Multi Problem Families Project, 1961-1964
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to a resarch project working with multi-problem families.
Consists of: Correspondence; handwritten notes; papers relating to the Laidlaw conference on multi-problem families, 1963; papers relating to the UNESCO conference on Socially Handicapped Families, 1964; papers of the Multi Problem Family Committee of which John Spencer was a member; copies of research grant applications and correspondence; papers relating to the London Family Centred Project, London, Toronto including blank questionnaires; Notes from the conference on Mutli Problem Families held by the Family Agencies Insitutes, 1959; newspaper cuttings from The Observer; papes relating to a workshop organised by the Ontario Welfare Council, 1961; Course outline for SW210 Social Services and the Family, School of Social Work, University of Toronto.
Printed material: The Zuidplein Project, The Rotterdam Experiment for Rehabilitation of Socially-weak Families, by J Van Mill; Hamilton Demonstration Project, Ontario Department of Public Welfare, 1964; Cabbagetown: A Toronto Slum Revisited by Hugh Garner, Star Weekly magazine, November 1962.
Dates
- Creation: 1961-1964
Creator
- From the Fonds: Spencer, John Carrington, 1915-1978 (Professor of Social Administration) (Person)
Full Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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