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Oral History of Rick Misuraca |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
Rick Misuraca was born in Mill Valley in 1958, a descendant of the German immigrants who opened Meier's Bakery on Miller Avenue in the 1940s. He attended local schools, including Edna Maguire and Tamalpais High School, and graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Horticulture. After graduating, Rick took a job with Cagwin and Doward, a landscaping firm in San Rafael. In 2013, Rick retired from his position as the Operations Superintendent for Public Works and Parks in Mill Valley. In his oral history, Rick recalls growing up in Mill Valley with the freedom to explore Mount Tamalpais and the City's other open spaces. In addition to reminiscing about local personalities, he details his path to becoming Park Supervisor for the City of Mill Valley in 1983 and describes some of his favorite civic projects, including the restoration of the Old Mill, the beginning of Bloomathon, Miller Avenue landscaping, and the renovation of the "Steps, Lanes and Paths" found all around Mill Valley. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2013-07-18 |
Interviewee |
Misuraca, Rick |
Interviewer |
Murray, Joan |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 13pp Recording: 01:00:14 |
Search Terms |
1970s Bloomathon Boyle Park Brown's Furniture Store Cascade Canyon Chula, Vince City beautification City government College of Marin Dawson, Doug Duarte, Danny Edminster, Peter Edna Maguire School Foss, Karen Friends of Fields Hazen, Vern Hunter, Don Lockwood’s Drug Store McCann, Jim Meiers Bakery Mill Valley Market Montgomery, Ann Mosher's Shoe Store Mt. Tamalpais MV history - Baby boom years (1950s and early 1960s) MV history - Growth (1980s) Old Mill Park Oral history - Local government, police, firefighters Parks Petersen, Dan Peze, Al Public Works Recreation Restoration Robinson, Katherine Sequoia Theater Steps, Lanes, Paths - Mill Valley Strawberry Point School Talkington, Victoria Tamalpais Hardware Varney's Hardware Wilson, Carol Cavalli World War II |
Object ID |
2016.085.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2013. 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. |