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California Social Welfare Archives agency and miscellaneous records
Collection
Identifier: 0603
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within approximately 1910s-1990s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Meyer Elkin papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0495
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of American social worker Meyer Elkin (1916-1994) related to his work with Los Angeles families.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930s-1970s
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Maurice Ostomel papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0496
Abstract
Maurice Ostomel was the assistant director of the Welfare Planning Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles from 1945 to 1957. While there, he helped form a community committee on the aging and wrote a number of reports on public assistance in California that laid the foundation for state laws. In 1957 he accepted a post as executive director of the Jewish Home for the Aged, where he served until retiring in 1977. During his career, he served on the California State Board of Social Work Examiners...
Dates:
1942 - 1975
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections