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Neighborhood Youth Association records
Collection
Identifier: 0416
Abstract
The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using a settlement house approach, the Association's oiginal goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social services and counseling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles...
Dates:
1954 - 1991
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Shirley Adelson Siegel papers
Collection
Identifier: 0303
Abstract
Between 1947 and 1950, attorney and housing rights advocate Shirley Adelson Siegel lived in Los Angeles and became deeply involved with pro bono committee work related to the promotion of civil rights and affordable housing. Although she lived in Los Angeles for less than four years, her work helped shape legislation that was later developed at both the local and state levels. The collection consists of publications, press releases, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, and...
Dates:
1947-1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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- California -- Housing -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Civil rights -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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- Housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Legislation -- California -- Archival resources 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- Archival resources 1
- Low income housing -- California -- Archival resources 1
- Minorities -- Housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Press releases 1
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- Public housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Publications 1
- Real covenants -- United States -- Archival resources 1
- Resolutions, Legislative -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Social group work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
- Social service -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources 1
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- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
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- Urban renewal -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
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- American Jewish Committee. Los Angeles Chapter 1
- League of Women Voters of Los Angeles 1
- Los Angeles Citizens Housing Council 1
- Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- O'Dwyer, Thomas, Monsignor 1
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