University of Southern California School of Public Administration records
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Scope and Content
The collection contains records of the USC School of Public Administration from its inception as the USC Institute of Government through 1996. Records include correspondence and other administrative documents, records of Institutes and other joint projects, contracts, faculty papers, and similar materials.
Particularly rich portions of the collection include those materials dealing with the Training of Trainers program as it evolved through various school contracts in the mid-twentieth century with the governments of Iran, Brazil, Turkey, and Pakistan. Grants, correspondence and training records are included.
Also, there are many valuable records relating to the various institutes hosted by the School of Public Administration and Institutes and Centers that involved several schools at USC. These include the Youth Studies Center, the Delinquency Control Institute, the Institute on Municipal Government, and many others.
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1996
Creator
- University of Southern California. School of Public Administration (Organization)
- University of Southern California. Institute of Government (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Extent
114.875 Linear Feet (99 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains records of the USC School of Public Administration from its inception as the USC Institute of Government through 1996. Records include correspondence and other administrative documents, records of Institutes and other joint projects, contracts, faculty papers, and similar materials.
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series: Series 1. Administrative, 1941-1985. Approximately 7.5 linear feet; Series 2. Alumni, 1937-1978. Approximately 2.25 linear feet; Series 3. Blueprint: A Vehicle for Volunteerism (NASA), 1966-1970. Nearly two linear feet; Series 4. California, State of, 1945-1978. Approximately 1.5 linear feet; Series 5. Celebrations, 1955-1979. 12 folders; Series 6. Centers, 1937-1991. More than 4 linear feet; Series 7. Conferences, 1956-1972. 16 folders; Series 8. Correspondence, 1940-1984. About 1.5 linear feet; Series 9. Course Materials, 1929-1987. Approximately 3.5 linear feet; Series 10. Criminal Justice Administration, 1970-1987. Approximately 8.5 linear fee; Series 11. DCI-Delinquency Control Institute, 1955-1986. Approximately 2 linear feet; Series 12. Environmental Management Institute, 1966-1976. About 3 linear feet; Series 13. Faculty, 1927-1986. Approximately 21 linear feet; Series 14. Federal Government, 1941-1972. 27 folders; Series 15. Fire Administration Institute, 1951-1971. 10 folders; Series 16. Institute for Civil Defense Disaster Administration, 1965-1973. 28 folders; Series 17. Institute of Government, 1928-1979. Approximately one linear foo; Series 18. Institute of Tax Administration, 1971-1979. 7 folders; Series 19. International Programs, 1953-1993. Over 25 linear feet; Series 20. Library, 1931-1969. 3 folders; Series 21. Los Angeles, 1945-1978. 7 folders; Series 22. Minor Institutes and Projects, 1929-1975. Less than 1 linear foot; Series 23. Municipal Government, 1946-1977. 34 folders; Series 24. National Organizations, 1963-1989. 18 folders; Series 25. Photographs, 1928-1988. Approximately 1 linear foot; Series 26. Public Systems Research Institute, 1965-1973. 19 folders; Series 27. Publications, 1929-1978. Approximately 6 linear feet; Series 28. Publicity, 1935-1971. 7 folders; Series 29. Resource Files, 1954-1978. 12 folders; Series 30. Simulation Games, 1965-1973. Approximately 1.25 linear feet; Series 31. Students, 1951-1982. Less than 2 linear feet; Series 32. USC Administrative and Joint Programs, 1939-1986. Approximately 2 linear feet; Series 33. Washington Public Affairs Center, 1973-1977. 10 folders; Series 34. Women, 1932-1947. 4 folders; Series 35. Uncertain Provenance, 1935-1986. 31 folders; Series 36. Archival Inventories, c. 1977. Five folders
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Acquisition Information
Received by University Archives from the School of Public Administration.
Processing History
Processed by John Howard Fowler, 2006-2007. Materials were kept in various offices in the School of Public Administration. An attempt to catalog Henry Reining's papers was apparently made in the 1970's--remnants of an archival listing are incorporated into the records. The records were ultimately brought into the archives circa 2003. The decision was made to leave them in their present housing and order. An inventory was created in 2006 that assigned numbers to the folders according to their relative position in each box. Whenever possible, the original file tab titles were used in this description. In 2007, the inventory was given a restructuring to make reference and research feasible.
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Memorandums
- Newsletters
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Printed ephemera
- Publications (documents)
- Reports
- Schedules (time plans)
- Scrapbooks
Geographic
- California -- Politics and government -- Archival resources
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- Archival resources
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Topical
- Civil service -- Training of -- Archival resources
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- Archival resources
- Emergency management -- California -- Archival resources
- Environmental management -- United States -- Archival resources
- International relations -- Archival resources
- Management -- Officials and employees -- Archival resources
- Municipal government -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Public administration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Public administration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Periodicals
- Public administration -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Research institutes -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Simulation games in education -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Technical assistance, American -- Brazil -- Archival resources
- Technical assistance, American -- Iran -- Archival resources
- Technical assistance, American -- Turkey -- Archival resources
- Women's rights -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Uniform Title
- Title
- Finding aid for the University of Southern California School of Public Administration records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- John Howard Fowler
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2011 January: Finding aid edited and updated by Sue Luftschein
- 2022 December: Finding aid edited and updated by Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu