Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
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Scope and Content
The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned. The collection holds material dating from the Department’s creation in 1960 through 1992. Under the series "Publications," and in box 5, folder 1, can be found a draft copy of a County Mental Health response program to natural disasters and "civil unrest." This, as the draft makes clear, was written after the riots of 1992.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 1992
Creator
- Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA’s collections from the copyright holder.
Administrative history
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health was created in 1960, by an ordinance of the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, upon recommendation of the Mental Health Advisory Board. The purpose of the new Department was to operate under the provisions of the Short-Doyle Act, with an initial budget of $1,000,000. The Department has continued to grow and now stands as one of the larger in the nation.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned, 1960-1992.
Arrangement
The series "Publications" was established to describe the chief part of the collection. To describe the character of the other material in this collection the catch-all title "Correspondence, Memoranda, and Forms" was established.
Subject
Genre / Form
Topical
- Child mental health services -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Mental health planning -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Mental health services -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Mental health services -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Evaluation -- Archival resources
- Mental health services -- United States -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jane Adler and Clay Stalls
- Date
- 1999 September 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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