Introduction
This is the working website for the Menlo Park Historical Association (MPHA). See Note [a] at bottom. MPHA was organized in 1971 and is dedicated to collecting, researching, and preserving the documentation which is related to the history of the City, the area of the City, and the history of the Menlo Park area before its current incorporation (1927). You can help us in this effort by becoming a member.
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Membership
Membership in the Association is open to everyone. Beginning in 2014, the annual membership fees are:
Residential $20.00
Business 100.00
Lifetime 200.00
Members receive the Association's newsletter, The Gate Post, published several times a year and are invited to Association events including the Annual Dinner (usually in March), the annual Ice Cream Social (in late June or early July) and the annual Association Meeting/Speaker (November).
To join or renew your membership, send a check made out to "MPHA" along with the membership form (click HERE) to the address in the Contact Us section below.
You can also pay online with your PayPal account or with a credit card using the DONATE button here. Your newsletter will be
delivered to the email address used for your donation unless you ask
us (send us an email message) to use a different email address or to send a paper copy to your regular mail address. The Donate button is only for tax deductible donations. MPHA is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Dues and other donations are tax deductible.
The office of the Association, the Merrill History Room, is in the lower level of the MP Library. Office hours are:
Tue 12:00 - 2:00 pm
You can contact us during office hours at (650) 330-2522 or email us at mphistorical@yahoo.com . Our mailing address is:
Menlo Park Historical Association
800 Alma Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3445
Board Members:
President Jym Clendenin (Class of 2016)
Vice President Bill Weseloh (2015)
Secretary Fran Dehn (2015)
Treasurer Lydia Cooper (2015)
At Large Dick Angus (Class of 2016)
Ester Buga (2016)
Michael Demeter (2016)
Frank Helfrich (2017)
Jim Lewis (2017)
Tom Carter (2017)
Gil Workman (2017)
Patty Hjelm (2015)
The Board meets monthly on the first Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the Merrill History Room.
Committees
Membership - Jim Lewis
Newsletter - Lydia Cooper (ledioli@yahoo.com)
Web Master - Jym Clendenin
The Gate Post
The Gate Post, the newsletter of the Menlo Park Historical Association, is published several times a year. Archived copies of recent issues can be found in PDF format by selecting The Gate Post page on the left side bar.
Products For Sale
Go to the $TORE page for online purchase of MPHA products.
Documentation
Documents related to Menlo Park history are filed in the MPHA office using the subject headings that can be found by clicking on Subject Headings page on the left side bar.
Photos
Using the same subject headings as for documentation above, the MPHA historic photos are separately filed in the MPHA office. A significant number of these photos have been scanned and the TIFF images stored on a hard disk. A subset of these photos in JPEG format and with limited resolution are posted on the web: click on the Photos page on the left side bar.
External Links With MPHA and/or Menlo Park History Information
History of Menlo Park (from City of Menlo Park "Our Community" page)
History (from Chamber of Commerce "Life in Menlo Park" page)
Dick Angus: Man with deep local roots is president of Menlo Park Historical Association (InMenlo.com, Nov 8, 2011)
Note [a]: Working means more information and more frequently changed than the Official Historical Association website linked just above.
This page last updated 06 February 2015 (20 MB)
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