Collection context
Summary
- 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. It also includes documents relating to the California Mission Studies Association. The collection includes reports, newsletters, publications, slides, photographic prints, memoranda, correspondence, videotapes, audiocassettes, and news clippings.
- Extent:
- 5.7 Linear Feet (5 boxes and 1 flat box and 1 oversize folder) and 4.02 unprocessed linear feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
Nicholas Magalousis papers. MS-R131. 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.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
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, videotapes, audiocassettes, and news clippings. Also included are materials related to Magalousis's scholarly and academic work at Santiago Canyon College.
- Biographical / historical:
-
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.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Nicholas Magalousis, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
- Processing information:
-
Processed by Alieh Zamany, 2008; updated by Dawn Schmitz, 2010 and Sara Seltzer, 2014.
- Arrangement:
-
This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject. Accession 2014.007, Accession 2016.017, Accession 2018.006, and Accession 2018.013, unprocessed additions to the collection, are listed at the end.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
Processed components of the collection are open for research. Unprocessed additions may contain restricted materials. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Access to original videotapes and audiocassettes is restricted; researchers may request use copies.
- Terms of access:
-
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:
-
Nicholas Magalousis papers. MS-R131. 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.
- Location of this collection:
-
P.O. Box 19557Irvine, CA , US
- Contact:
- (949) 824-3947