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Title: Warner L. Marsh Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1927-1965
Collection number: 1173
Creator:
Marsh, Warner L.
Extent: 8 cartons (8 linear ft.)
5 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Warner Lincoln Marsh (b.1899) was a landscape architect for the Los Angeles City Park Department (1925) before starting his
private practice as a planning consultant and landscape architect. In addition to his private practice, he was employed as
a research director for the Los Angeles County Department of Rehabilitation (1935-36), and as deputy director for the California
State Department of Natural Resources (1940-43). The collection consists of correspondence, drawings, blueprints, notes, clippings
and printed material reflecting Marsh's career as a landscape architect and planning consultant.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Warner L. Marsh, 1976.
[Identification of item], Warner L. Marsh Papers (Collection 1173). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233372
Warner Lincoln Marsh was born on February 12, 1899 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; attended Morningside College, 1917-21; he began
his career as a landscape draftsman in Nebraska and Iowa; began working as a landscape architect for the Los Angeles City
Park Department in 1925; in addition to his private practice as a planning consultant and landscape architect, he was employed
as a research director for the Los Angeles County Department of Rehabilitation (1935-36), and as deputy director for the California
State Department of Natural Resources (1940-43); published,
Landscape vocabulary (1964).
Collection consists of correspondence, drawings, blueprints, notes, clippings and printed material reflecting Marsh's career
as a landscape architect and planning consultant. Correspondence includes five letters from Richard J. Neutra.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Marsh, Warner L.--Archives.
Landscape architects--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.