The Mill Valley Oral History Committee has been documenting the memories of Mill Valley residents since the early 1970′s. Over one hundred oral histories are available at the Mill Valley Public Library. You may check out the transcripts of the interviews and listen to the tapes in the Lucretia Hanson Little History Room.
If you would like to be interviewed for an oral history, or would like to help us collect them, please e-mail the Mill Valley Library History Room librarian David Grossman at dgrossman@cityofmillvalley.org.
Below is a list of the people who have contributed their thoughts and memories to help document our town’s past. Click on an underlined name to view an excerpt of that person’s oral history or to see all our online excerpts, visit our Oral Histories Narratives page. “You don’t have to be famous to be a part of history”. Marge Edward, President, Dundee Township Historical Society.
| Abrams, Rita | Kappelman, Rae Buttner |
| Allen, Ida | Karla, Constance |
| Anderson, Ellis | Kearney, Nello (Mrs. Philip) |
| Andre, Marion Klyce | Keiler, Jean Ward |
| Angel, Jane Merriman | Kellers, Elsie |
| Bagshaw, Albert | Kliewe, Melanie |
| Bagshaw, Thomas Frederick | LaPlant, Helen Eloesser |
| Baldwin, Florence Lind | Larkins, Shirley Dias |
| Balmer, Bert | Lescohier, Ruth |
| Barber, Roger | Losh, William J. |
| Barkan, Fritz | Maguire, S. Edna |
| Barnard, Jean | Mancha, Mildred Folker |
| Behrens, Edna | Marcus, William |
| Bickerstaff, Thomas A. | Marsh, George R. |
| Bingham, Chrysta | Martin, Frederick LeRoy |
| Bjornstrom, Cora Burt | Martin, Wheeler |
| Bostwick, Helen | McDonald, Archie |
| Boussy, Henri | McLellan, Keith |
| Bowie, Ruth White | McVae, Jeanne Marchisio |
| Brabo, Tony and Mary | |
| Brainerd, Lawson | Menzies, Colin Jr. |
| Brindley, Jeanne | Meyer, Hertha |
| Brindley, Peter | Mielenz, Elizabeth Muller |
| Budds, Carol | Mills, Edward |
| Bullard, Esther | Mills, Katherine |
| Burnham, Louise Scheffauer | Mosher, Carl |
| Burt, Cora++ | Nunez, George |
| Burt, Elinor | Oman, Don |
| Byrne, Clarissa | Ortman, Norman C. (Bud) |
| Canepa, Frank | O’Shaughnessy, Elizabeth |
| Cavalli, Alice | Park, Helen Van Cleave |
| Chestnut, Helen | Patterson, James Crosbie |
| Clinton, Helen | Pimlott, George |
| Close, William Henry (Harry) | Pooley, Edith M |
| Clouette, Harry | Postel, Lloyd |
| Coan, Delphia | Provines, William |
| Coffin, Irene | Purser, Inez Sollem Mills |
| Collins, Daniel A. | Reichmuth, Edward |
| Connally, Nelda | Resek, Bella |
| Connally, Paul | Robinson, S.O.L. |
| Connelly, Karin Lundquist | Roseveaare, Lillian++ |
| Crawford, Chuck | Ross, William |
| Delaplane, Stanton | Sanborn, Margaret |
| Dillon, Richard | Santos, George |
| Dittle, Frank | Schneider, Bernice Mattos |
| Douglas, Winona | Schneller, Sibyl |
| Dowd, Margaret | Schultz, Vera |
| Draper, Benjamin | Seitz, Marie Weissich |
| Drexler, Fred | Seymour, Elliott |
| Dreyfus, Helen | Seymour, Kent |
| Egger, E. Laurence (Larry) | Sherman, Cornelia Ripley |
| Elder, Lyn | Sherman, Frederick Barreda |
| Evans, Nora | Smith, Girard E. |
| Evans, Nora | Snead, Thomas I.J. |
| Fenton, Themla | Spalding, Virginia Stolte |
| Ferrario, Charles R. | Sterner, Ralph H. |
| Filippi, Bob | Stocking, Gene |
| Filippi, Marie Moraes | Stolte, Frank |
| Filippi, Walt | Strong, Ray 1+2 |
| Finn, John III | Switzer, Charlotte Dowd |
| Fleming, Patricia Johnson | Taylor, Ruby M. |
| Folker, Camille Weissich | Terwilliger, Elizabeth |
| Forbes, John | Terzich, Dan |
| Foster, Edna | Thomas, Dorothy |
| Foster, Gordon | Thompson, Joseph S. |
| Fowler, Carol Donnan | Thoney, Clinton L. |
| Garvie, Florence | |
| Gattini, Pearl Heckman | Thran, Bill |
| Geary, Ida | Totheroh, Dan |
| George, John | Uhrig, Jacob |
| George, Virginia | Upham, Janet |
| Goddard, John | Voigts, Jean Ramsey |
| Goddard, Lorraine | Walsh, William |
| Goheen, George | Wegscheider, Jean |
| Gravander, Valborg (Mama) | Weir, Bob |
| Greyerbiehl, Mary | |
| Hallin, Edward | Wellman, Grace Finn |
| Hamilton, William A. | White, Marjorie |
| Hansen, John Theodore | Wilson, Joe |
| Harker, David | Wilson, Marie Brunini |
| Harris, Thomas H. | Wilson, Ruth |
| Hartman, Rodney B. | Wood, George M. |
| Hartwell, Ben | Wyckoff, Lucy Marsh |
| Hatch, Margaret | |
| Jenkins, Eleanor (Dolly) |