Financial Report
By Emily Ramos MVHA Treasurer
Checking Account Balance as of 1 / 17 / 2021 : $ 21,195.97 Income : $ 473.28 Expenses : $ 411.80 Checking Account Balance as of 3 / 31 / 2021 : $ 21,257.45
Certificates of Deposit Balance as of 1 / 17 / 2021 : $ 60,476.67 Certificates of Deposit Balance as of 3 / 31 / 2021 : $ 60,519.62
New to the Archives
By Nicholas Perry MVHA Past President
Thanks to the thoughtful donations of folks who have connected with us via our social media , we have some wonderful new historical items to add to our archives once they reopen ( hopefully soon ! For now , they ’ re stored in my garage ).
Jon Anderson , a former Mountain View resident ( MVHS Class of 1975 ) who now lives in Australia , mailed us some treasured items he wanted to ensure would be appreciated more than they might be if they stayed down under . They include :
-A vintage 15 ” by 20 ” aerial photograph of NASA Ames Research Center
-A program from a Whisman School student play The Unbeautiful Princess
-Class photos spanning his years at Theuerkauf , Whisman , and Saint Joseph elementary schools from 1963 through 1969
Jim Pedersen sent us a great collection of items from his family ’ s collection . Jim ’ s parents , LeRoy F . Pedersen and Jeanne E . ( Parmentier ) Pedersen , moved to Mtn . View from Takoma Park , Maryland , in 1948 so LeRoy could take a job at Pacific Press on Villa Street . Jim sent us the following :
-18 black-and-white snapshots showing parades in Downtown Mountain View , circa 1949
-A collection of postcards depicting the Pacific Press campus on Villa Street
-Digital copies of photos of his family ’ s first home in Mountain View , on Villa Street
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MVHS Monument
By Mark Perry MVHA Ways & Means Committee Chair
At our winter 2021 Board of Directors meeting , the MVHA Board was excited to welcome Alberto Olmos , vice chair of the Mountain View High School Monument Committee ( MVHMC ). As reported in previous newsletters , the MVHMC is working to create a monument that recognizes the history and legacy of student athletes of Mountain View High School . The proposed Eagle Park monument would celebrate the 1975 Mountain View High Eagles ’ football championship , when the school ’ s remarkably diverse , underdog team fought against the odds to beat much larger , wealthier schools and , in the process , brought the Mountain View community together with a shared sense of Eagle pride .
The concept for the proposed monument , which would be located on the school ’ s former athletic fields at Eagle Park , was approved by the City of Mountain View ’ s Parks & Recreation Commission in January 2020 . As we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic , the committee is once again working to move the monument proposal forward .
Given our shared goals of sharing and celebrating the history of Mountain View , the MVHMC has requested to form a partnership with the MVHA on this project . The MVHA Board of Directors is now investigating how to structure the partnership and prepare our organization to potentially serve as the fiscal sponsor for the project . The Board voted to create a subcommittee for this effort , consisting of Lisa Garcia , Nick Perry , Mark Perry , and Emily Ramos . If you ’ re interested in helping with this effort , please contact us at info @ mountainviewhistorical . org .
At our last board meeting , the MVHA discussed developing procedures for collecting and accepting digital donations into our archives . Stay tuned for more information on that topic .
As always , if you have items you would like to donate to our archive , please email us at info @ mountainviewhistorical . org with a short description of the item . Or , contact us via our Facebook page at
www . facebook . com / MVHistory .
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