The Salinas History Project
Donation protected
The ask is for funds which would help support research volunteers, cover costs to hold public forums and panel discussions, video preservation, supplies and media spots to seek indidivuals that are knowledgable on the subject matter, and want to share their story using their own voice.
The Salinas History Project is a three-year project that aims to present a written narrative of urban history that brings the multiple and separate communities in Salinas together to showcase the complex story of this municipality from its nineteenth century founding to the present, with special emphasis on the period after World War II when population growth exploded and urban renewal and redevelopment were in full swing.
The Salinas History Project celebrated its official launch in April, 2017 with an enthusiastic group of nearly seventy Salinas residents and two guest lecturers from Stanford University. Project Director, Carol Lynn McKibben presented a synopsis of the project's scope and its long-term goals. It was especially inspiring to see the great turnout from Hartnell College and many local history enthusiasts.
This project is mostly funded by the City of Salinas and through generous grants and private donations.
Carol Lynn McKibben, Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. McKibben is a writer, historian, educator, Director of the Salinas History Project, the Seaside History Project and the Monterey Bay Regional Oral History and Immigration Project, Monterey, CA. Previously taught history and international policy studies for twelve years at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey; also taught courses at Monterey Community College and at Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Author of Beyond Cannery Row: Sicilian Women, Immigration, and Community in Monterey, California, 1915-99, (University of Illinois Press) 2006 and Diversity in a Military Town, Seaside, California (Stanford University Press 2012.)
Salinas History Project
The Salinas History Project is a three-year project that aims to present a written narrative of urban history that brings the multiple and separate communities in Salinas together to showcase the complex story of this municipality from its nineteenth century founding to the present, with special emphasis on the period after World War II when population growth exploded and urban renewal and redevelopment were in full swing.
The Salinas History Project celebrated its official launch in April, 2017 with an enthusiastic group of nearly seventy Salinas residents and two guest lecturers from Stanford University. Project Director, Carol Lynn McKibben presented a synopsis of the project's scope and its long-term goals. It was especially inspiring to see the great turnout from Hartnell College and many local history enthusiasts.
This project is mostly funded by the City of Salinas and through generous grants and private donations.
Carol Lynn McKibben, Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. McKibben is a writer, historian, educator, Director of the Salinas History Project, the Seaside History Project and the Monterey Bay Regional Oral History and Immigration Project, Monterey, CA. Previously taught history and international policy studies for twelve years at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey; also taught courses at Monterey Community College and at Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Author of Beyond Cannery Row: Sicilian Women, Immigration, and Community in Monterey, California, 1915-99, (University of Illinois Press) 2006 and Diversity in a Military Town, Seaside, California (Stanford University Press 2012.)
Salinas History Project
Organizer
Thom Taft
Organizer
Salinas, CA
