Association of Social Workers

Annual reports, 1936-1968; minute series, including General Meetings, Council and Executive Committee meetings; group/branch papers; correspondence and subject files; British Federation of Social Workers and Association of Social Workers' publications, 1939-1970, circulars, 1941-1951, and news sheets, 1945-1970, and evidence etc. submitted to inquiries.

Established in 1935 as British Federation of Social Workers, the name was changed to the Association of Social Workers in 1951. In 1970 the association merged with six other social workers' organisations to form the British Association of Social Workers.

Reference: R.W. Stacey and A.T. Collis, British Association of Social Workers. Catalogue and guide to the archives of the predecessor organisations, 1890-1970. Birmingham : British Association of Social Workers, 1987. Supplement to the Catalogue, 1988.

The archives of BASW's predecessors were listed before their deposit in the Centre. A published catalogue is available. The archives of the different organisations are distinguished by different initials.

Except for membership records and MSS.378/ASW/B/7/5/16, which are closed under the Data Protection Act 1998, this collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

This collection was deposited in the Centre by the British Association of Social Workers, 17 July 1997.

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/SWK

Further deposits are not expected.

Related archives held in the Centre are those of the British Association of Social Workers, its predecessors and others, the Association of Child Care Officers (MSS.378/ACCO); Association of Family Case Workers (MSS.378/AGFC); Association of Psychiatric Social Workers (MSS.378/APSW); Institute of Medical Social Workers (MSS.378/IMSW); Moral Welfare Workers Association (MSS.378/MWWA); Society of Mental Welfare Officers (MSS.378/SMWO); Association of Tuberculosis Care Workers ; Association of Children's Officers (MSS.378/ACO); National Association of Probation Officers (MSS.378/PROB); and Standing Conference of Organisations of Social Workers (MSS.378/SCOSW). Also the National Association of Social Workers in Education (MSS.71)