1) "The San Fernando Valley and Low-Income Housing. A Community Self Study." (n.d.). 2) "Comparison of Blighted and Good Areas in Los Angeles. Study by the Planning Commission of the City of Los Angeles. 1945." 2 appendices, 1945, undated
Scope and Content
The Southern California housing reports and photographs collection consists of reports, photographs, studies, housing authority materials, and a speech, 1937-1972, related to the problem of affordable housing in Los Angeles. Their authors include the Los Angeles City Housing Authority, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and the Claremont Colleges. Of particular interest are the WPA reports undertaken by such Los Angeles City agencies as the Housing Authority regarding the state of housing for the poor in Los Angeles at the end of the Depression Era.
Also of value are the photographs, for they provide visual evidence of slum housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s, although their photographers are not identified. Those in folder 8 all bear the date "1941," as well as captions describing their subject, on the scrapbook page on which they are mounted. The photographs in folder 7 most probably date from this time as well and are labeled on their back.
Dates
- Creation: 1945, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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