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Collection
Identifier: 0179
Abstract
This collection contains publications pertaining to poetry therapy collected by Arthur Lerner, as well as a small amount of his correspondence. Lerner was one of the pioneers of the use of poetry therapy techniques as a form of psychological therapy.
Dates:
1953 - 1997
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0354
Abstract
Gerald Locklin is an American poet and Professor Emeritus of English at California State University, Long Beach and the poetry editor of Chiron Review. From 1965 through 2007, he taught creative writing, 20th-century literature, and literary theory at California State University, Long Beach. Although now Professor Emeritus, he continues to teach as an occasional part-time lecturer both at CSU, Long Beach and in the University of Southern California's Master of Professional Writing Program. ...
Dates:
1970s-1980s
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5348
Abstract
A collection of reports and publications created by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) starting in 2000. DCFS is an agency of the government of Los Angeles County that investigates child welfare and abuse allegations, foster care, and adoption.
Dates:
2000 - 2018
Collection
Identifier: 0415
Abstract
The Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home records consists of correspondence, meeting notes and minutes, photographs, publications and newspaper clippings related to the history and development of the Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home. Apart from the photographs and clippings, the greatest concentrations of material are from 1906-1915, 1947-1955, and the 1990s. The photographic collections span the period between the 1920s and the 1950s, and include many photographs of staff and board...
Dates:
1892-1999
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0493
Abstract
The articles of incorporation of the Management Council for Merit Employment Training and Research state that "the specific business in which this corporation is primarily to engage is to develop job opportunities and training for the disadvantaged and to perform research in the general field of employment and economic improvement of minority groups."
The Council was formed following the aftermath of the 1965 riots in Los Angeles when the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce...
Dates:
1966-1999
Collection
Identifier: 0282
Abstract
Articles and publications by and about Dr. George B. Mangold (1876-1962), who was Professor of Sociology and Social Work at USC from 1928 to 1946.
Dates:
1916 - 1962
Collection
Identifier: 0208
Abstract
The papers include personal and business correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, and personal documents and photographs, and pencil drawings dating from Heinrich Mann's years in France, 1933-1940 and Los Angeles, 1940-1950.
Dates:
1933 - 1950
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0596
Abstract
The papers of William Michael Mathes (1936-2012), a historian and expert on Spain and Mexico, especially the Baja California Peninsula. The Mexican government awarded Mathes the Order of the Aztec Eagle in 1985. An alumnus of the University of Southern California, Mathes earned his Master of Arts in history from USC in 1962. Between 1961 and 1991, Mathes contributed seven volumes to Dawson's Book Shop's Baja California travels book series, also held by USC's Special Collections. The W....
Dates:
1960 - 2012
Collection
Identifier: 0614
Abstract
Jacquelyn McCroskey is the John Milner Professor of Child Welfare in the Suzanne Dworack-Peck School of Social Work at USC, where she also directs the Children's Data Network, and focuses on structure, financing and performance improvement in the child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care and education systems in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the LA Roundtable for Children. She worked on LA County's first Children's Budget, helped create the LA County Children's Planning...
Dates:
1984 - 2022
Collection
Identifier: 0275
Abstract
Papers of Barbara G. Myerhoff, a University of Southern California professor and noted anthropologist, consist of manuscripts, notes, printed material, publications, audiotapes, correspondence, and photographic material related to her teaching, field research, and publishing activities.
Dates:
1911 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1984