Finding aid for the Los Angeles Unified School District counseling records
0481
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2011 June
Title: Los Angeles Unified School District counseling records
Collection number: 0481
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1961-1996
Abstract: This small collection documents some of the history and activity of school counseling services in the city of Los Angeles
from the 1960s through the 1990s. At least some of the material was collected and created by Dr. Charles Espalin, Director
of District Counseling Services in the 1980s-90s. The records contain material from the Los Angeles City Schools' Evaluation
and Research Section; the Los Angeles City School District's Guidance and Counseling Section; LAUSD's Pupil Services and Guidance
Branch, and District Counseling Services; and the Secondary Head Counselor's Organization of Los Angeles.
creator:
Espalin, Charles
creator:
Los Angeles City School District.
creator:
Los Angeles Unified School District.
creator:
Secondary Head Counselors' Organization of Los Angeles.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
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 from the copyright holder to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles Unified School District counseling records, Collection no. 0481, California Social
Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Scope and Content
The Los Angeles Unified School District counseling records consist of reports, papers, correspondence, brochures, and a manual
that document some of the history and activity of school counseling services in the city of Los Angeles from the 1960s through
the 1990s. At least some of the material was collected and created by Dr. Charles Espalin, Director of District Counseling
Services in the 1980s-90s. The records contain material from the Los Angeles City Schools' Evaluation and Research Section;
the Los Angeles City School District's Guidance and Counseling Section; LAUSD's Pupil Services and Guidance Branch, and District
Counseling Services; and the Secondary Head Counselor's Organization of Los Angeles, and thus provide a broad overview of
the changing roles of guidance counselors in Los Angeles' city schools--the development of services, the role of counselors
in schools, training and certification, the administrative structure of counseling services, and of particular note, the issue
of summer school closings in 1984.
Related Archival Materials
Los Angeles Unified School District mental health research materials, Collection no. 0429, California Social Welfare Archives,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles City School District. -- Archives
Los Angeles Unified School District. -- Archives
Secondary Head Counselors' Organization of Los Angeles. -- Archives
Brochures
Correspondence
Manuals (instructional materials)
Reports
School social work--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Student counselors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Box 1, Folder 1
Los Angeles City Schools publications
1961, 1965
Scope and Content
"Point of View" (1961); "Guidance Roles of School Personnel" (1961); "A Continuation of Guidance Roles of School Personnel"
(1965).
Box 1, Folder 2
Group counseling reports and papers
1965, 1968, undated
Box 1, Folder 3
LAUSD service directories and counselor rosters
1962, 1971
Box 1, Folder 4
LAUSD Area K Administrative Information manual
1976-1977
Box 1, Folder 5
Secondary Head Counselor's Organization history, papers, correspondence
1978-1984
Box 1, Folder 6
LAUSD materials on school counseling for pupils
1980-1981
Box 1, Folder 7
Letters responding to request for recollections of historical data on LAUSD school counselors
1996
