Finding aid for the Family Service of Los Angeles Area and Welfare Planning Council scrapbooks
Table of Contents
Finding aid prepared by Rose Roberto, Clay Stalls, 1999 December 1
Summary Information
- Repository
- USC Libraries Special Collections
- Title
- Family Service of Los Angeles Area and Welfare Planning Council scrapbooks
- Collection no.
- 0426
- Date
- 1940s-1960s
- Extent
- 20.0 linear ft., 11 boxes
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection of scrapbooks originated with Family Service of Los Angeles Area and the Welfare Planning Council. The albums contain clippings regarding adoption; materials on the activities and functions of the Southeast Advisory Council of Family Service; the Welfare Planning Council; and the Neighborhood Youth Association of the Episcopalian Church. Also included is an album celebrating Evelyn Davis' nomination and reception of the Koshland Award. The dates of the scrapbooks' material range from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name],Family Service of Los Angeles Area and Welfare Planning Council scrapbooks, Collection no. 0426, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Scope and Content
This collection is an unusual assortment of scrapbooks originating, mainly, with Family Service of Los Angeles Area and the Welfare Planning Council. Five albums (from Family Service) contain solely clippings of newspaper stories about adoption from California newspapers. Album no. 3 has information identifying the agency that gathered these clippings for Family Service--Allen's. Two albums (nos. 6 and 7) contain materials on the activities and functions of the Southeast Advisory Council, Family Service. Two others concern the Welfare Planning Council: albums nos. 9 and 10, while album no. 8 concerns the Neighborhood Youth Association of the Episcopalian Church. Finally, album no. 11 celebrates Evelyn Davis' nomination and reception of the Koshland Award. The dates of the scrapbooks' material range from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
USC Libraries Special Collections
1999 December 1
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
Revision Description
Finding aid encoded, edited, and updated by Sue Luftschein, 2010 December
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Family Service of Los Angeles records, Collection no. 0400, California Social Welfare Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Family Service of Los Angeles Area. Southeast Advisory Council. -- Archives
- Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Children and Family Services. -- Archives
- Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
- Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. -- Archives
Genre(s)
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Ephemera
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
Subject(s)
- Adoption--California--Archival resources
- Social service--Awards--California--Archival resources
- Social service--California--Archival resources
Collection Inventory
| Box | ||||
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#1: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California |
1 | |||
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#2: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California |
2 | |||
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#3: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California. 1 folder loose material |
3 | |||
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#4: Newspaper clippings re adoption. Loose |
4 | |||
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#5: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California. Loose |
5 | |||
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#6: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes re Family Service of Los Angeles Area, Southeast Advisory Council. 1 folder of loose material |
6 | |||
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#7: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes re Family Service of Los Angeles Area, Southeast Advisory Council. 1 folder of loose material |
7 | |||
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#8: Newspaper clippings, photographs re Neighborhood Settlement Association and Neighborhood Youth Association. 1 folder of loose material |
8 | |||
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#9: Welfare Planning Council organizational handbook. 1 folder of loose material |
9 | |||
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#10: Newspaper clippings re Welfare Planning Council |
10 | |||
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#11: Newspaper clippings, photographs, letters of nomination and congratulation re Koshland Award for Evelyn Davis. 2 folders of loose material. |
11 | |||
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