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Frankie V. Adams Collection
1931-1981
3 linear feet
NOTE: A paper copy
of the finding aid,
with container list,
is available at the
Atlanta University
CenterArchives for
in-house consultation
and may be obtained
for a fee.
Florence “Frankie” Victoria
Adams (b. 1902 d. 1979)
was a social worker,
educator, author, and
community activist.
For most of her career,
she was associated
with the Atlanta School
of Social Work (later
the Atlanta University
School of Social Work),
the first school for
African Americans to
be accredited by the
American Association
of Schools of Social
Work. At the request
of Director Forrester
B. Washington, Adams
joined the faculty
in 1931. She developed
courses and trained
students in the newly
emerging disciplines
of community organization
and group work. As
a member of the Committee
on Group Work of the
American Association
of Social Work, she
helped influence the
curriculum and content
of group work nationally.
During her 33 years
with the School she
taught some 2,500 students,
served as Acting Dean
for two interim periods,
and culminated her
tenure as Associate
Dean.
Adams remained active
in social work after
her retirement, working
with Economic Opportunity
Atlanta to develop
neighborhood service
centers in disadvantaged
areas of the city.
Upon her second retirement
she volunteered for
Project Head Start.
She authored two
books, Soulcraft:
Sketches on Negro-White
Relations Designed
to Encourage Friendship
(c.1944), and The
Reflections of Florence
Victoria Adams, a
history of the Atlanta
University School
of Social Work. Reflections
details the development
of the School, its
leadership and curricula,
and includes a brief
description of Adams’s
contributions. She
completed the draft
manuscript three
weeks before her
death in 1979. It
was published posthumously
by the School in
1981.
This small collection
of the papers of
Frankie Victoria
Adams dates from
1931 to 1979 and
provides a glimpse
of her work and achievements.
There are copies
of some of her professional
and personal writings,
bits of information
about some of the
organizations she
was affiliated with,
and a few letters
and photographs.
Of interest are her
writings related
to group work and
community organization.
Also, there is the
scrapbook Adams kept
of the early years
of the Atlanta School
of Social Work. The
snapshot photographs
are an extraordinary
window into the field
work the students
experienced.
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Last Update Thurs. February 28th, 2008
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