The Bulletin of the National Association of

School Social Workers: A Bibliography

Part I

 

James G. McCullagh, Ed. D., ACSW, L.S.W.*

 

Visiting teachers held their first national conference in July, 1916, in New York City.  Three years later the second national conference was held in conjunction with the National Conference of Social Work.  On June 5, 1919, at the National Conference in Atlantic City, the National Association of Visiting Teachers and Home and School Visitors was organized.  The Association existed until September 30, 1955, when it terminated activities and became the School Social Work Section of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).  On October 1, 1955, NASW was formed from the Association, four other professional membership associations, and two other study groups when all seven merged.

 

The Association’s name was shortened in the early 1920's to the National Association of Visiting Teachers.  Subsequently, the organization became the American Association of Visiting Teachers in 1929, the American Association of School Social Workers in 1942, and the National Association of School Social Workers in 1945.

 

Edith M. Everett, president of The National Association of Visiting Teachers, stated the need for a bulletin in its first issue published in December, 1924.

 

It is for the purposes. . .(1) of closer affiliation among our

members, (2) of spreading and exchanging information regarding

our work, and (3) of making the association serve as far as possible

as a standard-setter in such matters as qualification, definition of

function, salary, position in the school administrative system,

extent of school territory of population covered, and so on, that we

plan to have published during the year three or four

bulletins....(Everett, 1924, p. 1)

 

The last issue, 31 (1), was published in September, 1955.  The title of the Bulletin has varied as follows: The N.A.V.T. Bulletin, 1 (1) to 1 (4); Bulletin of the National Association of Visiting Teachers, 2 (1) to 4 (1); Visiting Teacher Bulletin, 4 (2) to 9 (3); Visiting Teachers Bulletin, 9 (4) to 15 (3); Visiting Teachers’ Bulletin, 16 (1) to 16 (3); Visiting Teacher’s Bulletin, 17 (1) to 17 (2); Bulletin, 18 (1); Bulletin American Association of School Social Workers, 18 (2) to 19 (2); Bulletin National Association of School Social Workers, 20 (1) to 21 (1); Bulletin, 21 (2); and The Bulletin of the National Association of School Social Workers, 21 (3) to 31 (1).

 

This paper presents a bibliography of articles and other writings that appeared during the Bulletin’s 31 year history.  The Bulletin was not indexed in Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, International Index to Periodicals, Public Affairs Information Service, nor the Education Index. This compilation includes all writings with the exception of the listings of officers and membership requirements found in many issues.

 

During the span of 31 years the Bulletin became a major vehicle for the communication of developments in school social work.  With the creation of NASW in 1955, the National Association of School Social Workers and the Bulletin were dissolved.  The Bulletin served as a primary source for articles, summaries of papers and presentations at various meetings, including the Association’s annual conferences, and as a newsletter for the Association.  A separate newsletter was published annually in the early 1930's.  On September 19, 1947, the Association began publishing a Membership Newsletter.  The last of forty issues was published in September, 1955.  The Bulletin, newsletters, various reports, and other documents of the Association maintained in the archives of the Social Welfare History Archives Center at the University of Minnesota provide a rich history of the Association.  This bibliography is one piece of the rich heritage of the Association and school social work.

 

Selected issues, particularly the early ones, were compiled by visiting teacher staff in various cities, committees of the Association, or various organizations.  The groups who compiled selected issues follows: National Committee on Visiting Teachers, 1 (1) and 2 (3); White-Williams Foundation, 1 (2); Rochester, New York Visiting Teacher Staff, 1 (3) and 8 (6a, June 1933); the Association, 1 (4), 2 (1), 2 (5), 2 (6), 3 (4), and 4 (1); visiting teachers of the Minneapolis Public Schools, 2 (2); New York City Board of Education, Association of Visiting Teachers, 2 (4); Boston visiting teachers, 3 (1); and, Newark Department of Child Guidance, 8 (4).

 

Some articles were excerpts or summaries of addresses given at various meetings by the authors.  Often the summary was written by someone other than the author.  Many articles were also previously presented at a conference or meeting.  Often there was discussion of articles or presentations. In the bibliography these are identified as “Discussion of article by....”  In a few instances double citations have been made.  When an issue was compiled by a committee or organization, a separate citation is made.  The issue’s contents is then listed.  In addition, separate citations are made for signed articles.

 

A number of articles were reprinted from other journals.  Reprint information is noted.  Some articles were reprinted in other journals or books.  An especially valuable resource is the work by Lee (1959).  She edited Helping the troubled school child: Selected readings in school social work, 1935-1955.  Articles reprinted in this work are noted as “ Reprinted in Lee.”  Bibliographies on school social work by Capacchione (1956) and Prawl (1956) include annotations of many articles that appeared in the Bulletin during the period from 1944 through 1954.

 

The compilation should provide school social workers with a better understanding of the richness of the school social work literature found in the Bulletin.  The Bulletin is found in selected libraries.  A reference librarian can assist in locating collections and also in obtaining selected articles through interlibrary loan.  It is hoped that this bibliography will be useful to researchers who are interested in the historical development of school social work.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Aitken, William. (Review of) Counseling young workers by Culbert-Smith, 14 (3), 1939, 15.

Alderson, John J. The specific content of school social work, 27 (4) 1952, 3-13. Reprinted in Lee, 36-45.

 

Allen, Ethel B. Review of The problem child in school by Mary B. Sayles, 1 (4), 1925, 15.

 

Allen, Frederick B. The place of the visiting teacher in a mental hygiene program, 6 (1) 1930, 1-2.

 

Alling, Elizabeth. The visiting teacher in the county, 3 (2), 1927, 28-29.

 

Alspach, Helen V. What a summer course at the Pennsylvania School of Social Work and Health Work meant to me, 3 (3), 1927, 11-12a.

 

American Association of School Social Workers. Announcements, 18 (3), 1943, 15; Announcements, program of AASSW at time of National Conference of Social Work, Cleveland, Ohio, 18 (2), 1943, 16; coming events, 18 (1), 1943, 1; new name, 17 (2), 1942, 18.

 

American Association of Visiting Teachers.  Advisory council members, 17 (1), 1941, 15; annual conference: 5 (3), 1929, 4; 6 (1), 1930, 3; annual luncheon: 8 (4), 1933, 4; 16 (2), 1941, 1; annual meeting: 6 (2), 1930, 4; 7 (1), 1931, 4; 7 (2), 1931, 4; 8 (6a), June, 1933, 6; 9 (2), 1934, 8; 15 (1), 1939, 15-16; come to our next meeting, 17 (1), 1941, 1; coming events, 17 (2), 1942, 18; dear members of the A.A.V.T., 9 (4), 1934, 1-2; election of officers, 6 (2), 1930, 3; highlights from the annual meeting, 6 (3), 1930, 3-4; luncheon meeting, 5 (3), 1929, 3; meeting with the Department of Superintendence: 10 (1), 1935, 1; 11 (1), 1936, 20; meeting with the national Conference of Social Work, 14 (3), 1939, 12; meeting with the National Education Association: 14 (3), 1939, 13-14; 16 (3), 1941, 1; membership changes, 13 (2), 1938, 15-16; National Conference of Social Work final program report, 15 (3), 1940, 14-15; New Orleans meeting in connection with National Conference of Social Work, 17 (2), 1942, 1; notes on the annual meeting, 8 (6b), November, 1933, 4; panel discussion held during the meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, 15 (1), 1939, 13-14; program, 11 (2), 1936, 1; program annual meeting, 12 (4), 1937, 1; proposed changes in membership requirements, 12 (4), 1937, 1-2; questionnaire: 14 (1), 1939, 15; 14 (3), 1939, 16; regional committee news, 7 (1), 1931, 3-4; regional committee notes: 5 (3), 1929, 3; 6 (1), 1930, 3-4; 6 (3), 1930, 2-3; 7 (2), 1931, 3-4; regional conference: 8 (2), 1932, 2-3; 8 (5), 1933, 2; regional meeting to follow luncheon, 8 (4), 1933, 4; regional representatives - 1941 - 1942, 17 (1), 1941, 15; role of the regional representative in the program of the A.A.V.T., 14 (3), 1939, 1-11; St. Louis meeting, 15 (3), 1940, 12-13; visiting teacher meetings, 16 (2), 1941, 16.

 

Amidon, Beulah. Rallying round the youngsters, 10 (1), 1935, 10-12. Reprint from The Survey,             70 (8), 1934, 247-248.

 

Anderson, Pearle E. and Agnes T. Sommer. Team work in school social work, 25 (3), 1950, 23-25, 32. Reprint from Understanding the Child, 19 (1), 1950, 23-25, 32.

 

Arbit, Sandra. Feelings which school social workers must understand, 30 (1), 1954, 28-37. Reprinted in Lee, 438-447.

 

Articles and books which specifically mention the visiting teacher. 10 (5). 1935, 15.

 

Auerbach, Aline B. The special contribution of the school social worker in work with parent groups, 30 (2), 1954, 10-16. Reprinted in Lee, 278-284.

 

Barbee, Margaret. The visiting teacher in the elementary school, 3 (2), 1927, 2-3.

 

Barr, H.M. Depression and the visiting teacher, 9 (1), 1934, 3-4.

 

Baskett, Janet D. The visiting teacher in the county. 3 (2), 1927-30-31.

 

Batschelet, M. Ethel. Editorial, 14 (3), 1939, 1.

 

________. Visiting teacher case of young child who refuses to go to school, 22 (4), 1947, 19-20.

 

Belcher, Esther L. Records and case recording-an important phase of the visiting teacher program, 23 (2), 1948, 11-13.

 

Bice, Eleanor. Teacher’s attitudes toward the introduction of a program in school social work, 18 (1), 1943, 10-11.

 

Blanchard, Phyllis. Emotional problems and reading disabilities, 11 (1), 1936, 2-5.

 

Boardman, Rhea Kay. Announcements for N.A.V.T., 3 (1), 1927, 1-3.

 

________. Experience in Dr. White’s clinic, 3 (3), 1927, 15-16.

 

________. Note from the president, 3 (4), 1927, 12.

 

________. President’s letter: 2 (6), 1926, 1; 3 (4), 1927, 2; 4 (1), 1928, 1.

 

Boie, Maurine. The family agency and the social worker in the school, 11 (2), 1936, 10-16.

 

Boston, Volume 3 (1), 1927, focuses on home and school visiting in Boston. The contents follow: Announcements for N.A.V.T. by Rhea Kay Boardman, 1-3; history of school visiting in Boston, 4-7; Girls’ high school report, 8-9; statistics of school visiting 1925-26 in Girls’ high school, 10-11; a story, 12-14; English high school, 15-19; statistics of school visiting 1925-26 in English high school, 20-21; work in a new district, 22-24; a visitor in the lower grades, 25-26; a visitor in a settlement, 27; report of the meeting of the Home and School Visitors Association on November 20^th, 1926, 28-31; home and school visiting in neighboring towns, 32; Home and School Visitors Association, 33.

 

Boston, Opal. Interpretation of school social work to other school personnel, 26 (1), 1950, 11-19. Reprinted in Lee, 294-301.

 

_______. School social work in modern education, 25 (3), 1950, 1-3. Reprint from Understanding the Child, 19 (1), 1950, 1-3.

 

_______ & Mary Houk. An experiment in summer field work in a school setting, 23 (4), 1948, 23-27.

 

Bower, Chester L. A community’s concern for its children brings a visiting teacher program to the schools, 22 (4), 1947, 21-28. Reprint from Texas Trends, 3 (1), 1946, 2-9.

 

Braunstein, Anna. The school social worker and the parents, 25 (3), 1950, 17-19, 32. Reprint from Understanding the Child, 19 (1), 1950, 17-19, 32. Reprinted in Lee, 268-271.

 

Bridgers, Margaret. Contribution of case work to group work as seen by the visiting teacher in public schools, 12 (4), 1937, 10-16.

 

Brim, Orville G. Training for visiting teacher work, 7 (1), 1931, 1-2.

 

Brown, Alberta W. Contribution of a school social worker in a junior high school setting, 23 (1), 1947, 16-20.

 

Brown, Emily Leonard. The responsibility of the visiting teacher for maintaining standards and for the extension of work, 2 (1), 1925, 7-11.

 

Browning, Grace. Discussion of the articles on school social work by Mildred Sikkema and Florence Poole, 25 (3), 1950, 459-461. (Third article in this issue but same pagination as original article.) Reprint from Social Service Review, 23 (4), 1949, 456-461. Reprinted in Lee, 415-419.

 

Brubaker, Grace, Gladys Dobson, July Hoffman, Alice Martin and Ruby Nutting. Visiting teachers in a defense program, 18 (2), 1943, 6-9.

 

Bruce, Claribel E. the contribution of the school social worker to the social development of the child, 22 (3), 1947, 9-13.

 

Brunot, James. Services for children of working mothers, 18 (2), 1943, 6-9.

 

Bryant, Clara B. the evolution and broadening concepts of attendance service, 30 (3), 1955, 19-29. Reprinted in Lee, 130-139.

 

________. Use of community agencies in school guidance service, 26 (2), 1950, 3-21.

 

________.  Why keep records?, 23 (2), 1948, 3-10.

 

Buck, Josephine. What a summer course at Smith College meant to me, 3 (3), 1927, 5-6.

Burling, Temple. The classroom teacher as case-worker, 13 (2), 1938, 8-14.

 

Burson, Bill. Visiting teachers train: Georgia gears educational system for illiteracy war, 22 (4), 1947, 6-10.

 

Camp, Frederick S. Visiting teacher certification, 9 (2), 1934, 8.

 

Carson, Margaret. Discussion of “Some elements...” by Smalley, 26 (4), 1951, 14-19.

 

Castendyck, Elsa. The relationship between the visiting teacher and other child-welfare workers in the community, 14 (1), 1939, 1-10.

 

Certification requirements for visiting teachers or school social workers, 22 (3), 1947, 57-60. (From the column For your information.) See For your information, 22 (4), 1947, 45 for correction regarding Pennsylvania.

 

Cochran, Mary Lue & A.R. Meadows. The social case work approach to rural school attendance in Alabama, 12 (2), 1937, 3-6.

 

Coleman, Jules V. Meeting the mental health needs of children in school today: Psychiatric implications for the practice of school social work, 27 (1), 1951, 3-13. Reprinted in Lee, 158-167.

 

Collins, Regina & Adeline Jesse. Discussion of article by Coleman, 27 (1), 1951, 19-23.

 

Colteryahn, Clara M. Multiple facets of the school social worker’s role: Direct help to children and parents, 29 (2), 1953, 3-9.

 

________. Relating school and community services, 26 (2), 1950, 22-27. Reprinted in Lee, 385-390.

 

Concerning books. 13 (3), 1938, 15-16.

 

Conferences. 5 (1), 1929, 2-3.

 

Conferences on scholarship funds. 8 (5), 1933, 3-4.

 

Cook, Ethel Valet. Connecticut child welfare association and visiting teacher work, 9 (2), 1934, 7-8.

 

Correction. 13 (3) 1938, 6. (Credit now given to F. Poole instead of E. Reynolds for the discussion of “Some implications...” by Smalley.)

 

Cowles, Clarence P. The visiting teacher and the juvenile court, 3 (4), 1927, 17.

 

Cox, Cordelia. Discussion of “Essentials of a training...” by Janvier, 24 (2), 1948, 12-14.

________. The visiting teacher and community resources, 22 (3), 1947, 26-32. Reprinted in Lee, 379-385.

 

________. The Visiting teacher and the home, 23 (1), 1947, 3-8. Reprinted in Lee, 272-277.

 

________. The visiting teacher and the school, 22 (3), 1947, 19-25.  Reprinted in Lee, 288-293.

 

Cox, Rachel Dunway.  The dynamics of the counseling situation, 24 (3), 1949, 18-25.

 

Crews, Allie. Practical problems in social work in public schools, 9 (3), 1934, 7-8.

 

Cromack, Isabel W. Relating visiting teacher services to other special services in the school, 26 (2), 1950, 28-32.

 

Culbert, Jane F. Concerning records, 9 (2), 1934, 1-2.

 

________. Harriet Johnson, 9 (2), 1934, 8.

 

Dengler, Paul. The future of public education, 5 (2), 1929, 1-3.

 

Dewey, Rena F. Practical problems in social work in public school as seen by a psychiatric social worker, 9 (3), 1934, 4-5.

 

Dobson, Gladys. See Brubaker, Grace.

 

________.  The integration of visiting teacher service in a high school, 26 (4), 1951, 20-26.

 

Dortort, Fran. A counseling teacher looks at her first year of training and experience, 30 (1), 1954, 38-39. Reprint from Newsletter of the Philadelphia Teachers Association, December 1953, under the title, “Counseling teacher finds treasure in her first year.”

 

Douglass, Esther K. The integration of school social work and attendance services: IV. A description of the Pittsburgh program, 26 (3), 1951, 27-31.

 

Downs, Frances. News items, 11 (2), 1936, 19.

 

Drew, Julia K. (“function of the visiting teacher.” Presented at Round Table II followed by discussion.) 2 (6), 1926, 15-18.

 

_________. The school’s responsibility in a community relief program, 8 (5), 1933, 3.

 

Echols, Polly. A “fireside chat” with the president: Greetings and hello to each one of you!, 14 (2), 1939, 1-4.

 

_________. St. Louis meeting, 15 (3), 1940, 12-13.

 

Eddingfield, Ina D. Visiting teachers in conference: Conference at Atlantic City, February 25, 1935, 10 (2), 1935, 1-2.

 

Editorial. 10 (5), 1935, 1; 14 (3), 1939, 1.

 

Editorial Comment. From 23 (2), 1948 through 31 (1), 1955, on page 2.

 

Editorial Comments. 18 (1), 1943, 11-12.

 

Editorial Note. 30 (4), 1955, 2.

 

Editor’s Notes. 15 (2), 1940, 16.

 

Eggleston, Philippa. Methods of integration between the clinic team and the school social worker in a variety of settings: The role of the clinic social worker in relation to the school child, 29 (4), 1954, 28-35. Reprint from the Journal of Psychiatric Social Work, 23 (2), 1954, 86-90.

 

Emery, Van Norman. The progress of social work and mental hygiene in the schools, 5 (3), 1929, 1-3.

 

Evans, Marian. Adventures in leisure, 8 (1), 1932, 2.

 

Everett, Edith M. (Comments), 14 (1), 1939, 16.

 

________. Editorial, 10 (3), 1935, 1.

 

________. Memberships, 9 (4), 1934, 12.

 

________. N.E.A. recognition, 2 (5), 1926, 11.

 

________. Opportunities in teacher training for developing social attitudes toward the child, 4 (2), 1928, 1-2.

 

_________. Review of “The prevention of delinquency” by Alfred Adler, 10 (5), 1935, 13-14.

 

_________. Social work in the school: Value to the child of case work services, 16 (P1), 1940, 1-12.

 

_________. To the members of the N.A.V.T. 1 (1), 1924, 1; 1(4), 1925, 1.

 

_________. To the members of the National Association: 2 (1), 1925, 1; 2 (5), 1926, 2.

 

_________. The training of the visiting teacher, 2 (1), 1925, 14-15.

 

Ferguson, Bertha (ed.). See Minneapolis Public Schools Visiting Teachers.

Fiction for social workers. 10 (5), 1935, 11.

 

For your information. 21 (2), 1946, 11; 21 (3), 1946, 15; 22 (1), 1946, 13; 22 (2), 1946, 17; 22 (3), 1947, 54-60, 22 (4), 1947, 43-45.

 

Ford, Mildred P. Is the hope of peace legitimate? 21 (2), 1946, 1-10.

 

Foreword. 8 (6a), June 1933, 2; 8 (6b), November 1933, 1; 11 (2), 1936, 2; 11 (3), 1936, 1; 12 (1), 1936, 1.

 

French, Lois Meredith. The role of the visiting teacher in group relationships, 11 (3), 1936, 1-14.

 

_________. Where we went wrong in mental hygiene, 28 (3), 1953, 12-22.

 

Gaffney, Matthew P. meeting the needs of youth, 29 (3), 1954, 3-13. Reprint from The Bulletin of the National Association on Secondary-School Principals, 37 (194), 1953, 371-379.

 

Gallagher, Alice. Casework with children in a school seeing through the media of play, 28 (1), 1952, 19-31. Reprinted in Lee, 233-246.

 

Galloway, Ethel E. Visiting teachers and attendance, 25 (3), 1950, 20-22. Reprint from Understanding the Child, 19 (1), 1950, 20-22.

 

Garrigus, G. Bernice. Casework method: An elementary school child, 28 (4), 1953, 8-19. Reprinted in Lee, 247-258.

 

Gartland, Ruth. Community conditions that cause an increase in juvenile delinquency, 19 (1), 1944, 1-10. Reprinted in 19 (2), 1944, 9-17 because of errors which appeared in the earlier issue.

 

_________. Cooperative services in case work and group work, 13 (4), 1938, 6-11.

 

_________. Discussion of article by Krugman, 22 (1), 1946, 9-12.

 

_________. The responsibility of community service organizations to children, 21 (3), 1946, 2-6.

 

Gath, Gertrude V. Experience in Dr. Healy’s clinic, 3 (3), 1927, 13-14.

 

Geller, Ruth. See Palmeter, Helen L.

 

_________. Discussion of article by Houwink, 22 (4), 1947, 39-42.

 

Geographical distribution of inquiries in year 1946. 22 (3), 1947, 55. (From For your information.)

 

Golman, Rose. Discussion of article by Coleman, 27 (1), 1951, 14-18. Reprinted in Lee, 167-171.

 

_________. Methods of integration between the clinic team and the school social worker in a variety of settings: Some aspects of the integration of school social work into the clinic team of a school system, 29 (4), 1954, 22-28. Reprint form the Journal of Psychiatric Social Work, 23 (2), 1954, 82-86.

 

Goller, Gertrude. Approaches to work with parent groups in school settings, 30 (2), 1954, 3-9.

 

Goslin, Willard E. (My point is this...), 22 (3), 1947, 3.

 

Gould, Catherine A. Case illustrating the use of direct personal or psychological treatment, 12 (3), 1937, 11-16.

 

Grace, Alonzo G. The visiting teacher, 14 (2), 1939, 8-11.

 

Graeper, Olga. See Palmeter, Helen L.

 

(The remainder of this bibliography will be published in subsequent issues.)

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

James G. McCullagh is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

 

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*Iowa Journal of School Social Work, 1(2), 26-37, 1986