Copy ofArchival Collections and Oral Histories Committee
Chair: Elise Johnson
The Archival Collections and Oral Histories Committee has two major projects within California Social Welfare Archives:
1.Archival Collection held at USC Library
Since its founding in 1979, California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) has collected and preserved documents and personal histories that illuminate the development of social issues and problems in the field of health, social work and social welfare in California, as well as the answers that have emerged to cope with such problems. The Archives are available to social workers, researchers, historians, students, developers of social policy, and others and offer the opportunity to examine linkages between the past and present, to learn from history, and to inform understanding of contemporary and future problems and appropriate solutions. Relevant items are collected, cataloged, and maintained by the USC Special Collections Library.
Unfortunately none of our archives are digitized. However, if you interested in viewing any of the items in our collection, we’d be happy to assist in the process of viewing them. Contact Elise Johnson, LCSW eljohnson@csudh.edu
2. Oral histories Collection
CSWA volunteers conduct interviews of award honorees and those interviews are housed within this collection. Approximately 100 interviews are available for viewing digitally and functions in collaboration with the Doheny Memorial Library's Archival Research Center (ARC).
