Research Catalog
Rietta Hines Herbert papers
- Title
- Rietta Hines Herbert papers, 1940-1969.
- Author
- Herbert, Rietta Hines, 1911-1973.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 29 Box 2 | Offsite | |
| Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | Sc MG 29 Box 1 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- .8 linear feet
- Summary
- Collection consists of material relating to Herbert's career, including biographical data; educational file with teaching material, class notes from Hunter College, and plans for class presentation; professional file consisting of child placement reports, instructional material, job performance evaluations, and reference material; and conference file with annual reports, notes, dedications, and other papers, relating to a conference at the University of Chicago School of Social Services, 1962, and to other conferences. Includes material relating to the New York State Department of Social Welfare and the New York City Department of Welfare (DW), Children's Placement Division.
- Subjects
- Public welfare > New York (State)
- New York (N.Y.) > Department of Welfare
- Social work with African American children
- Public welfare > New York (State) > New York
- Job evaluation
- School records
- Reports
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Herbert, Rietta Hines, 1911-1973
- Social work with African Americans
- Hunter College Students
- Black author
- Social work with African American teenagers
- Social work with children > New York (State) > New York
- University of Chicago > School of Social Services
- New York (State) > Department of Social Welfare
- African American women > New York (State) > New York
- Social service > New York (State) > New York
- Notes
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- School records.
- Reports.
- Job evaluation.
- Notes.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Researchers restricted to collection available on microfilm
- Source (note)
- Alexander, Ethleen
- Biography (note)
- Rietta Hines Herbert (1940-1969) (also Rietta May Herbert) was an African American social worker employed in New York City from 1935 to 1965. Herbert spent most of her career as a social investigator and supervisor of child welfare in the Harlem offices of the DW. A magna cum laude graduate of Howard University with some graduate credit in accounting at Columbia University. Shortly after her husband's premature death in 1947, she attended Smith College, receiving her M.S.W. in 1951. Fully credentialed, and with eligibility all the rage, she became a supervisor in 1952, responsible for overseeing the work of child welfare case-workers in one of the Harlem offices.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 29
- OCLC
- 122517358
- Author
- Herbert, Rietta Hines, 1911-1973.
- Title
- Rietta Hines Herbert papers, 1940-1969.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheetvolume
- Additional Formats
- Researchers restricted to collection available on microfilm, New York Public Library; master negative number *ZZ-15533.
- Biography
- Rietta Hines Herbert (1940-1969) (also Rietta May Herbert) was an African American social worker employed in New York City from 1935 to 1965. Herbert spent most of her career as a social investigator and supervisor of child welfare in the Harlem offices of the DW. A magna cum laude graduate of Howard University with some graduate credit in accounting at Columbia University. Shortly after her husband's premature death in 1947, she attended Smith College, receiving her M.S.W. in 1951. Fully credentialed, and with eligibility all the rage, she became a supervisor in 1952, responsible for overseeing the work of child welfare case-workers in one of the Harlem offices.
- Source
- Alexander, Ethleen Gift 19740401 SCM77-21.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 29