Margaret Tante Burk papers 1921-2008 1921-2008

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Margaret Tante Burk papers 1921-2008 1921-2008

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This collection consists of the personal papers of Margaret Tante Burk, author, and long-time publicist and champion of Los Angeles' famed Ambassador Hotel. Besides these notable accomplishments, Margaret Tante Burke served as the first female vice-president of a financial institution in Los Angeles and the first female president of the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce. In addition Margaret Tante Burk was co-founder of the literary forum, the Round Table West. The Burk Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, flyers, brouchures, postcards, memoranda, and ephemera.

102 archival boxes; 15 oversize boxes,; 1 map case drawer

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Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.

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Ambassador Hotel

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Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Wilshire Chamber of Commerce - Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Burk, Margaret Tante

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Biography / Administrative History Margaret Tante Burk was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1918. She attended Northwestern University and Chicago Art Institute before moving to California where she settled in Los Angeles. Margaret Tante married Harry J. Burk in 1945. The couple had three children Tray, Linda, and Jimmy, and the family resided in Wilshire Park. She was vice-president of their Burk Enterprises, which included the one ...

Round Table West

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