Join us for an Archives Month Author Talk at UC Davis!
The Nature of Her Business: Female Proprietors of Summer Resorts at Lake Tahoe, 1900-1930
Thursday, October 9
5:30 to 7:00pm
Shields Library Room 167
RSVP recommended at bit.ly/nature-talk
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 from two 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.
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).
Questions? Please contact Archives & Special Collections at speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Image credit:
Glen Alpine Springs stage, circa 1901
D-022 Pierce Family Papers
UC Davis Library Archives and Special Collections
