California History articles from March 2008

California History archives from March 2008

The initiative effect.(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... Here in California, an argument might be made that the word initiative offers more options than in other states. Election time just about any year means that ballots are likely to be crammed with measures proposed by citizens who have invoked...

The James Rolph, Jr. Papers.(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The lames Rolph, Jr. Papers are the product of Rolph's unprecedented twenty-two-year term as San Francisco's mayor from 1911 to 1931. Their contents reveal the process of growth and change over two extremely eventful...

Not of national significance: failed national park proposals in California.
March 1, 2008... The American national park system embodies the heritage of the United States and the values held by its citizens. Today the system consists of 391 places chosen over the last 136 years for their superlative natural, historical, archaeological,...

Preserving "nature's artistry": Torrey Pines during its formative years as a city and state park.
March 1, 2008... The City of San Diego... stands alone among the cities of a world in having within its confines a singularly outstanding example of Nature's artistry.... This is Torrey Pines Preserve. GUY FLEMING, Superintendent, Southern Division,...

Tumba of Torrey Pines.(Short story)(Excerpt)
March 1, 2008... Tumba the Younger gazed at Tumba the Elder, standing lonely and sighing in the wind, and pondered. To be of ancient lineage is not always a case for rejoicing. It places one apart and entails so many responsibilities.... Yet, again, it was a...

Harriet Russell Strong: horticulturalist, conservationist, and feminist.
March 1, 2008... THE PINK AND WHITE, HELPLESS prettiness; the delicate, fainting, clinging doll is fast becoming a thing of the past," (1) Harriet Williams Russell Strong advised fellow members of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles in 1895. Although she herself was...

Essential Mary Austin: A selection of Mary Austin's Best Writings.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... ESSENTIAL MARY AUSTIN: A SELECTION OF MARY AUSTIN'S BEST WRITINGS Edited with an introduction by Kevin Hearle (Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara University and Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2006, 208 pp., $11.95 trade paper) BRILLIANT,...

New Perspectives on The California Missions: A Unit of Study for 4th Grade.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS: A UNIT OF STUDY FOR 4TH GRADE By Delores Hendricks, Elaine Jeche, Rosemarie McCabe, Nancy Ruiz, and Christina Williams (Los Angeles: National Center for History in the Schools, University of...

Woman of Ill Fame.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... WOMAN OF ILL FAME By Erika Mailman (Berkeley: Heyday Press, 2006, 256 pp., $13.95 trade paper) ERIKA MAILMAN PRESENTS a riveting tale involving prostitution, virtue, violence, crime, and, finally, vindication amid the ragtag realism...

Colonial Rosary: The Spanish and Indian Missions of California.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... COLONIAL ROSARY: THE SPANISH AND INDIAN MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA By Alison Lake (Athens: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 2006, 328 pp., illus., $39.95 cloth, $19.95 paper) Colonial Rosary: The Spanish and Indian Missions of...

Picturing Los Angeles.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2008... PICTURING LOS ANGELES By Jon and Nancy Wilkman (Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2006, 336 pp., illus., $39.95 cloth) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EACH YEAR THE PARADE OF BOOKS about Los Angeles continues to grow, obscuring the days when L.A....

Donors.(List)
March 1, 2008... The California Historical Society is deeply grateful to the following individuals, corporations, founda- tions, and government and business organizations for their contributions. INDIVIDUALS $10,000 and above Mr. & Mrs. Reid...

Spotlight.(Robert Dawson's work )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The tension between public and private ownership of open space in California and the West is a central theme in Robert Dawson's work. His mastery of the photographic medium is dearly evident in this depiction of Lake...