Examples of our 117 archival collections

All Nations Church and Foundation,

CSWA collection #0421

This collection includes photographic material in a variety of formats, The collection provides a rich view of the people, community, and activities associated with the All Nations Foundation's operations in Los Angeles in the early to mid 20th Century. Among the subjects documented in the photographs are All Nations centers and community life; arts and education; recreation and leisure; groups and individuals; and publicity materials. The collection complements the All Nations Church and Foundation records, also held in the California Social Welfare Archives at USC.

History of All Nations Foundation

All Nations, in its heyday the largest social welfare organization in early to mid 20th Century Los Angeles. Founded in 1918 in an east-central section of the city known as "Eastside", The City Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, under pastor Bromley Oxnam, established and ran the church settlement, gathering donations, organizing volunteers, buying land and buildings, and equipping gymnasiums, playgrounds, libraries, and clinics for a community where three-fourths of the families were on public assistance and where much of the population consisted of immigrants from Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Oxnam initially developed the physical facilities of All Nations, acquiring a complex of buildings at 810-816-824 E. Sixth Street (now the site of Gladys Park in Skid Row) just before his resignation from the organization in 1927.

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[All Nations Church and Foundation] (1965.)
California Social Welfare Archives, 0421, Box 1, USC Libraries Special Collections — [All Nations Church and Foundation] (1965.) California Social Welfare Archives, 0421, Box 1, USC Libraries Special Collections

[All Nations Church and Foundation] (1965) All Nations Service Area Map California Social Welfare Archives, 0421, Box 1, USC Libraries Special Collections

[All Nations Church and Foundation] (1965) Family on porch California Social Welfare Archives, 0421, Box 1, USC Libraries Special Collections

Midnight Mission (Los Angeles) and Tom and Mary Liddicoat papers (Circa 1930)

CSWA collection 0413

Assorted glass plate images 2 Mary Liddecoat Midnight Mission collection (Circa 1930s) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Tom serving food Midnight Mission and Tom and Mary Liddicoat papers (Circa 1930s) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Note from Sid Grauman to Tom Liddicoat, Midnight Mission and Tom and Mary Liddicoat papers (circa 1930s) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Soup kitchen staff and clients, Midnight Mission and Tom and Mary Liddicoat papers (1 September, 1930) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Two women and three kids on porch, Midnight Mission and Mary Liddecoat collection (Circa 1930s) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Assorted glass plate images 1, Mary Liddecoat Midnight Mission collection (Circa 1930s) CSWA 0413, Box 1

Woman with three girls Midnight Mission Mary Liddecoat collection (circa 1930's) California Social Welfare Archives, 0413Box 1

(Selected images from) Valle, R. 1971 29 August Los Barrios de EastLos, East LA Comprehensive Mental Health Planning Perspective

CSWA Collection #0603, Box3, Folder,7

These images are from an innovative proposal by UCLA & USC Social work students, Trabajadores de la Raza in 1969. To learn more about this astounding mental health program that was established due to this proposal, click the link to read, Aranda, M. P. (2001). The development of the Latino social work profession in Los Angeles. Research on Social Work Practice, 11(2), 254-265.

A notable contributor to this proposal is CSWA Hall of Distinction Inductee, Armando T. Morales, inducted in 2016.

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Valle, R. 1971 29 August Los Barrios de EastLos, East LA Comprehensive Mental Health Planning Perspective (Proposal) Cover 0603 Box3 Folder7

Front cover of a proposal by UCLA & USC Social work students, Trabajadores de la Raza in 1969. To learn mor — Valle, R. 1971 29 August Los Barrios de EastLos, East LA Comprehensive Mental Health Planning Perspective (Proposal) Cover 0603 Box3 Folder7 Front cover of a proposal by UCLA & USC Social work students, Trabajadores de la Raza in 1969. To learn more about this astounding mental health program, click the link to read Aranda, M. P. (2001). The development of the Latino social work profession in Los Angeles. Research on Social Work Practice, 11(2), 254-265.

0603 B3 F7 Valle 1971 p19 Moratorium.JPG

The National Travelers Aid Association Records, CSWA collection # 0485

Wilmington USC [scrapbook], 1942-1945, part of the Lola Selby papers.

The National Travelers Aid Assocation records consist primarily of papers and reports produced by the national association, and by the Wilmington office of the USO, in the 1940s and 1960s. Much of the material was collected by one of the social workers in the Wilmington office, Lola Selby, who was in charge of Travelers' Aid. Of special interest are the papers and reports on services to mobile populations, and the scrapbook documenting the founding and activities of the Wilmington office of the USO during World War II.