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Post-Depression Period Timeline Collection (1936-1959)

Selections from the collection related to agriculture and farming traditions in East Palo Alto, t...

Ruben Avelar Collection

Artifacts donated by Ruben Avelar, an East Palo Alto resident and founder of the Raices de Mexico...

The East Palo Alto Progress Collection

Published issues of the local East Palo Alto Progress newspaper.

Wear Your Pride Clothing Collection

T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel items created by the City of East Palo Alto and local no...

East Palo Alto General Plans

A collection of EPA City General Plans. A general plan includes the following elements: land use,...

Early Townships Timeline Collection (1850-1935)

Selections from the collection related to the early townships of Ravenswood, Runnymede, and the C...

Nairobi Movement Timeline Collection (1960-1979)

Selections from the collection related to the social, cultural, and political activism of the Nai...

Barbara Noparstak Collection

Artifacts donated by devoted East Palo Alto community member Barbara Noparstak.

The Ohlone Nation Timeline Collection (1000BC-present)

Selections from the collection related to the Ohlone Nation; the city of East Palo Alto exists on...

Duane Bay Collection

Artifacts donated by former East Palo Alto mayor and city councilmember Duane Bay. Mr. Bay has be...

Incorporation of East Palo Alto Timeline Collection (1980 - 1994)

Selections from the Archive related to the efforts to incorporate East Palo Alto, including the E...

Community Revitalization Timeline Collection (1995-2010)

Selections from the collection related to community economic development such as the Ravenswood 1...

Sharifa Wilson Collection

Artifacts contributed by East Palo Alto resident, former Mayor, and East Palo Alto Community Arch...

Meda O Okelo Collection

Artifacts contributed by longtime East Palo Alto resident, Meda Okelo, that focus on community ce...

Community Preservation & Transformation Timeline Collection (2011-present)

Selections from the collection related to the effects of gentrification and influx of the tech in...

People of EPA Video Collection

Videos from the #PeopleofEPA documentary video series produced for the EPA Community Archive.

Raices de Mexico Collection

Photographs, programs, and organizational artifacts donated by and related to Raices de Mexico, a...

Barbara Mouton Collection

Artifacts compiled by Barbara Mouton throughout her time as East Palo Alto's Mayor and City Counc...

East Palo Alto City Budget Collection

A collection of East Palo Alto City budget documents and articles about the City's budget.

Dr Syrtiller Kabat Collection

A collection of artifacts donated by educator, activist, and former East Palo Alto resident Dr. S...

Estela Guerrero Collection

A collection of artifacts contributed by East Palo Alto resident and Ravenswood High School Alumn...

Dr Omowale Satterwhite Collection

Artifacts donated by and documenting the long career of Dr. Omowale Satterwhite. Dr. Satterwhite ...

Nairobi College Collection

Artifacts documenting the history, events, and legacy of Nairobi College and the Nairobi Alumni A...

East Palo Alto Library Collection

Photographs and artifacts produced or donated by the East Palo Alto Library, documenting its hist...

William Byron Webster Collection

Artifacts donated by East Palo Alto resident and long-term activist. His collection is eclectic b...

Ravenswood City School District Collection

Artifacts produced by or contributed by the Ravenswood City School District.

Ravenswood High School Collection

Artifacts documenting the history of Ravenswood High School before its closure in 1976. These pho...

EPACA Oral History Collection

Oral history interviews conducted by volunteers of the East Palo Alto Community Archive to captur...

Artifacts related to economic development ravenswood high school siteravenswood gateway 101

document

'First source' hiring policy an apparent success - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about the success of hiring locals in the Ravenswood 101 Retail Center. The article goes on to talk about the other development projects in East Palo...

document

East P.A. Starbucks retail renaissance brewing - San Jose Mercury News

Article about a Starbucks opening in Ravenswood 101 Shopping Center, Most of the employees are EPA residents.Makes the point that East Palo Alto is becoming...

document

East Palo Alto finally gets a bank - San Mateo County Times

Article about the California Bank & Trust branch opening up in East Palo Alto. Includes reasons why, after 15 years without, East Palo Alto is ready for a bank.

document

Letter from Herbert Fielden to Stanley Hall about K Mart coming to East Palo Alto

Letter from real estate consultant Herbert Fielden to EPA City Manager Stanley Hall about K Mart possibly purchasing the Ravenswood High School site for...

document

Packet on the Ravenswood High School Site for the Trust for Public Land

Letter and supplemental documents from EPA City manager Fred Howell for Thomas Mills, Senior Project Manager for the Trust for Public Land. Exhibits include...

newspaper

Sequoia Trustees Take Steps to Dispose of High School Site - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the Sequoia Union High School District declaring San Carlos High School a property surplus so that they can later dispose of the school site....

document

Documents Relating to the Ravenswood High School Site Task Force Meeting, January 6, 1982

Memo from Cecil Reeves, Chairman of the Ravenswood High School Site Task Force, to Barbara Mouton with minutes from the first Task Force meeting and the...

document

Administrative Officer's Report on the Composition of a Task Force to Acquire the Ravenswood High School Site

Memos from Victor James and Russell Averhart about creating a task force to acquire the Ravenswood High School site for redevelopment. Includes background...

document

Letter and Resolution about the Ravenswood City School District Board of Trustees acquiring Ravenswood High School

Letter from Mel Harris, the chairman of the Ravenswood City School School District Board of Trustees, to Henry Anthony, chairman of the Ravenswood Recreation...

document

Letter from John Cherry to Representative McCloskey about his support of the Acquisition of the Ravenswood High School site for Park and Recreation Purposes

Letter from John Cherry to Representative Paul McCloskey, Jr. about his support of the acquisition of the Ravenswood High School site for park and recreation...

document

Letter to the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service about the Acquisition of the Ravenswood High School Site

Letter from Russell Cahill to John Cherry, regional director of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service about making an exception of the...

document

Application for Federal Assistance to Acquire the Ravenswood High School Open Space

Application by the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District for Federal Assistance to acquire the Ravenswood High School open space. States that the District...

document

Ravenswood High School Site Area and Estimated Values

Assessment of the area and estimated values for the Ravenswood High School development site, prepared by financial and government relations advisor E. Robert...

photograph

Photograph of Mayor Sharifa Wilson outside The Good Guys Construction Site

Photograph of Mayor Sharifa Wilson outside The Good Guys construction site at Ravenswood Shopping Center in East Palo Alto.

document

Gateway 101 Project Developer Selection

Administrative report from the EPA Redevelopment Agency Interim Executive Director, Lynda Hamilton-Rahi, to the EPA Redevelopment Agency members about...

document

Memorandum of Agreement for the Gateway Area - East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency and Mozart Development Company

Memorandum of Agreement for the development of the Gateway Area of East Palo Alto. Proposed agreement is between the EPA Redevelopment Agency and Mozart...

document

Ravenswood High School Development Evaluation and Marketing Study

Ravenswood High School Development Evaluation and Marketing Study prepared for the Sequoia Union High School District by the Coldwell Banker Research and...

newspaper

IKEA in EPA - The Debate Continues - The Eastside Panther

Opinion section of the Eastside College Prep student newspaper where freshmen debate the pros and cons of a new IKEA store coming to the Ravenswood 101...

document

Financial institution opens in East Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News

Article about a California Bank and Trust Bank branch opening in East Palo Alto after 15 years without a full service bank. Includes reactions from some...

document

Agreement to Convey Real Property (Ravenswood High School Site) to the City of East Palo Alto

Full agreement to convey the Ravenswood High School Site from the Sequoia Union High School District to the City of East Palo Alto facilitated by the County...

document

Resolution of the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District Board of Directors and EPA Municipal Council Approving the Application for Land and Water Conservation Funds for Acquisition of Ravenswood High School Open Space

Resolution of the Ravenswood Recreation and Park District Board of Directors and EPA Municipal Council approving the application for Land and Water...

newspaper

Staking a Claim in the Silicon Valley - The New York Times

First page (incomplete article) about housing prices increasing and crime decreasing in East Palo Alto. Mentions the Ravenswood 101 shopping center and...

document

City's revival takes shape - Palo Alto Daily News

Arrticle about Mayor Duane Bay giving the state of the city address in two days and the good news in East Palo Alto that he is likely to report.

document

City on the Move Newsletter - Vol. 1, Is. 3

Third issue of the "City on the Move" Newsletter from the Community Relations Division of the City Manager's office. Includes articles on redevelopment at...

document

Letter from Mayor Mouton from December 1985 CityConnection

Letter insert from Mayor Barbara Mouton with an appeal to donate to the Ravenswood High School Site Acquisition Fund, updates on the newest members of the...

document

Gateway 101 Project Relocation Plan

Full relocation plan for the Gateway 101 Project in EPA. Prepared by relocation consultant Linda Norwood for the EPA Redevelopment Agency. Includes an...

document

Agenda for the EPA Planning Agency Meeting

Meeting agenda for the EPA Planning Agency to adopt the guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and consider a...

photograph

Photograph from the Grand Opening of Taco Bell in East Palo Alto

Photograph from the grand opening ceremony of the Taco Bell in East Palo Alto. Attendees include Sharifa Wilson, Duane Bay, RB Jones, Pat Foster, and Myrtle...

newspaper

East Side Story - Palo Alto Weekly

Front page article about EPA and Stanford actors performing two one-act plays - "Circle in the Dirt" and "Dancing on the Brink" - at the Cesar Chavez Academy...

document

Letter from Barbara Mouton to EPA Community - April 1985

Letter to the Community written by Barbara Mouton at the end of the first term of the City Council, probably for the CityConnection newsletter, listing major...

photograph

Photograph of the University Square Groundbreaking Ceremony

Photograph of the University Square housing development groundbreaking ceremony. Photograph features Rose Jacobs Gibson, Sharifa Wilson, Pat Foster, Myrtle...

document

Raices de Mexico Press Release - Between a Rock and No Place

Press release from Raices de Mexico about using to the dance studio in the former Ravenswood High School site. The site was to be raised for the creation of...

document

Common Ground Newsletter - December 2001

December 2001 issue of the Common Ground Newsletter on EPA's housing and community issues. Includes updates on the University Circle project area, the...

oral-history

Deidra Wright Interview

Interview of Deidra Wright by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: born in SF; followed her sister who moved to...

document

EPA Redevelopment Agency 5-Year Implementation Plan

Special Presentation to the EPA City Council of the Redevelopment Agency 5-Year Implementation Plan. Lists the 2002-2006 accomplishments and goals for the...

newspaper

East Palo Alto Section of Palo Alto Times

East Palo Alto section of Palo Alto Times with two short articles: one on a dispute about housing possibly being built on the Ravenswood High site and...

newspaper

East Palo Alto OKs Price for School Site - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about city approval to pay the Sequoia Union High School District for the Ravenswood High School site.

newspaper

The EPA Progress, Vol. 1 No. 3

An issue of The EPA Progress that covers rent control, the fate of Ravenswood High School, cCAIN Lawsuit being overturned, the City Council Candidates, local...

oral-history

Shirley Mitchell Neal Interview

Interview of Shirley Mitchell Neal by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Her family moved from Los Angeles to Alberni Street...

oral-history

Larry Wade & Donald Smothers Interview

Interview of Larry Wade & Donald Smothers by Jesse Norfleet about Ravenswood High School. Topics include:Wade's immigation fro SF to EPA in 1948 and...

oral-history

Renee Glover Chantler Interview

Interview of Renee Glover Chantler by Sydney Jackson and Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: going to Stanford University, coming to EPA in 1980, housing issues...

oral-history

Christopher Gordon Ellis Interview

Interview of Christopher Gordon Ellis by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration to EPA in 1977 via Detroit, the military and San Francisco; EPA community life...

newspaper

Ravenswood Post - March 1986 Issue

This issue of the Ravenswood Post covers Measure A, City Council candidate forum, disinvestment in EPA including banks leaving EPA, and development ideas...

oral-history

Rod Norris Interview

Interview of Rod Norris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: joining EPA Police Department in 1989; crime in EPA in 1990-1992; homicide capital; assistance...

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