Finding aid for the Council of Social Agencies of Los Angeles records
0480
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: 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
Box 1, Folder 1
Establishment, by-laws, committee minutes and reports
1929
Box 1, Folder 2
Community Welfare Federation, Social Welfare Committee minutes
1929
Box 1, Folder 3-4
Executive Committee minutes
1930
Box 1, Folder 5
Minutes, reports, correspondence
1930-1933
Box 1, Folder 6
Executive Committee minutes
1931
Box 1, Folder 7, Box 2, Folder 1
Executive Committee minutes
1932
Box 2, Folder 2-3
Executive Committee minutes
1934
Box 2, Folder 4
Executive Committee minutes
1937
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Executive Committee minutes
1938
Box 2, Folder 7
Executive Committee minutes
1939
Box 3, Folder 1
Executive Committee minutes
1940
Box 3, Folder 2
Executive Committee minutes
1941-1942
Box 3, Folder 3
Character Building Division reports
1935-1942
Box 3, Folder 4
Groupwork Division reports
1937-1941
Box 3, Folder 5
Health Division reports
1934-1942
Box 3, Folder 6
Miscellaneous reports
1936-1944
Correspondence, memorandums, and administrative records
Box 4, Folder 1
Administrative memorandums
1941-1942
Box 4, Folder 2
Administrative papers, by-laws
1933-1945
Box 4, Folder 3
Council restructuring
1943-1944
Box 4, Folder 4
Organizational chart, areas served
1937-1938
Box 4, Folder 5
Rosters, classifications, amended by-laws
1938
Box 4, Folder 6
Miscellaneous materials
1939-1944
Scope and Content
Financial and budget information; Community Relations Committee minutes.
Box 5
Annual reports
1936-1944
Scope and Content
For the years 1936, 1937-1938, 1938-1939, 1939-1940, 1940-1941, 1942-1943, 1943-1944.
Box 4, Folder 7
"Surveys and Studies on File in the Research Library of the Communtiy Welfare Federation [compiled by the Research Division]"
circa 1928
Box 4, Folder 8
Community Welfare Federation, Family Welfare Agencies, "Report of Special Committee on Case Work Standards"
circa 1929
Box 4, Folder 10
Salary study reports and questionnaires
1929-1932
Box 4, Folder 11
Miscellaneous reports--child welfare, unemployment
1930-1933
Box 4, Folder 12
Survey Division--reports and statistics
1934-1943
Box 4, Folder 13
"Lark Ellen Home for Boys"
1934
Box 4, Folder 16
Los Angeles Community Welfare Federation, "Family Welfare Service and Specialized Services for Adults"
1934
Box 4, Folder 17
"Hospital Facilities for the Care of the Sick Poor in Los Angeles"
1934 August 20
Box 5, Folder 1
"Girls Corner Club"
1934-1935
Box 5, Folder 2
"Barton Training Home of the Big Sister League of Los Angeles"
1935
Box 5, Folder 3
"Japanese Center of the Japanese Y.W.C.A."
1935
Box 5, Folder 4
"Standards for Child Caring Institutions"
1937 January
Box 5, Folder 5
"A Study of Nursing in Los Angeles"
1937 May
Box 5, Folder 6
Miscellaneous reports
1937-1944
Scope and Content
Development of social welfare in Los Angeles; relationship of case work to social problems; welfare information service report;
care of the aged; labor and social welfare; unemployment.
Box 5, Folder 7
"Report of the Court Assistance Project"
1938
Box 5, Folder 8
"History of the Development of Social Welfare in Los Angeles"
1939 July 11
Box 5, Folder 9
"Social Welfare Costs in Los Angeles County, 1940"
1941
Box 5, Folder 10
Proceedings, "Conference on ChIldhood and Youth in War Time"
1942
Box 5, Folder 11
"Report on the Wartime Comittee on Parent-Child Homes"
1943 March 31
