15 folders. Dates: 1944-1966. As an organization concerned with researching and promoting social welfare, the Welfare Planning
Council entrusted various committees with these tasks. Consequently, the series "Committees" was established.
Box 1, Folder 2
By-laws Revision1944-1963
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda from committee chair or executive secretary re revisions of Welfare Planning Council by-laws; drafts of revisions;
copies of by-laws. Memoranda, drafts of revisions re Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles by-laws revisions.
Box 1, Folder 3
Dept. of Charities Reorganization1966
Scope and Contents note
Committee roster, reports, newspaper clippings, city council motions, correspondence re Welfare Planning Council committee
on reorganization of Dept. of Charities; organizational charts; Welfare Planning Council members part of reorganization committee.
Box 3, Folder 6
History Subcommittee1954-1955
Scope and Contents note
Abstract and table of contents of "History of the Committee on Mental Health"; memoranda, minutes, correspondence re Subcommittee
on History, Committee on Mental Health, Health Division.
Box 3, Folder 12
Memoranda and Minutes1948-1964
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, minutes, correspondence, speech re various WPC committees and their work.
Box 4, Folder 1
LA County Mental Health Survey1956-1958, 1960
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, memoranda, prospectus of survey goals, survey reports, informational sheet, final report re Mental Health Survey
of Los Angeles County Commission, of the Welfare Planning Council.
Box 4, Folder 2
Community Psychiatric Services1963
Scope and Contents note
Mental Health Committee Report: "The Need for Community Psychiatric Services…Southeast Compton Area Welfare Planning Council…".
Box 5, Folder 3
Board Handbookundated
Scope and Contents note
Welfare Planning Council manual for board members (2 copies).
Box 5, Folder 6
Welfare Federation of LA1956, 1959-1960
Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, minutes, especially re Settlement and Center Study Committee of the Welfare Federation of Los Angeles.
Box 5, Folder 7
Family & Adult Services1957-1958, 1960
Scope and Contents note
Minutes re Committee on Family Relations and Committee on Family Agency-Lawyer Relations, Family and Adult Services Division
of the WPC; papers re legal issues and family agencies; memorandum from Family Service Association of America.
Box 5, Folder 8
Family & Adult Services1956
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, memoranda, reports, correspondence, committee membership list re Committee on Administrative Principles of Decentralization,
Family and Adult Services Division, of the WPC.
Box 6, Folder 3
Committee Reports and Minutes1954
Scope and Contents note
Minutes of WPC Committee on Social Work Education; Special Committee on Capital Fund Programs reports.
Box 7, Folder 1
Unmarried Parents Papers1949, 1953
Scope and Contents note
Reports of Committee on Services to Unmarried Parents.
Box 7, Folder 2
Committee Minutes and Reports1950, 1955
Scope and Contents note
Minutes re meeting of Geographic Cooperation Committee; report of Subcommittee on Education and Recreation for Older Adults.
Box 7, Folder 5
Prison ServicesMay 1955
Scope and Contents note
Report of the Committee on Prison-Type Services of the Adult Delinquency Committee.
Box 7, Folder 9
Indian Newcomer CommitteeOctober 1958
Scope and Contents note
Report on progress of Indian Newcomer Committee in meeting needs of Native Americans.
Conferences
Scope and Content
8 folders. Dates: 1960-1968. The WPC was also responsible for a number of conferences, which have been placed under the series
"Conferences."
Box 3, Folder 10
Conference Digest1961
Scope and Contents note
"The Mental Health Needs of Los Angeles. Digest of a Conference Jointly Sponsored by … the Welfare Planning Council".
Box 4, Folder 7
Institute ProceedingsMay 1965
Scope and Contents note
"The Clergy and People in Crises: Proceedings of a Day Institute. May 8, 1965".
Box 4, Folder 10
Mental Health ConferenceMay 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Mental Health in a Changing World: An Area-Wide Conference of Los Angeles County Communities".
Box 4, Folder 12
Conference Proceedings1963, 1965
Scope and Contents note
"New Trends and Threads in Mental Health. Proceedings of the West Area Conference … for Mental Health. October 12, 1965";
"Los Angeles Conference on Alcoholism".
Box 5, Folder 9
Jobs for Youth Conference1960, 1962"
Scope and Contents note
Recommendations paper, conference brochure, conference program, workshop programs and reading materials re Assembly Conference
on Jobs for Youth in Los Angeles Area; ATOLA Reporter (newsletter for teachers) with article on conference.
Box 6, Folder 7
Alcoholism Conference1962
Scope and Contents note
"Los Angeles Conference on Alcoholism. A Technical Assistance Project--National Institute of Mental Health. Proceedings Prepared
by Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region".
Box 6, Folder 12
Speech and Hearing Project1968
Scope and Contents note
Proceedings of San Dimas workshop on Speech and Hearing Project.
Box 6, Folder 13
Preretirement Counseling Conference1962
Scope and Contents note
"A Conference on Preretirement Counseling: The Community's Responsibility"; organized by WPC et al."
General Publications and Papers
Scope and Content
27 folders. Dates: 1939-1974. As a catchall series for miscellaneous papers and material, the series "General Publications
and Papers" was created. This series holds particular interest in the area of mental health, because of the Mental Health
Development Commission papers. Also of values are the studies on social welfare services for ethnic groups, especially Chicanos,
and for youth. Because of the Welfare Planning Council's regional councils the status and development of social services in
such various areas of Los Angeles as the San Fernando Valley and South Central are also documented in this series. For all
these subjects, the holdings are chiefly strong for the decade of the 1960s.
Box 1, Folder 9
WPC Miscellany1954, 1964
Scope and Contents note
Address to Welfare Planning Council Annual Meeting; report to special committee on capital funding.
Box 2, Folder 1
Camp Survey1959
Scope and Contents note
"Southern California Camp Survey with Projections for Future Trends in Camping. 1959".
Box 2, Folder 13
WPC Miscellany1956-1967
Scope and Contents note
Summary of special legislative forum; conference paper on juvenile delinquency; paper on group interview survey; family budgets.
Box 2, Folder 15
Services for Handicapped SurveyDecember 1968
Scope and Contents note
"Survey and Recommendations for a System to Deliver Services to Those Vocationally Handicapped by Communication Disorders".
Box 3, Folder 1
WPC Miscellany1955, 1956
Scope and Contents note
Pamphlets re volunteer work, protective services for children, directory of social welfare workshops.
Box 3, Folder 3
WPC Historyundated
Scope and Contents note
Short paper on history of Welfare Planning Council.
Box 3, Folder 5
WPC Miscellany1960-1963
Scope and Contents note
Policy report; correspondence re LA Mental Health Association; suggested amendments to LA County Welfare and Institutions
Code; brochures re policy report and change in approach of WPC; WPC newsletter, "Comments".
Box 3, Folder 7
Feldman Money Management Project1956
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, outline of pamphlet, conference paper re Frances Feldman's Money Management Project for WPC; flyer for Feldman
book, "The Family in a Money World".
Box 3, Folder 9
Mental Health Clinic Planning1962, 1971
Scope and Contents note
"So You Want a Mental Health Clinic!" West Area Welfare Planning Council report; "Agency Listing of the East Central Area,"
directory of community resources in East LA.
Box 3, Folder 11
WPC Miscellany1954-1969
Scope and Contents note
General correspondence; program brochure; program proposal for mental health services and Mexican-Americans; information sheet
on WPC organizational structure; family budget paper; promotional material on WPC and its functions.
Box 4, Folder 17
WPC Miscellanyundated
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous papers re Volunteer Bureau Committee, speech, etc.
Box 5, Folder 1
Grant Proposal1960
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposal for mental health development program.
Box 5, Folder 4
Neumeyer Foundation1964-1965
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, speech, informational sheet re Neumeyer Foundations.
Box 5, Folder 5
WPC Miscellany1964
Scope and Contents note
WPC organizational chart, memorandum re director nominations, by-laws, and history of WPC written for 50th anniversary celebration.
Box 5, Folder 11
Interpretative Guide for SurveysApril 1958
Scope and Contents note
"A Guide to Help Chairmen of Community Health Surveys Summarize and Interpret Their Data. April 1958".
Box 5, Folder 12
Mental Health Surveys1958, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Reports on mental health surveys: Los Angeles (1958); Compton (1968).
Box 6, Folder 2
WPC Miscellany1953-1960
Scope and Contents note
WPC Executive Director's statement before Senate committee; brochure re senior services; questionnaire re undergraduates and
social agencies; WPC bulletin re shelter care facilities zoning; program for social welfare education conference sponsored
by WPC.
Box 6, Folder 6
LA Welfare Federation1946
Scope and Contents note
"Los Angeles Community Welfare Federation: Job Classification and Pay Plan".
Box 6, Folder 8
Report to HEW Secretary1961
Scope and Contents note
"A Report for the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare," by George Wyman (re administration of Children's Bureau and
Bureau of Public Assistance).
Box 6, Folder 10
Summer Camp Report1959
Scope and Contents note
"1959 Report of the Los Angeles Times Summer Camp Fund"; 1960 LA Times Campership Luncheon program.
Box 6, Folder 11
Annual ReportJune 1966
Scope and Contents note
WPC 52nd Annual Report.
Box 7, Folder 3
WPC Miscellany1955, 1968
Scope and Contents note
Bertram Beck speech on juvenile delinquency to WPC, Child Welfare Assembly Luncheon; report on delivery of mental health services
in San Fernando Valley.
Box 8, Folder 1
WPC Miscellany1961-1971
Scope and Contents note
Project proposal; State of California policy recommendation paper; conference papers; brochures and pamphlets re WPC board
reports, outreach programs, etc.
Box 8, Folder 2
Resource Document1971
Scope and Contents note
"Aging in California," resource document for White House Conference on Aging.
Box 9, Folder 1
Senior Citizens1953-1957
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reports, papers re services for, and policies toward, senior citizens, eg, education, counseling, old age
security, etc.
Box 10, Folder 1
African-American Papers1939, 1963-1964
Scope and Contents note
Conference reports and synopses, university extension course bibliographies re African-Americans; pamphlet on definition of
race.
Box 10, Folder 5
Health Division Meeting Photographundated
Scope and Contents note
7.5 x 9.5 in. photograph of Health Division meeting of the WPC. Zdenka Buben, chair of Health Division, and Pauline Spaulding,
chair of the WPC, shown.
Box 3, Folder 8
Executive Newsletter1971-1974
Scope and Contents note
"Executive Newsletter," publication of The Planning Council, successor organization to WPC.
Mental Health Development Commission
Scope and Content
9 folders. Dates: 1962-1970. The Mental Health Development Commission was such an important activity of the Welfare Planning
Council, and such an important part of this collection, that it too received its own series.
Box 4, Folder 3
Mental Health DevelopmentAugust 1963
Scope and Contents note
"The First Two Years: A Report of Progress of the Mental Health Development Program.
Box 4, Folder 4
Clergy & Mental HealthMarch 1963
Scope and Contents note
"Mental Health and the Clergy," by Rev. H.J. Clinebell.
Box 4, Folder 6
Mental Health SurveyApril 1962
Scope and Contents note
"Blueprint for Action: A Report on the Mental Health Survey Recommendations, with Priorities".
Box 4, Folder 8
ReportFebruary 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Report of Committee on Community Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics… A Report to the East Los Angeles Community".
Box 4, Folder 9
Psychiatric ClinicsFebruary 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Highlights of a Survey of Community Psychiatric Clinics".
Box 4, Folder 13
Mental Health Education1962
Scope and Contents note
"Evaluation: Community Mental Health Education," by Marchia Meeker (2 copies).
Box 4, Folder 14
Area Mental Health ConferencesMay 1969
Scope and Contents note
"Speak Out. Highlights of Three Area Conferences … for Mental Health Services of Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental Health.
Box 5, Folder 2
Mental Health Committee1966-1970
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, memoranda, reports for meetings of Executive Committee on Mental Health Services and Mental Health Development Commission;
both committees overseeing Mental Health Development Program.
Box 5, Folder 10
Mental Health Progress ReportAugust 1963
Scope and Contents note
"The First Two Years: A Report of Progress of the Mental Health Development Program".
Research Reports
Scope and Content
49 folders. Dates: 1952-1973. The majority of material in this series consists of studies and reports issued by the Welfare
Planning Council. Because of this, the series "Research Reports" was created. Unless otherwise noted, the Welfare Planning
Council was responsible for the reports.
Box 1, Folder 1
Mental Health Survey1960
Scope and Contents note
"Mental Health Survey of Los Angeles County: Recommendations, Findings, Conclusions, June 1960".
Box 1, Folder 4
Community Chest Agencies Statisticscirca 1955
Scope and Contents note
Report on program descriptions and agency statistics of Community Chest agencies: "Budget Manual: Community Chest Agency Program
Descriptions and Service Statistics, 10/1/54-9-30-55", Special Report Series No. 48.
Box 1, Folder 5
Work Performance Study1956
Scope and Contents note
"Work Measurement for Performance Budgeting, March, 1956," Special Report Series No. 46.
Box 1, Folder 6
Conceptual Study of Welfare Needs1956
Scope and Contents note
"A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Welfare Needs … Summary of Papers and Discussions (mimeographed paper)", Special
Report Series No. 51.
Box 1, Folder 7
Retirement Communities HealthAugust, 1963
Scope and Contents note
"Patterns of Medical and Related Health Care in Southern California Retirement Communities", Special Report No. 69.
"East Los Angeles Health: A Community Report from a Project and Conferences on Health Problems and Priorities in East Los
Angeles".
Box 2, Folder 3
Research PaperDecember 1955
Scope and Contents note
"Suggestions for Research Relating to Welfare Information Service," by Maurice B. Hamovitch", Information Series No. 9.
Box 2, Folder 4
Pilot Program EvaluationApril 1962
Scope and Contents note
"Evaluation of A Pilot Program in Community Health Education," by Marchia Meeker, Working Paper No. 18.
Box 2, Folder 5
Paper on Social Welfare PrioritiesNovember 1962
Scope and Contents note
"Priorities and the Decision-Making Process: A Theoretical Framework," by Beatrice Dinerman", Working Paper No. 38.
Box 2, Folder 6
Leukemia StudyMarch 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Leukemia Today: An Exploratory Study," by Katherine Goldsmith, Working Paper No. 41.
Box 2, Folder 7
Hospital Planning StudyJanuary 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Hospital Planning for Los Angeles County," by Joan R. Harris, Working Paper No. 45.
Box 2, Folder 8
Mexican-American Health Services StudyJune 1963
Scope and Contents note
"Factors Affecting Utilization of Mental Health Services by Mexican-Americans," by Eleanor Lukens, Working Paper No. 47.
Box 2, Folder 9
Poverty StudyApril 1966
Scope and Contents note
"Poverty Areas in Los Angeles County," by Marchia Meeker and Lloyd Street, Working Paper No. 51.
Box 2, Folder 10
Homemaker Service EvaluationSeptember 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Evaluation of the Homemaker Service of Pasadena," by William Kimball and Edward Freudenberg, Working Paper No. 54.
Box 2, Folder 11
Youth Camper and Camp Study"January 1965, May 1965"
Scope and Contents note
"Resident Youth Campers--1961," by Edward Freudenberg (no. 55). "Resident Camp Personnel--1961," by William Kimball (no. 56),
Working Paper Nos. 55, 56.
Box 2, Folder 12
Agency Service Areas StudyJuly 1967
Scope and Contents note
"Agency Service Areas in the San Fernando Valley," by Edward Freudenberg, Working Paper No. 57.
Box 2, Folder 14
Mental Health SurveyOctober 1958
Scope and Contents note
"Report of the South Central Area Mental Health Survey on Needs and Facilities", Working Paper No. 31.
Box 2, Folder 16
Economic Outlook1961
Scope and Contents note
"The Economic Outlook for 1961" (research report).
Box 2, Folder 17
Research Reports1959, 1964, 1965
Scope and Contents note
"A Pilot Study of Day Care Centers" (HEW publication); "A Planning Study of the East Los Angeles Family Counseling Service"
(research report); "Troubled Children: Their Early Identification and Treatment" (report from WPC, Child Welfare Division).
Box 3, Folder 2
San Fernando Valley ProfileJanuary 1964
Scope and Contents note
"San Fernando Valley Profile," by Marchia Meeker, Working Paper No. 46.
Box 3, Folder 4
Planning ProfileJanuary 1957
Scope and Contents note
"A Profile for Planning--East Central Area. Prepared for the East Central Area Welfare Planning Council First Annual Meeting",
Information Series No. 12.
Box 3, Folder 13
Reports"1957, 1961, 1973"
Scope and Contents note
Reports re "Everyone's Children. A Report on the Problem of Severe Mental Retardation," prepared by Child Welfare Division,
Welfare Planning Council; "Health and Welfare Crisis", and "Reconnaissance Survey of Facilities for Alcoholics in Los Angeles".
Box 3, Folder 14
School Health EducationDecember 1966
Scope and Contents note
"New Dimensions in School Health Education: The Los Angeles Story," by C. Morley Sellery, et al.
Box 4, Folder 5
Mental RetardationMay 1962
Scope and Contents note
Mental Health Development Project Report Series No. 2: "Mental Retardation," by Elizabeth Prescott, Working Paper No. 19.
Box 4, Folder 11
Mexican-American Mental Health ServicesApril 1968
Scope and Contents note
"Impressions Concerning the Indigenous Aide in Agencies Serving Mexican Americans"; "New Ways to Meet the Mental Health Needs
of Mexican Americans. A Report to the East Los Angeles Community"; plus abstract of key recommendations of latter report.
Box 4, Folder 15
Study of Mental Health CommitteeFebruary 1955
Scope and Contents note
"History of the Committee on Mental Health: A Study of a Planning Committee", Special Report Series No. 42.
Box 4, Folder 16
Reports1956, 1967
Scope and Contents note
"The Skid Row Program," by Edward Freudenberg, Claude Johnson (no. 74); "Survey of Chest-Type Services Los Angeles County
1955," by Sidney Zimbalist (no. 47), Special Report Series Nos. 47, 74.
Box 5, Folder 13
Fact Sheet1957
Scope and Contents note
WPC Research Department fact sheet re areas of Los Angeles.
Box 6, Folder 1
Children's Mental Health StudyJanuary 1969
Scope and Contents note
"Study of Mental Health Needs of Children, West Area Planning Council", Special Report No. 76.
Box 6, Folder 4
Miscellaneous Reports"1961, 1965"
Scope and Contents note
"Nottingham Social Needs--Resources Study. Norwalk, California"; "Report of the Day Care Committee: Standards for Health Supervision
… in Day Care Facilities"; "Home Care Research and Demonstration Program. Los Angeles County Hospital".
Box 6, Folder 5
Day Care StudyJune 1964
Scope and Contents note
"Children in Group Day Care: The Effect of a Dual Child-Rearing Environment (An Exploratory Study)," by Elizabeth Prescott,
Research Report No. 20.
Box 6, Folder 9
Child Care for Servicemen1952
Scope and Contents note
"Maternity and Infant Care Provisions for Servicemen's Dependents," by Emanuel Reznick and Gloria Roman, Publication No. 13.
Box 7, Folder 4
Police & Welfare AgenciesAugust 1962
Scope and Contents note
"Relationships Between Welfare and Law Enforcement Agencies in California," by Irving F. Reichert, Jr., Special Report Series
No. 42.
Box 7, Folder 6
Services for Children1958
Scope and Contents note
"Report on Basic Services for Children in Los Angeles County".
Box 7, Folder 7
Welfare Referral Service1956
Scope and Contents note
"Welfare Information Service: A Study of a Central Referral Service," by Gloria Robinson et al., Publications Series No. 16.
Box 7, Folder 8
Comparative StudyFebruary 1960
Scope and Contents note
"Los Angeles and the New York City Youth Board: A Comparative Study".
Box 7, Folder 10
Juvenile Delinquency StudyAugust 1960
Scope and Contents note
"Juvenile Delinquency in Los Angeles: A Study of Probation Department Referrals," by Joseph W. Eaton and Kenneth Polk (preliminary
review copy).
Box 10, Folder 2
South Central Youth1961
Scope and Contents note
"Part One of a Project on Youth Problems and Needs--in the South Central Area," by Lorenzo Traylor.
Box 10, Folder 3
Community Study1962
Scope and Contents note
"A Profile of Four Communities: Compton, Pacoima, Wilmington, Willowbrook," by Eugene Bender, Working Paper No. 17.
Box 10, Folder 4
Compton StudyJanuary 1962
Scope and Contents note
"Compton: A Community in Transition," by David Franklin, Special Report No. 61.