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Scope and Content
Title: Aneita Tidball papers
Collection number: 0437
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.63 linear ft.
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1951-1956
Abstract: The Aneita Tidball papers consist of correspondence, memorandums and reports, 1951-1956, created primarily by Aneita Tidball
in the course of her duties for the United Community Defense Service.
creator:
Tidball, Aneita, 1896-1982
creator:
United Community Defense Services (U.S.).
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Advance notice required for access.
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 from the copyright holder to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Aneita Tidball papers, Collection no. 0437, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Biographical and historical note
Aneita Tidball, a nationally known social worker and former executive Secretary of the Travelers Aid Society of Chicago, was
Field Representative in the western states for the United Community Defense Service (UCDS), from 1951 to 1953. The UCDS was
federation of fifteen large national agencies created in 1951 to assist undeveloped communities in meeting social service
needs created by defense mobilization for the Korean War. It did so by functioning as a private cooperative fundraising agency
that usually worked with local Community Chests. Tidball's three year assignment with the UCDS was to identify communities
in the western region, including California, that had been adversely impacted by the growth and problems associated with the
establishment of military installations because of the Korean War. Tidball's energetic and vivid field reports on the state
of communities in the West, ranging from Oakland, to China Lake, to Moses Lake, Washington, form an important part of this
collection.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content
The Aneita Tidball papers consist of correspondence, memorandums and reports created primarily by Aneita Tidball in the course
of her duties for the United Community Defense Service. Most of the material was generated during the years 1951-1953; all
material is textual. The bulk of the holdings is correspondence, typewritten excerpts or summaries of newspaper clippings/releases,
Aneita Tidball's and others' field reports and community summaries, and UCDS memoranda to or from Aneita Tidball. Most material
is not found on UCDS stationary, for example, but onion-skin typing paper, suggesting that this material served as copies
or records of work that had been sent. Some material is clearly designated as copies or else is clearly carbon copies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tidball, Aneita, 1896-1982 -- Archives
Tidball, Aneita, 1896-1982 -- Correspondence
United Community Defense Services (U.S.). -- Archives
Correspondence
Memorandums
Minutes
Reports
Social service--West (U.S.)--20th century--Archival resources
Social workers--West (U.S.)--20th century--Archival resources