Californian Magazine

Front Cover: Mason/Griffin detail from Bernard Zakheim Murals, "The History of Medicine in California," c.1935, UCSF

Inside Front Cover: Movements Without Borders by Chengmao Li

Calendar and Contents

Director's Report: The Work of Belonging

Audrey Edna ButcherCivil LIberties Education Initiative

About the Exhibit by Lori Clinchard, with comments by Tom Izu

The Life and Times of Biddy Mason, Part 2 by Jerry Grayson

At the Center

Recent Events

A Taste of History 

Inside Back Cover: Siphoning the Sounds: Bearing the Weight of America

Back Cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front Cover: Biddy Mason, ca. 1865. Credit: USC Digital Library and California Historical Society Collection

Inside Front Cover: 16th Annual "A Taste of History" Flyer

Calendar and Contents

Director's Report: The Work of Belonging

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Reprint of August 2018 article “Otay Kairi, Otay Kairi” by Jiro Saito

The LIfe and Times of Biddy Mason, Part 1 by Jerry Grayson

At the Center

Recent Events

Archives in Action: Where Foothill-De Anza Students Discover, Connect, and Preserve History One Box at a Time

Inside Back Cover: Crossword Puzzle: “Biddy’s Road to Freedom”

Back Cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front cover: Benny Gallo on Kearny Street, by Chris Fujimoto

Inside front cover: 4th Annual Sip & Paint Flyer

Calendar and Contents

Director's Report: Change, Stress, and Creativity

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

The Right to Protest and Dissent and the Future of Democracy by Tom Izu

Imagine Kearny Street by Sabrina Oliveros

At The Center

Recent Events

Expanding the Louis Stocklmeir Library

Creating Catalog Records

10/30/2025 Manilatown Manang

10/14/2025 - 11/14/2025 "Imagine Kearny Street" Special Exhibit

Inside back cover: Crossword Puzzle: Del Mar: "Where the Surf Meets the Turf"

Back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front cover: lderberry (Genus: Sambucus) flowers, berries, and leaves; photo taken on May 21, 2025, by Lori Clinchard at McClellan Ranch Preserve in Cupertino, CA

Inside front cover: Belonging and Identity Exhibit, A Taste of History '25

Calendar and contents

Director's Report: Times A’Changin: NEH Grant Termination

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Spaces of Belonging: Hidden in Plain Sight/Site Project Reflection by Steve Nava

Truth-Telling Task Force Report to the 44th Convention of the Diocese of El Camino Real

At The Center

Recent Events

A Taste of History ’25: The Future of the Past: Reimagining How We Do History

12/5/24 3rd Annual Sip & Paint Donors and Members Recognition Dinner

11/25/24 “Reframing History: Counter Histories” with Dr. Manolo Callahan 

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative (continued)

Inside back cover: Accessing Archival Materials: Everyday Life in Early 20th Century Santa Clara Valley Taste of History 2025 Exhibit

Back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front cover:

Inside front cover: Invitation to A Taste of History '25

Calendar and contents

Director's Report: 2025, Here We Are by Lori Clinchard

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

A T-Shirt Slogan from the Future by Tom Izu

Belonging at Sunnyvale High School, 1956-1981 by Karen V. Hansen, Ph. D. 

At The Center

NEH Grant Updates

Recent Events

11/13/24 Author Talk: “Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators: A Story of Belonging” by Karen V. Hansen

12/5/24 3rd Annual Sip & Paint Donors and Members Recognition Dinner

11/25/24 “Reframing History: Counter Histories” with Dr. Manolo Callahan 

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative (continued)

Inside back cover: Invitation to Author Talk + Q&A “The Chicano Movement in the Santa Clara Valley 1960-1975” with Dr. Gregorio Mora-Torres

Back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front and back cover: Four-Mile Beach, near Santa Cruz, CA 11/06/24, by Lori Clinchard

Inside front cover: You're Invited to the 3rd Annual CHC Donors & Members Recognition Dinner, Sip & Paint Fundraiser

Calendar and Contents

Director's Report: Holding onto the Analog in Digital Times by Lori Clinchard

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Excerpts from the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real's Truth-Telling Taskforce: Two Clergy and Two Legislators in Early California by Dr. David Howard-Pitney

Excerpts from: Beef, Prunes and Silicon: A Brief Environmental and Economic History of Santa Clara/Silicon Valley (work in progress and working title) by Dr. Benjamin Kline

At the Center: Recent Events

Inclusive Dialogues: A Panel Discussion on Race, Gender, and the Journey to Equality

California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC) Welcome Dinner

NEH-Supported Oral History project - "Voices of Silicon Valley"

Digitization Progress

Inside back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front and back cover: Edward H. Mitchell, postcard #643; postmark July 10, 1910; "In the Oil Fields Near Bakersfield, California" from Stocklmeir Archives.

Workshop Invitation: Reframing History: How to Teach "Facts" in a Changing World

Calendar and Contents

Director's Report: Past is Prologue

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Thirty Years of Progress: The Impact of the Watsonville Brown Berets

California's Most Unusual Writer: William Rintoul & Chronicles of Kern County by Rasoul Sorkhabi

At the Center: Recent Events

Collection Storage

Archival catalogs and organization

Camp Duveneck sign returned to Hidden Villa

Inside back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front cover: Detail of In the Neighborhood Olives and Walnuts, by artist Yolanda Guerra

Inside front cover: A Taste of History: Cultivating the Arts and Humanities

Calendar and contents

Director's Report: NEH Grant: "Voices of Silicon Valley"

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Donald K. Tamaki: Korematsu Day Keynote Remarks

The Mexican Colonias in the Santa Clara Valley: Struggling to Survive During the Great Depression by Gregorio Mora-Torres

At the Center: Recent Events

2nd Annual Sip & Paint

"All My Relations" Panel Presentation + Q&A + Exhibit

Inside back cover: CHCF Memberships

Back cover: In the Neighborhood Olives and Walnuts, by artist Yolanda Guerra

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Front cover: Iconic Day of the Dead display at De La Rosa Latin American Imports on King Road in San Jose, originally founded by the De La Rosa family members mentioned in this issue's feature article by Dr. Mora-Torres. Photo by Lori Clinchard

Inside front cover: You're Invited to the 2nd Annual CHC Donors & Members Recognition Dinner, Sip & Paint Fundraiser

Calendar and contents

Director's Report: Staying Human(e) in the AI Era

Ethnic Mexicans in the Santa Clara Valley, 1900-1930: Outsiders Establishing Roots in the Colonias by Gretorio Mora-Torres

At the Center: Recent Events

Momentum with Chancellor Lee Lambert: "The Relevancy of Liberal Arts in the AI Generation"

Opening Exhibit: "All My Relations" Honoring the Rescue and Rehabilitation of Domestic & Wild Animals in this Time of Ecological Peril

Volunteers and Interns

California History Center presents: All My Relations - Photography & Interview Exhibit

Inside back cover: CHCF Memberships

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Front & cack cover: A glimpse of the Guadalupe River as it winds through downtown San Jose. Photo by Dr. Lori Clinchard

Inside front cover: Digitizing CHC Oral Histories

Inside front cover: Storytelling Learning Community Faculty Cohort

Calendar & Contents

Director's Report: Revitalizing History: Wonder, Evidence and New Perspectives by Dr. Lori Clinchard

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Expanding Democracy by Defending Civil Liberties by Tom Izu

The Old Pobladores of San Jose at the Dawn of the 20th Century. Part 1 of 3 by Gregorio Mora-Torres

Affect in the Historical Archive

Alejandra Tlalli-Miles’s Search for Indigenous Rootedness by Steve Nava with contributions from Naxely Belmont

At the Center - Recent Events

March 25, 2023 - Taste of History ‘23: “Spaces of Belonging”

April 25 – May 25, 2023 - Not Your Masi’s Generation exhibit

May 6, 2023 - Mexican American Civil Rights

March 10, 2023 - CHCF Board members visit Los Altos History Museum

At the Center - Humanities Mellon Scholars

Oral History at CHC by Kevin Candra

Pets and Japanese American Incarceration by Vivian Doss

Inside back cover: CHCF Memberships

Cover photo: A glimpse of the Guadalupe River as it winds through downtown San Jose, near the first site of El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, Photo by Dr. Lori Clinchard on May 27, 2023 at 4:27pm

page 4: photo of Dr. Lori Clinchard, Executive Director of the California History Center

page 5: photo of Tom Izu, Executive Director of the California History Center

page 6: photo of Dr. Gregorio Mora-Torres

pages 6&7: painting "Vaqueros At Roundup" by English-American artist James Walker (1819-1889)

page 8: lithograph of an aerial perspective view of the City of San Jose, 1875 from an elevated view of 500 feet looking north by artist Charles B. Gifford (active 1858-1868) of the A.L. Bancroft & Company (active 1872-1973), printed by lithographer W. C. Gifford  (active 1875)

page 8: Bernal Family 1890s

page 10: Public Lands of the Pueblo de San Jose 1847. Survey by J.D. Hutton.

page 10: Pueblo de San Jose. C.S. Lyman, Surveyor, 1848.

page 11: City Map of San Jose, 1920

page 12: The Old Mexican Colonia, aerial view, looking east, San Jose

page 13: Map of San Jose, 1900

page 14: Fiestas de las Rosas parade float

page 17: photo of Steve Nava

page 17: photo of Naxely Belmont

page 17: cover image of book Finding Family and Ancestors: Trace Your Roots, Learn Your History, Know Your Family Story by Alejandra C Tlalli-Miles, November 9, 2022, ISBN: 979-8987152904

page 21: Singer/songwriter Jackie Gage wowed the crowd with her beautiful vocals and engaging lyrics.

page 21: Attendees and organizers: Ellen and John Fung of Blach Construction; Community Education Dean Sam Bliss; Foothill-De Anza Foundation Executive Director Dennis Cima; and Jennifer Mirenda.

page 21: Author and Speaker Anne Marie Todd, with Tom Izu.

page 21: Patrons Jim and Sharon Walker

page 21: De Anza President Lloyd Holmes (right) with Awardees Shirley Sparks-Greif (left) and Dick Greif (middle).

page 21: De Anza College President Lloyd Holmes; Vice-President of Instruction and Awardee Christina Espinosa-Pieb; Foothill-De Anza Community College District Chancellor Judy Miner, and Patrick Ahrens, FHDA Board of Trustees President (left to right)

page 21: Tom Izu (right) and Susan Hayase (left) identifying spaces on a Santa Clara County map.

page 21: CHCF Board Members Carolyn Wilkins-Santos (left) and Purba Fernandez (right), and Susan Hayase (middle).

page 22: The depth of meaning and variety of expressions kept visitors engaged

page 22: Artist ASHA Sudra performed original spoken word poetry at the Opening Reception.

page 22: CHC Board member Purba Fernandez took time to contemplate the beauty and complexity of ASHA’s work.

page 22: Visitors took their time to enjoy the multi-sensory exhibit.

page 22: ASHA’s multimedia art exhibit transformed the CHC Exhibit Hall. Many of the poems and images had an accompanying QR code that visitors could use to access supplementary video materials.

page 23: CHCF Board members Cecilie Vaughters-Johnson, Carolyn Wilkins-Santos, and Ulysses Pichon, along with CHC Faculty Director Lori Clinchard, visited Los Altos History Museum.

page 23: Dr. Gregorio Mora-Torres captivated the audience with his talk on Mexican American Civil Rights.  

page 23: Guests enjoyed socializing with Dr. Mora-Torres before the event.

page 23: uncaptioned photo

page 23: CHC student volunteer Ofa Pahulu helped make the day a success.

page 23: CHC volunteer Maggie Sepeda welcomed guests into the salon.

page 24: photo of Kevin Candra

page 25: photo of Vivian Doss

page 25: photo of Mr. and Mrs. Moji (inside truck) with their dog King, March 30, 1942. Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection. Bainbridge Island, Washington. Densho Digital Repository.

Inside back cover: photo of the Trianon on the DeAnza campus, home of the California History Center

Front cover: A mature apricot tree planted in 1977 by Charlie Olson. photo by Dr. Lori Clinchard

Inside front cover: A Taste of History 2023

Calendar & contents

Director's Report: Listening to Grandpa’s Stories by Dr. Lori Clinchard

Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Education Initiative

Continuing the Audrey Edna Butcher Civil Liberties Initiative at CHC By Tom Izu

From Farmland to Metropolis - The Transformation of the Valley of Heart’s Delight by Anne Marie Todd

At the Center - Recent Events

September 22, 2022 - Opening Day: Reigniting the Spirit of CHC

October 20, 2022 - Filipino American History Month: Kapamilya-The Life Experiences of Filipino Caregivers

December 8, 2022 - 1st Annual Sip & Paint: CHC Donor & Member Recognition Evening

February 7, 2023 - Momentum Series - Guest Speaker: Steve Phillips

At the Center - Humanities Mellon Scholars

Using maps to illuminate historical exclusionary policies by Bobby Banks

Exploring the daily life Japanese internment camps by Vivian Doss

Inside front cover: CHC Workshops

Back cover: Memberships

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