mnsss56 Lydia Rapoport Papers, 1960-1968 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Burd Schlessinger. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Brook Hopkins. 2003-06-06 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mnsss56 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Lydia Rapoport Papers, 1960-1968 Finding Aid MS 149 Burd Schlessinger 1998 Processing of the Lydia Rapoport Papers was made possible by the generous support of the Carel Bailey Germain Fund. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Rapoport, Lydia Lydia Rapoport Papers1963-1968 MS 149 1 box (1 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Professor and social worker. Articles highlight the extensive research she conducted on the topics of family intervention, mental health consultation, and short-term casework. In the course of her career, Rapoport conducted consultations, workshops, and seminars at various institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Material includes correspondence, lectures, and published and unpublished articles. English. Biographical Note

Lydia Rapoport was born in 1923 in Vienna, Austria, to an intellectual Jewish family. Her family emigrated to New York City when she was a child. She graduated from Hunter College in 1942 and went on to the Smith College School for Social Work. She received her Master's in Social Work in 1944 at the age of twenty-one, making her the youngest degree recipient in the School's history.

In the course of her career, Rapoport conducted consultations, workshops, and seminars at various institutions, among them Hebrew University in Israel from 1963 to 1964, the Smith College School for Social Work in 1965, 1966 and 1967, and the University of Chicago in 1968. She served on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley from 1956 until her death on September 6, 1971. In 1974, the Lydia Rapoport Distinguished Visiting Professorship and Lecture Series was established in her memory at the Smith College School for Social Work.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Lydia Rapoport Papers date from 1960 to 1968. Series I. Professional Activities consists of a letter to the Curator of the Sophia Smith Collection from Robert T. Apte, Rapoport's colleague at Berkeley and donor of her papers. It details certain aspects of the time Rapoport served at that university, as well as the circumstances surrounding her death. The series also includes professional correspondence, syllabi and course outlines, course evaluations, bibliographies, and transcripts of lectures. Series II. Writings features both published and unpublished articles written at the height of her career. Published journal articles highlight the extensive research Rapoport conducted on the topics of family intervention, mental health consultation, and short-term casework. Most of the unpublished articles were written in 1963 and 1964 while Rapoport taught at the Hebrew University.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

I. Professional Activities II. Writings Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

The copyright owner of this collection is unknown. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights. Permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Lydia Rapoport Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts

History of the Collection

Robert Apte donated the papers of Lydia Rapoport to the Sophia Smith Collection in May 1988.

Processed by Burd Schlessinger, 1998.

Search Terms Smith College. School for Social Work--History--Sources Social case work--Study and teaching--United States--History--Sources Social work education--United States--History--Sources Rapoport, Lydia Additional Information SERIES I. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1 1 Correspondence containing biographical information, April 1988 1 2 List of professional institutes, seminars, and workshops, 1965-68 1 3 Correspondence, 1963-68 1 4 Smith College School for Social Work: course outlines and bibliography, 1965-66 University of California, Berkeley 1 5 Course outlines and bibliographies, 1967-68, n.d. 1 6-7 "Methods of Supervision," course transcript, June 1967 1 8 "Descriptions of Advanced Program in Community Mental Health," n.d. 1 9 Community Mental Health Program Prospectus, June 1967 1 10 "A Study of Community Services for Abused Children and their Families," by Marilyn E. Miller, June 1968 1 11 University of Chicago: course evaluations, 1968 SERIES II. WRITINGS Published works Journal articles 1 12 "In Defense of Social Work: An Analysis of Stress in the Profession," 1960 1 13 "The Concept of Prevention in Social Work": article and requests for reprints, 1961 1 14 "The State of Crisis: Some Theoretical Considerations": article and requests for reprints, 1962 1 15 "Working with Families in Crisis: An ExplorationIn Preventative Intervention," 1962 1 16 "Consultation in Social Work Practice," 1963 1 17 "The Role of Supervision in Professional Education," 1963 1 18 "Mental Health Consultation," 1964 1 19 "Basic Concepts in Providing Services to Families" (in English and Hebrew), 1964 1 20 "The Clinician's Role in Respect to Mental Health," 1965 1 21 "Consultation as a Social Work Activity," 1965 1 22 "Advanced Education for Practice in Community Mental Health," 1967-68 2 23 "Crisis-Oriented Short-term Casework": article and correspondence 1966-67 2 24 "Creativity in Social Work," 1968 2 25 "Preventative Intervention Potentials in Public Child Care Centers," 1966-68 Unpublished works Articles and casework documents 2 26 "Final Report on Consultation to PBSSW; The Hebrew University," 1963-64 2 27 "Role Considerations of Psychiatric Social Work Practice," 1964 2 28 "Casebook of Short-Term Casework Treatment," 1964 2 29 "The Casework Sequence," July 1964 2 30 "The Nature of Student Advising in Social Work Education," 1965 2 31 "The Social Work Role in Family Planning," 1965 2 32 "The Multi-Problem Family-Who Are They?," n.d. 2 33 Book reviews and brief articles, 1963, n.d. 2 34-37 Transcriptions of [?], pages 118-463, unidentified and incomplete, n.d. 2 38 Speech: "Social Casework: An Appraisal and an Affirmation," address given at 50th Anniversary of the Smith College School for Social Work, 1968