| Title: |
Helen Van Cleave Park
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Marin County Free Library. Civic Center Branch. Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Collection: |
Carla Ehat Oral History Program for the Anne T. Kent California Room
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| Description: |
Helen was co-author, with Jack Mason, of two important books on the history of Marin County: Early Marin (1971) and The Making of Marin (1975). Helen is a former interior decorator who came to Marin in 1930 and bought two aces of land on which she built her home. She describes research techniques for gathering historical data from county archives and libraries.
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| URL: |
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/lb/main/crm/oralhistories/hparkft.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1983 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Park, Helen Van Cleve, 1899-1989
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1899
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document location: |
Mill Valley, CA
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| Document date: |
02-Sep-1983
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| Interviewer: |
Ehat, Carla; Martinelli, Genevieve Cochrane, 1899-1996
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Marin County, CA; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
California; California--History; Community; Local history; Marin County (Calif.)--History; Marin County, CA; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029616-32847
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