Guide to the Diane Jane Honodel papers
Kira L. Dodd and Christina Edling
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Guide to the Diane Jane Honodel papers
Collection number: MC 26
Sacramento Public Library
Sacramento Room
Sacramento, California
- Processed by:
- Kira L. Dodd and Christina Edling
- Date Completed:
- 2014
- Encoded by:
- Kira L. Dodd and Christina Edling
Copyright 2014 Sacramento Public Library. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Diane Jane Honodel papers
Dates: 1904-1982
Collection number: MC 26
Creator:
Honodel, Diane Jane
Collection Size:
1 linear ft.
(3 archival boxes)
Repository:
Sacramento Public Library. Sacramento Room
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: The Diane Jane Honodel papers span the years 1904 to 1982 and document elements of Honodel's personal and professional life,
from her time as a Sacramento-area resident to her extensive involvement in theater. Her papers are comprised of a variety
of materials, including scrapbooks, handwritten notes and sketches, newspapers, theatrical and musical performance programs,
and other personal and printed materials.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please contact the Sacramento Room.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Use of the described materials may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Diane Jane Honodel papers, MC 26, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California.
Biography
Diane Jane Honodel was born in Chico, California on May 21, 1930 to Thelma Honodel. After graduating from Sacramento's C.K.
McClatchy High School in 1947, Honodel attended Sacramento State College and earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of
Arts in English and speech. She continued on to complete post-graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, eventually
earning elementary and secondary teaching credentials before spending four years teaching second grade, high school, and junior
college.
Outside of public school teaching, Diane Honodel participated regularly in theater, music, and television. Involved in theatrical
productions while attending C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento State College, and the University of California, Berkeley,
Honodel went on to work as an actress-singer in Sacramento and Los Angeles, performing in hundreds of professional and non-professional
shows in theater, radio, and television. In the Sacramento area, Honodel performed with such groups as the Sacramento Music
Circus and the California State Fair Orchestra. Diane's other theater and television work included teaching, directing, and
choreographing for the Sacramento Civic Repertory Theater; writing and producing for KCRA-TV, Sacramento; and writing television
scripts.
Scope and Content Note
The Diane Jane Honodel papers span the years 1904 to 1982 and document elements of Honodel's personal and professional life
through a variety of materials, including scrapbooks, handwritten notes and sketches, newspapers, theatrical and musical programs,
and other personal and printed materials.
The collection is organized into two series:
- Series 1. Personal papers (1904-1974)
- Series 2. Printed materials (1944-1982)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Honodel, Diane Jane
Actors -- California -- Sacramento
Singers -- California -- Sacramento
Series 1.
Personal papers
1904-1974
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series, spanning from 1904 to 1974, consists of papers and scrapbooks that document various stages of Diane Honodel's
personal and professional life. It contains personal and biographical materials, including Honodel's baby book (1930) and
her resume (1966); correspondence, a sparse diary, handwritten collection of poems, and book of bird sketches from Honodel's
youth; and a card file of science facts and activities for students that Honodel compiled as a teaching tool. In addition,
this series contains three scrapbooks that are comprised of such items as correspondence, notecards, newspaper clippings,
sketches, and photographs. The scrapbook from circa 1904 to 1945 notably contains photographs of Diane Honodel's extended
family and newspaper clippings likely collected by Diane's mother, Thelma.
Box 1: 1
General personal and biographical materials
circa 1930-1974
Box 1: 2
Correspondence
circa 1954-1974
Box 1: 4
Collection of handwritten poems
1944
Box 1: 5
Card file of science facts and activities for students
after September 1951
Box 1: 6
Scrapbook
circa 1904-1945
Box 1: 7
Scrapbook
circa 1942-1944
Box 2: 1
Scrapbook
circa 1945-1971
Box 2: 2
Scrapbook
circa 1945-1971
Box 2: 3
Scrapbook
circa 1945-1971
Box 2: 4
Scrapbook of bird sketches and notes, undated
Series 2.
Printed materials (1944-1982)
1944-1982
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains printed materials that date from 1944 to 1982. Such materials include two California Junior High yearbooks;
a collection of programs and fliers from musical and theatrical performances mounted in Sacramento, Berkeley, and Davis, California;
and entire issues of C.K. McClatchy High School's
The Prospector (May 21, 1954), the University of California, Berkeley's
The Daily Californian (November-December 1955),
Daily Variety (June 8, 1981), and
The Sacramento Union (August 10, 1982), as well as a number of newspaper clippings. Other materials include a Sacramento State College summer
session announcements booklet (1953);
Plaza Suite: A Comedy in Three Acts, by Neil Simon (1969); a "Diners' Club" application card; a calorie chart; a United Air Lines menu; a Shell Street Guide
of Los Angeles and Vicinity; and "The Family Circle Dictionary of Antique Metals: Silver, Pewter, Brass, Copper and Iron,"
clipped from
Family Circle (1974).
Box 2: 5
California Junior High yearbooks,
The Californian
February and May 1944
Box 2: 6
Performance programs and fliers
circa 1951-1956
Box 2: 7
Newspapers and newspaper clippings
1952-1982
Box 2: 8
Other printed materials
1953-1974
