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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Orilla Winfield Papers, 1948-1953

Collection number:
MSS 62

Creator:
Orilla Winfield

Extent:
1 legal folder

Repository:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Los Angeles, CA 90044

Abstract:
The collection papers are of Orilla Winfield, a Los Angeles County social worker. Materials consist of the correspondence from the Los Angeles County Department of Charities regarding the dismissal of Winfield in 1948 due to her refusal to sign a loyalty oath. There are also photographs of pickets, clippings and circulars from the United Defense Committee of Public Employees Against "Loyalty" Checks surrounding the civil rights case of Los Angeles County workers fired for failure to sign a loyalty oath.

Language:
English.

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