Bernard Haldane papers, 1927-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Haldane, Bernard
Title
Bernard Haldane papers
Dates
1927-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
15.9 cubic feet (17 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Collection Number
5428 (Accession No. 5428-001)
Summary
Papers of a social innovator and career counselor.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users but portions of the papers restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.

Additional Reference Guides

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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Bernard Haldane is widely recognized as the key innovator in the field of career development.

Born on May 15, 1911, Haldane was raised in England. In 1927, he received the First Certificate at the Royal College of Surgeons. Haldane then relocated to the United States. When he learned that the medical establishment of New York would not accept his British "pre-med" certificate, Haldane decided to pursue a different career path.

Haldane worked several odd jobs in New York, where he developed an interest in writing and labor relations. He served as the Associate Editor of the New York Journal of Commerce and studied management at Columbia University and New York University. He worked as a labor relations consultant and was a member of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM). After World War II, SAM asked Haldane to help returning military officers obtain jobs as they transitioned back to civilian life. This project marked the beginning of what would be Haldane's life work.

At this time, Haldane formed the Executive Job Counselors Service (EJCS) as an umbrella organization for his new career counseling and placement business. The EJCS philosophy was simple: "People who enjoy their work, do it better." As such, Haldane strived to develop a counseling technique to help people discover their strengths in order to find the type of work that would make them happy, valued employees. In 1947, his article, "A Pattern for Executive Placement," was published in the Harvard Business Review. The publication of this article signified acceptance of Haldane's work by the American business community. Haldane believed that if workers were happy and satisfied in their jobs, they would produce a higher volume and higher quality of work. Haldane's success with veterans convinced him that these methods would be beneficial to individuals and organizations alike.

In 1947, Haldane also formed Bernard Haldane Associates (BHA) as a job counseling firm. BHA filled a rising demand from individuals seeking job counseling and organizations seeking help with personnel issues. BHA offices were opened in New York and shortly thereafter in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, D.C. Subsequent BHA offices have been opened in cities throughout the United States and abroad.

In order to institutionalize his process and make it widely available, Haldane developed manuals for career counselors to help individuals examine their life experiences to uncover talents and their own unique pattern of skills. Haldane developed the System to Identify Motivated Skills (SIMS) and Success Factor Analysis (SFA) as two such methods. Haldane also authored fourteen books on the subject of job searches and career changes, including Career Satisfaction and Success, How to Make a Habit of Success, and Job Power.

In 1961, Haldane created a non-profit organization, the Foundation for Re-Employment, to assist public institutions, government agencies, religious, and civic groups with their employment and personnel needs. Haldane devoted considerable time and energy to this not-for-profit complement to his other job counseling endeavors.

During his long career, Haldane served a broad range of clients, including the Harvard Business School, United States Atomic Energy Commission, the United States Peace Corps, the United States Forest Service, several large corporations, dozens of educational and religious organizations, and hundreds of individual clients. Haldane was recognized by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, primarily for his work with young people and disadvantaged adults.

In 1966, Haldane met Jean Kind, who had emigrated from England for work. The couple married in 1967. That same year, Haldane moved his headquarters from New York City to Washington, D.C.. There, Haldane oversaw BHA operations while Jean worked on staff at the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Together, Jean and Bernard translated Haldane's identification of talents and skills aimed at job-finding to the church setting. They provided consultations, workshops, and training for clergy and lay leaders around the world.

In 1974, Bernard Haldane formally retired from Bernard Haldane Associates and sold the company to individuals within the organization. The company still exists and operates under that name, with approximately 100 offices in the United States and abroad. As part of the sales agreement, Haldane agreed to work only with organizational clients and to cease individual client counseling. With the sale of BHA, Haldane was free to pursue related interests and research. Haldane's work focused primarily on religious, educational and youth groups and major organizational clients, such as the United States Forest Service, after 1974.

In 1977, Bernard and Jean Haldane relocated to Seattle, Washington. In his retirement, Haldane expanded his research and writing to focus on young adults, teens, deprived youth, and church ministry. He developed the Dependable Strengths Articulation (DSA) process as a result of his decades of job counseling and research. DSA was developed to help individuals identify their strengths and motivated skills in order to become more productive, achieve higher degrees of job satisfaction and develop self-esteem.

Bernard and Jean Haldane worked on various projects and conducted many leadership training sessions using the Dependable Strengths philosophy. In 1987, Bernard met Jerald Forster, a professor at the University of Washington's College of Education, who was interested in understanding why the DSA process was so effective. Thus began a 15 year research and learning collaboration between Haldane and the College of Education, known as the Dependable Strengths Project. The DSA process has been applied in colleges, high schools, WorkFirst job search training programs, with prisoners, in churches, non-profit organizations, youth groups, government agencies, and assisted living centers.

In 1997, Bernard and Jean Haldane began to explore how the Dependable Strengths process might be applied in other parts of the world. The couple took a long sabbatical and travelled to six countries, including South Africa. The Haldane's project was warmly received by the Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, where the Dependable Strengths Foundation was established as a non-profit organization in 2003.

Bernard Haldane died in Seattle, Washington, on July 21, 2002, at the age of 91.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Bernard Haldane Papers contain business records, personal papers, client files, Haldane's writings, and the writings of others. The majority of the material is from 1946 to 2000. This collection documents Haldane's long and prolific career, including the early years of Haldane's efforts at career counseling and the formation of his businesses, Executive Job Counselors and Bernard Haldane Associates, as well as his non-profit endeavors, the Foundation for Re-Employment, the Dependable Strengths Project and the Dependable Strengths Institute.

Because Haldane was the leader in the field of job placement and career counseling, these papers document the formation and changes in the history of this field, and reflect Haldane's methods and theories employed in job counseling and the changes in those methods over several decades of work. His many manuals, articles, drafts and promotional materials also offer insight into Haldane's perspectives and promotional methods.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged into 6 series:

  • Personal and business records, 1927-2004
  • Client files to 1974, 1944-1978
  • Client files since 1975, 1975-2002
  • Project files, 1946-2002
  • Writings, 1933-2000
  • Writings of others, 1952-2001

Acquisition Information

Gift of Jean Haldane, 2004.

Processing Note

Processed by Melinda Snarr; processing completed in 2007.

13 books, including books by Haldane, were relocated to the Pacific Northwest Collection in 2006. One button (for "Golden Days, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1979") was relocated to the Button, Medals, and Ribbons collection, accession 5130-001, in 2006.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Personal and business records, 1927-2004Return to Top

This series is arranged by material type and alphabetically. Correspondence is arranged into two sequences: one chronological and another listed by correspondent and topic. Original order has been maintained whenever possible.

This series includes a wide range of materials from Haldane's personal and professional life. It includes biographical information, such as versions of Haldane's resumes and several biographical statements. It contains correspondence and memos spanning several decades. The administrative records pertaining to several of Haldane's business and non-profit enterprises, such as Bernard Haldane Associates, Executive Job Counselors, and the Foundation for Re-Employment, are included in this series. The series also includes teaching records from Haldane's appointment at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a number of subject files on topics, individuals, and organizations that Haldane collected over the course of several decades.

Container(s) Description Dates
Biographical information
Box/Folder
1/1
Obituaries
2002
1/2-3
Biographies
1945-1998
1/4
Resumes
1944, undated
1/5
Drawings
undated
1/6
Photographs
Includes eight studio portraits from circa 1945 to 1956, portrait session negatives, and two contact sheets from portrait session, circa 2000. Also includes two miscellaneous portraits on newsprint, portrait of Jean Haldane circa 1970, and photograph of a panel discussion at the National Rocket Club in Washington, D.C., circa 1960s.
1945-2000
Correspondence
Box/Folder
1/7-15
General
1944-1998, undated
1/16
Outgoing
1967
1/17
Family newsletter
1984-1996
1/18
Congress, Members of
1956-1969
1/19
Other Politicians
1963-1980
1/20
Presidents
Includes copies of a telegram from John F. Kennedy and a letter from Lyndon Johnson.
1961-1991
1/21
Regarding Bernard Haldane's 50th birthday
1961
1/22
Regarding Bernard Haldane's 60th birthday
1971
1/23
Regarding Bernard Haldane's 50 years in United States anniversary
1980
1/24
Regarding Bernard Haldane's 70th birthday
1981
1/25
Regarding seminars
Includes pamphlets and brochures
1965, 1981-1985, undated
1/26
Regarding alcohol study
1978
1/27
Regarding articles, books, and speeches
1949-1961
1/28
Regarding Management Excellence Kit
1968
1/29
Regarding Mexican Job Counselling Services
1952
1/30
Regarding trip to Italy
1974
1/31
Regarding youth employment problems
1961-1962
1/32
Regarding Youth Personal Development and Career Center
1978
1/33
American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry
1966
1/34-35
Baxter, Jim S.
1996
1/36
Buchman, Dian Dincin
1960
1/37
Carlson, George
1978
1/38
Conarroe (Richard R.) Associates
1966
1/39
Corbett, Fred
1966
1/40
Episcopal churches
1997
1/41
French, Richard C.
1977-1986
1/42
Giesen Management, Inc.
Includes contracts.
1960-1961
1/43
Litwiller, Willard (Center For Community Development, Seattle)
1977-1980
1/44
Mann-Ellis Advertising
Contains conference reports.
1959-1963
1/45
Mitchell, Curtis
1956
1/46
National Institutes of Health
1973-1974
1/47
Osmers, Frank C. Jr.
1959
1/48
Owens, Warren
1962
1/49
Peale, Norman Vincent
1960-1965
1/50
Potomac Magazine
1971
1/51
Randolph, Jennings
1963
1/52
Reader's Digest
1961-1962
1/53
Schorr, Norman A.
Includes promotional material.
1956-1958, undated
1/54
Seattle University Institute for Ecumenical Theological Studies
1996-1997
1/55
Speciale, David A.
1996, 2002
Box/Folder
1/56
Memos
1947-1976
Administrative records
Box/Folder
1/57
Miscellaneous
1972-1983
Bernard Haldane Associates
Box/Folder
1/58-69
General
1958-2004, undated
2/1-4
Boston, Massachussetts office
1975-1978
2/5
Cincinnati, Ohio office
1977
2/6
Cupertino, California office
undated
2/7
New York, New York office
1967
2/8
Phoenix, Arizona office
1984-1985, undated
2/9
Portland, Oregon office
1987-1989
2/10
Tampa, Florida office
Includes two photographs of Tampa employees at the Tampa Catholic High School with the book Job Power Now! in 1978.
1977-1978
2/11
Washington, D.C., office
1967, 1977-1978
Box/Folder
2/12
Career Finding Workshops
1972
2/13
Career Motivation Institute
1974, undated
2/14
Career Resources, Inc.
1969
2/15
Civilian Careers
1959
2/16
Executive Job Counselling Service
1941-1949, undated
2/17-32
Executive Job Counselors
1947-1970, undated
2/33-37
Foundation for Re-Employment
1963-1968, undated
2/38
Individual Development Center
1979
2/39-40
Job Information Seeking and Training Program
1981-1984, 1997
2/41
Job Power Center
1978-1980, undated
2/42-49
Success Factor Analysis
1960-1966, undated
2/50
System to Identify Motivated Skills (SIMS)
1974
2/51
Wellness Education Council
1984-1987, undated
Conference files
Box/Folder
2/52
Association of Unity Churches
1975
2/53
Conference facilities
Contains materials gathered and created by Jean Haldane.
1977-1979. undated
2/54
Conference of the Lay Ministry
1976
2/55
Council on Foundations
1979
2/56
Religious conferences
1973-1975, undated
2/57
Unity World Conference
1995
2/58
Work in America Conference
1979
2/59
Workforce 2000 Conference
1994-1995
Program files
Box/Folder
2/60
Ability Motivation Program
1968
2/61
Accomplishment Program
1963-1965
2/62
Re-Employment Program
1965-1968
2/63
Retirement Program
1966-1968
Subject files
Box/Folder
2/64-65
Acropolis Books
1974-1983
2/66
Administrative Management Society
1966
2/67
Adult development study
1970
2/68
American Association for Counseling and Development
1989
2/69-72
American Management Association
1958-1990
2/73-77
Biofeedback Research Institute
1974-1976, undated
2/78
Book promotion
1974
2/79
Career Planning Institute
1963, 1968
2/80
Career Programming Institute
1970
3/1
Career Success Institute
1973
3/2
Carnegie, Dale (course)
undated
3/3
Chinook Learning Community
1980
3/4
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
undated
3/5-7
Clark, Charles H.
1964-1973, 1980, undated
3/8
Collège de Lys
1966
3/9
Congress of the Laity
1978
Diocese of Olympia, Episcopal Church in Western Washington
Box/Folder
3/10-11
General
1971-1975, 1980-1981
3/12
Youth Director Search
1977-1978
3/13
Youth ministry
1976
Box/Folder
3/14
Education Research and Development
1974
3/15
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish, Mercer Island, Washington
1978
3/16
Fortune Magazine
1966
3/17-24
Growth Project
1946-1955, undated
folder:oversize
Misc. Oversize box 9
Growth Project
Contains blueprints and diagrams.
undated
Box/Folder
3/25
Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
Contains photocopy of Harvard University's 1948 Placement Guidance Manual for Alumni, which references Haldane's 1947 "A Pattern for Executive Placement," published in the Harvard Business Review.
1948, 1996
3/26
Herendeen, Gaylord
Gaylord Herendeen was an important mentor to Bernard Haldane during the early years of his career. Herendeen was a personnel officer at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He arranged for Bernard Haldane to become a volunteer secretary for New York Mayor Fiorello Laguardia's unofficial kitchen cabinet.
1957
3/27
Houston, Texas
1971-1972
3/28
International Association of Career Management Professionals
1997
3/29
International Institute for Career Development
1994
3/30
International Organization for Development Education
1975
3/31
King-Snohomish Metropolitan Advisory Board
1977
3/32
Lifeskills Associates
1984, undated
3/33
Manpower Technology
1961-1962, undated
3/34-35
Manpower Training and Development Act
1964-1968
3/36
Manpower Transition Program
1969
3/37
Marble Collegiate Church
1969
3/38
Merton Institute
1940-1943; undated
3/39
Mid-Atlantic Career Center
1972
3/40
Ministry Opportunities
1979
3/41
Port Townsend Rotary Club
1989
3/42
Presbytery of Washington City
1969
3/43
Puget Sound Career Development Association
1989-1996
3/44-45
Religious oriented
1974-1977
3/46
Rutland Foundation
1963-1964
3/47
San Francisco
1983-1984
3/48
Seabury Press
1981
3/49-51
Seattle Community Work/Education Council
1976-1977
3/52
Senior Civil Service Working Group
1996-1997
3/53
Shipley and Crystal
1960
3/54
Sindicators
1995
3/55
Small Business Administration
1968-1970
Society for the Advancement of Management
Box/Folder
3/56-59
General
1944-1969, undated
3/60
Cincinnati chapter
1967-1968
3/61
New York chapter
1945
3/62-65
Student chapters
1948-1951
3/66
Washington chapter
1969
Box/Folder
3/67
St. Andrew's Church, Seattle, Washington
1986, 1993
4/1-3
St. Stephen's Parish, Seattle, Washington
1977-1993
4/4
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
1947
4/5
Stanford Research Institute
1951
4/6
TH Inc.
1969
4/7
Unity School of Christianity
1972-1977, undated
4/8-10
University of Washington
1979-1996
4/11
VOTE Associates
1996
4/12
Washington Association for Counseling and Development
1992
4/13
Work Foundation
undated
World Tour
Box/Folder
4/14-15
General
1998
4/16
New Zealand
1998
4/17
Australia
1998
4/18
South Africa
1998
4/19
Switzerland
1998
Box/Folder
4/20
Youth jobs
1987-1989
Teaching files
Box/Folder
4/21
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1959-1960
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Restricted.
1958-1960
Box/Folder
17/1
General
1958-1960
17/2-4
Student work
1958-1959
Grant files
Box/Folder
4/22
Everett Public Schools
1999
Box/Folder
4/23
Budgets
1978
4/24
By-laws
1953
4/25-27
Calendars
1959, 1978, 1990s
4/28
Certificates
Includes copyright certificates.
1960-1981
4/29-30
Dialogs
Contains transcripts of Bernard Haldane's spiritual communications.
1983-1986
4/31
Dictation audiogram recording
undated
4/32
Ephemera and brochures
1960, undated
4/33
Meeting minutes
1986
4/34
Surveys
undated
4/35
Training agreements
1960-1962
4/36-51
Notes
1927-2000
4/52
Miscellaneous newsletters
1959-2000

Client files to 1974, 1944-1978Return to Top

This series contains records of Haldane's job counseling work with individual and organizational clients from approximately 1946 until 1974, when Haldane formally retired and sold Bernard Haldane Associates to colleagues within the organization. The materials in this collection provide insight into Haldane's counseling methods and the job seeking process from the mid-1940s until the mid-1970s.

This series includes completed biographical questionnaires, resumes, and Job Power reports, as well as Haldane's notes about specific clients, correspondence, and material he created for specific organizational clients. It also includes programs for workshops and consulting engagements, feedback reports and evaluations of Haldane's services, as well as testimonials written by clients.

Container(s) Description Dates
Organizational clients
Box/Folder
4/53
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
1970
4/54
American Society for Training and Development New Jersey Chapter
1966
4/55
Bishop of California
1970
4/56
Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
1968-1969, undated
4/57
Church of the Ascension, Montgomery, Alabama
1969
4/58
Church of the Resurrection, Alexandria, Virginia
1974
4/59
Church of the Saviour, Washington, D.C.
1971
4/60
College of Preachers, Washington, D.C.
1970-1971, undated
4/61
Columbia University, New York City
1968
4/62
Diocese of Alabama
1969
4/63
Diocese of Missouri
1969
4/64
Episcopal Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts
1970
4/65
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, Kinston, North Carolina
1970
4/66
Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, California
1970
4/67
Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
1968-1972
4/68
Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
1970-1972
4/69
Esso Inter-America, Inc.
1968
4/70
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1970
4/71
Fort Myer, Virginia
1968
4/72
General Electric Company
1959, 1974
4/73-74
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1958-1961
4/75
Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, Fairfield, Connecticut
1966
4/76
Life Project
1972-1974
4/77
Mademoiselle Magazine
1973
4/78-79
Madison Township High School, New Jersey
1965-1967
4/80
Magnus Chemical Company
1960
4/81
McBer and Company
1966, 1971-1972
4/82
National Association of Manufacturers
1966
4/83
National Civil Service League
1973-1974
4/84
National Council of Christians and Jews
1971
4/85
National Institute for Lay Training
1975
4/86-88
Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio
1974
4/89-92
Paterson Plan Project, New Jersey
Includes eight photographs of workshop sessions and meetings.
1963
5/1-2
Police-Community Relations Institute
1972
5/3
Presbytery of Winston Salem, North Carolina
1970
5/4-5
Prisoner Aid Assocation of Maryland
1970-1971
5/6
Singer Company
Includes one photograph of Haldane with workshop attendees.
1965
5/7-8
Society for the Advancement of Management
1948, 1962, undated
5/9
St. Augustine's Church, Washington, D.C.
1967-1977, undated
5/10
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, New Carrollton, Maryland
1974
5/11
St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, Washington
1987-1999
5/12
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
1971
5/13
Stanford Research Institute
1951
5/14
Synod of Ohio, United Presbyterian Church
1971
5/15-16
TransCentury Corporation
1969-1971, undated
5/17
Trinity Episcopal Church, Melrose, Massachusetts
1970-1971
5/18-19
United States Air Force
1956, 1961-1962
5/20-24
United States Army
1960-1973
5/25-40
United States Atomic Energy Commission
1960-1973
5/41-43
United States Department of Labor
1971-1972
5/44
United States Department of State
1962
5/45
United States Naval Academy
1957-1959
5/46-54, 6/1-2
United States Peace Corps
1969-1972, undated
17/5
United States Peace Corps
Restricted because of personal privacy.
1969-1972, undated
6/3
United States Post Office
1967
6/4
Unity of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida
1968
6/5
Unity of Washington, D.C.
1972, 1974
6/6
University of Cincinnati
1974
6/7-8
University of Maryland, Baltimore
1967-1969
17/6
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Closed until 2048 because of personal privacy.
1973
6/9
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1973
6/10-15
Valdosta, Georgia
Includes one photograph of workshop participants.
1967-1968
6/16-18
Virginia Theological Seminary
Includes an article written by Haldane in a Virginia Theological Seminary publication.
1969-1970
6/19
Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
1970
6/20
Washington, D.C., Board of Education
1968-1971
6/21
Washington Opportunities for Women
1974
6/22
West Michigan Methodist Conference Board of Ministry
1971
6/23
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
1968-1969, undated
6/24
Xerox Corporation
1974
6/25
YWCA of Fairfax County, Virginia
1970-1975
6/26-29
Yokefellow Institute at Earlham College, Richmond, Virginia
1974-1975
Workshops and seminars
Box/Folder
6/30
Church Program, Philadelphia
1966-1968
6/31
Clergy Career Assessment and Renewal Seminar
1970-1971
6/32
Management Resources for Clergy
undated
6/33
Movement and Self Expression Workshop
1969
6/34
Personal Growth Seminar
1968
6/35
Project Transition Workshop
1968
6/36
Team Building Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland
1970
6/37-38
Team Building Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts
1974
17/7
Team Building Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts
Closed until 2044 because of personal privacy.
1974
6/39-40
Women's Self Renewal Institute
1966-1969
6/41
Youth Summer Job-Finding Workshop
1972
Box/Folder
6/42
Questionnaires
1972
17/8-30
Individual clients
Restricted.
1948-1978
17/48-57
Biographical questionnaires and other material
Restricted.
1946-1978
6/43
Case histories
undated
6/44
Client drawings
1972
6/45-48
Feedback reports and other material
1966-1973, undated
6/49
Student counseling miscellaneous correspondence
1961-1971
6/50-56
Testimonials
1946-1974, undated
6/57
Counseling procedures
1959
6/58
Seminar outlines
1971
6/59
Workshop programs
1966-1972, undated
6/60-61
Seminar registration lists
1970-1971
6/62
Drawings
undated
6/63
Daily reports
1956
6/64
Weekly call reports
1973-1974
6/65
Prospective client forms
undated
6/66
Notes about clients
1970- 1974

Client files since 1975, 1975-2004Return to Top

This series contains client files after 1974. This series contains records from the last several decades of Haldane's job counseling work after he had sold Bernard Haldane Associates to colleagues and formally retired from the organizations. The files include biographical questionnaires, resumes, and Job Power reports, as well as Haldane's notes about clients, correspondence, and material he created for specific organizational clients. It also includes programs for workshops and consulting engagements, feedback reports and evaluations of Haldane's services, as well as testimonials written by clients. The materials in this series provide insight into Haldane's counseling methods during the latter half of his career, when he worked almost exclusively with organizational clients, including government agencies, churches, schools, and civic groups.

Container(s) Description Dates
Organizational clients
Box/Folder
6/67
Aetna Life & Casualty
1975-1977
6/68
All Saints Church Wellington, Shropshire, England
1994
6/69
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges
Materials in this file pertain to the Older Americans Program and Haldane's work with retirees.
1978-1980
6/70
American Diabetes Association
1987
6/71, 7/1
American Society for Training and Development
1978-1983
7/2
Anglican Diocese of New Westminster, West Vancouver, British Columbia
1994
7/3
Archdioceses of Washington, Washington, D.C.
1976
7/4
Area A Community Mental Health Foundation
1975
7/5
Avtech Corporation
1993
7/6
Battelle Institute
1977
7/7
Church Council of Greater Seattle
1992
7/8
City of Jacksonville, Florida
1975
7/9-10
Clergy
1976-1986
7/11
Coverdale Organisation
1973-1975
7/12
Diocese of Hawaii
1987
7/13
Diocese of Missouri
1978
7/14
Eastside Community Mental Health Center, Redmond, Washington
1977-1978
7/15
Edmonds High School, Washington
1979
7/16
Educational Opportunities and Resource Center
1980
7/17
Episcopal Coalition, Central Oregon and St. Alban's Parish Commission on Ministry
1996
7/18
Episcopal Diocese of California
1983
7/19
Episcopal Diocese of New York
1982
7/20
Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
1986
7/21
Fauntleroy Community Church, Seattle, Washington
1978
7/22
General Commission on Chaplains and Armed Forces Personnel
1979
7/23
Horizon House, Seattle, Washington
Horizon House is the retirement community where Haldane lived at the end of his life.
2004
7/24
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
1995
7/25
John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, California
1980-1982
7/26
King County Youth Council, Washington
1980-1981
7/27
Lake City Christian Church, Seattle, Washington
1989
7/28
Lake Washington Technical College, Kirkland, Washington
1991-1995
7/29
Loggers in Port Townsend, Washington
1991
7/30
National Institute for Lay Training, New York
1975
7/31
National Society for Performance and Instruction
1976
7/32
New Directions Northeast
1988
7/33
North Indiana Methodist Conference
1977
7/34
Pierce College, Pierce County, Washington
1991-1992
7/35
Portland Federal Employee Credit Union, Oregon
1996
7/36
Private sector initiatives
1978
7/37
Seattle Council of Churches
1980
7/38
Seattle Public Schools
1978
7/39
Seattle University
1980, 2001
7/40
Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry
1999
7/41
St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
1975
7/42
St. Matthew's Young Adult Club, Washington, D.C.
undated
7/43
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bremerton, Washington
1992
7/44
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington
1985-1999
7/45-48
Timber Lake Job Corps, Oregon
1988
7/49-65
United States Forest Service
1980-1996, undated
7/66-68
Unity of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida
1976
7/69
University of Alaska
1978-1979
7/70
University of Florida
1975
University of Washington, Seattle
Box/Folder
7/71
Alumni Association
1990-1992
7/72
College of Education
1987-1989
7/73
Faculty
1980-1981
8/1
Masters of Health Administration Alumni Association
1991
8/2
Ph.D. Students
1997
8/3
Placement Center
1980-1982
Box/Folder
8/4
Washington State Employment Security Center
1991
8/5
Washington State Governor's School for Citizen Leadership
1986
8/6
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.)
1990-1991
8/7
YWCA of the Tidewater Areas of Virginia
1975
Workshops and seminars
Box/Folder
8/8
Conference on Ministries for Women
1979
8/9
Employment Skills Workshop
1978
8/10
Employment Symposium
1982
8/11
Gifts Identification Seminar
1978
8/12
Job Finding Seminar
1992
8/13
Job Hunting Skills Workshop
1978
8/14
Job Information Seeking and Training Program
1980-1981
8/15
Management of Career Stress
1978
8/16
Self-Renewal Institute # 7
undated
8/17
Teacher-Counselor Training, Boise, Idaho
1994
8/18
Team Building Seminar for Business and Nonprofit Groups, Husbands and Wives
1990
8/19-21
Youth Employment Skills Workshop
1977-1978
8/22
Youth Workshops
1966-1983
Box/Folder
17/31-47
Individual clients
Restricted.
1978-1996
17/58-59
Biographical questionnaires
Restricted.
1990, undated
17/60
Correspondence
Restricted.
1974-1976
8/23
Client reports
undated
8/24
Client success stories
1978, undated
8/25
Notes about clients
1975-1991
Evaluations of workshops
Box/Folder
8/26-29
Miscellaneous
1976-1991, undated
8/30
Career Development Conference
undated
8/31
Success Factors Analysis
1976
8/32
Job Power workshops
1978
Box/Folder
8/33
Drawings
undated
8/34
Testimonials
1974-1984
8/35
Workshop programs
1974-1979

Project files, 1946-2002Return to Top

This series contains records related to specific projects Haldane conducted over the course of his career. Records of the Dependable Strengths Project, a formal partnership with the University of Washington College of Education, forms the bulk of this series. This series also includes the records of projects conducted by organizations for which Haldane was an advisor, such as Together in Employment (TIE), of the Diocese of Olympia, Washington. Records of projects pertaining to specific job-counseling and training work with individual and organizational clients, such as the Paterson Project and the Valdosta Project, are located in the client files series.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
8/36-41
Asian Project
This file contains records related to Haldane's work with Southeast Asian refugees, whom he helped to find jobs and to manage the transition to life in the United States.
1978-1980
Dependable Strengths Project (University of Washington)
Box/Folder
8/42-59, 9/1-2
General
1986-2001, undated
9/3-7
Dependable Strengths Articulation Process
1988-1997, undated
Box/Folder
9/8
Copyright permissions
1996
9/9
Course programs
1988-1991
9/10-11
Evaluations
1990-2000, undated
9/12-13
Forms and manuals
1991-1993
9/14
Teachers' lessons plans
1990
9/15-22
Dependable Strengths Institute
1991-1999
9/23
Increasing Self Esteem course
1991
9/24
Phase one: training the trainers
1989
9/25
Phase two: facilitators training
1990
9/26
Renewal
Includes United States Forest Service material.
1992-1995
9/27-28
Roberts, Cheryl
Roberts was a University of Washington Extension employee and worked closely with Haldane on the Dependable Strengths Project.
1990-1992
9/29
Support group formation process
1988-1991
9/30
Workshops
1988-1994
Box/Folder
9/31-34
Employment Project, Church Council of Greater Seattle
1978-1980
9/35-36
Seattle Schools Project
1978
South Africa Project
Box/Folder
9/37-49
General
1999-2002, undated
9/50
2000 visit to Johannesburg
2000
9/51
Boivin-Brown, Allen
2000-2001
9/52
Brian, Bishop
1999-2001
9/53
Committee: Nan, Midge, Bernard, and Jean
1999
9/54
Correspondence
1998-1999
9/55
Dixie, Philip
1998-1999
9/56
Dixie, Winnie
2001
9/57
Hospitality and leisure, June 24-July 14
1999
9/58-59
Reports
1999-2000
9/60
License and letter to Franklin
2000
9/61, 10/1
Manuals
2000-2001
10/2
Part two: implementation
1999-2000
10/3
Post-visit to Johannesburg
2000
10/4
South Africans visit #1
1998-1999
10/5-7
St. Andrew's
1999
10/8
St. Mark's practicum
1999
St. Stephen's
Box/Folder
10/9
Grant request of church women
1999-2000
10/10
Practicum
1998-1999
Box/Folder
10/11
Team Program Schedule
1999
10/12
Team from United States training May 3 - June 8
2001
10/13
Transportation
1999
10/14
University of Washington July course
1999
10/15
Writings
1998-2000
Together in Employment
Box/Folder
10/16-20
General
1977-1983
10/21
Conference call
1979
10/22
Leaders guide
1981
10/23
Miscellaneous files
1986
10/24
Neighborhood House
1981
10/25-26
Youth workshop, March 27-31
1978
17/61-62
Youth workshop, March 27-31
Restricted.
1978
Box/Folder
10/27-34
University of Washington Human Capital Project
1970-1981

Writings, 1933-2000Return to Top

This series contains finished writings and drafts written by Haldane over approximately 70 years. Included are published articles, drafts, portions of book chapters, essays, and similar material. Counseling and procedural manuals are also included in this series, as are promotional material, press releases, and advertisements created by or for Bernard Haldane to promote his job counseling services.

Container(s) Description Dates
Articles
Box/Folder
10/35-46, 11/1-10
Miscellaneous
1933-2001
11/11
Bernard Haldane Associates Clipping Service
1978
Drafts
Box/Folder
11/12-21
Miscellaneous
1944-1999, undated
Of books
Box/Folder
11/22-24
Miscellaneous
1973, 1992, undated
11/25
Job Power
1975-1982, undated
11/26
Job Power Now
1976-1979, 1989, undated
11/27
Military Book
1975
Box/Folder
11/28
Of promotional material
1956, undated
11/29
"Choose Life!"
1985
11/30
"Creative Self Identification"
undated
11/31
"Dependable Strengths and DSAP"
1989
11/32
Dig Your Job
1973
11/33
Executive Job Counselors book
undated
11/34
Gifts book and "Theology of Work"
1996
11/35
"Job Contacts: Change Them to Magnets"
1994
11/36
"Job Finding Power"
undated
11/37
"Job Finding-Self Marketing"
undated
11/38
"System to Identify Motivated Skills" (SIMS)
1974-1975
11/39
"Sixty Plus"
undated
11/40
"Solve Your Problems"
1978
11/41
Theology of Work
1997-2000
Forms
Box/Folder
12/1-9
Miscellaneous
1947-1990, undated
12/10
"Bernard Haldane Associates Interest Inventory"
1966
12/11
"Career Styles"
undated
12/12
"Civilian Careers"
undated
12/13
Lay Academy forms and revision
1989
12/14
"Plan for Achievement"
1956-1972
12/15
"System to Explore Dependable Strengths" (SEDS)
1986
12/16
"System for Identifying Motivated Abilities" (SIMA)
undated
Box/Folder
12/17
General ideas
1947-1961
12/18
Handouts
1957-1988, undated
Manuals
Box/Folder
12/19
Miscellaneous
1946, undated
12/20
"Achievement Motivation Program" (Youth Program)
1964
Bernard Haldane Associates
Box/Folder
12/21
Miscellaneous
undated
12/22
Administration
undated
12/23-29
Counseling
1974-1976, 1983-1985, undated
12/30
Counseling administration and quality control
1964
12/31
Marketing
undated
12/32
Process manual
undated
12/33
"Solve Your Problems - Managers"
undated
Box/Folder
12/34
"Bring Out the Best"
1986
12/35
"Career Cybernetics"
1966
12/36
"Career Development"
1957
12/37
"Career Planning: Make Your Success More Certain"
1968
12/38
"Career Power"
1966
12/39
Counselors
undated
12/40
Counselor's Guide
undated
12/41
"Counselor's Reference Manual No. 8 -- letters, telephone"
1961
12/42
Executive Job Counselors
undated
12/43
Foundation for Re-Employment Counselors Manual
1966
12/44
"Human Resources Guidance Systems First Aid Kit"
1974
12/45-47
"Introduction to Career Pathways"
1996
12/48
"Job Cooperative Guidelines"
1971
12/49
"Job Finding Power Manual for Church Volunteer Leader Teams"
1982
13/1
"Job Finding Power" video
1987
13/2-4
"Job Power" Workshops
1978, 1982, undated
13/5
"Job Power Workshop Leader's Manual"
1978
13/6
"Leaders Guide"
1966, 1971
13/7
"Leader's Manual"
1966, 1981
13/8
"Leaders Training Manual"
undated
13/9
"Managing the Release of an Employee"
undated
13/10
"Procedural Guide Sample"
undated
13/11
"Society for the Advancement of Management Chapter Self Improvement Plan"
undated
13/12
"Techniques of Job Finding"
undated
Box/Folder
13/13
Press releases
1946-1992
13/14
Program outlines
1961, 1989, undated
Promotional material
Box/Folder
13/15-30
Miscellaneous
1947-1976, 1995, undated
Advertising
Box/Folder
13/31-35
Miscellaneous
1952-1972
13/36
Baltimore Sun
1967
13/37
Direct mail
1959-1961, undated
13/38-43
Drafts and ideas
1951-1962
13/44
Newspaper cuttings, etc.
1955-1962
13/45
Articles pertaining to firm and Success Factor Analysis (SFA)
1957-1961, undated
13/46
Career Satisfaction and Success
1995
13/47
Executive Job Counselors
1958, undated
13/48
Executive Job Counselors and Success Factor Analysis
1947-1959
13/49
Job Power Now
1975
13/50-51
Radio
1958-1962, undated
13/52-54
Success Factor Analysis
1959-1962, undated
14/1
Television and radio
1960-1962
Proposals
Box/Folder
14/2
"Project Transition Pre-Vocational Job Finding Program"
undated
14/3
"Research and Demonstration Project for a University"
1963
Publications
Box/Folder
14/4
Booklets
Contains pamphlets and similar materials written by Bernard Haldane.
1945-1977
14/5
Career Focus
1967
14/6
Career Planning
1968
14/7
Dig Your Job
1972
14/8-9
"Ego Game"
1973, undated
14/10-12
Gifts: Dependable Strengths for Your Future
1995-1997
14/13-14
Gifts: Ministry in the World
1980-1987
14/15
"Job Contacts: Change them to Magnets"
1993
14/16
"Manpower Systems"
undated
14/17
"SIMS Self-Actualizing OD Intervention"
1973
14/18
"SIMS Turn on Your Talents"
1973
14/19
"Young Adult Career Planning"
1962
Box/Folder
14/20
Reports
1959-1983, undated
Scripts
Box/Folder
14/21
Miscellaneous
undated
14/22-23
Television and radio
1961, undated
14/24-25
Music and opportunities
undated
14/26
Radio
1964
14/27
Radio programs
undated
Box/Folder
14/28
Sermons
1974-1976
14/29-39
Speeches
1944-1996, undated
14/40
Statement before the United States Senate Committee of Labor and Public Welfare
1966
Teaching Aids
Box/Folder
14/41
Developing the Preliminary Report
1958
14/42
Program Outlines
1969
14/43
Retirement
1964-1965
Box/Folder
14/44-48
Transcripts of speeches, workshops, and personal recordings
1960-2000, undated

Writings of Others, 1952-2001Return to Top

This series contains writings of others that Haldane or his wife, Jean Haldane, collected. It includes several articles written about Haldane and his work, as well as clippings and articles of interest to Haldane, typically regarding the job market and labor issues. Curriculum based on Haldane's Dependable Strengths process is also included in this series.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
14/49-51, 15/1-2
About Bernard Haldane
1958-1997
15/3
About Bernard and Jean Haldane
1996, 2001
15/4
About Jean Haldane
1981
15/5
By American Association of University Women
undated
15/6
By Bolles, Richard N.
1994
15/7
By Forster, Jerald R.
1995-1998, undated
15/8
By Haldane, Jean zM
1972-1993
15/9
By Harris, Ruth Bates
1964
15/10
By Mulholland, John
1968-1969
15/11
By Peale, Norman Vincent
1958-1971, 1993-1995
15/12
By United States Department of Labor
1959-1961, 1975
15/13-14
Advertisements and brochures
1971-1977, undated
15/15
Articles
1960-1967, 1976-1978, undated
15/16-20
Book reviews
1960-1995
Clippings
Box/Folder
15/21
Miscellaneous
1945-1997
15/22
Business News Summary
1946
15/23
About Industry (other)
1952-1958
15/24
About Job Market
1959-1962
Curriculum material
Box/Folder
15/25
Dependable Strengths Curriculum Unit for Grades 9-12
1990
15/26
Dependable Strengths Articulation Process forms
1994
15/27
Dependable Strengths Articulation Process manuals
undated
16/1
Discovering Our Strengths Self Esteem Unit for Grades 1-2
1992
16/2-3
Discovering Our Strengths Self Esteem Unit for Grades 3-5
1992
16/4-5
Helping Kids Find Their Strengths
1991-1994
Box/Folder
16/6
Forms
1970, undated
16/7
Marketing plans
1996
16/8-9
Reports
1945, 1967-1980, undated
16/10
Sermons
1975; undated
16/11-13
Speeches
1966-1967

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Career development
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Self-esteem
  • Vocational guidance

Personal Names

  • Forster, Jerald R
  • Haldane, Bernard--Archives
  • Haldane, Jean M

Corporate Names

  • Bernard Haldane Associates
  • University of Washington. College of Education
  • University of Washington. Dependable Strengths Project