Finding aid for the Family Service of Los Angeles Area and Welfare Planning Council scrapbooks
0426
Finding aid prepared by Rose Roberto, Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
1999 December 1
Title: Family Service of Los Angeles Area and Welfare Planning Council scrapbooks
Collection number: 0426
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
20.0 linear ft.
11 boxes
Date: 1940s-1960s
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.
Related Archival Materials
Family Service of Los Angeles records, Collection no. 0400, California Social Welfare Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
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
Adoption--California--Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Social service--Awards--California--Archival resources
Social service--California--Archival resources
Box 1
#1: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California
Box 2
#2: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California
Box 3
#3: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California. 1 folder loose material
Box 4
#4: Newspaper clippings re adoption. Loose
Box 5
#5: Newspaper clippings re adoption throughout California. Loose
Box 6
#6: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes re Family Service of Los Angeles Area, Southeast Advisory Council.
1 folder of loose material
Box 7
#7: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes re Family Service of Los Angeles Area, Southeast Advisory Council. 1 folder
of loose material
Box 8
#8: Newspaper clippings, photographs re Neighborhood Settlement Association and Neighborhood Youth Association. 1 folder of
loose material
Box 9
#9: Welfare Planning Council organizational handbook. 1 folder of loose material
Box 10
#10: Newspaper clippings re Welfare Planning Council
Box 11
#11: Newspaper clippings, photographs, letters of nomination and congratulation re Koshland Award for Evelyn Davis. 2 folders
of loose material.
