Summer 2024

SAUSALITO HISTORICAL SOCIETY SCHOOLS PROGRAM

**Sausalito Historical Society Docents.**

In the Fall of 2009 and Spring of 2010, the Sausalito Historical Society (SHS) piloted a program for 45 third grade students at Willow Creek Academy and Martin Luther King Academy, in the Sausalito Public School District, which was endorsed by teachers, parents, and students alike. After a final evaluation and input from teachers and SHS program docents, the Schools Program was officially launched in the Fall of 2010 with the two third grade classes from Willow Creek Academy and MLK Academy with the support of the School District. Now in its 15th successful year, this annual educational program has become part of the third-grade curriculum. With classroom presentations, student research projects and field trips, the SHS Schools Docents continue to bring Sausalito’s vibrant history to life for students, teachers, and parents.

SCHOOLS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

by Susan Frank and Laurie Tandy, current program coordinators

The SHS Schools Program explores and illuminates the history of Sausalito & Marin City and provides students, teachers, and parents with an awareness of the importance of local history and its impact on the growth and changes that have taken place in our community from the early 1900s to the present time.

Each component of the program includes a classroom presentation (with docents dressed as historical characters) followed by a field trip. In the fall students visit the Ice House Museum and explore the early buildings, people, families, and businesses of Sausalito and how they have contributed to present day Sausalito. The winter program includes a classroom presentation followed by a field trip to City Hall where the students learn about the workings of our City Council in the council chambers. They also visit the SHS Research Room where they learn the various ways to research local history and get a behind-the-scenes look into the collections of the Sausalito Historical Society. In the spring, the program focuses on the history of the Marinship area of Sausalito and the impact and change it brought to the growth of the community. The program ends the school year with an award ceremony for students.

SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Student Workbooks

The heart of this curriculum-based program is the student workbook which was researched and designed by the Sausalito Historical Society docents in conjunction with teachers and administrators of the Sausalito Public School District. Over the years, we have updated and consistently improved the workbooks, making them more responsive to the needs of the students.
The workbooks provide students with historical background information that helps inspire them to research their own projects. In 2019, teacher Kevin Breakstone created a newly formatted, third grade appropriate workbook for us that includes 16 historic people and places of Sausalito. This 37-page workbook is given to each student during the classroom presentation and is the primary source of research for the students.

SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Year-End Awards Ceremony

At the end of the school year, (for the first ten years of the program) student research was matched with a photograph of each student and framed as a certificate that was awarded to students. Since 2020, students have been awarded special “History” Pins and a certificate designating them as History Detectives in a year-end ceremony involving students, school administrators and parents. The annual awards ceremony is the culmination of this year-long research project by students. It gives docents, administrators, and parents an important opportunity to recognize the students for their dedication, hard work, and accomplishment.
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"I cannot say enough about the Sausalito Historical Society and how their efforts have brought richness to our students in both historical exposure, and personalized recognition to each of our students. Needless to say, the parents are thrilled as well and attend the recognition assembly with cameras in hand."

Debra Bradley
Schools Superintendent
Sausalito School District

ADDITIONS TO OUR COLLECTION

Jennie Wasser artworks: Jennie passed away a couple of years ago and her trust designated a donation of many of her artworks to the Sausalito Historical Society. We have received over 30 paintings and 12 portfolios of art and photos, etc. Jennie is perhaps best known as the artist who did the mermaid sculpture which is at the gas station at the north end of Sausalito.

Artwork by Enid Foster: Mark Hayes, son of Allan and Carol Hayes who have both passed away, donated a painting, several drawings and other artwork by Enid Foster that had been in Allan and Carol’s collection. We now have over 35 pieces of Foster’s artwork. These pieces appeared in an Historical Society exhibit in 2019, called "Enid".

Artwork by Val Bleeker: Katheryn Strietmann donated a painting and 3 mixed media pieces by Val Bleeker. We now have 5 paintings by Bleeker.

Exhibits

OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT this summer is on the Schools Program. It contains many photographs of the students and docents working together, news articles about the program and letters from teachers and children. It will be up until early September so the students can have a field trip to enjoy their photos. Please drop by the Exhibit Room in City Hall to view.

OUR NEXT EXHIBIT has the theme “VOTE” and will have items from our collection about campaigns for office in Sausalito. It offers a look back at over 100 years of ephemera, and advertising related to local elections. Evident is the change in the diversity of the candidates over the years. The exhibit features the election material of candidates such as Sally Stanford, and Earl Dunphy. The exhibit is in 3 areas: the top floor exhibit room in City Hall, a case in the hall on the top floor, and a case across from the City offices on the middle floor of City Hall.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAKING HISTORY AWARDS
We are honoring the following people at this event

MAJOR SPONSOR ~ RAMONA AND MIKAYLA MAYS

HONORARY HOSTS
Adrian & Annette Brinton
Stanford Hughes & EV Gilbreath
Kass Green, Inn Above Tide
Agnes Kaprielian
Larry & Debbie Mindel
Jeff Scharosch, Spinnaker Restaurant
Jim Scriba & Debbie Ford-Scriba
Dana & Kent Whitson

Susan Frank & Sallie Huntting, Co-Chairs

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I write this on August 19, 2024. I have just completed my first month as the SHS President. I follow the rather large legacy of Jerry Taylor who completed 10 years as SHS President this past July. In recognition of his service and contributions, the SHS Board of Directors announced he would become SHS President Emeritus at July’s annual meeting. He gratefully accepted this honor.

During Jerry Taylor’s tenure he guided the creation and implementation of two landmark projects for downtown Sausalito. First, the Ice House Plaza with its historic timeline sidewalk and Phil Frank’s life size bronze statue with his muse, the raven Bruce, on his shoulder. Next, he facilitated the design and construction of the SHS Ice House Museum. It is a state of art multi-media museum that celebrated its first-year anniversary this past 4th of July and welcomed a steady stream of visitors and residents.

The SHS History Talks continue to thrive. Dana Whitson presented “The Legacy of Women in Sausalito,” Robert Darr and Raymond Cage presented “The Legacy of Donlon Arques & the Sausalito Waterfront,” and Michael Moyle presented “The Portuguese Legacy in Sausalito.” The fourth presentation will be Michael Wiener talking about the life of Myron Spaulding, Tuesday September 24th, 6-8 at the Spaulding Marine Center.

A first of its kind event will honor five Sausalitans who have been Making History through their generosity and contributions, both to our community and beyond for years. Committee Co-chairs Susan Frank and Sallie Huntting have developed what will be a very festive and historic evening honoring Mike Stone, Betsy Stroman and Tricia Smith, and Gilbert L. Purcell and Roxanne Sheridan Purcell. The event will occur at The Spinnaker Restaurant, Sunday, September 29, 5:00 – 7:30 pm. Tickets may be purchased via the button in the section above.

2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of the forming of the Sausalito Historical Society by Jack Tracy. Plans to celebrate this historic milestone are being developed including a new edition of Jack Tracy’s Phenomenal Book on the history of Sausalito “Moments in Time.” At the SHS annual meeting, the Tracy Family was presented with a plaque showing the SHS Exhibition Room will be renamed “The Jack and Janet Tracy Exhibition Room.”

The SHS once again participated in Sausalito’s 4th of July Parade with Suffragists in white period dresses singing the theme from the musical “Suffs” to a Bluetooth background sound track. Scriba distributed SHS Membership forms and root beer from a robotic cart. We won third Place.

I look forward to continuing the SHS partnership with Sausalito Civic groups including; Rotary Club, Lion’s Club, the I.D.E.S.S.T., Sausalito’s Woman’s Club, The Sausalito Foundation, and Call of the Sea among others.

I want to thank the SHS Board of Directors, Docents, Ambassadors, donors and volunteers whose generosity of time and expertise keep the Sausalito Historical Society alive. Together we can ensure that future generations will cherish the unique legacy of Sausalito as much as we do.

Thank you all for your continued involvement and enthusiasm.
Stanford Hughes FAIA
President, Sausalito Historical Society

HISTORY TALKS

This year we started a series of History Talks about interesting people who made history in our town. The first talk, "The Sausalito Legacy of Donlan Arques", presented by Raymond Cage with Robert Darr, was held on February 27, in the Exhibit Room, to a full house.

The next talk was "The Legacy of Sausalito Women", on May 14, presented by Dana Whitson and was held at the Sausalito Woman’s Club.

Our third talk, "Legacy of the Portuguese in Sausalito", on July 9th, presented by Mike Moyle, was held at the IDESST Hall on Caledonia street.

The next history talk will be on Sept 24, 6-8 pm at the Spaulding Marin Center, with Michael Wiener talking about the Life of Myron Spaulding. Michael worked with Spaulding for 30 years.

PAST EVENTS

Cultural Triangle

The March 30th Sausalito Cultural Triangle, sponsored by: NADINE GREENWOOD & CAMARA SCREMIN featured the Sausalito Historical Society's newly reimagined ICE HOUSE MUSEUM, the Sausalito Center for the Arts, and Sausalito Books by the Bay.

Sausalito Historical Society Annual Meeting

At the Historical Societies annual meeting on May 13, we honored Jack and Janet Tracy for their many years in public service. Jack was the founder of the Sausalito Historical Society in 1975 and Janet was involved in city government for many years. We were lucky to have all five of their children at the meeting where we displayed a model of the plaque we will be adding to the Exhibit Room in City Hall in honor of their parents.

Fourth of July Parade

We Celebrated the 100th anniversary of women gaining the vote!

Maritime Day, August 3 at Galilee Harbor

WELCOME TO OUR NEW BOARD AND OFFICERS

Brit Thurston, Tami Bell, Nick Roby, Rip Hunter, Jon Cox, Lauri Flynn, Stanford Hughes, Alice Merrill, Pete Bowes, Sharon Seymour, Roberta Maloy, Michael Wiener

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
2024–2025
Stanford Hughes, President
Michael Wiener, Vice President, Facilities
Sharon Seymour, Secretary
Peter Bowes, Treasurer
Tami Bell,
John Cox, Docent
Lauri Flynn, Membership, Newsletter
Rip Hunter, Accessions, Finance
Alice Merrill, Newsletter
Nick Roby, Member at Large
Brit Thurston, Facilities, Docent
Jerry Taylor, President Emeritus

Jerry Taylor receiving his President Emeritus award.

Thanks to Our Members

Thanks to all who have renewed in the last year. We will be checking with some of you who may have forgotten.

You can find more information about membership on our website: http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/membership

And, of course, we welcome donations:
https://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/donationsnew

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

The following people have joined the Sausalito Historical Society since our last newsletter, and we welcome them!
Mia Bernt
Bourbon & Pie Enterprises
Reason Bradley
Jarod Brown
Kathleen & Raymond Cage
Jean Capron
Brian Chaskes
Levi Eastwood
Jim Gabbert
Danielle Gray
John Hager
Kara Halvorsen
Peter Hanneforth
Renee Lee
Lester Lesavoy
Tatiana Lyulkin
Babette McDougal
Kaitlin Miskel
William Monnet
Sophia Moritz
Linda Ojeda
Michelle Orr
Pacific American Group
Lee Pharis
Lisa & Jay Pierrepont
David Perlis
Beth Rowe
Sonia Saltzman
Douglas Sanders
Jean Spaulding
Betsy & Bob Stafford
Brit Thurston
Eric Tiemens
Marlena Weinstein
Torben & Alicia Yjord-Jackson

Our Premium Members
While we appreciate all of our members, a special thanks goes out to those who joined at premium levels:

Major Donor –
Ramona and Mikayla Mays

Benefactor
Annette & Adrian Brinton
Larry & Debbie Mindel
Kass Green, Inn Above the Tide
Pan American Group
Stanford Hughes & EV Gilbreath
Pat Ronzone & Joe DeBellis
Agnes Kaprilian
Jim Scriba & Debbie Ford-Scriba
Jan and Maria Elena Keizer

Patron
Susan & Daniel Daniloff
Ellen Rosenstein & Dale Barnes
Rip & Laura Hunter
Barbara Rycerski & Mike Lewis
Diane Parish & Paul Gelburd
Brit Thurston
Nick Roby

Sponsors/Business
Janice Allen
Patricia Lawrence
John & Katie Balestreri
Renee Lee
Tami Bell
Janet & Robert Leonard
Peter Bowes
Mickie & Doug Lloyd
Kathleen & Raymond Cage
Barbara Rich
Karen Cleary
Michael & Heidi Snowden
Larry Dark
Betsy & Bob Stafford
Lauri Flynn
Laurie Tandy
Peter Hanneforth
Shelby & Peter Van Meter
Joanne’s Print Shop
Michael & Marianne Wiener