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Harbor Point Book Club with Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, 2019 - Image, Digital
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Oral History of Barry Spitz - Oral History
In this oral history, author, outdoorsman, and running enthusiast Barry Spitz recounts his adventures, encounters, and investigations over the course of more than 40 years of living in Marin County. Born in Brooklyn in 1948, Barry moved to California at the age of 22 after completing an MBA at Columbia University. He settled initially in San Francisco where he worked in the banking industry for a few years before buying a house in San Anselmo and...
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Oral History of Beryl Jean Symmes - Oral History
Beryl Jean Symmes grew up in Richmond, Surrey, England. In 1943 she met Laurence M. Symmes Jr., an American serviceman. They married in 1947, and Laurence brought her to Mill Valley where he had settled after the war with his aunt Ruth Boericke White, the widow of Ralston White, who owned the Garden of Allah. Beryl and Laurence spent two weeks living at the famous Mill Valley residence before moving into their own home, named El Nido (The Nest), ...
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Oral History of Cyra McFadden - Oral History
In this oral history, author Cyra McFadden recounts her life in Mill Valley and the creation and reception of her satirical novel The Serial. Born into a rodeo family in Montana, Cyra describes moving out to San Francisco with her young daughter Caroline in the late 1950s and then subsequently over to Mill Valley after marrying her second husband, John McFadden. She recalls how in 1977 she started writing The Serial, which was initially published...
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Oral History of Richard Dillon - Oral History
Born on January 16, 1924 in Sausalito, Richard "Dick" Dillon attended Central School in Sausalito and Tamalpais High School. He was drafted right after Pearl Harbor and sent to Europe where he was wounded, hospitalized, sent back to the front, and wounded a second time. Richard earned his master's degree from UC Berkeley, taught at several universities, and eventually became the Sutro Librarian. In 1950, he married Barbara Allester, with whom he ...
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Outdoor Art Club lecture by Dr. Larry Brilliant, 2017 - Image, Digital
2016.015.696
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Portrait of Josephine Moroney Thompson, Kathleen Norris, Theresa T. Benet, and Margaret T. Hartigan, circa 1888 - Print, Photographic
2011.001.001
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Portrait of Joseph Norris, Kathleen Norris, and unidentified child, circa 1880s - Print, Photographic
2011.001.002
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