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Locke McCorkle on Druid Heights |
Collection |
Druid Heights Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, Locke McCorkle reminisces about Druid Heights and many of the people associated with the legendary bohemian community. Locke recounts first visiting Druid Heights in the early 1950s and his subsequent involvement in building some of the structures there. He conjectures that the community received its evocative name from one of its early residents, the poet Elsa Gidlow. In addition to Elsa, Locke discusses various other people associated with the Druid Heights community, including its founder, the architect Roger Somers, his wife Mary Somers, and his teacher and friend Alan Watts. The oral history concludes with Locke envisioning the physical remains of Druid Heights returning to nature. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2018-06-25 |
Interviewee |
McCorkle, Locke |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 20pp Recording: 01:04:03 |
Search Terms |
1950s American Academy of Asian Studies Architects Architecture Buddhism Communal settlements Communes Druid Heights Free love Gidlow, Elsa Hamilton, Paul Hinduism Hunter, David Jacobs, Sandy Marriage McCorkle, Locke McCorkle, Simone McCorkle, Valerie McKee, Bob Mill Valley Mill Valley in the 1950s Montford Avenue Motorcycle racing Motorcycles MV history - Baby boom years (1950s and early 1960s) MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Oral history - Spirituality, philosophy, religion Somers, Geraldine Somers, Mary Somers, Roger Somers, Tagore Spiritualism Watts, Alan |
Object ID |
2018.080.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2018. 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. |