Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records, 1960-1992

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Summary

Title:
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
Dates:
1960-1992
Creators:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health.
Abstract:
The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned, 1960-1992.
Extent:
2.0 linear ft. 5 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records, Collection no. 0423, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned. The collection holds material dating from the Department's creation in 1960 through 1992. Under the series "Publications," and in box 5, folder 1, can be found a draft copy of a County Mental Health response program to natural disasters and "civil unrest." This, as the draft makes clear, was written after the riots of 1992.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health was created in 1960, by an ordinance of the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, upon recommendation of the Mental Health Advisory Board. The purpose of the new Department was to operate under the provisions of the Short-Doyle Act, with an initial budget of $1,000,000. The Department has continued to grow and now stands as one of the larger in the nation.

Arrangement:

The series "Publications" was established to describe the chief part of the collection. To describe the character of the other material in this collection the catch-all title "Correspondence, Memoranda, and Forms" was established.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler and Clay Stalls
Date Prepared:
1999 September 23
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-02-07T03:24-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

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 to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records, Collection no. 0423, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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