Identifier	lmu_ajcu_0015
Title	Mother Stanislaus and John Prescott looking at an octopus
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	1954-1973
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; 21 x 26 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Photographic prints 01B
Description	Mother Stanislaus, R.S.H.M. is shown a 15-pound octopus by Marineland Aquarium's Curator of Fishes John Prescott.
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.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	AJCU