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Title: Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
Collection number: 0423
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear ft.
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1992
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.
creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for 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.
[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
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.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health. -- Archives
Child mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Correspondence
Memorandums
Mental health planning--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Evaluation--Archival resources
Mental health services--United States--Archival resources
Reports