Books by Clarke A. Chambers

This printed book catalog provides detailed finding aids including descriptions and abstracts of the Center's collections of records and manuscripts. The Center's collection are composed primarily of the historical records of social welfare organizations and the personal papers of individuals prominent in the history of social work.

"Chambers, in writing a thoroughly researched, luminous history of [the social welfare] movement, has provided indispensable background to an understanding of the social reforms of the Roosevelt administration. . . . Chambers is the first to analyze the sustained growth and the increase in sophistication of private social welfare organizations."-Journal of American History