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History of Aquatic Park
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Aquatic Park History Bibliography:
References to Aquatic Park in local public libraries and online sources.
Building Aquatic Park: A quick picture history.
How these human-made lagoons, built almost by chance, began a revolution in how we use the shoreline.
Searching for Florence Minard — work in progress.
A fall 2026 article from the Berkeley Historical Society newsletter on Minard, founder of the first Friends of Aquatic Park, widely credited with saving the park in the 1960s; Notes on Aquatic Park’s history and challenges by Minard herself (from the UCB Bancroft Library); and the transcript of an oral history interview with Minard . This does not deal with Aquatic Park but gives a view of her long life.
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San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board resolution on stormwater
(urban runoff) in Aquatic Park, 1970. This has never been repealed.
Short histories of the Berkeley Paddling & Rowing Club
: By Elaine Baden, Board Member, and Karl Drlica, who co-coached the first Cal Women’s Rowing Team.
Interview with Florence Minard:
Transcript of an oral history interview with the founder of the first Friends of Aquatic Park, Bancroft Library, 1981. This does not deal with Aquatic Park.
Friends of Aquatic Park 1997 Newsletter:
By Mark Liolios as a part of Friends of Aquatic Park, 1997.
UC Berkeley student reports
from 1983 & 1989 Senior Seminars taught by Doris Sloan.
The Winding Path to Berkeley’s Largest Private Employer
: History of Cutter Laboratories, in Berkeley Historical Society & Museum Summer 2026 Newsletter, Vol. 44 #3, by Susan Schwartz
