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From the Archives: First Broadcast of KCEQ

August 7, 2016 1 Comment

The first broadcast of the old radio station KCEQ that used to be at Acalanes High School.

Filed Under: Acalanes High School, Archives

From the Archives: Acalanes Record 1958-1959

August 7, 2016 Leave a Comment

A record created at Acalanes High School that was intended to summarize the year of 1958-1959.

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From the Archives: Acalanes Record 1957-1958

August 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

A record created at Acalanes High School that was intended to summarize the year of 1957-1958.

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Lafayette, CA Cemetery Tour (7-24-2016)

August 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

For those who couldn’t make it out to the recent tour of the cemetery, here is a video of it.

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Oral History: Fern Powell Davis – September 14th, 1976

July 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Summary: An Interview with Fern Powell Davis by Angela Broadhead and Bronwen Heuer. Mrs. Davis, a retired teacher and school librarian, talks of the 1930′s, 1940′s and 1950′s in Lafayette. Mrs. Davis was born on March 17, 1899; she was interviewed in her home on Sept. 14, 1976. Oral History: Q: Fern, The Lafayette Historical […]

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Oral History: Donn L. Black – June 1st, 1980

July 25, 2016 2 Comments

Summary: After growing up and attending college in Oregon, Donn and Arlene Black moved to California, where Donn started his law career. In 1967 they moved from Oakland to Lafayette. He became Lafayette’s first mayor when the city incorporated the following year. In this interview Donn describes how he and a small group of other […]

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Upcoming Two-Part Speaker Series: The History and Tour of the Lafayette Cemetery

June 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

Listen to stories of pioneers resting in our Cemetery and then take a tour! The Lafayette Cemetery is the final resting place for Benjamin Shreve, the man who named our city, and Jennie Bickerstaff Rosenberg, Lafayette’s beloved pioneer school teacher. History comes alive at the cemetery when visiting the plots of a Civil War veteran, […]

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From the Archives: Oliver Hamlin – April 27th, 1982

June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

A speech given by Oliver Hamlin at the Lafayette Historical Society pot luck in 1982.

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From the Archives: Joan Merryman – October 7th, 1976

June 28, 2016 Leave a Comment

Angela Broadhead interviews Joan Merryman about the book La Fayette: A Pictorial History on October 7th, 1976.

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Oral History: Dr. Clifford Feiler – November 17th, 1979

June 28, 2016 1 Comment

Summary: Dr. Clifford Feiler, physician and civic leader, came to Lafayette in 1939. He talks about the small village where there were no banks and no bus service and where he was the only medical doctor. Oral History: Angela Broadhead: This is an interview with Dr. Clifford Feiler on November 17, 1979 for the Lafayette […]

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