Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications, 1944-1953

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Summary

Title:
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications
Dates:
1944-1953
Creators:
Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Family and Adult Services Division., Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Research Dept.., and Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles.
Abstract:
The Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications consists of documents produced by various divisions of the Welfare Council, 1944-1953. In addition to by-laws and meeting minutes, the collection contains reports on such topics as social welfare standards; youth services; housing for the aging; budgets, wages, and working conditions; juvenile delinquency; and directories of member organizations and social services.
Extent:
1.67 Linear feet 4 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications, Collection no. 0463, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications consists of documents produced by various divisions of the Welfare Council, 1944-1953. Chief among them are the annual reports, Council's by-laws and related documents, and newsletters; and reports produced by the Research Department, which make up the bulk of the collection. These latter reports cover topics such as the functions of the Research Department; the creation and implementation of social welfare standards; assessment of youth services; budgets, wages, and working conditions; housing for the aging, etc. Also included are materials produced by the Youth Services Division, the Adult and Family Division, and various committees. These materials include administrative documents (minutes of division board meetings, by-laws, rule of procedure), reports on juvenile delinquency, training manuals for community leaders, reports on services and issues of aging adults, self-studies, conference proceedings, and directories of member organizations and social services.

Biographical / historical:

In 1944, the Los Angeles Council of Social Agencies (founded 1914) officially became the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles. Its mission was to engage in the development of a community program of health and welfare services, and to serve as a medium for cooperative health and welfare planning in the Los Angeles region. In 1950, the Council officially separated from its sister institution, the Welfare Federation, and changed its name to the Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into 5 series: 1) Welfare Council general publications; 2) Research Department reports; 3) Youth Services Division materials; 4) Family and Adult Services Division reports and publications; and 5) Miscellaneous committees' reports and publications. Within each series, materials are generally arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
Date Prepared:
2011 May
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-08-08T03:38-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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], Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles reports and publications, Collection no. 0463, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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