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Title: Neighborhood Youth Association records
Collection number: 0416
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5.84 linear ft.
7 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1954-1991
Abstract: The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using
a settlement house approach, the Association's oiginal goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods
to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social services
and counseling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area,
particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California. These records date from 1954 to 1991, and contain information
on grants, consortia, and special progams.
creator:
Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate agency or person.
[Box/folder #], Neighborhood Youth Association records, Collection no. 0416, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
The material was acquired directly from personnel at The Neighborhood Youth Association offices.
These records include a considerable amount of material that is either redundant or is germane to other charitable groups.
The decisions about which items should be maintained in the California Social Welfare Archives was driven by the consideration
that many of the associated groups did not, themselves, have their materials stored in any local archives. Virtually all projects
undertaken by the Association were funded from a wide variety of sources. Each of these sources funded parts of several different
projects. Different record keepers within the Association organized the files by different criteria; usually either by funding
agency or by project. The division of series in this collection reflects these different record keeping approaches. As a result,
some redundancy was unavoidable.
Boxes 1-5 were processed by John Fowler in 2003. In December 2010, Sue Luftschein encoded this finding aid, and in 2012 added
two additional boxes (boxes 6 and 7) that arrived in a later accession.
The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using
a settlement house approach, the Association's original goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods
to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social service
and couneling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area,
particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
The collection is organized into seven series: 1. Governance; 2. Administration; 3. External Agencies; 4. Fundraising and
Finances; 5. Programs and Proposals; 6. Publications; and 7. Conferences.
The Neighborhood Youth Association records consist of minutes, agendas, reports, proposals, clippings, and notes, 1954-1991,
that document the grants, consortia, and special progams with which the Association was involved. Of particular interest are
the many drafts and proposals for projects dealing with teenage delinquency and teen pregnancy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
Clippings
Correspondence
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--Archival resources
Memorandums
Minutes
Newsletters
Notes
Printed ephemera
Reports
Social group work--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social service--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social workers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Typescripts
Videotapes