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Collection
Identifier: 7062
Abstract
The Gladys A. papers contain diaries of Gladys A., a young woman who participated in sex work in and around Downtown Los Angeles. The diaries span from the day she arrived in LA in January of 1949 through 1953, detailing the daily experiences of her first five years in the city. The collection also includes photographs of Gladys with unidentified individuals, correspondence from her family in Michigan, memorabilia from her Catholic high school, and other miscellaneous personal items.
Dates:
1944-06-09 - 1979
Collection
Identifier: 0225
Abstract
This collection contains the records of the group formed by John B. Elliott to abolish the practice of cross-filing in California (Abolish Cross-Filing in California). Cross-filing is a practice that permits candidates for political office to register in multiple parties for primary elections. If a candidate then wins nominations from multiple parties, they run with less (or no) competition in the fall election. The records present in this collection include filing vouchers,...
Dates:
1941 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1953
Collection
Identifier: 0464
Abstract
The Academy of Certified Social Workers Competence Certification Board records consist of meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and reports, that document the activities of this body during the early 1980s. Included is information about the establishment and oversight of certification standards for social workers, and the design of the certification examination administered by the Educational Testing Service. The records also provide some information about general activities carried...
Dates:
1979 - 1982
Collection
Identifier: 7086
Abstract
The George and Elenora Adams diaries, letters, and other material contain 39 diaries, four letters, and various personal documents and ephemera kept by George E. Adams and his wife Elenora Martin Learned Adams. Throughout the course of their lives--as documented in their journals--George and Elenora worked as farmers, teachers, and store owners in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine before moving to Duarte near East Los Angeles in 1887. In California, George and Elenora tried their luck...
Dates:
1856 - 1909
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6274
Abstract
Collection consists of research files related to the lives of European Jewish Émigrés to Los Angeles compiled by USC librarian John Ahouse. Materials include clippings, photographs, illustrations, and correspondence.
Dates:
c. 1990s-2003
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0515
Abstract
Collection consists of approximately 130 letters sent from various writers and cultural figures from Latin America and Spain to Argentine educator and writer Antonio Aita (1891-1966).
Dates:
1920 - 1965
Collection
Identifier: 7029
Abstract
Arthur L Alarcón was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which he was appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. He assumed senior status in 1992 and served until his death in 2015. Earlier in his career, he had served as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, legal advisor/ Clemency and Extradition Secretary to Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (followed by his role as Executive Assistant), Superior Court...
Dates:
1940-2014
Collection
Identifier: 0419
Abstract
The papers include material collected by Chauncey Alexander over a long and active life in social work and radical politics. Included are personal papers, school papers, and materials relating to Alexander's leadership of such organizations as the National Association of Social Workers, the International Federation of Social Workers, the First Amendment Foundation, and other organizations. Considerable materials are preserved from Alexander's service as an adjunct professor of Social Work...
Dates:
1917 - 2004
Collection
Identifier: 0403
Abstract
The records contain correspondence; program plans and proposals; medical records and statistics; budgets and other financial records; staff rosters; miscellaneous religious publications; newspaper clippings; brochures, and other publications describing the work of All Nations; annual reports; committee reports, agendas, and minutes; and staff reports on activities. This collection encompasses the years 1925-1978, with the bulk of the material dating frmo the decade of the 1930s.
Dates:
1925-1978 (bulk 1930s)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7156
Abstract
A photograph album from 1935 showing the work of the Child Welfare Clinic, a project of the Los Angeles-based All Nations Foundation, then one of the largest non-governmental social welfare organizations in Los Angeles. The All Nations Foundation, founded in 1918, purchased land and buildings and equipped gymnasiums, playgrounds, libraries, and medical clinics in East Los Angeles for a community where three-fourths of the families were on public assistance. The album also documents a...
Dates:
1935