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Finding Aid for the John A. Bangs Collection of George Edwin Burnell and Mary Lamoreaux Burnell Lectures, 1903-1943
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Title: John A. Bangs Collection of George Edwin Burnell and Mary Lamoreaux Burnell Lectures
Date (inclusive): 1903-1943
Collection number: 1141
Creator:
Bangs, John A.
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: George Edwin Burnell (1863-1948) was a religious educator, and an authority on metaphysical subjects and sacred literature.
Mimeographed transcripts of his lectures sold well enough to go into multiple editions. He was also the president and director
of the California Irrigated Farms Company and San Joaquin Farms Company, and a member of the Jonathan Club. The collection
consists of several hundred typewritten reports of lectures given by Burnell and his wife Mary Lamoreaux Burnell. Lecture
titles include “Experience,” “Intellect,” “Healing,” “Wealth,” and “Virtue.”
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the
creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright
owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Gift of Mrs. William T. Oday, 1973.
- Collection originally assembled by John A. Bangs.
[Identification of item], John A. Bangs Collection of George Edwin Burnell and Mary Lamoreaux Burnell Lectures (Collection
1141). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462286
Burnell was born in Connecticut in 1863; moved to California, where he became known as a religious educator and authority
on metaphysical subjects and sacred literature; held classes at his home in Arcadia; mimeographed transcripts of his hundreds
of lectures sold well enough to go into multiple editions; his wife, Mary, also lectured; he was president and director of
the California Irrigated Farms Company and San Joaquin Farms Company, member of the Jonathan Club; died in 1948.
Burnell was a religious educator and an authority on metaphysical subjects and sacred literature. Classes met regularly at
his home at 290 Foothill Blvd., Arcadia, California In addition, he was president and director of the California Irrigated
Farms Company and the San Joaquin Farms Company, a member of the Jonathan Club, and an active participant in the business
community. Mimeographed transcripts of his hundreds of lectures sold well enough to go into multiple editions as evidenced
by examples in the collection of variant settings.
Collection consists of several hundred typewritten reports of lectures given by George Edwin Burnell and his wife Mary Lamoreaux
Burnell. Lecture titles include “Experience,” “Intellect,” “Healing,” “Wealth,” and “Virtue.”
Arranged in the following series:
- Religious lectures by George Edwin Burnell
- Religious lectures by Mary Lamoreaux Burnell.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Burnell, George Edwin.
Burnell, Mary Lamoreaux, 1871-1949.
Lecturers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Religious educators--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Metaphysics--Archival resources.
Lectures.