Iva Warner papers, 1963-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Warner, Iva May, 1912-2005. Sonoma County Tomorrow. Sonoma Land Trust.
Abstract:
Extent:
4 boxes
Language:
Preferred citation:

Iva Warner papers. Sonoma State University Library

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised of four boxes of materials and one scrapbook.

Biographical / historical:

Iva May Warner was born in Otay, California on October 21, 1912. She had an older brother and sister from her father’s previous marriage. She never married or had children and died in 2005 at the age of 93 in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Iva had an interesting and full life as an activist, environmentalist, school teacher and as president of Sonoma County Tomorrow - an organization interested in the “quality of life in Sonoma County”. She was a leading player in the fight to keep Warm Springs Dam, which created Lake Sonoma, from being built. She lost the fight to not have the Dam built, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers redesigned the Dam so it would be more sensitive to the environment and future potential earthquakes. Iva’s roots in Sonoma County went back two generations as her grandfather led a wagon train west from Illinois to the Dry Creek Valley which was downstream from the site of the Warm Springs Dam.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Iva Warner papers. Sonoma State University Library

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
Contact:
(707) 664-4152
specialcollections@sonoma.edu
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