Angela Broadhead interviews Joan Merryman about the book La Fayette: A Pictorial History on October 7th, 1976.
Oral History: Dr. Clifford Feiler – November 17th, 1979
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 […]
Oral History: Andrew H. Young – November 11th, 1981
This speech by Andrew H. Young was delivered at the Town Hall building in Lafayette on November 11, 1981. Addressing a combined meeting of the Friends of the Lafayette Library and the Lafayette Historical Society, he presents a summary of his book, The Developers of Lafayette.
Oral History: Jack Marchant – November 30th, 1984
Summary: Jack Marchant and his brother Paul began building houses together in Kensington and North Berkeley at the end of World War II. They moved to Lafayette to continue this work in 1950. When Lafayette was incorporated in 1968, Jack was a member of the first City Council. The demand for new homes was very […]
From the Archives: LHS Potluck, April 12th, 1977 (Lou Borghesani and Mickey Meyers)
Summary: Lafayette in the 1930s and 1940s – speech by Mickey Meyers and Lou Borghesani to the Lafayette Historical Society, April 12, 1977. Transcript: LHS Annual Potluck 4-12-77 Mickey Meyers (Introduction by Lou Repetto) Lou Repetto: We have with us tonight two gentlemen whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for 28 years… that’s my […]
Oral History: Barbara Franke Boyle – March 4th, 2011
Barbara Franke Boyle came to Lafayette from Oakland in 1937, when she was 10. Her family had been using the ranch in the Happy Valley area as a summer place only prior to the that. They raised pears, and Barbara’s father operated the Walnut Creek Cannery. In the years that Barbara was going to grammar […]
From the Archives: Dedication of Peter Thomson’s Anvil
This is a recording of the dedication of Peter Thomson’s anvil that was conducted on May 22nd, 1970. If you stop by the history room, you can see it in person.
Oral History: Gloria Duffy – April 2006
Summary: Gloria Duffy had an illustrious career. She was a pioneer of Bay Area radio, involved in the arts, and was part of a flourishing real estate business in Lafayette from the 1950s to the 1970s. Oral History: Interviewer: This is the interview of Gloria Duffy, broadcasting in real estate, lady of Lafayette, given in […]
Oral History: Patricia Boyer – April 2006
Patti grew up in the Lafayette Horse Show. Her father, George Brooks, was the horse show announcer for many years. Patti won a trophy in the 1939 horse show riding her paint horse Pagero. After growing up in Richmond, Patti moved permanently to Lafayette 1957. Her recollections of early Lafayette are significant in the development […]
A short film called The Park Theatre by Joel Braunstein
Last week we received a short film from Stanley school student Joel Braunstein. He talks and does a couple of interviews about the past and future of The Park Theatre. In case you have seen this somewhere else and the audio was a problem for you, we went ahead and fixed that issue. It should […]
