FELDMAN, Frances Lomas (b. 1912). Professor, USC School of Social Work. Social worker.

Frances Lomas Feldman Interview (I). Interviewed by Maurice Hamovitch. Dates of interview: 10-24/31-89; 11-3-89. 3 cassette tapes (3 duplicate tapes). Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 47 pp. (1 copy of rough draft of transcript).

Topics of interview: Entrance into field of social work; declined medical school; beginning positions and experiences; education at USC; Al Feldman's studies in social work at USC; marriage and social work; work with state; work with Community Chest; work with Los Angeles Housing Authority; Homemaker Service; Family Services; Norris Class; Belvedere; Pat Murphy; benefits for orphans in Belvedere district; study in Chicago; return to USC; Welfare Planning Council; adoption; mental health study; Welfare Planning Council; publication of book; study for public welfare department, "Project 220"; Watts riots; McComb Commission; Alaska Project; impact of Alaska Project; Cancer Society of California; studies re Society; study of TRW and Security Personnel at USC; family financial planning; staff/faculty counseling at USC; reflections on contributions to social welfare in California.

Frances Lomas Feldman Interview (II). Interviewed by Emilie Stoltzfus. Dates of interview: 6-21/28-97. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 40 pp. (2 copies).

Topics of interview: Child care facilities in LA during World War II; entrance into profession of social work; Homemaker Service; work with county (Child Care Coordinating Committee); struggle between social welfare groups and education groups over childcare and supervision; Katherine Oettinger; Catholic opposition to Child Care Coordinating Committee; beginnings at USC; lobbying for child care program; groups in support of childcare centers; development of childcare centers; Feldman's own childcare for her daughter; attitudes towards working women; standard budgets; segregation and integration of child welfare institutions; work with State Relief Administration; work with county; Aid to Dependent Children; controversies over childcare centers; attitudes towards childcare by such agencies as Dept. of Education and social welfare agencies; community mental health; Martha Branscombe of U.S. Children's Bureau; childcare for migrant workers.

Additional Material:

Curriculum Vitae. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. Photocopies of newspaper articles re research of Frances Feldman. Carol Tucker, "Mending and Tending the Safety Net," University of Southern California Chronicle vol. 15, no. 20 (12 February 1996), 1, 6-7. 1 photograph of Frances Lomas Feldman. Program of "Tenth Annual Academic Honors Convocations, University of Southern California," 12 March 1991. 1 8x 10 in. photograph of staff at Belvedere, including Frances Lomas Feldman. Statement by Frances Lomas Feldman before Hearing on Welfare, California State Legislature.