Reminiscences of Ollie A. Randall : oral history, 1981.

Biographical Note

Social worker.

Scope and Contents

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 Tompkins Square House; special problems of the elderly.

Subjects

• Community Service Society of New York.
• Family social work.
• Grayson, Vida S., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Randall, Ollie A.--Interviews.
• Social service.
• Social workers--Interviews.
• Social work with older people--United States.