Finding aid for the Ralph Fertig papers 0362
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 June
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Ralph Fertig papers
Creator:
Fertig, Ralph D.
Identifier/Call Number: 0362
Identifier/Call Number: 867
Physical Description:
26.69 Linear Feet
42 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1929-2014
Date (bulk): 1948-2009
Abstract: Ralph Fertig, former Associate Professor in the USC School of Social Work, has worked toward social justice as a civil rights
lawyer, social worker, federal administrative judge, and activist. His papers consist of his authored essays and personal
narratives, collected clippings, correspondence and institutional records from political organizations and initiatives that
he led (includeing Southern California Americans for Democratic Action, Humanitarian Law Project, and University Synagogue),
and educational and reference materials held in his USC School of Social Work office. The papers also reflect Fertig's lifelong
participation in the Freedom Riders movement, from clippings and personal narratives about the initial Freedom Rides in 1961
to Fertig's correspondence, contact directories, and a Freedom Riders Day poster documenting his efforts to organize members
of the movement later in their careers.
Language of Material:
English
.
Biographical note
Ralph D. Fertig, Professor at the USC School of Social Work from 2002 to 2016, has worked toward social justice as a civil
rights lawyer, social worker, federal administrative judge, and activist. Fertig received a BA from the University of Chicago
in 1950 and an MA in Sociology from Columbia University in 1952. During the 1950s and 1960s, Fertig worked for community organizations
in Chicago and Washington, D.C., such as the Hyde Park Youth Project and the Metropolitan Washington Planning and Housing
Association. During this time, Fertig was also committed to the Civil Rights Movement, marching with Martin Luther King Jr.,
working with Bayard Rustin on the Leadership Council on Civil Rights, and participating in the Freedom Riders movement. In
1961, while demonstrating in Alabama as a Freedom Rider, Fertig was arrested for disturbing the peace and beaten--almost fatally--by
white inmates in the Dallas County jail.
In the 1970s, Fertig moved to Los Angeles and returned to school for a joint program in law and urban planning--receiving
his JD from the UCLA School of Law in 1979. Between his JD and the start of his teaching career at USC, Fertig managed a private
law practice, served as Supervising Trial Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and acted as Federal
Administrative Judge (Civil Rights) in the late 1990s. Fertig also headed various social justice initiatives during this time,
serving as president to both the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA) and the Humanitarian Law Project.
Later, Fertig acted as Chairman of the Social Justice Committee of the University Synagogue in Los Angeles and joined the
board of the Progressive Jewish Alliance.
He is a prolific author, writing plays, poetry, and essays, as well as the books
Love and Liberation: When the Jews Tore Down the Ghetto Walls (sole author) and
100 Years of Social Work at USC 1906-2006: A History in Words and Pictures (co-author).
Fertig retired from USC in 2016 as an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work. During his teaching career,
Fertig was known for mobilizing his students to campaign for public policies for housing the homeless in Los Angeles, among
many other initiatives.
Content Description
The Ralph Fertig papers, 1929-2014, consist of essays, correspondence, research files, clippings, photographs, and USC School
of Social Work faculty and student records created and collected by Fertig during his career as a social worker, civil rights
lawyer, activist, and educator. The majority of the early material (1940s through 1970s) in this collection comprise essays
and personal narratives that Fertig authored along with clippings that he collected--many featuring Fertig's work as a social
worker, student, and activist in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and, beginning in the early 1970s, Los Angeles. Fertig's papers
created in the 1980s and 1990s--during the time that he was working as a lawyer and federal administrative judge--focus more
on the political organizations and initiatives that he participated in and sometimes led. Organizations with significant amounts
of documentation in these papers include the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA), Humanitarian Law
Project, and University Synagogue. Most of the material created after 2002 relates to Fertig's teaching and research at the
USC School of Social Work, including syllabi, faculty meeting minutes, student work, lecture material, and policy and orientation
guides. Material relating to the Freedom Riders movement appears in various time periods in this collection, from clippings
and personal narratives about the initial Freedom Rides in 1961 to Fertig's correspondence and contact directories documenting
his efforts to organize members of the movement later in their careers.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Ralph Fertig papers, Collection no. 0362, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ralph Fertig, July 19, 2016.
Processing Information
Fertig donated these papers in two installments. The first part of the collection came from his home in 2009 and the second
part came from Fertig's USC School of Social Work office when he retired in 2016. The papers that came from Fertig's home
were originally arranged chronologically and each series has generally been organized to maintain this arrangement. The papers
that came from his USC office are described under the "USC School of Social Work" series, which is not arranged chronologically
as this part of the collection was not chronologically organized when donated.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights lawyers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Freedom Rides, 1961 -- Archival resources
Human rights advocacy -- Archival resources
Schools of social work -- Faculty -- Archival resources
Social work education -- Law and legislation -- Archival resources
Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Essays
Manuscripts
Memoirs
Notes
Photographs
Posters
Syllabi
Fertig, Ralph D. -- Archives
Americans for Democratic Action. Southern California Chapter -- Archives
Humanitarian Law Project -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Social Work -- Faculty
University of Southern California. School of Social Work -- Students
University Synagogue. Social Justice Committee -- Archives
Social work and writings prior to law degree
1929-1998
1948-1979
Scope and Contents
This series contains research and writings from Fertig's career prior to receiving his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from UCLA
in May of 1979. A small amount of autobiographical writings in this series were created after 1979, but these focus on Fertig's
earlier career-- such as Fertig's manuscripts for his 1998 work titled, "Searching for Justice in Chicago." Material dates
from 1929 to 1998, with the bulk spanning 1948 to 1979. See also the Freedom Riders series for any documentation of Fertig's
participation in the Freedom Riders group of civil rights activists of the 1960s and the USC School of Social Work series
for papers from this time that Fertig kept for reference in his office.
Box 1, Folder 1
"Anti-Negro Restrictive Covenants in Chicago" - paper by Fertig
1948 April 27
Box 1, Folder 2
Pulse Magazine - University of Chicago
1948 October
Box 1, Folder 3
"Dilemna" - poem by Fertig
1949 April 26
Box 1, Folder 4
New Populist - University of Chicago Student Quarterly
Spring 1950
Scope and Contents
Fertig was the editor of this quarterly at the time of this edition's publication.
Box 1, Folder 5
Two Hundred Forty-Second Convocation - University of Chicago
1950 June 21
Box 1, Folder 6-7
"A Survey of Relations Between Negroes and Jews in Chicago" - thesis by Fertig
1952 February
Related Materials
Another copy of this thesis, along with related articles, were kept in Fertig's office at USC. See the USC School of Social
Work series.
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence - C. Wright Mills to University of Chicago re: application for Race Relations Program
1952 February
Box 1, Folder 9
"Chatham-Avalon Park Community Council, Chicago" - paper
1953
Box 1, Folder 10
"Need Grade Separations at Stony-South Chicago - 79th" - South-Side News-Courier article by Fertig
1954 June 10
Box 1, Folder 11
"Rapid Transit Down Center of Stony-Island Expressway" - South-Side News-Courier article by Fertig
1954 June 17
Box 1, Folder 12
"National Conference on Juvenile Delinquency" - U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare report
1954 June
Box 1, Folder 13
"Gangs of Chicago" paper
circa 1955
Box 1, Folder 14
"Street Worker's Diary" - daily activity reports
1955
Box 1, Folder 15
Chicago [magazine]
1955 September
Box 1, Folder 16
"Different Stages of Development of a 'Street Club' Group for Movement into the Center's Building Program" - paper
1956
Box 1, Folder 17
Correspondence - Charles H. Shireman to Richard J. Parvis re: Ralph Fertig
1956 April 11
Box 1, Folder 18-19
Hyde Park Youth Project progress reports
1955-12-1956-06
Box 1, Folder 20
"Reaching, Redirecting, and Research with Youth Through the Services of a Street Club Worker" - report by Fertig
1956 November 7
Box 1, Folder 21
Correspondence - Sophia M. Robison to Fertig re: thank you for report
1956 November 28
Box 1, Folder 22
"Street Clubs We Have Worked With: Summary of the First Six Months: Hyde Park Youth Project" - paper by Fertig
circa 1956
Box 1, Folder 23
"Community Building" pamphlets - Southeast Neighborhood House
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 1, Folder 24
Minutes of the first meeting of the Professional Advisory Sub-Committee on the Street Club Work of the Hyde Park Youth Project
and the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
1957 February 22
Box 1, Folder 25
"Les Freres" meeting summary
1957 March
Box 1, Folder 26
From the minutes of the Street Club Work Professional Advisory Committee meeting
1957 March 21
Box 1, Folder 27
"Resume of Street Club Services" - report by Fertig
1957 April 10
Box 1, Folder 28-29
"An Examination and Analysis of Techniques Used by a Street Club Worker in Handling Anti-Social Behavior of Youths Served
in the Street Club Program and an Exploration of the Process of Referral of Street Club Members and Their Families for Case
Work Service"
1957 May
Box 1, Folder 30
"Fertig Works with Teens at Gads Hill"
West Side Times article
1957 August 22
Box 1, Folder 31
Correspondence - Fertig to Margaret Berry re: "hard-to-reach youth"
1957 September 5
Box 1, Folder 32
"Addressed to the Editor" article by Fertig in
Hyde Park Herald
1957 September 11
Box 1, Folder 33
"Considerations Relative to Group Eligibility for Intake Into the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Building Centered Program After
Contact and Work by a Street Club Worker"
1957
Box 1, Folder 34
"Youth Groups in Conflict" booklet - U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Children's Bureau
1958
Box 2, Folder 1
Hyde Park Youth Project report
1955-05-1958-05
Box 2, Folder 2
Hyde Park Youth Project of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago final report
1958-10
Box 2, Folder 3
Teleclass Study Guide - Psychology 207, Child Psychology
1958
Box 2, Folder 4
Teleclass Study Guide - Humanities 202
1958
Box 2, Folder 5
Proposed Researchable Questions for a Research Design for the Street Club Work, Hyde Park Youth Project
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 2, Folder 6
"Your Civil Rights" booklet - Commission on Human Rights - Chicago, Illinois
1959
Box 2, Folder 7
"Letters to the Editor" re: policy of "race labels" -
Hyde Park Herald
1961 April 14
Box 2, Folder 8-11
"Men and Labor" - readings, sessions, and syllabus edited by Fertig
1962
Box 2, Folder 12
Peace Corps Training Program - British Honduras Program 2 - University of Maryland
1964
Box 2, Folder 13-14
Men and Work manuscript by Fertig
1965
Box 2, Folder 15
Some Principles of Community Organization
1965 March 1
Box 2, Folder 16
Proposed Guidelines for Direct Action for the Neighborhood Organizers in the Southeast Neighborhood Development Program
1966 July 14
Box 3, Folder 1
"Voluntary Pay Cuts are Urged to Keep UPO [United Planning Organization] Program Alive" -
Washington Post article
1966 December 6
Box 3, Folder 2
"Fertig Rejects Plea to Retain SE Post" - article in
Washington Post
1967 June 24
Box 3, Folder 3
"New Careers Development: Institutional Implications" - article by Fertig in New Careers Newsletter
1968 April
Box 3, Folder 4
German government papers re: Lotte Fertig
1968-1969
Language of Material: German.
Box 32, Folder 1
"Approaches to the Study of Politics" - writings by Fertig
1969 October 1
Physical Location: Some of this material is printed on legal-size paper so it was separated into a legal-size box. It was previously arranged
chronologically with other material in its series.
Box 3, Folder 5
"Public Welfare: A Proposal on Goals and Progress" - paper by Fertig
circa 1960s-1970s
Box 3, Folder 6
"Citizen Involvement" - paper by Fertig
circa 1970s
Box 3, Folder 7
"Summary of the Ecology of the American City" - paper by Fertig
circa 1970s
Box 3, Folder 8
"A Research Design for a Study of Means and Ends in Private Social Welfare Agencies in the National Capital Area" - paper
by Fertig
1970 May 27
Box 3, Folder 9
"A Metropolitan Conscience - 'To Get People Into Planning'" -
Washington Post article
1972 July 15
Box 3, Folder 10
Washington Planning and Housing Association pamphlet
1973
Box 3, Folder 11
"Moderately Priced Housing Without Subsidy: The MPDU Proposal" - article by Fertig in
ASPO Magazine
1973 May 26
Box 3, Folder 12
"L.A. Community Action Agency Gets New Chief" - article in
Los Angeles Times
1973 July 4
Box 3, Folder 13
Correspondence - Marie C. Barksdale to Fertig re: sincerest appreciation
1973 July 19
Box 3, Folder 14
"Los Angeles' Gain" - article in
Washington Post
1973 July 24
Box 3, Folder 15
"Ralph Fertig to Work in L.A." - editor's note in Washington ADA Newsletter
1973 September
Box 3, Folder 16
"GLACAA Gets New Chief" - GLACAA Papers newsletter
1973 August 3
Box 3, Folder 17
Resume - Ralph Fertig
1973
Box 3, Folder 18
"The General Relief Nightmare" - report by Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency
1974
Box 3, Folder 19
Critique of CAP [Community Action Programs] Examination paper
1975 October 27
Box 3, Folder 20
Certificate of Appreciation, Child Care Development Program
1975 August 21
Box 3, Folder 21
Photograph of Ralph Fertig as SBA president
1975 May
Box 3, Folder 22
"An Examination of Community Action Programs" - paper by Fertig
1975 October
Box 3, Folder 23
Correspondence to and from Fertig
1973-1976
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Fertig to Edward M. Kaitz and Reverend Felix D. Dancy and correspondence to Fertig from Frank
H. Hollis, Harvey S. Perloff, Walter E. Washington, Neil C. Sandberg, James R. Moyer, R. Stephen Browning, Anni Landauer,
Earl E. Raines, and John S. Gibson, Jr. The majority of this correspondence relates to Fertig's move from Washington, D.C.
to Los Angeles, California.
Box 3, Folder 24
"Background Statement for Review of Housing Rehabilitation and Neighborhood Determination" - paper by Fertig
1976
Box 3, Folder 25
Letter of recommendation from Joan H. Cole to UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
1976 March 1
Box 3, Folder 26
"Proposal to Review the Impact on Inner City Neighborhoods of Services by Agencies Overseen by House Banking, Currency, and
Housing Committee" - paper by Fertig
1976 March 14
Box 3, Folder 27
Letter of recommendation from Edmund G. Brown to Dean Murray Schwartz re: admission to UCLA Law School
1976 April 28
Box 3, Folder 28
"GLACAA, the War on Poverty, and Community Politics: The Roots of Municipal Imperialism in Los Angeles"
1976 June 15
Box 3, Folder 29
"Issues in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Neighborhood Determination and Housing Rehabilitation" - draft submission
by Fertig
1976 July 7
Box 3, Folder 30
Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing Hearings on Urban Recovery - memorandum and notes
1976-08-1976-09
Box 3, Folder 31
Interview with Fertig by
The Docket and resumes
1976 November 23
Box 3, Folder 32
"A Report to the Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing" - memorandum and report by Fertig
1976-07-23-1976-12-28
Box 3, Folder 33
"Urban Development Strategy for California" - Advisory Committee draft
1977 May
Box 3, Folder 34
"Community Development Block Grants: A Metropolitan Perspective" - Housing Committee of the Community Relations Conference
of Southern California
1977 June 6
Box 3, Folder 35
"The Environment, the Economy and the Excluded" - guest opinion article by Fertig in Sierra Club Bulletin
1977 August
Box 3, Folder 36
Final Exam: Law and the Poor
1977 December 13
Box 3, Folder 37
"Cramalot" - play by Fertig
1978 May 13
Box 3, Folder 38-39
"An Enquiry into the Initiation, Development and Maintenance of Relations Between Lawyers and Clients" study by Fertig
1978 June 14
Box 4, Folder 1
Program in Social Ecology: Faculty Research Interests and Representative Publications
1978 July 15
Box 4, Folder 2
"Coming of Age in the City: Older People in Older Houses in Older Neighborhoods" - research paper by Fertig
1978 July
Box 4, Folder 3
"Urban Aid Often Aids Abuses Instead" -
Los Angeles Times article by Fertig
1978 October 4
Box 4, Folder 4
"Planning for Economic Integration with the Use of Law" - Fertig dissertation proposal
circa 1970s
Box 4, Folder 5
Letter from Fertig re: bilingual graduation announcements
1979 March 18
Box 4, Folder 6
"Equal Law and Social Justice: Initial Explorations for a Dissertation on Efforts to Reallocate Legal Services to the Poor"
- paper by Fertig
1979 April 16
Box 4, Folder 7
"Law School Caught Up in Battle Over Bilingual Grad Announcements" - article in UCLA Daily Bruin
1979 April 23
Box 4, Folder 8-10
Individual Statement of Interest submitted to the Social Development Policy Group
1979-04-13-1979-05-17
Box 4, Folder 11-12
"Poverty, the Law, and the System of Justice" - a proposed dissertation in Urban Planning by Fertig
1979 November 7
Box 4, Folder 13
Law and Poverty - final exam with Supreme Court brief: Rodriguez and Martinez v. Sawyer
circa 1979
Box 4, Folder 15
"Backgrounds of the War Against Poverty" - paper by Fertig
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 4, Folder 17
"Statement on Unifying Philosophy for Settlement Houses for the National Capital Area Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood
Centers" - paper by Fertig
circa 1966
Box 4, Folder 18
"Law as an Item of Collective Consumption" - paper by Fertig
circa 1979
Box 4, Folder 19
Memorandum to Julius Edelstein and Dudley Morris, Jimmy Carter's National Urban Policy Task Force
circa 1979
Box 6, Folder 5
Housing Team memorandum, Western Center on Law and Poverty
1977
Box 7, Folder 31
USC Community Service Center - proposal by Fertig
1976
Box 7, Folder 32
Program Handbook Area Council No. 8 - Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency
circa 1975
Box 7, Folder 33
UCLA Asian American Law Students Association proposal for alternate admissions program
circa 1979
Box 8, Folder 49
"A Proposed Position Paper in Our Continuing Fight Against Poverty" - paper by Fertig
circa 1975
Box 8, Folder 50
"Representation by Counsel in Criminal Cases" - paper by Fertig
circa 1960s-1980s
Box 8, Folder 51
"article on the environment, the economy, and the excluded" by Fertig
circa 1970s
Box 8, Folder 52
"Historic Denial of Human Rights in America" - paper by Fertig
circa 1972
Box 8, Folder 54
"A Haggadah for All People" - essay by Fertig
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 8, Folder 55
"Some Reflections Upon a Career of Community-Based Efforts for Social Reform" - paper by Fertig
circa 1960s
Box 9, Folder 3
"Reaching Rejected Youth" - article by Fertig
1960
Box 9, Folder 4
Personal writings and photographs
1947-1984
Scope and Contents
Includes portraits of an unidentified child (possibly Fertig); a poem; clippings of writings by Fertig--one titled "A Man's
Poetic Wanderlust"; an article about Fertig winning an orator contest for Hirsch High School; and the score of a happy birthday
song for Fertig "from Karen" for Fertig's 40th birthday.
Box 9, Folder 5
Photograph and article featuring Arthur H. Fertig
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Photographic print of Arthur H. Fertig with two other naval officers and a clipping of an article titled, "Proud Father, Hero
Son." Text from the article: "Capt. Arthur H. Fertig, USMS, recently on leave, is shown here with his dad, Arthur J. Fertig,
1506 Rosemont."
Box 9, Folder 6
[American Maritime Officer (newspaper) featuring Arthur Fertig]
1981 June
Scope and Contents
Article featuring Arthur Fertig titled "D-2's 'Williamsburgh' Named Gallant Ship, '81" -- includes picture of Arthur Fertig.
Box 9, Folder 7
[Portrait of a young girl by Frank Moore Studios]
circa 1930s-1950s
Box 9, Folder 8
Photograph of Ralph Fertig, Martin Sheen, and unidentified man
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 9, Folder 9
"Once upon a time, in the wood of Gasterlee [...]" personal narrative
circa 1960s-1980s
Box 9, Folder 10
Book of poems by H. T. Tsiang
1929
Box 9, Folder 11
Photocopies from "Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology"
1964
Box 9, Folder 16-19, Box 10, Folder 1-5
["Searching for Justice in Chicago" - manuscripts by Fertig]
1997-1998
Scope and Contents
Various titles were used for different drafts of this work, including: "Legacies: The Life and Times of an American Liberal
- Book I: The Chicago Years"; "The Life and Times of an American Liberal: A Personal/ Political Perspective of the Twentieth
Century - Book I: The Chicago Years"; and "Searching for Justice in Chicago." In these folders, "Searching for Justice in
Chicago" is the title with the latest date.
Box 10, Folder 6
Flyer - protest march to-do list
circa 1970s-1990s
Box 10, Folder 7
"Roots" book manuscript by Fertig
circa 1995
Box 10, Folder 8
"Farewell to Ralph" song
circa 1981
Box 10, Folder 9
List of songs - starting with "Hammer Song"
1965 March
Box 10, Folder 10
Festival of Pesach - Passover songs
circa 1960s-1970s
Box 10, Folder 11
Hyde Park Project - notes
1955-1956
Box 10, Folder 12
[Metropolitan Washington Planning and Housing Association (MWPHA) brochures, pamphlets, and urban renewal proposal]
circa 1972
Box 10, Folder 13
The Advocate (newsletter) - Metropolitan Washington Planning and Housing Association (MWPHA)
1971-1972
Box 10, Folder 14
[Metropolitan Washington Planning and Housing Association (MWPHA) correspondence]
1973
Box 10, Folder 15
Testimony for the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action
circa 1970
Box 10, Folder 16
Benefit performance for Southeast Neighborhood House - program
1963 May 16
Box 10, Folder 17
"The Special Meaning of Washington" - writing by Fertig
1973 January 19
Box 10, Folder 18
"We're Technicians With a Mission" - notes for song by Fertig
circa 1970
Box 10, Folder 19
Newsletter, Metropolitan Washington Chapter of National Association of Social Workers
1970 March
Box 10, Folder 20
"A Day in Our Life With Mischa" - draft by Fertig
1973 January 15
Box 10, Folder 21
"Fable for Downtown" - article by Fertig in D.C. Gazette
1973 April 11
Box 10, Folder 22
"Katinga (As Told to Katie) - draft by Fertig
1973 February 13
Box 10, Folder 23
"Tent City: Home of the Brave" - AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Department brochure
circa 1950s-1960s
Box 10, Folder 24
UCLA School of Law - proposed dissertations
1978
Box 10, Folder 25
"Some Initial Explorations on the Study of the Reallocation of Legal Services" - paper by Fertig
1979 May 17
Box 10, Folder 26
"Ours is a society in which wealth and power [...]" - paper by Fertig
1973 February 1
Box 10, Folder 27
"Hope for the Family" - D.C. Coalition of Conscience brochure
1965
Box 10, Folder 28
Statement of the NCACLU Concerning a Disorder in Southeast Washington
1966 September 8
Box 10, Folder 29
"You, the parents of America [...]" - handwritten notes
circa 1960s-1980s
Box 11, Folder 1
"Representation by Counsel in Criminal Cases" - paper
circa 1970s-1980s
Box 11, Folder 2
"Confessions of a 20th Century Radical" - book outline by Fertig
circa 1980s
Box 11, Folder 3
UCLA Student Bar Association - meeting summary
1979
Box 11, Folder 22
Christmas song parodies by Fertig
circa 1970
Box 11, Folder 23
Song parodies by Fertig
1967-1971
Box 11, Folder 25
Statement of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
1968 May 19
Box 11, Folder 26
"A Trip to Leningrad" - draft by Fertig
1972 August 16
Box 11, Folder 27
New Careers Development Program - Necessary Ingredients
circa 1972
Southern California Americans for Democratic Action (SCADA)
1968-2003
1980s
Scope and Contents
This series contains correspondence, event programs, newsletters, documentation of organizational initiatives, and other documents
internal to SCADA. Material dates from 1968 to 2003, with the majority of these documents created in the 1980s.
Box 4, Folder 20-21
El Salvador correspondence, activism, and resources
1982-1985
Box 4, Folder 22
Invitation to "Fight Back" Dinner
1981 May 2
Box 4, Folder 23
Press release re: absenteeism
1981
Box 4, Folder 24-25
Eleanor Roosevelt Awards Dinner
1982, 1997-2003
Box 4, Folder 27
ADA San Diego branch
1982-1983
Box 4, Folder 28
ADA Santa Monica Bay Cities branch
1983-1985
Box 5, Folder 1
Support for South Korea
1982-1983
Box 5, Folder 2
ADA World newsletter
1983 January
Box 5, Folder 3
Correspondence from Fertig to Office of Review and Appeals re: Veterans Administration lawsuit
1983 December 16
Box 5, Folder 4
The California Center Roster and Government Guide
1983
Box 5, Folder 5
Legislative ratings and summaries
1983
Box 5, Folder 6
Draft letter to Governor George Deukmejian re: Howard Carper
1984
Box 5, Folder 7
ADA Board of Directors: nominees
1984
Box 5, Folder 8
Correspondence from Fertig re: electing officers
1984
Box 5, Folder 9
State legislative ratings
1984
Box 5, Folder 10
Correspondence from Fertig to "Phil" re: rating state Senate and Assembly members
1984 January 5
Box 5, Folder 11
"Liberal Quotient" evaluation
1984
Box 5, Folder 12
Summary of issues ratings
1984
Box 5, Folder 13
Correspondence from Fertig re: Victor Rios
1985
Box 5, Folder 14
Star Wars [Strategic Defense Initiative] correspondence and research
1985
Box 5, Folder 16
ADA correspondence
1975-1985
Box 5, Folder 17
The California Center Roster and Government Guide
1985
Box 5, Folder 19
Candidates for Board of Directors
1985
Box 5, Folder 20
ADA World newsletter
1985 January/February
Box 5, Folder 21
Correspondence from Anthony Beilenson to Fertig re: Congressional Directory
1985 February 7
Box 5, Folder 23
Survey of issues/bills
1986
Box 5, Folder 25
ADA Today (newsletter) - voting record
1987
Box 5, Folder 26
Anti-Bork [Robert H. Bork]
1987
Box 5, Folder 27
ADA governance bylaws
1987 April 8
Box 5, Folder 28
"The Fertig Fiesta" program and invitations
1987 May 31
Box 5, Folder 29
Amicus Most profiles, lectures, and articles
circa 1984
Box 5, Folder 30
Correspondence from Milan Panic to Fertig re: Bruce Babbitt
1987 October 21
Box 5, Folder 31
"Proud of the Past... Forging the Future" - ADA 40th anniversary event program
1988
Box 5, Folder 32-33
Affirmative action articles and statistics
1989-1995
Box 5, Folder 34
Fundraising notes and figures
1992-1993
Box 6, Folder 3
The Catalyst (newsletter)
1983, 1987, 1989
Box 6, Folder 9
Eleanor Roosevelt Awards Dinner honoring Aris and Carolyn Anagnos
1990 April 4
Box 7, Folder 23
"A Forum for the People of Bhopal" - report by Fertig
1985
Box 7, Folder 36
Notes on Business Ethics Seminar
circa 1980s
Box 8, Folder 45
"Americans for Democratic Action Grade Voting Gap" - article in LA Reader
1986 March 28
Box 8, Folder 46
Maps of California's proposed assembly districts
1981
Box 8, Folder 47
"Wake Up Democrats! Take Back the Country" conference
2001 June 24
Box 8, Folder 48
SCADA tax exemption application and bylaws
1981-1983
Box 11, Folder 24
"Sham A Lot" - political satire by Fertig
circa 1980s
Box 11, Folder 15
Iran-Contra research and initiatives
1987
Box 11, Folder 16
"Organizing a Major Issue Campaign" guide
circa 1980s
Box 11, Folder 17
One Thousand Days: The Reagan Record
1983 October
Box 11, Folder 18
Simpson-Mazzoli Bill
1982-1983
Box 11, Folder 19
[Petitions, correspondence, and brochures]
1985-1987, 1998
Box 11, Folder 20
[ADA event - photographic proof sheets]
circa 1980s
Humanitarian Law Project (HLP)
1978-2004
1990s
Scope and Contents
This series contains editions of HLP newsletters, correspondence, administrative records, research relating to Kurdistan,
and legal proceedings and briefs from cases involving HLP. The bulk of this material was created in the 1990s while Fertig
served as HLP's president. One case that is well-documented in this series, Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. Janet Reno,
et al., was a federal court case concerning the rights of people in the United States to provide material support to organizations
classified by the U.S. Government as engaged in terrorist activities. The Sri Lanka-based Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) and the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were specific organizations concerned in this case.
Box 6, Folder 7
PROTOCOL [newsletter]
1990-1991
Box 6, Folder 10
Correspondence to Sergei Aizavian, Soviet Consul General re: issue of PROTOCOL (publication) review
1990 June 8
Box 6, Folder 15
Contacts - Board of Directors
1990 June
Box 6, Folder 16
International Educational Development (IED) memorandum - "United Nations Sub-Commission"
1990 September 10
Box 6, Folder 17
HLP overviews, projects, and editions of PROTOCOL
1990-1995
Box 6, Folder 18
"Seeking Peace Through Law" - paper by Fertig
circa 1996
Box 6, Folder 19
International Educational Development (IED) Report on our Work at the UN Commission on Human Rights
1992
Box 6, Folder 20
"The Humanitarian Law Project Honors Sister Pat Krommer" - event program
1992 February 14
Box 6, Folder 22
"An Urgent Appeal for Intervention" - Project AIDS International (PAI)
1993 August
Box 6, Folder 23
"Armed Conflict in the World Today: A Country by Country Review" - HLP paper
1993
Box 6, Folder 24
"Nuremberg -- Fifty Years: Accountability and Responsibility" -- excerpt from University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review
1995
Box 6, Folder 25
"A Living Tree: The Roots and Growth of Jewish Law" - reprinted excerpt
1988
Box 6, Folder 26
HLP/IED minutes of board meeting and correspondence
1994-1995
Box 6, Folder 27
1000 Friends of the Humanitarian Law Project
circa 1994
Box 6, Folder 28
"Healing Wounded People: Bringing Justice to War Crimes Victims" - excerpt from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
1997
Box 6, Folder 29
Correspondence from Jerome M. Segal, Jewish Peace Lobby
1997 September
Box 6, Folder 30
Publications from Senator Alan Cranston re: campaign for a new United Nations charter
1996-1997
Box 6, Folder 31
International Education Development by-laws
1978 May 18
Box 6, Folder 32
Sink or Shrink - the Turnaround Agenda
circa 1999
Box 6, Folder 33
Arms and the Men - HLP Research Program re: Turkey
circa 1998
Box 6, Folder 34
Letters to the Editor (
Los Angeles Times) by Fertig re: Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
1998 April 7
Box 6, Folder 35
Email from Mike Farrell to Fertig re: "War on the Mexican People"
1998 July 3
Box 6, Folder 36
"Armed Conflict in the World Today: A Country by Country Review" HLP/IED
1998 Spring
Box 6, Folder 37
"Legal Brief Against NATO" re: criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia
1999 May 8
Box 6, Folder 38
"The Use of Torture and Overall Trend Toward Increased Human Rights Violations Under Kim Dae-Jung Government in South Korea"
- paper
1999 April
Box 7, Folder 1
Arms Sales Monitor (newsletter)
2000 April
Box 7, Folder 2
Correspondence to members of the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom re: Humanitarian Law Project v. Reno
2000
Box 7, Folder 3
List of principal programs - Guatemala and El Salvador
circa 1993
Box 7, Folder 4
"Human Rights Abuses by America" - paper by Fertig
circa 1998
Box 7, Folder 5
Zapatista: A Big Noise Film - fax to Fertig
1998
Box 7, Folder 6
"Jewish Ambivalence and the Psychodynamics of American Politics" - article from Tikkun Magazine by Michael Lerner
1989 June
Box 7, Folder 7
"Conflict Resolution and the Question of Democracy in Nicaragua" - PROTOCOL (newsletter) review
1988 July
Box 7, Folder 8
"Human Rights Abuses by United States" - article by Fertig in PROTOCOL (newsletter)
1990 February
Box 7, Folder 9
"Humanitarian Law and the Tamil Struggle" article in PROTOCOL (newsletter)
1990 May
Box 7, Folder 10
"Guatemalan Refugees and the Politics of Asylum" article in PROTOCOL (newsletter)
1989 August
Box 7, Folder 11
Parliamentarians Global Action - 1990 Prospectus
circa 1990
Box 7, Folder 12
"Create the State of Palestine!" article in PROTOCOL (newsletter)
1988 November
Box 7, Folder 13
"The Current Conflict Between Turkish Armed Forces and the Kurds of Southeast Anatolia" - paper by Fertig and Patricia Krommer
1991 July
Box 7, Folder 14
"Seeking Peace Through Law" - HLP report by Fertig
circa 1996
Box 7, Folder 15
"U.S. Arms Trade with Turkey Violates U.S. and International Laws - Contributing to the Genocide of the Kurds" report by Fertig
1998
Box 7, Folder 16
HLP press release re: Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)
1998 June 19
Box 7, Folder 17
"Declaration of the Foundation Conference of the People's Congress of Kurdistan" printouts from Internet Archive
2004 March 14
Box 7, Folder 18
Kurdistan Report (magazine)
1995, 1998
Box 7, Folder 19
Correspondence to Nobel Peace Prize Committee re: nomination of Leyla Zana of Turkey
1998 May 28
Box 7, Folder 20
Correspondence from Fertig re: support for the Center for Congressional Rights (CCR)
1998 May 16
Box 7, Folder 29
Correspondence from Jill A. Rowse to Fertig re: Southwestern University School of Law
1998 April 29
Box 7, Folder 30
Correspondence from Chris Jennings to Fertig re: Federal Work Study agreement
1998 May 26
Box 7, Folder 35
Comments and Suggestions for Immigration Rights Initiative
circa 1990s
Box 8, Folder 32
"A People Struggling for their Homeland: The Kurds of Anatolia" - article by Fertig
circa 1995
Box 8, Folder 42
Humanitarian Law Project v. Janet Reno - petition for a writ of certiorari
circa 2000
Box 8, Folder 43
Humanitarian Law Project v. John Ashcroft
2004
Box 8, Folder 53
Humanitarian Law Project flyer
circa 1998
Box 11, Folder 13
[Board meeting minutes, Mexico Elections Information Project, and other HLP initiatives]
1992
Box 36, Folder 3-6
Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project, et al. - transcripts
2009-2010
Box 36, Folder 7
Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project, et al. - clippings, flyers, and notes
2009-2010
University Synagogue
1997-2000
Scope and Contents
This series consists of clippings, presentation material, correspondence, and organizational rosters spanning 1997 to 2000,
during the time that Fertig chaired the Social Justice Committee of the University Synagogue in Los Angeles.
Box 7, Folder 44
Social Justice Committee - proposed roster
1997
Box 7, Folder 46
Forum on Freedom of the Press
1998
Box 7, Folder 47
"A Dedicated Synagogue Leader: Ralph Fertig" - article in The Torch (newsletter)
1998 March
Box 8, Folder 1
Habitat for Humanity
1999
Box 8, Folder 2
Statements of revenues and expenses
1999 February
Box 8, Folder 3
Correspondence re: "Jews in Ethiopia"
1999
Box 8, Folder 4
"Defining Jerusalem" - article by Jerome M. Segal in Middle East Insight
1999 January-February
Box 8, Folder 5
"Separation of Church and State" - article in The Torch (newsletter)
1999 December
Box 8, Folder 6
Social Justice Committee correspondence
1997-2000
Box 8, Folder 7
Violence against women - prevention and legislative background
2000
Box 8, Folder 8
Correspondence - stop gun violence
2000
Box 8, Folder 9
Correspondence - debt relief
2000
Box 8, Folder 10
Correspondence from Fertig - "separation of church and state a vital issue in presidential race"
2000
Box 8, Folder 11
"An Evening with Dr. Jay" [Jay I. Frailich] flyer
2000
Box 8, Folder 13
SOVA - High Holiday Food Drive invitation
circa 2000
Box 8, Folder 14
Letter from Fertig to Gray Davis re: California hunger programs
circa 2000
Box 8, Folder 15
"Who's Backing Whom? Jewish Supporters Line Up Behind Their Candidates" - article by Tom Tugend in The Jewish Journal
2000 February 18
Box 8, Folder 16
"Adopted Resolution Regarding the Boy Scouts of America" memorandum
2000 March 9
Box 8, Folder 17
"Pope John Paul II: Pilgrim in the Holy Land" - article by Rabbi Michael A. Singer
circa 2000
Box 8, Folder 18
S.M.A.R.T Talk newsletter [Santa Monicans Allied for Responsible Tourism]
2000 March
Box 8, Folder 19
"Who Owns America" - program
2000 April 9
Box 8, Folder 20
"Cancel the Debt, Now!" brochure
2000 April 9
Box 8, Folder 21
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank newsletter - "Noteworthy"
2000 Winter
Box 8, Folder 23
Board of Trustees roster
1999-2000
Box 8, Folder 24
Social Justice Committee's presentation of Teofilo Ruiz
1999
Box 8, Folder 25
Social Justice Committee - planning and flyer for "Not in My Backyard: Cultural Conflict in L.A."
1997
Box 8, Folder 26
Social Justice Committee forum on public health care for children
1998
USC School of Social Work
1947-2014
2003-2014
Scope and Contents
This series consists of course material, correspondence, research, photographs, audiovisual material, and other records that
were held in Fertig's USC School of Social Work office when he retired in 2016. Material spans 1947 to 2014, with the bulk
dating from 2003 to 2012.
Box 11, Folder 28
Diane Watson Resource Fair (homelessness)
2008-2009
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
"Congresswoman Diane E. Watson presents Working into Recovery Resource Fair, Saturday, April 11, 2009." Includes pamphlets
and guides for resources relating to housing and social services.
Box 11, Folder 30-34, Box 12, Folder 1
Homelessness resources
2004-2008
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, guides, and promotional material collected by Fertig on resources for the homeless. Publishers include
the Venice Family Clinic; Shelter Partnership, Inc.; Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center;
National Alliance to End Homelessness; RAND Corporation; Inter-University Consortium Against Homelessness; Downtown Women's
Center (Los Angeles), Venice Community Housing Corporation, and the Lamp Community. Also included is a small amount of presentation
material from students of Fertig's SOWK 535: Social Welfare Policy course. Information on Senator Gil Cedillo's two bills
included in the "Skid Row Package" (SB 1318 and SB 1320) is also covered.
Processing Information
Most of these materials were found in folders labeled "Homelessness resources." Smaller portions of this text were found loose
and unfoldered adjacent to the folders labeled "Homelessness resources."
Box 12, Folder 2
Fact sheets (homelessness)
2007-2008
Box 12, Folder 3-4
[Homelessness resources and literature]
2006-2008
Scope and Contents
Two folders containing mostly information on resources for the homeless. Materials include pamphlets, brochures, a newsletter,
presentation material, housing-related excerpts from the U.S. government's report to CERD, and articles and essays on homelessness.
Box 12, Folder 5
"Without a Home in America" presentation material
2007
Scope and Contents
Presentation material and talking points for a presentation titled "Without a Home in America" given by Fertig in 2007.
Box 12, Folder 6-7
Bring Los Angeles Home: the Campaign to End Homelessness
2006
Box 12, Folder 8
Homeless in LAUSD [Los Angeles Unified School District]
2005-2006
Box 12, Folder 9
["The Right to Housing" conference material]
2006
Box 12, Folder 10
["Aggregating Student Power to Alleviate Homelessness" - paper by Fertig]
2007
Box 12, Folder 11
Homelessness
2000-2008
Scope and Contents
Articles, research reports, and other publications and correspondence on homelessness, homeless people with HIV/AIDS, homeless
domestic violence victims, elderly homeless populations, and statistics on homeless deaths in Los Angeles. Publishers include
Beyond Shelter, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, Inter-University Consortium Against
Homelessness, and the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty.
Box 12, Folder 12-13
Articles on homelessness
2003-2009
Scope and Contents
Also includes handwritten notes, published studies, presentation material, and essays on homelessness.
Box 12, Folder 14
LACEHH [Los Angeles Coalition To End Hunger and Homelessness]
2005-2007
Box 12, Folder 15, Box 13, Folder 1
[Homeless families and youth research and resources]
2001-2010
Box 13, Folder 2-3
[Housing resolution actions and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity]
2009
Scope and Contents
Includes testimonies by Fertig and his students before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity; letters to Congresswoman
Maxine Waters; and correspondence between Fertig and Steven B. Sample regarding these actions.
Box 13, Folder 4
Inclusionary zoning
2004-2008
Box 13, Folder 5-6
City of Los Angeles inclusionary housing study
2002 September 25
Box 13, Folder 7-8
[Gil Cedillo California State Senate bills]
2006-2007
Scope and Contents
The majority of this material relates to the 2007 California Senate Bill 2 (SB 2), including audio recordings, correspondence,
and transcriptions related to the bill. Senate bills 1318, 1320, 1321, 1322, and 1323 are also covered. All of these bills
involve Gil Cedillo when he was a member of the California Senate from the 22nd district.
Box 13, Folder 9-11
ICAN 2003 [Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect]
2003
Box 13, Folder 12
Global
2004, 2011
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, articles, and records of legal proceedings. Publishers include Human Rights Watch and the Coalition
to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST).
Box 14, Folder 1-4
[Humanitarian Law Project legal proceedings]
2010
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of legal proceedings from the U.S. Supreme Court case: Eric H. Holder, Jr., et al. v. Humanitarian Law Project,
et al. Also includes records of legal proceedings from other cases involving the Humanitarian Law Project.
Box 14, Folder 5
[Offprints and reproductions of writings on labor, production, and consumption]
1956, 1961
Scope and Contents
Titles of these works include "Consumers of Abundance;" "The Worker and his Society;" "The Meaning of Labor;" "Value, Price
and Profit;" "The Organization of Man;" "Work, Production and Consumption;" and "Labor, Leisure and Happiness." Authors include
Gerard Piel, Karl Marx, and William H. Whyte, Jr.
General
Dates of reproduction are unknown. The only copyright dates specified in the material are 1956 and 1961.
Box 14, Folder 8-10
Diane Nash emails
2009-2010
Scope and Contents
Relates to Freedom Riders 50th anniversary event.
Box 14, Folder 12
Civil Rights photographs
1981
Scope and Contents
Most of these images are photocopies of originals from the 1960s. Also includes a 1981 pamphlet from the Freedom Rider Coordinating
Committee for the Twentieth Anniversary Reunion of the Los Angeles Freedom Riders.
Box 15, Folder 3-7
Original writings
1969-1973, 2001-2008
Creator: Fertig, Ralph D.
Scope and Contents
Includes three plays: "Love and War," "Way Out," and "Separation." Other works include "The Senator and the Man in the House,"
"Moderately Priced Housing Without Subsidy: the MPDU Proposal," and "Aggregating Student Power: A Model for Teaching (Social
Welfare) Policy Advocacy." Earlier papers from Fertig's undergraduate and graduate work are also included. Includes notes,
drafts, correspondence, and final publications.
Box 15, Folder 9
[Jose Luis - notes on the history of Mexico]
2006 May 15
Scope and Contents
Notepad titled "Jose Luis - 5/15/06." Contains notes on historical dates in Mexican history starting in 1325.
Box 15, Folder 10
"Public Welfare" [play by Fertig]
2006
Box 15, Folder 11
"His Honor" [play by Fertig]
2005
Scope and Contents
A play in one act. Contains text of the play, information on awards, and a notebook.
Box 16, Folder 1
Speeches and lectures
2009
Creator: Fertig, Ralph D.
Box 16, Folder 2
All School Day
2010-2012
Scope and Contents
"All School Day is an educational forum co-led by students and faculty to discuss how we can better communicate across differences
[...]"
Box 16, Folder 3
Visiting lectures
circa 2007
Scope and Contents
Includes biographical sketches of Bruce Jeffrey Einhorn and copies of a 1968 U.S. Government memorandum titled: "Leak of FBI
Documents Concerning Ralph D. Fertig to Senator Robert C. Byrd."
Box 16, Folder 4
California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA)
2008-2009
Box 16, Folder 6
Thank you cards and letters
2006-2011
Scope and Contents
Also includes photographs of Fertig, including a group photograph featuring Fertig with Eric Garcetti.
Box 16, Folder 8
CSWE [Council on Social Work Education]
2008
Box 16, Folder 9
[USC School of Social Work faculty meetings and Curriculum Revision Committee]
2013-2014
Box 16, Folder 10-17, Box 17, Folder 1-4
[100 Years of Social Work at USC 1906-2006: a History in Words and Pictures]
2005-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and corrections--sometimes separated by chapter; handwritten notes; correspondence between authors and contributors;
research on USC's history with social work; photocopies of images to use in the book along with forms documenting image usage
rights; and a CD labeled "USC Digital Archives photos for Social Work book."
Related Materials
See also Box 31 of this collection, "Audiovisual material - CDs and DVDs, 2004-2011" for digital images collected for use
in this book.
Box 17, Folder 5-10, Box 18, Folder 1
[USC School of Social Work Reaffirmation Self-Study]
2009
Box 18, Folder 2
MSW Standards: Reaccreditation Self-Study Report
2008
Box 18, Folder 3
[Remarks by Fertig to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
2004 March 26
Box 18, Folder 4-5
[Curriculum Policy Review Committee (CPRC) recommendations and meeting minutes]
2010
Box 18, Folder 6
["Recollections on Martin Luther King's Birthday: An Autobiographical Sketch On One Man's Freedom Ride" - essay by Fertig]
1996 January 15
Box 18, Folder 7
[Maureen Reagan, Betty Ford, Mayor Tom Bradley, and Ralph Fertig at equal rights amendment march (photocopied image from Los
Angeles Times]
1981 August 23
Box 18, Folder 8
[Articles in
The Docket (publication) re: Bakke case and affirmative action]
1975-11-23-1978-11-01
Box 18, Folder 9
["Come to the Watergate" - song by Fertig in
DC Gazette]
1973 May 23
Box 18, Folder 10
[Photocopies of articles re: Student Government (SG) and Student Representative Party (SRP)]
1952-1953
Box 18, Folder 11
[Angelenos On the Move: Recent Ethnic Change in the Population of Los Angeles County and 14 Community Action Agency Areas
- GLACAA report]
1975 March
Box 18, Folder 12
[Curriculum Policy and Review Committee (CPRC) memoranda and guidelines]
1988
Box 18, Folder 13
["A Survey of Relations Between Negroes and Jews in Chicago" - thesis by Fertig and related articles]
1949-1952
Related Materials
Two other copies of Fertig's thesis were kept at Fertig's home. See the Social work and writings prior to law degree series
for access to these copies.
Box 18, Folder 14
USC School of Social Work Bulletin
1990, 2000
Box 18, Folder 15
[Publications Submitted for Promotion and Tenure by Madeleine R. Stoner]
1988
Box 18, Folder 16
Curriculum Policy Review Committee (CPRC)
2005-2006
Box 18, Folder 17
[Admissions statistics and annual academic plan]
2001-2003
Box 19, Folder 1-3
[USC School of Social Work faculty meeting minutes]
2004-2007
Box 19, Folder 4-7
[USC School of Social Work Faculty Council meeting minutes]
2003-2008
Scope and Contents
Includes a 2003 USC School of Social Work faculty and staff roster.
Box 19, Folder 8-9
[USC Strategic Planning Retreat and faculty retreats]
2004-2011
Box 19, Folder 10
Personal
2003-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes group photographs of Fertig with others, resumes, articles featuring Fertig, and a handwritten letter from Ormond
L. Wimberly Jr.
Box 19, Folder 11
Meetings and correspondence re: non-tenure track (NTT) faculty
2006-2007
Box 20, Folder 1-3
Reaffirmation Strategic Planning Meeting
2007
Box 20, Folder 5
NASW Annual Legislative Lobby Days
2007-2008
Box 20, Folder 6-7
USC School of Social Work China Program
2002-2004
Scope and Contents
Includes printouts of group photographs featuring Fertig in China.
Related Materials
See also Box 31 of this collection, "Audiovisual material - CDs and DVDs, 2004-2011" for more material relating to Fertig's
trips to China.
Box 20, Folder 8-9
[Beijing Post Conference Workshop - Social Work and the Workplace: Industrial/Occupational Social Work]
2005 August
Box 20, Folder 11
Report on USC's India Connections
2007 November 19
Box 20, Folder 12
USC Urban Initiative: Urban Leadership Forum
2003
Box 20, Folder 13
USC Urban Initiative: Urban Policy Brief
2004, 2006
Box 20, Folder 14
[USC Rossier School of Education - brochure and UrbanEd magazine]
2005, 2007
Box 20, Folder 15
[USC brochures]
2006, 2012
Box 20, Folder 16
[USC policies for grading handbook and faculty orientation guides]
1994, 2004, 2007
Box 20, Folder 17
[USC School of Social Work brochures]
circa 2003-2012
Box 20, Folder 18
[USC School of Social Work Field Education directory, brochure, and manual]
circa 2001
Box 21, Folder 1
[USC School of Social Work student handbooks for MSW and Ph.D.]
2002, 2005
Box 21, Folder 2
USC School of Social Work Teaching Retreat: Enhancing Diversity Coverage in the Classroom
2007 April
Box 21, Folder 3
[USC annual reports for various departments]
2005-2008
Box 21, Folder 4
USC School of Social Work Faculty Orientation
2003 Spring
Box 21, Folder 5
USC School of Social Work Faculty Handbook
2004 Fall
Box 21, Folder 6-8, Box 22, Folder 1-2
USC School of Social Work: Reaccreditation Self-Study
2001
Box 22, Folder 3
Ph.D. Committee materials
2009-2011
Box 22, Folder 4
An Evening to Honor Julius Hobson - program
1972 November 14
Box 22, Folder 5
Higher Education for American Democracy: Discrimination in Higher Education - A Report of the President's Commission on Higher
Education
1947
Box 22, Folder 6
USC School of Social Work Commencement - program
2012 May 11
Box 22, Folder 7
Teaching Tolerance (publication)
1992-1993
Box 22, Folder 8
USC School of Social Work Field Instruction Manual
1984
Box 22, Folder 9
Assorted publications to review
2009-2010
Scope and Contents
Various articles that focus on Fertig's past and achievements.
Box 22, Folder 10
Important contacts
circa 2008
Box 22, Folder 11
USC Civic and Community Relations - brochures
2001
Box 22, Folder 12
Peggy Ellis [contact information and letters of recommendation]
2007-2008
Box 22, Folder 13
[Annual reports from the Lombardi Program on Measuring University Performance]
2003, 2005
Box 22, Folder 14
"The Decline of the Labor Movement and What Can Be Done About It" - a report to the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
1961
Box 22, Folder 15
A Time to Listen... A Time to Act - a report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
1967
Box 22, Folder 16
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) - Making Them Work for Members - booklet
circa 1994
Box 22, Folder 17
USC School of Social Work Overview of Chief Administrators
2002
Box 22, Folder 18-19
The Project on Faculty Performance and Compensation
1998-1999
Box 22, Folder 20
[USC School of Social Work faculty performance guidelines]
2004-2006
Box 22, Folder 21
[USC School of Social Work faculty profiles and orientation resources]
2002-2003
Box 23, Folder 1
[USC academic integrity guidelines]
1997-1998
Box 23, Folder 2
Application for promotion to Clinical Professor - curriculum vitae and personal statement
2009 October 1
Box 23, Folder 3-9, Box 24, Folder 1
Materials submitted in support of application for promotion to Clinical Professor - Volume 1 - educational materials
2009 November 2
Box 24, Folder 2-5
Materials submitted in support of application for promotion to Clinical Professor - Volume 2 - service and scholarship
2009 November 2
Box 24, Folder 6-8
[USC School of Social Work course material - Madeleine R. Stoner]
1975, 1992-2002
Biographical / Historical
Madeleine Stoner worked and taught at the USC School of Social Work from 1980 until her death in 2008. Stoner was also married
to Fertig for the last five years of her life.
Scope and Contents
Course material from Stoner's students -- primarily from SoWk 533: History and Philosophy of Social Work. Also includes some
writings by Stoner, such as her 1975 paper titled "Precursors of Social Security in the United States." Lastly, two group
photographs featuring Stoner with others involved in the School of Social Work are included.
Box 24, Folder 9
[Madeleine Stoner writings and material from memorial service]
1997-2008
Box 24, Folder 10
Interfaith Call to Justice conference material
2007
Box 24, Folder 11
Schools of social work - rankings and annual reports
2008
Box 24, Folder 12
Trojan Radicalism [FrontPage Magazine articles]
2004, 2007
Box 25, Folder 1-2
Poverty and inequality resources
2000-2006
Scope and Contents
Includes material from Fertig's SOWK 545 course, a report from Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), and a publication
by the United Coalition East Prevention Project.
Box 25, Folder 3-5
[SOWK 533: Social Welfare I - course material]
2003-2004
Box 25, Folder 6
[SOWK 534: Policy and Practice in Social Service Organizations - syllabi]
2005-2010
Box 25, Folder 7-9
[SOWK 534: Policy and Practice in Social Service Organizations - lecture presentations and notes]
2005-2007
Box 26, Folder 1-2
[SOWK 534: Policy and Practice in Social Service Organizations - research]
2005
Box 26, Folder 3-6
[SOWK 534: Policy and Practice in Social Service Organizations - student exercises and assignments]
2004-2014
Box 26, Folder 7-9, Box 27, Folder 1
[SOWK 534: Policy and Practice in Social Service Organizations - Community Immersion assignments]
2004-2009
Scope and Contents
Contains material created by the Venice Family Clinic, including a CD titled, "Community Needs Assessment 2002."
Box 27, Folder 2-3
[SOWK 535: Social Welfare - syllabi]
2004-2012
Box 27, Folder 4-6
[SOWK 535: Social Welfare - lecture presentations and notes]
2006-2011
Box 27, Folder 7-8, Box 28, Folder 1
[SOWK 535: Social Welfare - research]
1996-2009
Box 28, Folder 2-5
[SOWK 535: Social Welfare - student exercises and assignments]
2007-2012
Box 28, Folder 6
Forensic social work
2005
Scope and Contents
Includes a syllabus from the course, SOWK 599: Understanding Criminal Justice Within Social Work.
Box 28, Folder 7
[SOWK 611: Leadership and Management in Social Work - lecture materials]
2005
Scope and Contents
Also includes a syllabus for the course, SOWK 648: Macro Practice for Social Services and Administration.
Box 28, Folder 8-9
[SOWK 637: Social Policy in the World of Work - course material]
2000-2004
Box 28, Folder 10
[SOWK 639: Social Policy for Macro Practitioners - syllabus and literature]
2002
Box 29, Folder 1
[SOWK 668: Social Work and Law - syllabi
2008-2012
Box 29, Folder 2-4
[SOWK 668: Social Work and Law - lecture presentations and notes]
circa 2006
Box 29, Folder 5-6
[SOWK 668: Social Work and Law - student exercises and assignments]
2009-2011
Box 29, Folder 7-8, Box 30, Folder 1
[SOWK 668: Social Work and Law - research and resources]
2001-2008
Scope and Contents
Includes information on the use of law in social welfare advocacy, mental health policy, "the state of Black Los Angeles,"
Americans with Disabilities Act, Los Angeles Juvenile Court, employment discrimination, resources on mediation, and information
on the Law and Mediation Offices of Judith C. Nesburn.
Scope and Contents
Includes material published by the Inner City Law Center and the Center for Young Women's Development.
Box 30, Folder 2
[SOWK 668: Social Welfare and Law - collaborations with David Kuroda re: mediation agreements]
2005-2010
Box 30, Folder 4-7
[SOWK 668: Social Welfare and Law - legal cases]
2007-2012
Box 31
Audiovisual material - CDs and DVDs
2004-2011
Scope and Contents
This box contains audiovisual material and backups held on CDs and DVDs. Included are media given to Fertig by students, including
a film titled "Where Goes the Neighborhood" given by Bera Sekhon and a video that students prepared from NASW Lobby Days.
Fertig's PowerPoint presentations, lectures, and material relating to assignments are also included. Other than course-related
material, this box contains media labeled with Fertig's various trips to China, backups of images from archival research collected
for the "100 Years of Social Work" book, documentary films, and instructional videos.
Box 36, Folder 9
The Healthcare Solution: California OneCare
2006
Scope and Contents
Includes a DVD created by OneCareNow.
Box 33
Audiovisual material - floppy disks
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Includes disks with data relating to "Beyond Shelter" and disks labeled with Madeleine Stoner's name.
Processing Information
Some of these disks were found in a small box labeled "Marjorie Hays" with Hays' address in Ohio.
Box 34
Audiovisual material - videotapes
1988, 1995, 2002
Scope and Contents
Box contains three VHS tape cassettes: (i) "Homeless in America Symposium, Role of the Federal Government, Alice Vetter/Michael
Stoups, Beverly Maw-Curtis, 9/19/88"; (ii) "War On Poverty, KCET, January 1995"; (iii) "Policy Affects Practice: Students/Practitioners
Affect Policy, Produced by: Influencing State Policy, 2002."
Box 35, Folder 7
Center for Effective Advocacy (CEA)
2011
Scope and Contents
Draft proposals to establish the CEA.
Box 35, Folder 8-9
SOWK 535: Student Searches for Freedom Riders
2011
Box 35, Folder 10-11
USC classes and info
2009-2011
Scope and Contents
Syllabi, course descriptions, student papers, directories, and student rosters from various USC School of Social Work courses
taught by Fertig.
Box 36, Folder 1
[
Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy: A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions by Bruce S. Jansson - excerpts with notes]
2011
Box 36, Folder 2
[All School Day, 2012 - planning correspondence]
2011
Freedom Riders
1961-2011
Scope and Contents
This series comprises Fertig's material relating to his participation in the 1961 Freedom Rides -- a set of demonstrations
within the Civil Rights Movement meant to challenge the racial segregation of public buses and their facilities in Southern
states. Included are correspondence, memoirs, clippings, and a poster proclaiming the official Freedom Riders Day by then-Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa. Rosters tracking the contact information of other Freedom Riders at various times are also included.
Box 6, Folder 12
Correspondence to Fertig
1961
Map-case 8, drawer 1
"For a Better City: A Settlement House Battles Neighborhood Problems in a Dozen Ways" - article with image of Fertig
1964-10-25
General
This article, published in
The Washington Star, features an image of Fertig at a meeting of neighbors and staff at the Southeast Neighborhood House in Washington, D.C.
The image was used for a Freedom Riders 50th anniversary event.
Box 35, Folder 6
[Photographs of Fertig for Freedom Riders 50th anniversary event]
1981, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1981 photograph of Fertig with Ted Kennedy and an undated photograph of Fertig at his desk.
Box 32, Folder 3
Spreadsheets - Freedom Riders
circa 1960s-1990s
Box 6, Folder 13
Personal narratives
1991 May 19
Box 15, Folder 8
["Four Days in the Life of a Freedom Rider: A true story" by Ralph D. Fertig]
2001
Box 11, Folder 11
"Freedom Riders Plan Gathering" - article in
Los Angeles Daily Journal
2001 November 6
Box 14, Folder 6
[Freedom Riders articles]
2002, 2008 - 2010
Scope and Contents
Much of this material features Ralph Lord Roy.
Box 36, Folder 8
Mississippi Burning
2002-2010
Scope and Contents
Printouts of articles about the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner -- along with stories
about their families and subsequent judicial proceedings.
Box 15, Folder 1-2
[Articles and correspondence]
2004-2011
Map-case 8, drawer 1
Freedom Riders Day proclamation poster and correspondence
2005-2006
Scope and Contents
Poster-sized proclamation signed by Antonio R. Villaraigosa recognizing Freedom Riders Day on November 11, 2005. Accompanying
the proclamation is correspondence from Bob Singleton addressed to "Fellow Freedom Riders who attended the LMU Reunion."
Processing Information
The Freedom Riders Day proclamation poster and correspondence were found rolled together with the Kurdish Holocaust poster
in a shipping tube addressed to Fertig. They are currently stored together in the same folder, but described under different
catalog records.
Box 35, Folder 1-3, Box 32, Folder 5
[Freedom Riders 50th anniversary reunion - correspondence, directories, notes, and clippings]
2008-2011
Box 14, Folder 7
[Freedom Riders addresses and 50th anniversary event]
2009-2010
Box 14, Folder 13
Freedom Riders invite responses
2009-2010
Box 14, Folder 11
Emails and correspondence
2009-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Fertig to Congressman John Robert Lewis.
Box 35, Folder 4-5
[Freedom Riders 50th anniversary events - fundraising]
2010-2011
Other post-law degree writings and publications
1981-2009
Scope and Contents
This series contains Fertig's papers created after 1979 that do not focus on his work in SCADA, HLP, the University Synagogue,
USC's School of Social Work, or the Freedom Riders.
Box 4, Folder 14
§71.00 What is Race Differentiation - Race and Standing Under §1981
1983 November
Box 4, Folder 16
Correspondence from Fertig to Monty Criscitelli
1983-10-27-1983-11-04
Scope and Contents
Part of this correspondence was printed under Writers Guild of America letterhead.
Box 5, Folder 35
Southern California Civil Rights Coalition
1987-1989
Box 6, Folder 1
Correspondence with Publications International, Ltd.
2002
Box 6, Folder 2
Articles and research re: Civil rights and SNCC
2002
General
Date reflects date of reproduction. Most of these documents are copies, courtesy of UCLA Special Collections.
Box 6, Folder 4
School Board of Nassau County, Florida v. Gene H. Arline - case file
1987
Box 6, Folder 6
"To Examine and Evaluate the War On Poverty" - transcript of hearings before the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare
1987 April 27
Box 6, Folder 8
Photograph (copy) of Fertig with Cesar Chavez and others from article in Los Angeles Times
1990
Scope and Contents
Photograph was taken by Lori Shepler and features Laurie Ostrow, Ralph Fertig, Cesar Chavez, Hugh R. Manes, and Cruz Reynoso.
Box 6, Folder 11
Program for Peoples College of Law Clarence Darrow Award honoring Dan Stormer
1991
Box 6, Folder 14
"Voices of America: Accent, Antidiscrimination Law, and a Jurisprudence for the Last Reconstruction" -
Yale Law Journal reprint
1991 March
Box 6, Folder 21
UCLA Extension - notes and instructor's guides and contract
1993
Box 7, Folder 21
Arbitration between American Federation of Government Employees and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1993
Box 7, Folder 22
"Delhi to Bhopal" personal narrative by Fertig
circa 1998
Box 7, Folder 24
India [correspondence with Vijay Panjwani
1993, 1999
Box 7, Folder 25
Maurice Rivers and Robert C. Davison v. Roadway Express, Inc. - case file
1994
Box 7, Folder 26
Barbara Landgraf v. USI Film Products et al. - sexual harassment case file
1994
Box 7, Folder 27
"Practical Aspects of Arbitration for Non-Represented Employees" - Los Angeles County Bar Association report
1994 February 17
Box 7, Folder 28
"Key Civil Rights Post Left Empty as Search Falters" - Los Angeles Times article by Ronald Brownstein
1994 May 22
Box 7, Folder 34
"Chilling a Quarter Century of Civil Rights Progress Is No Mere Technicality" - article by Augustus F. Hawkins
1989 July 11
Box 7, Folder 37
[Articles and reports on U.S. politics]
1989-1990
Box 7, Folder 38
Code of Civil Procedure - Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings §1282
circa 1993
Box 7, Folder 39
Fertig & Gramling Law Partnership brochure
circa 1980s-1990s
Scope and Contents
"Senior partners Christopher R. Fertig and Frank R. Gramling have modeled their firm to reflect [...]"
Box 7, Folder 40-41
Peoples College of Law brochures and event programs
1982-1995
Box 7, Folder 42
[Correspondence and articles re: Kurdish human rights actions]
1991-1995
Box 7, Folder 43
"Issuing a Decision Without a Hearing in Employment Discrimination Cases of Federal Employees" - Federal Equal Opportunity
newsletter
1996 September 24
Box 7, Folder 45
Library catalog search results re: "Kurds and Jews"
1998
Box 7, Folder 48
"Suit Challenges Ban on Aid to Terrorists" -
Los Angeles Times article
1998 March 20
Box 8, Folder 12
["How the Student Representative Party (SRP) Brought Paul Robeson to Campus" - correspondence and story for SRP reunion]
2000
Box 8, Folder 27
"The Constitution and Terrorism" - article in
Washington Post
1998 March 27
Box 8, Folder 28
"Punished for Your Support" - article by Robyn E. Blumner
1998 April 5
Box 8, Folder 29
Disappearances -- a recurring nightmare in Turkey
1998 June 16
Box 8, Folder 30
Turkey/U.S. Defense meeting - news release
1998 July 14
Box 8, Folder 31
Congressional update on Turkish legislation
1998 July 22
Box 8, Folder 33
Transfer of Excess Defense Articles to Turkey
circa 1997
Box 8, Folder 34
U.S. Senate's voting record re: Turkey
circa 1997
Box 8, Folder 35
"Kurds in Turkey" - letter to the editor by Fertig in
Los Angeles Times
circa 1990s
Box 8, Folder 36
U.S. Arms Dealers Pay Politicians to Gain Support in Turkey's War on the Kurds
1997
Box 8, Folder 37-38
Reports on Turkish arms trade
circa 1997
Box 8, Folder 39
U.S. Senate vote on D'Amato Amendment
1998 July 24
Box 8, Folder 40
"Contracts for August 3, 1998" -- news release from Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense
1998 August 3
Box 8, Folder 41
Pamphlets from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
1986
Box 8, Folder 44
"The Good Guys" - human rights supporters in U.S. Congress
circa 1990s
Box 9, Folder 1
Report on U.S. Senate defense spending
circa 1997
Box 9, Folder 2
Report on U.S. senators' voting records
circa 1997
Box 9, Folder 12-15
Love and Liberation: When the Jews Tore Down the Ghetto Walls - an historical novel by Fertig (manuscript)
2000
Box 11, Folder 4
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1998
Box 11, Folder 5
"Snewsletter" - Writers Guild of America, West
1983-05-31-1983-12-23
Box 11, Folder 6
Letter from Hare & Bush Pregnancy Laboratories to Marjorie Hays Fertig
1991 October 11
Box 11, Folder 7
Letter to the Editor, "California Lawyer" - re: correction to September crossword puzzle
1996 October 9
Box 11, Folder 8
"Letters to the Times" (
Los Angeles Times) re: Proposition 209
1996 December 3
Box 11, Folder 9
"Hearing Set on Case Against Handbill Law" - article in
Pasadena Weekly
1998 December 3
Box 11, Folder 10
"Who Owns America" - program agenda
2000 April 9
Box 11, Folder 12
Fertig biography on Discover the Network website
2008 December 2
Box 11, Folder 14
Civil Rights Chronicle - correspondence and guidelines for eyewitness sidebars
circa 2003
Box 11, Folder 28
[Ralph Fertig papers inventories]
2009 January 5
General
These inventories describe past file-level instances. The box and folder numbering in these inventories is no longer accurate.
These inventories were only created for the papers that were donated from Fertig's home circa 2008 and do not describe any
of the material held in his USC office when he retired in 2016.
Map-case 8, drawer 1
Kurdish Holocaust poster
circa 1990s
Scope and Contents
Undated Kurdish Holocaust poster signed by the artist, but signature is illegible.
Processing Information
The Kurdish Holocaust poster and Freedom Riders Day proclamation poster and correspondence were found rolled together in a
shipping tube addressed to Fertig. They are currently stored together in the same folder, but described under different catalog
records.
Box 37, Box 38, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42
[Materials added in 2020 September - minimally processed]
1985-2000
Processing Information
The material documented under this record were found in an offsite storage facility during a collections move in 2019-2020.
The material had not been documented as part of the Ralph Fertig papers prior to the creation of this record in September
2020.
Scope and Contents
A few of the boxes have notes relating to their contents handwritten near each box's label. Boxes 38 and 39 contain correspondence
relating to "Barnes vs. C.I.A., et al." and Box 40 is labeled: "Cases and Rejects / 1985 - Sept. 1986 (including McNairy)."