A good source currently is the California Council for the Humanities,
who is developing a dozen different characters from 19th century
California for the 150th anniversary of California statehood.  The
characters are researched and performed by historians, so the content
should be quite good.

Good luck!

Max van Balgooy

Mark L. Shanks wrote:

> Due to a current project I'm working on, I'm seeking leads to
> individuals or
> groups who have constructed first-person living history
> characterizations of
> Californians (or visitors to CA) for the period 1770-1840's...  These
> need
> to be museum quality presentations, researched and presented to a high
>
> standard.
>
> I'm particularly looking for well known historical personalities
> (Serra,
> Portola, Vancouver, Dana, Jed. Smith, Vallejo, etc.); individuals who
> were
> linked to Santa Barbara and the central California coast (including
> the
> Channel Islands); interesting composite characters well grounded in
> the lore
> of California; and/or non-majority (Native American, asian, jewish,
> french,
> etc.) voices who present new perspectives on the history of
> California.
>
> If you have any leads on this seach, please contact me via e-mail.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Mark L. Shanks
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> "Clio Eternum, Vita Brevis"



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