Benjamin E. Youngdahl Papers, 1916-1968

Summary Information

Title: Benjamin E. Youngdahl Papers
Dates: 1916-1968 (bulk 1940s-1962)
Creator: Youngdahl, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Emanuel), 1897-1970
Extent: 11.5 linear feet; 147 folders; 2 legal folders; 1 oversized container
Language: English
Collection Number: SW 211
Abstract:

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of noted public welfare administrator and social work educator, Benjamin E. Youngdahl. Personal correspondents include Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, and John F. Kennedy. Materials documenting Youngdahl's career in the academic and public sectors form the bulk of the collection.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

Youngdahl gathered together the material for this collection from his papers in his office at Washington University and at his home. When the papers arrived at the Social Welfare History Archives in 1965, they filled eight Paige boxes and were arranged both in subject folders and miscellaneous folders.

The supplement to the collection was given to the Social Welfare History Archives in several installments from October, 1966 to November, 1969.

Access Restrictions:

Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.

Copyright:

Please contact the Archives for copyright information.

Processing Information:

The Youngdahl papers comprise two separate acquisitions that form two separate collections. The original, and chief, materials were received in 1965. A supplemental collection of materials was received in several installments from 1966 to 1969. Formerly, the two collections were described in two separate finding aids, making it necessary for patrons to consult multiple documents in order to obtain complete information on the Younhdahl papers. As part of a project to mount finding aids online, the archives has merged the information about the Youngdahl papers into one comprehensive finding aid. Information on the supplemental materials has been integrated into the container list for the papers. Folders of supplemental material are designated with an “S” preceding the folder number.

Preferred Citation:

Benjamin E. Youngdahl Papers, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into six series. These follow the course of Youngdahl’s career, his own subject arrangement of the papers, and the inclusion of the supplemental materials. Within each series, most of the folders are arranged alphabetically. The series are:

• 1. Personal, Family, and General, 1916-1968.
• 2. Poems, 1920-1961.
• 3. Minnesota Era , 1933-1939.
• 4. Washington University, 1939-1968.
• 5. Organizations, 1939-1968.
• 6. Speeches, Notes, and Publications, 1919-1969.

Biographical Note

Benjamin E. Youngdahl was born in 1897 and became a distinguished public welfare administrator and social work educator. A native of Minnesota, Youngdahl was a member of a prominent Swedish Lutheran family. The collection includes personal correspondence from his brothers, Reverend Reuben Youngdahl, former Minnesota governor and federal judge Luther Youngdahl, and sister, Ruth Youngdahl Nelson. He was educated at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota and at Columbia Universityin New York.

From 1923 to 1933, Youngdahl was a professor of sociology and economics at Gustavus Adolphus College. He became director of social service for the Minnesota State Emergency Relief Administration in 1933 and was appointed director of public assistance under the Minnesota State Board of Control in 1937. A period of controversy surrounding the new public welfare programs culminated in Youngdahl's resignation in 1939. The records documenting this controversy form one of the richest parts of the Youngdahl papers.

Following his resignation, Youngdahl took a post as an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, where he spent the remainder of his career in social work education. In 1943, he was appointed as a professor of social work. Following a year spent with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), he was appointed dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 1945. Youngdahl retired as dean in 1962, but continued to teach and remained active in social work. He died in 1970.

Throughout his career, Youngdahl was an active leader in many social work organizations, thus exercising a decisive influence on the profession of social work and social work education. From 1947 to 1948, he was president of the American Association of Schools of Social Work. Three years later, from 1951 to 1953, he became president of the American Association of Social Workers. In 1955, he was elected president of the National Conference of Social Work, later named the National Conference on Social Welfare.

Youngdahl published many speeches and articles on social work, a portion of which are in his papers. His honors include an LL.D. from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1954 and citations from Gustavus Adolphus College and Washington University in 1960 and 1961, respectively. He was the recipient of the 1963 Florina Lasker Award for his concern for civil liberties.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The Youngdahl papers cotains mostly correspondence, but there is also a large section of his speeches, speech drafts and notes. These reflect his concern with social work education, social action, and the nature of social work. The collection begins with his work in Minnesota public welfare, but the bulk of the papers are from his years at Washington University. Photographs, clippings, articles, course materials, memorabilia and memoranda are also included.

A set of Minnesota state welfare publications (1935-1961) and conference proceedings materials (1934-1940) are being held separately in the Social Welfare History Archives Pamphlet Collection. Please see the Separated Materials entry for details regarding these items.

Related Material

Kent B. Youngdahl Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul, MN.

Louis H. Towley Papers, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries. Minneapolis, MN.

Youngdahl, Benjamin E. (1963). Social work in an agitated world… New Orleans: Tulane University School of Social Work Alumni Organization.

Youngdahl, Benjamin E. (1966). Social action and social work. NY: Association Press.

Unpublished inventory available. Please contact Archivist for more information.

Separated Material

The following items are being held in the Social Welfare History Archives Pamphlet Collection, but are identified as part of these papers. Please contact the Archivist to access the separated materials.

• Set of Minnesota state welfare publications, 1935-1961.
• Minnesota State Conference and Institute of Social Work, Proceedings , 1934-1936.
• Missouri Association for Social Welfare, Selected Papers Presented at State Conference , 1940.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

• Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
• Bruno, Frank John, 1874-1955
• Colcord, Joanna Carver, 1882-1960
• Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-
• Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
• Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
• Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
• Towle, Charlotte
• Towley, Louis
• Youngdahl, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Emanual), 1897-1970
• Youngdahl, Luther W., 1896-
• Youngdahl, Reuben K., 1911-

Organizations:

• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Red Cross
• George Warren Brown School of Social Work
• Gustavus Adolphus College
• Metropolitan church federation, St. Louis
• United National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
• Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo)

Document Types:

• Artifacts
• Correspondence
• Manuscripts
• Photographs
• Schedules, Schools
• Teaching Aids and devices

Subjects:

• Academic freedom
• African Americans--Education
• Child welfare
• Civil rights
• Disarmament
• Elections--United States
• Great Depression
• Mid-century White House Conference on Children and Youth (1950: Washington, D.C.)
• Old age
• Poverty
• Public welfare
• Public welfare--law and legislation
• Public welfare--Minnesota
• Public welfare--Minnesota--History-Sources
• Public welfare--Minnesota--1933-1939
• Social action
• Social policy
• Social service, Rural
• Social service-United States-History--Sources
• Social work administration
• Social work education
• Social work education-United States-History--Sources
• Social workers
• Social workers--leadership
• Social workers--professional ethics
• White House conference on children and youth (1960: Washington, D.C.)
• World war, 1939-1945

Geographic Locations:

• Minnesota
• Saint Louis (Mo)

Titles:

• Social Action and Social Work

Local Index Terms:

• This collection has also been described by the following subject headings developed by the Social Welfare History Archives.
• Public assistance
• Public welfare
• Social work education
• Social work profession

Detailed Description of the Collection

Location		Title
		Series 1. Personal, Family, and General 1916-1968  Note Series one contains correspondence and personal memorabilia that document Youngdahl's family relationships, friendships, and social philosophy. Includes a scrapbook, photographs, and biography. Prominent correspondents include Anne W. Oren, Professor of Social Work, Edna Gellhorn, St. Louis citizen and social work pioneer, and Louis Towley (1904-1959). Towley was a student of Youngdahl’s at Gustavus Adolphus College who became a colleague at the Minnesota State Emergency Relief Administration and at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Their friendship was personal and warm. Letters and memoranda from Towley and his wife, Marie, occur throughout the collection. Letters to Youngdahl’s sons, Mark, Kent, and James, form the bulk of the family correspondence. There is also correspondence with his brothers, prominent Lutheran pastor Reuben Youngdahl, and former Minnesota governor and federal judge, Luther Youngdahl, as well as his sister, Ruth Youngdahl Nelson. Benjamin Youngdahl was an enthusiastic correspondent and his letters to his family regularly express elements of his social philosophy. The general correspondence section contains letters of appreciation, letters to public officials, and letters concerning invitations, awards, honors, and retirement. Most of this material is not directly related to Youngdahl's roles as a public welfare administrator, academic, or member of an organization.
Box 1		Biography and Photographs, n.d. Box 1, Folder 1
Box S1		Personal Memorabilia, 1916-1945 Box S1, Folder S8 Note Programs, announcements, invitations, and copies of college paper edited by Youngdahl during his undergraduate career at Gustavus Adolphus College are enclosed in Folder S8. Commencement programs from Marietta High School (where he first taught), his 1919 draft card, his WWII orders as a representative for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (European Regional Office) are also included.
Box O16		Scrapbook, 1932-1946 Box O16, Folder O1 Note The scrapbook kept by Mrs. Youngdahl from 1932 to 1946 is found in Oversize Box 16. It provides background material for the papers of that period. Youngdahl described the scrapbook as follows: “It includes the most valuable material and it seems to me the most useful from the standpoint of an historian.”
Box 1		Clippings, 1942-1963 Box 1, Folder 2
		Correspondence, Personal, 1929-1966 Box 1, Folder 3
Box S3		Correspondence, Personal-Towley, Louis and Marie, 1950-1967 Box S3, Folder S18 Note Folder S18 contains correspondence and papers primarily with Marie Towley and Peter W. Chommie, who interviewed Youngdahl regarding a biographical sketch of Towley written for a 1966 social work course at the University of Minnesota.
Box 1		Correspondence, Family, 1930-1966 Box 1, Folder 4-5
Box S1		Correspondence, Family, 1949-1968 Box S1, Folder S2-S3 Note Folders S2-S3 include clippings and material regarding 1965 and 1968 family reunions, Youngdahl’s will, family health, and the death of Reuben Youngdahl in 1965.
Box 1		Correspondence, General, 1921-1960 Box 1, Folder 6-7 Note Folder 6 contains correspondence on Youngdahl's year with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and also a letter to Harry Truman. Correspondence with and papers regarding Adlai Stevenson and his 1952 presidential campaign occurs in Folders 6-7, 9-10, 12, and S4.
Box 2		Correspondence, General, 1960-1966 Box 2, Folder 8-12 Note Folder 8 contains material on the Newburgh, New York public welfare controversy.
Box S1		Correspondence, General, 1940-1967 Box S1, Folder S4 Note The first annual Benjamin E. Youngdahl lecture in 1965, at which Hubert Humphrey spoke, is found in Folder S4. (See also Folders 23-24.) Also included are Youngdahl’s letters to Congress supporting the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
Box S2		Correspondence, General-Professional activities, 1949-1968 Box S2, Folder S10 Note This folder contains correspondence and papers regarding professional conferences and institutes, the 1963 Florina Lasker Award, and a variety of professional activities. Also included are clippings and copies of journal articles.
		Series 2. Poems, 1920-1961  Note Personal poems, mostly undated, written by Youngdahl during the 1920s are contained in Folder 13. Folder S9 includes one written for his wife, Livia, on their 43rd wedding anniversary.
Box 2		Poems, 1920-1929 Box 2, Folder 13
Box S1		Poems, 1958-1961 Box S1, Folder S9
		Series 3. Minnesota Era, 1933-1939  Note Youngdahl was director of social service in the Minnesota State Emergency Relief Administration from 1933 to1937 and director of public assistance for the Minnesota State Board of Control from 1937 to1939. The papers dating from 1933 to1939 provide an excellent picture of Minnesota during the Depression, particularly the controversies surrounding the public welfare programs. Youngdahl traces the activities of the various public welfare administrations during this period.
Box 2		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers, 1933-1936 Box 2, Folder 14-16 Note Included in Folders 14-17 is Youngdahl’s “Home File” which, he said, “includes copies of letters, correspondence, etc., that had the potential of legal action, that had political overtones, and that related to the constant struggle between the Social Service Division and other divisions (some politically motivated).”
Box L15		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers, 1936 Box L15, Folder L122 Note Includes legal-sized documents extracted from Folder 17.
Box 3		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers, 1936-1939 Box 3, Folder 17 Note Youngdahl's resignation and appointment at Washington University are documented in this folder. Extracted legal-sized materials from this folder can be found in Box L15, Folder L122.
		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers-Speeches and Notes, 1933-1939 Box 3, Folder 18-19
		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers-History of Public Welfare in Minnesota draft, 1939 Box 3, Folder 20 Note This draft was apparently never finished or published, but it is a valuable source on the controversy surrounding the public welfare programs in the state from 1933to1939.
		Minnesota Correspondence and Papers-Minnesota State Board of Control Field Supervisor's Manual, 1939 Box 3, Folder 21
		Series 4. Washington University, 1939-1968  Note Most of the material in this series concerns Youngdahl’s position as dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University from 1945 to 1962. The papers document his activities in the School of Social Work and in the university as a whole.
Box S3		1942-1968 Box S3, Folder S19-S22 Note Specific to Folders S19-S22 are correspondence and papers regarding colleagues and students at Washington University, the appointment of Louis Towley to a teaching position, and academic and administrative matters. Also enclosed in these folders are materials regarding Youngdahl’s retirement as dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 1962, his appointment as Professor Emeritus in 1966, and the receipt of his honorary LL. D. degree in 1967.
Box 3		Alumni, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, n.d. Box 3, Folder 22
		Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lectures, 1963-1966 Box 3, Folder 23-24 Note Material involving the first Benjamin E. Youngdahl Lecture, which was delivered at Washington University on October 28, 1965, by Hubert Humphrey. (See also Folder S4.)
Box 4		Bruno, Frank, 1946-1964 Box 4, Folder 25-27 Note Folders 25-27 contain correspondence with Frank Bruno, who preceded Youngdahl as dean. Their relationship remained close following Bruno’s retirement until his death. In Youngdahl’s letters to Bruno and his wife, Joanna Colcord, one can find his opinions on current events, public officials, and social work in general. Material regarding: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Oveta Culp Hobby, Jane Hoey, the American Association of Social Workers, and Luther Youngdahl is included.
		Burke, William, 1943-1958 Box 4, Folder 28
		Correspondence, University Officers, 1945-1954 Box 4, Folder 29-31 Note In Folders 29-34, one can find correspondence with the chancellor, vice-chancellor and deans regarding the school of social work and issues affecting the university. There are also materials regarding the American Red Cross, American Civil Liberties Union, honorary degrees, academic freedom, and the admission of African Americans to the University.
Box 5		Correspondence, University Officers, 1955-1965 Box 5, Folder 32-34
Box S4		Course Materials, "Social Work Administration", 1966-1967 Box S4, Folder S23-S24 Note The course materials in Folders S23-S25 include articles and clippings dating from 1919 to1967, correspondence, articles, lecture notes, and syllabi used to support the two courses listed. Lecture topics include "Qualities of a Good Administrator," "Fiscal Policies and Budgeting," and "Social Change and Welfare Administration."
		Course Materials, "Social Workers and Social Policy", 1964-1965 Box S4, Folder S25
Box 5		Cresap, McCormick and Paget Report, 1959 Box 5, Folder 35
		Emery, E. Van Normal, 1946-1954 Box 5, Folder 36
		George Warren Brown School of Social Work, 1940-1952 Box 5, Folder 37-38 Note Materials relating directly to the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and Youngdahl’s activities as dean, with some material dating from after his retirement found in Folders 37-44. Many of the papers deal with the daily business of running a professional school, but there are also materials on curriculum and admissions, issues in social work, and social work as a profession.
Box 6		George Warren Brown School of Social Work, 1952-1966 Box 6, Folder 39-44 Note Folder 42 contains materials on the issue of privacy in social work and an article by Louis Towley on Aid to Dependent Children.
Box 7		Hayden, Helen, 1945-1958 Box 7, Folder 45-47 Note Extracted legal-sized materials from the Helen Hayden materials in Folder 46 can be found in Box L15, Folder L123.
Box L15		Hayden, Helen, 1956-1957 Box L15, Folder L123 Note Includes legal-sized documents extracted from Folder 46.
Box 7		Health, Education and Welfare Department (U.S.), 1950-1962 Box 7, Folder 48
		Health Service, 1946-1961 Box 7, Folder 49
		Illinois Departments of Public Welfare, Mental Health, 1946-1965 Box 7, Folder 50
		Information, Office of, 1949-1962 Box 7, Folder 51
		Institutes, 1947-1957 Box 7, Folder 52
		Jewish History Committee, 1963-1964 Box 7, Folder 53
Box S1		Lewis, Ruth, 1940s Box S1, Folder S5-S6 Note Ruth Endicott Lewis (1896-1954) was professor of medical social work and director of field practice at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. The first draft of an unpublished book by Youngdahl and Lewis is enclosed in Folders S5-S6. Chapter titles include: "Financing Welfare," "Social Work and the Public," and "Social Work Organization."
Box 8		Lewis, Ruth, 1953-1957 Box 8, Folder 54
		Library, Social Work, 1949-1962 Box 8, Folder 55
		Missouri Public Welfare agencies, 1941-1962 Box 8, Folder 56
		Negroes, Admission of, 1945-1958 Box 8, Folder 57-58 Note These folders contain material on the admission of African Americans to the George Warren Brown School of Social Work for the first time in 1947. Youngdahl was instrumental in changing the admissions policy.
Box S4		Policy Committee on the Role of Student Organizations on Campus, 1966 Box S4, Folder S26 Note Included in this folder are materials regarding the controversy surrounding the formation of a W.E.B. DuBois Club at Washington University. Youngdahl served on this committee.
Box 8		Public Relations, Office of, 1949-1951 Box 8, Folder 59
		St. Louis City Welfare offices, 1950-1962 Box 8, Folder 60
		"Show Me Social Work", 1952-1954 Box 8, Folder 61
		Student Records, Office of, 1949-1961 Box 8, Folder 62
		Study of Department of Psychiatry, 1964-1965 Box 8, Folder 63
		Summer Sessions, 1944-1960 Box 8, Folder 64
Box 9		Teaching Materials, 1939-1957 Box 9, Folder 65 Note This folder contains material for class lectures, mostly on public welfare and the economics of welfare.
		Tenure, 1964 Box 9, Folder 66
		Towley, Louis, 1945-1962 Box 9, Folder 67 Note Folder 67 contains correspondence with Louis Towley, including material on public welfare and the American Red Cross. Memorial services for Towley are enclosed.
		Tuition, 1945-1960 Box 9, Folder 68
		Vasey, Wayne, 1962-1965 Box 9, Folder 69
		Veterans, 1945-1955 Box 9, Folder 70
		Series 5. Organizations, 1939-1968  Note Series five documents Youngdahl's service on associations, councils, and committees in the fields of social work, social policy and politics.
Box 9		American Association of Schools of Social Work, 1946-1952 Box 9, Folder 71-72 Note Youngdahl was President of the American Association of Schools of Social Work (AASSW) from 1947 to 1948, although not many of the presidential papers are included in Folders 71-72. Materials regarding curriculum, admission, faculty work loads, and salaries are included, as well as an AASSW resolution regarding Charlotte Towle and Common Human Needs.
		American Association of Social Workers, 1950-1951 Box 9, Folder 73 Note Youngdahl was President of the American Association of Social Workers (AASW) from 1951 to 1953. Minutes of the National Board Meetings from 1951 to 1952 are included in Folders 73-76, as well as materials regarding Charlotte Towle and Common Human Needs, the Temporary Inter-Association Council (TIAC), and segregation.
Box 10		American Association of Social Workers, 1946-1955 Box 10, Folder 74-77
		American Bar Association, 1953 Box 10, Folder 78
		American Civil Liberties Union, 1949-65 Box 10, Folder 79 Note In 1953, Youngdahl became a member of the National Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Material regarding J.B. Matthews’ article in American Mercury (May, 1953), entitled “ Communism and the Colleges” is included in Folder 79.
Box S1		American Civil Liberties Union, 1967 Box S1, Folder S1 Note This folder includes correspondence and papers regarding the 1967 controversy over the ACLU constitutional membership provision. Youngdahl was one of the ten national committee members.
Box 10		Americans for Democratic Action, 1963 Box 10, Folder 80
		American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., 1962-1963 Box 10, Folder 81
		Associated Research Councils, 1949-1950 Box 10, Folder 82
		Child Welfare League of America, 1948-1965 Box 10, Folder 83
		Columbia University Bi-Centennial, 1953-1954 Box 10, Folder 84
Box 11		Connecticut University, Institute on Public Welfare, 1953-1954 Box 11, Folder 85
		Council on Social Work Education, 1953-1966 Box 11, Folder 86-87
		Family and Children's Service, St. Louis, 1940-1962 Box 11, Folder 88
		Family Service Association of America, 1947-1963 Box 11, Folder 89
		Gustavus Adolphus College, Institute on Aging, 1959 Box 11, Folder 90
		Health and Welfare Council, St. Louis, 1949-1965 Box 11, Folder 91-92 Note Folders 91-92 contain material on medical social work, government and voluntary agencies, public housing, and a training program for community welfare research. Prior to 1958, the Health and Welfare Council, St. Louis, was called the Social Planning Council.
		Iowa Welfare Association, 1951 Box 11, Folder 93
		Metropolitan Church Federation, 1961-1965 Box 11, Folder 94
Box S1		Metropolitan Church Federation of Greater St. Louis, 1967 Box S1, Folder S7 Note Correspondence and papers regarding the dealth of Dr. Ralph Abele, pastor and leader in the federation.
Box 11		Minnesota University, General Extension Division, 1964-1965 Box 11, Folder 95
		Minnesota Welfare Association, 1951-1964 Box 11, Folder 96
Box 12		Missouri Association for Mental Health, 1959-1960 Box 12, Folder 97
		Missouri Association for Social Welfare, 1940-1962 Box 12, Folder 98
		National Association of Social Workers, 1954-1965 Box 12, Folder 99-100 Note Papers and correspondence of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Committee on Ethics, especially regarding the principle of privacy in welfare cases can be found in Folders 99-100. Also included are materials regarding welfare training and papers from the Temporary Inter-Association Council (TIAC) and Provisional Officers on formation of the NASW.
		National Association of Social Workers, St. Louis, 1965 Box 12, Folder 101
		National Conference on Social Welfare, 1943-1964 Box 12, Folder 102-104 Note Youngdahl served as President of the National Conference on Social Welfare (NCSW) from 1955 to 1956. Folders 102-104 include material regarding the election of Youngdahl as president and his response to Linus Pauling’s speech on disarmament (May 13, 1958). Also includes some material on the Temporary Inter-Association Council (TIAC), papers and correspondence of the NCSW Committee on Conferencing, and information regarding social welfare services in general.
		National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, 1942-1943 Box 12, Folder 105
Box 13		National Lutheran Council, 1964-1965 Box 13, Folder 106
		St. Louis Social Welfare organizations, 1951-1966 Box 13, Folder 107
		White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1949-1959 Box 13, Folder 108
		Wisner Lecture, 1963 Box 13, Folder 109
		Series 6. Speeches, Notes, and Publications, 1919-1969  Note The speeches, speech drafts, and notes included in series six reflect the growth and expression of Youngdahl’s ideas throughout his career. His major concerns were trends in social work, social work education, and public welfare. These concerns relate to Youngdahl's conception of the role of the social worker. A list of printed speeches is filed at the beginning of Folder 115.
Box S2		Public Administration, 1962-1969 Box S2, Folder S11 Note This folder contains notes summarizing typical problems encountered in public administration. In addition, Louis Towley’s “Critic on the Hearth” from Channels, April, 1940 is enclosed.
		Social Action and Social Work, 1965-1968 Box S2, Folder S12 Note Included in Folder S12 is correspondence and papers about Youngdahl’s book, Social Action and Social Work, published in 1966 by Association Press, as well as copies of reviews in various professional journals.
Box 13		Speech Drafts and Notes, 1940-1965 Box 13, Folder 110-114
Box S2		Speeches and Articles, 1919-1968 Box S2, Folder S13-S15 Note Folders S13-S17 contain materials dating from Youngdahl’s undergraduate career to 1968. These encompass speeches on such topics as the church and social change, welfare planning, community organization, social work education, and social action. They also include Youngdahl’s presidential speeches for the Minnesota Conference of Social Work in 1938; American Association of Schools of Social Work in 1948; and the National Conference of Social Work in 1956, as well as copies of articles that were included in Social Action and Social Work .
Box S3		Speeches and Articles, 1919-1968 Box S3, Folder S16-S17
Box 14		Speeches and Articles, 1940-1965 Box 14, Folder 115-117 Note A list of printed speeches will be found at the beginning of Folder 115.
		Stones for Bread, 1940 Box 14, Folder 118
		Book Reviews, 1940-1959 Box 14, Folder 119
		Programs and Announcements, 1939-1965 Box 14, Folder 120-121