This collection consists of the papers of American social worker Anne Ostomel (1908-2003). These papers include files with reports, bibliographies, directories, speeches, correspondences, conference proceedings, training manuals, and handbooks related to Ostomel's work in New York and California.

Anne Ostomel (1908-2003) was an American social worker. She received her Master's in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Ostomel worked as the program supervisor of the Public Assistance Division of the Albany, New York, County Department of Public Welfare and then as a Child Welfare Specialist in the California Department of Social Welfare. She helped in the development of child welfare services in county welfare departments, licensing of adoption and child-placing agencies, and development of training programs for county welfare and probation agency personnel, as well as state legislation and regulations to cope with child abuse. She and her husband Maurice Ostomel established the Arlien Johnson Scholarship Fund at the USC School of Social Work, and following her death the University of Southern California School of Social Work established the Maurice J. and Anne M. Ostomel Scholarship Fund.

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