Online content
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- LeBaron, Gaye
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 55 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Gaye LeBaron collection. Sonoma State University Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is comprised of 55 linear feet of folders organized by topics related to the history and culture of the North Bay region of six counties, including Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, and Napa.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gaye LeBaron has been a journalist for the Press Democrat since 1959. Semi-retired since 2001, she still writes two columns per month and continues to gather and donate research material to her collection. A well-loved and respected community voice, she has written over 8,200 columns in her sixty years with the newspaper. Chronicling the history and local issues of California’s North Bay region, each column demonstrates her extraordinary skills as a journalist, historian, and storyteller.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment.
- Terms of access:
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The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
- Preferred citation:
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Gaye LeBaron collection. Sonoma State University Library
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections1801 E. Cotati AvenueRohnert Park, CA 94928, US
- Contact:
- (707) 664-4152