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Days, Mary Louise, 1939-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939

Biography

A Santa Barbara native, Mary Louise Days received degrees in history from Santa Barbara City College and UCSB. Her minor was architectural history. She was employed by the City of Santa Barbara Planning/Community Development Department for over thirty-five years. This included a number of years as the City’s first urban historian and staff to the Historic Landmarks Commission. She has published numerous articles on historical topics and has been a frequent adviser to UCSB’s Public Historical Studies program. A consulting historian and researcher, she serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Citizens Planning Association and the Santa Barbara Conservancy. She is a past president of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. Travel is her main hobby.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town oral history collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box: AR-2020-004
Identifier: 2020-096
Dates: 2003 - 2018
Found in: Gledhill Library

Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection

 Collection — Box: AR-2020-004
Identifier: AR-2020-004
Abstract The City of Santa Barbara, California, became the community that it is through planning. In her book, Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town, former Mayor Sheila Lodge documents the many battles it sometimes took, the unanticipated events, and the process that was developed to make the critical decisions necessary to guide development of Santa Barbara over the course of 170 years. The Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection...
Dates: 2003 - 2018
Found in: Gledhill Library / Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection

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