Miscellaneous Items of Portola Valley History Collection · PV Archives

1874 article

newspaper account of traveling Alpine and Portola roads; logging, Philpot, Kelly, Searsville, cocoonery, Stanto'; s

1964 - PBS description of the year

WGBH production covering events of 1964

2019 year review

Almanac's article about highlights: affordable housing, winery, wildfire

2020 Highlights

Almanac Summary of the year; hard copy in Council files

2021 Public Works Projects

Categorized chart showing year's activities

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24-25 Budget Study Packet

Detailed plans for 2024-2025 Revised budget

30th birthday history

Lund review of early area history;

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a folder of 23 files; information about the library's history

articles from the Almanac, various programs

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a folder of demographic graphs

4 charts prepared for Zoom meeting on RHNA, and general plan revision housing

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a list of Awards & Proclamations

Some of these are physical objects rather than paper or digital files

Archives analysis by Couty Library consultants

detailed report on a study of the archives with evaluations and suggestions

Buy buyback program

Council sponsored initiative to raise money to buy back guns

Chinese in old PV

Collection of memories

Council priorities for fiscal yer 2018-2019

Discriminatory Clauses in CC&Rs

Letters regarding them in Westridge and Ladera

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Energy Faire

a folder of photos of exhibits and visitors

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Finalcial Issues, 2025

Budget is balanced with difficultly

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Financial Issues 2024

Analysis of the sitiation by resident Karen Vatra

First decades of 20th century

memories of John Skrabo and Kata Duznica;

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Gaetano photos

brief notes about living close to the land, photos of a successful hunt with pelts on display, a man with a gun, men doing roadwork possibly at Lauriston; Hunting

Geology Committee Minutes 2004

Meeting with Prof. J. Cheney about safety of town center buildings

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Growing up in PV

Nino Gaetano's recollections

Guiding Principles for Frog Pond Property

a brief history and goals for its future

Hazard Mitigation Chart

Compares PV with Woodside evaluations

Historic Resources charter

aims and objectives of the committee;

History Talk

Slide show without commentary giving a survey from Ohlone to modern times;

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History thoughts

from author's note in Skip Bogart's Lauriston book;

HR website statement

aims and for the town website;

July 10, 1974 Country Almanac

the entire issue focusing on the PV 10th anniversary of incorporation

LemmenMeyer inquiry

Response to descendant of early property owner;

letter of reminisces of Elery Brown

Trails, hazel nuts, Corte Madera Creek

Levy, Times archive

letter to director of Palo Alto library indicating interest in obtaining relevant portions of the Palo Alto Times archive;

Life in 50s, 60s

Interview with Bunny Dawson;

Minorities

Arrticle relating various immigrant families and comparing to languages of the 1990s;

Nostalgia from Graham Billingham

memories from a 1973 graduate of Corte Madera

Plane crashes

article about 1988 crash in Alpine Hills and another about 1951 and questions; Flora Cantrell, Larry Moon, Martin Ramies

Portola Valley at 60

Video of interviews with residents

Portola Valley General Plan, Part III

Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces, Commercial, Research, Circulation, Schools;

Poster: PV @ 60

advertising a documentary

PV Forum is 16

An account of the history of the community communcation system

PV History Timeline

Chronological list of Portola Valley's history

PV Post Fall 2012

Electronic copy of semi-annual town newsletter;

PV Post Spring 2013

Electronic copy of semi-annual town newsletter;

PV Welcome sign

note of information about the sign painted by Paul Miller; Union 76 station

Quick summary of PV achievements in 2017

Quick summary of PV history for speech; photos only; no text

Ohlone, rancho, estates, farmers, San Andreas Fault

Report on Wildfire Study and Stanford Wedge meeting

Almanac article on dangers of wildfire and possibility of housing on Wedge

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Revenue Choices

a chart with options for revenue enhancement

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Safety Element Draft & Comments

a folder with 2 subfolders with the draft and comments

Seal of the Town of Portola Valley

Official seal adopted 11/8/1967

slide collection

List of slides in the collection;

Slide Show

sequence of slides in Kodak tray for a history slide show;

Speeches on town history

30th - 100th Birthday Picnic Speech

Speeches on town history

Library talk, updated 20 Q style

Speeches on town history

Menlo Park speech NOV 6 1997

Speeches on town history

Quiz

Speeches on town history

Searsville Speech

Speeches on town history

Westridge Slides Talk

Staff Report on PV Donates

Proposal to solicilt dondations for small projects

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State of the Town 2024

Presentation by Sherif Utman

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Summary of Utility Users Tax

Summary 1985-2013

Thoughts on Historic Element of General Plan

thoughts on how to use the historic element when decisions about properties are made;

Time Line of PV Town History

Over sixty years of history

Twentieth Century Review

Article recapsulating events of the 1900s in PV area;

Utilikty Tax re-approved

voters approve continuing and lowering the tax

Web site Introduction

brief history of the town when it first created a website;

Web site Introduction 2

brief history of the town when it upgraded the website;

website begins

information about contents of the new (first) town website;

Westridge Development

a chapter of Life on the San Andreas Fault; Macdonough, Evers, Hayes