Field Internships | A history of the Smith College School of Social Work

Fieldwork Placement and Internship photo gallery

Photo Galleries | Campus life, Curriculum, Field Internships, social work education, students

A gallery of photos taken by students while on “fieldwork placement” or “internship” at one of several collaborating institutions around the country.

Dorcas Davis Bowles Oral History, 2007

Oral Histories | 1950s, Alumni, clinical social work, Dorcas Bowles, Esther Clemence, Field Internships, Helen Pinkus, Irving Kaufman, Plan A, Plan B, race, Social Work Archive, thesis

Dr. Dorcas Davis Bowles, SSW ’60, has had a distinguished career as an educational administrator, clinical teacher and author on ethnic identity. In this excerpt from her complete oral history, she remembers how she became interested in social work and her experiences as a student in the Smith College School for Social Work in the 1960s.