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  • Content Description
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Esther Gillies papers
    Creator: Gillies, Esther
    Creator: California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
    Creator: Children's Center of the Antelope Valley
    Creator: Children's Institute International
    Creator: Drew Child Development Corporation
    Creator: Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Children and Family Services
    Identifier/Call Number: 0611
    Physical Description: 12.13 Linear Feet 14 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1977-2013
    Language of Material: English .

    Content Description

    The Esther Gillies papers consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, notes, public relations materials, and training materials from various social work organizations with which Gillies worked. Organizations represented in the collection include the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC), Children's Center of the Antelope Valley (CCAV), the Drew Child Development Corporation, Children's Institute International Southern California Training Center (SCTC), the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Center for the Study of Child Maltreatment and Family Violence's A Child Interview Specialist Transdisciplinary Training (ACIST), and the Child Sexual Abuse Crisis Center (CSACC).

    Conditions Governing Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. 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.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Esther Gillies, January 22, 2018 and May 15, 2023.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Esther Gillies papers, Collection no. 0611, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Processing Information

    This collection is minimally processed with box-level description.
    Esther Gillies gave the initial donation of material in this collection to USC in 2018 (accession no. 2018-004). The material from accession no. 2018-004 is stored in box no. 1. Gillies donated the rest of the collection in 2023 (accession no. 2023-020). The material from accession no. 2023-020 is stored in box nos. 2-14.
    Gillies wrote brief content labels on each box donated as part of accession no. 2023-020. During accessioning and re-boxing, the archivist re-used Gillies' box labels for the titles of this finding aid's box-level descriptive records.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Child abuse -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Family social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Social service -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
    Social work with children -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Social workers -- California -- Archival resources
    Correspondence
    Minutes (administrative records)
    Newsletters
    Reports
    Training manuals
    Gillies, Esther -- Archives
    California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children -- Archives
    Child Sexual Abuse Diagnostic Center -- Archives
    Children's Center of the Antelope Valley -- Archives
    Children's Institute International -- Archives
    Drew Child Development Corporation -- Archives
    Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Children and Family Services -- Archives