Tramps of San Francisco was created to share my passion for the history of San Francisco and surrounding communities. I’m a local history buff and sometime author who, in a single lifetime, will never discover everything there is to know about San Francisco’s past but is determined to sally forth and try!
I’ve always had an interest in history but it wasn’t until I began volunteering as a docent, finding artifacts at estate sales, and exploring the history of the western United States that my real appreciation for local history came to the fore.
Here’s a brief summary of my background:
Education
BA, Anthropology – USF (the one in Tampa, not San Francisco)
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) – UCSF
Volunteer Experience
Docent (interpretation, volunteer historian), Muir Woods National Monument (National Park Service, 2002 – Present)
[See Muir Woods is a Mystical Place (St. Louis Dispatch, May 9, 2010)]
[See Auwaeter J and Sears JF. Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument: Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Acknowledgements, page xv. Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. 2006.]
Recipient, President’s Volunteer Service Award, Gold Level (for volunteer work at Muir Woods, 2011)
Volunteer, San Francisco Museum and Historical Society (2009 – 2010)
Volunteer, Standing Ovations III – Cookin’ the Mint (Developed exhibits of regional history of dairy, coffee, 2010)
Volunteer, Team 75 (Festival Ambassador), 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge (May 27, 2012)
Membership
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
History Publications
Rose E and Nelson-Bonebrake G. San Francisco’s Coffee History: It Does Add Up to a Hill of Beans. Panorama. 2011;23(2):6-7,16.
Rose E. Explosive Revelation: Glen Canyon Ties to the Nobel Prize. Glen Park News. Winter 2007/2008. Now available at FoundSF.org.
Rose E. The Train to Muir Woods: Putting Your Life in the Hands of the “Gravity Man.” Park News, The Quarterly Publication of the National Parks at the Golden Gate. September/October/November issue, 2005. Now available at FoundSF.org.
© 2013. Evelyn Rose, Tramps of San Francisco. Last update April 14, 2013.
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