Biographical Note

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Scope and Content

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Guide to the Scott Briar Papers
1957-1981


Record Group No.: 31.00.4119
Accession No.: 4119-003
Creator: Briar, Scott, 1926-
Title: Scott Briar papers
Date Span: 1957-1981
Quantity: 5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Languages: Collection materials are in English.
Scott Briar. Special Collections, UW Libraries, UW23287z

Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Biographical Note

Joseph Scott Briar was born on July 27, 1926, and died on June 17, 1998. He received his bachelor's degree from Washburn University in 1950, his master's degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis in 1952, and his doctorate in social welfare from Columbia University in 1961. Between his master's and doctoral degrees, he worked as a psychiatric social worker and supervisor for the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He was a professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1959 to 1971. At Berkeley his research interests included work with youth and families.

Briar became professor and dean of the University of Washington School of Social Work in 1971. In 1975, the School of Social Work began a Ph.D. program in social welfare. This program had been in preparation for nearly a decade, and Briar played an important part in the final steps of its creation. He served as dean until 1988 and taught until 1990.

In addition to teaching and research, Briar was involved in a number of professional organizations. He was the book review editor of Social Work, the journal of the National Association of Social Workers, from 1971 to 1972 and editor-in-chief from 1972 to 1976. He spoke at several events for the Council on Social Work Education, and his paper from the 1973 annual meeting, "Effective Social Work in Direct Practice: Implications for Education," (box 2, folders 7 to 11) generated great interest. In the 1980s, he led the American Association of Schools of Social Work, which is also sometimes known as the Conference of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work, and the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work. In addition, he was a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1966 to 1969.

Arrangement

Arranged in four series:

  • Personal and professional papers, 1957-1981
  • University of Washington School of Social Work records, 1966-1979
  • National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work records, 1982-1987
  • Social Workrecords, 1971-1976

Scope and Content

The Scott Briar papers contain records from many stages of Briar's career, including correspondence, speeches and writings, conferences and conventions, subject files, case files, and photographs. The papers also include records from the University of Washington School of Social Work that document the establishment of a Ph.D. program in social welfare; records from the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work; and correspondence, editorials, and meeting files regarding the publication Social Work.

Restrictions on Access

The papers are open to all users.

Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights have not been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info

Donated by Karen Miller, March 19, 1990, and the University of Washington School of Social Work, December 1991.

Processing Info

Processing completed by Nicholas Netzel in November 2003.

Accession No. 4119-003 is a merger of Accession Nos. 4119-001 and 4119-002.

Inventory

 
Box/Folder Date
Personal and professional papers 1957-1981
Scope and Content: The personal and professional papers series contains Briar's correspondence, speeches, writings, documentation from his participation in professional conferences, research files, and reports. In addition, subject files document a wide range of Briar's research interests and casework, as well as his other professional activities. Much of the series consists of material from his work and research at the University of California, Berkeley. The curriculum files include casework used by Briar in his teaching at Berkeley.
1/1-2 Biographical information 1962-1979
General correspondence
1/3 Rosenblatt, Aaron 1972-1973
1/4 Turem, Jerry S. 1973-1974
1/5-25 Miscellaneous 1959-1978
Correspondence regarding:
1/26 Miscellaneous editorials 1976-1977
1/27 National Conference on Social Welfare, Family Policy Commission 1977
1/28 National Conference on Social Welfare, Future of Social Services Task Force 1976
1/29 Position offers 1963-1968
1/30 Reprint requests 1978-1979
1/31 Social Work Group for the Study of Behavioral Methods 1975
1/32 Undergraduate textbook 1972
1/33 Wichita State Hospital workshop 1977
Speeches
1/34 Annual Meeting of the Family Counseling Service of Portland, Oregon 1967
1/35 "An Exploratory Study of the Connection Between Research and Social Policy Development" 1971
1/36 "Future of Social Work Practice" 1973
1/37 Marin Association for Mental Health 1962
1/38 Northwest Regional Child Welfare Steering Committee Meeting 1980
1/39 Miscellaneous 1977
Writings
2/1 "Behavior Modification in Total Institutions" 1972
2/2 "Collaboration Between Schools of Social Work and University Medical Centers" undated
2/3 "Contemporary Issues and Trends in Social Work Practice," article for Encyclopedia of Social Work 1976-1977
2/4 "Current Crisis in Social Casework" 1967
2/5 "Delinquency, Situational Inducements and Commitment to Conformity" 1965
2/6 "Divorce and the Pursuit of Happiness" 1967
2/7-11 "Effective Social Work in Direct Practice: Implications for Education," Council on Social Work Education Annual Program meeting paper 1973
Scope and Content: Also includes notes, correspondence, and other materials regarding the paper.
2/12 "A Factor in Analytic and Trait Interference Study of the Leary Interpersonal Checklist" 1963
2/13 "The Family as an Organization: An Approach to Family Diagnosis and Treatment" undated
2/14 "In Summary" 1977
2/15 "Needed: A Simple Definition of Social Work" 1981
2/16 "Police Encounters with Juveniles" 1964
2/17 Review of "Notes on Social Casework: A Problem Solving Process" by Helen Harris Perlman 1957
2/18 "Some Elements, Issues and Problems in the Early Relations between Social Casework, Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis" 1957
2/19 "The Theory in Studying Effects of Client Social Class on Students' Judgments" 1961
2/20 "Toward Autonomous Social Diagnosis" 1976
2/21 "Two Perspectives for the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Family as a Social System" 1962
2/22 "Welfare Recipients' Attitudes" undated
2/23 "Why Children's Allowances?" 1969
2/24 Miscellaneous 1974, undated
Speeches and writings of others
2/25 "The Family as a Unit of Study and Treatment" 1969
2/26 "Health Journal" undated
2/27 Peterson, Donald and London, Perry, "A Role for Cognition in the Behavioral Treatment of a Child's Elimination Disturbance" 1967
2/28 Piliavin, Irving 1963, 1968, undated
2/29 Strean, Herbert S, "Psychoanalytically-Oriented Casework versus Behavior Modification Therapy" undated
2/30 Titmuss, Richard, "Welfare Rights, Law and Discretion" 1971
2/31 Van Wagenen, Richard D., "Fair Hearing Study" 1977
2/32 Wollins, Martin, "Societal Function of Social Welfare," and "Group Care: Friend or Foe?" 1968
Conferences and conventions
2/33 Child Welfare League of America 1962
2/34 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Phoenix 1976
2/35 Council on Social Work Education Southwest Regional Workshop: Integrating Practice and Research Curriculum 1980
2/36 Department of Health, Education and Welfare Social Rehabilitation Service Conference 1976
2/37 Directions in Social Work Conference, Portland State University 1973
2/38 Dissemination Conference, Title XX 1976
2/39 Domestic Council Conference 1975
2/40 George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, 50th Anniversary Conference 1976
2/41 International Council on Social Welfare 1976
2/42 National Association of State Budget Officers 1975-1976
2/43-44 National Association of Social Workers, National Conference on the Future of Social Work Research, San Antonio 1978
2/45 National Conference on Social Welfare 1977
2/46 Ph.D. Conference, Ann Arbor 1976
2/47 Social Dynamics and Social Intervention 1976
2/48 Conference of Social Work Deans, San Diego 1977
2/49 Social Work in the New Age of Accountability Institute 1973
2/50 Social Work Practice: Future Directions 1973
3/1-2 Miscellaneous 1975-1977
Bulletins
3/3 University of California Bulletin 1965
3/4 Menninger Clinic, "Diagnosis and the Difference it Makes" 1975
Reports
3/5 Report to the Governor on the Department of Social and Health Services [Washington] 1977
3/6 National Commission on Families and Public Policies 1978
Research files
3/7 Transcripts of interviews undated
Scope and Content: Contains interviews of elementary school children regarding school and family life, by unidentified interviewers.
3/8-9 Police observation 1963
Scope and Content: Contains observational notes compiled by Briar, Irving Piliavin and Ray Turner during a study of the Oakland, CA police department, with specific attention towards juveniles.
Curriculum files
3/10-11 Casework, general 1961-1964
Scope and Content: Casework studies and reports used as materials for courses on social work.
Subject files
3/12 Advocacy 1972
3/13 Briar-Hutchins social work course materials 1975
3/14 Briar-Strean debate, New York University 1972
3/15 University of Chicago visits 1974
3/16 Children and Youth Services Review 1978
3/17 Comparative analysis of family treatment methods 1972
3/18 "Emotional Stresses in the Family" 1965
3/19 Faculty retreat 1976-1977
3/20 Family research 1962-1964
3/21 "Getting Published" workshop 1975
3/22 Health affairs advisory 1974
3/23 Holiday open house 1973-1981
3/24 Menninger Foundation 1975
3/25-27 Multiple impact therapy 1959-1963
Scope and Content: Information regarding the use of multiple impact therapy, and Briar's observation of it's practice in a University of Texas Medical Center case.
3/28 National Association of Social Workers, Washington D.C. 1969
3/29 National Commission for Children in Need of Parents 1978
3/30 National Science Foundation Proposal 1972
3/31 Problems and issues in social casework 1972-1973
3/32 San Diego meeting of San Diego State University and local chapters of the National Association of Social Workers 1977
3/33 Speaking engagements 1975-1976
3/34 Task centered casework 1975-1976
3/35 U.S. President Commission on Mental Health Task Panel on Manpower and Personnel 1978
3/36 University governance 1968-1971
3/37 Washington D.C. trip 1977
3/38 Welfare fraud 1968
3/39 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, consultation 1973
4/1 Newsletters 1972-1974
4/2 Brochures 1965-1966
4/3 Photographs undated
Scope and Content: Contains portraits of Scott Briar and photos of members of the University of Washington, School of Social Work.
4/4 Miscellany 1969
4/5 Clippings 1965-1972
 
Box/Folder Date
University of Washington, School of Social Work records 1966-1979
Scope and Content: The University of Washington, School of Social Work series contains records from the first decade of Briar's tenure as dean of the school. The bulk relates to the creation of the doctoral program in social welfare. Correspondence includes inquiries from students interested in applying to the program, some of which date almost 10 years before the actual inception of the program. The Ad Hoc Social Welfare Committee files include the proposal for a doctoral degree program in social welfare.
4/6 General correspondence 1975-1978
Correspondence regarding:
4/7 Council of Higher Education and the proposed Ph.D program in Social Welfare 1973-1974
4/8 Job inquiries for School of Social Work positions 1971-1972
4/9-13 Ph.D. program, applicant inquiries 1966-1974
4/14-19 Ph.D. program in social welfare 1971-1974
Reports
4/20 Review of master of social work program 1973
Subject files
4/21 Core requirements 1976
4/22-24 Doctoral program in social welfare 1974
4/25 Faculty curricula vitae 1974
4/26 University of Washington, School of Social Work, Administrative Group 1979
4/27 University of Washington, School of Social Work, Personnel Committee 1979
4/28 University of Washington, School of Social Work, Ph.D. Program Committee 1971
University of Washington, School of Social Work, Social Welfare Committee (Ad Hoc)
Proposals
4/29 "The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Field of Social Welfare" 1970
4/30 "Information to Supplement a Request for Authorization of a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare Program at the University of Washington" 1973
4/31 Reports 1972
 
Box/Folder Date
American Association of Schools of Social Work (AASSW) records 1982-1987
Historical Note : AASSW was an organization concerned with ensuring excellence in social work education programs and was led by Briar in the mid 1980s. It went through two name changes while Briar was in charge: the Conference of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work until 1985, when it became the AASSW, and the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work in 1987. Briar was a proponent of the 1987 name change because he felt it better represented the nature of the group as an organization of administrators, rather than that of schools.
Scope and Content: The series contains correspondence of AASSW, meeting minutes, subject files related to program accreditation and AASSW by-laws, and AASSW's interaction with the Council on Social Work Education.
4/32-37 General correspondence 1985-1987
Correspondence Regarding:
4/38 Dues negotiations with the Council on Social Work Education 1985
4/39 Tax exemption and non-profit status 1985
4/40 U.S. National Institute of Mental Health 1986
4/41 Minutes 1985
4/42 Conference file: fall meeting, Chicago 1985
4/43 Memoranda 1985-1986
4/43 Membership lists 1985
Subject files
5/1 Accreditation 1984-1987
5/2 Accreditation surveys 1986-1987
5/3 By-laws survey 1986
5/4 Council on Social Work Education 1987
AASSW Taskforce on the Future Role and Structure of Graduate Schools of Social Work Education
5/5-6 General correspondence 1982-1984
5/7-8 Reports 1983
5/9 AASSW Taskforce on Implementation 1985-1987
5/10-11 AASSW Taskforce on Quality in Graduate Social Work Education 1983-1984
 
Box/Folder Date
Social Work Records 1971-1976
Scope and Content: Contains records documenting Briar's service as book review editor and editor-in-chief of Social Work , the journal for the National Association of Social Workers. Primarily includes correspondence, copies of Briar's editorials, and meeting files.
General correspondence
5/12-13 Book review editor 1971-1972
5/14-17 Editor-in-chief 1972-1976
5/18-25 Editorial board 1972-1976
5/26 Miscellaneous 1974-1976
5/27-29 Editorials 1973-1975
5/30-31 Meeting files 1971-1972
5/32 Subject file: future issue 1974

Subject Terms
Personal Names:
Briar, Scott, 1926- --Archives.
Rosenblatt, Aaron.
Turem, Jerry S.
Organizations:
American Association of Schools of Social Work.
Conference of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work.
Council on Social Work Education.
National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (U.S.)
National Association of Social Workers.
University of Washington. School of Social Work.
University of Washington. School of Social Work--Curricula.
University of Washington. University Archives.
University of Washington--Faculty--Archives.
Geographic Names:
United States--Social conditions--20th century.
Subjects:
College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
Family social work--Research--United States.
Schools of social work--Faculty--Archives.
Schools of social work--United States.
Schools of social work--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Social service--Periodicals.
Social service--Research--United States.
Social service--Societies, etc.
Social work education--Curricula.
Social work education--United States.
Social work education--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Social work with youth--Research--United States.
Social workers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives.
Genre Headings:
articles.
case files.
correspondence.
Photographs.
reports.
research (document genres)
writings.
Titles:
Social work.
Last modified: June 30, 2006
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