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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

National Housing Exposition scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 7034
Abstract The Pan-Pacific Auditorium, originally located at 7600 West Beverly Boulevard in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, was designed by Plummer, Wurderman and Becket and financed by a commmittee led by Clifford W. Henderson and his brother Phillip. The National Housing Exposition, the Pan-Pacific's inaugural event, was one of a number of similar expos held across the country after the passage of the National Housing Act in 1934, which was designed to make home ownership affordable for all...
Dates: 1935

Southern California Building Funds records

 Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: 0491
Abstract This capital fund was established at the end of World War II by Southern California business leaders who recognized that the rapidly increasing population of the area could not adequately be served by health and welfare institutions operating in facilities that had already been outgrown and outworn during the Depression and war years. In the 38 years of its existence the fund disbursed over $26 million for construction purposes. Corporate mergers and acquisitions eroded its historic funding...
Dates: 1961 - 1992

Southern California housing reports and photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0436
Abstract

The Southern California housing reports and photographs collection consists of reports, photographs, studies, housing authority materials, and a speech, 1937-1972, related to the problem of affordable housing in Los Angeles. The reports were authored by the Los Angeles City Housing Authority, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and the Claremont Colleges. The photographs provide visual evidence of slum housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s.

Dates: 1937 - 1972

Warren L. Steinberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0348
Abstract

The papers of Warren L. Steinberg date from 1944 to 1998 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1966 to 1997. The papers focus on Steinberg's involvement with the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, an organization that Steinberg was involved with until his death in 2004.

Dates: 1944 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1997

Mary Stoddard Florence Crittenton Home papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0610
Abstract

Letters, photographs, ephemera and a large scrapbook created and collected by Mary ("Mollie") Stoddard, president of the Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home in the 1920s. The papers document the Home, and Mollie's personal and philanthropic pursuits. Mary ("Mollie") Wilcox Stoddard (later Mary Wilcox Hurd) was born in Placerville, CA in 1870. Mollie was a long time supporter and president of the Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home.

Dates: 1911-1928