Name
Randall, Ollie A (Interviewee)
Grayson, Vida S (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Ollie A. Randall 1981
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Ollie A. Randall : oral history, 1981
Abstract
Family background; youth in Providence, Rhode Island; extended family and development of interest in social work and the elderly; Brown University, A.B. 1912; travels to Greece; Association to Improve the Condition of the Poor: secretary to William Matthews, 1914; Director of Ward Manor, 1925-1945; formation of Community Service Society; organizer of National Committee on Aging; resident of Tompkin s Square House; special problems of the elderly.
Collection Name
Community Service Society project
Subjects
Social workers; Family social work; Social work with older people--United States; Social service; Randall, Ollie A; Community Service Society of New York
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1981
Note (Biographical)
Social worker.
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010.
Interviewed by Vida S. Grayson on December 29, 1980.
Note (Provenance)
Ollie A. Randall, Gift 1981
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
7139953
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kynm-jw22
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.