MS13-03 Martin B. Tracy Papers

Collection Title: Martin B. Tracy Papers

Series Number: MS13-03

Processed and Cataloged by: Processed by Wesley Bolin (2013); Sarah Hardaway, Raina Thomas (2020).

Date Listed: April, 13, 2013

Date Span: 1977-2010

Size of Collection: 3.75 linear feet.

Number of Boxes: 5 letter size document cases, 1 flat textile box.

Type of Material: Correspondence.

Condition of Material: Good.

Arrangement: Chronological arrangement.

Biographical / Historical Information: Martin B. Tracy is a 1958 graduate of Murray Training School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Murray State University in 1965. Dr. Tracy received his masters in political science and doctorate in social work from the University of Illinois at Champaign at Urbana. He served in the Peace Corps in Turkey and in the United States Army. His academic positions have been with the University of Iowa, Southern Illinois University and the University of Kentucky. He has held professional positions with the United States Social Security Administration’s Office of International Policy, the International Social Security Association and the International Labour Organization (ILO), a United Nations affiliate. He was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Social Work at the University of Bucharest, Romania, and has been a member of the Strategy Council of the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of correspondence pertaining to Dr. Tracy’s career in the United States and abroad, primarily focused on social security and policy issues related to vulnerable populations, especially the elderly and women, and on community based social services in economically developing nations.

Subject Headings / Descriptors:

Tracy, Martin B., 1940-

United States. Social Security Administration. Office of Research, Statistics and International Policy.

International Labor Organization.

International Social Security Association.

Social security – United States.

Public welfare – United States.

Vulnerable populations.

Social service.

Social work.

Box List

Box 1

1. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1977-2010 Miscellaneous Correspondence
2. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1981 Department of Health and Human Services/ Social Security Administration Grant: “The Earnings Test and Work Patterns in Seven Countries”
3. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1984 Rehabilitation Program Issues in the Federal Republic of Germany
4. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1985 Credit-Splitting in Canada
5. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1986 University of Iowa
6. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1986-1987 Visiting Professor of the University of Kerala, India
7. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1988 Equal Treatment of Men and Women in Social Security, Vienna, Austria
8. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1989-1993 Research on Aging Project Terengganu, Malaysia
9. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1989-1990 Age of First Pension Award, Paris, France
10. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1990 Adoption and Foster Care in Australia
11. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1991 ILO Social Security Project Lanzhou, China
12. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1991-1992 Comparative Analysis of Social Policies for the Elderly Budapest, Hungary
13. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1992 Doctoral Adjudication University of Kerala, India
14. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1992-1993 Health Care Research in China with Prof. Hang Li
15. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1992-1995 Redefining Social Security in Eastern Europe
16. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1993 Government vs. Family: The False Dichotomy
17. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1993 AARP Agenda, D.C. World Congress of Gerontology
18. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1993 Social Protection for Workers in the Rural and Urban Informal Sector- ILO Project
19. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1994 SIUC Director of Social Work Recruitment
20. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1996 State Academy in Moscow and Socio-Economic College, Tagliatti, Russia
21. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1997 Collaboration with Socio-Economic College Tagliatti, Russia

Box 2

1. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1997-1998 Paul Simon Policy Inst. CSWE International Commission Social Exclusion and Civil Society
2. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1998 Community Development in Tagliatti, Russia VSAID Grant
3. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1998 Aspen Institute Grant
4. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1999 Russian-American Summer University Togliatti: and Samara, Russia  
5. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1998-1999 Changing Perspectives on Social Cohesion Krakow, Poland
6. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1999 Charles Sturt University Visiting Lecturer Wagga, Wagga NSW (New South Wales, Australia)
7. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 1999-2000 International Society for Third-Sector Research Dublin, Ireland
8. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2000 Stability Pact Report Tirona, Albania; Helsinki, Finland International SSA
9. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2000 Women Leadership in Community Development US State Department
10. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2001 Samara Province Russian Teachers Visit to SIUC
11. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2000-2001 Peter Wheeler Social Security Administration
12. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2001 ILO Training for Albania Turin, Italy

Box 3

1. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2003 ILO Stability Pact Training (1)
2. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2003 ILO Stability Pact Training (2)
3. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2004 ILO Stability Pact Training on Disability Services Sofia, Bulgaria
4. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2004 Fulbright Senior Specialist University of Bucharest, Romania
5. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2005 ILO Project on Services for the Elderly Ciutesti, Moldova
6. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2006 ILO Performance Based Standards Chisinau, Moldova Good Practices in Social Services Amara, Iolomitos, Romania
7. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2008 Social Services to the Elderly ILO- UNDP Joint Project Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
8. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy Papers 2006-2009 Sloan Center on Aging and Work Boston College, Boston MA
9. Murray State University Archives Martin B. Tracy 2010 ILO Copyright Procedures

Box 4

1. Russian Materials
2. Moldova Pilot Project 2005 A
3. Moldova Pilot Project 2005 B
4. Moldova Workshop 17-19 May 2006
5. Workshop on Community-Based Services for Elderly Living Alone and People with Disabilities, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3-7 November 2003, Joint UNDP, Ministry of Social Welfare Project
6. ILO Training Seminar: Good Practices in Social Services Delivery for Single Mothers and Elderly Women 22-25 May 2006, Amara, Romania
7. Socio-Technological Institute (Foreign LAnguage Publication 1995-96)
8. Good Practices in Social Service Delivery in South Eastern Europe: A Training Manual
9. Curriculum Vitae
10. Social Cohesion Initiative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and Related Projects: A Compilation of Research, Training Materials, and Workshops, 1999-2008
11. Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Grant Authorization
12. Russian/ American Summer University (RASU) and Women's Leadership Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Russia-American Summer University
13. Seminar on Good Practices in Social Services Delivery for Children and Persons with Physical and Mental Disabilities 
14. Strengthening Social Protection in South Eastern Europe, Project Files

Box 5

1. Media
2. Publications and Reprints, Martin B. Tracy, Ph.D. 1980-2000
3. Experience of Provident Funds in the Provision of Housing and Scope for Improvement
4. A Conceptual Framework of Social Capital and Civil Society: The Re-Emergence of John Dewey
5. Experience of Provident Funds in the Provisions of Housing and Scope for Improvement
6. Consulting Visit to Togliatti and Samara
7. A Paper Prepared for the U.S. Committee of the International Council on Social Welfare
8. Social Security in the United States and Canada
9. Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare
10. Policy Aspects of the Retirement Age
11. International Social Security Association Research Documentation
12. Martin Tracy School of Social Work- Thesis, pg 1-112
13. Martin Tracy School of Social Work- Thesis, ppg 113-248
14. Pensions for Women in the Third World: Case Study of Kerala, India, Collaboration Among Non-Profit Organizations in Southern Illinois and the Mississippi Delta 
15. Pictures

Box 6- Flat box

Box 7- Reports, workshop manuals, books and articles