Finding aid for the Esther Gillies papers 0611
Sue Luftschein and Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
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
Box 1
California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC), Children's Center of the Antelope Valley (CCAV), and the
Drew Child Development Corporation
Box 13, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4
Children's Institute International Southern California Training Center (SCTC)
Box 5, Box 6
Children's Center of the Antelope Valley (CCAV)
Box 7
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and 1980s papers
Box 8
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) - 2000 - Anita Bock / E. Gillies
Box 9
California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC)
Box 10
Misc. Child Sexual Abuse Crisis Center (CSACC) - Harbor / A Child Interview Specialist Transdisciplinary Training (ACIST)
- Binders
Box 11
A Child Interview Specialist Transdisciplinary Training (ACIST)
