959-March
Committee minutes and accounts
1971
Folios 1-10. ASW General Meeting minutes, March
1960-March 1969 (agenda only).
Folios 11-73. ASW Council minutes, March 1959April 1970.
Folios 74-122. ASW Executive Committee minutes,
April 1959-February 1970.
Folios 29a, 34a, 46a, 57a, 60a. ASW accounts,
1961-1963, 1965-1966.
Folios 13a. ASW letter, July 1959, to Minister of
Health about Report of the Working Party in the
Health and Welfare Services and Ministry of Health
reply, July 1959.
Folios 19a. ASW ''International Federation of
Social Workers'', undated, September 1960.
Folios 19a. ASW Watch Committee ''The
Younghusband Report: statement from council'',
undated, September 1960.
Folio 19a. ASW ''The professional claims of social
workers'', undated, September 1960.
Folio 26a. [ASW] ''The situation facing the
professional social work organisations'', May 1961.
Folio 32a. Joint Training Council for Social Work
''Health visitors and social workers training Bill'',
March 1962.
Folio 32a. ASW and affiliated organisations Report
of the Working Party ''to investigate some form of
federation of professional social work
organisations'', March 1962.
Folio 36a. ASW ''Draft Constitution'', undated,
January 1963.
Folio 36a. ASW ''Some implications of the
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restriction of National Assistance allowances in
relation to normal earnings'', January 1963.
Folio 44a. ASW ''The National Assistance Board'',
undated, April 1964.
Folio 73a. ASW correspondence about winding up
and final accounts, March 1970-March 1971.
Folios 114a, 60a. ASW/Association of Part-time
Social Workers Joint Working Party ''Statement'',
undated, October 1966, and ''Joint Statement'',
December 1966.
One volume
Committees: correspondence and reports
Six files
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BFSW (British Federation of Social Workers)

Rehabilitation Committee
1-3. BFSW Rehabilitation Committee:
correspondence, August 1944-June 1946.
2a, 4-5. BFSW ''The place of the social worker in
resettlement of the disabled and the means of
better co-operation between social workers, the
medical profession, industry and government
departments'', undated, and draft, undated, titled
''Memorandum on Rehabilitation and resettlement
of the disabled'', and draft, undated, May 1946.
One file
August 1944-June
1946
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BFSW (British Federation of Social Workers) Care

of Children Sub-committee minutes. ASW Care of
Children Committee minutes
1-5. BFSW Care of Children Sub-Committee
minutes, February-November 1945.
6-11, 12-17. BFSW Ad-hoc committee on largescale migration of children minutes, October 1945February 1946.
19-101. BFSW Care of Children [Sub-] Committee
minutes, March 1946-April 1951. ASW Care of
Children Committee minutes, June 1951-May
1960.
102. Home Department/Ministry of Health/Ministry
of Education Care of Children Committee
Report..., Cmnd 6922, HMSO, 1946.
18. BFSW [Care of Children Sub-committee]
February 1945-May
1960
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''Report of meeting with...General Secretary,
Rhodesia Fairbridge Memorial College'', October
1946.
38a. ASW Care of Children Committee: letter to
Colonial Office and Dominions about child
emigration, 22 October 1948.
39a. Report on visit to Middlemore Emigration
Homes, Birmingham, by Miss Kennedy, undated,
January 1949.
56a. National Children's Adoption
Association:''Report of Annual meeting'', July 1951.
62a. ASW Care of Children Committee ''Children
neglected or illtreated in their own homes'',
undated, November 1952.
65a. Press cutting about emigration of children,
Sunday Express, 7 February 1954.
66a. ASW Care of Children Committee: statement
about emigration of children and review of
publication' Child Migration', by John Moss CBE.
103-106. Correspondence, October 1948November 1951.
106a. National Council of Women of Great Britain
''Memorandum...to the Royal Commission on
Marriage and Divorce'', undated, December 1951.
107. Adoption Bill , HMSO, 1949.
108-140. Correspondence about children in the
divorce courts, August 1948-July 1951.
141. ''Children in the Divorce Courts'' from Final
Report on Procedure in Matrimonial Causes:
Denning Report, HMSO, February 1947.
142. Marriage Law Reform Committee ''Children
and divorce: report of a Conference...'', February
1948, undated.
143. Marriage Law Reform Committee ''The case
for a Royal Commission on the marriage and
divorce laws'', undated, 1948.
144. ''The Guild of Divine Compassion'' by A. T.
Macmillan, January 1949.
145. The Wrong Way to go about Marriage
Mending, by Claude Mullins, The Star, May 1949.
146. BFSW ''Recommendations...on the Adoption
Bill'', February 1949.
147. Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill,
[Bill to amend the Law relating to divorce...] HMSO,
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1949.
136a. Marriage Law Reform Society ''Points to be
considered by the Royal Commission on Marriage
and Divorce'', April 1951, and attached letter, April
1951.
139a. Marriage Law Reform Society ''Evidence of
matrimonial conciliation'', undated, and attached
letter, June 1951.
One file
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BFSW Joint Committee on Training/Joint

University Council, later ASW Training
Committee and ASW Education Sub-committee
minutes , reports, etc.
1-7, 8-10, 11-54, 55-77. BFSW Joint Committee on
Training/Joint University Council minutes, April
1949-September 1950. BFSW Training Committee
minutes, December 1950-June 1951. ASW
Training Committee minutes, September 1951December 1962. ASW Education Sub-committee
minutes, May 1963-January 1969.
78. ''Basic training for social work'', June 1941.
79. BFSW Training Sub-committee ''Report [''on
ideas about training... from the 1942
Conference'']... '', undated.
80. Report of Conference on Training, October
1943.
81. ASW [Education Sub-committee?] ''National
Committees: Branch Committees and matters for
immediate attention of the Education and Training
Committee of SCOSW (Standing Conference of
Social Workers)''. Memorandum to SCOSW,
undated.
82-84. Association of Part-time Social Workers
''Training enquiry 1964 [:report]'', undated.
Questionnaire, March 1964, and outline of aims,
etc., undated.
69a. ASW Education Sub-committee ''Letter
to...National Institute of Social Work Training'',
October 1967.
69a. ASW [Education Sub-committee] ''Voluntary
workers'', undated, October? 1967.
85-91. Correspondence, January 1946-April 1947.
One file
June 1941-Jan 1969
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ASW Parliamentary and Public Relations

May 1960-October
Committee
1966
1. ASW Report of meeting of Research and Study
Group on setting up of Parliamentary and Public
Relations Committee, March 1966, undated.
2-7. ASW Parliamentary and Public Relations
Committee minutes, April-October 1966.
8. ASW ''Comments on the Report of the
Committee on Children and Young Persons
(Ingleby Report) and the Training of social
workers'', undated, 1960.
9. ASW ''Expanded Statement of views on
Younghusband Report'', draft, May 1960.
9a. Ministry of Health circular to Local Health and
Welfare Authorities (England) about
Younghusband Report.
10. [ASW] ''The Royal Commission on Local
Government in Greater London 1957-1960'',
undated, 1960?
11-30. Correspondence and papers about National
Assistance Board and Families on low incomes,
wages stop, etc., December 1963-July 1966.
31-33. Circular letters, etc. about ACTO (Advisory
Council for the Treatment of Offenders) After-Care
Report and voluntary agencies in penal fields,
January-March 1965.
34-56. Correspondence and views on ''The Child,
the family and the young offender'', 1965, February
1965-April 1966.
57. ASW ''A note from Public Relations Committee''
[on Law and Practice of Adoption] [by K Brill],
undated, October 1966.
58. ASW ''Survey of the Report of the
Departmental Committee on the Probation service
[Morrison Report]'', undated.
One file
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Foreign reports and foreign correspondence,

including texts of papers, etc.
1. ''Early factory legislation in England'', by Harriett
1920s-1946
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M. Bartlett, undated 192?
2. ''The problem of democracy to-day'', by Harriett
Bartlett, undated, 192?
3. ''The public health movement in England in
1838-1858'', by Harriett M. Bartlett, undated, 192?
4. ''Equal pay for equal work,'' by Harriett M.
Bartlett, undated, 192?
5. ''The Christian Socialists,'' by Harriett M. Bartlett,
undated, 192?
6-9. ''Lectures [4] by Dr Ian D Suttie, given
February 1933'': untitled. -''The tendencies of
evolution: the meaning of life''. - ''Emotional
development in the early years''. - untitled.
10. International Secretariat of Social Workers
''Policewomen: inquiry [ie questionnaire]
organised... November 1936...'' and replies from
Belgium, Holland, Czechoslovakia, USA, Great
Britain [BFSW (British Federation of Social
Workers)' answer, April 1937].
11. ''Report on the French Evacuation Schemes
1939-1940'', by Agnes A. Crosthwaite, April 1940.
12. ''Analysis of hospital narrative reports for June
1944 [ie American Red Cross during D Day
Invasion]'', by Eleanor Morris, October 1944, and
attached American Red Cross letter, undated.
13-15. ''Review of work since January 15th 1946'',
by M. Eden, undated; ''Conditions in Poland [letter
to The Times],'' by J. R. Eden [ie M. Eden],
February 1946, and ''The first needs of some
welfare institutions & organisations in Poland'',
undated.
16. ''Mademoiselle Marie Perrelet'': curriculum
vitae, undated, 1945. CLOSED UNDER THE
DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998.
7. Organisace socialnich pracovnic [The
Associations of Social Workers] Vyrocni zprava za
rok 1934 [''Annual report for the year 1934''] ,The
Author, Prague, 1935 - English summary, page 20.
18-23. 6 documents (5 printed) relating to social
work, published Madrid/Toledo, 1946-1947.
24-45. Correspondence, December 1944-October
1946.
46-47. Two photographs: overseas conference?,
undated.
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One file
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Correspondence, reports, etc

1. ASW Seminar on ''The Immature Client'', June
1960: report, undated.
2-6. Correspondence about relations with NBCCC
(National Bureau for Cooperation in Child Care),
May 1962-February 1966.
7. [ASW] ''The caseworker in local authority
services'', May 1962.
8. ASW ''Rights and duties of the social worker
called to give evidence in a court...'', by Jean
Graham Hall, November 1962.
9. ASW ''The Water Committee'', February 1963.
9a. ASW Study Conference ''New Thinking for
Changing Needs'', April 1963: programme.
10-46. Correspondence about Goldsmiths'
Company Bursary Fund, February 1963-December
1965.
47-48. Correspondence about IFSW (International
Federation of Social Workers), October-December
1963.
49. Case Conference Directors' Meeting minutes,
December 1963.
50-75. Correspondence, etc. about Labour Party
Study Group on Crime Prevention and Penal
Reform, February-March 1964.
76-82. Correspondence, etc. about Association of
Social Work and Social Study Students, June
1964-January 1965.
83-84. Correspondence about Honours List award
to Dame Eileen Younghusband, July 1964.
85-86. Correspondence about National Society of
Children's Nurseries Working Party on Children
under five, January 1965-April 1965.
87. Medical Practitioners' Union circular letter, etc.
about staff of NHS (National Health Service),
January 1965.
88-89. Correspondence about problem of epileptic
girl, March 1965.
90. ASW Study Conference, March 1965, ''New
thinking about administration'': programme.
91-92. Correspondence about salaries enquiry,
April 1965.
Jun 1960-Apr 1966
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93-95. Correspondence with ''International Social
Work'', April-August 1965.
96-108. ASW Research and Study Group:
correspondence about use of volunteers by social
workers, June 1965-April 1966.
109-125. Correspondence about appointments to
CTSW (Council for Training in Social Work) and
about ''Declaration of recognition of experience'',
June-October 1965.
126-129. Correspondence about meetings with
Conservative Party representatives, SeptemberDecember 1965.
130. ASW Weekend Conference, September 1965:
''Education for Tolerance'': programme.
131-134. General correspondence, October 1965February 1966.
135. Ministry of Housing and Local Government
circular letter, November 1965, about enquiry
concerning families moving into new environments.
136. [ASW] ''Registration of professional social
workers'', draft, undated.
137-159. Overseas correspondence, etc.,
December 1963-December 1965.
One file
Annual reports
1936-1968
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BFSW annual reports

One file
1936-1950
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ASW annual reports

1-20. ASW annual reports, 1952-1959, 1961,
1963-1968.
One file
1952-1968
Membership
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British Federation of Social Workers

1. BFSW (British Federation of Social Workers)
membership list by constituencies, undated, 1950.
2-32. Correspondence, July 1937-December 1950.
33-37. Correspondence relating to approaches to
trusts, December 1939-November 1943.
38. Ministry of Labour and National Service Central
July 1937-Dec1950
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Consultative Council of Voluntary Organisations
minutes, February 1941.
39-41. BFSW (British Federation of Social
Workers) Chairman of affiliated associations
minutes, May 1942-May 1944.
One file
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ASW Membership, affiliation, etc

1960-1969
1. ASW ''Provisional list of members 1961''.
1a. ASW ''List of Members [and Associates] May
1965'', undated.
1b. ASW ''List of Members [and Associates]
February 1966'', undated.
2-3. ASW ''List of members [and Associates] April
1967'', undated, together with other listings typed,
undated.
3a. ASW ''List of Members [and Associates] April
1968'', undated.
4. ASW ''List of members [and Associates] October
1969'', undated.
5. ASW Membership promotion leaflet, ASW, July
1960.
6. ASW Are you interested in... British professional
social work?, promotional leaflet, undated.
7-10. Correspondence on ASW representation on
Women's Group on Public Welfare, February 1965May 1965.
11-18. Correspondence on ASW representation on
Yorkshire Council of Social Service, May 1965September 1965.
19. Yorkshire Council of Social Service, annual
report, 1964/65.
20-22. Correspondence with NSPCC (National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children),
November-December 1965.
One file
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ASW Membership subscription ledger

One volume
1962-1969
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Members' application forms for transfer to the

British Association of Social Workers
Arranged alphabetically.
See MSS.378/BASW/ for card index entitled
1970
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''Membership Register 1970''. Not listed (May
2007).
One box
ASW Branch records
Nine files
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ASW Birmingham Group, later Birmingham and

West Midlands Branch
1-70. ASW Birmingham Group, later Birmingham
and West Midlands Branch, minutes, December
1958-May 1966.
1-81. ASW Birmingham and West Midlands
Branch: constitution, annual report, etc., March
1960-December 1963.
82-116. ASW Birmingham Group Working Party on
Co-ordination in Family and child welfare in
Birmingham minutes, November 1958-January
1960, and correspondence; reports, October 1958July 1960.
117. Ministry of Health circular letter, October
1959, about ''Mental Health Review Tribunals:
appointment of members''.
118-122. ASW Birmingham Group Study Group on
''Use of the role concept'': correspondence, etc.,
December 1959-February 1961.
123-125. ASW Birmingham Group Day
Conference, November 1959, on ''Implications of
the Younghusband Report'': programme, report on
conference and correspondence, OctoberNovember 1959.
126-132. ASW Birmingham Group:
correspondence etc, about training for social work,
November 1959-October 1961.
Branch: courses for social workers, November
1959-February 1962.
Branch: correspondence with NISWT (National
Institute for Social Work Training), July-November
1961.
Branch: formation of local Watch Committee:
correspondence, etc., August 1961-January 1962.
October 1958-May
1966
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Branch: Health Visitors and Social Workers Bill:
correspondence, etc., February 1962-April 1962.
151. ASW Birmingham and West Midlands Branch
Ad hoc Committee on meeting place for social
workers: correspondence, June 1962.
Branch: correspondence about representation on
Lanchester College of Technology Business
Studies Advisory Committee, June 1963-January
1964.
Branch Study Group on ''Birmingham Case
Conference'': correspondence, etc., February
1964.
163-172. Correspondence, January 1959-October
1964.
One file
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ASW Liverpool Branch correspondence

One file
Mar 1964-Nov 1964
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ASW Leeds Branch correspondence

One file
Apr 1964-May 1965
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ASW East Anglian Branch (proposed)

correspondence
One file
May 1964-March
1965
MSS.378/ASW/B/6/5
ASW Glasgow Branch (proposed) correspondence
September 1964January 1965
One file
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ASW Bridgwater and Taunton Branch (proposed)

correspondence
One file
January 1965February 1965
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ASW Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Branch

(proposed): correspondence
One file
April 1965
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ASW North-Eastern Branch (proposed):

correspondence
One file
August 1965September 1965

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ASW Scottish Group

1-6. Scottish Group Conference on ''Integration
within the Social Services'', Stirling, 27/28
November 1965: programme, conference
members and notes on proceedings.
One file
November 1965
Publications
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BFSW circulars, notices of posts, etc

Jan 1941-Feb1951
1-139. BFSW (British Federation of Social
Workers) circulars, notices of posts, etc.
7. Circular, undated, 1944, about ''Six lectures on
The background to health''.
9,19. Newsletter, July/December 1944January/March 1945.
20. Circular letter, May 1945, about information
required by Care of Children Sub-committee for
evidence to Interdepartmental Committee on Care
of Children.
28. Training Sub-committee ''Report... on the
common elements in training and equipment of
social workers'', March 1945, and accompanying
circular letter, July 1945.
62. Circular letters, December 1946, about ''Visits
of parents to children's wards of hospitals''.
67. Training Sub-committee ''Memorandum on the
proposals made at the experimental course on
Training in practical work supervision... April 1946'',
undated, January 1947.
68. Circular letter, January 1947, about ''Records
of Wartime activities of voluntary organisations''.
76. Circular letter, March 1947, about ''Payment of
foster parents''.
78. Circular letter, April 1947, about ''''Remploy
Factories'' established by the Disabled Persons
Employment Corporation Ltd''.
86. Circular letter, July 1947, and attached
questionnaire: ''Information required by the Ministry
of Labour to send to the Status of Women
Commission of the Economic & Social Council of
the United Nations''.
87. Circular, July 1947, about financial position.
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95. Circular, undated, September 1947, about
''Two lectures... ''The place of probation in the
American social services''...''The Denning Report...
on procedure in matrimonial causes''''.
100. Circular letters, December 1947, about draft
memorandum on the Younghusband Report.
102. Circular, undated, about ''Meeting to discuss
the [Simey] Report on Salaries & conditions of
work of social workers''.
103. Circular letter, December 1947, about ''Health
centres''.
104. Circular letter, December 1947, about ''The
National Assistance Bill''.
105. Circular letter, December 1947, about
''Disablement Advisory Committees''.
106. Circular letter, March 1948, about visiting in
children's wards of hospitals.
108,109.Circular letters, April 1948, about ''The
Simey Report''.
110. Circular letter, May 1948, about conference
on the ethics of social work.
111. ''Referendum on Constitution'', undated,
1948.
112,113. Circular letters, September 1948, about
new constitution and ''Revision of Constitution:
results of referendum to Sept 15th 1948''.
115. Circular, undated, December 1948, about
''Willard Straight Fellowship...''.
116-118. Circular letters, January-April 1949, about
revised constitution.
120. General Meeting, May 1949: notice of
meeting.
127. Circular letter, December 1949, about
''Increasing the membership of the Federation''.
129. Circular, undated, about British Conference
on Social Work, April 1950.
130. Circular letter, March 1950, about UN Social
Activities Section exchange visits.
131. Circular letter, March 1950, about ''British
Federation of Social Workers Conference May
1950''.
133. Circular letter, June 1950, about ''National
Insurance Maternity Benefit''.
135. ''Two-day school for supervisors of students in
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practical work agencies...'', November 1950,
''preliminary notice'', undated, and programme,
undated.
137. Circular letter, November 1950, about
application of ethical principles to social work.
138. ''Chairman's notes'' about future of
Federation, November 1950.
One file
MSS.378/ASW/B/8/2
BFSW publications
1. A survey of the conditions of service of social
workers in the constituent organisations of the
Federation, undated, 1939?
2-3. The social services and the professional
social worker, by Agnes A. Crosthwaite, 1941?
4-5. BFSW conference, February 1942: Social
changes due to the War and their significance,
1942?
6-7. BFSW conference, July 1943: The part which
social workers can play in the Beveridge Plan for
social security, 1943?
8-9. The relation of the social worker to the
Beveridge Report: report of study group, undated,
1945?
10. The practice of social work: a report of an
experimental course of training in the practical
work supervision of students..., April 1946,
11. Younghusband Report Sub-committee
Report..., undated, 1948.
One file
1939-1948
MSS.378/ASW/B/8/3
BFSW Quarterly news-sheet, BFSW News and

ASW News
1-61 Quarterly news-sheet, January/March 1945October/December 1948 (lacks April/JuneOctober/December 1945). BFSW News,
January/March 1949-April/June 1951. ASW News,
April/June 1952-October/December 1952, January
1959-April 1970 (lacks April 1960-October 1961,
January 1963-October 1965), but available
complete as insert in Case Conference.
One file
1945-1970
MSS.378/ASW/B/8/4
ASW Publications
1952-1969
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1-2. Supervision in social work: a report of the
School for supervisors of students in practical work
agencies, April 1952, ASW, undated.
3-6. Basic training for case work: its place in the
school curriculum; a lecture given at the United
Nations Seminar on Case Work, Finland, August
1952, by Eileen Younghusband, ASW, 1952, and
ASW, second edition, 1962.
7-8. ASW Care of Children Committee: Children
neglected or ill-treated in their own homes, ASW,
1953.
9-13. ASW Notes on the ethics of social work,
ASW, 1953, and ASW second edition, 1961.
14-15. ASW Care of Children Committee: Children
away from home, ASW, 1954.
16-17. ASW The social worker and the group
approach: a report of the Conference... May 1954,
ASW, undated.
18-19. ASW A report on registration and the social
worker, ASW, 1955?
20-21. ASW Report of the Seminar on
supervision, April 1955, ASW, undated.
22-23. Generic trends in education for social work:
an address, by Charlotte Towle, ASW, 1956.
24-25. ASW Recent developments in case-work: a
report of the Seminar..., September 1956, ASW,
1957.
26-28. ASW Morals and the social worker: a report
of the Conference, September 1959, ASW, 1960.
29-30. ASW/IFSW(International Federation of
Social Workers) Mental health and social work:
report of a residential seminar..., September 1961,
ASW and Halley Stewart Trust, undated.
31. ASW New thinking for changing needs [papers
given at a Study Conference, April 1963], edited by
Joan F. S. King, ASW Education Sub-committee,
1963.
32-33. ASW New thinking about administration
[papers given at a Study Conference, March 1965],
ASW Education Sub-committee, 1966.
34-35. ASW New thinking about institutional care
[papers given at a Study Conference, April 1967],
ASW Education Sub-committee, 1967.
36. ASW New thinking about welfare: values and
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priorities [papers given at a Study Conference,
April 1969]. ASW Education Sub-committee, 1969.
One file
MSS.378/ASW/B/8/5
Case Conference
Case Conference, May 1954-April 1970,
incorporating as insert ASW News, January 1959April 1970, and SCOSW Bulletin, February 1966February 1970.
One volume
May 1954-April 1970
ASW Evidence submitted to committees.

Eight files
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/1
ASW ''Evidence... to the Ministry of Health's

Working Party on Social Workers''
1-3. ASW ''Memorandum of Evidence...to Ministry
of Health's Working Party on Social Workers, June
1956'' and typescript of earlier draft, undated.
One file
June 1956
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/2
ASW ''Evidence... to the Departmental Committee

on Children and Young Persons (Ingleby
Committee)''
1-3. ASW Evidence... to the Departmental
Committee on Children and Young Persons
(Ingleby Committee) May 1958, ASW, undated,
and draft, undated, December 1957.
One file
December 1957-May
1958
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/3
ASW ''Evidence... to the Departmental Committee

on the Probation Service''
One file
April 1960
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/4
ASW ''Evidence... to the Working Party on the

Handicapped School Leaver set up by the British
Council for Rehabilitation''
One file
1960?
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/5
ASW ''Evidence... to the Committee on Social

Studies'' [Heyworth Committee]
1-12. ASW ''Schedule of Evidence to the
Committee on Social Studies [Heyworth
Commitee]'', undated, 1963?, correspondence and
August 1963-May
1964
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drafts.
One file
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/6
ASW ''Statement to... the Committee on Local

authority and allied personal social services
(Seebohm
Committee)''
1-18. ASW ''Statement to... the Committee on
Local authority and allied personal social services
under the Chairmanship of Frederick Seebohm...'',
July 1966, and correspondence, views of
branches, etc., October 1965-September 1966.
One file
October 1965September 1966
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/7
ASW Observations on ''The needs of handicapped

children'' in response to request for evidence from
NBCCC (National Bureau for Cooperation in Child
Care)
One file
October 1968
MSS.378/ASW/B/9/8
ASW Observations on ''The Care of Pre-school

Children outside their homes'' (Yudkin Report)
1. ASW Report of working party on ''The care of
pre-school children outside their homes'' (Yudkin
Report), October 1966.
2. ASW correspondence about Yudkin Report,
January 1967.
One file
October 1966January 1967
Conferences
Three files
MSS.378/ASW/B/10/1
British National Conference on Social Work

1-7. ASW Care of Children Sub-committee
''Report... to the British National Conference on
Social Work...'' and reports for 1957 Conference
from Regions.
7a. British National Conference on Social Work
(Edinburgh), August 1957, ''Children and Young
People'' Conference handbook.
8-10. Correspondence, January-October 1956.
11. British National Conference on Social Work
(Bristol), April 1960, People and work: cooperation for social welfare in industrial
communities: report of the fourth...Conference...,
January 1956-1960
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NCSS (National Council of Social Service), 1960.
One file
MSS.378/ASW/B/10/2
IFSW (International Federation of Social Workers)

Conferences
1-3. Papers relating to 1961 (Paris) and 1962
(Petropolis, Brazil) IFSW Conferences.
One file
1961-1962
MSS.378/ASW/B/10/3
Health Congress of Royal Society of Health

1-2. ''The place of social work in meeting people's
needs'' and ''Talk to papers printed in the
proceedings'', by A. T. Collis.
One file
April 1967
Standing Conference of Organisations of

Social Workers
One file
MSS.378/ASW/B/11/1
SCOSW (Standing Conference of Organisations of

Social Workers): papers
1-12. Papers and correspondence relating to
establishment of national association of social
workers, March 1961-November 1962, October
1964-May 1965.
13-16. Correspondence about JTC (Joint Training
Council) courses for social work administrators,
December 1963-January 1964.
17-20. Correspondence about SCOSW (Standing
Conference of Organisations of Social Workers)
public relations, October-December 1963.
22-36. Correspondence, etc., about withdrawal of
ASW from membership of IFSW (International
Federation of Social Workers) in favour of SCOSW
(Standing Conference of Organisations of Social
Workers), December 1963-April 1965.
37-38. Correspondence and questionnaire about
SCOSW (Standing Conference of Organisations of
Social Workers) public relations service, JanuaryJune 1964.
39-51. Correspondence about joint meeting with
other organisations about co-operation, April 1965January 1966.
52-58. Paper and correspondence about
March 1961December 1966
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registration, May-November 1965.
59-61. Correspondence about Council for Training
in Social Work Declaration of recognition of
experience, February-March 1966
62-63. Correspondence about SCOSW (Standing
Conference of Organisations of Social Workers)'
evidence to Seebohm Committee, April-May 1966.
64. ASW circular about SCOSW (Standing
Conference of Organisations of Social Workers)
report on The Future Organisation of Social
Workers, December 1966.
One file
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