Neighborhood Youth Association records, 1964-1991

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Summary

Title:
Neighborhood Youth Association records
Dates:
1964-1991
Creators:
Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Abstract:
The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using a settlement house approach, the Association's oiginal goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Amgeles' West side neighborhoods to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social services and counseling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area, particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California. The bulk of the papers collected here are from the period 1976-1991. They include considerable materials on grants, consortia, and special progams.
Extent:
4.0 linear ft. 5 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #], Neighborhood Youth Association records, Collection no. 0416, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the papers collected here are from the period 1976-1991. They include considerable materials on grants, consortia, and special progams. Of particular interest are the many drafts and proposals for projects dealing with teenage delinquency and teen pregnancy.

The collection is divided into seven series:

  1. 1. Governance
  2. 2. Administration
  3. 3. External Agencies
  4. 4. Fud Raising and Finances
  5. 5. Programs and Proposals
  6. 6. Publications
  7. 7. Conferences
Biographical / historical:

The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using a settlement house approach, the Association's original goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social service and couneling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area, particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California.

Acquisition information:
The material was acquired directly from personnel at The Neighborhood Youth Association offices.
Processing information:

These records include a considerable amount of material that is either redundant or is germane to other charitable groups. The decisions about which items should be maintained in the California Social Welfare Archives was driven by the consideration that many of the associated groups did not, themselves, have their materials stored in any local archives. Virtually all projects undertaken by the Association were funded from a wide variety of sources. Each of these sources funded parts of several different projects. Different record keepers within the Association organized the files by different criteria; usually either by funding agency or by project. The division of series in this collection reflects these different record keeping approaches. As a result, some redundancy was unavoidable.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by John Howard Fowler
Date Prepared:
2003
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-01-05T03:18-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

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

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate agency or person.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder #], Neighborhood Youth Association records, Collection no. 0416, 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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