- Current Issue (Fall/Winter, 2012):
 The Yosemite Chandelier
- Meet Our New Trustee: Cherie Donahue
- P.O.W.E.R Garden Party Benefits Girls Inc.
- Fall Events at PHM
- PHM Toffee - Rave Reviews
- The Perfect Gift
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- Spring/Summer, 2012:
- Hats, Hats, and More Hats!
- Street Sign Replaced at Home of EBMUD Founder
- The Story of George and His Fish
- Introducing Two New Trustees
- Garden Bench Dedicated in Memory of Bill Baldwin
- Pardee Home Benefits from Gifts
- The Pardee's Neighborhood (Part 2)
- "Occupy" Oakland with George Pardee
- Fall/Winter, 2011:
- 112 Years of the Pardee Women
- Parlors & Politics Event
- Meet the Tea Ladies: Dawn Muller and Molly Kenney
- Ghost Investigations Continue at Pardee
- Restoring the Picket Fence
- Halloween Festivities – Fun for All
- Watch Your Language
Spring/Summer, 2011:
July 4th Celebration at the Pardee Home Museum
Ghost Investigation at the Pardee Home Museum
10,000 Steps in Oakland
A Touch of History – California Poppy Day
The Pardee's Neighbors
Drs. Pardee – Sportsmen
Appreciation Celebration
Projects Update at PHM
- Fall/Winter, 2010:
- A Kids Thanksgiving at the Pardee Home
- Halloween Celebration, Sunday, October 31st, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
- Deanna Lyon, Board Chair, Stepping Down
- A PHM Volunteer Couple – Ann and Steve Brown
- A Touch of History – Enoch Pardee's Charity
- PHM Holds Its First Jazz Concert
- China Update from David Nicolai
- Spring/Summer, 2010:
- The Practitioners Pardee – Part 1: Enoch Pardee
- Upcoming Events – June, July, August
- Sue Dunton: Quilter Extraordinaire
- Two New Board Members
- Get To Know Jose!
- A Touch of History – Pardee Family Transportation
- The Practitioners Pardee – Part 2: George Pardee
- Fall, 2009:
- Halloween Celebration Announcement – Oct. 31, 2009
- Tours and Teas – now available!
- Creative Volunteers update gift shop; new Docents trained for tours.
- David Nicolai – report from China
- New members of the Board of Trustees
- July 4th Celebration a success.
- Thanks and Appreciation to all of our donors.
- Spring, 2007 (Special Double Issue):
- Pardee & the 1906 Quake
- Different takes on Gov. Pardee in two important new books – A Crack in the Edge of the
World by Simon Winchester and The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 by Philip L. Fradkin
- The story of Pardee Lowe, namesake of the governor and 1906 earthquake refugee to Oakland
- Carleton Watkins and the Yosemite chandelier: a photographer’s incredibly rough shake
- Winter concert featured tribute to Pardee; “Phoenix Tree” also highlighted holiday season
- Two earthquake relics that traveled across the bay last year – and two that stayed home
- Spring, 2006:
- Did Dr. Pardee write his memoirs? The Knave said So.
- 100 year old Fan found among Helen’s Treasures
- Summary of great events at PHM – July 4th, Halloween, Japanese Holiday, Book readings.
- PHM making progress on cataloging its enormous collections
- Introducing…the Green Canoe Room!
- 100 Years ago with Governor Pardee
- Summer, 2005:
- Upton Sinclair pays a visit to the Pardee Home Museum
- Major improvements to Poppy Porch Gift Shop
- News of the Museum’s Board of Trustees
- BAHA Tour and ASFCA Reception highlighted the Winter Season
- Preservation Month celebrated on May 15th
- More information about the Chronicle Building and Its Pre-earthquake tenants, Doctors Pardee and Morse
- 100 Years ago with Governor Pardee
- December, 2004
- Repainting of the main house, Gardens restoration Phase II, and Completion of Landmark Place Transform a City Block
- "George Did It" - A Witty Enconium to Pardee
- House Events during 2004
- Museum Featured on "Evening Magazine" in October
- Pardee Home Transformed into Hollywood Set in March
- Highlights of the Museum's Collections
- Billiard Table Restored with Grant from Questors' Club
- December, 2003:
- Book Reading by Ishmael Reed Highlights the Holiday Season
- One Hundred Years Ago in California: The Pardees Move into the Governor's Mansion
- Museum Staff and Volunteers Participate in Living History Day at the Governor's Mansion
- October, 2003
- Fourth Annual Halloween at the Mansion Will Spook out Oakland on October 31st
- One Hundred Years Ago in California: Pardee at Play and at Work, from Big Basin to Ogden
- A Letter to the Editor: More on Oakland's Sara Lemmon
- PHM Trustee Ned Brandt Has Resigned, and His Seat Has Been Taken by Lisa Gerstacker
- Death of Long-Time PHM Treasurer Marion Reich
- July, 2003
- Gertrude Stein Event and Music Recital Bring Front Parlor to Life in Recent Months
- One Hundred Years Ago in California: Governor Pardee Hosts President Roosevelt
- Registrar Vicki Wiese Joins Staff at Seymour Pioneer Museum
- Peter Palmquist Killed in Emeryville Accident in January
- PHM Trustee Frank Howard Dead at 74
- March, 2003
- 100th Anniversary of Pardee's Inauguration Celebrated in Grand Style at the Museum
- One Hundred Years Ago in Sacramento: The Pardee Inauguration Was Grand!
- Woman's Will Produces Oscar Wilde at the Pardee Home
- Spotlight on Oakland's Sara Lemmon, the Poppy Champion
- November, 2002
- Special Issue: One Hundred Years Ago...Republican George Pardee Narrowly Elected California
Governor over Democrat Franklin Lane. This issue focuses on a detailed look at the fascinating gubernatorial campaign of 1902 and
also includes in-depth profiles of Pardee and Lane and a unique
statistical profile of California in 1902.
- July, 2002
- May 4th Sesquicentennial Celebration and July Fourth Picnic Highlight the Season
- PHM Board Welcomes Four New Trustees
- Museum Receives $30,158 California Heritage Grant to Help Achieve Handicapped Accessibility
- Lois and Nick Sarley Brighten Our Gardens
- April, 2002
- Enoch and Mary Pardee - A Gold Rush Romance
- February Groundbreaking for Landmark Place Condominiums
- Mayoral Correspondence Among Our Most Valuable Archival Holdings
- Museum Will Offer Plaque Unveiling and Mayoral History Exhibit to Celebrate Oakland's 150th Anniversary on May 4th
- January, 2002
- 150 Years Ago: Argonaut Enoch Pardee En Route to California
- Halloween Mania at the Haunted Mansion Preceded Gold Rush Holidays
- Museum Director Attends Prestigious Seminar at Colonial Williamsburg
- October, 2001
- The Ghosts Will be Out for the Second Annual "Halloween at the Mansion" on October on October 27th!
- Garden Party, Fourth of July Picnic, and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
Highlighted the Summer Season at the Pardee Home
- Phase I of Gardens Restoration Completed
- "An Oakland Metaphor: Hidden Treasures, the Pardee Artists" - Current Exhibit Highlights Famous Artists from the Demolished Pardee Building
- Karen McKinney Marks Three Very Active Years as Museum Volunteer
- July, 2001
- An Appreciative Look at the Architecture of the Pardee Home Museum
- William C. Hoagland and John J. Newsome: Architects of the Pardee Home
- Sources on the Architecture of the Pardee Home
- Italianate Villas in the Region -- Past and Present
- FAQ's about the Pardee Home's Architecture
- Pardee Home to be Featured in Upcoming Book Victorian Glory
- April, 2001
- Pardee Home to Honor Oakland's 149th Birthday
- The Tragic Deaths of Florence and Carol Pardee
- Victoriana...Not!
- "Yours for Justice and Equality" - The True Story of Susan B. Anthony's Inscription to Governor Pardee
- Reroofing of Pardee Home in Underway
- January, 2001
- Inroducing...The Cupola
- PHM Wins Another Prestigious Federal Grant
- Museum Director to be Featured Speaker in Palo Alto
- PHM Treasurer Marion Reich Retires After Many Years of Service
- Autumn Evening Events Fill the Pardee Home with Holiday Spirits
- September, 2000
- Pardee Home's Second Annual Fourth of July Picnic Was a Tremendous Success
- Cheryl Maslin - Intern and Volunteer Extraordinaire
- PHM Welcomes Three New Trustees
- The Seveth Day Adventists - Early Neighbors of the Pardee Familyn
- June, 2000
- Mayor George Pardee's Fight with the "SP" Over Access to the Oakland Waterfront
- Museum Receives Prestigious Federal Grant
- Second Class of SFSU Interns Records Great Progress in Catloging Our Collections
- Board Chairman Stan Stidham Personifies Seventy-Five Years of Pardee Home History
- March, 2000
- Pardee Home Museum Announces $12,000 Grant from Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust to Begin Grounds Restoration
- Volunteer Profile -- Phyllis Brislawn
- Tree Adorned with Shoe Trees Highlights 1999 Holiday Season at the Pardee Home
- Pattillo and Garrett Associates
- And Just Who Was Stanley Smiith . . . Anyway?
- Winter, 1999
- PHM Announces $250,000 Grant from Michigan's Gerstacker Foundation
- Renovation of Lafayette Square Park is Becoming a Reality
- Definitive New Guide to Western House Museums Published
- Further Words from Jacob Soares, African-American Aid to Governor Pardee
- "Playthings of the Pardee Family" Exhibit Opens at the Museum
- Oakland and Alameda School Children at the Pardee Home
- November, 1999
- Exhibits at Three California Museums Highlight Treasures of the PHM Collections
- The Ebell Society and the Pardees at the Forefront of Oakland Culture
- How Palo Alto's Pardee Park Came to Be: A Strange and Little-Known Saga
- Rebirth of Pardee Home's Neighborhood Continues
- June, 1999
- A New University Molds a Youthful George Pardee
- Mary Lou Malone Dies at Age 73
- Collection Management Interns Catalog 1200 Objects!
- Helen Pardee and the Merry Tramps
- Summer, 1998
- Governor Pardee and Yosemite National Park
- EBMUD Exhibit, Video Celebrate Seventy-Five Years of Service to Region
- Museum Staff Enjoys a Busy and Productive Summer at the House
- Purses and Bags on Exhibit
- The Misses Pardee at Mills College
- Comings and Goings at the Pardee Home
- Winter-Spring, 1998
- Pardee Home Declared California Historical Landmark!
- Beautiful New Curtains Grace Dining Room and Front Parlors
- Two 1997 Holiday Receptions Were Great Successes
- The Pardee Home Foundation Welcomes Two New Trustees
- Richard Guy Wilson Visit
- Earl Warren Holiday Cards Highlight Pardee Home Exhibit
- Recipes from the Pardee Home's 1997 Holiday Open House
- Fall, 1997
- Jacob Soares: Messenger to Governor George Pardee
- David Nicolai is New Museum Director
- Vicki Wiese Joins Museum Staff
- Pardee Home Enjoys Day in the Sun
- News from the District
- Summer, 1995
- "Growing Up Invisible" -- Auguatino Dance Theater
- Oral Histories -- Stan Stidham
- Work Committees Added to the Board
- Museum News: Grants, Docent Class, "Windows on Broadway"
- Board Notes: New Member Michael Fink, Carl Gerstacker Obituary
- Fall, 1994
- "The Witching Weed" exhibit features pipes and smoking artifacts
- Archives Spotlight -- Dr. Pardee Interviewed
- Museum News: Grants, Docent Class
- Spring, 1994
- Valentine's Day Event Illuminates Early Pardee Courtship
- Gerstacker Foundation is presented with plaque
- Watkins Lamp Prominent Feature at Pardee Home
- Fantastic Fandango of Fabulous Fans!
- Museum News: Grant, Caretaker Retiring, Docent Class
- June, 1993
- Northwest Coast / Eskimo Display
- Chap Record from Carol Pardee
- George Pardee and Oakland's Water Supply
- January, 1993
- New Display in Billiard Room
- Janet Pigniolo Joins Staff
- Docent Class
- October, 1992
- New Director, Melissa Rosengard
- Exhibit Changes
- Enoch and George Pardee Meet Abraham Lincoln
- Museum News: Docent Class, Parking
- June, 1992
- Dining Room China
- Growth of Oakland's Population
- List of Volunteers
Beginning 2009, The Cupola is written by Kay
Cheatham, Ann Brown and other board members or volunteers and is laid
out by Russell Nelson. Between 2001 and 2007, The Cupola was researched
and written by museum director David Nicolai, and was laid out by Erika
Mailman. Between 1997 and 2000, The Newsletter was produced by David Nicolai
and known simply as the Pardee Home Museum Newsletter, as it was between 1994 and 1995,
when it was produced by museum director Melissa Rosengard, and between 1992 and 1995,
when it was written by Heidi Casebolt. No issues were published in 1996.
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