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Scope and Content
Custodial history
Organization
Title: California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection
Collection number: 0449
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.63 linear ft.
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1930-1992
Abstract: The California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection consists of article offprints, booklets, unpublished
papers, transcripts of hearings, newspaper clippings, one book, and twenty-two photographs spanning the years 1930-1992. All
items in this collection (in one form or another) concern the rootless in society; especially prominent in these holdings
are materials concerning migrant farm workers principally in California, but also in other parts of the nation. Other areas
of interest are the homeless and transient youths. The "Cotton Survey" (1938) examined the living conditions of migrant farm
workers and contains invaluable black-and-white photographs of farmers' camps in such places as Kern County. Also noteworthy
are transcripts of testimony from Carey McWilliams, the famous editor of The Nation and authority on California ethnic groups,
before state hearings on the migrant worker. The collection also contains an assembly of reports and papers from various private
and public agencies on the homeless problem of the 80s and the 90s.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.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], California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection, Collection no. 0449, California
Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Scope and Content
The California Migrant, Transient, and Homeless Populations collection consists of article offprints, booklets, unpublished
papers, transcripts of hearings, newspaper clippings, one book, and twenty-two photographs spanning the years 1930-1992. All
items in this collection (in one form or another) concern the rootless in society; especially prominent in these holdings
are materials concerning migrant farm workers principally in California, but also in other parts of the nation. Other areas
of interest are the homeless and transient youths. The holdings on migrant farm workers in California have special value for
research on their plight in the California of the Depression. The "Cotton Survey" (1938) examined the living conditions of
migrant farm workers and contains invaluable black-and-white photographs of farmers' camps in such places as Kern County.
Also noteworthy are transcripts of testimony from Carey McWilliams, the famous editor of The Nation and authority on California
ethnic groups, before state hearings on the migrant worker. The collection also contains an assembly of reports and papers
from various private and public agencies on the homeless problem of the 80s and the 90s. This material is invaluable for describing
how social service groups fought this problem on the local scene as it became a national issue. This collection contains some
material that can be found in the USC Libraries; this has been noted.
Custodial history
This collection did not originate from holdings that were gathered or created by an individual or organization; rather, it
is a mixture of materials acquired by the CSWA and then housed together because of their subject matter. Some of this material
possibly was once in the possession of Gertrude Wilson and Gladys Ryland, or the United Way Library.
Organization
The collection has been organized into two series: Migrants/Homeless Youth (Box 1) and Los Angeles Homeless (Box 2).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings
Homeless persons--California--Archival resources
Homeless youth--California--Archival resources
Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Archival resources
Migrant agricultural laborers--Housing--California--Archival resources
Pamphlets
Reports
Reprints