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Related Archival Materials
Title: Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles records
Collection number: 0480
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.09 Linear feet
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1929-1947
Abstract: The Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles records consist of meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence and memorandums,
1929-1947, created and collected by this welfare organization. The minutes are primarily those of the Executive Committee,
and describe the higher level administrative activites of the Council. The reports consist of summaries of the activities
of the various Council divisions, as well as research reports produced by these divisions on such topics as Los Angeles social
agencies, social welfare organizations, and social conditions.
creator:
Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles.
creator:
Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region.
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], Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles records, Collection no. 0480, California Social Welfare
Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Historical note
Founded in 1929, the Council of Social Agencies was charged with promulgating and promoting studies, plans and programs that
would provide information on Los Angeles' social welfare programs and to coordinate the activities of its membership, social
welfare agencies in the city doing charitable and relief work. In 1944, the Council changed its name to the Welfare Planning
Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
The Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles records consist of meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence and memorandums,
1929-1947, created and collected by this welfare organization. The minutes are primarily those of the Executive Committee,
and describe the higher level administrative activites of the Council. The reports consist of summaries of the activities
of the various Council divisions, as well as research reports produced by these divisions on such topics as Los Angeles social
agencies, social welfare organizations, and social conditions. The collection reflects the professional vigor of the Council
as it faced, from its inception, the emergencies of the Depression--in a state with a three-year residency law governing eligibility
for public assistance. In the 1940s, when Los Angeles became a center for defense production, the region experienced severe
social and family dislocations. The records contain much historical data about Los Angeles during the Depression, about official
and unofficial efforts to provide for destitute, unemployed people in a region full of "technical non-residents", for transients,
and for the 20% of the population estimated then to be in need of some level of assistance. The collection reflects the rapid
development of social work in this era, and also the effects of federal relief policies, both in averting catastrophe and
in modifying the roles of public and private local agencies.
Related Archival Materials
See also Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region, records, Collection no. 0434, California Social Welfare Archives, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles. -- Archives
Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region. -- Archives
Bylaws (administrative records)
Correspondence
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--Archival resources
Memorandums
Minutes
Reports
Social service--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources