Listen to Frank Lloyd and Others Answer Questions about the Marin County Civic Center

Frank Lloyd Wright's speeches to the citizens of Marin in 1957 and 1958 and interviews with architects, politicians and journalists form the basis of this inter-active exhibition where you can listen to the key players recount their part in the history of the Marin County Civic Center.

The past will come alive as Frank Lloyd Wright, architects William Wesley Peters and Aaron Green, former Supervisor Vera Schultz, and others, speak about the design and creation of Marin’s landmark government center and fairgrounds. The recordings used for this site are from the oral history archive of the Anne T. Kent California Room of the Civic Center Library. Eight new interviews were conducted especially for the 2004 Marin County Fair.

CLICK ON THE NAMES BELOW TO HEAR THE VOICES OF:

Frank Lloyd Wright
Eric Lloyd Wright, grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright

ARCHITECTS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIC CENTER:

William Wesley Peters, Chief-Architect, Marin County Civic Center
Aaron Green, Associate Architect, Marin County Civic Center
Carl Book, Taliesin-trained architect & former associate of Aaron Green
David Tirrell, Former associate of Aaron Green
William Schwarz, Taliesin-trained architect & former associate of Aaron Green
Jan Novie, President, Aaron G. Green Associates, Inc.

COUNTY OFFICIALS
Advocates Of Frank Lloyd Wright & The Marin County Civic Center

Vera Schultz, former Marin County Supervisor
Mary Summers, former Marin County Planning Director
Annette Rose, Marin County Supervisor

JOURNALISTS WHO WERE ON THE SCENE

Jack Craemer, former publisher of the Marin Independent Journal
Wat Takeshita, former reporter for the Marin Independent Journal

CONTACT: Laurie Thompson at ljthompson@co.marin.ca.us
COPYRIGHT 2003, Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library