Marjorie Montelius interview, 1991

Montelius, Marjorie - Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by John Milner on January 11, 1991. An interview with Marjorie Montelius as she discusses her entrance at USC into social work; public welfare experience with state of Washington; director of Rosemary Cottage, Pasadena, CA; International Institute of San Francisco; Fulbright stay in England; studies at University of Chicago; volunteer work in Oakland, CA; work with Children's Welfare of San Francisco Public Welfare; teaching of group work, UC Berkeley; work with war refugees and ethnic groups at International Institute; Fulbright stay in Hong Kong; Director of Traveler's Aid, San Francisco, CA. ❧ Marjorie Montelius (d. 1996). Social worker. Interviewed by John Milner. Length of interview: 2 cassette tapes (2 duplicate tapes) 1 hour and 34 minutes. Transcript of interview: 40 pp. (1 copy rough draft of transcript). CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Entrance into social work; social workers as role models; early life and education; MSW at Cal-Berkeley; first position; work with Jewish Family Services; work as research associate; doctoral studies at Columbia; teaching at University of Chicago; publications; job offer from USC; move to Los Angeles; director of undergraduate education at USC School of Social Work; opinion of MSW program at USC; assistant dean under Maurice Hamovitch; work as Dean of School of Social Work; relationship with Maurice Hamovitch; fiscal problems; renewed emphasis on research; development of programs to help meet university budgeting requirements; developments in social work curriculum during deanship; adjustments during era of shrinking budgets in the 1980s; faculty requirements and commitment to community; experience teaching in foreign universities; activities during retirement; changes in profession of social work; separation between social work agencies and schools of social work. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. Galley proofs of biography in "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare." 3. Retirement notice. 4. 1 diskette of transcript of interview.