Myers, Clara Louise (1911-1991), Papers, 1911-1988 (C4012)

57 linear feet, 2 audio cassettes, 6 audio tapes

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INTRODUCTION

The papers of Clara Louise Myers consist mainly of professional material, including course materials for classes she taught at the University of Missouri's School of Social Work. The collection also documents her participation in a variety of professional and community organizations, as well as aspects of her personal life, including her graduate education in social work.

DONOR INFORMATION

The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Clara Louise Myers on August 27, 1981 (Accession No. 4356). Additions to the collection were made on September 19, 1986 (Accession No. 4740), November 3, 1986 (Accession No. 4748), and September 27, 1988 (Accession No. 4748).

RESTRICTIONS

Consult the reference staff about the restriction on this collection.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Clara Louise Hanser was born January 22, 1911 to Otto C. Hanser and Clara L. Faudi. In 1932, she received her B.S. in Education from the University of Missouri. She attended Washington University in St. Louis, where she received a Master's degree in Education in 1933. At this time, she began working as a caseworker for the Children's Aid Society in St. Louis County. She married William Bryan Myers on September 30, 1936 and together they had a son, William Bryan Myers II, born in 1944. Her husband died in 1946.

From 1938 to 1943, Clara Louise Myers was a supervisor and administrator for Child Welfare Services in St. Louis County. After taking time off to have her son, she returned to work at Child Welfare Services in 1946, this time working for the city of St. Louis and remaining there until 1950. Myers also worked as a field instructor for Washington University and St. Louis University from 1937 to 1950. Throughout this period she continued her education and received a second Master's in Social Work from Washington University in 1948.

After the death of her son in 1950, Myers moved to Columbia and began teaching at the University of Missouri's School of Social Work as an assistant professor and Director of Field Instruction. She eventually became a full professor and served as Associate Director of the department from 1970 to 1974. In 1966, Myers completed her Doctor of Social Work at Washington University. In 1972, Myers took a year-long sabbatical in Africa and South America. During this time, she visited and lectured at a variety of social work schools and agencies.

Myers was actively involved in a variety of local, state, and national social work organizations and programs, including the Missouri Association for Social Welfare, the National Association of Social Workers, and the White House Conference on Children and Youth. She was also highly active within the University of Missouri community, participating on a variety of committees, as well as the Graduate Faculty Senate and the Graduate Council. Other community organizations in which she participated included the Altrusa Club and An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education.

Myers retired from the University of Missouri in 1981, at which time she donated $10,000 to the School of Social Work to establish the William Bryan Myers II Memorial Scholarship in memory of her son. In 1990, the School of Social Work created the Clara Louise Myers Lectureship Series in her honor. She died on November 24, 1991.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Clara Louise Myers Papers consist mainly of professional materials relating to her work at the University of Missouri's School of Social Work and her participation in a variety of professional and social work organizations. The collection also includes a small amount of personal material. The papers have been arranged into the following eight series with three subseries:

FOLDER LIST

University of Missouri, School of Social Work Series

The University of Missouri, School of Social Work series contains materials relating to Myers' work as a social work educator at the University of Missouri, including her involvement on curriculum committees and with the school's accreditation.

f. 1-4Educational Policy Committee, 1977-1981
f. 5-9Administrative Advisory Committee, 1970-1980
f. 10Ad Hoc Committee to Implement Changes in the School's Inter-Organizational Structure and Relations, 1980
f. 11Ad Hoc Committee on Grading in Field Practice, 1962
f. 12Doctoral Program Planning Committee, 1968-1969
f. 13-15Executive Committee, 1966-1970
f. 16Administration and Future Planning Committee, 1976-1977
f. 17Methods Committee, 1965-1966
f. 18Committees for Fall, 1968
f. 19-20Student-Faculty Relations Committee, 1968-1970
f. 21Ad Hoc Scholarship Committee, 1977-1978
f. 22Ad Hoc Committee on Fourth Semester Practice Seminar, 1971
f. 23Recruitment Committee, 1976-1980
f. 24Miscellaneous committees, 1952-1981
f. 25-30Experimental Program, 1962-1969
f. 31-33Comprehensive exams, 1963-1966
f. 34-46Accreditation
f. 34-40General, 1955-1977, n.d.
f. 41-44Institutional self-study reports, 1966-1979
f. 45Information for accrediting commission's three-year review, 1954
f. 46Site visit report on undergraduate program, 1974
f. 47-55Correspondence, 1952-1981, n.d.
f. 56-70Grant proposals, applications, etc.
f. 71-91Curriculum Development Steering Committee
f. 71-82General, 1970-1971
f. 83Workshop on Curriculum, 1971
f. 84Evaluations of Ranch Roy-L workshop, 1971
f. 85-91Task Force A surveys, 1971
f. 92-94Associate Director material, 1971-1973
f. 95-104Director of Graduate Studies material, 1968-1981
f. 105-135Curriculum Committee
f. 105-113General, 1958-1974
f. 114Notes from Mildred Sikkema's visit, 1959-1960
f. 115Proposed course on “Mainstreaming Handicapped Individuals into the Community,” 1979
f. 116-118Implementation of curriculum, 1973
f. 119-122Social Welfare Policy and Services, 1965-1971
f. 123-125Task Force on Curriculum Planning, 1972-1973
f. 126-132Curriculum material, 1950-1973
f. 133Task Force on Practice, 1973
f. 134-135Course outlines, 1977
f. 136YMCA/YWCA leisure time activity survey, 1956
f. 137The Social Work Rapporter, 1968-1969
f. 138Application for review of the curriculum in psychiatric social work, 1954
f. 139Workshop on Consultation in Developing Juvenile Corrections and
f. 140Manual of School of Social Work Policies and Procedures, 1978
f. 141“Coded Abstracts of Student Research in the School of Social Work, 1950-1968,” by Owen D. Sperry, Cheryl Guastello, and Ruth Kreutzer, 1969
f. 142Tenth National Institute on Social Work in Rural Areas, 1985
f. 143-144“Summary Report of School of Social Work” and appendix, 1973 January
f. 145“Remarks on the Occasion of the School Opening,” John J.O. Moore, 1970
f. 146Community Organization concentration, 1968-1970, n.d.
f. 147“Objectives of Total Curriculum and of Main Content Areas,” n.d.
f. 148Survey of the advising experience of first year graduate students, 1972
f. 149Staff development meeting, 1965
f. 150Alpha Pi Zeta, 1960-1963
f. 151Research requirements, 1971, n.d.
f. 152“Foster Parenting the Adolescent” presentation, 1977
f. 153Symposia, 1976-1977
f. 154Human Behavior and Social Environment Committee, 1968
f. 155Acceptance letter drafts, 1980
f. 156Graduate Seminar and Graduate Student Association material, 1977-1978
f. 157Task Force on Family and Children's Services Concentration, 1977
f. 158Turkey Project, 1969
f. 159Expense accounts, 1965-1967
f. 160Material on Recreation Field Work, 1962
f. 161Proposal for acceleration program, 1962
f. 162Delivery of family services proposal, 1969
f. 163Laryssa Neday group, 1968
f. 164Muriel Pumphrey visit, 1970
f. 165Student research projects supervised by Myers, 1975
f. 166Faculty workshop on curriculum, 1974
f. 167Faculty development workshops, 1973
f. 168Newsletters, 1956-1981
f. 169Student lists, 1958-1965
f. 170-172Role and scope of the School of Social Work, 1972-1974
f. 173Consultation work on curriculum for Northeast Missouri State University, 1972-1973
f. 174-175Recruitment material, 1958, 1971
f. 176-178Myers' teaching evaluations, 1968-1970, n.d.
f. 179-184Advising material, 1969-1976
f. 185Advisory system, 1971
f. 186-191Scheduling material, 1950-1976
f. 192-197Orientation and registration materials, 1964-1979
f. 198-202Extension services, 1968-1979, n.d.
f. 203-208 Undergraduate program, 1967-1973, n.d.
f. 209-211Faculty material, 1971-1981
f. 212-216Administrative material, 1973-1978
f. 217-218Material to discuss with John J.O. Moore and Frank Paiva, 1971-1973
f. 219Copies of letters and attachments to agencies and second year students, 1972-1973
f. 220-222Annual reports, 1968-1969
f. 223-246Faculty meeting records, 1955-1981
f. 247-257Miscellaneous material, 1960s-1970s

Public Welfare Training Center Subseries

The Public Welfare Training Center (PWTC) subseries contains material relating to an extension service offered by the School of Social Work for the professional development of social workers. The PWTC changed its name to Public Welfare Staff Development Center before becoming the Family Services Staff Development Center.

f. 258-278General, 1968-1977
f. 279Correspondence, 1967-1981
f. 280“Readings Notebook,” 1973-1974
f. 281Program and financial plan, n.d.
f. 282-283Materials for Week Two, 1973-1974
f. 284Supervision symposium, 1970
f. 285-286Tabulation of participants' evaluations, 1974-1977
f. 287Attendee lists, 1967-1971
f. 288Beulah Compton material, 1962-1969
f. 289Ramsey case, 1968
f. 290Communication, 1971
f. 291-292Individual field experience plans and reports, 1974-1975
f. 293Functions of Social Welfare and Social Work, 1971
f. 294Human Relations Aspects and Processes in Supervision and Leadership, 1974
f. 295-297Syllabus, c. 1967-1971
f. 298Symposium evaluations, 1968-1971
f. 299Handbook from the “Train the Trainers” workshop, 1974
f. 300Annual report, 1981
f. 301Teaching guides, n.d.
f. 302Educational assessment, 1966-1970
f. 303-304Curriculum Committee, 1973
f. 305-306Training material, 1967-1971, n.d.
f. 307-345Myers' teaching evaluations, 1967-1971, n.d.
f. 346-356“Case Management: Phase I” materials, 1980
f. 357-362Miscellaneous material, 1969-1975, n.d.

Course Materials Series

The Course Materials series contains lecture notes, syllabi, course handouts and other material from classes taught by Myers at the MU School of Social Work. A handful of the classes appear to have been taught by other faculty members. Social Casework Seminar was briefly re-titled Seminar in Social Work Practice in 1973, before becoming Professional Practice Seminar.

f. 363Bibliographies on concepts, 1966, n.d.
f. 364Class notes and faculty material, 1953-1954
f. 365Teaching notes on Garcia, n.d.
f. 366SW 150 Child Welfare, 1954-1963
f. 367SW 365 Child Welfare Casework, n.d.
f. 368-372SW 307 Social Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency, 1950-1957
f. 373-379SW 305 Child Care and Protection, 1954-1965
f. 380-381SSA 430 Casework Supervision, 1952, n.d.
f. 382-383SW 400 Problems, 1968-1976
f. 384SW 401 Research Methods in Social Work, 1957, n.d.
f. 385-387SW 315 Dynamics of Interviewing, 1957-1975
f. 388SW 320 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I, 1966-1974 n.d.
f. 389SW 360 Special Readings – Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 1969-1970
f. 390SW 435 Social Work Administration, 1966-1970
f. 391SW 302 Social Welfare Policy and Services I, 1972-1973, n.d.
f. 392SW 391 Interventive Processes II, 1977-1978
f. 393SW 250 Introduction to Social Work Methods, 1973
f. 394SW 175 Philosophy and Policy in Social Services, 1972-1973
f. 395SW 420 Emotional Problems of Childhood, 1952-1964
f. 396-397SW 465 Practice Seminar, 1968-1970
f. 398-419SW 330 Interaction Skills Workshop, 1970-1980
f. 420-432SW 360 Social Casework I, 1949-1971
f. 433-437SW 361 Social Casework II, 1950-1970, n.d.
f. 438-470SW 410 Social Casework Seminar, 1949-1981, n.d.
f. 471-472Miscellaneous casework material, 1957-1969, n.d.
f. 473-480SW 430 Community Organization for Social Welfare, 1947-1968, n.d.
f. 481-482Miscellaneous course materials, 1952-1976, n.d.

Field Instruction Subseries

The Field Instruction subseries consists of course and administrative material relating to the School of Social Work's field instruction class, and includes manuals, committee materials, and correspondence. Field Instruction also went by the following titles: Field Work, Field Practice, and Professional Leadership Practice.

f. 483-510General, 1946-1979
f. 511-519Correspondence, 1955, 1960-1979
f. 520-522Administration, 1956-1967
f. 523-524Revised monthly report forms, 1968-1969
f. 525Assessment of student performance in field instruction form and scales, 1965-1966
f. 526Objectives, 1953
f. 527-529Field Instructors Institutes, 1960-1968
f. 530-532Workshops, 1962-1969
f. 533-542Annual field instructors meetings, 1960-1970
f. 543-544Miscellaneous meetings, conferences, etc., 1959-1964, n.d.
f. 545-553Manuals, 1946-1978, n.d.
f. 554-558Field Instruction Committee, 1963-1970
f. 559Learning plan, 1976
f. 560Section instructor's assessments of miscellaneous social work programs, 1978
f. 561Circuit Defender's Office material, 1966
f. 562High Plains Mental Health Clinic, Hays, KS, 1966
f. 563Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, MO, 1967
f. 564-565Missouri Division of Welfare, 1953-1961
f. 566Information for second year field instruction, 1963-1968
f. 567-568Availability forms, 1970
f. 569Transcripts of conferences between field instructors and students, n.d.
f. 570-571Orientation, 1951-1971
f. 572Possible future field instruction placements, 1961-1965
f. 573Directory, 1979
f. 574Notes, 1962-1967, n.d.
f. 575-577Miscellaneous field instruction material, 1949-1979, n.d.

Professional Series

The Professional series contains material relating to Myers' involvement in professional organizations such as the National Association of Social Workers and the Council on Social Work Education, as well as correspondence, notebooks, and notes for numerous speeches and presentations that Myers gave. Included in this section is a draft report Myers wrote on “Female Offenders in Missouri” and a copy of the paper ,“How Social Work Education May More Effectively Serve Nonurban America,” written by Myers and Arthur J. Robins.

f. 578-609American Association of Social Workers, Central Missouri Chapter
f. 578-580Meeting records, 1939-1955
f. 581Meeting records, St. Louis and Kansas City Chapters, 1943
f. 582Budgets and financial records, 1950-1955
f. 583Council of Chapters, 1949-1950
f. 584-589Correspondence, 1935-1955
f. 590-592Chapter and national bulletins, 1942-1955
f. 593-595Workshops, 1952-1955
f. 596National reports, 1950-1955
f. 597Duties of Secretary-Treasurer, 1939-1945
f. 598Delegate Assembly, 1953
f. 599Executive meeting minutes, 1939-1950
f. 600Membership lists, 1948-1951
f. 601Recruitment Institute, 1955
f. 602-603Treasurer material, 1940-1951
f. 604Secretary material, 1947-1949
f. 605Handbook for Chapter Officers, 1952, n.d.
f. 606-609Miscellaneous, 1939-1953
f. 610Temporary Inter-Association Council of Social Work Membership Organizations, 1954
f. 611-634National Association of Social Workers, Central Missouri Chapter
f. 611-616General, 1960-1980
f. 617Correspondence, 1955-1982
f. 618Human Services Day, 1970
f. 619Symposium, 1981
f. 620Social Work Recruitment Day, 1957
f. 621Guidelines for the Study of the Delivery of Social Services, 1967
f. 622Psychiatric social work, n.d.
f. 623Conference on the Contribution of School Social Work to Social Work Education, Highland Park, IL, 1959
f. 624Chapter by-laws, n.d.
f. 625-627Missouri State Council, 1968-1969
f. 628-629Mid-Continent Regional Institute on Crisis Intervention, Topeka, KS, 1967
f. 630Meeting minutes, 1955-1968
f. 631-632Delegate Assembly material, 1956, 1973
f. 633Newsletters, 1957-1977, n.d.
f. 634Miscellaneous, 1955-1981, nd.
f. 635-650Missouri Association for Social Welfare
f. 635-638General, 1951-1988
f. 639Conferences, 1951-1985
f. 640Missouri Coalition on Foster Care, 1980
f. 641Task Force on Human Services Funding, 1981
f. 642Institutes Committee, 1953-1954
f. 643Institutes, 1958
f. 644-650Missouri Council on Children and Youth, 1954-1971
f. 651“How Social Work Education May More Effectively Serve Nonurban America,” Clara Louise Myers and Arthur J. Robins, 1960
f. 652Family Values and Resource Management panel, 1975
f. 653Statewide Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Jefferson City, MO, 1979
f. 654Workshops on field instruction, 1978-1981
f. 655Evaluation of Mildred W. Weil's “The Housewife-Career Role: A New Orientation for Analysis,” 1963
f. 656Family therapy class, 1969
f. 657Miscellaneous conferences, workshops, etc., 1947-1976
f. 658Curriculum vitae, 1969
f. 659-661American Association of Schools of Social Work, 1941-1952
f. 662Missouri Council on Health Careers, 1956
f. 663-664Child Welfare League, 1941-1960
f. 665Governor's Committee for Children and Youth, 1973
f. 666Missouri Consortium of Social Work Education, 1978-1979
f. 667-668Missouri State Teachers Association, Department of Pupil Personnel Services, 1962-1963
f. 669Police-Community Relations Institute, St. Louis, MO, 1956
f. 670Kansas Conference of Social Work, 1953-1955
f. 671-672Family and Child Welfare Survey Case Evaluation, Madison, WI, 1952
f. 673Regional Conference on Welfare Services and Training, Kansas City, MO, 1957
f. 674Conference of Field Work Instructors, Louisiana State University, 1959
f. 675Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 22nd Annual Spring Social Work Institute, 1967
f. 676-677National Conference on Day Care Services, 1965
f. 678-679National Conference on Social Welfare, 1967-1976
f. 680-681U.S. Children's Bureau, Region VII conferences, 1974-1975
f. 682-685U.S. Children's Bureau, Grant reviews, 1962-1964
f. 686National Conference of Social Work, 1953-1968
f. 687-691American Public Welfare Association, 1949-1983
f. 692Missouri Association for Childhood Education, Spring Study Conference, 1970
f. 693Women's Worry Clinic, Jefferson City Council of Clubs, MO, 1962
f. 694-695Women's Congress on Housing, 1956
f. 696“Description of Institute on Parent-Child-Teacher Relationships,” draft, Mary Zucker, 1963
f. 697Howard County Mental Health Association, Annual Meeting, 1972
f. 698Rough drafts of foster care booklets, St. Louis City juvenile court and Division of Family Services, c. 1970
f. 699Mental health workshop, St. Louis, 1971
f. 700Curriculum material from Nancy Lafferty, 1971
f. 701Student-Supervisors Association of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, 1938-1940
f. 702-70350th and 60th Anniversary Conferences, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, 1976, 1985
f. 704-706Cooperative Social Welfare Action Program (CO-SWAP), Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education, 1969-1974
f. 707Conference of Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools of Social Work, 1973
f. 708-736Council on Social Work Education
f. 708-710General, 1953-1983
f. 711Workshop on Admissions, 1962
f. 712-714Delegate Assembly material, 1964-1976
f. 715Teaching Materials Committee, 1950-1954
f. 716-717Program Committee, 1960-1962
f. 718-719Block Field Instruction Conference, 1963-1964
f. 720Material on admissions, 1958
f. 721Federal funding situation, 1973
f. 722Task force reports, 1975
f. 723“Workshop on Preparing Graduate Social Work Students to Work with Paraprofessionals: A Report,” 1971
f. 724“A Source Book of Readings on Teaching in Social Work: Reprints of Selected Articles,” 1965
f. 725-736Annual Program Meetings, 1953-1984
f. 737-740International Congress of Schools of Social Work, 1968, 1976
f. 741“Free to Color Outside the Lines: A Conference on Early Child Care,” 1976
f. 742“Female Offenders in Missouri,” draft report, Clara Louise Myers, 1973
f. 743Missouri Coordinating Council on the Female Offender, 1976
f. 744-750White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950-1960
f. 751-755Missouri Committee for the White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1959-1970
f. 756-765Miscellaneous notes, 1952-1980, n.d.
f. 766Review of “Planning, Administration, and Management in Human Services” manuscript, 1981
f. 767Conference on Group Relations, A.K. Rice Institute, 1974
f. 768Institute on “Social Work in the New Age of Accountability,” University of Washington, 1973
f. 769Resume and professional self-evaluations, 1972-1975
f. 770Notes on talks, 1952-1959, n.d.
f. 771Shorthand notebook, n.d.
f. 772-800Notebooks, 1950-1972
f. 801-807Speeches and presentations, 1946-1982, n.d.
f. 808-818Correspondence, 1950-1981
f. 819Workshop for Social Work Educators, University of Michigan, 1972
f. 820-839Miscellaneous, 1937-1981, n.d.

University of Missouri Subseries

The University of Missouri subseries contains material relating to Myers' involvement on a variety of university-wide committees, as well as the Graduate Faculty Senate and the Graduate Council. This subseries also contains material concerning the School of Social and Community Services, which later became the College of Public and Community Services.

f. 840Correspondence, 1955-1986
f. 841University-wide Course and Curriculum Committee, 1968
f. 842Committee for the Centennial Anniversary of the Admission of Women to the University of Missouri, 1968
f. 843-844Alumnae Anniversary Development Fund Committee, 1976-1979
f. 845-847Committee on University Policy, 1965-1967
f. 848-849Committee on Student Organizations, Government, and Activities, 1968-1969
f. 850-851Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee for the Study of the Office of Extra-divisional Administration, 1969-1970
f. 852-853Advisory Committee to Woodhaven Christian Home and University of Missouri Retardation Program, 1968-1969
f. 854Advisory Committee on the Mentally Retarded, 1971
f. 855Student Conduct Committee, 1953-1963
f. 856Academic Advising Committee, 1953-1956
f. 857College Committee on Academic Personnel, 1977-1978
f. 858Retiree Advisory Committee, 1981-1982
f. 859Ad Hoc Committee for the Women's State Correctional Center-Tipton, 1975
f. 860Child Development Committee, 1965-1966
f. 861Economic Opportunity Act Program, 1964
f. 862State of the Art Conference on Comparative Social Development, 1978
f. 863Myers' cumulative faculty record, leave of absence request, etc., 1953-1978
f. 864Faculty Women's Club, 1951-1956, n.d.
f. 865-868University Club, 1963-1981
f. 869Phi Kappa Phi, 1976-1981
f. 870Philosophy 301 Topics: Medical Ethics, 1976
f. 871“Understanding Ourselves in Relation to Others,” Role playing by various disciplines, 1953
f. 872University Day, 1959
f. 873-876Graduate Faculty material, 1962-1975
f. 877-880Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Faculty Organization and Participation Government, 1967-1968
f. 881-889Graduate Faculty Senate
f. 881-885General, 1968-1980
f. 886-887Executive Committee, 1969
f. 888Curriculum (Course) Approval Committee, Social Sciences Sector, 1969-1970
f. 889Black Studies Subcommittee, 1970
f. 890-893Graduate Council material, 1966-1970
f. 894Multiple Handicap Clinic, 1966
f. 895Doctoral faculty membership application, 1974
f. 896Cross Cultural Communications Workshop, 1969
f. 897Council on Undergraduate Education, 1969-1970
f. 898Response to President Ratchford's “The University of Missouri: Its Future,” 1971
f. 899Annual Giving Group, 1978-1979
f. 900Official notices of appointment, 1953-1970
f. 901Honors College, 1973
f. 902Institute on Undergraduate Social Work Education, 1970
f. 903-908China Exchange Task Force, 1978-1981
f. 909-936School of Social and Community Services
f. 909Correspondence, 1970-1982
f. 910Annual report, 1967-1968
f. 911Doctoral Program Planning Committee, 1969
f. 912Executive Committee, 1968-1969
f. 913-918Divisional Curriculum Committee, 1966-1971
f. 919Divisional Committee on Promotions and Tenure, 1977-1979
f. 920Catalog and course changes, 1975-1976
f. 921-924Faculty meeting material, 1967-1981
f. 925-926Academic Personnel Committee, 1977-1979
f. 927Ad Hoc Committee on Kansas City Social Work Planning, 1977
f. 928-930Community Development Program, 1960-1970, n.d.
f. 931Bulletin Committee, 1974-1975
f. 932Division Policy Advisory Committee, 1970
f. 933-935Campus Review Team for Department of Recreation and Park Administration, 1977-1978
f. 936Miscellaneous, 1959-1981
f. 937-938University Assembly, 1971-1975
f. 939Tenure and promotion criteria, 1973, n.d.
f. 940Faculty-Alumni Awards, 1971
f. 941-942Medical-Social Work Teaching Project, 1962-1963
f. 943Community Teachers Association, 1978-1981
f. 944School of Home Economics report by Margaret Mangel, 1968
f. 945Proposed interdisciplinary seminar on emotionally disturbed children, 1971
f. 946-947Early Childhood Development Committee, 1970-1974
f. 948-955Interdisciplinary Seminar in Early Childhood Development, 1971-1980
f. 956Miscellaneous, 1969-1977, n.d.

Social Work Agencies and Organizations Series

The Social Work Agencies and Organizations series consists of material relating to local and state organizations in which Myers was involved, including United Fund and Family Service of Columbia, as well as the Missouri Division of Welfare.

f. 957Christmas Planning Service, Columbia, MO, 1954
f. 958-959Family and Children's Service of Greater St. Louis, 1963-1966
f. 960St. Louis Association for Retarded Children, 1973
f. 961Social Service Department, State Hospital No. 3, Nevada, MO, 1962-1963
f. 962Community Chest, Columbia, MO 1954
f. 963-965Columbia Social Service Society, 1952-1957
f. 966-991Missouri Division of Welfare
f. 966-984Child Welfare Services
f. 966-970Case Review, 1951
f. 971-975Monthly Administrative Analysis, 1949-1950
f. 976Boone County, 1952-1964
f. 977-979Child Welfare Advisory Board, Boone County, 1940-1965
f. 980Child Welfare Advisory Board, St. Louis, 1962-1963
f. 981-983Intensive Spring Staff Training, 1966-1967
f. 984Staff Development, 1967
f. 985-986Pruitt-Igoe Welfare Demonstration Project, 1962-1963
f. 987-988Manuals, c. 1967-1972
f. 989Correspondence, 1950-1970
f. 990Mailing lists, 1967-1971, n.d.
f. 991“Missouri Laws Relating to the State Division of Welfare,” 1969
f. 992-999United Fund, Columbia, MO
f. 992-993General, 1955-1959
f. 994Nursery school questionnaires, 1954-1955
f. 995Budget, 1958
f. 996Day Care Committee, 1964
f. 997-999Social Planning Committee, 1954-1972, n.d.
f. 1000-1004Family Service of Columbia, 1959-1970
f. 1005Transitional Housing Agency, Columbia, MO, 1980-1982
f. 1006-1008Community Congress, Columbia, MO, 1969-1971
f. 1009YWCA Advisory Board, Columbia, MO, 1954-1962
f. 1010Columbia's Social Planning Committee, 1956
f. 1011-1014Missouri Girls Town Foundation, 1977-1986
f. 1015Training School for Girls, Chillicothe, MO – Staff Development Program, 1969
f. 1016-1017Nora Stewart Memorial Nursery School, Columbia, MO, 1959-1964
f. 1018Miscellaneous social work agencies and organizations, 1960-1968

Resources and Subject Files Series

The Resources and Subject Files series contains numerous resources accumulated by Myers concerning social work and social work education, ranging from child welfare and juvenile delinquency to field instruction, behavior modification, and social casework, among many others.

f. 1019-1020Female Offenders, Missouri, 1968-1979
f. 1021Radical Action for People (RAP) materials on an alternative view of the United Fund, c. 1970
f. 1022Salisbury Council of Social Service newsletters, 1972-1981
f. 1023Journal Club of the Otisville Training School, Otisville, NY, 1962-1963
f. 1024“Assessment of Student Performance in Social Work Field Learning,” Saint Louis University, 1969
f. 1025“Sixth Annual Report,” Missouri Commission on the Status of Women, 1972-1973
f. 1026“Problems of Professional Suicide and the Ineffective Utilization of Good People,” draft, Dr. Donald W. Cole, 1968
f. 1027 “Preventive Community Services: First Line of Defense,” Report on Second Annual Conference on Family Life, 1963
f. 1028“The Mission of the University,” working paper, John J.O. Moore, 1971
f. 1029“Child Abuse and Neglect: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Treatment and Prevention,” 1978
f. 1030Big Brothers of America conference and annual meeting proceedings, 1953, n.d.
f. 1031“Toward a Social Casework Classification of Ego Functions and Qualities,” n.d.
f. 1032Ira Gibson's talk, n.d.
f. 1033“Coalition Planning: A Method to Reinforce Local Initiatives in Community Problem-Solving,” United Way of America, 1971
f. 1034“The Friends and Supporters of Psychotherapy: On Social Circles in Urban Life,” Charles Kadushin, n.d.
f. 1035“Final Report: First Youth Congress,” Parent-Youth Council, Jefferson City, MO, 1962
f. 1036“Supervision and Staff Development,” Family Service Association of America, 1966
f. 1037Material on gamed social situations, University of Wisconsin, c. 1972
f. 1038Schools of Social Work, Illinois, 1966-1967
f. 1039“Protective Services – What They Are and Who Does Them,” Lorene Scherer, 1953
f. 1040Codes of ethics, 1941-1949
f. 1041Survey of salaries paid psychiatric social workers in Missouri, n.d.
f. 1042“Research Study in an Adoption Program,” Hazel S. Morrison, 1950
f. 1043“Guide for Field Practice,” School of Social Work, University of Buffalo, 1955
f. 1044“Hard-to-Place Children – Part 2: Illegitimate Negro Children, Kansas City, MO, 1954,” 1956
f. 1045“Current Practices in Staff Training, Vol. II,” 1956
f. 1046“Consultation and Supervision,” Dr. J.J. Ray, 1961
f. 1047Summary of questionnaire on School Social Services for the 1961-1962 School Year, State of New Jersey, 1961
f. 1048“Review of the Role and Responsibility of Family and Children's Service in Social Work Education,” 1962
f. 1049“New Approaches in Field Instruction: A Report of a Faculty Workshop,” University of Maryland, 1963
f. 1050“Voluntary Welfare Agencies in Dacca: A Critical Appraisal,” draft report, Arthur J. Robins, 1962
f. 1051“A Summary of Content Presented in the I.J.R. Seminar Series on Field Work Instruction,” 1963
f. 1052“Behavior Analysis: An Alternative to Diagnostic Classification,” Frederick H. Kanter and George Saslow, 1965
f. 1053“Services for People: Report of the Task Force on Organization of Social Services,” U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968
f. 1054“Evaluation of a Labor Communication and Information Service: Final Report,” National Institutes on Rehabilitation and Health Services, 1969
f. 1055“Readings on Graduate Education for an Integrated Approach to Social Work Practice,” West Virginia University,
f. 1056“Progress Report on Program for 1948 of National Commission on Children and Youth,” Federal Security Agency,
f. 1057Functional Handbook, Division of Psychiatric Social Work, n.d.
f. 1058Registration and licensing, 1953-1961
f. 1059Job opportunities for students, 1951-1954
f. 1060Notes on talks, 1951-1952
f. 1061-1062Day care services, 1953-1971
f. 1063Material from Jane Addams Graduate School of Social Work, Illinois, 1969
f. 1064“Child Welfare Services in the Jackson County Office of the Missouri Division of Welfare and the Family Services to December, 1975,” Mabel M. Bridwell, 1976
f. 1065“What About Housing?” booklets, Columbia-Boone County League of Women Voters, 1969-1970
f. 1066“Welfare Dynamics and Welfare Policy: Past Evidence and Future Research Directions,” conference draft, Greg J. Duncan and Saul D. Hoffman, 1985
f. 1067Professional schools of social work, 1961-1965
f. 1068Materials on teaching professional social workers, 1950-1967
f. 1069Personality traits, n.d.
f. 1070Legislation, n.d.
f. 1071“The Howard County Project: Fourth Annual Report to the Project Corporate Sponsors,” Joanne Mermelstein and Paul Sundet, 1974
f. 1072-1073Hospital social work, 1963-1971
f. 1074Public welfare, Missouri, 1958
f. 1075Public welfare, Federal, 1939, 1961
f. 1076-1077Child welfare, 1953-1961
f. 1078Protective Casework, 1946-1953
f. 1079Public health service resources, 1966-1968
f. 1080National Federation of Student Social Workers, 1969
f. 1081Social group work, 1966, n.d.
f. 1082Children and adoption, 1957-1968
f. 1083Crime and corrections, n.d.
f. 1084-1087Casework material, 1950-1970, n.d.
f. 1088Juvenile delinquency, 1948-1966
f. 1089Field instruction resources, 1955-1966, n.d.
f. 1090-1093Behavior modification material, 1966-1968, n.d.
f. 1094Behavioral theory material, 1967, n.d.
f. 1095System theory material, 1967-1978
f. 1096Aging resources, 1956-1961
f. 1097Aid to dependent children material, 1960-1961, n.d.
f. 1098Alcoholics, n.d.
f. 1099Poverty, 1965, n.d.
f. 1100Research material, 1948, n.d.
f. 1101-1102Curriculum material, 1967-1970
f. 1103-1104Papers and reports by William E. Gordon and Margaret L. Schutz, 1962-1979, n.d.
f. 1105Developing social policy material, 1972, n.d.
f. 1106Adult education visual aids, Uganda, c. 1972
f. 1107Family social work, 1967-1969, n.d.
f. 1108-1116Miscellaneous resources, 1947-1977, n.d.

Personal Series

The Personal series contains correspondence, photographs, and materials relating to Myers' education in social work at Washington University. Also included are materials concerning her involvement in Altrusa Club, the American Association of University Professors, and An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education.

f. 1117-1133Correspondence
f. 11171946-1948
f. 1118-11191950s
f. 1120-11221960s
f. 1123-11271970s
f. 1128-11311981-1987, n.d.
f. 1132Christmas cards, 1950-1955
f. 1133Get well cards, 1975
f. 1134Photographs, 1924-1981, n.d.
f. 1135Slides, 1964-1974
f. 1136-1139American Association of University Women, 1954-1987
f. 1140-1148American Association of University Professors, 1954-1980
f. 1149-1153An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, MO, 1968-1981
f. 1154-1156Calendars and appointment books, 1965-1985
f. 1157-1163Travel
f. 1157Europe and Morocco, 1958
f. 1158African safari, 1972
f. 1159China and Hawaii, 1978
f. 1160-1161Canadian Rockies and Alaska cruise, 1980
f. 1162South Pacific, 1983
f. 1163Miscellaneous, 1960-1988
f. 1164Columbia United Church of Christ, 1965-1988
f. 1165Church of the Palms Congregational United Church of Christ, Delray Beach, FL, 1981-1983
f. 1166Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, 1954-1987
f. 1167Newspaper clippings, 1911-1981
f. 1168-1175Altrusa Club, Columbia, MO
f. 1168“Altrusa Consequences” newsletter, 1961-1984
f. 1169-1170Day care institute and report, 1965
f. 1171-1172International Relations Committee, 1976-1981
f. 1173-1174“Year By Year Highlights Beginning 1937,” 1962-1982
f. 1175Miscellaneous, 1961-1974
f. 1176-1191Education
f. 1176Aspects of Psychiatry notes, 1936
f. 1177Policies and Procedures in Public Assistance class, 1947
f. 1178Social Group Work class, 1947
f. 1179-1180Master's thesis, 1948
f. 1181-1186Miscellaneous classes, 1957-1958
f. 1187-1191Dissertation material, 1957-1961
f. 1192Miscellaneous, 1947-1963
f. 1193Alumni material, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, 1949-1985
f. 1194Class of 1932, 50th reunion, University of Missouri, 1982
f. 1195University of Missouri Alumni Seminar Weekend: “China After the Cultural Revolution,” 1982
f. 1196Recognitions and honors, 1967-1973, n.d.
f. 1197Miscellaneous, 1962-1982, n.d.

Student and Personnel Files Series [RESTRICTED]

The Student and Personnel Files are restricted. This series contains advising and other administrative materials concerning students, as well as material generated by students in Myers' classes, including their field instruction assignments. Also included in this series are materials relating to university personnel, most of which originated from promotion and tenure committees that Myers participated on for both the School of Social Work and the University of Missouri as a whole.

f. 1198-1404Students
f. 1198-1201Admissions material, 1956-1969
f. 1202-1281Individual student files, 1951-1981
f. 1282-1285Miscellaneous students, 1961-1980
f. 1286-1291Miscellaneous student papers and projects, 1953-1977, n.d.
f. 1292SW 360 Social Casework I, 1955
f. 1293-1295SW 361 Social Casework II, 1965-1967
f. 1296-1320SW 410 Social Casework Seminar, 1956-1981
f. 1321SW 400 Problems: Consultation and Supervision, 1970
f. 1322-1323SW 390 Interventive Processes I, 1979-1980
f. 1324SW 391 Interventive Processes II, 1980
f. 1325-1327SW 450 Independent Study, 1977-1980
f. 1328SW 430 Community Organization projects, 1970
f. 1329SW 315 Dynamics of Interviewing papers, 1954
f. 1330-1331SW 305 Child Care and Protection, 1960-1961
f. 1332-1337SW 420 Emotional Problems of Childhood, 1953-1964
f. 1338-1372Field Instruction, 1942-1981
f. 1373-1397Advising material, 1954-1980, n.d.
f. 1398Abstracts of research projects, 1966-1970
f. 1399Oral exams, 1961-1962
f. 1400Applications for financial assistance, 1976
f. 1401Administration, 1973-1976
f. 1402-1403Director of Graduate Studies material, 1977-1978
f. 1404Practice Committee, 1980-1981
f. 1405-1419Personnel
f. 1405Interim tenure review, 1979
f. 1406-1408School of Social Work Personnel Committee, 1970-1979
f. 1409-1413School of Social Work Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1974-1975
f. 1414-1415Campus Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1976-1978
f. 1416-1419Miscellaneous personnel material, 1966-1976

Audio Series

The Audio series contains reel-to-reel audio tapes which include recordings from functions relating to the Centennial Anniversary of the Admission of Women to the University of Missouri, as well as an interview with a gang member from Columbia, Missouri, and a seminar given by John Ham, a psychiatric social worker from the University of Chicago.

a.t. 1-4Centennial Anniversary of the Admission of Women to the University of Missouri functions, 1967-1968
a.t. 5Interview with Martin Floyd, c. 1963
a.t. 6Seminar with John Ham of the University of Chicago, 28 January 1970

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at The State Historical Society of Missouri-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff

Addams, Jane (1860-1935)f. 1134 (pictorial image)
Adult education--Visual aids--Uganda, c. 1972f. 1106
Altrusa Club, Columbia, Missourif. 1168-1175
American Association of Social Workers, Central Missouri Chapterf. 578-609
American Association of University Professorsf. 1140-1148
American Association of University Womenf. 1136-1139
American Public Welfare Associationf. 687-691
An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, Missourif. 1149-1153
Behavior modificationf. 1090-1093
Child welfaref. 366, 367, 663, 664, 671, 672, 966-984, 1064, 1076, 1077
Child welfare--Missourif. 966-984, 1064
Child welfare--Wisconsin, Madison, 1952f. 671, 672
Community Chest, Columbia, Missourif. 962
Community Congress, Columbia, Missourif. 1006-1008
Community services--Missouri, Columbiaf. 957, 962-965, 992-1010, 1016-1018
Council on Social Work Educationf. 708-736
Day care centersf. 676, 677, 994, 996, 1016, 1017, 1061, 1062, 1169, 1170
Educational surveys, 1970sf. 85-91, 148
Family Service of Columbia, Inc., Columbia, Missourif. 1000-1004
Female offenders--Missourif. 742, 743, 859, 1019, 1020
Health education--Visual aids--Uganda, c. 1972f. 1106
Housing--Missouri, Columbiaf. 1005, 1065
International Congress of Schools of Social Workf. 737-740
Juvenile delinquencyf. 368-372, 1015, 1088; a.t. 5
Juvenile delinquency--Missouri, Columbiaa.t. 5
Missouri Association for Social Welfaref. 635-650
Missouri Council on Children & Youthf. 644-650
Missouri Girls Town Foundation, Inc., Mountain Grovef. 1011-1014
Missouri, Boone County. Child Welfaref. 976-979
Missouri. Division of Welfaref. 564, 565, 966-991, 1064
Missouri. Division of Welfare, Child Welfare Servicesf. 966-984
Myers, Clara Louise (1911-1991)f. 940, 1134, 1135, 1158, 1160 (pictorial image)
Myers, Clara Louise (1911-1991)f. 1-1419
National Association of Social Workers, Central Missouri Chapterf. 611-634
Pruitt-Igoe Public Housing Development, St. Louis, Missourif. 985, 986
Radical Action for Peoplef. 1021
Social case workf. 162, 289, 346-356, 367, 380, 381, 420-472, 671, 672, 966, 970, 1031, 1064, 1078, 1084-1087, 1107, 1292-1320; a.t. 5
Social workf. 363-839, 957-1116; a.t. 6
Social work with childrenf. 366-379, 663, 664, 680-685, 698, 958-960, 1015, 1044, 1048, 1082, 1097
Social work--Curriculaf. 258-577
Social work--Educationf. 1-577, 666, 674, 707-740, 819, 1063, 1067
Social work--Education--Accreditationf. 34-46
Social work--Study and teachingf. 165, 258-577, 1068, 1176-1191, 1202-1372, 1398, 1399; a.t. 6
United Fund, Columbia, Missourif. 992-999
United Fund, St. Louis, Missourif. 1021
University of Missourif. 1-577, 840-956, 1194, 1195, 1198-1337, 1339-1419; a.t. 1-4
University of Missouri, Admission of Women Centennialf. 842; a.t. 1-4
University of Missouri, China Exchange Task Forcef. 903-908
University of Missouri, Graduate Councilf. 890-893
University of Missouri, Graduate Facultyf. 873-876
University of Missouri, Graduate Faculty Senatef. 881-889
University of Missouri, School of Social and Community Servicesf. 909-936
University of Missouri, School of Social and Community Services, Divisional Curriculum Committee f. 913-918
University of Missouri, School of Social Workf. 1-577
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Accreditationf. 34-46
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Curriculaf. 258-577
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Curriculum planningf. 71-91, 105-135, 138, 147, 157, 161, 166
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Educational surveys, 1970sf. 85-91, 148
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Experimental Programf. 25-30
University of Missouri, School of Social Work, Public Welfare Training Centerf. 258-362
Washington University, St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Workf. 701-703, 1103, 1104, 1176-1193
White House Conference on Children and Youthf. 744-750
White House Conference on Children and Youth, Missouri Committeef. 751-755
Women's Congress on Housing, 1956f. 694, 695