Finding aid for the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records 0455
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
2000 February 29
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
Title: Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records
Collection number: 0455
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear ft.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1919-1986
Abstract: The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities
(subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's
material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the
period 1919-1986.
creator:
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Commission.
creator:
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Dept.
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.
Advance notice required for access.
[Box/folder# or item name], Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records, Collection no. 0455, California
Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Received from Leon R. Umsted, Deputy Director, Income Maintenance Division, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services;
Marsena Buck, Director, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services
The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities
(subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's
material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the
period 1919-1986. The ledgers are particularly valuable: dating from the 1920s and 1930s, they provide information on the
amount and reasons for payments to needy persons, thus providing insight into social needs and local government responses
to them before the establishment of the welfare state.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Commission. -- Archives
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Dept. -- Archives
Correspondence
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents
Public welfare--California--Archival resources
Reports
Box 1, Volume 1
Box 1, Volume 2
Box 1, Volume 3
Ledger #3 1919-1929
Minutes and record of welfare payments of the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission. From August 19, 1919 to December 10, 1929.
Entries handwritten. With newspaper clippings pasted on boards or pages: eg, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors Ordinance
no. 111 establishing Department of Public Welfare for Stanislaus County. Notecard with saying, bearing signature of Mrs. Mae
Ramont on page.
Box 1, Volume 4
Box 1, Volume 5
Box 1, Folder 1
Box 1, Folder 2
Box 1, Folder 3
Box 1, Folder 4
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence re donation 1989-1990, 1994
Correspondence from Leon R. Umsted, Deputy Director, Income Maintenance Division, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services;
Marsena Buck, Director, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, to California Social Welfare Archives re donations
of material. List of materials sent to CSWA (May 23, 1994) and Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors resolution of donation
of Stanislaus County Department of Social Services material to CSWA.
Box 1, Folder 6
Biographical and historical information 1981
Materials on history and persons of Stanislaus County Department of Social Services: Leon R Umsted, "Social Welfare in Stanislaus
County, California, 1925-1927." (photocopy). Forms and accompanying biographical material for nomination of Mary E. Ferguson,
first director of Stanislaus County Welfare Department, as "Outstanding Woman of Stanislaus County."
Box 1, Folder 7
Grant application for children mental health services unit by Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, California 1972
Box 1, Folder 8
Summary of G.A. Suit 1981
Box 1, Folder 9
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence to Adoption Agreement with Merced County 1975
County and state correspondence and memoranda, legal agreement, personal notes, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors resolution
re Stanislaus County adoption program and its creation and subsequent relationship with Merced County. Photocopy of license
California state license for Stanislaus County adoption program. Originally in folder entitled "Correspondence to Adoption
Agreement with Merced County."