About this Event
At a time when gender roles generally excluded women’s participation in business, science, and sport, Katherine Chandler and other entrepreneurial women of the early 20th century built successful tourism businesses at Lake Tahoe.
In telling their stories, author and UC Davis alumna Janet Kaidantzis relied on materials, including diaries, personal correspondence, and photographs, from two major collections in the UC Davis Library’s Archives and Special Collections: the Pierce Family Papers (D-022) and the Glen Alpine Springs Collection (D-698). In her talk, Kaidantzis will share the remarkable story of these women and a glimpse into her research process.
Selected items from the collections will be on display during the event for attendees to explore.
About the Speaker
Janet Kaidantzis is a UC Davis graduate (1988) and holds an MBA from the University of Washington (1992) and an MA in Public History from California State University, East Bay (2023). She is the author of Fallen Leaf: A Lake and its People 1850-1950. In Fall 2024, her article about early Tahoe tourism was published in California History, the journal of the California Historical Society.
Location
Shields Library - Room 167
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Parking is available at Visitor Parking Lot 5
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Image above:
Glen Alpine Springs stage, circa 1901
D-022 Pierce Family Papers
UC Davis Library Archives and Special Collections
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Peter J. Shields Library, First Floor, 100 NW Quad, Davis, United States
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