Monica McGoldrick papers
Scope and Contents
The Monica McGoldrick Papers include research files about ethnicity and family therapy, correspondence and information about workshops and articles reviewed by McGoldrick for professional journals. Also included are materials related to McGoldrick's teaching and the commencements for the Smith College School for Social Work in 1984 and 1991.
Dates of Materials
- 1980 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open without restrictions beyond the normal terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
To the extent that she owns copyright, Monica McGoldrick 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 McGoldrick, 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
Monica McGoldrick, born July 23, 1943, specialized in the field of family therapy since the 1960s and has been a leader in that field, especially in regard to ethnicity and family. Originally a Russian Studies major at Brown University in the 1960s, McGoldrick went on to the Smith College School for Social Work in 1969. In recognition of her contributions to the field of family therapy as a practitioner, as an instructor, and as an author, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Smith College in 1991.
Extent
4.333 linear feet (4 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Monica McGoldrick, born July 23, 1943, specialized in the field of family therapy since the 1960s and has been a leader in that field, especially in regard to ethnicity and family. The Monica McGoldrick Papers include research files about ethnicity and family therapy, correspondence and information about workshops and articles reviewed by McGoldrick for professional journals.
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. Note that in most cases, container numbers start over at 1 with each new accession.
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 Monica McGoldrick in 2000 and 2005.
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. The following changes were made in this collection: Accession 2005-S-0022, Box 1 renumbered as Box 4
- Title
- Monica McGoldrick papers
- Status
- Minimum Finding Aid (Completed)
- Author
- Ellice Amanna
- Date
- 2019
- 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.
- 2021-08-17: Added inventory for accession 2000-S-0033
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
