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Jacquelyn McCroskey papers
Collection
Identifier: 0614
Abstract
Jacquelyn McCroskey is the John Milner Professor of Child Welfare in the Suzanne Dworack-Peck School of Social Work at USC, where she also directs the Children's Data Network, and focuses on structure, financing and performance improvement in the child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care and education systems in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the LA Roundtable for Children. She worked on LA County's first Children's Budget, helped create the LA County Children's Planning...
Dates:
1984 - 2022
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Alice Overton papers
Collection
Identifier: 0432
Abstract
The Alice Overton papers consists of reports, publications, clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, 1930-1987, that documents Alice Overton's career as a social worker and as a social activist. The holdings are especially strong for the 1950s and the 1960s.
Dates:
1930-1987 (bulk 1950s-1960s)
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
CarolAnn Peterson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0613
Abstract
The CarolAnn Peterson papers, circa 1998-2000, consist of correspondence, publications, and reports documenting Ms. Peterson's work to establish medical protocols, policies and services for victims of domestic violence. The papers document, in the form of conference agendas, speaker information, and related materials, the work that the Family Violence Protection Fund, the California Institute of Mental Health, and Children and Families worked jointly at the state level to assist counties...
Dates:
circa 1998-2000
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shirley Adelson Siegel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Jack Spence El Salvador Land Reform and Agrarian Revolution papers
Collection
Identifier: 0555
Abstract
This collection consists of land reform documents from the government of El Salvador to the United States Department of State prior to and during the Salvadoran Civil War.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1972 - 1994
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Warren L. Steinberg papers
Collection
Identifier: 0348
Abstract
The papers of Warren L. Steinberg date from 1944 to 1998 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1966 to 1997. The papers focus on Steinberg's involvement with the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, an organization that Steinberg was involved with until his death in 2004.
Dates:
1944 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1997
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Catherine G. Stern papers
Collection
Identifier: 0301
Abstract
Catherine G. Stern was a social activist for civil and human rights. The papers contain correspondence, administrative papers, reports, and publications from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the Community Relations Conference of Southern California, the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights, and other civic, educational, and artistic organizations with which Stern was involved.
Dates:
1951 - 2001
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Madeleine R. Stoner papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5391
Abstract
The Madeleine Stoner papers consist of notes, course materials, publications and various reports and related documents concerning Stoner's work with homeless and homelessness initiatives, as well as her career at USC. Stoner was a social worker who specialized in homelessness. She published two books on homelessness, worked as a consultant to government and community groups, and was a member of various Los Angeles area task forces and commissions on homelessness. She taught in the USC...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2000s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute correspondence and publications
Collection
Identifier: 5380
Abstract
A collection of correspondence, administrative and legal documents, publications, policy briefs, research reports, white papers, articles, and working papers created at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI). TRPI is a think tank promoting informed policy making on issues affecting Latino communities. The TRPI was founded in 1985 at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 2003, TRPI moved to the University of Southern California, first under the School of Policy, Planning, and...
Dates:
1974 - 2010
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0274
Abstract
The USC Davis School of Gerontology records chronicle the development of Gerontology at USC, 1964-1987. Erected as a tribute to Ethel Percy Andrus, the Andrus Gerontology Center is committed to understanding aging and preparing professionals to work in an aging society. Founded in 1975, the Davis School is the nation's first professional School of Gerontology. With its own faculty representing various disciplines, the School is able to offer students a wide range of scientific and...
Dates:
1964 - 1987
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections