Finding aid for the Alice Overton papers
0432
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 January
Title: Alice Overton papers
Collection number: 0432
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 linear ft.
1 box
Date: 1930-1987 (bulk 1950s-1960s)
Abstract: The Alice Overton papers consists of reports, publications, clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, 1930-1987, that documents
Alice Overton's career as a social worker and as a social activist. The holdings are especially strong for the 1950s and the
1960s.
creator:
Overton, Alice, 1907-1987
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.
Processing information
Collection processed by Clay Stalls and Jane Adler, February 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Alice Overton papers, Collection no. 0432, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Scope and Content
The Alice Overton papers consists of reports, publications, clippings, correspondence, printed ephemera, 1930-1987, that documents
Alice Overton's career as a social worker. The papers contain Overton's research and professional papers and publications,
including information about the St. Paul Family Centered Project; correspondence; clippings and letters regarding her activities
as a social activist involved in the 1965 Montgomery, Alabama, freedom march; a paper on Alice Overton's contribution to the
profession of social work; and an obituary and letters of condolence to Julianna Schmidt on the occasion of the death of Alice
Overton. The holdings are especially strong for the 1950s and the 1960s.
Biographical note
Alice Overton (1907-1987) was a professor of social work at the USC School of Social Work and a social worker whose work in
the area of client relationships was significant.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Family Centered Project (Saint Paul, Minn.). -- Archives
Overton, Alice, 1907-1987 -- Archives
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery--Archival resources
Clippings
Photographs
Publications
Reports
Social group work--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social group work--United States--20th century--Archival resources
Social service--United States--20th century--Archival resources
Box 1, Folder 2
St. Paul Family-Centered Project
1955-1959
Box 1, Folder 3
Bachelors degree diploma
1930
Box 1, Folder 4
Miscellaneous correspondence
1953-1979
Box 1, Folder 5
Montgomery, Alabama march
1965
Box 1, Folder 6
Miscellaneous papers
1960-1969, 1986
Scope and Content
Certificate, clippings, c.v., USC report on DPSS personnel, memorandums regarding public welfare, miscellaneous reports and
letters on aspects of social work.
Box 1, Folder 7
Obituary--testimonials
1987
Box 1, Folder 8
"Contributions of Alice Overton to Social Casework" by Robert A. Brown
1968 November 1
Scope and Content
Paper written for Social Work 742.
