Finding aid for the Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance Division of Child Welfare records 0469

Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2011 May


Title: Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance Division of Child Welfare records
Collection number: 0469
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.63 Linear feet 2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1959-1966
Abstract: Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance Division of Child Welfare records consist exclusively of documents relating to adoption case recording, collected between 1959 and 1966 by Marian Peterson, Assistant Casework Director of Child Welfare Services. These include examples of forms used by agencies (public and private) across the country and in the Los Angeles area; information from the Child Welfare League's Case Recording Institute 1966 conference; and research materials on case recording.

Scope and Content

Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance Division of Child Welfare records consist exclusively of documents relating to adoption case recording, collected between 1959 and 1966 by Marian Peterson, Assistant Casework Director of Child Welfare Services. These include examples of forms used by agencies (public and private) across the country and in the Los Angeles area; information from the Child Welfare League's Case Recording Institute 1966 conference; and research materials on case recording.

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 from the copyright holder to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Bureau of Public Assistance Division of Child Welfare records, Collection no. 0469, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Los Angeles County (Calif.). Bureau of Public Assistance. Division of Child Welfare Services. -- Archives
Forms (documents)
Letters
Manuals (instructional materials)
Social case work reporting--United States--Archival resources

Box 1, Folder 1

Recording replies 1959-1963

Box 1, Folder 2

[Recording techniques] 1961-1962

Box 1, Folder 3

Case recording notes circa 1962

Box 1, Folder 4

[Articles on case recording] circa 1962

Box 1, Folder 5

Jewish Big Brothers Association circa 1965

Box 1, Folder 6

Jewish Child Care Association of New York circa 1965

Box 1, Folder 7

Luthern Children's Friend Society of Minnesota 1965

Box 1, Folder 8

Maryland Department of Welfare 1966

Box 1, Folder 9

New York Department of Welfare 1966 January 17

Box 1, Folder 10

Rochester Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children 1966

Box 1, Folder 11

Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare 1966

Box 1, Folder 12-13

Vista del Mar circa 1965

Box 2, Folder 1

Child Welfare League of America Case Recording Institute 1966