Herbert Joseph Allen papers

This collection pertains to the career of Herbert Joseph Allen, Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of the Social Work Department at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. His papers consist of correspondence, news clippings, lists, photographs, programs, financial records. Among the correspondents are Carl H. Blackwell, Bennett J. Cooper Jr., Emmett Cooper, Julius A. Gamble, John Levine, and Betty Oldham. Additionally, the papers contain items created by Allen in his capacity as Director of Social Services of the University of Cincinnati Hospital and as President of the Society for Hospital Social Workers and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Included is correspondence, minutes of the NASW, press releases, certificates and awards, photographs, and a variety of collected printed materials on hospital social work.