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Klaassen, David

David Klaassen was Curator/Archivist, of the Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries from 1975 until his retirement in 2011. Selected publications include: “The Archives of Social Welfare in the United States, in Paul Stuart and John Herrick, eds., Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History (Sage, 2004); “The Archives of Social Welfare,” in Richard L. Edwards, ed., Encyclopedia of Social Work , 19th ed. (Washington: NASW Press, 1995) 225-231; “The Archival Intersection: Cooperation Between Collecting Repositories and Nonprofit Organizations,” Midwestern Archivist 15:1 (1990): 25-38; “`The Deserving Poor’: Beginnings of Organized Charity in Minneapolis,” Hennepin County History 47:2 (Spring 1988): 15-25; “Achieving Balanced Documentation: Social Services from a Consumer Perspective,” Midwestern Archivist 11:1 (1986): 111-124.