USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records, 2016-2021

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Summary

Title:
USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records
Dates:
2016-2021
Creators:
USC Homelessness Initiative and Wiewel, Brenda
Abstract:
A collection of reports, publications, notes, and correspondence from the USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness (also known as the USC Homelessness Initiative) documenting the issue of homelessness in Southern California. The collection documents the USC Homelessness Initiative along with related projects and organizational efforts to respond to homelessness. The collection also includes the Initiative's digital archive comprising over 1200 digital files, including text, images, presentations, audio and video recordings, and other material. All digital file and folder names are listed under this finding aid's "Digital files" series. The USC Homelessness Initiative was launched in the spring of 2016 to define the university's contributions to efforts addressing homelessness in coordination with government, non-profit, and business organizations across the Southern California region. The Initiative is led by Brenda Wiewel, DSW, LCSW, LMFT along with a steering committee of twelve USC deans, who conduct research and provide leadership on behalf of regional homelessness.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
1 Linear Feet 1 box and 5 Gigabytes 96 computer folders and 1206 computer files
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records, Collection no. 5369, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of reports, publications, notes, and correspondence from the USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness (also known as the USC Homelessness Initiative) documenting the issue of homelessness in Southern California. The collection documents the USC Homelessness Initiative along with related projects and organizational efforts to respond to homelessness. The collection also includes the Initiative's digital archive comprising over 1200 digital files, including text, images, presentations, audio and video recordings, and other material. All digital file and folder names are listed under this finding aid's "Digital files" series. The USC Homelessness Initiative was launched in the spring of 2016 to define the university's contributions to efforts addressing homelessness in coordination with government, non-profit, and business organizations across the Southern California region. The Initiative is led by Brenda Wiewel, DSW, LCSW, LMFT along with a steering committee of twelve USC deans, who conduct research and provide leadership on behalf of regional homelessness.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Brenda Wiewel, June 17, 2021.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bo Doub
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-08-19 15:46:23 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access. The materials described under the series titled "Digital files" consist of digital computer files preserved in the USC Digital Repository. The files are not publicly accessible online. Researchers wishing to request access should email specol@usc.edu.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. 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.

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

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records, Collection no. 5369, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-2587
specol@usc.edu
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