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Brownson House News, Vol. 3, No. 2

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Identifier	clloy_223
Title	Brownson House News, Vol. 3, No. 2
Creator	Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date Created	1939 May 20
Description	A copy of a typed, formatted newsletter for the Brownson Settlement House. Newsletter includes a front page, a features page, a club news page, and a sports page. Each page, laid out in 3 columns, contains short news stories on activities, special events, group elections, athletic competitions, and general announcements pertaining to the settlement house.
Historical Background	Born into a politically prominent Los Angeles family, Mary Julia Workman founded the Brownson House Settlement Association in 1901 and led it for 19 years. The Brownson House assisted underprivileged and immigrant families in the city, providing them with educational, vocational and social programs such as student clubs, Sunday school, dances, and sporting events. Brownson House was originally located in a rented cottage on Aliso St., but moved to a new facility on Jackson St. in late 1904 or early 1905.
Type	text
Physical Description	4 leaves ; ill. ; 28 x 22 cm
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8870232n
Project note	Funding for a portion of this collection came from a Local History Digital Resource Project grant . The Local History Digital Resource Project is supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, please visit: http://www.califa.org/lhdrp.php
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	Materials in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Language	eng; spa;
Subject (Name)	Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Place)	Los Angeles, Calif.;
Subject (Topic)	Social settlements--California--Los Angeles; Settlement houses--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles; Youth organizations--California--Los Angeles; Youth--Societies and clubs--Elections--California--Los Angeles; Recreational sports; Special events--California--Los Angeles;
Form/Genre	Manuscripts;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 2: Margaret Workman, Box 20, Folder 16

Identifier	CLLOY_223_PAGE001
Title	CLLOY_223_PAGE001
Project note	Funding for a portion of this collection came from a Local History Digital Resource Project grant . The Local History Digital Resource Project is supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, please visit: http://www.califa.org/lhdrp.php
Transcription	BROWNSON HOUSE NEWS VOL III LOS ANGELES, CALIF MAY 20 1939 NO.2 MAY DAY May Day was quite a festival day at Brown-son House. The Bright Star Club entertained the St. Anthony's Club on that day with a pro-gram and crowning of the May Queen. Aurora Guzman port-rayed the Queen. Her attendants were Petra Moreno, Rosie Rivera [N?]ellie Mesa, and Eloise Garcia. Jennie Luna was the honored one to place the Crown on the Queen's head. The St. Anthony's Club members represen-ted children from far distant lands to pay homage to the Queen of the May. They were the guests of the Queen on that day and in turn were entertained by the members of the Bright Star Club, who repres-ented the Queen's Courts. CONGRATULATIONS The Intersenior girls Club announce a change in their officers.Those [sic] newly elected are:Pres. [sic] Mary Lopez; Vice-Pres. Carmen Contreras; Sec. Henrietta Manriquez; Treas; Sara Saldivar; Sgt. at Arms Connie Morano. HERE AM I [Image of a cow sitting back on her haunches with 3 flowers and a butterfly] WHERE IS SPRING? MOTHERS DAY May 14th is set aside as the one special day of this year on which we should honor our Mothers. Many of the Club Members of Brownson House are making beautiful and useful gifts to give to their Mothers on her day. We all wish that each and every one of our Mothers will be happy on that special day. MOTHERS PARTY The Senior Girls ent-ertained their Mothers on Monday evening April 24th. Various games were played. Refreshments consisted of coffee and cookies. A good time was had by every mother. CABARET SUPPER The Spring Formal Ca-baret Supper is now definately [sic] set for Thursday evening, May 25th. All four Senior Clubs are anxiously looking forward to this gala event as being the most outstanding social activity of the year. Each Club has its in-dividual work to do, and are cooperating enthusiastically to make it a success. Decorations will consist of the May spiral motif in pink, white, and green. A floor show is already being planned with leading singing and dancing numbers by the outstanding talent of Brownson House. SENIOR OFFICERS Installation of Sen-ior officers was held on Friday March 31. The new officers installed were Pres. Jo[e?] Barrios; Vice-Pres. Julian Coro-nado; Sec. Treasurer Isidor[e?] Serrato; Sgt. at Arms Pete Robles. The Senior Boys Club congratulated the new officers and offered their complete coopera-tion.

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