Finding aid for the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records
0455
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2000 February 29
Title: Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records
Collection number: 0455
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear ft.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1919-1986
Abstract: The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities
(subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's
material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the
period 1919-1986.
creator:
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Commission.
creator:
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Dept.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Stanislaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records, Collection no. 0455, California
Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Acquisition
Received from Leon R. Umsted, Deputy Director, Income Maintenance Division, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services;
Marsena Buck, Director, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services
Scope and Content
The Stansilaus County Welfare Commission and Welfare Department records consists of materials created by these two entities
(subsequently renamed the Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, and now the Community Services Agency). The collection's
material is all textual and ranges from ledgers to photocopies of legal agreements; chronologically the material spans the
period 1919-1986. The ledgers are particularly valuable: dating from the 1920s and 1930s, they provide information on the
amount and reasons for payments to needy persons, thus providing insight into social needs and local government responses
to them before the establishment of the welfare state.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Commission. -- Archives
Stanislaus County (Calif.). Welfare Dept. -- Archives
Correspondence
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents
Public welfare--California--Archival resources
Reports
Box 1, Volume 1
Ledger #1
1934-1941
Scope and Content
Minutes of the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission. On first sheet of ledger: “From April 10, 1934-February 10, 1941, inclusive;
pages 1-500, inclusive.”
Box 1, Volume 2
Ledger #2
1941-1949
Scope and Content
Minutes of the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission. March 10, 1941 to March 11, 1949. Roster of Stanislaus County Welfare
Commission, January 1941.
Box 1, Volume 3
Ledger #3
1919-1929
Scope and Content
Minutes and record of welfare payments of the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission. From August 19, 1919 to December 10, 1929.
Entries handwritten. With newspaper clippings pasted on boards or pages: eg, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors Ordinance
no. 111 establishing Department of Public Welfare for Stanislaus County. Notecard with saying, bearing signature of Mrs. Mae
Ramont on page.
Box 1, Volume 4
Ledger #4
1929-1934
Scope and Content
Minutes of the Stanislaus County Welfare Commission. From December 23 1929 to March 13, 1934. Entries handwritten.
Box 1, Volume 5
Ledger #5
1935-1942
Scope and Content
Financial ledger: County welfare cash balances and bank accounts, receipts from control fund, and disbursements from trust
fund and control fund. From January 1935 to August 1942.
Box 1, Folder 1
Statistical reports
1933-1955
Scope and Content
Statistical reports re Stanislaus County indigent aid expenditures, case loads survey, general relief and child welfare division
expenditures and number of cases, aid to handicapped and elderly, statistical graphs. Originally in three-ringed binder.
Box 1, Folder 2
Ordinance no. 111
undated
Scope and Content
Typewritten manuscripts of Ordinance no. 111 establishing the Stanislaus County Welfare Department (n.d.). Letter of July
8, 1929 by Mrs. C.H. Ramont, Stanislaus County Welfare Department worker, re renewal state aid application.
Box 1, Folder 3
Annual General Assistance Subsistence Needs Survey
1984 July 26
Scope and Content
General Assistance review/survey findings, memoranda, charts and statistics for food, rent, utilities, and personal items;
for 1984-1985.
Box 1, Folder 4
General Assistance review
1985-1987
Scope and Content
General Assistance review/survey findings, memoranda, charts and statistics for food, rent, utilities, and personal items;
for 1985-1986, 1986-1987. Contains actual case information.
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence re donation
1989-1990, 1994
Scope and Content
Correspondence from Leon R. Umsted, Deputy Director, Income Maintenance Division, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services;
Marsena Buck, Director, Stanislaus County Department of Social Services, to California Social Welfare Archives re donations
of material. List of materials sent to CSWA (May 23, 1994) and Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors resolution of donation
of Stanislaus County Department of Social Services material to CSWA.
Box 1, Folder 6
Biographical and historical information
1981
Scope and Content
Materials on history and persons of Stanislaus County Department of Social Services: Leon R Umsted, "Social Welfare in Stanislaus
County, California, 1925-1927." (photocopy). Forms and accompanying biographical material for nomination of Mary E. Ferguson,
first director of Stanislaus County Welfare Department, as "Outstanding Woman of Stanislaus County."
Box 1, Folder 7
Grant application for children mental health services unit by Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock, California
1972
Box 1, Folder 8
Summary of G.A. Suit
1981
Scope and Content
Memoranda, statistics, budget requests re California Rural Legal Aid suit against Stanislaus County Welfare Department and
Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors over levels of general assistance. Originally in three-ring binder entitled "Summary
of G.A. Suit."
Box 1, Folder 9
Adoptions
1975-1983
Scope and Content
Restricted: Private case information. Correspondence, state forms and continuation sheet, state and county memoranda, re adoption
policies and regulations. Stanislaus County adoption staff weekly schedule. Originally in folder entitled "Adoptions."
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence to Adoption Agreement with Merced County
1975
Scope and Content
County and state correspondence and memoranda, legal agreement, personal notes, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors resolution
re Stanislaus County adoption program and its creation and subsequent relationship with Merced County. Photocopy of license
California state license for Stanislaus County adoption program. Originally in folder entitled "Correspondence to Adoption
Agreement with Merced County."