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Dublin Core
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Title
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Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
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Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Hooker, Jenn
Interviewee
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Ball, Katharine
Location
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Downtown Branch Library, Santa Cruz, California
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MP4 video
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30:07
Time Summary
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0:28 Interview starts
0:42 Describes relationship to Santa Cruz and experiencing the earthquake immediately prior to leaving Santa Cruz, in part because of the earthquake
2:28 Describes the day of the earthquake as being a hot, still, and just bad day
2:53 Experienced the earthquake on Browns Valley Road in Corralitos while heading to meet a friend for dinner in downtown Santa Cruz
5:24 Describes returning home for lack of gas and in response to damaged roads
6:42 Her mother had called and heard the earthquake through the falling phone
7:49 Describes fear of leaking propane and receiving help from passerby
8:20 The landlords of her in-law type unit weren't home, describes trying to help clean up their house
8:55 Describes listening to the news and using flashlights that night
9:32 Describes planning on saving gas to get into work the next day, and the intensity of her work as a reporter for the next few weeks
10:50 Presents copies of the Pajaronian from that time, including the first local Loma Prieta headline
11:37 Discusses the difficulty of reporting on a disaster that you are also personally affected by
11:47 Describes the stress of living through the aftershocks
12:21 Describes her final story for the paper covering the incredibly poor housing conditions in Watsonville
14:37 Discusses controversy over Santa Cruz Sentinel cover story showing earthquake victim
15:42 Describes where she obtained her information as a journalist
15:53 Describes working conditions at the paper the day after the earthquake, including working with sister paper in San Luis Obispo to develop film and print papers
17:41 Describes lasting impact of earthquake on her life
18:12 Talks about how difficult it was to get around in the aftermath of the earthquake
18:39 Describes other personal safety measures include learning how to turn off gas and having food and water
19:43 Describes being impressed by how quickly PGE got power back to most of the count
20:01 Talks about engagement with subsequent disasters like the Oakland hills fire
21:07 Emphasizes the importance of getting to know your community as a way of preparing for disaster
21:41 Talks about how hard it is to know what's coming, regardless of planning
22:25 Describes Santa Cruz communal mourning for the Cooper House
23:01 Describes fears of small business owners and changing conditions in downtown Santa Cruz
23:25 Details socioeconomic transitions in Santa Cruz, beyond just earthquake related changes
24:13 Describes how a catastrophe like the earthquake prompts soul searching
25:42 Reflects on how it is easier to speak on the earthquake after so many years, and how realizing how precious life is
26:21 Describes the praise that the Pajaronian received for translating some of its columns into Spanish
26:59 Presents SF Chronicle front page and discusses sensational coverage of earthquake
28:03 Describes being more cautious as a journalist in response to recognizing overly sensational news coverage
Dublin Core
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Title
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Katharine Ball
Subject
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Ball, Katharine
Earthquake-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Jenn Hooker and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at the Downtown Branch Library, Santa Cruz, California on September 5th, 2019.
Former journalist Katharine Ball describes experiencing the earthquake while driving on Browns Valley Road in Corralitos. She talks about her subsequent work to cover the earthquake and its aftermath for the Watsonville Register Pajaronian, and the way that experience changed her life and her approach to journalism.
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Creator
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Hooker, Jenn
Ball, Katharine
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Date
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2019-09-05
Format
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Video
Language
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En
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MOVING IMAGE
Identifier
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LH-LP-BALL
Coverage
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
Rights
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Permission must be obtained before using this interview in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who want to make further use of this interview should contact Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
An account of the resource
Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Hooker, Jenn
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed.
Ver Berkmoes, Ryan
Location
The location of the interview.
Aptos Branch Library, Aptos, California
Original Format
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MP4 video
Duration
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27:18
Time Summary
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0:31 interview starts
0:48 Describes relationship to Santa Cruz, including being born and raised and then returning
1:34 Describes experiencing the earthquake from a house in the Oakland hills while working as a disaster journalist for a Chicago paper
3:34 Describes falling into reporter mode and the media and communications situation at that time
4:55 His community in Chicago learned he was ok because he was able to report in news to the national desk of his paper
5:33 Relates concerns about his sister in Boulder Creek and the difficulty of getting news about Santa Cruz
6:11 Describes difficulties of getting into Santa Cruz via highway nine on the night of the earthquake
7:23 Describes arrival in Boulder Creek, including power outtages, damage, people standing outside
7:52 Describes making it to his sisters house and her emotional distress
8:25 Continued down to Santa Cruz that same night to get water and batteries and learn what else had happened
9:09 Describes Pacific Avenue upon his arrival at 10 or 11 that night
9:27 Went to observe the situation at Dominican Hospital ER, describes how they had things very under control
10:19 Returned to the center of Santa Cruz to talk to people before returning to Boulder Creek around 4am
10:40 Describes the feelings of the people he talked to, who were in shock and upset
11:51 Describes a problematic lack of public information, especially the first night
12:33 Discusses personal and public understandings of the immediate and long term consequences of the earthquake
13:11 Compares level of reporting on other areas to attention placed on Santa Cruz County, including Watsonville
15:53 Describes the process of returning to report on the topic and how he processed his emotions regarding the consequences of the earthquake
16:38 Weighs earthquake related changes to non-earthquake related changes in Santa Cruz's physical landscape
20:12 Describes how people carry earthquake trauma, emotionally and in response to sudden movement
21:01 Describes his relationship to the Cooper House and disagreement with it being torn down
22:06 Observes a prevailing governmental attitude in various cases in California of local governments wanting to get rid of buildings that act as visual cues to the earthquake
23:55 Describes personal emergency response efforts, emphasizing that you can't count on any outside support
25:09 Describes the surreal nature of memories from the days immediately after the earthquake
25:48 Discusses how even after thirty years, his mind sees the state of Pacific Avenue as the "new" version
26:12 Expresses gratitude to have witnessed the earthquake first hand, compared to the difficulty of having to watch it unfold from a distance
Dublin Core
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Title
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Subject
The topic of the resource
Ver Berkmoes, Ryan
Earthquake-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Jenn Hooker and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at the Aptos Branch Library, Aptos, California on September 4, 2019.
Ryan Ver Berkmoes describes experiencing the earthquake in a house in Oakland, and then responding to the situation in Santa Cruz – both professionally, as a reporter on assignment from a Chicago paper, and personally, as a Santa Cruz native with a deep love for this area.
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Creator
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Hooker, Jenn
Ver Berkmoes, Ryan
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Date
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2019-09-04
Format
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Video
Language
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En
Type
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MOVING IMAGE
Identifier
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LH-LP-VER BERKMOES
Coverage
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
Rights
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Permission must be obtained before using this interview in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who want to make further use of this interview should contact Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
An account of the resource
Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Aston, Kathleen
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed.
Brezsny, Thomas
Location
The location of the interview.
Sereno office, Santa Cruz, California
Original Format
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MP4 video
Duration
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46:58
Time Summary
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0:28 Interview starts
0:40 Relationship to Santa Cruz
1:17 Description of office building in county bank, and work at the time
2:24 Readying for World Series, and previous experience of earthquakes
3:50 Length of earthquake, and gradual understanding of exceptional circumstances
4:36 Fear for building falling, and leaving the building
5:00 Workmate trips, and three colleagues stop to help before collapsing doorway
5:48 Description of scene looking across Cooper St., including Cooper House
6:15 Experience of scene outside, "like a Fellini film"
8:20 Reflections upon the days and weeks following
9:07 Returning to home on Myrtle St.
9:59 Keys and wallet trapped in office
10:20 Walking home, destruction on Myrtle St.
11:47 Description of encounters with people along Myrtle St., their stories
13:04 Gas leaks, concerns about cars driving
13:41 Minor damage to house
14:03 Myrtle St. in subsequent days, media interest in the street
14:57 Helicopters landing in Neary Lagoon
15:09 Aftershocks on Myrtle St.
15:28 Experience of aftershocks, and "learning what somebody with PTSD feels"
16:50 Stoppage of work in following days, description of chainlink fence around downtown, and volunteers' efforts
18:22 Anecdote about volunteering for Red Cross with out-of-town volunteers
20:36 Friend who worked with Vision Santa Cruz to re-envisage downtown Santa Cruz
21:49 Description of Vision SC's vision
23:16 Growing understanding of significance of quake, and images from the Bay
25:28 Difficulties of personal items being stuck in county bank building
26:07 Deep hurt of losing buildings
26:58 Difficulties of limited exit routes from the County
27:36 Community cohesion, neighborhood cookouts
29:46 The Holy Cross church steeple
30:45 Downtown buildings, and the remaining "holes" refilled
31:33 Community's memories, reflections, conversations
32:34 Amnesia for communal cohesion
33:09 Returning to downtown office after thirty years, and comparison with pre-quake downtown
34:16 Contemporary community spirit
35:46 Another friend in Vision Santa Cruz, and efforts to diminish visual reminders of the quake
36:52 Difficulties reconnecting to the quake, and difficulties connecting with post-quake moment of communal bonding
37:24 Personal precautions, reflections on wildfires
39:07 Reflections on technology then and now
40:46 Reflections thirty years on
43:20 Story of Bookshop and community efforts to save the store
Dublin Core
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Title
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Thomas Brezsny
Subject
The topic of the resource
Brezsny, Thomas
Earthquake-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Kathleen Aston and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at Sereno, Santa Cruz, California on August 31, 2019.
Thomas Brezsny worked in the County Bank building at the time of the quake. His account includes descriptions of the particularly damaging effects on Myrtle Street, and insights into the processes of Vision Santa Cruz, a group which was brought together to envision the rebuilding of Santa Cruz’s downtown.
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Creator
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Hooker, Jenn
Aston, Kathleen
Brezsny, Thomas
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Date
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2019-08-31
Format
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Video
Language
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En
Type
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MOVING IMAGE
Identifier
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LH-LP-BREZSNY
Coverage
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
Rights
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Permission must be obtained before using this interview in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who want to make further use of this interview should contact Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
An account of the resource
Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Hooker, Jenn
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed.
Downing, Rebecca
Location
The location of the interview.
Scotts Valley Branch Library, Scotts Valley, CA
Original Format
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MP4 video
Duration
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30:15
Time Summary
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0:30 Describes experiencing the earthquake while working as a sales rep visiting a store in south San Jose
2:27 Decided to continue to work after the shake; checks in on next appointment before heading home to Watsonville
3:13 Describes heading home via 101 towards Hecker Pass, while listening to limited earthquake news about bay area
5:28 Describes view of Watsonville, including no lights but a fire, from the top of Hecker pass
5:46 Details descent from Hecker Pass and elaborates on the damaged state of the road
7:10 Describes arrival at home in Watsonville, where their home hadn't moved as much as the neighbors
8:30 Relates husband's return and hearing of damage to the Moss Landing Marine Lab where he worked
9:8 Describes neighbors staying outside, and everyone’s changes in sleeping behavior in response to aftershocks
10:31 Relates eating based on what would spoil in the fridge over the days power was out
11:01 Describes how after a night of shaking, they headed to Moss Landing campus to help with response
11:39 Describes earthquake's effect on the lab and her husband's experiences
12:28 Talks about learning of the destruction of the highway one bridge between Green Valley and Riverside exit was damaged
13:10 Describes devastation in Watsonville
13:17 Elaborates the consequences of the earthquake for Moss Landing as an institution and her husband personally
14:16 Discusses her understanding of the enormity of the earthquake, both during the moment and later on
14:52 Describes financial and career impacts of the earthquake on her family
16:21 Describes the challenges of the broader commercial life downtown, and especially her husband working in downtown Santa Cruz during the Christmas season
17:32 Elaborates on the destruction in Watsonville
17:44 Emphasizes the importance of infrastructure in minimizing loss of life and property in response to earthquakes
18:11 Discusses the state of affairs in Aptos at the time of the earthquake and their reliance on the fire department
18:39 Elaborates the consequences of the earthquake for her family's well being
19:12 Talks about what it took for them to get back on their feet, including job changes and dealing with fallout from global events
22:16 Discusses how insecurity for agricultural worker houses intersected with earthquake consequences
23:08 Describes large community impact in Watsonville, though she was a newcomer to the area during the earthquake
23:54 Describes how personal emergency preparedness has dropped off after the first ten years of the earthquake
24:46 Talks about how Loma Prieta influenced their process of moving to different houses in the subsequent years
25:30 Describes how despite some complacency, she and her husband are mentally prepared and have a plan
26:21 Talks what it's like to reflect on the earthquake after so many years, including how quickly time passes and the inevitability of nature
27:27 Emphasizes the importance of doing even just a little bit of preparation for disasters
27:52 Talks about the ways she keeps up on earthquake status, especially by using a cell phone app
29:03 Relates anecdote about a customer's grandmother getting new dishes after earthquake
29:19 Talks about issues of disaster insurance
29:41 Lists various steps of preparedness that she advises
Dublin Core
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Title
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Rebecca Downing
Subject
The topic of the resource
Downing, Rebecca
Earthquake-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Kathleen Aston and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at Scotts Valley Branch Library, Scotts Valley, CA on August 29, 2019.
Rebecca Downing was working in San Jose when the quake hit, and living in Watsonville. Her story details the impacts on Moss Landing, South and Mid-County, and some of the longer impacts of the devastation in the following years.
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Creator
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Hooker, Jenn
Downing, Rebecca
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Date
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2019-08-29
Format
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Video
Language
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En
Type
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MOVING IMAGE
Identifier
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LH-LP-DOWNING
Coverage
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
Rights
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Permission must be obtained before using this interview in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who want to make further use of this interview should contact Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
An account of the resource
Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Aston, Kathleen
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed.
Phillips, Kathy
Location
The location of the interview.
Community Television office, Santa Cruz, California
Original Format
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MP4 video
Duration
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11:47
Time Summary
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0:27 Interview starts
0:47 Relationship to Santa Cruz, her home since 1978
1:11 Experience of quake at her business in Boulder Creek
1:40 Considerations of safe places and falling objects
2:16 Describes returning to shop to get backpack with customer, and experiencing an aftershock
2:57 Going to the babysitters', leaving in packed car
3:35 Returning home, calming the children, spending the night in cabin
4:05 Description of business
4:21 Cleanup in the following weeks; help from the community with shop
4:32 Aftershock two weeks later; fractures toe jumping out of bed
5:03 Physical, emotional response
5:51 Impressions of effects on the community; community help, grief
6:16 Understanding of impacts; fragility of the environment
6:38 Partner, in East Bay at the time, beginning smoking again after being unable to contact through earthquake
7:02 Partner's business
7:18 Precautions against natural disasters, before and after quake
7:50 Son's and daughter's memories
8:18 Limited impact on cabin and old fire department
8:36 Emotional impact; fear
9:20 Positive effects on business months after the quake, insurance payments to customers
10:01 Flooding in 1982-3; comparison of people's responses between floods and earthquake
10:34 Dealing with FEMA
11:05 Memories of how information was circulated
Dublin Core
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Title
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Kathy Phillips
Subject
The topic of the resource
Phillips, Kathy
Earthquake-1989
Description
An account of the resource
Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Kathleen Aston and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at the Community Television office, Santa Cruz, California on October 7, 2019.
Kathy Phillips was a parent working at a gift shop in Boulder Creek when the earthquake struck. Her story describes her young children’s experience and memories, and the community efforts to help clean up and restore shops in Boulder Creek.
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Creator
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Hooker, Jenn
Aston, Kathleen
Phillips, Kathy
Publisher
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Date
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2019-10-07
Format
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Video
Language
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En
Type
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MOVING IMAGE
Identifier
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LH-LP-PHILLIPS
Coverage
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
Rights
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Permission must be obtained before using this interview in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who want to make further use of this interview should contact Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Santa Cruz History Articles
Description
An account of the resource
Original articles by library staff and by local authors and material from historical books.
Articles on Santa Cruz County history, many with illustrations, are available here.
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries is grateful to our local historians and their publishers for giving permission to include their articles. The content of the articles is the responsibility of the individual authors.
It is the library's intent to provide accurate information. However, it is not possible to completely verify the accuracy of individual articles obtained from a variety of sources. If you believe that factual statements in an article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Oral History
A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge.
Interviewer
The person(s) performing the interview.
Jenn Hooker
Interviewee
The person(s) being interviewed.
Patsy Gasca, Tiki Dellamora, Romina Cervantes, Jim Burns, Michele Averill, Richard Martinez, Lyle Crosley, Rosielee Crosley, Karen Bonnie, Carole Evans, Jill Hofmann, Linnea Dunn, and Lee Duffus
Location
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American Red Cross Santa Cruz County chapter, Santa Cruz, California
Original Format
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MP4 video
Duration
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1:49:51
Time Summary
A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview
0:28 Interview starts, and interviewees introduce themselves
1:15 Interviewees state length of time they have lived in Santa Cruz
2:26 Patsy Gasca describes experiencing the quake at home
2:54 Tiki Dellamora describes experiencing the quake while on a walk
3:42 Romina Cervantes describes experiencing the quake in a church in Ben Lomond
5:15 Jim Burns describes experiencing the quake from UC Santa Cruz, and his role in campus communications
6:52 Michele Averill describes experiencing the quake from a dentist's surgery in Watsonville
8:03 Michele discusses her life and career changes as a result of the quake
8:40 Rick Martinez describes experiencing the quake from his parents’ house
9:09 Rick's work as a first responder with the Parks Department
10:01 Lyle Crosley describes experiencing the earthquake from home, and helping the neighbors
11:50 Lyle describes camping out in their backyard, and joining the Red Cross after
12:33 Rosielee Crosley describes experiencing the earthquake from Cabrillo College
13:35 Rosielee describes being certain of death, and returning home
14:37 Karen Bonnie describes her experience of the earthquake from home, while cooking dinner
15:23 Carole Evans describes her experience of the quake in the Central Coast Red Cross Building
17:00 Carole driving to Happy Valley school, and leaving kid there overnight
17:28 Carole tells her experience of accommodating George H.W. Bush on his visit, and draws comparisons to Hurricane Hugo
22:48 Jill Hofmann describes experiencing quake, and going to the Civic Center
24:45 Jill describes the changes to her life after the quake, later working with the International Red Cross in Turkey and Armenia
25:54 Linnea Dunn describes experiencing the quake from office building in Santa Clara
26:37 Linnea describes planned potluck dinner that evening at her house
28:00 Rick describes the canteen on Pacific Ave, and joining the Red Cross
29:44 Lyle describes joining Rosielee as a Red Cross member
31:52 Rosielee talks broadly about experiences in the Red Cross
33:15 Tiki's experience on West Cliff, and the impression of a tsunami
33:55 Jill tells an anecdote about working at the Civic Center
35:20 Community beginning to talk about support for homelessness
35:34 Discussion of "tent cities" of businesses
36:11 Lyle discusses community cohesion after a disaster
36:54 Karen describes previous Red Cross experience, and work as a CPR instructor
38:03 Carole introduces Lee Duffus
38:58 Lee introduces himself and describes his experience of the quake from UC Santa Cruz
40:27 Lee describes the beginning of his journey with the Red Cross
41:58 Lee describes going to chapter chairman orientation meeting in San Luis Obispo
42:59 What was known and not known; images of the World Series, and decision-making processes
43:56 Red Cross help from outside, and improvements in operations
44:39 Recognition of extent of the catastrophe, and Lee's anecdote about appearance on national news
46:05 Discussion of media appearances
47:25 Scale of destruction
48:24 Jim describes the scene from vista on campus
49:57 Jim and Rick discuss their understandings of the severity of the destruction, and difficulties in the initial relief effort
53:08 Protests reflecting frustrations with first responders
54:26 Cycles after emergencies; cohesion and helplessness
55:22 Mental health recognition and the necessity for reaks
56:35 Discussion of Project COPE
58:00 Rick reflects on positives for the community
59:12 Lyle reflects on recognition from other national Red Cross chapters, and travel around the US
1:00:17 Recognition of early ad hoc response from Carole and Lee
1:01:06 Effects on community, and Lyle's granddaughter's response
1:02:21 Michele describes people leaving, effects on real estate market, and the safety of housing
1:03:40 Improvement in town-gown relations
1:05:32 Discussion of fundraised money, and later recycling of leftover money
1:09:24 How the quake changed the chapter
1:10:45 Merger of Watsonville and Santa Cruz Red Cross Chapters, and history of Watsonville city council politics
1:12:22 Group discusses preparedness planning
1:20:10 Discussion of technology
1:22:51 Discussion of food stores and lack of food availability
1:24:01 Romina's experience of destruction in San Lorenzo Valley
1:26:42 Speculative considerations of likely impacts of earthquake now
1:27:53 Rosielee describes communicating with the rest of the family
1:28:39 Lyle describes going to Key West after Hurrican Irma, and comparisons of then and now
1:29:26 Phases and psychology of community emergency response
1:31:18 Finishing the rebuild, and Vision Santa Cruz
1:32:32 Watsonville artistic rendering of the event
1:33:43 Group reflect on what it is like to think back to the quake thirty years later
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with members of American Red Cross Central Coast Chapter
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Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Jenn Hooker and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at the American Red Cross, Santa Cruz, California on October 8, 2019.
This detailed interview with members of the American Red Cross Central Coast chapter covers their individual experiences of the earthquake, and their involvement in Red Cross work, in Santa Cruz as well as nationally and internationally. The group reminisces about their involvement in relief efforts and their decades of friendship and co-volunteering after the earthquake.
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Hooker, Jenn
American Red Cross Central Coast
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
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2019-08-10
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Santa Cruz History Articles
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Aston, Kathleen
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Susan Tannehill
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Community Television, Santa Cruz, California
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18:51
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0:25 Interview begins
0:40 Former teacher from Southern Cal, moved to Santa Cruz in 1973 to become a jeweler; sold at Artisans
1:23 Describes experience from day of earthquake
2:14 Experience of earthquake; stained glass windows from house blew out
2:45 Experience getting slammed in doorway during quake
2:50 Previous experiences of earthquakes; fears that house would collapse
3:15 Going outside to assess the aftermath
3:23 Making calls to family, and brother’s concern
3:47 Electricity out, and staying in house through night
4:20 Woke up and cleaned up house
4:40 Emotional shock; understanding of scope of the quake
5:07 Did not have battery powered radio or think to go use car radio
5:14 Emphasizes again understanding of scale of quake
5:20 No major damages done to house; retaining wall fell
6:06 Realization of major infrastructural damage and death toll throughout the bay
6:21 Death of woman at Coffee Roasting company and the collapse of pacific avenue
6:45 Worries about financial impact on Santa Cruz
7:24 Describes house swaying but no permanent structural damage
8:00 Finally realizing full scope of earthquake and damage
8:37 How earthquake impacted Susan's life in aftermath
9:00 Economic uptick at Artisans during Christmas due to community support
9:21 Bad smells from rotting food in aftermath
9:56 Halloween in the aftermath
11:29 Reflections on earthquake's impact on the community/ president visits
12:15 Annual community potluck on anniversary
12:34 Living through floods from '82-83
13:05 Emergency preparedness after living through two natural disasters
14:10 Thoughts on how the two natural disasters impacted her children
14:37 Reflecting on visceral memories held even after 30 years
15:30 Shows pieces of jewelry and glass that survived the earthquake
16:46 Impact on local artists after earthquake including her own practice
17:08 Reflections on buildings and businesses destroyed/damaged in downtown Santa Cruz
17:29 Still referring to geographic landmarks based on the businesses that used to be there
17:58 Connection to the people and culture of Downtown Santa Cruz prior to earthquake
18:13 Impact on local artist community; what was lost and what survived
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Epicenter: A Loma Prieta Earthquake Story with Susan Tannehill
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Tannehill, Susan
Earthquake-1989
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Epicenter: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30th Anniversary Oral Histories Project
Interview conducted by Jenn Hooker and Kathleen Aston and produced by Jenn Hooker.
Recorded at the Community Television building, Santa Cruz, California, on October 7, 2019.
Susan Tannehill is a teacher who originally came from Southern California. She moved to the Santa Cruz area in 1973 to pursue a career in jewelry making. Her story, in part, describes the effects of the earthquake on the artists’ community in Santa Cruz.
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Hooker, Jenn
Aston, Kathleen
Tannehill, Susan
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
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2019-10-07
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Video
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En
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MOVING IMAGE
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Santa Cruz (County)
1980s
2010s
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Snapshot Stories
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Photographs with a unique perspective on local history, collected from county residents.
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Louis Wright in the Myrtle St. neighborhood
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Louis Wright
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Miller, Hank
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Miller, Hank
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1960s
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EN
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PHOTO
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SS-MILLERH-01
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1960s
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Snapshot Stories
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
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Louis Wright in the Myrtle St. neighborhood
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Louis Wright
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Miller, Hank
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Miller, Hank
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
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1960s
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IMAGE
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EN
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PHOTO
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SS-MILLERH-01
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1960s
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Photograph Collection
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Photographs from the 1860's to the 2000's, documenting the history of Santa Cruz County.
See the <a href="https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/restrictions-on-use">About</a><a> sectionfor the library's reproduction policy and restrictions on use.</a>
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Mary Mollie Vincenta Thompson
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Thompson, Mollie
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En
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PHOTO
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LH-629
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Kerr, Robert and Susan
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From Sue Kerr:
Mary/Mollie Vincenta Thompson was the daughter of William Thompson (aka Guillermo Bocle and William Buckle) and Maria Antonia Castro y Montero. Mollie was baptized in 1849 at Mission Santa Cruz. William Thompson names Maria/Mary Mollie Vincenta Thompson as one of his minor children living with him at the time of his will, written in 1858. The will left 1500 acres of his Carbonero Rancho to his minor heirs.
Mollie was married to William Green in 1867 by the Reverend Father at the Catholic Church in Santa Cruz. William Green died in 1876. In 1879, she married George Calhoun, Sr.; she was George's second wife. In 1880, Mollie and George were living in Oakland with his children by his first wife plus his and Mollie's son, George Jr. Mollie was a dressmaker then and it's possible she is wearing one of her dresses in this photo.
Another son, Leonidas Vincent Starr, was born in 1881 in Santa Cruz. The family was living in Ben Lomond in 1896 where George Sr. was a farmer. According to a news clipping, the next year he moved his family to Lower Lake, Lake County, where he was a clergyman.
As “Mother of the Head of the Household,” Mollie was living with her son, George Jr., and his family in Oakland in 1910.
Mollie and George's younger son, Leonidas, also called Leo and/or Lonny, married Nettie/Nellie Blanch/Hall in 1904. On his WWI draft card, he was listed as an attorney. He remarried at least one other time. He was a judge when he died in Lake County in 1962.
Leo/Lonny and Nettie had a daughter, Hazel Gertrude Starr, who was born in 1907 in Eureka. Hazel married Maurice Frederick Kerr; they had no children. Hazel was the stepmother of Robert M. Kerr who presently (2019) resides in the Scotts Valley area and is the owner of this photograph (which he received from his cousin, Janette Kerr Kassis of Scotts Valley).
Some of Mollie's genealogy (also from Sue Kerr):
Mary/Mollie was the daughter of William and Antonia Castro Thompson; the granddaughter of Ignacio Clemente & Clementine Montero Castro; and the great granddaughter of the San Andres Rancho grantee, Jose Joaquin Castro and his wife, Antonia Amador.
Add 2 more “greats,” and that is where Robert Kerr's stepmother, Hazel Starr Kerr, is on the lineage line from the San Andres Rancho grantee, Joaquin Castro.
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