Historical Society Archives

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Community News

Virtual Program Tonight on Marinship Civil Rights Icon

At a virtual program on January 13, the Sausalito Historical Society and the Sausalito Library will celebrate the life of Joseph James. Among other accomplishments, James became a civil rights icon as a result of his fight against discriminatory hiring practices at the Marinship shipyards. With the advent of World...

June 26, 2017July 23, 2017 Community News Environment

July 5 Lecture – Mega Floods & Mega Droughts

This past winter was a particularly wet one, providing much-needed relief from the previous year’s drought conditions. As if on a giant cosmic see-saw, the extra rain tipped us in the opposite direction, and brought to the fore another issue—namely increased flooding due to sea level rise. A Mill Valley...