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  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    Title: Marion Parks papers
    Creator: Parks, Marion
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.042
    Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
    Date (inclusive): 1937-1940
    Abstract: This collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers from the late 1930s relating to the Los Angeles Civic Center Union Station Committee, of which Marion Parks was secretary. Also included are personal correspondence to Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, M.R. Harrington, Curator of the Southwest Museum, and Althea Warren, Los Angeles City Librarian. Additionally there is her personal correspondence to various organizations, including the San Gabriel Women's Club, Southern California Symphony Association, California State Historical Society historian and Huguenot Society of Southern California.
    Language of Material: English .

    Access

    The collection has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

    Preferred Citation

    Marion Parks papers. MS-R042. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired with the Don Meadows papers, unknown date.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    This collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers from the late 1930s relating to the Los Angeles Civic Center Union Station Committee, of which Marion Parks was secretary. Also included are personal correspondence to Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, M.R. Harrington, Curator of the Southwest Museum, and Althea Warren, Los Angeles City Librarian. Additionally there is her personal correspondence to various organizations, including the San Gabriel Women's Club, Southern California Symphony Association, California State Historical Society historian and Huguenot Society of Southern California.