Julia Bly DeVere - Filoli: Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum

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FRONT COVER IMAGE

The front courtyard and entry portico are blanketed in wisteria and clematis blossom each spring, while pots of color change with the seasons.

(AFTER TITLE PAGE IN EBOOK)

Looking west across the reflecting pool in early spring in the sunken garden.

CONTENTS PAGE IMAGE (BEHIND TITLE PAGE IN EBOOK)

The original Bourn bookplate used at Filoli clearly depicts William Bourns motto to FIght for a just cause; LOve your fellow man; LIve a good life.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Filoli would like to acknowledge all of those who helped make this project possible, including but certainly not limited to:

FILOLI LEADERSHIP

Carol Spieker, Centennial Committee Chair 2015

Kathleen Trafton, Centennial Committee Chair 20162017

Antoinette Barrack, Governing Board President, 20142015

Donna Colson, Governing Board President, 20162017

and

The National Trust for Historic Preservation

CENTENNIAL BOOK COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Julie Bly DeVere, Patricia J. Dickson, Nyna Dolby, and Greg Mellberg

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARTISTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS

Assistance League of San Mateo County; The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; Jerry Barrack; Bourn Family; Barbara Braun; California Historical Society; Charles Scribners Sons Art Reference Department Records, 18391962, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; William Alexander Coulter; Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents; Patricia Dennis; Julie Bly DeVere; Patricia J. Dickson; Estrada Family; Gallagher Family; Ned Gault; Edna Takeda Geller, San Mateo County Convention & Visitors Bureau; Geracke-Pan American Photo Service; George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress; Ruth Ann Groves; Henderson Family; Saxon Holt; David N. Junod; Colin Snow, Koptervision; Edmond Lareau; Beth Lau; Tracy Martin; Matson Archives; Greg Mellberg; Moulin Studios; Napa County Historical Society; Carolyn J. Paterson; Ernest Peixotto; Rachel Perry; Jenny Phillips; Willis Polk; Roth Family; Dorli Sabarots; John Singer Sargent; Ralph Schardt; David Sheetz; and Willis Preston Campbell Photography.

Special thanks go to members of both the extended Bourn and Roth families, both of whom have repeatedly opened their family archives and shared their histories.

Throughout the years, a number of staff, both past and present, has helped gather and record the history of Filoli. Without their research and documentation we would not be able to share this history today. We thank them for their contributions.

Julie Bly DeVere, Head Curator & Collections Manager

Jim Salyards, Head of Horticulture

Tom Rogers, Former Curator of Collections (19852011)

Lucy Tolmach, Former Director of Horticulture (19772012)

Lynn Norris, Former Director of Educational Programs & Interpretation (20082012)

Alex Fernandez, Director of Property Operations

Cathy Rampley, Head of Education

Molly Barker, Former Director of Education (19882006)

Adrienne McGraw, Former Director of Programs (2007)

CONTENTS

FOREWORD