| Title: |
Reminiscences of Katherine Brownell Oettinger
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A124
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Women in the Federal Government Project
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| Description: |
Family background, childhood and education; early professional practice, activities in field of mental health; marriage and family; community activities, Works Progress Administration Nursery Schools; care of children in wartime, child guidance clinics; National Mental Health Act of 1946; Pennsylvania Bureau of Mental Health, 1950-54; Dean, Boston University School of Social Work, 1954-57; Chief, United States Children's Bureau, 1957-68: relations with administrative staff, six Health, Education, and Welfare secretaries, Congress, four presidential transitions, commissioners, technical personnel; 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968-69; consultant to international organizations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 329 leaves, Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1983 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Oettinger, Katherine Brownell, 1903-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1903
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| Speaker occupation: |
Government official; Social worker
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| Age at speaking: |
80
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| Document date: |
1983
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| Interviewer: |
Parker, Jacqueline K.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Government executives--United States; Mental health; North America; Oral history; Social service; United States; United States--Politics and government--1945-; Women in public life
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Child mental health services; Oettinger, Katherine Brownell, 1903-; United States--Children's Bureau; United States--Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare; United States--Public welfare--20th century
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019068-14511
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