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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...
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immigration
document
Cultural Assets for Latino Community Building in East Palo Alto
Article written by the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco, CA about the elements that go into building a strong and happy Latino cultural community.
newspaper
Influx of Minorities Adds to Peninsula Mix - San Jose Mercury News
Article about population growth on the peninsula and the growing number of Latinx or Hispanic people in EPA. Includes interview with EPA librarian Martina...
document
African American and Hispanic Communities in East Palo Alto
A report from the Wildflowers Institute in San Francisco, CA about change to EPA's ethnic and racial population, and some background on the city's...
document
Activist law project serving poor to close - San Jose Mercury News
Article about East Palo Alto Community Law Project, founded by Stanford Law students in 1984, closing its doors. Includes the benefits for law students to...
document
Champion of the poor to close doors - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about East Palo Alto Community Law Project, founded by Stanford Law students, closing its doors after 18 years. Discusses the organization's...
document
Pamphlet and Info Packet for Community Legal Services in EPA
Pamphlet and info packet for Community Legal Services in EPA on the occasion of a 2009 fundraiser at the Four Seasons Hotel of Silicon Valley. Includes...
newspaper
Tongans are Learning and Remembering - Peninsula Times Tribune
Article about Lavinia Finau-Leger and her efforts to share news of happenings in her native Tonga with other Tongan Bay Area community members. Discusses the...
document
Tongan cop seeks help - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the Chief Inspector of the Kingdom of Tonga visiting East Palo Alto. He came to ask community leaders to help prevent Tongan young people from...
newspaper
'Unrestricted Area' Meant E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the tradition of redlining and blockbusting in East Palo Alto as the community shifted from a white and Asian agricultural area to a mostly...
newspaper
Fighting for Justice - Palo Alto Weekly
Front page article about Community Legal Services of EPA and the cases they take on to serve the elderly, immigrant, and poor members of the community....
document
Pamphlet for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
Pamphlet for Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) with information about legal services related to housing and immigration as well as...
newspaper
East Palo Alto Area: Home Prices Rise Steadily - Palo Alto Times
Article about a steady increase in property prices in the East Palo Alto area. The estimated increase of 30% for residential properties could be attributed...
oral-history
Joyce M. Myles Interview
Interview of Joyce Myles by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: the 60th anniversary of the Ravenswood High...
newspaper
Mayor Applauded as Peacemaker - San Jose Mercury News
Profile of Mayor Gertrude Wilks that covers her childhood, move to East Palo Alto, interest in education, source of her strong black pride, political...
document
Growing Minority Takes Political Stage - San Jose Mercury News
Article about the Latino community becoming more politically involved and visible within San Mateo County. Includes interview with Nelson Santiago, an EPA...
oral-history
Emily L. Hamamoto Interview
Interview of Emily Hamamoto by Meda Okelo. Topics include: arrival in Palo Alto at age five; raised in Palo Alto; became first Asian-American teacher in RCSD...
document
City will consider funding for law clinic - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about East Palo Alto possibly funding a new law clinic, Community Legal Services, which replaced the East Palo Alto Community Law Project. Stanford...
oral-history
Janet Thomas Interview
Interview of Janet Thomas by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her migration as a child from Texas in 1946...
newspaper
East Palo Alto's Latino Future - Palo Alto Weekly
Article about the rapidly growing Latino population in East Palo Alto. Discusses the popularity and influence of the St. Francis of Assisi Church, Latino...
oral-history
Delores Erving Bradford Farrell Interview
Interview of Delores Erving Bradford Farrell by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Malvern...
oral-history
Angah Miessi Interview
Interview of Angah Miessi by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migrating from the Ivory Coast in Africa in 1980 at 23 for grad school to EPA in 1983; EPA culture...
oral-history
Gloria Cormier Interview
Interview of Gloria Cormier by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: migration from Los Angeles to Carlton...
oral-history
Luis Vizcardo Interview
Bi-lingual interview of Luis Vizcardo by Meda Okelo. Topics include: born in Lima, Peru; moving to EPA in 1999; attending Canada College to learn English;...
oral-history
Fran Cooper Frierson Interview
Interview of Fran Cooper Frierson by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: her family moving to EPA; schooling...
oral-history
Ida Chan Interview
Interview of Ida Chan by Dianne Otterby. Ida Chan, born Ida Mock in East Palo Alto in 1933, discussed the following topics: her parents arriving in East Palo...
oral-history
David & Nancy Tangitau Interview
Interview of David and Nancy Tangitau by Sisilia Afungia. Topics discussed include the Tongan community in EPA, the Weeks Poultry Colony, housing, crime and...
oral-history
Ella M. Wiggins Beecher Interview
Interview of Ella Wiggins Beecher by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada, about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: moving from Merced to EPA in the...
oral-history
Nate Branch Interview
Interview of Nate Branch by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Branch's journey to EPA; attending Kavanaugh School, Green Oaks Academy and Ravenswood...
oral-history
William "Will Roc" Grifffin
Interview of William "Will Roc" Griffin by Kalamu Chache. Topics include: arriving in EPA in 1962, growing up in the Gardens neighborhood, schooling in EPA,...
oral-history
Saundra Webster & Chester Prince Interview
Interview of Saundra Webster and Chester Prince by Jesse Norfleet about Ravenswood High School. Topics include: attending Ravenswood High School together,...
document
Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots
This is a Masters thesis by Mike Berman in History at Stanford University. Berman taught at the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy.
oral-history
Mel Harris Interview
Interview between Mel Harris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics discussed include Harris' involvement with Malcolm X & the Black Liberation Movement, the Black...
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...
oral-history
Anthony Cortez Interview
Interview of Anthony Cortez by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Cortez growing up in EPA, being Filipino in EPA, small business owner, father migration...
oral-history
Kenia Najar Interview
Interview of Kenia Najar by Juan Mendez and Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include the Latinx community's immigration into EPA, adjusting to high school,...
oral-history
Luis Guzman Interview
Interview of Luis Guzman by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Guzman coming to EPA as a child but growing up with time split between EPA and Zacatecas,...
oral-history
Ken Jones Interview
Interview of Ken Jones by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Ravenswood High School, Nairobi College, the Black community in EPA, the EPA public works...
oral-history
David Rages, Sr. Interview
Interview of David Rages, Sr. by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Rages' journey to EPA, Operation Sneak Out, attending Belle Haven Elementary and...
oral-history
Ofelia Bello Interview
Interview of Ofelia Bello, the Executive Director of Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) since 2019, by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include her...
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
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
Bob Hoover Interview
Interview of Robert "Bob" Hoover by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Hoover's journey to EPA, the influence of Ed Becks, EPA's Community House for...
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