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Margaret Tante Burk Papers. Series 8: Civic and Professional Activities

 

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Margaret Tante Burk Papers

 

Series 8: Civic and Professional Activities. Subseries A: Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce

Subseries size: 2 archival document boxes
Subseries dates: 1967-1986

Series 8 contains the records related to some of Margaret Tante Burk's professional and civic activities, which were often intertwined with her career at the Ambassador Hotel. Subseries A documents her stint at the Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce, whose offices eventually moved to the Ambassador at her instigation. In 1967 Margaret Tante Burk became the first woman member of the board of the Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce; the following year she became the first woman president of this civic organization devoted to the promotion of the mid-Wilshire business district in Los Angeles. Series 8, Subseries A consists of newspaper clippings press releases, photographs, correspondence, local magazine, and flyers related to her work with this chamber of commerce, mostly as president.

BOX/FOLDER CONTENTS
DATES
1/1 Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce press release re Margaret Tante Burk's election as Chamber president. Correspondence and newspaper clippings re same 1969
1/2 Newspaper clippings re Margaret Tante Burk and the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce 1967, 1969-1970, 1972
1/3 Press releases, article, banquet flyer, re Wilshire Chamber of Commerce Margaret Tante Burk Humanitarian award 1986
1/4 Margaret Tante Burk humanitarian award press release and banquet flyer. Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce presidential installation program. Wilshire Chamber of Commerce membership application. Margaret Tante Burk speech, notes. From folder "Wilshire C of C" 1969, 1986
1/5 Newspaper clippings, programs re Hollywood-Wilshire Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Tante Burk sponsor as president of Wilshire Center of Chamber Commerce 1969
1/6 Newspaper clippings, articles, banquet flyer re Margaret Tante Burk and Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce. Articles by Margaret Tante Burk re Wilshire Boulevard activities 1967-1969
1/7 Newspaper clippings re Margaret Tante Burk and the Wilshire Chamber of Commerce 1967-1969
1/8 Ronald Reagan speech, mayoral proclamation re "Wilshire Center Day"; "Wilshire Center Day" entry form, two black and white photographs, "Walking Down Wilshire" sheet music 1968, 1969-1970
1/9 Charles Luckman speech: "Wilshire Boulevard versus Fifth Avenue." Given at Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce meeting undated
1/10-12 "Wilshire Business" magazine 1966-1970
1/13 Margaret Tante Burk incoming and outgoing correspondence (photocopies) re Wilshire Chamber of Commerce 1967-1969
1/14 Incoming and outgoing correspondence, press release, flyer re Margaret Tante Burk humanitarian award. Wilshire Chamber of Commerce directory. Newspaper article re Margaret Tante Burk advertising award ("Lulu") 1979, 1986
1/15 "Wilshire Chamber M.B. Speaches (sic)/Appears." Speech notes, incoming correspondence, part of speech, newspaper clippings re Gold Key public relations award for Margaret Tante Burk and Ambassador Hotel. Wilshire Press front page, with articles re Margaret Tante Burk. 2nd annual Wilshire Center Day; 2 black and white photographs 1969-1970
2/1 Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce; includes Sam Yorty, Ed Begley. 10 black and white photographs 1960s-1970s
2/2 Possible Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce black and white photographs 1960s-1970s
2/3 Publicity blurb for Wilshire Center. Los Angeles City certificate to Wilshire Center. Newspaper clippings. Correspondence  1969, 1979, 1987
2/4 Newspaper clippings featuring Margaret Tante Burk's work with the Wilshire Center Chamber of Commerce 1967-1974 (dates broken)


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Series 8: Civic and Professional Activities. Subseries B: Hancock Park Historical Society

SUBERIES SIZE: 1 archival document box, 1 item in one map case drawer
SUBSERIES DATES: 1969-2008

Series 8 contains the records related to some of Margaret Tante Burk's professional and civic activities. Subseries B documents her involvement with the Hancock Park Historical Society from at least 1976 through 2008; for much of this period she served as a publicist for the group. Materials consist of meeting agenda and notes, newspaper clippings, press announcements, and correspondence.

BOX/FOLDER CONTENTS
DATES
1/1 Newspaper clippings, meeting and press announcements. From "W.S.H.P.H.S." folder 1982, 1987
1/2 Newspaper clippings re Hancock Park, surrounding areas. From "Hancock Park/Park LA Brea/Tar Pits" folder 1986-1988
1/3 Correspondence, articles by Margaret Burk re Hancock Park history. From folder "W.S./H.P. Historical Society" 1976-1977
1/4 Windsor Square/Hancock Park Historical Society meeting and committee meeting announcements. Margaret Tante Burk article re Hancock Park history. "Historical Observer," Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. List of Society officers and trustees 1976-2005 (dates broken)
1/5 "W.H.S.P. Historical Society (folder title assigned by Margaret Tante Burk." Album with newspaper clippings, meeting notices re Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. Separated from album 1976-1977
1/6 Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society "Historical Observer"; also meeting agenda and minutes and announcements, correspondence, budget, solicitation forms for historical conservation. Research project status re homes and landmarks 1976-1977, 1992
1/7-13 Research Materials: Margaret Tante Burk piece on Wilshire Corridor. Mayoral certificate for Wilshire Center (not inscribed). Incoming correspondence. Newspaper article re contributions of Margaret Tante Burk to Wilshire Corridor. Publication re Wilshire Corridor 1969, 1979, 1987
1/14 "Hollywood Heritage" newsletter. Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society flyers. "Historic Cultural Landmarks" booklet on Los Angeles 1976, 2002, 2004, 2005
1/15 Los Angeles Conservancy newsletter. Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society membership roster, annual meeting program, invitation to meeting, "Historical Observer" 1986-2006 (dates broken)
1/16 Correspondence re beginnings of the Hancock Park Art Council 1988
Map Case Map of Miracle Mile of Wilshire Boulevard, with plat of business locations circa 1937

 

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Series 8: Civic and Professional Activities. Subseries C: Community Advisory Committee

Subseries size: 1 archival document box
Subseries dates: 1968-1974

Series 8 contains the records related to some of Margaret Tante Burk's professional and civic activities. Subseries C of this series contains press kits, correspondence, memoranda, minutes and agenda, and newspaper clippings from Margaret Tante Burk's stint on the Community Advisory Committee. Then Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty formed this group as a means to improve citizen access to his office. The series especially documents Margaret Tante Burk's effort to make the group a working organization.

BOX/FOLDER CONTENTS
DATES
1/1 Two (2) Community Advisory Committee press kits: memoranda, meeting minutes, correspondence 1968, 1974
1/2 Agenda, correspondence, fact sheet re Community Advisory Committee, interview with Sam Yorty, Community Advisory Committee meeting agenda of committee chairmen 1967, 1968
1/3 Newspaper clippings, mayoral press release, correspondence re Margaret Tante Burk appointment as general chair  of the Community Advisory Committee 1968

 

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