Marsh (Warner L.) Papers, 1927-1965

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Title:: Warner L. Marsh Papers,
Dates:: 1927-1965
Creators:: Marsh, Warner L.
Abstract:: Warner Lincoln Marsh (b.1899) was a landscape architect for the Los Angeles City Park Department (1925) before starting his private practice as a planning consultant and landscape architect. In addition to his private practice, he was employed as a research director for the Los Angeles County Department of Rehabilitation (1935-36), and as deputy director for the California State Department of Natural Resources (1940-43). The collection consists of correspondence, drawings, blueprints, notes, clippings and printed material reflecting Marsh's career as a landscape architect and planning consultant.
Extent:: 8 cartons (8 linear ft.) 5 oversize boxes
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Warner L. Marsh Papers (Collection 1173). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and content:: Collection consists of correspondence, drawings, blueprints, notes, clippings and printed material reflecting Marsh's career as a landscape architect and planning consultant. Correspondence includes five letters from Richard J. Neutra.
Biographical / historical:: Warner Lincoln Marsh was born on February 12, 1899 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; attended Morningside College, 1917-21; he began his career as a landscape draftsman in Nebraska and Iowa; began working as a landscape architect for the Los Angeles City Park Department in 1925; in addition to his private practice as a planning consultant and landscape architect, he was employed as a research director for the Los Angeles County Department of Rehabilitation (1935-36), and as deputy director for the California State Department of Natural Resources (1940-43); published, Landscape vocabulary (1964).
Acquisition information:: Gift of Warner L. Marsh, 1976.
Physical location:: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Subjects:: Landscape architects--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Names:: Marsh, Warner L.--Archives.

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Anne Caiger; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:: © 2003
Date Encoded:: Text rekeyed by Caroline Cubé from in-house paper finding aid, November 2003 . Machine-readable finding aid derived from rekeyed finding aid, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: April 1976 .

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Restrictions:: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Warner L. Marsh Papers (Collection 1173). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US