Southern California Building Funds records, 1961-1992

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Summary

Title:
Southern California Building Funds records
Dates:
1961-1992
Creators:
Southern California Building Funds
Abstract:
The Southern California Building Funds records consists of minutes, financial records, and committee reports, 1961-1992. This capital fund was established at the end of World War II by Southern California business leaders who recognized that the rapidly increasing population of the area could not adequately be served by health and welfare institutions operating in facilities that had already been outgrown and outworn during the Depression and war years. In the 38 years of its existence the fund disbursed over $26 million for construction purposes. Corporate mergers and acquisitions eroded its historic funding base in the 1980s, and when contributions dropped sharply during the business recession of the early 1990s fund members voted to discontinue the program, effective November 1, 1992.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet 3 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Southern California Building Funds records, Collection no. 0491, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of minutes, financial records, and committee reports, 1961-1992.

Biographical / historical:

This capital fund was established at the end of World War II by Southern California business leaders who recognized that the rapidly increasing population of the area could not adequately be served by health and welfare institutions operating in facilities that had already been outgrown and outworn during the Depression and war years. In the 38 years of its existence the fund disbursed over $26 million for construction purposes. Corporate mergers and acquisitions eroded its historic funding base in the 1980s, and when contributions dropped sharply during the business recession of the early 1990s fund members voted to discontinue the program, effective November 1, 1992.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-23 16:38:20 -0700 .

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Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Southern California Building Funds records, Collection no. 0491, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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