United Community Services Research Department: Studies and Reports
Collection
Identifier: UR000420_Studies
The collection consists of studies and reports prepared by United Community Services staff and committees on a variety of issues and programs conducted under UCS auspices as well as those prepared by outside experts and organizations working in the field of social welfare.
Important subjects in the collection:
Aged problems
AIDS and HIV
Child neglect and protective services for children
Crime and delinquency
Demographic data
Ethnic/racial communities in metropolitan Detroit
Family services
Health care for the medically indigent
Local, state, and federal welfare programs
Poverty and low income
Recreation
Settlements and community centers
Social welfare planning and agency administration
Social workers
Substance abuse
Teen pregnancy
Unemploymen
Dates
- 1920 - 1991
Creator
- United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.Restrictions: Researchers may encounter records of a sensitive nature – personnel files, case records and those involving investigations, legal and other private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor.
Extent
18 Linear Feet (18 SB)
Abstract
Subjects include: social welfare and health care services in metropolitan Detroit; AIDS and HIV; education; senior citizens; substance abuse; child abuse; family services; hunger and malnutrition; spouse abuse
History
United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit is a planning organization for social welfare and health care services. The UCS Research Department set up the Studies and Reports Collection in 1975 as a reference library for staffers and other researchers as well as to document the history of UCS’s service to the community.
Arrangement
Folders in these boxes are computer-arranged alphabetically in this finding aid, but may actually be
dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Walter P. Reuther Library.
Creator
- United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the United Community Services Research Department: Studies and Reports
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
Contact:
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202 USA