Finding aid for the Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions and Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County collection
of reports, brochures, and other materials
0430
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler, Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
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specol@usc.edu
2000 January 10
Title: Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions and Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County collection of reports, brochures,
and other materials
Collection number: 0430
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.42 linear ft.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1949-1982
Abstract: The collection consists of publications and papers issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions, as well as materials
on adoptions issued by persons or organizations outside the agency, most notably the Citizen's Adoption Committee of Los Angeles.
creator:
California Association of Adoption Agencies.
creator:
Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County.
creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Adoption Resource Center. Region 9.
creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Adoptions.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions and Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County
collection of reports, brochures, and other materials, Collection no. 0430, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
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 to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of publications and papers issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions, as well as materials
on adoptions issued by persons or organizations outside the agency, most notably the Citizen's Adoption Committee of Los Angeles.
These publications consist of a resource directory, biennial reports, program plans, bulletins, an article, unpublished papers,
and general reports.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Association of Adoption Agencies. -- Archives
Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County. -- Archives
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Adoption Resource Center. Region 9. -- Archives
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Adoptions. -- Archives
Adoption--California--Archival resources
Brochures
Reports
Box 1, Folder 1
Mary H. Connery. "Adoption and Its Different Meanings."
Box 1, Folder 2
Adoption Resource Directory. Adoption Resource Center, Region 9. Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions. Los Angeles: Adoptions Resource Center, Region 9
1982
Box 1, Folder 3
Adoption Resource Center, Region 9, Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions.
Adoption Resource Center, Region 9, Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions Media Report: Making a Difference in Children's
Lives Through the Use of the Media
. Los Angeles
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Adoption Resource Center, Region 9, Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions.
Combined Report. Part One--Final Report October1, 1979 through September 30, 1982. Part Tw--Report for Last Two Quarters April
1, 1982 through September 30, 1982.
Los Angeles
circa 1982
Box 1, Folder 5
County of Los Angeles Department of Adoptions. Biennial Reports
1970-71/1971-72, 1972-73/1973-74, 1974-76, 1976-78.
Box 1, Folder 6
County of Los Angeles Department of Adoptions.
County of Los Angeles Department of Adoptions Biennial Report, 1978-1980: 1949-1979: 30 Years of Building Families. [Los Angeles]: County of Los Angeles Department of Adoptions
1980
Box 1, Folder 7
"'Reach Out'—A Program for Children in Need of Adoptive Planning. Developed by Los Angeles County Department of Adoptions,
Helen Ramírez, Director. July 19, 1978." Written by Barbara D. Larsen. (Unpublished paper)
1978
Box 1, Folder 8
Staff Development Food for Thought" Series bulletins, nos. 17-23, 25-36
1969-1971
Box 1, Folder 9
Children's Rights, Parents [sic] Rights, Community Rights. Adoption Report, 1978-1979. Prepared by the Southern Region’s Committee on Rights of the California Association of Adoption Agencies. [Los Angeles]: California
Association of Adoption Agencies
1979
Box 1, Folder 10
Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County
1952-1953
Scope and Content
Agenda for meeting re various committees, eg, Committee on Unmarried Parents. 1952.
Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County.
Children Without homes of Their Own. A Study of Children Needing Adoption and Other Foster Care in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, The Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County, 1953.
Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County.
Gleanings from Twenty-Two Months of Activity. Los Angeles: Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County, 1952. (2 copies)
The Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County.
Natural Parents—Unmarried and Married—Who Relinquish Children for Adoption. A Report by the Committee on Unmarried Parents Based on a Study Directed by Mary Stanton. Los Angeles: The Citizens Adoption
Committee of Los Angeles County, 1952. (2 copies)
The Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County.
Our Children in Foster Care in Los Angeles County. A Study of Children Needing Adoption. Los Angeles: Citizens Adoption Committee of Los Angeles County, 1953. (Also preliminary draft)
Box 1, Folder 11
Conference brochure re Institute on Adoption Practice in Social Work Conference, University of Southern California
1949 August 25-27
Box 1, Folder 12
Final Report of the Citizens Committee on Adoption of Children in California … A Three Year Study Financed by the Rosenberg
and Columbia Foundations, 1949-1952
, Rosenberg Foundation, 1952-1953
1953
Box 1, Folder 13
Jacobus TenBroek. "California’s Adoption Law and Programs."
Hastings Law Journal 6, no. 3 (1955): 261-350. Offprint.
1955
