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Oddfellows Hall, Jim's Barbershop, and the Yarn Shop, 1967 - Print, Photographic

MVU3966

Record Type: Photo

Odd Fellows Hall, Jim's Barbershop, and theYarn Shop, 1967 - Print, Photographic

MVU4016

Record Type: Photo

Oral History of Artemis Frederick - Oral History

In this oral history interview, Mill Valley native Artemis Frederick shares their perspective growing up in the area, exploring their gender identity, and finding community. They lived in Mill Valley through their childhood and adolescence and returned from college on summer break as an adult, which is when this interview took place. Studying children's literature through a political lens at Bard College in New York, Frederick describes an apprec...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Dore Coller - Oral History

In this oral history, musician and songwriter Dore Coller recounts a life that brought him from the Hudson River Valley, where he grew up, to Mill Valley, where he found his home. Hailing from a musical and theatrical family with Eastern European-Jewish roots, Dore describes the centrality of music in his life as he was growing up. As a teenager in 1969, he came out to California for the first time on a spring break trip with his cousin's family ...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Huey Lewis - Oral History

In this oral history, singer Huey Lewis recounts his life in Marin and his career in music. Born in Manhattan in 1950, Huey's parents Hugh and Magda moved to Marin when he was five years old and the family settled in Strawberry Point. Huey evokes the distinctive character of Mill Valley in the 1950s and '60s. With a musical father and a bohemian mother, Huey first started playing music at the age of 11. Huey attended Strawberry Point School and t...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Jean Coleman - Oral History

Jean Coleman, born Jean Spangler, was born in Fremont, Nebraska, and moved as a young girl with her family to Mill Valley in 1937. In her oral history, Jean remembers her childhood with friends, attending schools and church, and belonging to the Campfire Girls. Amidst the backdrop of World War II, Jean's mother died and her father moved away, leaving her with a relative and friends. After graduation from Tamalpais High School, she attended Coll...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Jimmy Dillon - Oral History

In this musically infused and engagingly narrated oral history, guitarist, songwriter, and musical educator Jimmy Dillon recounts his devotion to music since the age of 12 when he decided he wanted to be a guitarist. Born in 1951 in Los Angeles, "in the golden age of rock 'n' roll," Jimmy moved to Michigan with his family as a teenager, where he started gigging with his first band, The Fugitives. In 1969, after finishing high school, he moved bac...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Marty Balin - Oral History

In this oral history, musician and songwriter Marty Balin shares stories from his life at the center of the rock music scene and hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in 1942, Marty grew up in both San Francisco and Richmond. He describes himself as having been a very musical child, born with "a song in [his] heart." Marty began his musical career in the San Francisco folk scene. When the clubs he was playing at in the early 1960s did not s...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Mort Sahl - Oral History

In this oral history, stand-up comedy pioneer Mort Sahl recounts his life, career, passions, and disappointments. Born in Montreal in 1927, Mort grew up primarily in Los Angeles. After graduating from USC, Mort moved up to the Bay Area and soon after started his career in stand-up comedy at the legendary hungry i nightclub in San Francisco. Mort discusses his rise to national fame in the entertainment business, which led him to meet many notable ...

Record Type: Archive

Oral History of Steve Coleman - Oral History

In this oral history, set designer and artist Steve Coleman discusses his life, work, and creative collaborations in Mill Valley. Though his parents were Mill Valley residents, Steve was born in Geneva, Switzerland. When he was small child, his father got a job with the United States Information Agency and moved the family to India for a few years. Steve and his family then returned to Mill Valley, where he primarily grew up. Steve reminisces abo...

Record Type: Archive