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Margaret Tante Burk Papers

 

Collection 084
Margaret Tante Burk Papers

 

Margaret Tante Burk

 

Administrative information

Collection title and number: Margaret Tante Burk Papers. Collection 084
Accession number: 2009.3; gift of Margaret Tante Burk 
Collection size: 102 archival document boxes, 15 oversize boxes, 1 map case drawer
Dates: 1921-2008; bulk dates, 1965-1999
Languages: English
Creator: Margaret Tante Burk
Processing history: Processed by Christine Bennett, Gia Forsythe, Clay Stalls, and Liliana Mariscal

 

This collection consists of the personal papers of Margaret Tante Burk (1918-2011), author, and long-time publicist and champion of Los Angeles' famed Ambassador Hotel.  Besides these notable accomplishments, Margaret Tante Burk 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.

Collection description: A description of the subjects and types of materials in the Margaret Tante Burk Papers.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS: The materials in the Margaret Tante Burk Papers have been organized according to subject matter or topic into series, each with a box and folder list that provides indices to the series' holdings. Presently only four series are open for research; as other materials are processed into series they will be opened to research.  To view the description, and box and folder list of this series, select the appropriate series link:

  • Series 1: Ambassador Hotel
  • Series 2: Ambassador Hotel Film Production Prospectus
  • Series 3: Round Table West
  • Series 4: Ambassador Hotel book
  • Series 5: photographs:
    • Series 5. subseries A. photographs: personages and celebrities: boxes 1-3, boxes 4-7
    • Series 5, subseries B. photographs: Ambassador Hotel and Cocoanut Grove
  • Series 6: personal and professional papers
  • Series 7: Huntington Park Savings and Loan Association
  • Series 8. professional and civic activities:
    • Series 8. subseries A: Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce
    • Series 8. subseries B: Hancock Park Historical Society
    • Series 8. subseries C: Community Advisory Board
  • Series 9. other book projects:
    • Series 9. subseries A: Burk-Davis Publications
    • Series 9. subseries B: final curtain
    • Series 9. subseries C: Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital book
    • Series 9. subseries D: Catalina Book
    • Series 9. subseries : Elizabeth Clare Prophet biography
  • Series 10: script developments

 

Biography: A brief biography of Margaret Tante Burk.

Research access:  For information on making an appointment to see the Burk Papers, please call the department at 310-338-5710; or e-mail the department: Special.Collections@lmu.edu. For the rules governing the use of our materials, consult the access policy of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

 

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