University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
(Accession No. 4119-003)
Briar, Scott, 1926-
Scott Briar papers
1957-1981
5 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Collection materials
are in English.
Papers of a
professor and dean of the University of Washington School of Social
Work.
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.
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
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.
The papers are open to all users.
Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Request at UW
The creator's literary rights have not been transferred to the
University of Washington Libraries.
Donated by Karen Miller, March 19, 1990, and the
University of Washington School of Social Work, December 1991.
Processing completed by Nicholas Netzel in November 2003.
Accession No. 4119-003 is a merger of Accession
Nos. 4119-001 and 4119-002.
Briar, Scott, 1926- --Archives
Rosenblatt, Aaron
Turem, Jerry S
University of Washington. School of Social Work
American Association of Schools of Social Work
National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (U.S.)
National Association of Social Workers
Council on Social Work Education
Conference of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work
University of Washington. School of Social Work--Curricula
University of Washington--Faculty--Archives
University of Washington. University Archives
United States--Social conditions--20th century
Social workers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
Schools of social work--Faculty--Archives
Social work education--Washington (State)--Seattle
Social work education--United States
Social work education--Curricula
Schools of social work--Washington (State)--Seattle
Schools of social work--United States
Social service--Periodicals
Social service--Societies, etc
Social service--Research--United States
Family social work--Research--United States
Social work with youth--Research--United States
correspondence
Photographs
writings
research (document genres)
articles
reports
case files
Social work
University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Washington (State)
Seattle
Colleges and Universities
Photographs
Social Classes
Personal and professional papers
1957-1981
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
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
Contains interviews of elementary school children regarding
school and family life, by unidentified interviewers.
3/8-9
Police observation
1963
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
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
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
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
University of Washington, School of Social Work
records
1966-1979
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
American Association of Schools of Social Work (AASSW)
records
1982-1987
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.
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
Social Work Records
1971-1976
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