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MS.R.131
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Title: Nicholas Magalousis papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.131
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 linear foot
(3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
Date (inclusive): 1979-2009
Abstract: This collection documents archaeologist and historic preservationist Nicholas Magalousis' efforts to preserve Southern California
historic sites, particularly the San Juan Capistrano Mission, the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission, and the Irvine Ranch. The
collection includes reports, newsletters, publications, slides, photographic prints, memoranda, correspondence, and news clippings.
Creator:
California Mission Studies Association.
Creator:
Magalousis, Nicholas M.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Nicholas Magalousis Papers. MS-R131. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Nicholas Magalousis, 2006 and 2010.
Processed by Alieh Zamany, 2008, and updated by Dawn Schmitz, 2010.
Nicholas Magalousis was active in the preservation of California missions, particularly San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey
de Francia, and other Southern California historic sites such as the Irvine Ranch. He founded the California Mission Studies
Association, an organization established in 1984 to preserve the California missions and support education about them. He
has done pioneering work in Atomic Absorption Analysis and Archaeology and has taught anthropology and archaeology at the
University of California, Irvine, Chapman University, Irvine Valley College, and Long Beach State University. In 2005, he
became a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at Santiago Canyon College in Orange, California, and
had published about 1500 pages of research.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The collection documents Magalousis' efforts to preserve Southern California historic sites, particularly the San Juan Capistrano
Mission in the 1980s, the San Luis Rey de Francia mission in the 1990s, and the Irvine Ranch in the 2000s. This collection
also includes records from the California Mission Studies Association. Collection materials include reports, newsletters,
publications, slides, photographic prints, memoranda, correspondence, and news clippings. Also included are materials related
to Magalousis's scholarly and academic work at Santiago Canyon College.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California Mission Studies Association -- Archives.
Irvine Ranch (Calif.) -- Conservation and restoration.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Conservation and restoration.
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.) -- Conservation and restoration.
Adobe houses -- Conservation and restoration.
Missions -- Conservation and restoration -- California
Oral histories.
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County.
Ranches -- Cailfornia -- Orange county