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<span style="color:#006400">'''DAILY, Marla'''</span> (b. 1950) cultural anthropology graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara and California Channel Islands historian. She spent the summer of 1973 as a participant in an archaeological survey on Santa Cruz Island with archaeologists Albert Spaulding and Michael Glassow. | <span style="color:#006400">'''DAILY, Marla'''</span> (b. 1950) cultural anthropology graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara and California Channel Islands historian. She has been President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation since December 1987. She has been studying and writing about the cultural histories of all eight Channel Islands for more than 40 years, and her California Channel Islands encyclopedia, Islapedia, is now online. | ||
Daily began her island work when she spent the summer of 1973 as a participant in an archaeological survey on Santa Cruz Island with archaeologists Albert Spaulding and Michael Glassow. | |||
From 1974-1979 Daily worked for the University of California's Santa Cruz Island Reserve as assistant to Reserve Manager, Lyndal Laughrin. In 1980 Daily was hired by Carey Stanton, island owner, to work for the Santa Cruz Island Company as his personal assistant. | From 1974-1979 Daily worked for the University of California's Santa Cruz Island Reserve as assistant to Reserve Manager, Lyndal Laughrin. In 1980 Daily was hired by Carey Stanton, island owner, to work for the Santa Cruz Island Company as his personal assistant. | ||
In 1985 Stanton formed the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF) | In 1985 Stanton formed the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the cultural histories of all eight California Channel Islands. Daily was appointed as Vice-President. | ||
In 1987, Daily published her first book, ''California’s Channel Islands: 1001 Questions Answered'' (published in three editions). Over the next three decades, Marla Daily and SCIF published more than a dozen additional books about the California Channel Islands, including Cowboy Island: Farewell to a Ranching Legacy, Santa Rosa Island (2000), and Richard Diebenkorn and Carey Stanton: A Private Collection (2005). Dozens of additional articles have appeared in print in professional and popular journals. | |||
This book became the foundation of Daily's '''www.islapedia.com''', a comprehensive online Channel Islands Encyclopedia. | |||
Upon Stanton’s death on December 8, 1987, Daily became president of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF), a position she held until her retirement. Under Daily’s management, SCIF published dozens of books and articles about all eight of California’s Channel Islands. | Upon Stanton’s death on December 8, 1987, Daily became president of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF), a position she held until her retirement. Under Daily’s management, SCIF published dozens of books and articles about all eight of California’s Channel Islands. | ||
On a 1983 research voyage to the Pacific Islands of Baja California, Daily met Kirk Connally, Master Mariner and captain of the R/V''Diamaresa.'' His family founded Island Packers in 1968, eventual concessionaire to Channel Islands National Park. Marla Daily and Kirk Connally married on July 8, 1989. | In 1994, the California Historical Society bestowed upon Ms. Daily their Distinguished Service Award for her extraordinary leadership and service to the people of California and the nation for her dedicated efforts to preserve and promote the history of the California Channel Islands. She has served on the advisory councils of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and board of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. | ||
On a 1983 research voyage to the Pacific Islands of Baja California, Daily met Kirk Connally, Master Mariner and captain of the R/V ''Diamaresa.'' His family founded Island Packers in 1968, eventual concessionaire to Channel Islands National Park. Marla Daily and Kirk Connally married on July 8, 1989. | |||
Revision as of 20:29, 8 July 2014
DAILY, Marla (b. 1950) cultural anthropology graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara and California Channel Islands historian. She has been President of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation since December 1987. She has been studying and writing about the cultural histories of all eight Channel Islands for more than 40 years, and her California Channel Islands encyclopedia, Islapedia, is now online.
Daily began her island work when she spent the summer of 1973 as a participant in an archaeological survey on Santa Cruz Island with archaeologists Albert Spaulding and Michael Glassow.
From 1974-1979 Daily worked for the University of California's Santa Cruz Island Reserve as assistant to Reserve Manager, Lyndal Laughrin. In 1980 Daily was hired by Carey Stanton, island owner, to work for the Santa Cruz Island Company as his personal assistant.
In 1985 Stanton formed the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the cultural histories of all eight California Channel Islands. Daily was appointed as Vice-President.
In 1987, Daily published her first book, California’s Channel Islands: 1001 Questions Answered (published in three editions). Over the next three decades, Marla Daily and SCIF published more than a dozen additional books about the California Channel Islands, including Cowboy Island: Farewell to a Ranching Legacy, Santa Rosa Island (2000), and Richard Diebenkorn and Carey Stanton: A Private Collection (2005). Dozens of additional articles have appeared in print in professional and popular journals.
This book became the foundation of Daily's www.islapedia.com, a comprehensive online Channel Islands Encyclopedia.
Upon Stanton’s death on December 8, 1987, Daily became president of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation (SCIF), a position she held until her retirement. Under Daily’s management, SCIF published dozens of books and articles about all eight of California’s Channel Islands.
In 1994, the California Historical Society bestowed upon Ms. Daily their Distinguished Service Award for her extraordinary leadership and service to the people of California and the nation for her dedicated efforts to preserve and promote the history of the California Channel Islands. She has served on the advisory councils of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and board of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.
On a 1983 research voyage to the Pacific Islands of Baja California, Daily met Kirk Connally, Master Mariner and captain of the R/V Diamaresa. His family founded Island Packers in 1968, eventual concessionaire to Channel Islands National Park. Marla Daily and Kirk Connally married on July 8, 1989.
» Allen, Kerry Island Fever, Marla Daily's long love affair with the Channel Islands in Santa Barbara Magazine (13) Winter 1995
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