Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records, 1942-1987, bulk Bulk, 1942-1961

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Summary

Title:
Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records
Dates:
1942-1987, bulk Bulk, 1942-1961
Creators:
Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization.
Abstract:
The Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records documents the functions and activities of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for the Study of Community Organization (ASCO) from 1948-1987. The records consist of minutes and agendas of ASCO general and committee meetings, local and national newsletters, speeches, membership application forms, membership lists, promotional flyers, meeting announcements, correspondence, etc.
Extent:
0.21 linear ft. 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records, Collection no. 0446, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records documents the functions and activities of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for the Study of Community Organization (ASCO) from 1948-1987. The records consist of minutes and agendas of ASCO general and committee meetings, local and national newsletters, speeches, membership application forms, membership lists, promotional flyers, meeting announcements, correspondence, etc. Among the prominent names found in these holdings are Julius Klein, Eva Schindler-Rainman, and Chauncey Alexander.

Biographical / historical:

The Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization was an interdisciplinary professional society of people in the Greater Los Angeles area with a commonality of interests in the process and dynamics of community organization. In 1946, a group of social workers at the national level established an association aimed at studying community organization processes and procedures, and sent invitations to local Welfare Councils across the country to develop these study groups in their areas. The Los Angeles chapter gained initial national recognition with one of its first studies, on the role of recording in community organization. While its initial membership was composed almost exclusively of professional social workers, membership eventually expanded to include groups and individuals without professional involvement in social work but who work in the area of community organization.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
Date Prepared:
2000 February 3
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-08-03T03:37-0700

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Restrictions:

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], Greater Los Angeles Association for the Study of Community Organization records, Collection no. 0446, 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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