Finding Aid for the Robert H. Scott papers, 1926-1943
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert H. Scott papers
Date (inclusive): 1926-1943
Collection number: 735
Creator:
Robert H. Scott
Extent:
0.5 boxes (0.25 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Robert H. Scott served in several legal and judicial posts in Los Angeles County including Deputy Public Defender, Municipal
Court Judge, Justice of the Peace, and Superior Court Judge. The collection consists of copies of published articles authored
by Scott and others largely focusing on the prevention and punishment of juvenile delinquency as well as two clippings scrapbooks.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processing Note
Processed by Heather Lowe in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
August 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert H. Scott papers (Collection 735). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Robert Harrison Scott was born in Northern Michigan to Alfred James and Annis Brown Scott. In 1903, he moved to Los Angeles
with his family, later graduating from Los Angeles High School in 1909. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley
graduating in 1915. That same year he was accepted to the California Bar Association and practiced law until enlisting as
a lieutenant in the United States Army. After returning from the First World War, he was appointed Deputy Public Defender
of Los Angeles County. Scott was then elected as Justice of the peace in 1922, and went on to become a Municipal Court judge
two years later. In 1926, Scott was elected to the position of Superior Court Judge, where he split his time between criminal
and juvenile court. During this time, he began to devote much of his time and scholarship to the improvement of prevention
and discipline of juvenile delinquency.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of published articles written by Robert H. Scott as well as a few articles on the topic of juvenile
delinquency written by others. Also included in the collection are 2 clippings scrap books.
Organization and Arrangement
The articles and journals in the collection are arranged alphabetically by journal title. The scrapbooks are housed in an
oversize box.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Scott, Robert H.--Archives.
Judges--California--Los Angeles.
Juvenile justice, Administration of--California--Los Angeles.
Genres and Forms of Material
Scrapbooks.
Box 1, Folder 1
Bar Bulletin,
1943 February.
Scope and Content Note
Includes reprint of the article "War Time Adoptions" written by Scott.
Box 1, Folder 2
California Decisions, vol. 6 no. 104,
1941 November 28.
Scope and Content Note
Contains profile of Scott on verso of front cover.
Box 1, Folder 3
Civil Affairs, vol. 5 no. 8,
1938 April.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Streamlining Juvenile Justice" on pages 1-2, 7-8.
Box 1, Folder 4
The Commonwealth, vol. 12 no. 20,
1936 May 19.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Probation and the Public" on pages 311-316.
Box 1, Folder 5
Los Angeles Bar Association Bulletin, vol. 11 no. 9,
1936 May.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Our Juvenile Court Today" on pages 221-224.
Box 1, Folder 6
Los Angeles Bar Association Bulletin, vol. 13 no. 1,
1937 September 16.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "The Function of Juvenile Court in the Community" on pages 15-22.
Box 1, Folder 7
Los Angeles Bar Association Bulletin, vol. 17 no. 1,
1941 September.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "The Future of the Juvenile Court" on pages 18-24.
Box 1, Folder 8
Los Angeles Bar Association Bulletin, vol. 17 no. 6,
1942 February.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Youth and War-born Delinquency" on pages 127-130.
Box 1, Folder 9
Los Angeles Bar Association Bulletin, vol. 19 no.4,
1943 December.
Scope and Content Note
This folder includes a reprint from the article "Juveniles and Justice" that first appeared in the Los Angeles Bar Association
Bulletin.
Box 1, Folder 10
The State Bar Journal of the State Bar of California, vol. 13 no. 4-5,
1938 April-May.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Parents by Proxy" on pages 55-57.
Box 1, Folder 11
The Tax Digest, vol. 19 no. 4,
1941 April.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "Forestry Camps for Juvenile Delinquents" on pages 121-123, 136-138.
Box 1, Folder 12
The Tax Digest, vol. 20 no. 9,
1942 September.
Scope and Content Note
Issue includes article by Scott titled "War Against Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention-not just correction" on pages 121-123,
136-138.
Box 1, Folder 13
Bound collection of articles,
1941.
Scope and Content Note
Bound collection of articles first appearing elsewhere. Articles included in the collection are: "Problems of Juvenile Detention,"
"Forestry Camps for Delinquent Boys," "Institutional Care for Boys in California."
Box 1, Folder 14
Los Angeles Examiner. Building Better Manhood Beginning in Boyhood,
ca. 1942.
Scope and Content Note
Large pamphlet advertising work as a paper delivery boy at the Los Angeles Examiner. Features brief article by Scott.
Box 1, Folder 15
Kiwanis Magazine, vol. 18 no. 9,
1933 September.
Scope and Content Note
Includes article by Scott titled "Recreation vs. Juvenile Delinquency" on pages 402-403.
Box 1, Folder 16
Boylan, John. Parents on Trial. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Probation Department,
1938.
Scope and Content Note
Title page has inscription to Scott from the author.
Box 2, Folder 1
Small clippings scrapbook,
1928.
Box 2, Folder 2
Large clippings scrapbook,
1936-1941.
