Orange County Public Libraries
Orange County Public Libraries is a network of community libraries. We have 33 branches as well as an outlet in the Orangewood Children's Home to provide a variety of services to residents throughout Orange County. Some of the branches are operated within the jurisdiction of the county's 33 cities and some within the county's unincorporated area.
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Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member, Ellen Sue Olivares Schneider, discusses traditional basket weaving materials and processes and the importance of elderberry and oak trees in Acjachemen culture. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in San Juan Capistrano, California. Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Alice Chandler describes rodeo trick riding with Montie Montana in the 1960s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library, Laguna Hills, California, for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright...
Topics: californialightandsound, Montana, Montie, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice, Rodeos
Topics: californialightandsound, Montana, Montie, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice, Rodeos
Note : Ron and Tracy Sizemore remember their father Ted and his enthusiasm for surfing; and reflect on their experiences with surfing competitions. Ron Sizemore (left) & Tracy Sizemore (right). Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : 0:12 RS: Our father made surfboards. Then there were very few, uh, in the '50s, very few surfboard shops around that you could go buy a surfboard, so, there again we were really lucky that we had a father that, he...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : California of the Past Description : Becoming a counter spy for the FBI in 1950s Los Angeles. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods, California for California of the Past. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of...
Topics: californialightandsound, Neuberger, Marion Miller, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles...
Topics: californialightandsound, Neuberger, Marion Miller, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles...
Additional Title : Tits and Clits Description : Noted American cartoonist, Joyce Farmer discusses the creation and legacy of her (in collaboration with co-creater Lyn Chevli) notorious feminist underground comic book, "Tits and Clits" in 1970s Laguna Beach. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Beach, California. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright...
Topics: californialightandsound, Farmer, Joyce, 1938-, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1970s,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Farmer, Joyce, 1938-, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1970s,...
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Former Branch Manager, Candace Haggard, shares her memories of planning, building, and opening the new library in San Clemente in 1982. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at San Clemente Library for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Haggard, Candace, San Clemente (Calif.), californiapreservationservice,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Haggard, Candace, San Clemente (Calif.), californiapreservationservice,...
Note : Allan Seymour on Donut World, being "the world's worst surfer", and living (and surfing) in south Orange County. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Capistrano Beach, Dana Point, California Transcript : Surfers get up before dawn. It's called Dawn Patrol, and you would go to Donut World and you would get a cup of coffee and a donut and what's interesting is, I never really ate donuts, I always ate the bran muffins and I went to high school with Craig Wilson who owned it and his...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Crummer, Sheri
Source: mp4: 1 file
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Crummer, Sheri
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Note : Dick Metz on selling surfboards at the first Hobie retail store and expanding surf shop inventory into additional product lines. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, San Clemente, California Transcript : When I opened the first retail store ever, and I mean purely retail; until that point, if you wanted a surfboard, you'd find a guy at woodshop in high school and say, Hey, I'll give you twenty bucks if you make me a surfboard. And it would take him a month....
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Stores, Retail, Surfboards, Metz, Dick, Alter, Hobie
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Stores, Retail, Surfboards, Metz, Dick, Alter, Hobie
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : California of the Past Description : Beryl Peterson remembers the famed Beverly Hills Bookstore, Hunter's Books on Rodeo Drive. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Woods City Hall. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by...
Topics: californialightandsound, Peterson, Beryl, Beverly Hills (Calif.), californiapreservationservice,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Peterson, Beryl, Beverly Hills (Calif.), californiapreservationservice,...
Series Title : California of the Past Description : Ray Holloway on becoming a Cowboy. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods, California for California of the Past. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase...
Topics: californialightandsound, Holloway, Ray, California, californiapreservationservice,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Holloway, Ray, California, californiapreservationservice,...
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://repository.californiarevealed.org/node/374704 .
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 file
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
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Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member, Jerry Nieblas appreciates the strength and perseverance of early Native American women in San Juan Capistrano and shares the example of Apolonia Montano (Polonia Montanez). Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Niguel Library; Laguna Niguel, California. Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted....
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal elder, Joe Ocampo, on federal tribal recognition. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Tustin Library; Tustin, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. OC Public Libraries has given California Preservation Program permission to provide access to the digitized...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Alice Chandler recalls being deputized in 1949. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be...
Topics: californialightandsound, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice, Sheriffs
Topics: californialightandsound, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice, Sheriffs
Note : Dick Metz remembers the, "Big Band Era" in 1930s Balboa Island and Laguna Beach. Recorded for OC Stories; Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, San Clemente, California Transcript : The Big Band Era was really from about , I'm guessing , '36 to the war started. See, all those band guys, you know, Harry James , no, it was Glenn Miller disappeared. He was flying from giving entertainment. He was in the air force from, flying from France, after we invaded Europe, back to England...
Topics: californiarevealed, Big band music, Big bands, Metz, Dick
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Big band music, Big bands, Metz, Dick
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : OC Stories; California of the Past Description : James Tsutsui describes his life after confinement in the Santa Anita internment camp including his military service during World War II and his eventual reloation to Orange County Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires...
Topics: californialightandsound, Tsutsui, James, Orange County (Calif.), 1944 - 2000,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Tsutsui, James, Orange County (Calif.), 1944 - 2000,...
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Topics: californiarevealed, Public libraries, Local history, Orange County Public Library (Calif.)
Source: .pdf: 111 pages (11 x 8.5 in)
Topics: californiarevealed, Public libraries, Local history, Orange County Public Library (Calif.)
Source: .pdf: 111 pages (11 x 8.5 in)
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://repository.californiarevealed.org/node/374701 .
Topics: californiarevealed, Pawlack, Ed
Source: mp4: 1 file
Topics: californiarevealed, Pawlack, Ed
Source: mp4: 1 file
Note : Former Laguna Beach Lifeguards, and authors of "Lifeguarding Laguna", Craig Lockwood and Mitch Ridder, recall Laguna Beach's surfing ban and the grassroots movement to restore surfing in Laguna. Mitch Ridder (left) & Craig Lockwood (right). Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, California Transcript : 00:13 CL: .that Laguna had to, in the 1960s, with the onslaught of popular surfing happening, as I mentioned, as a result of the extrapolation of...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Lockwood, Craig, Ridder, Mitch
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Lockwood, Craig, Ridder, Mitch
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Alice Chandler remembers the a snowfall in Southern California, winter of 1949. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library, Laguna Hills, California. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice
Topics: californialightandsound, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice
Note : Ron and Tracy Sizemore remember Lorrin Harrison, New Years polar bear swims, diving for abalone, and "free boarding" in late 1950s South Orange County. Ron Sizemore (left) & Tracy Sizemore (right). Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : TS: Treasure Island used to have a trailer court there in South Laguna and New Years Day they always had a polar bear swim. So, that year, Lorrin Harrison - all of us gathered down there and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Harrison, Lorrin
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Harrison, Lorrin
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Retired OC Parks Ranger Tom Maloney discusses Native American artifacts and history in what is now Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park in south Orange County's San Joaquin Hills. Excerpted from full interview, available from the Moulton Museum. Recorded for OC Stories; Moulton Museum, Laguna Hills, California. Full interview is available from the Moulton Museum. Transcript : The Native America history, because of the park and of where we were, was, you know, a great location to...
Topics: californiarevealed, Parks, Native Americans -- California, Southern, Maloney, Tom
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Parks, Native Americans -- California, Southern, Maloney, Tom
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : California of the Past Description : Story about a family homestead at 29 Palms during the early 1920s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Woods City Hall for California of the Past. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by...
Topics: californialightandsound, Chesney-Algar, Pamela, 29 Palms (Calif.), Early 1920s,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Chesney-Algar, Pamela, 29 Palms (Calif.), Early 1920s,...
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Account of the creation and evolution of Leisure World's (now Laguna Woods') library, which originated as a box of books housed in a small "snack shack." Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods, California, for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires...
Topics: californialightandsound, Franklin, Irma, californiapreservationservice, Libraries
Topics: californialightandsound, Franklin, Irma, californiapreservationservice, Libraries
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Orange County artist, Art Guevara on Pacific Symphony's, "OC, Can You Play?" project which placed 20 pianos designed by 20 local artists in public spaces throughout Orange County. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright...
Topics: californialightandsound, Guevara, Art, californiapreservationservice, Music appreciation
Topics: californialightandsound, Guevara, Art, californiapreservationservice, Music appreciation
Note : Tom Morey remembers Hobie Alter and Dale Velzy and discusses Orange County's contributions to surf culture. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; San Clemente, California Transcript : Here's California, because of its physical location with skiing, surfing, desert, lakes, everything, and decent winter, decent weather through the year , it became where we manufactured and where we innovated the shapes (of boards) for the most part. Not in Hawaii , that was not where the shapes were innovated, for...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Alter, Hobie
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Alter, Hobie
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Note : Stacy Russo, author of "We Were Going to Change the World" discusses Orange County's punk rock scene in the 1980s and punk's influence on her becoming the person she is today. Recorded for OC Stories; Tustin Library, Tustin, California Transcript : I'm Stacy Russo, I'm a librarian and a professor at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana California. I'm also the author of We Were Going to Change the World which is an oral history project with women from the early Southern California...
Topics: californiarevealed, Punk rock music
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Punk rock music
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : California of the Past Description : Pamela Chesney-Algar recalls her grandmother in the 1920s and during the 1933 Long Beach earthquake Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at San Clemente Library for California of the Past Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some...
Topics: californialightandsound, Long Beach (Calif.), 1920s, 1933, californiapreservationservice,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Long Beach (Calif.), 1920s, 1933, californiapreservationservice,...
Note : Tom "Sudz" Sutherland discusses his experiences working for Hobie Alter and his fifty year career building and customizing surfboards in South Orange County. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : I've been building surfboards fifty years now. Fifty years. And I've been riding or building a surfboard for most of my life. Yeah, just about most of my life. I started surfing probably when I was nine, ten years old, right here at...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Surfboards
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Surfboards
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Series Title : OC Stories Description : Alice Chandler remembers eccentric traveling showman Gene Holter in the 1950s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library, Laguna Hills, California. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Holter, Gene, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice
Topics: californialightandsound, Holter, Gene, Chandler, Alice, californiapreservationservice
Note : Retired Harbor Patrol Deputy Tracy Sizemore (with his brother Ron Sizemore) recalls the 2009 rescue which earned him Orange County Sheriff's Department's Medal of Valor for Lifesaving. Ron Sizemore (left) & Tracy Sizemore (right). Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : TS: Through my lifeguarding, I ended up going into law enforcement, starting with the San Diego Sheriff's Department. The Chief at the Lifeguard Department said, Yeah, you...
Topics: californiarevealed, Rescues, Lifeguards
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Topics: californiarevealed, Rescues, Lifeguards
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Note : Former Brea city officials, Wayne Wedin and Carrey Nelson, recall the origins of the Brea Mall. Excerpted from an interview with Linda Shay, Museum Curator, Brea Historical Society. Recorded for OC Stories at Brea Historical Society; Brea, California Transcript : WAYNE WEDIN , FORMER BREA COUNCILMAN CARREY NELSON , FORMER BREA MAYOR CITY OF BREA DEVELOPMENT 00:13 WW: I joined the city staff in 1968, so I was part of the employment base for the City Hall, and a good bit of activity took...
Topics: californiarevealed, Shopping malls
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Shopping malls
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Topics: californiarevealed, Lifeguards, Potter, Robert
Source: mp4: 1 file
Topics: californiarevealed, Lifeguards, Potter, Robert
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Series Title : California of the Past Description : Multiple world record holder, Woody Bowersock's passion for competitive swimming. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods, California, for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Bowersock, Woody, californiapreservationservice, Swimming
Topics: californialightandsound, Bowersock, Woody, californiapreservationservice, Swimming
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Donna Hobbs wishes OC Public Libraries a Happy 90th birthday and tells the story of moving to Laguna Hills in 1968 and using the library system as it grew over the years. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Laguna Hills Technology Branch Library for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed...
Topics: californialightandsound, Hobbs, Donna, californiapreservationservice, Libraries
Topics: californialightandsound, Hobbs, Donna, californiapreservationservice, Libraries
Note : Retired Engineer, Joseph Mannix, discusses some of the remarkable Summer Reading booths he has created for Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library in his time volunteering there (1997 - present). Recorded for OC Stories; Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library, Seal Beach, California Transcript : Credit: Joseph Mannix, Retired Engineer. Library Volunteer, 1997 - present Text: Why did you become a library volunteer? JM: I had friends and stuff were volunteering and I felt kind of useless not doing it so I...
Topics: californiarevealed, Libraries, Engineers--California, Mannix, Joseph
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Libraries, Engineers--California, Mannix, Joseph
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Scott, Jenny
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Scott, Jenny
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Fletcher, Herbie
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Fletcher, Herbie
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Note : Kip Kennedy shares his experiences surfing the Pipeline in Hawaii and discusses how Orange County's surfing community and the surfing retail industry have changed over the past few decades. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Fountain Valley Library, Fountain Valley, California Transcript : GREATEST SURFING MOMENT 0:15 KK: today's a little different. And I'm old now. You know, thethe.. all the muscles are deteriorating, and all that. I try to keep myself in shape. I'm rounding 70, but I still...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Kennedy, Kip
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Kennedy, Kip
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Thoman, Kevin
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Thoman, Kevin
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Note : Surf equipment innovator Tom Morey on his lifelong love of surfing and the invention of the Morey Boogie Board. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; San Clemente, California Transcript : When you're young, whatever it is that you're involved with, you think you're stunned, you're amazed, so cool, you know? Surfboards were so cool. Hobie made 19em, man. Dale Velzy made 19em up north, man. And it was like the designs were locked in stone. Everything was taken care of, everything wasbut after a...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Surfboards
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Surfboards
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Series Title : California of the Past Description : Helen Lyon discusses her experiences teaching music for Los Angeles Unified School District. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Woods, California for California of the Past. Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some...
Topics: californialightandsound, Lyon, Helen, Los Angeles (Calif.), californiapreservationservice, Music...
Topics: californialightandsound, Lyon, Helen, Los Angeles (Calif.), californiapreservationservice, Music...
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Robin Bank shares her memories of growing up at El Morro Beach Trailer Park near Laguna Beach in the 1950s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded as San Clemente Library. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some...
Topics: californialightandsound, Bank, Robin, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1950s, californiapreservationservice
Topics: californialightandsound, Bank, Robin, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1950s, californiapreservationservice
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Former Landscape Architect for the Irvine Company (1960 - 1964), Al Treviño discusses the development of Newport Beach's Fashion Island and his reasons for leaving the Irvine Company. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Treviño, Al, Irvine Company, Irvine (Calif.), Newport Beach (Calif.),...
Topics: californialightandsound, Treviño, Al, Irvine Company, Irvine (Calif.), Newport Beach (Calif.),...
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Former Santa Ana City Councilman (1979 - 1983) Al Serrato discusses city police relations with the Santa Ana Hispanic community in 1979. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms...
Topics: californialightandsound, Serrato, Alfred, Santa Ana (Calif.), 1979, californiapreservationservice,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Serrato, Alfred, Santa Ana (Calif.), 1979, californiapreservationservice,...
Note : Tom "Sudz" Sutherland discusses surfing in South Orange County and Huntington Beach. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : This area here is like the holy grail of, you know, with all the beach breaks here. We have Trestles. We have San Onofre. We have Trestles. We have Cottons. We have all the beach breaks in San Clemente. We have Doheny and Boneyard, which the Beach Boys sang about, you know, before the harbor. Even now, it...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
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Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
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Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member David Ativia on conducting genealogical research for the tribe and on the Acjachemen experience during and after San Juan Capistrano's Mission Period. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Blas Aguilar Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Joyce Farmer discusses Laguna Beach's origins as an art community and it's attraction as a celebrity retreat and its appeal to the counter culture in the 1970s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Beach, California, for OC Stories. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written...
Topics: californialightandsound, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1970s, californiapreservationservice, Laguna Beach...
Topics: californialightandsound, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1970s, californiapreservationservice, Laguna Beach...
Note : Dick Metz, Founder of San Clemente's Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, recalls his early introduction to surfing through Hevs McClelland and George "Peanuts" Larson at Laguna Beach in the 1930s. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, San Clemente, California Transcript : I started surfing at an early age in the mid-thirties. I don't even know when it was, but my dad had a small restaurant right on the beach at Laguna where the lifeguard tower is...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Metz, Dick, Larson, George, McClelland, Heves
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Metz, Dick, Larson, George, McClelland, Heves
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Note : Orange County resident, Bud Smythe, on working as General Douglas MacArthur's bodyguard. Recorded for OC Stories; Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library, Seal Beach, California Transcript : My name is Bud Smythe. I was a bodyguard to General MacArthur and I've written a book which is in the library system telling, kinda, my life story up until the time I got out of the Army. Text: On being a bodyguard I had been there about a week and we had guards posted at all the entrances to the building and...
Topics: californiarevealed, Bodyguards, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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Topics: californiarevealed, Bodyguards, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Loud hum throughout as on original tape; subject is hard to hear at times. Description : Oral History interview conducted with Tom Morey, noted surfer and innovator of surfing technologies. Interview was conducted by Glenna Matthews and the project was sponsored by the Friends of Laguna Beach Library. Series Title : Laguna Beach Oral History Project Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Laguna Beach Library. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the...
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 1 Tape of 1: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Additional Title : Architecture Laguna Description : Series of talks from noted local architects filmed at Laguna Beach Library in 1983. Source : 1 Tape of 1: VHS Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Laguna Beach Library. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the...
Topics: californialightandsound, Architecture
Topics: californialightandsound, Architecture
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member, Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member, Stephen Rios discusses San Juan Capistrano's Northwest Open Space project and efforts to achieve Federal recognition of the Acjachemen tribe, and the history of Rios Adobe. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Rios Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal elder and San Juan Capistrano Patriarch, Thomas "Happy" Hunn recalls how San Juan Capistrano has changed over his 80+ years and fondly remembers Chief Clarence Lobo. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Blas Aguilar Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Blas Aguilar Adobe Museum Foundation President, Domingo Belardes on learning about traditional Acjachemen culture and the Blas Aguilar Adobe's role in passing traditional practices to the next generation. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Blas Aguilar Adobe, San Juan Capistrano, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Note : Charles "Tex" Haines remembers founding Victoria Skimboards in Laguna Beach and shares stories about Duke Kahanamoku and Greg Taylor. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, California Transcript : 0:12 CH: My name is Charles Leroy Haines, III. I share my name with my father and my grandfather, both of whom were doctors, surgeons. And, uh, actually, my grandmother was also one of the first female surgeons in the United States. 0:28 Q: How would you...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Haines, Charles
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Haines, Charles
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
See this link for the most complete and recent information on this record: https://repository.californiarevealed.org/node/374725 .
Topics: californiarevealed, Foreign workers, Salas, Angelita
Source: mp4: 1 file
Topics: californiarevealed, Foreign workers, Salas, Angelita
Source: mp4: 1 file
Additional Title : Dan Duling (Scriptwriter 1981 - present) Series Title : OC Stories Description : Dan Duling, scriptwriter (1981 - present) on the origin and evolution of Laguna Beach's Pageant of the Masters tableaux vivants (living pictures) festival and how the Pageant became the world class event it is today. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Beach for OC Stories. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal elder, Richard Mendez, discusses Acjachemen culture, childhood games and entertainment, and tribal cohesion despite roadblocks in the federal recognition process. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Costa Mesa, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. OC...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Note : Jeff Bartlett shares his love of surfing and reflects on his experiences surfing and repairing surfboards in Southern California. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, CA. Transcript : I had a repair business for about fifteen years and, with the repair business, that was in San Clemente and you have to know a little bit of everything in the repair business, you know. To reshape parts of the board and glass and color and all that stuff. I found that it was really...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Bartlett, Jeff
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing, Bartlett, Jeff
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Santa Ana's River of Tears quilt was created in 1995 by Santa Ana families who were affected by firearm violence. The quilt is over 45 feet long and 4 feet wide and contains 75 squares of fabric, each one representing a victim of Santa Ana gun violence in 1995. The quilt was taken to Sacramento in 1997 to advocate for gun safety. The Bleks lost their oldest son to gun violence in June 1994. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Hills for...
Topics: californialightandsound, Blek, Charles, Blek, Mary Leigh, Santa Ana (Calif.), 1990s,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Blek, Charles, Blek, Mary Leigh, Santa Ana (Calif.), 1990s,...
Note : Surfing Legend, Mickey Munoz, shares his experiences working in south Orange County's surfboard industry, developing the Hobie Catamaran, and his continued interest in new surfing technologies. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Dana Point Library, Dana Point, California Transcript : My name's Mickey Munoz. I was actually born on the east coast, New York [?], New York. Thank you, mom, for bringing us kids out to California. Text: Surfing in Orange County, early 1960s Laguna was kind of a...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) ceremonial leader, Adelia Sandoval, on the benefits of federal recognition and on respecting the "old ways" of her tribal ancestors in the modern world. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Katie Wheeler Library; Irvine, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Note : Dave Peter shares his love of fishing. Recorded for OC Stories; San Clemente, California Transcript : Hello, I'm Dave Peter. I'm a local San Clemente resident and I love to fish. I've been fishing ever since I was a little kid and some of the stories - when I was a little kid I would sneak on different boats. But this one particular time, my father had been invited on a charter and he couldn't go so he sent me. I was about thirteen - it might have been twelve or thirteen, but I was about...
Topics: californiarevealed, Fishing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Fishing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Jeff Divine on his career as a photographer for SURFER magazine and Orange County as a media center of surf culture. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, California Transcript : 0:12 JD: Well, my name's Jeff Divine. I moved to southern Orange County, San Clemente in 1981. I came from Hawaii. I lived there for about ten years as a surf photographer, and I was brought to Orange County to become photo editor at SURFER magazine. I was in the offices at SURFER...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfer Photography, Surfing, Divine, Jeff
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfer Photography, Surfing, Divine, Jeff
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Allan Seymour recalls popular Orange County surfing destinations and remembers sneaking past Marine patrols to surf Trestles Beach. Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Capistrano Beach, Dana Point, California Transcript : 0:13 One of the things the great Tom Morey, the inventor of the boogie board', once said is Teach your children the greatest thrill of all, the thrill of riding the moving wall. And the pure, and the word is stoke , the pure stoke of surfing, of standing up, and you are at...
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Some distortion and noise in parts 3 and 4 as on original recording. Description : Oral history interview with Arnold Philip Hano, American editor, novelist, and journalist. Interview was conducted by Glenna Matthews and the project was sponsored by the Friends of Laguna Beach Library. Series Title : Laguna Beach Oral History Project Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Laguna Beach Library. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work...
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 2 Tapes of 2: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Topic: californiarevealed
Source: 2 Tapes of 2: 1/8 inch audio cassette
Series Title : OC Stories Description : Account of Aliso Beach grocery store and tent camp in the early 1900s. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at San Clemente Library for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials...
Topics: californialightandsound, Turnbull, Karen Wilson, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1910s - 1920s,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Turnbull, Karen Wilson, Laguna Beach (Calif.), 1910s - 1920s,...
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Maria Young (with her father, Richard Mendez) on her relationship to Cucumel in Chinigchinich, on inter-generational sharing of traditional songs, and on growing up attending tribal hall meetings. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Costa Mesa, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. OC...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member, Joyce Stanfield Perry, discusses the importance of caring for sacred sites and the origins of the tribe's language revitalization program after discovering original Acjachemen vocal recordings at the Smithsonian Institution. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded at Tustin Library; Tustin, California Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide :...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Series Title : Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano: The Acjachemen (Juaneño) Indian Community Description : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal elder, Teeter Marie Olivares Romero, shares some contemporary obstacles to gathering traditional basket weaving components and discusses modern substitute materials. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in San Juan Capistrano, California. Source : 1 File of 1: mp4 Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public...
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Topics: californialightandsound, californiapreservationservice, californiarevealed, Juaneño Indians
Description : Al Treviño, former Landscape Architect for the Irvine Company (1960-1964) on becoming employed by the Irvine Company and the types of projects and work he did. Additional Descriptive Notes : Recorded in Laguna Hills for California of the Past. Collection Guide : OC Stories Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by OC Public Libraries. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright...
Topics: californialightandsound, Treviño, Al, Irvine Company, Irvine (Calif.), Early 1960s,...
Topics: californialightandsound, Treviño, Al, Irvine Company, Irvine (Calif.), Early 1960s,...
Note : Former Laguna Beach Lifeguards, Craig Lockwood and Mitch Ridder discuss the sometimes contentious relationship between surfers and lifeguards in Laguna Beach. Mitch Ridder (left) & Craig Lockwood (right). Recorded for OC Surf Stories; Laguna Beach Library, Laguna Beach, California Transcript : Craig Lockwood: To ride big waves, even semi-big waves, to do it well, takes an enormous amount of concentration, skill, and ability. And many , I would say probably in California and Hawaii,...
Topics: californiarevealed, Lifeguards, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Lifeguards, Surfing
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Note : Acjachemen (Juaneño) tribal member Heidi Lucero recalls stories from her grandparents and memories of life on the Santa Margarita Ranch. She also shares her regard for Mission San Juan Capistrano for their accessibility and willingness to share Acjachemen culture and history with the public. Recorded for Indigenous Voices of San Juan Capistrano, A Cal Humanities funded community stories project; Westminster Library, Westminster, California. Transcript : I come from the Ricardas Dios...
Topics: californiarevealed, Native Americans -- California, Southern, Lucero, Heidi
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
Topics: californiarevealed, Native Americans -- California, Southern, Lucero, Heidi
Source: mp4: 1 File of 1
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