Page Mill Road Co-ordinating Committee Records

Page Mill Road Co-ordinating Committee Records, M0970, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

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Notes

Looking at material on 2014-06-12:

  • Box 1
    • Folder 1: Correspondence
    • Dear Friend of the Foothills, May 20, 1964
      • “we will lose the rural quality of our town”
    • Letter from Eugene Breyman to Geroge Hogle, June 2, 1964
      • Hogle listed as Vice President of Committee for Green Foothills
      • Urging the Committee to check out the stretch of road (Robleda) from Fremont to Chapin. A six-thenths mile. Urging so that members of the Committee on the Proposed Standards for Subdividers and the Los Altos Hills City Council can have “the advice of interested and affected citizens.” (1)
        • Not photographed
    • Letter from Stegner,
    • Historical background on Page Mill
    • Saving Page Mill
    • Letter from Dick Clark to Page Mill Arastradero Association, Sept 13, 1964
      • Writing that he cannot attend a meeting; has communicated to the National Campers and Hikers Association Inc (NCHA), which voted to go on record in support of Route II and communicate to Martin Spangler their decision.
      • Not photographed.
    • Letter from Jerome White, 10/16/64
      • Urging the passage of Route II / Alternate II
        • Photographed
    • Letter from the California Roadside Council, Sept 29, 1964
      • Photographed
      • Note especially the names on the back of this
    • Page Mill addresses
      • photographed
    • CGF members
      • photographed
    • Letter from Warren R. Thoits to Board of Supervisors, Nov 6, 1964
      • Hearings on Page Mill; Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution adopted Sept 9, 1964: “The Board of Directors of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce recommends to the County of Santa Clara adoption of Route II of the Page Mill Road link between Junipero Serra Freeway and Foothill Expressway, as a four lane divided highway, to be constructed at the earliest possible time.”
        • Not photographed
      • Thoits is president of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
  • Folder 2
    • Short mailer on Page Mill Road, March 23, 1965
      • apparently included with a history of Page Mill Road. They urge the signing of a petition to protect Page Mill so it “may be recognized as a ‘recreation road’ with trails, possible scenic easements and ‘protection from progress.’ (It still can and will be made a safer road.).” Signed by Committee for Green Foothills (Lois Hogle), Page Mill - Astradero Assoc. (Mary Paulsen), and Sierra Club - Loma Prieta Chapter (Del Dow - Conservation Committee)
        • not photographed
      • NB: This mailer was attached to a petition list that sought to include Page Mill within the county’s Scenic Road System. See the petitions in Folder 8.
    • Meeting minutes
      • photographed
    • Letter from Paul Bosholm to Mrs. Richard Hayes, Dec 17, 1965
      • Photographed
  • Folder 4
    • Letter from Mary Moffat to George Hill, Jan 31, 1966
      • Photographed
      • Thought: Much of the correspondence, at least by 1966, is about safety. The road is considered unsafe for children, hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians. See, e.g., Letter from Elizabeth Allyn to Robert Bradford, Apr 26, 1966
    • Letter from Page Mill Committee to Alan Hart
      • photographed
      • the Johnson quote…
    • Meeting minutes from Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Commission, Aug 24, 1966
      • Photographed
  • Folder 6
    • Essay on Page Mill (no author, no date)
      • photographed
    • Committee for Regional Planning flyer on referendum
      • photographed
      • is this related to Battle of the Hills? Or something else?
  • Folder 7
    • CGF members list
      • photographed
  • Folder 9
    • “Historical Notes of Interest Surrounding Page Mill Road and Environs” by Ralph Hansen, Palo Alto City Historian, n.d.
      • Page Mill originally “Page’s Mill Road” that’s “indicative of the importance of the lumber mill” and dates to around 1860. Connected to William Page, a lumberman from New York (b. Mar 31 1826) who came to El Dorado County, Calif., in 1850. In the 1860s he got into lumbering and in 1879 purchased a lumber yard and timber lands in Mill Creek.
      • Also near here is Frenchman’s Tower. Peter Coutts came to Mayfield in 1875 and purchased 1242 acres from locals. In September 1876 he bought a parcel of 160 acres on Page Mill Road and here built the tower, possibly for the storage of water. Leland Stanford bought Frenchman’s place in 1882, along with Escondido Cottage, the Library, and Hacienda, all on Escondido Road near Stanford Avenue.
  • Folder 10
    • Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Ginzton to Mary Gordon
      • Gordon is chairman of the sub-committee on Freeway Interchange at Page Mill Road
      • photographed
      • Thought: Lots about equestrianism in these letters, this letter also has thoughts of living in the country. Maybe I need to explore this city/country divide a bit more.
    • California Roadside Council bulletin, Summer Issue 1965
      • photographed
    • Page Mill Coordinating Committee members
      • photographed
      • For the membership lists, inlcuding the one above, I have addresses. Let’s map the residences of the activists, businesses, and environmental concerns…*
  • Folder 11
    • Maps
      • photographed
      • These are included in the final report “A Study of Page Mill Road”, pp. 10-11.
  • Folder 12
    • “A Study of Page Mill Road”
      • photographed
  • Folder 13
    • Mislabeled in finding aid. Actually contains a short flyer about Interstate 280 and its aesthetics. Not photographed.
  • Folder 14 Photographs
    • Get reproductions for book?
      • not phorographed
  • Folder 16
    • “What is the future of Stanford lands?”, 1960
      • photographed
    • Questions and Answers about the Stanford lands, 1971
      • photographed
    • Memo from Planning Officer to Planning Commission, Sept 22, 1967
      • photographed
      • Come back to this folder…

Material to Examine

  • Box 1
    • Folder 1 Correspondence 1964
    • Folder 2 Correspondence and minutes 1965
    • Folder 3 Minutes 1965
    • Folder 4 Correspondence 1966
    • Folder 5 Correspondence 1967-1968
    • Folder 6 Correspondence and notes n.d.
    • Folder 7 Membership List n.d.
    • Folder 8 Petition 1965
    • Folder 9 “Historical notes of interest surrounding Page Mill Road and Environs,” by Ralph Hansen, Palo Alto Historian n.d.
    • Folder 10 Material used in Page Mill - Serra Interchange report 1965
    • Folder 11 Maps n.d.
    • Folder 12 Reports: “A study of Page Mill Road” (3 copies), and “Proposal for a pathway system through the Page Mill - Junipero Serra Interchange.” 1965
    • Folder 13 Correspondence 1964
    • Folder 14 Photographs (8 x 10, black and white glossies), 5 prints, 10 negatives, (in envelope marked “Esther Litton.” n.d.
    • Folder 15 Blueprint n.d.
    • Folder 16 News Clippings 1964 - 1966
    • Folder 17 Stanford development 1960 - 1970