Family Preservation Archives records
Scope and Contents
The collection includes records relating to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the database; the development of the primary data collection instrument; and the ongoing training and consultation between the CFPN, Department of Children and Family Services of the Los Angeles County, and the Family Preservation Archives. The collection consists of 10 boxes: eight boxes of meeting notes, reports, and training and case files; one box of cassette tapes and CDs; and one box of floppy disks, CDs and Zip drives.
Dates
- Creation: 1980 - 2007
Creator
- Solomon, Barbara Bryant, 1934- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
The Family Preservation Archives, headed by Dr. Barbara Solomon, is a collection of data gathered from community-based family preservation networks (CFPNs) in Los Angeles County. As of 2008, the Family Preservation Archives documented over 4000 families or "cases." From 2002 to 2007, this collection was stored at the Hamovitch Research Center in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California.
Extent
12.33 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes records relating to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the database; the development of the primary data collection instrument; and the ongoing training and consultation between the CFPN, Department of Children and Family Services of the Los Angeles County, and the Family Preservation Archives.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barbara Solomon, 2008
Processing Information
This collection is partially processed. See the link under "External Documents" for an inventory of the collection created in August of 2008.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Case files
- Compact discs
- Flash drives
- Magnetic tapes
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Reports
- Training manuals
Topical
- Community-based family services -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Community-based social services -- California -- Archival resources
- Family services -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Family social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social case work reporting -- United States -- Archival resources
- Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Family Preservation Archives records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Bo Doub
- Date
- 2020 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- March 2023: Finding Aid updated by Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Box: 1 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 2 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 3 (Audio)
- Box: 4 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 5 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 6 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 7 (computer disks / tapes)
- Box: 8 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 9 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 10 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 11 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 12 (Textual Materials)
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