Save Our Plaza Collection

Finding aid created by Mill Valley Public Library staff using RecordEXPRESS

Mill Valley Public Library

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Mill Valley, California 94941

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2022

Descriptive Summary

Title: Save Our Plaza Collection

Dates: 2001-2006; Bulk 2006

Collection Number: MS.2019.082

Creator/Collector: Gentile, Elaine Save the Plaza Committee

Extent: 1 archive box (1 linear foot)

Repository: Mill Valley Public Library

Mill Valley, California 94941

Abstract: This collection is comprised of materials relating to a successful citizen’s movement to stop the installation of a giant chessboard in Depot Plaza in 2006.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research. Original materials may be viewed with permission from staff. Digital copies of materials may be available. Materials in this collection do not circulate.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Save Our Plaza Collection. Collection Number: MS.2019.082. Mill Valley Public Library

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection is comprised of materials associated with a citizen’s group organized to stop the installation of a giant chessboard in Depot Plaza in downtown Mill Valley in 2006. It includes photographs, petitions. newspaper articles, posters, cards, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes.

Indexing Terms

Chessboards

Petitions

Plazas

Public interest groups

Gentile, Elaine

Bosenko, Janis

Cutler, John

Mill Valley, Calif.