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Oral History of Anne Solem |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, passionate journalist, political campaign manager, consultant, and former Mill Valley mayor and city council member Anne Bardwell Solem recounts the details of her career and delves deep into the issues and implications of local government action. Anne was born in 1938 in Berkeley, California and was a product of Berkeley public schools, including the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in journalism. After a brief stint with the Associated Press in New York, Anne moved back to the West Coast and took up reporting jobs for the Mill Valley Record and the Marin Independent Journal (IJ). Shortly after her time at the IJ, Anne was approached to manage the California campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hubert Humphrey. She went on to oversee the regional campaigns for Democratic hopefuls, as well as serve as a regional representative for the Carter administration. Anne served on the Mill Valley City Council and as mayor of Mill Valley at the turn of the millennium and through the early 2000s. Throughout the interview, Anne sheds light on the processes of local government as well as the specific challenges she faced while in office, particularly the Miller Avenue redevelopment project. Anne offers opinions on how to build and maintain a vibrant community, backed by examples from her ample experience in both local government and local volunteer work and her belief that small town government provides an opportunity for "real citizen involvement" and tangible change. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2011-08-11 |
Interviewee |
Solem, Anne |
Interviewer |
Kleiner, Joyce |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 25pp Recording: 01:45:12 |
Search Terms |
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Object ID |
2016.028.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2011. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |