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Gardening |
Number of Archive records |
5 |
Number of Library records |
0 |
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Edna Maguire campus - The Garden School planting beds, 2018 - Image, Digital
2016.015.574
Record Type: Photo
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Oral History of Bill Thran - Oral History
Bill Thran was a long time resident of Mill Valley. Bill opened two local businesses (Old Mill Market and, later, Bill's Fixit Shop) and, together with his wife Mina, raised seven children in Mill Valley. This oral history describes Bill moving to the area from Germany, working as a machinist and then in local grocery stores, and later running his own busineeses. Bill describes what it was like running a small-town store in the mid-Twentieth C...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Edna Foster - Oral History
Edna Deming Foster was born March 18, 1894, in Ashland, Oregon, and came to Mill Valley in 1923. After graduating from University of California, Berkeley, Edna married Henry Foster in 1921 and the couple moved into a house on Lovell Avenue in Mill Valley on Armistice Day, 1923. Edna quickly became involved in the PTA at Old Mill School, the Outdoor Art Club, and other local community affairs. In this oral history, Edna recounts her time at UC Ber...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Steven Pitsenbarger - Oral History
Mill Valley resident Steven Pitsenbarger is the garden supervisor of San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden and serves on the board of the North American Japanese Garden Association. In this oral history, Steven shares his unconventional path to becoming a gardener, his day-to-day duties and goals for the Japanese Tea Garden, and a history of Mill Valley's own Japanese gardens. Born and raised in Visitacion Valley, San Francisco with a single...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Susan Reynolds - Oral History
In this oral history, retired teacher and gardening enthusiast Susan Reynolds recounts her life in Mill Valley. Born in Richmond in 1940, Susan grew up in Kensington and attended school in El Cerrito. Susan describes how she and her family would often come over to Marin for hiking and picnics on Mt. Tam when she was growing up. Susan attended San Jose State University, where she developed her child-centered approach to teaching. In 1964, Susan an...
Record Type: Archive
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Redwoods Retirement Community vegatable garden, 2019 - Image, Digital
2016.015.587
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Tony Perry, Portuguese Milker and Gardner, circa 1930 - Print, Photographic
MVU1797
Record Type: Photo
