Finding Aid to the Teresa DeCrescenzo Papers, 1975-2008 Coll2015-006
Cooper Moll and Kyle Morgan
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Teresa DeCrescenzo papers
creator:
DeCrescenzo, Teresa
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015-006
Physical Description:
3.6 Linear Feet
1 archive box + 1 flat archive box
Date (inclusive): 1975-2008
Abstract: Administrative records, articles, bibliographies, clippings, correspondence, meeting notes, photographs, and project proposals,
1975-2008, primarily documenting Teresa DeCrescenzo's social work on behalf of at-risk lesbian and gay teenagers. Decrescenzo
served as the president of the board of directors at the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center and started Gay and Lesbian
Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) in West Hollwyood for at-risk lesbian and gay teenagers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries 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.
Conditions Governing Use
One restricted file of staff records and therapist evaluations. The remainder of the collection is open to researchers.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Teresa DeCrescenzo Papers, Coll2015-006, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Cooper Moll and Kyle Morgan, 2015.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection was donated as part of the Betty Berzon Papers, Coll2011-004, on February 15, 2009, March 24, 2009, and October
3, 2011.
Biographical / Historical
In the early 1980s, Teresa DeCrescenzo worked as a social worker with the Los Angeles County Probation Department and served
as the president of the board of directors at the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center. In 1984, she quit her job with
the county and started Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) with a six-bed group home for at-risk lesbian and
gay teens in West Hollywood. The organization closed operations in 2008. DeCrescenzo was a long-time partner of Betty Berzon.
Scope and Contents
Administrative records, articles, bibliographies, clippings, correspondence, meeting notes, photographs, and project proposals
of Terry DeCrescenzo, 1975-2008. The records primarily document DeCrescenzo's LGBT-related social work, most notably with
at-risk LGBT teenagers.
Related Materials
Betty Berzon Papers, Coll2011-004, ONE Archives and the USC Libraries, Los Angeles, California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gay youth
Lesbian youth
DeCrescenzo, Teresa
DeCrescenzo, Teresa
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Box 1, Folder 1
Bibliographies
circa 1980-1984
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence and notes
1978-2006
Box 1, Folder 4
"Council on Social Work Education: Curriculum Development Institute on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Social Work Education"
1980
Box 1, Folder 5
Department of Children and Family Services, County of Los Angeles
2002-2006
Box 1, Folder 6
Department of Social Work Initiatives
2006-2009
Box 1, Folder 7
"Directory of Services for Abused, Neglected, Delinquent and Emotionally Disturbed Children," California Association of Services
for Children
1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 8-10
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS)
1985-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes Big Brothers information (1985), financial records (2006-2007), and 105 color photographs of a foster family event
(2001).
Box 2, Folder 4
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services poster board signs
circa 2003-2008
Box 2, Folder 3
Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services promotional materials and awards
1985-2007
Box 1, Folder 11
"Gay and Lesbian Identity Formation: The Theoretical Model of Vivienne C. Cass" by Betty Berzon
undated
Box 1, Folder 12-19
Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center
1978-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes records for the Residential Adolescent Treatment Program, Confrontation Youth Program, Counselors Assistance Project
for Youth, Group Home Task Force, Gay Youth Program, and the Incest Awareness Project.
Box 1, Folder 20
Gay and lesbian youth training proposal
1985
Box 1, Folder 21
Gay Academic Union
1979, undated
Box 1, Folder 22
"Homophobia: A Study of the Attitudes of Mental Health Professionals toward Homosexuality," second draft by DeCrescenzo
circa 1980
Box 1, Folder 23
Implementation plan for the AIDS Youth Authority Project
1988
Box 1, Folder 24
"The Inclusion of Content on Homosexuality in the Social Work Curriculum in Relation to Attitudes toward Homosexuality" by
Griffith Humphreys
1981
Box 2, Folder 1
Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) tote bag
undated
Box 1, Folder 25
Journal articles and manuscripts
circa 1977-1980
Box 1, Folder 26
Los Angeles County Probation Department, Status Offender Detention Alternatives (SODA)
1976
Box 1, Folder 27
"Los Angeles County Protocol for the Treatment of Rape and other Sexual Assaults"
1981-1982
Box 1, Folder 28
Lesbian mother information
1981-1983
Box 1, Folder 29
Lesbian rights resource kit
1982
Box 1, Folder 30
Meeting notes and reports
1978-1982
Box 1, Folder 31
Miscellaneous
1980-2007
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 color images from the Wilton Group Home (2007), nominees for the Medical Advisory Committee (1983), and a blank
program proposal (undated).
Box 1, Folder 32
National Gay Youth Project
circa 1975-1985
Box 2, Folder 2
Olivia Travel promotional signs
2007
Box 1, Folder 33
"Positively Gay" book signed by Betty Berzon
1979
Box 1, Folder 34
Pierce, Charles, obituary clippings and estate records
1999-2000
Box 1, Folder 36
Staff records and therapist evaluations
2006-2007
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted
Box 1, Folder 37
Subject files: promotional materials and publications
circa 1980-2006
Box 1, Folder 38
Training and workshop outlines and notes
circa 1980-1990
Box 1, Folder 39
University of Southern Maine, gay studies
1977-1980
