Placentia History Collection: Oral Histories

Listen to Placentia’s past directly from those who lived it though our collection of oral histories. This collection consists of oral history transcripts, as well as some audio recordings of the interviews.

The Placentia Library is proud to house the Oral Histories of the following:

Alfred V. Aguirre
Fannie Bradford Allen
Lee Castner
Edward “Eddie” Castro
Anna Allec Cushing
Norman Eckenrode
Norma Tuffree Fleming
Charles D. Griffen
Anna C. “Pat” Irot
George Johnson
Rene Kamen
Vick Knight
Mae Lemke
Robert C. McFadden
Patrick Joseph Melia
Earl Nickles
Edmund M. Ponce
Placentia Packinghouse Oral History Project
Ray and Jessie Pound
Lewis E. Richards
Marie Slyker Schmidt
John O. Tynes
Gualberto Valadez
Victoria Allec Weselich
George Ziegler

The oral history collection can be viewed anytime by visiting the Placentia Library’s Local History Room during library hours. The transcripts can be viewed in bound or digital format, while the audio recordings are available to listen to on the local history computer in the room.

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