Townsend, Mack, 1964 - 1989
Scope and Contents note
The Local History Collection focuses on the history of Orange County California and the cities within Orange County, Southern California and to a lesser extent California as a whole.
The collection includes 3860 cataloged books and pamphlets, correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, memoribilia, microfilm, papers, periodicals, posters and photographs.
Dates
- 1964 - 1989
Creator
- Townsend, Mack (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 733 boxes (733 boxes, 3860 volumes in 429 linear feet plus two large orange cabinets drawers and two map cases drawers. )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Born in Madison County, Iowa in 1889, Townsend graduated from Ginnell College with an A.B. in social sciences, and from the State University of Iowa with an M.A. in poilitical science and public administration.
After serving in World War I, he was a public school teacher for ten years. Townsend then worked for twenty years as a public relations expert for the U.S. Department of the Interior Burueau of Reclamation Information Service at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), where he researched, lectured, and wrote on the Colorado River, before retiring in Brea, California.
Creator
- Townsend, Mack (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository
University Archives & Special Collections
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Fullerton CA 92831-3599 USA
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