"Ghost Town"
Brenda Catanich: Drawbridge, The Bay Area's Sinking Ghost Town
Interviewed 1974 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Paiute Medicine Man"
Ray Stone: Water, the Land, and Paiute Religion
Interviewed November 1977 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"The Age of the Electric Train"
Charles Savage: Central California Electric Railroads
A videotape copy of rare 16 mm. color films taken around 1940, at the close of the old electric train era. Mr. Savage, who shot the films, supplies a running commentary. Segments show San
Francisco Bay ferries, the Big Red Cars, the Key System, San Francisco cable cars, and the Sacramento-Northern Electric Railway--the
country's longest electric interurban. Includes shots of how the world on the outside looked from the inside of the cars:
neighborhood scenes in Oakland, Berkeley, and Sacramento.
Additional Note
"California Winemaker"
Ernest Wente: Livermore Valley Wine Grower
Interviewed 1978 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Japanese Horticulturist"
Toichi Domoto: Sixty Years of Innovative Plant Development
Interviewed 1976 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Solar Salt Industry"
Alden Oliver: The Last Salt Maker
Interviewed April 14, 1978 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Life in a Victorian Mansion"
Gladys Volkmann: Growing Up on the Meek Estate
Interviewed 1976 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Pioneering in the Santa Cruz Mountains"
Emma Garrod: Roots of the Sunsweet Cooperative
Interviewed 1978 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Water War (Owens Valley vs. Los Angeles)"
Aubrey Lyon: The Transformation of Owens Valley
Interviewed November 1977 by Tara Hudson.
Additional Note
"Disappearing Agricultural Communities and Rising Suburbs"
Lorin Eden and Irene Munster: From Farm to Shopping Center
Interviewed 1976 by Tara Hudson.
Additional Note
"The Ancient Landscape"
Wesley Gordon: The Boy Paleontologists of Hayward
Interviewed 1976 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"The Roots of a Regional Park"
Bud Garin and Janet (Garin) Settle: Life on the Garin Ranch
Interviewed 1976 by Don Morris.
Additional Note
"Cowboys and Rodeos"
Frank Castro: The Skills of a Cowboy
Interviewed 1978 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Little Shul"
John Zucker: The Oldest Remaining Synagogue in California
Interviewed 1976 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note
"Drought"
Ronald Robie: The Future of California Water
Interviewed 1977 by Tara Hudson.
Additional Note
"Water War II (Owens Valley vs. Los Angeles)"
Buck Gibbons and Duane Georgson: Owens Valley / Los Angeles Water Controversy and Litigation
Interviewed 1977 by Tara Hudson.
Additional Note
"Hot Springs"
Paiute-Shoshone Elders Council: The Struggle for Access to Cultural Resources
Interviewed December 1978 by Steve Fisher.
Additional Note