Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection, 2003-2018

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Summary

Creators:
Lodge, Sheila, Mayor, Appelbaum, Richard P., 1942- , Boucher, Louise, 1930-2013, Busch, Estelle (Estelle Andrews), 1933-2009, Cappello, Barry (A. Barry), 1942- , Davies, Terence, 1934-2019, Davies, Penelope, 1934-, Davis, David, Jr., 1948- , Days, Mary Louise, 1939- , DeWitt, Gerry, 1952- , Dodson, Edward N., Dr. (Edward Ney), 1933-, Dodson, Phyllis (Phyllis Rannacher), 1935- , Eschenroeder, Alan, 1933-2014, Flacks, Richard, 1938- , Flacks, Miriam Hartman, 1940-2020, Francisco, Dale, 1953- , Hone, Donna (Donna O.), 1937- , Hubbell, Jan (Janice Marie), 1952- , Jostes, John, 1948- , Klausner, Robert, 1926-2016, Landecker, David J., 1951- , Madsen, Claudia, 1921-2007, Martinez, Leo, 1942- , McGinnes, J. Marc, 1941-, Miller, Joanne (Joanne Maureen), 1928-2014, Molotch, Harvey Luskin, 1940- , Olson, Donald D. (Donald Dean), 1946- , Orias, Judy (Judith Dodge), 1935- , Perry, Jim (James McKinley), 1925-2008, Relis, Paul, 1946- , Rubin, Selma, 1915-2012, Saley, Pat, 1953- , Schwartz, Naomi L., 1934-2012, Sjovold, Arve R., 1935-2018, Sochel, June C., 1933- , Thompson, Bruce N. (Bruce Noel), 1930-2004, Towbes, Michael, 1929-2017, Utterback, Nyle, 1931-2003 (Nyle Gene), Weinheimer, Kathleen (Kathleen Mary), 1952-, Weiss, Bettie, 1959- , White, Stephan A., 1937- , and Lodge, Sheila, Mayor
Abstract:
The City of Santa Barbara, California, became the community that it is through planning. In her book, Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town, former Mayor Sheila Lodge documents the many battles it sometimes took, the unanticipated events, and the process that was developed to make the critical decisions necessary to guide development of Santa Barbara over the course of 170 years. The Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection contains oral histories conducted by Sheila Lodge during development of her publication, Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town — How Thoughtful Planning Shaped a City, published in 2020. The people interviewed were involved in the urban planning of Santa Barbara during the last half of the 20th century.
Extent:
38 Cassettes, 214 Electronic file flash drive, 1 Folder(s), and 1 Volumes "Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town — How Thoughtful Planning Shaped a City," by Sheila Lodge
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of file], Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection, AR-2020-004, Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection contains oral histories conducted by Sheila Lodge during development of her publication, Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town — How Thoughtful Planning Shaped a City, published in 2020. The people interviewed were involved in the urban planning of the City of Santa Barbara, California, during the last half of the 20th century. The collection contains forty (40) interviews on audio cassette tape, one (1) flash drive containing electronic transcriptions and notes, and one (1) folder of release forms and informant biographical data.

Biographical / historical:

Sheila Lodge was born at home on her parents' dairy in Arcadia, California. She is a life-long Californian except for 2 1/2 years in Annapolis, Maryland, where she taught school and did social work. She returned to California in 1950 and came to Santa Barbara in 1952. She served on the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission from 1973-1975, the City Council from 1975-1981, and as the first woman, and longest serving Mayor, from 1981-1993. An incurable public policy wonk, she's been back on the Planning Commission since 2009, where she started her civic life.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired from Sheila Lodge.
Processing information:

The Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection was processed by Chris S. Ervin CA in February 2021.

Arrangement:

The Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection is arranged in three series:

1) Interview audio tapes, 2003-2018

2) Digital transcripts, 2003-2018

3) Release forms and biographical data, 2003-2018

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head Archivist of the Gledhill Library.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of file], Uncommonplace American Town Oral History Collection, AR-2020-004, Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Santa Barbara, California.

Location of this collection:
136 E. De La Guerra
Santa Barbara, CA 93101, US
Contact:
(805) 966-1605 x105
archivist@sbhistorical.org
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