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Identifier
Centennial_00602
Title
Mother
Stanislaus
and
John
Prescott
looking
at an
octopus
Creator
Cliff
Brown
Photography
Date Created
circa
1961
Subject (Topic)
Universities
and
colleges--Faculty
;
Religious
of the
Sacred
Heart
of
Mary
;
Nuns
;
Octopuses
;
Aquariums
Subject (Name)
Marineland
of the
Pacific
(Palos
Verdes
Estates
,
Calif.)
;
Marymount
College
(Los
Angeles
,
Calif.)
Subject (Place)
Palos
Verdes
Estates
(Calif.)
Type
Image
Form/Genre
Photographs
Physical Description
1
photograph
:
black
and
white
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder
Loyola
Marymount
University
Collection Identifier
Loyola
Marymount
University
Archives
Item/Call Number
PhotoPrints
15B
Description
Caption
on
back
: "
John
Prescott
,
curator
of
fishes
at
Marineland
of the
Pacific
,
shows
a
young
octopus
to
Sister
M
.
Stanislaus
,
head
of the
biology
department
of
Marymount
College.
"
Historical Background
In
1923
, the
Religious
of the
Sacred
Heart
of
Mary
first
established
an
all-girls
school
in
Los
Angeles
.
Marymount
School
moved
to a
new
campus
on
Sunset
Boulevard
in
Westwood
and
opened
a
two-year
junior
college
in
1933
. In
1948
the
school
became
Marymount
College
of
Los
Angeles
and
first
granted
baccalaureate
degrees
.
Marymount
College
was
relocated
to the
Palos
Verdes
campus
in
1960
.
Loyola
University
of
Los
Angeles
and
Marymount
College
partnered
with
St
.
Joseph
College
of
Orange
began
affiliation
in
1968
, and
officially
merged
into
Loyola
Marymount
University
in
1973
.
Mother
Stanislaus
,
R.S.H.M.
,
(aka
Sister
Patricia
Lacy)
was the
Chair
of
Biology
Department
at
Marymount
College
in
Palos
Verdes
.
Both
faculty
and
students
frequently
visited
Marineland
of the
Pacific
to
see
marine
exhibits
and
displays
.
Marineland
of the
Pacific
was in
operation
from
1954
to
1987
, and was
located
on
90
acres
along
the
beach
in
Rancho
Palos
Verdes
,
California
. At the
time
,
it
was the
largest
oceanarium
in the
world
.
Cited In
Starr
,
Kevin
.
Loyola
Marymount
University
,
1911-2011
: A
Centennial
History
.
Los
Angeles
:
Loyola
Marymount
University
,
2011
.
Image Caption
"With
affiliation
and
merger
,
Marymount
College
acquired
a
stronger
program
in the
natural
sciences
.
Sister
Patricia
Lacy
,
RSHM
,
taught
at
Marymount
,
Loyola
, and
LMU
"
--Starr
,
K.
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
1911-2011
.
Additional Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
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