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Aneita Tidball papers

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Identifier: 0437

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Scope and Content

The Aneita Tidball papers consist of correspondence, memorandums and reports created primarily by Aneita Tidball in the course of her duties for the United Community Defense Service. Most of the material was generated during the years 1951-1953; all material is textual. The bulk of the holdings is correspondence, typewritten excerpts or summaries of newspaper clippings/releases, Aneita Tidball's and others' field reports and community summaries, and UCDS memoranda to or from Aneita Tidball. Most material is not found on UCDS stationary, for example, but onion-skin typing paper, suggesting that this material served as copies or records of work that had been sent. Some material is clearly designated as copies or else is clearly carbon copies.

Dates

  • Creation: 1951 - 1956

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed to obtain permission from the copyright holder to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections.

Biographical and historical note

Aneita Tidball, a nationally known social worker and former executive Secretary of the Travelers Aid Society of Chicago, was Field Representative in the western states for the United Community Defense Service (UCDS), from 1951 to 1953. The UCDS was federation of fifteen large national agencies created in 1951 to assist undeveloped communities in meeting social service needs created by defense mobilization for the Korean War. It did so by functioning as a private cooperative fundraising agency that usually worked with local Community Chests. Tidball's three year assignment with the UCDS was to identify communities in the western region, including California, that had been adversely impacted by the growth and problems associated with the establishment of military installations because of the Korean War. Tidball's energetic and vivid field reports on the state of communities in the West, ranging from Oakland, to China Lake, to Moses Lake, Washington, form an important part of this collection.

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Aneita Tidball papers consist of correspondence, memorandums and reports, 1951-1956, created primarily by Aneita Tidball in the course of her duties for the United Community Defense Service.

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically.

Title
Finding aid for the Aneita Tidball papers
Status
Completed
Author
Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
Date
2000 February
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States