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Levi Leipheimer to speak at U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame Induction
Levi Leipheimer to speak at U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame Induction
Central Park Gardens Open House October 1st!
 
Kari was here
Kari's musings
Assignment, Week of 8/11
SimpleSite Learning Activity for Week
Introduce yourself! 9/15/08
Assignment #1 for technical liaisons meeting, 9/15/08.
Vicki Suter's Intro
A post introducing Vicki Suter, a member of the DCN Nonprofit Internet Toolkit pilot project.
Bev was here again
 
I think I'm here
Kari's musings
Bev was here 8/15
What else would I add?
Sheila Was Here
My Assignment
Vicki was here 8/15
Completion of week 8/11 assignment
1939 Davis Promotional Flyer Discovered, report by John Lofland
At a Sacramento "postcard and paper" show recently, I discovered a 1939 flyer apparently published by the Davis Chamber of Commerce extolling Davis as "the ideal place in which to make a home and raise a family."
RESEARCH NOTE: Enterprise Online Archives/Indexes Incomplete. Report by John Lofland
Several Davis history-oriented researchers have mentioned to me that the Davis Enterprise online archives/indexes at its web site and also at Newsbank do not include all news items published in the paper. Moreover, there is no warning about this at either site. This story reports a test archive/index search I performed that provides a clear example of this "short-fall." In addition, when asked about the short-fall, the Enterprise editor confirmed that the archive/index is incomplete.
Major New Contribution to the Study of Davis History
Texas A&M historian David Vaught has recently published a major new study of the nineteenth century Davisville area.
Three New Studies Published by the DHS
Go to the url below for three new fantastic studies