Archives Catalogue

Joan Gilroy's correspondence and records re. the Maritime School of Social Work history

MS-2-133, Box 3, Folder 2
File
1941-2001

Folder includes correspondence regarding the history of the school, a 1996 welcome address to students, copies of newspaper articles related to the school, a brief history and two school calendars from 1941 and 1944.

Joan Gilroy's Maritime School of Social Work records

Series
1941-2000

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Series comprises correspondence, committee records and reports created and collected during Joan Gilroy's tenure as a professor and director of the Maritime School of Social Work. Included are records related to the MSSW women's group and the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work; records related to the MSSW's fiftieth anniversary; and a sub-series of records related to a Canadian/EU social work student exchange program in which Dalhousie participated and Joan Gilroy was a key figure.

Joan Gilroy fonds

MS-2-133
Fonds
1949 - 2015 ; predominantly 1974 - 2006

Fonds comprises records that illustrate Joan Gilroy's professional life as an educator and a practitioner of social work, with particular reference to feminism and social justice issues in the academy and across the wider community. Record series indicate the scope of her work, encompassing teaching, research and community outreach, while record types include correspondence, memoranda, research and teaching notes, manuscripts, reports, committee minutes and agendas.

Gilroy, Joan

Rehabilitation of physically disabled fathers in the mothers' allowances program / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 10, Folder 8
File
1958

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File contains an unbound copy of Joan Gilroy's thesis submitted to the Maritime School of Social Work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master's degree in social work, along with an abstract and thesis report.

Joan Gilroy's study, research and writing records

Series
1958-2009

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Series comprises published and unpublished manuscripts, off prints, research notes and conference papers produced by Joan Gilroy in her capacity as a graduate student and tenured professor at the Maritime School of Social Work. Additional manuscripts or drafts, in particular those related to the Canadian Association for Schools of Social Work (CASSW) women's caucus, are located in the series "Joan Gilroy's professional association and community outreach records."

Joan Gilroy's class notes for a social work field instructor's course taught by Joan M. Smith

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1960-1961

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's notes for a social work field instructor's course taught by Joan M. Smith

MS-2-133, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1960-1961

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's correspondence and personal papers

Series
1964-2015

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Series comprises transcripts, letters of appointment, curriculum vitae and other correspondence and records related to Joan Gilroy's education and career.

Notes, printed pamphlets and manuscript copies of essays about the Maritime Home for Girls

MS-2-133, Box 11, Folder 10
File
[ca. 1965]

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's professional association and community outreach records

Series
1965-2013

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Series comprises records related to Joan Gilroy's work with community and professional associations related to social work, feminism and social justice, in particular with women's caucus groups within the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, the Nova Scotia NDP, and the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers. Records include correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes and agendas, reports and presentations. Records regarding the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work and the Maritime School of Social Work women's caucus are found in the series "Joan Gilroy's Maritime School of Social Work records."

Submission to the Commission on Special Protection Services in Nova Scotia / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 17
File
1972

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes a 1971 press release announcing the appointment of the commission, headed by Dalhousie professors Murray Frazer and Lawrence T. Hancock.

Joan Gilroy's class reports and papers regarding women, crime and criminology at the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminology

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1973-1974

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Female offender perceptions of her problems and of resources / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 13
File
1973

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes appendices and ethics protocol form.

Joan Gilroy's correspondence re. her application and acceptance to the University of Toronto for a Master's program in criminology

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 1
File
1973-1974

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Correspondence regarding Joan Gilroy's salary, career review and career placement

MS-2-133, Box 3, Folder 7
File
1974-1985

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Facing the outside : the views of women prisoners / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 10, Folder 9
File
1974

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File contains a bound copy of Joan Gilroy's MA dissertation submitted to the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts degree.

Joan Gilroy's records as president of Unison Society of Nova Scotia

MS-2-133, Box 6, Folder 1
File
1975-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes correspondence, grant proposals, newspaper clippings, a volunteer handbook, job advertisements, and minutes from the meeting of Unison's Board of Directors.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports re. the Maritime School of Social Work women's group

MS-2-133, Box 9. Folder 2
File
1976-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's correspondence, transcripts, progress reports, thesis proposal abstract and other records related to her application to and reinstatement of doctoral studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Higher Education

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 19
File
1976-2008

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's Issues in Corrections (647A) and Criminology course files

MS-2-133, Box 7, Folder 1
File
1976-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes course outlines, readings lists, notes and memoranda.

Joan Gilroy's correspondence and newsletters re. miscellaneous women's organizations

MS-2-133, Box 10, Folder 1
File
1977-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Correspondence, memoranda, questionnaires and reports regarding Rosemary Brown's temporary teaching appointment at the Maritime School of Social Work

MS-2-133, Box 9, Folder 1
File
1977-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Rosemary Brown was a feminist social worker and Member of the British Columbia Legislature from 1972-1986 who was brought to Dalhousie for a short-term teaching appointment under the auspices of the Maritime School of Social Work's women's group.

Memoranda, notes and correspondence regarding the Maritime School of Social Work women's group, the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work women's caucus and other feminist associations and issues

MS-2-133, Box 4, Folder 14
File
1977-1983

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Correspondence and memoranda re. the Maritime School of Social Work women's group and faculty recruitment

MS-2-133, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1977-1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Correspondence, reports and memoranda re. the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work women's caucus

MS-2-133, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1977-1980

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File also contains a draft application for a visiting professorship for Helen Levine.

Joan Gilroy's Social Work Practice, Principles and Processes (BSW 303) course file

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 5
File
1978-1980

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes course outlines, bibliography, assignments, evaluation template and a student journal entry.

Canadian Association for Schools of Social Work (CASSW) accreditation guidelines: a critique by women

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1978-1979

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes planning notes and memoranda regarding Joan Gilroy and Joan Cumming's findings, which were presented at the 1980 Women's Caucus meeting in Montreal.

Women and power : a case study / by Mary Lou Courtney and Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 9
File
1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File is a paper presented on behalf of the Maritime School of Social Work Women's Group to the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work annual program meeting in London, Ontario.

Women and power: A case study by Mary Lou Courtney and Joan Gilroy presented to the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work's (CASSW) annual program meeting in London, Ontario, on behalf of the Maritime School of Social Work women's group

MS-2-133, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1978

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's teaching records

Series
1978-1991

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Series comprises teaching records such as course outlines, reading lists, syllabi, assignments, memoranda and student reading logs and instructor feedback for classes taught by Joan Gilroy in the Maritime School of Social Work.

Joan Gilroy's Women and Social Change (MSSW 666A) course file

MS-2-133, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1979

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes course outline and reading list.

Joan Gilroy's Approaches to Interpersonal and Social Change (BSW 401R) course file

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1979

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes course outline and reading questions.

Background papers and correspondence regarding Unison, a Nova-Scotia non-profit organization providing services to women offenders

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1979-1989

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File also contains a questionnaire completed by Joan Gilroy in 1989 for a retrospective of women's groups in Nova Scotia. Joan Gilroy was the chair of the board of Unison from 1974-1980.

Correspondence and memoranda re. the Maritime School of Social Work women's group

MS-2-133, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1980-1981

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Joan Gilroy's Approaches to Interpersonal & Social Change (BSW 401R) course file

MS-2-133, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1980

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes outline, syllabus, assignments, memoranda and evaluations for advanced social work practice course taught in Halifax, Sydney, Saint John and Charlottetown.

Joan Gilroy's class notes for women in education course at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

MS-2-133, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1981-1982

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Papers and presentations by Joan Gilroy around feminism and social work practice and education

MS-2-133, Box 3, Folder 9
File
1981-1993

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes correspondence and paper given at the BCR conference at Smith College in 1993; blank student surveys regarding feminism and social work education; and three draft papers on related topics.

Needy and worthy women : the beginning of mothers' allowances in Nova Scotia / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 11, Folder 3
File
1981

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes copy of manuscript, handwritten notes and copies of secondary research materials.

Social organization of knowledge and the reform of a income maintenance program in Nova Scotia / by Joan Gilroy and Rick Williams

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 5
File
[1981?]

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File contains a manuscript copy of an undated paper.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and memoranda re. the 1981 Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work conference held at Dalhousie University

MS-2-133, Box 9, Folder 6
File
1981-1982

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File also contains materials re. the CASSW women's caucus, of which Joan Gilroy was appointed chair in 1981.

Joan Gilroy's Women and Social Change (BSW 3230B) course file

MS-2-133, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1982-1985

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

Folder includes course outlines and readings.

Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) women's studies/research centre

MS-2-133, Box 7, Folder 4
File
1982

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes correspondence, reports and memoranda collected by Joan Gilroy as a member of the student working group formed in support of the women's studies centre.

Teaching feminist/radical social work : constructing another category? / by Joan Gilroy

MS-2-133, Box 12, Folder 7
File
1982

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File is a paper written for a course called Women & Education: Strategies for Change.

Joan Gilroy's doctoral thesis notes and research papers

MS-2-133, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1982-1983

Part of Joan Gilroy fonds

File includes correspondence with Dorothy Smith, an autobiographical essay, a course essay (Feminist social work practice: A working paper) and a paper outlining the questions that Joan Gilroy planned to explore in her doctoral thesis, titled Feminism and social work: Tensions between education and practice in the Maritime provinces.

Shulamith Firestone's case for feminist revolution / by Joan Gilroy