Publications
Publications
The Society sells its publications and other historical
materials at
Lizzie's Trail Inn on Saturdays from 10 am to Noon. We also have
publications available for purchase at our booth at various community events.
Books
2008 Book Update
A new history of Sierra Madre is underway!
The Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society has retained award-winning author Michele Zack to write a definitive history of Sierra Madre. Ms. Zack is conducting extensive research drawing from private collections, the holdings of area libraries and archives, as well as our own archival collections.
Michele
Zack and Dane Lenton outside the Woman's Club, 2004.
The Society is actively raising funds to support its abitious book project. For more details about the book please read our appeal letter and fact sheet. We are planning several events such as silent movie screenings. If you would like to make a contribution, you may download our donation form. If you would like information about our next fundraising event, please contact President Dane Lenton at 626.355.3905. Thank you to our current donors!
The Society is actively raising funds to support its abitious book project. For more details about the book please read our appeal letter and fact sheet. We are planning several events such as silent movie screenings. If you would like to make a contribution, you may download our donation form. If you would like information about our next fundraising event, please contact President Dane Lenton at 626.355.3905. Thank you to our current donors!
The Historical Archives is also accepting donations of historical materials at this time. Sierra Madre photographs, postcards, cookbooks, maps, scrapbooks, menus, playbills, business cards, and works of art are some examples of items we are seeking. If you would like to donate local history materials, please contact Debbie Henderson at the Library at 626.355.7186.
Previous Sierra Madre history books from the Society:Annals of Sierra Madre is a book of reminiscences and first person essays written by Sierra Madre pioneering families about early Sierra Madre. Topics include the Wistaria vine, businesses, schools, churches, the town hall, the library, social organizations, street names, water system, and local government. Annals was compiIed by Edith Blumer Bowen. The book was published in 1950 by the Sierra Madre Historical Society.
Elizabeth Keith and Marjorie Peterson examine a copy of Sierra Madre Vistas, 1976.
Sierra Madre Vistas is a pictorial history of Sierra Madre published in 1976 in celebration of the nation's bicentennial. It was compiled and edited by Elizabeth P. Keith.
Newsletter
The Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society publishes a quarterly newsletter which is distributed to its members. Some of the past issues are available in PDF. Join today and receive this complimentary newsletter as part of your membership.| 2008 | Winter | |||
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Walking Map
In
2002 the Society published a walking map of Sierra Madre.
Three walking routes are included and these range from easy to
moderate. Historical structures are noted along the
routes. Maps sell for $2.