Marion Parks Papers

Series 1: Research materials on individuals 1920-1939 and undated

Scope and Contents

Folders are arranged alphabetically. Includes clippings, correspondence, notes, and book excerpts. Individuals are listed in the folder notes where applicable.

Box 1, Folder 1

Notes from Mr. Baldwin undated

Box 1, Folder 2

A 1926-1939

Note

Mrs. Abadie, Done Jose Antonio Aguirre, Jose Dario Arguello, Charles Adams, Allen Alton, William Laird Adam and Ronald L. Adam, E. H. Adams

Box 1, Folder 3

B circa 1930

Note

Dr. Baer, James Burke, Horace Bell, Ethel Barrymore, Botello, F.L. Birabent, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, Maria Rita Baldez, Hubert Howe Bancroft, May Sutton Bundy, Joseph Lancaster Brent, Dr. David Burbank, Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Senator David C. Broderick, Hobart Bosworth, Lillian Burkhart, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, L.E. Behymer, Captain Willam Banning, C.C. Bowerman, Dr. John Willis Baer, F.L. Birabent, John Willis Baer, Joseph R. Barboni, Virginia Stivers Bartlett and Lanier Bartlett, Miguel Burke, F.D. Birabent, Mrs. Soledad Rochin Birabent, Captain James W. Burke, Lewis J. Burton, Reverend Stephen Bowers, Francisco X. Bonilla, Allan C. Balch, Joseph R. Barboni, John Willis Baer

Box 1, Folder 4

C circa 1930-1933

Note

Don Antonio Coronel, Dr. Frank Crane, Jose Chepeman, Joseph Chapman, Carrillo Family, Saturino Carrion, Pedro Chino, Couts, Leo Carrillo, J.J. Crowley, Cornelius Cole, Jose Raimundo Carrillo, Bob Creswell, Pearl Chase, J.A. Carter, John B. Christian, Robert Carlisle, Don Jose Carrillo, Senora de Clark, Jose Antonio Carrillo, Eulogio Celiz, Jose Maria Covarrubias, Elwood Cooper, Joaquin Carrillo, Anastacio Carrillo, Charles E. Cook, Guerido Carrillo

Box 1, Folder 5

D circa 1920-1933

Note

L.J. Defosset, Pablo de la Guerra, Carlos, de la Guerra, R.F. Del Valle, J.H. Dodson, Jefferson Davis, T. Wilson Dibblee, Kewen Hilliard Dorsey, Don Josè de la Guerra, Frank Dominguez, John G. Downey, Pierre Domec, Cristobal Dominguez, Rosa Deu, Nicolàs Deu, John Francis Dana Sr., Carrillo de la Guerra, Homer N. Duffey, Angustias de la Guerra, Delfina de la Guerra, Pablo de la Guerra

Box 1, Folder 6

E undated

Note

Fred Eaton, S.J. Edwards, William M. Eddy, Rev. Father, Zephyrin Engelhardt, Simon Hugo Escobar, John Mackay Elliott

Box 1, Folder 7

F circa 1926

Note

Ira H Fiske, E.N. Fletcher, Stephen C. Foster, Juan Flaco, Dan Freeman, Juan Forster, Mary Anderson, Franklin, Eulalia Callis de Fages, Cammillo Fenzie, Emanuele Franceschi, David Fairchild, Mr. Forde(?)

Box 1, Folder 8

Foxen 1932-1933

Note

Benjamin Foxen, John C. Fremont, Julian Foxen, Luisa Botiller Foxen, Bill Foxen, Foxen family

Box 1, Folder 9

John C. Fremont 1932

Box 1, Folder 10

G undated

Note

Felipe Gaycoechea, Richard Garvey, Eugene Garnier, Francisco Grazide, Bernardneo(?) Guirodo, Richard Garvey, Walter Murray Gibson, Mary Gaffey, Jose De Galvez, John Strother Griffin, George Butler Griffin, Duncan Gleason, Octaviano Gutierrez, Guntermann, Amadeo Peter Gianini

Box 1, Folder 11

H-I circa 1932

Note

A.(?) J. Hay, Halt Hawley, Maurice S. Hellman, Daniel Hill, I. W. Hellman, Henry Hammel, William Hall, Thomas Hill, Margaret Hayes, John H. Hollister, F. W. Hodge, William Wells(?) Hollister, Samuel Hallet, Dorothy Fithian Heaney, John W. Heaney, Fred K. Hinchman, Alexander F. Harmer, William Clement Isett, Morrison Hopkins, Delia Hope, John T. Hope, Henry E. Huntington, Dewl(?) Harrison

Box 1, Folder 12

Laurance L. Hill 1930

Box 1, Folder 13

J circa 1938

Note

Thomas Catesby ap Jones, Joaghan, Terrel Jasper, Edward Jaquet, Agostin Janssens, Victor Eugene Jaussen, D. W. ap Jones, Augustin Janssen, Ragin(?) Jones, Emma ap. Jones

Box 1, Folder 14

K circa 1931

Note

Perry Kewen, (?) E. Kelly, Frederick William Kellogg, Mathew Keller, Kimberly, William H. Knight

Box 1, Folder 15

L 1934

Note

Don Antonio Lugo, Lyman, Vincente Lugo, Jose Maria Lugo, Manuel Leonis, Miguel Leonis, Joseph Jesus Lopez, Don Pedro Lugo, Leets, Jose Lobero, John Spencer Lincoln, Felipe Lorenzana(?), Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, Clarence A. Lyman

Box 1, Folder 16

M 1936-1937

Note

Maria Morgan More, H. Jeff Mayo, Frank F. Merriam, William Mulholland, Monrovia, Mac Alonan, Alex Ander McLean, Henry Miller, Ezra Meeker, Edwin Markham, Juan Murrieta, Joseph Mesmer, Helena Modjeska, Victor R. McLucas, Diego Morales, George C. Marshall, Adelaide Marquand, Thomas D. Mott, R. L. Maurice, Matthew J. Moore, George McClellan, Thomas Moore, O. W. Maulsby, Mathiesau(?)

Box 1, Folder 17

N undated

Box 1, Folder 18

Nidever Affair (1859)

Box 1, Folder 19

O circa 1931

Box 1, Folder 20

P circa 1929-1930

Box 1, Folder 21

Pico 1929

Box 1, Folder 22

R undated

Box 1, Folder 23

Serra, Junipero - Biography undated

Box 1, Folder 24

Smith, Jedediah circa 1926

Box 1, Folder 25

T 1931

Box 1, Folder 26

Taylor, Maria de la Guerra - Interview circa 1938

Box 1, Folder 27

V undated

Box 1, Folder 28

W 1939

Box 1, Folder 29

Y-Z undated

Series 2: Personal materials 1894-1949 and undated

Scope and Contents

Includes research materials, correspondence, typescripts, articles and publications by Marion Parks, biographical information on Marion Parks, and Marion Parks' personal diary.

Box 1, Folder 30

Clippings and notes on adobes circa 1936

Box 1, Folder 31

Correspondence circa 1927-1936

Box 1, Folder 32

Correspondence, articles circa 1930

Box 1, Folder 33

List of articles received from L.A. Museum 1927 January

Box 1, Folder 34

Lists and history of Los Angeles newspapers undated

Box 1, Folder 35

Typescript of play "Brother for Brother," Synopsis for Moving Picture Scenario in Three Episodes, by Florence Locke undated

Box 1, Folder 36

Traveler's Record, Hartford, volume 30, no. 6 1894 September

Note

2 copies

Box 1, Folder 37

Doors to Yesterday: A Guide to Old Los Angeles, by Marion Parks, Los Angeles: Los Fiesteros de la Calle Olvera 1932

Note

2 copies

Box 1, Folder 38

Marion Parks biographical data undated

Box 1, Folder 39

Correspondence, general 1936

Box 1, Folder 40

Diary 1936

Box 2, Folder 1

Los Angeles and California History circa 1933

Box 2, Folder 2

Personal correspondence circa 1933-1937

Box 2, Folder 3

"La Verbena de Santa Ines" program; Prospectus for California Women of Prominence; Unitarian Church of Los Angeles 60th Anniversary program 1935-1937

Note

"La Verbena de Santa Ines," Pageant/Fiesta, presented by Los Amigos de Santa Ines, September 15, 1935, performance program for the pageant, written and directed by Marion Parks; Prospectus for California Women of Prominence, published by Daisy B. Coats; Program for the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, 1877-1937, March 26, 1937

Box 2, Folder 4

Postcards, photographs, and greeting cards undated

Box 2, Folder 5

Postage stamps undated

Box 2, Folder 6

Five ribbons belonging to Marion Parks 1931-1936

Note

Native daughters of the Golden West Santa Rosa, June 15-19 1931; American Institute of Banking, Vice Chairman A.I.B. Convention, 1932; National Safe Deposit Association, Annual Convention Los Angeles, June 2-4 1932; Dedication of North Sprung Street, July 8, 1932; Guest---Opening of Corner-stone, Old Courthouse, 1888-1936

Box 2, Folder 7

The Federal Art Project exhibition pamphlet; National Exhibition of the Historic American Buildings Survey opening invitation 1934-1936

Note

The Federal Art Project, Southern California, Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park, exhibition pamphlet, June 1936; invitation to the opening of the National Exhibition of the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1934

Box 2, Folder 8

Transcript of interviews 1938

Note

Stephen Mavis, Myron G. Gessaman, Col. Duffy, and Paul Maetzel, Columbus, Ohio, August 1938; Summary of interview with Charles E. Conly and Joseph S. Kreinberg, Cleveland, Ohio, August 1938; Clara V. Pendleton Interview, St. Lewis, August, 1938; Comments from F.D. MacDonald, St. Louis, 1938; Interview with Julius Karty, St. Louis, August 1938; Interview with E.J. Russell, St. Louis, August 1938; Interview with E.D. Jones, St. Louis, August 1938; Interview with Mr. Kellogg, Cincinnati, August 1938; Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri statistics; Kansas City interviews with H.F. McElroy, Ray W. Wilson, and Ernest Tucker, August 1938; Document on the Jefferson Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, August 1938; Comments by Ward C. Gifford, Kansas City, no date; List of people interviewed or contacted, Kansas City, August, 1938; Statistics on Toronto, August, 1938; St. Louis, Columbus Ohio, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Toronto (1938?).

Box 2, Folder 9

Typescripts by Marion Parks, "The Practical Value of Romance," and "Los Angeles was Named by a Padre on Horseback"

Box 2, Folder 10

Articles and materials relating to "La Fiesta de Los Angeles," celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles 1931 September 4-13

Box 2, Folder 11

Clippings and correspondence relating to the Marion Parks publication, History of Santa Barbara, State of California: its People and Resources 1939

Box 2, Folder 12

Newspaper articles by Marion Parks 1934-1935 and undated

Note

"How Los Angeles Began," September 4, 19??, unknown source; "Charm Lurks in Names of Spanish Days," January 30, 1935, Pasadena Post; "Gleanings From History; "How Los Angeles was Named," Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1934

Box 2, Folder 13

Typescripts for radio programs by Marion Parks

Box 2, Folder 14

Typescripts by Marion Parks

Note

"Spanish Place Names of Los Angeles," "What's in a Name?," The Women's Athletic Club of Los Angeles," "The Practical Value of Romance," "Preliminary Suggestions for a Pageant of the Landing of Cabrillo at San Pedro."

Box 2, Folder 15

Typescript for play, Vistas en Mexico

Box 2, Folder 16

Poetry by Marion Parks

Box 2, Folder 17

Photographs of Marion Parks and pageants

Box 2, Folder 18

Correspondence and clippings on the Women's Auxiliary - Chamber of Commerce circa 1940-1949

Box 2, Folder 19

Miscellaneous Clippings 1939-1940

Box 2, Folder 20

Miscellaneous Correspondence circa 1933-1937

Box 2, Folder 21

Lummis Memorial circa 1940-1949

Box 2, Folder 22

Radio Scripts circa 1939

Box 2, Folder 23

Ranchos undated

Box 2, Folder 24

Ships circa 1936

Box 2, Folder 25

Water circa 1933

Box 2, Folder 26

Pastores (a play) undated

Box 2, Folder 27

Railroad circa 1939-1940

Box 2, Folder 28

Rodeo circa 1934

Box 2, Folder 29

Southwest museum undated

Box 2, Folder 30

Branos undated

Box 2, Folder 31

Chinese undated

Box 2, Folder 32

Christmas show circa 1940

Box 2, Folder 33

City Planning - General circa 1938-1940

Box 2, Folder 34

Historic Landmarks circa 1940

Box 2, Folder 35

Horses circa 1940

Box 2, Folder 36

Indians circa 1930-1940

Box 2, Folder 37

Charles Lummis materials undated

Box 2, Folder 38

Corrections and additions? undated

Series 3: Ephemera and research materials on cities and places in California 1907-1940 and undated

Scope and Contents

Materials are arranged by city name.

Box 3, Folder 1

Los Angeles Area undated

Box 3, Folder 2

Anaheim circa 1935

Box 3, Folder 3

Beverly Hills undated

Box 3, Folder 4

Beverly Hills undated

Box 3, Folder 5

Buellton circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 6

Burbank

Box 3, Folder 7

Carmel 1934

Box 3, Folder 8

Carpinteria circa 1938

Box 3, Folder 9

Catalina undated

Box 3, Folder 10

Coalinga circa 1933

Box 3, Folder 11

Compton undated

Box 3, Folder 12

El Monte undated

Box 3, Folder 13

Goleta undated

Box 3, Folder 14

Hollywood undated

Box 3, Folder 15

La Brea - Gilmore Hancock undated

Box 3, Folder 16

Lake Elizabeth undated

Box 3, Folder 17

Lompoc circa 1937

Box 3, Folder 18

Lompoc circa 1938

Box 3, Folder 19

Los Alamos undated

Box 3, Folder 20

Los Angeles circa 1940

Box 3, Folder 21

Los Angeles undated

Box 3, Folder 22

Los Angeles Area - Churches 1933

Box 3, Folder 23

Los Angeles Civic Center 1938-1940

Box 3, Folder 24

Los Angeles Civic Center 1938-1940

Box 3, Folder 25

Los Angeles Civic Center 1938-1940

Box 3, Folder 26

Los Angeles County Fair 1936

Box 3, Folder 27

Los Angeles History circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 28

Los Angeles History circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 29

Los Angeles History circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 30

Los Angeles Early History circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 31

Los Angeles Early History circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 32

Los Angeles Old Plaza 1932

Box 3, Folder 33

Los Angeles Public Library circa 1940

Box 3, Folder 34

Los Angeles - Union Station circa 1939

Box 3, Folder 35

Montecito circa 1938-1939

Box 3, Folder 36

Mt. Wilson 1929

Box 3, Folder 37

Naples (Long Beach) circa 1931

Box 3, Folder 38

Pasadena undated

Box 3, Folder 39

Pasadena undated

Box 3, Folder 40

Pasadena (?) circa 1930

Box 4, Folder 1

San Buenaventura 1936

Box 4, Folder 2

San Fernando 1933

Box 4, Folder 3

San Fernando circa 1937

Box 4, Folder 4

San Francisco undated

Box 4, Folder 5

San Francisco circa 1907

Box 4, Folder 6

San Gabriel 1932

Box 4, Folder 7

San Gabriel undated

Box 4, Folder 8

San Marino 1933

Box 4, Folder 9

San Pedro 1936

Box 4, Folder 10

San Pedro undated

Box 4, Folder 11

Santa Barbara Area undated

Box 4, Folder 12

Santa Barbara circa 1920-1936

Box 4, Folder 13

Santa Barbara circa 1923-1929

Box 4, Folder 14

Santa Barbara? circa 1930

Box 4, Folder 15

Santa Barbara circa 1934

Box 5, Folder 1

Santa Barbara circa 1937

Box 5, Folder 2

Santa Barbara circa 1938

Box 5, Folder 3

Santa Barbara undated

Box 5, Folder 4

Santa Barbara undated

Box 5, Folder 5

Santa Barbara - St. Vincent's Institution circa 1939

Box 5, Folder 6

Santa Barbara Catholic Church - Our Lady of Sorrows Parish circa 1939

Box 5, Folder 7

Santa Barbara - clippings circa 1932

Box 5, Folder 8

Santa Barbara and Blaksley Gardens circa 1938-1939

Box 5, Folder 9

Santa Barbara? - miscellaneous clippings and articles circa 1938

Box 6, Folder 1

Santa Barbara History circa 1938

Box 6, Folder 2

Santa Ines circa 1939

Box 6, Folder 3

Santa Maria 1933

Box 6, Folder 4

Santa Maria undated

Box 6, Folder 5

Santa Monica (?) circa 1934

Box 6, Folder 6

Solvang undated

Box 6, Folder 7

Spadra (L.A. Co.) 1933

Box 6, Folder 8

Summerland undated

Box 6, Folder 9

Wilmington circa 1932

Marion Parks and Edwin Carpenter Correspondence 4 1911-1944 and undated

Box 7, Folder 1

Letters to Marion Parks 1916-1918 and undated

Box 7, Folder 2

Letters to Marion Parks 1919 January 29 - December 29 and undated

Box 7, Folder 3

Letters to Marion Parks 1920 March 1 - December 9

Box 7, Folder 4

Letters to Marion Parks 1921 January 18 - November 7

Box 7, Folder 5

Letters to Marion Parks 1922 April 11 - 1922 May 24

Box 7, Folder 6

Letters to Marion Parks; Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Parks Partridge 1922-1939

Note

Letters to Marion Parks (May 27, 1922 - October 4, 1922), one letter to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Parks Partridge (November 1939).

Box 7, Folder 7

Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Fiske 1921 March 25 - 1922 September 8

Box 7, Folder 8

Letters to Marion Parks, miscellaneous letters and notices of events 1911-1941

Box 7, Folder 9

Notices of Marion Parks 1913-1942

Box 7, Folder 10

Notes and Xerox copies through 1944

Series 5: Marion Parks Photographs circa 1927-1932

Scope and Contents

Little information is known about the Marion Parks photographs. Descriptive titles were given based on identifiable Los Angeles landmarks, events, and people. Most photographs are not dated but appear to have been taken in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Most of the Marion Parks photographs have a number stamped on them, which was used to establish an arrangement. When present, the number is indicated in the description.

Subseries 5.1: Staged events, unknown location

Box 8, Folder 1

Photographers and a queen

Note

Stamp number 9. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 2

Gentlemen giving a speech

Note

Stamp number 30. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 3

A gentleman and three girls in Spanish costume

Note

Stamp number 32. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 4

Three girls in Spanish costume and a gentleman

Note

Stamp number 32b. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 5

Man reading a scroll into microphone during pageant close up

Note

Stamp number 34. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 6

Man reading a scroll into microphone during pageant, distance view

Note

Stamp number 34b. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 7

A crowd before a building

Note

Stamp number 47. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 8

Three gentlemen

Note

Stamp number 49. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 9

Historical pageant, possibly the conquistadores

Note

Stamp number 53. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 10

Gentleman giving a speech

Note

Stamp number 54. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.2: Event at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Box 8, Folder 11

Gentlemen in a parade in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 12

"Gate" to a mock castle in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 68. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 13

The queen exits her coach

Note

Stamp number 74. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 14

Grandstand during a parade at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 75. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 15

Two elaborately costumed women on horseback in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 79. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 16

Parade view from top of Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 83. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 17

Coachman in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 18

Maiden exit their coach at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 85. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 19

A scene with a costumed friar, archbishop, and queen

Note

Stamp number 91. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 20

Chinese dragon in a parade in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 93. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 21

Actors playing a queen and her entourage alight from a coach in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 95. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 22

Two gentlemen mounted on white horses, Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 96. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 23

Spanish riders at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 98. Black and white photograph.

Subseries 5.3: Parade, downtown Los Angeles

Box 8, Folder 24

Children wearing international costumes ride a train in a parade

Note

Stamp number 109. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 25

A train

Note

Stamp number 115. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 26

A train on display

Note

Stamp number 117. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 27

A parade, downtown Los Angeles

Note

Stamp number 120. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 28

Equestrians in a parade

Note

Stamp number 122. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 29

A parade, Olympic Blvd, Downtown Los Angeles

Note

Stamp number 131. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 30

A 6-horse stage taking part in a parade

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 31

A locomotive riding in a parade

Note

Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 32

A train in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 33

A dogsled in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 34

Equestrians in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.4: Pope's visit to the Los Angeles Coliseum

Box 8, Folder 35

Pope's visit to the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 144. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 36

Event at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 147. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 37

Pope's visit to the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 38

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, a singer

Note

Stamp number 151. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 39

The Pope's visit, a song at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 155. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 40

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 160. Black and white photographs, 3 copies.

Box 8, Folder 41

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 165. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 42

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 167. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 43

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 16. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 44

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the altar

Note

Stamp number 173. Black and white photographs, 3 copies.

Box 8, Folder 45

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the altar

Note

Stamp number 173b. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 46

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 175. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 47

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the procession

Note

Stamp number 176. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 48

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 49

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, at the altar

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 50

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, communion at the altar

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 51

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Cardinal

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 52

The Pope at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Pope

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 53

The Pope descending from the altar

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.5: Rodeo in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Box 8, Folder 54

Close up - Horses and riders on parade at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 186. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 55

Bronco Rider II

Note

Stamp number 194. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 56

Man riding a bucking horse at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 198. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 57

Bucking horse and rider at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 199. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 58

Cross formation - horses and riders on parade at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 200. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 59

A costumed dancer

Note

Stamp number 209. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 60

Performers in Spanish costumes

Note

Stamp number 211. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 61

Horses and riders at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph. 212.

Box 8, Folder 62

Man riding bucking longhorn at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 213. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 63

Horses and riders on parade, I

Note

Stamp number 214. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 64

Horses and riders on parade, II

Note

Stamp number 215. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 65

Horses and riders on parade, III

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 66

Horses and riders on parade, IV

Note

Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 67

Announcer at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 68

Two gentlemen on white horses, Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 221. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 69

Horses and riders, parade scene at the Los Angeles Coliseum 1931 September 4

Note

Stamp number 228. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 70

Bronco rider I

Note

Stamp number 230. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 71

Riders herding a longhorn at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 231. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 72

Camels and riders at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 233. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 73

Rodeo pens at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 74

Men conversing at an event in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 235. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 75

Rider side-saddle on bucking longhorn at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 239. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 76

Riders on horseback in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

One horse partially cut out. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 77

Bucking horse at an event at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 241. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 78

Three men and one woman formally dressed at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 79

Rider leaving the gates at the rodeo, Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 80

Bronco rider thrown

Note

Stamp number 242. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 81

Rodeo rider on a horse at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 243. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 82

Riders on bucking longhorn-one arm raised---the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 246. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 83

Bucking horse and rider at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 247. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 84

Rodeo riding at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 248. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 85

Event officials (?) at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 249. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 86

Equestrian event at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 87

Dancers

Note

Stamp number 250. Black and white photograph, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.6: Parade in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Box 8, Folder 88

Parade in the Los Angeles Coliseum (adoption float)

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 89

"Colorado River Aqueduct" float in parade

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 90

Aerial view of float with flying horses pulling a chariot in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 91

"California Poppy" float in parade with palm trees and butterfly

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 92

Flag bearers in parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 93

Aerial view of parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 94

"1850 Californians" floral float in parade

Note

Stamp number. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 95

Bear float in parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 96

Sun queen (?) bear and gold miner float in parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 97

"G.W. San Francisco N.S.G.W." float in parade undated

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 98

View from stands of missile (?) float in parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 99

"Native Sons and Daughters Early California historical Resource" float in parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 100

"Donner Monument" float in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 101

"Los Angeles City Hall Post No. 387" float in a parade

Note

Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 102

Parade float

Note

Black and white photograph

Subseries 5.7: The Mission Play

Scope and Contents

The Mission Play, written by John Stephen McGroarty, was a pageant describing the California Missions from their founding (1769) through secularization and final ruin (1847); performed in the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

Box 8, Folder 103

"Mission Play" cast, a dancer and cast member

Note

Stamp number 258. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 104

"Mission Play" cast, a friar

Note

Stamp number 262. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 105

"Mission Play" cast

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 106

"Mission Play" cast

Note

Stamp number 271. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 107

"Mission Play" cast, a Mexican hat dance

Note

Stamp number 273. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 108

"Mission Play" cast

Note

Stamp number 274. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 109

"Mission Play" cast with author of the play, John Stephen McGroarty

Note

Stamp number 275. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 110

"Mission Play" cast

Note

Stamp number 288. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 111

Woman in Spanish costume

Note

Stamp number 293. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.8: Performance in historical costume, unknown location

Box 8, Folder 112

Seated crowd in front of an altar, outside

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 113

Aerial view of woman singing in front of crowd

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 114

Priest and John Stephen McGroarty standing in front of bells

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 115

Three senoritas, a senor and a horse, by a tree

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 116

L-R, John Stephen McGroarty, woman and senor posing

Note

Black and white photograph

Subseries 5.9: Event in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Box 8, Folder 117

A military band at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 298. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 118

Horse and rider before a military band at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 119

Military parade approaching review stand at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 120

Parade in Los Angeles Coliseum, stands half full

Note

Stamp number 368. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.10: Beach

Box 8, Folder 121

A lifeguard class (?) or demonstration on the beach

Note

Stamp number 373. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 122

A crowded beach, roller coaster in the background

Note

Stamp number 375. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 123

Beach

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 124

Group portrait of lifeguards, Sunset Pier

Note

Black and white photograph

Subseries 5.11: Native American performance

Box 8, Folder 125

A chief and other Indians

Note

Stamp number 376. Black and white photograph.

Subseries 5.12: Wedding

Box 8, Folder 126

The wedding party

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 127

Bride and father (?) leaving carriage, crossing the street

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 128

A wedding

Note

Stamp number 377. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 129

The pre-wedding picture

Note

Stamp number 378. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 130

A Catholic wedding

Note

Stamp number 379. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 131

Bride and groom kneeling at altar

Note

Stamp number 380. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 132

The post-wedding picture

Note

Stamp number 381. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 133

A wedding, crowd assembled in front of church

Note

Stamp number 382. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 134

Wedding party outside the church

Note

Stamp number 388. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 135

Carriages traveling down dirt road

Note

Stamp number 392. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 136

Bride and groom exiting church under arc of sabers

Note

Stamp number 393. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 137

Horses and carriages

Note

Stamp number 395. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 138

An event

Note

Stamp number 397. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 139

Escorted carriage (with bride and groom?) traveling downhill

Note

Stamp number 398. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Night-time electrical parade in the Los Angeles Coliseum 5.13

Box 8, Folder 140

Night-time parade, Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 399. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 141

Electrical parade in Los Angeles; at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 400. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 142

Night-time event in Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Electrical Parade

Note

Stamp number 401. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 143

Night-time event in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 144

Night-time event, Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 403. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 145

Electrical parade, Los Angeles Coliseum, spotlighted float

Note

Stamp number 404. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 146

Electrical parade, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Coliseum, spotlighted float

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 147

Electrical parade, Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power float in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 405. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 148

A night-time parade, Los Angeles Columbia Pictures float on the streets

Note

Stamp number 407. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 149

Electrical parade, Los Angeles, floats in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 408. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 150

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, lighted floats

Note

Stamp number 410. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 151

Night-time parade, Los Angeles floats in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 412. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 152

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, floats in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 414. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 153

Night-time parade, Los Angeles Samuel Goldwyn "Hollywood" float in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 413. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 154

Night-time parade, Los Angeles float on the streets

Note

Stamp number 416. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 155

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, "California the Golden" float in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 417. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 156

Night-time parade, Los Angeles "California the Golden float on the streets

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 157

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, "Pictures" float, front view

Note

Stamp number 419. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 158

Electrical parade, Los Angeles Christie Pictures float on the streets

Note

Stamp number 421. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 159

Night-time event, Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power float, "Municipal Light-Water-Power" on the streets

Note

Stamp number 423. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 160

Night-time parade, Los Angeles First National Vitaphone Pictures float at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 426. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 161

Night-time parade, Los Angeles Christie Pictures float at the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 428. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 162

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, Howard Hughes Productions float on streets

Note

Stamp number 429. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 163

Electrical parade, Los Angeles, Samuel Goldwyn "Hollywood" float on the streets

Note

Stamp number 430. Black and white photographs.

Box 8, Folder 164

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, Columbia Pictures float in the Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 433. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 165

Night-time parade, Los Angeles, RKO float on the streets

Note

Stamp number 434. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 166

Night-time parade, Los Angeles "Pictures" float at Los Angeles Coliseum

Note

Stamp number 435. Black and white, 2 prints.

Box 8, Folder 167

Night-time parade, Los Angeles Parade float on streets

Note

Stamp number 437. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Subseries 5.14: Los Angeles celebration, La Fiesta 1781-1931

Box 8, Folder 168

Man in Mexican dress, wheeling a barrel

Note

Stamp number 443. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 169

Spanish dancers

Note

Stamp number 445. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 170

Nine young people around memorial (Olvera Street?)

Note

Stamp number 446. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 171

Spanish dancers

Note

Stamp number 447. Black and white photograph.

Box 8, Folder 172

Two gentlemen with the memorial which reads "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles, Felipe de Neve, September Fourth 1791"

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 173

Senora with a cake for the fiesta, on cake "City of Los Angeles, La Fiesta 1781-1931

Note

Black and white photograph

Subseries 5.15: Air show

Box 8, Folder 174

12 airplanes flying in formation during an air show

Note

Stamp number 451. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 175

15 biplanes flying in formation

Note

Stamp number 453. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 176

Collector's planes at an air show

Note

Stamp number 456. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 177

Men with headscarves in front of loudspeaker

Note

Stamp number 458. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 178

Close up of crowd at an event, building to the left

Note

Stamp number 461. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 179

Man with sombrero statue, two biplanes in the distance

Note

Stamp number 465. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 180

Event at an air field

Note

Stamp number 467. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 181

Plane and pilot

Note

Stamp number 469. Black and white, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 182

Three pilots at an air show

Note

Stamp number 470. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 183

A group of boys with model airplanes

Note

Stamp number 471. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 184

Close-up of crowd at an event, building at the right

Note

Stamp number 473. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 185

6 biplanes flying low in formation

Note

Stamp number 474. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 186

Planes over field

Note

Stamp number 480. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 187

Biplanes in air show

Note

Stamp number 481. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 188

Biplane and pilot on the runway (landing?)

Note

Stamp number 485. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 189

A stunt plane in an air show

Note

Stamp number 496. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 190

Sombrero man/statue with four biplanes close up

Note

Stamp number 501. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 191

Crowd at an event building at the night, distance

Note

Stamp number 506. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 192

Two gentlemen at an air show, one has pilot's goggles; the other is in traditional Spanish dress

Note

Stamp number 507. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 193

Plane just of the runway in an air show, same pilot as #456

Note

Stamp number 510. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 194

6 biplanes flying in formation

Note

Stamp number 517. Black and white photographs, 2 copies.

Box 8, Folder 195

Man in a Mexican costume; airplane behind him

Note

Black and white photograph

Box 8, Folder 196

Man with sombrero and Spanish dress preparing to give address over loudspeaker

Note

Black and white photograph

Series 6: Marion Parks Research Note Cards undated

Box 9

Research Note Cards