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Oral History of Doug Ferguson |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this energetic oral history, attorney, activist and arch-storyteller Doug Ferguson recounts a remarkable life of political and cultural engagement. Born in Oakland in 1939, Doug attended public schools in Berkeley before attending Harvard as an undergrad and then going to Stanford Law School. Initially drawn to Marin by its rural character, he moved to Sausalito with his wife Jane in the late 1960s, and soon after to Mill Valley where they started a family. Some 55 years later, at the time this oral history was recorded, he affirms his unflagging love of the area. Doug expresses his fierce commitment to land conservation and recounts his numerous battles, predominantly victorious, against development projects such as Marincello and Slide Ranch to name just a few, waged with his trusty comrades Huey Johnson, John Olmstead, and others. Doug also describes his involvement in the arts and local cultural initiatives — including, of course, the documentary made about the land battles, Rebels with a Cause, as well as creating the Marin Theatre Company and working with the California Film Institute on the Rafael Film Center and the Lark and Sequoia theaters. Doug credits his father with having provided a model of ambition, creativity, and self-confidence for him growing up, and expresses his desire throughout this oral history to inspire the spirit of daring, invention, and intervention in others. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2015-05-31 |
Interviewee |
Ferguson, Doug |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 25pp Recording: 01:19:35 |
Search Terms |
Bohemian Club California Film Institute China Camp Conservation of natural resources Frontier Arts Institute Golden Gate National Recreation Area Land development Lawyers Marin Theatre Company Marincello Oral history - Nature and conservation Oral history - Volunteerism, activism Rebels with a Cause Sequoia Theater Theaters Trust for Public Land |
Object ID |
2016.052.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2015. 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. |