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Aging -- Social aspects -- United States -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Mina Kay Meyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll2023-005
Abstract

Mina Kay Meyer was a feminist and activist who advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and worked to improve the understanding of and care for LGBTQ+ seniors and their needs.

The Meyer Papers contain a mix of personal and professional materials including personal and family records, documents from her activism work, photographs, correspondence, papers, presentations, and ephemera.

Dates: 1898-2018

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

James A. Peterson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 5122
Abstract

Collection consists of materials from USC Sociology professor and former head of the Emeriti Center James A. Peterson (1913-1992).

Dates: 1950 - 1980