Jean Sanville papers
Scope and Contents
The Jean Sanville papers contain correspondence; speeches and other writings; teaching materials; conference materials; and organization files. The bulk of the collection consists of material relating to Sanville's professional life, particularly papers developed for presentation at courses, conventions, conferences, seminars and workshops. There are also book reviews and commentaries on other people's work, as well as documents pertaining to Sanville's long-term involvement with the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS).
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1951 - 2005
Creator
- Sanville, Jean (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Confidential materials, such as case histories and student files, are restricted. Researchers may request access to materials; they will be processed for access in response to demand.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that she owns copyright, Jean Sanville has assigned the copyright in her works to Smith College; however, copyright in other items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. For reproductions of materials that are governed by fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For instances which may regard materials in the collection not created by Jean Sanville, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold materials' copyrights and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from Smith College Special Collections to move forward with their use.
Biographical Note
Jean Bovard Sanville was one of the country's first social workers to enter full-time private practice. Sanville was born in 1918. She graduated from the University of Colorado in 1940. After graduating from the Smith College School for Social Work in 1942 and earning her doctorate from the International College in California, she worked in various mental health agencies. In 1958 she broke new ground in her profession, entering full-time private practice. She was also an innovator in education for clinical practice. Sanville was Visiting Professor at the UCLA School of Social Welfare, and founder and first dean of the Institute for Clinical Social Work. She was co-founder and training analyst at the Los Angeles Society for Psycholanalytic Studies. Sanville served on the faculty of the Smith School for Social Work Program of Continuing Education since 1984. She was editor of the Clinical Social Work Journal and has written many scholarly papers and articles. Sanville often collaborated with her husband, Joel Shor. She died in 2013.
Extent
27.667 linear feet (29 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Jean Bovard Sanville was one of the country's first social workers to establish a full-time private practice. A longtime member of the faculty of the Smith College of Social Work, she was regarded as a groundbreaker in many aspects of her profession, including education. The Jean Sanville papers contain correspondence; speeches and other writings; teaching materials; conference materials; and organization files. The bulk of the collection consists of material relating to Sanville's professional life, particularly papers developed for presentation at courses, conventions, conferences, seminars and workshops. There are also book reviews and commentaries on other people's work
Arrangement
This collection has been added to over time in multiple "accessions." An accession is a group of materials received from the same source at approximately the same time.
Other Finding Aids
One or more content listings to individual accessions in this collection are available for download. Links can be found in the description of the individual accessions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These papers were donated by Jean Sanville, 1991-2014.
Processing Information
Between September 2022 and February 2023, Smith College Special Collections renumbered many boxes to eliminate duplicate numbers within collections in order to improve researcher experience. A full crosswalk of old to new numbers is available.
- Title
- Finding aid for Jean Sanville papers
- Status
- Legacy Finding Aid (Updated)
- Author
- Ellice Amanna
- Date
- 2019-01-02
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017-07-26T17:48:24-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
- 2019-01-02: Finding aid updated to current standards and published.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
