Eva Schindler-Rainman papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 0452

Staff Only

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.

Dates

Creation: 1960s-1970s

Creator

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.

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.

Extent

1.42 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.