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  1. 2018 History Maker - Jon Miller - Video, Digital

    2018 History Maker - Jon Miller. Video produced by PenTV shown at the San Mateo County Historical Association's History Makers Dinner on September 27, 2018. The video focuses on honoree Jon Miller, a Coastside resident and Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster. (2) copies of DVD. TRT 21:16

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    2018 History Maker - Jon Miller
  2. A Higher Calling; a Review of the Judges and Lawyers who Shaped the San Mateo County Courts - Aiello, John

    A Higher Calling; a Review of the Judges and Lawyers who Shaped the San Mateo County Courts by John Aiello. Published by the San Mateo County Historical Association, 2020. Includes illustrations and portraits. 236 pages Section 1: A lawless County transformed Section 2: Houses of the law Section 3: Intimate discussions Section 4: The high bench-women are finally fully recognized Section 5: Appendix: Called to serve: a compendium of San Mateo...

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    A Higher Calling..., by John Aiello, 2020
  3. Courthouse Square: Turning a Dream Into Reality - Disc, Compact

    Courthouse Square: Turning a Dream into Reality, 2005. PowerPoint presentation by the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency in partnership with the County of San Mateo and the San Mateo County Historical Association on removing the Fiscal Building attached to the San Mateo County Courthouse and renovating Courthouse Square. Forty-five slides cover the formation of a Historic Courthouse Restoration Committee, the design process, community input, resto...

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    Courthouse Square: Turning a Dream into Reality, 2005
  4. Farewell to Mills Field - Tape, Audio Reel

    Farewell to Mills Field, May 14, 1966. Audio of "Farewell to Mills Field," a program of the San Mateo County Historical Association on the history of aeronautics at Mills airfield. The event was held on May 14, 1966 at the former administration building of Mills Field (now San Francisco International Airport). Includes multiple speakers from the airline industry. Recorded on one Scotch 1/4 inch audio tape. Total time 02:00:44

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    Farewell to Mills Field
  5. History Makers Night 2018 - Jon Miller - Video, Digital

    History Makers Night 2018 - Jon Miller. Video produced by PenTV of the San Mateo County Historical Association's History Makers Dinner on September 27, 2018. The event honored Jon Miller, a Coastside resident and Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster. (2) copies of DVD. TRT 01:30:08

    Record Type: Archive

    History Makers Night 2018 - Jon Miller
  6. History Makers Night 2019 - Video, Digital

    History Makers Night 2019. Digital video of the San Mateo County 2019 History Makers Night celebrating environmentalist Lennie Roberts. The event was held on September 17, 2019 at the Burlingame Hyatt Regency Hotel. Master of Ceremonies was former California State Assemblyman Gene Mullin. The video shows a live auction, a special film created by the Historical Association as a salute to Roberts (2020.010.002), and comments by Roberts herself. ...

    Record Type: Archive

    History Makers Night 2019
  7. Key to the City of Balaguer, Spain, October 12, 1970 - Key, Commemorative

    Key to the City of Balaguer, Spain, October 12, 1970. Key mounted to block of marble inside a wooden shadow box with a small brass colored plaque that reads, "PRESENTED TO THE / SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION / BY / SR. ANDRES VIOLA, MAYOR OF BALAGUER, SPAIN / OCTOBER 12, 1970." Large metal skeleton-style key is black with a spade-shaped handle, two copper-colored bands around shoulder and two copper-colored geometric sections ...

    Record Type: Object

    Key to the City of Balaguer, Spain, October 12, 1970
  8. Lennie Roberts, History Maker 2019 - Video, Digital

    Lennie Roberts, History Maker 2019. Digital video created by the San Mateo County Historical Association as a salute to Lennie Roberts. The short documentary was presented at the San Mateo County 2019 History Makers Night held on September 17, 2019 at the Burlingame Hyatt Regency Hotel. Video, MOV Length: 00:20:19 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frame rate: 59.94 frames/second Audio Bit ratio: 1536kbps Channels: 2 Audio sample rate: 48.000 kHz...

    Record Type: Archive

    Lennie Roberts, History Maker 2019
  9. Letters of Correspondence with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor - Letter

    Letters of Correspondence with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: 2023.006.001.1 Note from Sandra Day O'Connor thanking Kathy Heffernan for sending her copies of the San Mateo County Historical Association newsletter. December 10, 1999. 11" x 8.5" 2023.006.001.2 Letter asking Sandra Day O'Connor if she would participate in a Bar Association and Historical Society fundraiser for Courtroom A. April 16, 2008. 11" x 8.5" 2023.006.001.3A-B Cover...

    Record Type: Archive

    2023.006.001.1
  10. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009 - Poster

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009. Color poster promoting San Mateo County’s events for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009. At top right, the poster shows a black and white profile image of King standing with his hand raised in the air against a background of blue sky with fluffy clouds and stylized images of a crowd. Two small inset photographs of past San Mateo County events appear at lower right. Text at top reads: "Events in San Mateo County in...

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    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009
  11. Old Fire Truck at San Mateo County Historical Museum, February 2, 1965 - Negative

    Old Fire Truck at San Mateo County Historical Museum, February 2, 1965. Black and white photonegative of old hand pumper firetruck at San Mateo Co History Museum. Part of a series Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs. Mitch Po...

    Record Type: Photo

    Old FireTruck at San Mateo County Historical Museum, February 2, 1965
  12. Peninsula Innovators Changing the World Panel Discussion and Ribbon Cutting - Video, Digital

    Peninsula Innovators Changing the World Panel Discussion and Ribbon Cutting, September 14, 2024. Digital video created by Kingston Media for the San Mateo County Historical Association during the opening celebration of the Peninsula Innovators Changing the World gallery. Opening remarks by SMCHA staff followed by a panel discussion moderated by Claire Mack. Panelists include: John Root (Cow Palace); Peter Hammer (Ampex); Bob Wilson (Ampex); Tim J...

    Record Type: Archive

    Peninsula Innovators Changing the World, September 14, 2024
  13. Postcard from the San Mateo County Historical Association to Dr. A. T. Leonard - Postcard

    Postcard from the San Mateo County Historical Association to Dr. A. T. Leonard, July 31, 1956. Paper postcard printed in black ink with blue ink script. An image of a team of cattle pulling a log down a woodland hill appears on the left-hand side. The right-hand side contains printed and handwritten text that reads, "SAN MATEO COUNTY / HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION / c/o San Mateo Junior College / San Mateo, California / Date 7/31/56 / Dear Dr...

    Record Type: Archive

    Postcard from the San Mateo County Historical Association to Dr. A. T. Leon
  14. San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection - Report

    San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection, 2021. Report by Merri Ferrell to assess the condition and provide historical context for the San Mateo County Historical Association's collection of carriages.

    Record Type: Archive

    San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection, 202
  15. San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection [Digital Files] - Document, Digital

    San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection [Digital Files], 2021. Digital files used in a report by Merri Ferrell to assess the condition and provide historical context for the San Mateo County Historical Association's collection of carriages. Folder 2022-022-002_USB1: 2022-022-002-1_CoverReport_SMCHA.pdf 2022-022-002-2_SMCHA_ConservationAndCondition.pdf 2022-022-002-3_SMCHA_Report_HistoryAndExhibitionThemes.pdf ...

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    San Mateo County Historical Association Horse Drawn Vehicle Collection [Dig
  16. San Mateo History Museum Opening at College of San Mateo - Negative

    San Mateo History Museum Opening at College of San Mateo, 1963. Black and white negative of the opening of the San Mateo Historical Museum at the College of San Mateo. The photograph was taken in the parking lot facing the front entrance of the building. Multiple automobiles appear in the foreground of the image with two adults and a child visible in the parked car on the left. Several people are visible walking toward the museum entrance in the ...

    Record Type: Photo

    San Mateo History Museum Opening at College of San Mateo, 1963
  17. The Last Carriage in San Francisco - Videodisc, Digital

    The Last Carriage in San Francisco, January 1996. DVD created from a VHS recording shows raw footage of Anne Ellinwood (ALE) interviewed by Bob MacKinzie for a KTVU News segment. The interview discusses a Million & Guiet French Brougham (a four-wheeled, one-horse carriage, see 1996.026.001) owned by Ellinwood’s family as it is moved out of the carriage house at 2799 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco by members of the San Mateo County Historical Ass...

    Record Type: Archive

    The Last Carriage in San Francisco, January 1996

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