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Finding aid for the USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records 5369
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: USC Initiative to Eliminate Homelessness records
    Creator: USC Homelessness Initiative
    Creator: Wiewel, Brenda
    Identifier/Call Number: 5369
    Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet 1 box
    Physical Description: 5 Gigabytes 96 computer folders and 1206 computer files
    Date (inclusive): 2016-2021
    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.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: 1

    Scope and Contents

    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.

    Conditions Governing Access

    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.

    Conditions Governing Use

    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.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    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

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Brenda Wiewel, June 17, 2021.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Homeless persons -- California -- Archival resources
    Homeless persons -- Services for -- California, Southern -- Archival resources
    Homeless youth -- California -- Archival resources
    Homelessness -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
    Homelessness -- Government policy -- California, Southern -- Archival resources
    Born digital
    Digital images
    Correspondence
    Digital media
    Notes
    Publications (documents)
    Reports
    USC Homelessness Initiative -- Archives
    Wiewel, Brenda -- Archives