Scope and Content From the Collection: The Rancho Los Amigos Hospital began in the late 1880's as the Los Angeles County Poor Farm. For over a century, the Rancho's mission has evolved, first as a hospital for indigents and then as a center for rehabilitation for chronic diseases. The papers in this collection chronical this development. Included are administrative and financial records, internal and external publictions generated by Rancho staff, retrospective and historical accounts, oral history tapes, blueprints, plans,...