by Doug Nichols | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog Post, Bradford, Vinnie, Burchard, Peter, California, Clark Skillman, Laurel, Ellingson,Joy, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Metkus, Andrea, National Tournament, Tournaments, Tournaments 1981 - 1990 |
The Fencing Center of San Jose, CA, was the brainchild of a group of fencers from Michael D’Asaro’s program at San José State University who enlisted the help of a group of interested adults and parents in the endeavor to create a viable club in the heart of the...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches U - Z, Northern California, Schools/Clubs, UC Berkeley, Uyttenhove, Henri |
It’s fun to come across something that looks straightforward but winds up proving to be mysterious. At least in this case, I think it’s mysterious. I just hope it’s not mysterious for very long. I came across a series of four photographs that were dated November...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Nadi, Aldo |
I’ve seldom run across a document that is so thick with interesting historical tidbits, but the low-tech mimeographed California-based fanzine called “The Fencer” is a highlight of its kind. I was fortunate to borrow a bound, complete edition of the entire run from...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 13, 2015 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, California, Coaches, Coaches P - T, Domolky, George, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Magay, Daniel, National Tournament, Orley, Piller, George, Tournaments |
The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is perched at the top of swanky Nob Hill. One of the premiere hotels in the city, it opened in 1907 after an extensive refurbishing of the damage done by the 1906 earthquake to the about-to-open Beaux-Arts building. Famed...
by Doug Nichols | Jan 18, 2015 | Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, California, Coaches K - O, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers F - J, Fencers K - O, Huddleson, Demi, Marki, Ferenc, Mitchell, Maxine, National Tournament, Need Help, Tournaments, Tournaments 1961 - 1970 |
Harold Hayes of The Pacific Fencing Club on Alameda Island, Oakland, CA has been a generous contributor of cool things for the Archive. Among other things, he transferred possession of two long boxes of material he received from Mary “Demi” Huddleson, past editor of...
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