Finding aid for the Anne Ostomel papers 0600
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated.
USC Libraries Special Collections
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Anne Ostomel papers
Creator:
Ostomel, Anne, 1908-2003
Identifier/Call Number: 0600
Physical Description:
4.813 Linear Feet
11 boxes
Date (bulk): 1950s-1980s
Abstract: This collection consists of the papers of American social worker Anne Ostomel (1908-2003). These papers include files with
reports, bibliographies, directories, speeches, correspondences, conference proceedings, training manuals, and handbooks related
to Ostomel's work in New York and California.
Language of Material:
English.
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Anne Ostomel (1908-2003) was an American social worker. She received her Master's in Social Work from the University of Southern
California. Ostomel worked as the program supervisor of the Public Assistance Division of the Albany, New York, County Department
of Public Welfare and then as a Child Welfare Specialist in the California Department of Social Welfare. She helped in the
development of child welfare services in county welfare departments, licensing of adoption and child-placing agencies, and
development of training programs for county welfare and probation agency personnel, as well as state legislation and regulations
to cope with child abuse. She and her husband Maurice Ostomel established the Arlien Johnson Scholarship Fund at the USC School
of Social Work, and following her death the University of Southern California School of Social Work established the Maurice
J. and Anne M. Ostomel Scholarship Fund.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Anne Ostomel papers, Collection no. 0600, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
This collection consists of the papers of American social worker Anne Ostomel (1908-2003). These papers include files with
reports, bibliographies, directories, speeches, correspondences, conference proceedings, training manuals, and handbooks related
to Ostomel's work in New York and California. Ostomel was the program supervisor of the Public Assistance Division of the
Albany, New York, County Department of Public Welfare and later a Child Welfare Specialist in the California Department of
Social Welfare.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Social workers -- California -- Archival resources
Child welfare -- California -- Archival resources
Women social workers -- United States -- Archival resources
Reports
Training manuals
Family social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
School social work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Social work with African Americans -- Archival resources
Social work education -- California -- Archival resources
Social work education -- Law and legislation -- Archival resources
Budgets
Handbooks
Directories
Correspondence
Conference proceedings
Brochures
Journals (periodicals)
Speeches
Ostomel, Anne, 1908-2003 -- Archives