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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

Davis City Planning History Published

"Davis City Planning 1925-2006" published on the Old North Davis History website.

A Powerful Way to Search This Site

An explanation of the "search" function

Davis Has Three Davis History Websites

Links to two other Davis history websites.

Relay for Life Update (Monday)

 

Volunteer at our Fundraising Event, Feb 10

 

Sacramento Magazine coverage of the hive

 

How I Happened to Run For City Council in 1992 and again in1996

Julie Partansky shares how she decided to run for City Council.

Relay for Life: Opportunities to Pay

 

Next General Meeting (1/29/2009)

 

RED CROSS: T-shirts

T-shirts can be picked up on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 5PM-6PM near the vending machines by Olson 6. An updated list of who has not paid and who has not picked up their T-shirts.