Parks, Marion

Chronology of the life of Marion Parks

• Circa 1904: Born in Pasadena
• 1920: Graduated from Pasadena High School
• 1920 - 21 : Attended Occidental College
• 1925: Received B.A. degree with honors in history from University of California Los Angeles
• 1926 - 1927 : Worked in the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art where she was in charge of historical loan exhibition
• 1927 - 1928 : Assistant secretary of the Southwest Museum and editor of the museum publication The Masterkey. Also involved with the ?Casa de Adobe? a replica of an early California ranch house with fiesta programs and publicity.
• 1929 - 1934 : Publicity assistant, researching and writing booklets and magazine articles and giving speeches before organizations on California history for the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles
• 1931 - 1931 ? : Founding member and vice president of Los Fiesteros de Los Angeles
• 1932 - 1932 ? : Member of the Board of Directors and secretary of the Historical Society of Southern California.
• 1931: Assistant secretary for La Fiesta de Los Angeles, a 10 day fiesta celebrating the 150th anniversary.
• 1934: Member of the advisory committee of five for Southern California for the Historical Architecture Buildings Survey, a federal project.
• 1936: Marries Nelson H. Partridge, Jr.

From the guide to the Marion Parks papers, 1909-1940, bulk 1926-1940, (Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.)