LeBaron (Gaye) Collection, 18uu-2016

Summary

Creators:

LeBaron, Gaye

Abstract:

Extent:

55 linear feet

Language:

Preferred citation:

Gaye LeBaron collection. Sonoma State University Library

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised of 55 linear feet of folders organized by topics related to the history and culture of the North Bay region of six counties, including Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, and Napa.

Biographical / historical:

Gaye LeBaron has been a journalist for the Press Democrat since 1959. Semi-retired since 2001, she still writes two columns per month and continues to gather and donate research material to her collection. A well-loved and respected community voice, she has written over 8,200 columns in her sixty years with the newspaper. Chronicling the history and local issues of California’s North Bay region, each column demonstrates her extraordinary skills as a journalist, historian, and storyteller.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Journalists -- California -- Santa Rosa
Sonoma County (Calif.) -- History
Santa Rosa (Calif.) -- History
California, Northern -- History
Authors -- California -- Santa Rosa
Journalists -- California -- Santa Rosa -- Authors

Names:

Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research by appointment.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Gaye LeBaron collection. Sonoma State University Library

Location of this collection:

Sonoma State University Library

Special Collections

1801 E. Cotati Avenue

Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US

Contact:

(707) 664-4152

specialcollections@sonoma.edu

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