Finding aid for the Eva Schindler-Rainman papers 0452

Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
2000 February 22
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu


Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Eva Schindler-Rainman papers
creator: Schindler-Rainman, Eva
creator: Langley, Charlotte S.
creator: Lippitt, Ronald
Identifier/Call Number: 0452
Identifier/Call Number: 1122
Physical Description: 1.42 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960s-1970s
Abstract: This collection consists of approximately fifty of Prof. Schindler-Rainman's papers and publications from the decades of the 1960s and the 1970s, as well as an oral history. Eva Schindler-Rainman (d. 1996) was a leader in the field of social work voluntarism, and one of the few voluntarism pioneers to gain popularity both within and outside the field. An organizational consultant, a social worker with a PhD, and a behavioral scientist, she was known for her advocacy of effective human resource development--paid and volunteer--and for non-traditional organization design and development. She worked in both the nonprofit and corporate worlds, eventually becoming one of the "deans" of the National Training Laboratory (NTL) in Maine. She was one of the originators and disseminators of "brainstorming," a problem-solving exercise that broke new ground in the 1970s.
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Biographical note

Eva Schindler-Rainman (d. 1996) was a leader in the field of social work voluntarism, and one of the few voluntarism pioneers to gain popularity both within and outside the field. An organizational consultant, a social worker with a PhD, and a behavioral scientist, she was known for her advocacy of effective human resource development--paid and volunteer--and for non-traditional organization design and development. She worked in both the nonprofit and corporate worlds, eventually becoming one of the "deans" of the National Training Laboratory (NTL) in Maine. She was one of the originators and disseminators of "brainstorming," a problem-solving exercise that broke new ground in the 1970s.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of approximately fifty of her papers and publications from the decades of the 1960s and the 1970s. Included in the papers are the transcript of an oral history of Schindler-Rainman conducted by Charlotte S. Langley in 1992, along with four cassette tapes, a compact disc, and a computer floppy drive.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Eva Schindler-Rainman papers, Collection no. 0452, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Related Archival Materials

California Social Welfare Archives Oral History Collection: Eva Schindler-Rainman Interview

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Social work education -- United States -- Archival resources
Voluntarism -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Publications
Schindler-Rainman, Eva -- Archives