Join Ventura College & the Ventura College Foundation as student historians, faculty, and special Guest Speakers present an oral history of our beautiful and fascinating county. Take a walk down memory lane, learn about culture, politics, development of the land, our agriculture & people.
Wednesday November 15th in ASC- 150 (Applied Science Center) from 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Student Presentations – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Discussion with artists-teachers Donna Granata and Hiroko Yoshimoto, Artist Teacher – 2:00 – 4:00pm
Thursday, November 16th in ASC 150 (Applied Science Center) from 1:00-4:00pm
Student Presentations – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Glenda Jackson, Author, Historian, & Ephermemra Collection on display
Faculty Moderators: Dr. Michael Ward and Professor Colleen Coffey
Afternoon Guest Speakers and Presentations: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Introduction by
- Scott Corbett—“Memory, Imagination, and History,” Japanese and Asian American experiences in Ventura County during the Interwar years
- John McNally and Howard Bufford—-Ventura’s Veteran of the battle of Bastogne
- Kat Lisowska—“The 1969 Flood and the Destruction of the Ventura Marina”
- Lauren Coyne–“Ventura County and the 1969 Flood Revisited.”
- Glenda Jackson, Author, Historian, & Ephermemra Collection on display
- Moderator:
Reception – Hallway ASC 150 5:00-6:00pm
Evening Panel – 6:00 – 8:00pm ASC 150
Presentations and Discussions: “The History of Ventura, Its Culture, Politics, and Development”
Moderator: Dr. Michael Ward and Professor Colleen Coffey
- Introductions by Michael Ward
Panelists
- Betsy Blanchard Chess author “Daughter of the Land”
- Al Guilin- “Limoneira”
- Gwen Alferes- “The History of Foster Park”
- Susie Arellanes-Willeford- Cabrillo Village: A History of El Campo” focusing on the lives of Ventura County’s Immigrant Agricultural Workers in the Twentieth Century.
Saturday, November 18th in ASC-150 from 9:00am – 12:00pm
Student presentations and Speakers
- Glenda Jackson – “Over a Century of Memories: Photographs, Memorabilia, and Ephemera of Ventura County”
- Kat Lisowska – “Russia in Ventura County: Holy Trinity—El Rio’s Hidden Gem”
- Glenda Jackson, Author, Historian, & Ephermemra Collection on display
- Others
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