California Social Welfare Archives agency and miscellaneous records
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of miscellaneous printed materials and related items from agencies and organizations in California that deal with social welfare and social work. More than 400 organizations are represented, though most are only represented by a few items. Entities include state and local government agencies, schools, non-profit groups, and professional social work organizations. The majority of items date from the 1950s-1990s, though there are some materials dating back as early as the 1910s.
Materials include: handbooks, press releases, programs being offered, articles from journals, meeting minutes, proposals, newsletters, correspondences, journals, directories, annual reports, reports on studies done, magazines, bulletins, publications, books, pamphlets, and newspapers.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within approximately 1910s-1990s
Creator
- California Social Welfare Archives (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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 California Social Welfare Archives was begun as the California Social Welfare Heritage, dedicated to "the orderly collection and preservation of papers and documents of historical significance in the development of social welfare in California." Originated by George D. Nickel, of Arcadia California, in 1979, and led by Nickel and James Leiby, professor of social welfare at UC Berkeley, the organization's original concept was to divide the collection between the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley and the Arlien Johnson Library at USC. Nickel became the first president of the southern unit, while Leiby was responsible for northern matters.
Extent
22.5 Boxes (20 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists miscellaneous printed materials and related items from agencies and organizations in California that deal with social welfare and social work. More than 400 organizations are represented, though most are only represented by a few items. Entities include state and local government agencies, schools, non-profit groups, and professional social work organizations. The majority of items date from the 1950s-1990s, though there are some materials dating back as early as the 1910s.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by organization name in two series: Southern California organizations and Northern California organizations (including the State of California).
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
Subject
- California Social Welfare Archives -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Annual reports
- Books
- Bulletins
- Correspondence
- Directories
- Handbooks
- Journals (periodicals)
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Press releases
- Programs (documents)
- Proposals
- Publications (documents)
- Reports
- Surveys (documents)
- Videotapes
Topical
- Child welfare -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Child welfare -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Community-based social services -- California -- Archival resources
- Family social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Medical social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Public welfare -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Public welfare -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Social service -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Social service -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social service -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
- Social service -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Social service -- Research -- California -- Archival resources
- Social work education -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social work with children -- California -- Archival resources
- Social work with children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social work with immigrants -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social work with older people -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social work with people with mental disabilities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social work with youth -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the California Social Welfare Archives agency and miscellaneous records
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated, with additional description by Diann Benti.
- Date
- 2022 March
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu