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Family Service of Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: 0400
Abstract
The Family Service of Los Angeles records document the activities of this social service organziation from its beginnings during the early years of the Depression, to its end in a merger with the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center. Included in the collection are complete runs of the minutes of the agency's board of directors, its district advisory boards, and all its principal committees, including executive, nominating, casework and finance, together with the records and reports of...
Dates:
1925 - 1998
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Filipino American Library collection
Collection
Identifier: 6235
Abstract
The Filipino American Library collection consists of materials owned by the Filipino American Library in Historic Filipinotown that were transferred to the University of Southern California Special Collections in 2017. The collection is currently divided into two categories: (i) digitized material and (ii) minimally processed material. The digitized material consists of lantern slides, bound volumes, photographic prints, maps, and other materials that the USC Digital Library digitized and...
Dates:
1910 - 2015
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Esther Gillies papers
Collection
Identifier: 0611
Content Description
The Esther Gillies papers consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, notes, public relations materials, and training materials from various social work organizations with which Gillies worked. Organizations represented in the collection include the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC), Children's Center of the Antelope Valley (CCAV), the Drew Child Development Corporation, Children's Institute International Southern California Training Center...
Dates:
1977 - 2013
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents
Collection
Identifier: 7126
Abstract
Daniel Green, an alumnus of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (Master of Planning, 1974), worked at the Los Angeles Department of City Planning for more than 30 years. The Daniel Green collection of Los Angeles City Planning documents consist of zoning codes, geographic plans, departmental procedural guides and publications, open space plans, administrative reports, maps of Los Angeles, zoning administrative records, and other material collected during Green's career. The documents...
Dates:
1946 - 2019
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Paul Hadley papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 5363
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of former University of Southern California professor of international relations Paul E. Hadley (1915-2007). Hadley was also the executive director of the Emeriti Center.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950s-1980s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Allan A. Hunter papers
Collection
Identifier: 0397
Abstract
Mt. Hollywood Congregational Church, founded in 1905, is located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles. Its longest-serving pastor, Allan A. Hunter, led the congregation from 1926 until his retirement in 1963, but stayed actively involved until his death almost twenty years later. This collection reflects the activities of the church throughout the twentieth century, as well as the progressive ideas and religious teachings of Reverend Hunter. His correspondence with other religious thinkers...
Dates:
1905 - 2000
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: 0471
Abstract
The records of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles consist of reports, correspondence, board meeting minutes, and Council publications, 1956-1979, that document some of the activities of this organizaiton, including their work with the Jewish aged and their fundraising activities. Also included is some organizational, historical, and programmatic information on the Jewish Centers Association of Los Angeles.
Dates:
1956 - 1979
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jewish Home for the Aged of Los Angeles records
Collection
Identifier: 0475
Abstract
The Jewish Home for the Aged was originally located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. In 1976, the Home moved to a new residential facility in the San Fernando Valley (the planning, construction, and dedication of which are referred to in the records), and then merged with the California Home for the Aged, resulting in a new organization called the Jewish Home for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles (and now known as the Los Angeles Jewish Home). Information about the activities of...
Dates:
1957 - 1987
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Eleanor Klein papers
Collection
Identifier: 0499
Abstract
Eleanor Klein received her Master's Degree in Social Work from USC in 1953 and held many positions as a social worker in Los Angeles thereafter. She held several positions within the local Southern California chapter of the American Association of Social Work as well as the local chapter of the National Association of Social Work. From 1974-1982 Eleanor Klein was Director of the Department of Clinical Social Work at the UCLA Medical Center. Papers in this collection include reports, meeting...
Dates:
1955 - 1970
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Angeles Area Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records
Collection
Identifier: 0411
Abstract
The Los Angeles Area Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers records consists of correspondence, reports, memorandums, bylaws, and meeting minutes, 1954-1976 (bulk 1965-1967) that document the development and founding, and activities, of this non-profit organization. The conception and incorporation of the federation are very well documented; also included are records pertaining to some of the major programs sponsored by the Federation, including Head Start; and the Federation's...
Dates:
1954 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1967
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections