Box 2
Container
Contains 38 Results:
Clippings and correspondence relating to the Marion Parks publication, History of Santa Barbara, State of California: its People and Resources, 1939
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Newspaper articles by Marion Parks: "How Los Angeles Began," September 4, 19??, unknown source; "Charm Lurks in Names of Spanish Days," January 30, 1935, Pasadena Post; "Gleanings From History; "How Los Angeles was Named," Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1934
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Typescripts for radio programs by Marion Parks
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Typescripts by Marion Parks, "Spanish Place Names of Los Angeles," "What's in a Name?," The Women's Athletic Club of Los Angeles," "The Practical Value of Romance," "Preliminary Suggestions for a Pageant of the Landing of Cabrillo at San Pedro"
File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Typescript for play, Vistas en Mexico
File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Poetry by Marion Parks
File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Photographs of Marion Parks and pageants
File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Correspondence and clippings on the Women's Auxiliary - Chamber of Commerce (1940's)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Misc. Clippings (1939-1940)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940
Misc. Correspondence (1933-1937?)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
Scope and Content of Collection
From the Collection:
The papers of Marion Parks, a talented and resourceful personality in Los Angeles during the early 1900s, relate to the history of Southern California. Parks described herself as "a California historian." Her principal contributions in this capacity were a series of still-useful booklets published while she was publicity writer for Security-First National Bank, and the organization of colorful historical pageants (in the Spanish style) in several California towns. Her local history files...
Dates:
1909-1940 (bulk 1926-1940); Majority of material found within 1926 - 1940