LOUD, Catherine MacLean
Picturesque Santa Catalina
Published by Denison News Company,
Los Angeles, Cal.
The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.;
18 pages, photogravures.
Hole-punched and ribbon-bound wraps.
A very early Catalina item.
Photo of Incline (Angel's Flight)
Ex-lib. Catherine MacLean Loud.
[original in SCIF archives]
LOUD, Catherine Winifred MacLean (1899-1984)[SS# 567-86-5453], author of a Santa Catalina Island unpublished manuscript that spans the history of Avalon before and after the turn of the century, from 1887-1915. It is fiction, based largely on fact turned into prose. Some of it is in the form of a diary:
Catherine MacLean was born to Canadian, John Douglas MacLean (1860-1951), who married Winnie Sarah Tarona Morris (1866-1934). MacLean immigrated from Canada in 1887. They had five children:
- Marguerite Matilda MacLean [Glenar] (1987-1986) born in Avalon; Avalon Cemetery
- Catherine Winifred MacLean [Loud] (1899-1984) born in Avalon; Avalon Cemetery
- Rodrick MacLean (1902-1993) born in Avalon; Avalon Cemetery
- Freida A. MacLean [Lomax] (1904-1967) bornin Avalon; Avalon Cemetery
- Elizabeth Morris MacLean [Spencer] (1908-1962) born in Avalon; Avalon Cemetery
Catherine MacLean was born in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island on January 23, 1899. She married Oliver Stuart Loud (1896-1970). They lived variously in Avalon, Hollywood, Alameda, and Berkeley.
Son, Douglas Stuart Loud (1924-1958) was born in Hollywood.
Catherine MacLean Loud died in North Hollywood on June 1, 1984. All three Louds, Oliver and Catherine and son Douglas, are buried in Avalon cemetery.
NOTE: ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS ARE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE CHRISMAN CALIFORNIA ISLANDS CENTER:
Catherine Loud Catalina Archival Materials Group 1
Catherine Loud Catalina Archival Materials Group 2
Catherine Loud Catalina Archival Materials Group 3
Catherine Loud Catalina Archival Materials Group 4
In the News~
August 5, 1925 [TI/Avalon]: “Mrs. Catherine Loud and infant son, of Berkeley, are spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs John D. MacLean, of Avalon.”
