mnsss262 Martha Lavell Papers, 1926-1981 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College
Northampton, MA
© 2005

Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-04-07 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Martha Lavell Papers, 1926-1981 Finding Aid MS 197 2005 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2005 Smith College. All rights reserved.

 Collection Overview Lavell, Martha, 1909- Martha Lavell Papers1926-1981 MS 197 1 box (.25 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Social worker; Editor. Biographical material; diaries; writings; correspondence; printed material; and photographs. Included are introspective diaries kept during her teens and twenties; professional writings. Biographical Note

Martha Lavell while at Mills College, 1926

Martha Lavell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1909. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1930, and her M.S.W. from Smith College School for Social Work in 1931. She went on to earn an additional graduate degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1943, and studied research methods at the University of Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1957. Lavell held an administrative position at the American Psychiatric Association from 1947 to 53 and while there was Editorial Assistant of American Journal of Psychiatry. She was the Chief Project Planner for the Philadelphia Antipoverty Action Committee in 1965, and served as Assistant Director of the Philadelphia Schools Study, under contract with the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in 1966. Martha Lavell died on January 3rd, 2008.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Biographical material; diaries; writings; correspondence; printed material; and photographs. Included are several volumes of highly introspective diaries kept during her teens and twenties (1926-38); and professional writings.

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Martha Lavell Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

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 Search Terms Lavell, Martha, 1909- Smith College. School for Social Work--Students--History--Sources Social workers--United States