Sandy Kimball Collection

Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff using RecordEXPRESS
Contra Costa County Historical Society
724 Escobar Street
Martinez, California 94553
(925) 229-1042
http://www.cocohistory.com/
2018


Descriptive Summary

Title: Sandy Kimball Collection
Dates: 1970s-1980s
Collection Number: 1989.26
Creator/Collector: Kimball, Sandy KWUN Radio
Extent: 2 boxes
Repository: Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: A collection of research files and works by Sandy Kimball on mostly Lafayette and some county-wide topics. She wrote La Fayette: A Pictorial History and Moraga’s Pride.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.

Preferred Citation

Sandy Kimball Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

Box 1 Folders: 1. CCC History Society Brochure 2. Guide to Historic Lafayette 3. Historical series spots for KWUN 4. Lafayette history for KWUN 5. Notes on Bryants “What I saw in California” 6. Notes & copies of pages on immigration to Calif 7. Times Past Contra Costa’s old wineries 8. Walnut Creek, Hub of Contra Costa 7-26-88 9. Economic and planning systems Dec. 1987 10. Pleistocene to Holocene J David Rogers 11. Landside processes of the east bay hills 12. Walnut Creek basic research 13. Windsor publications, sample outlines 14. Chapter one, misc. 15. Ranchos, early settlers Box 2 16. Farming chapter 111 17. 1900 to WW11 chapter 4 18. Modern Walnut Creek, chapter 5 19. Amenities, chapter 6 20. Archeology – Mt Diablo 21. City government 22. Early settlers, farms chapter 2 23. Indians 24. Histories 25. Organizations – subject ideas 26. Personalities 27. Subdivisions 28. Tice Valley – Rossmoor 29. Transportation 30. Walnut Creek slides, Walnut Creek video ( not in folder ) 31. Bibliography 32. Acknowledgements

Indexing Terms

Ranchos
Native Americans
Agriculture, farming
Archaeology, Mt. Diablo
Lafayette
Moraga
Walnut Creek
Tice Valley
newspaper clippings
notes
manuscripts

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