Past issues of  The Cupola can be purchased for $5 by calling (510) 444-2187 or e-mailing the museum

Current Issue (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

Contents of past issues of The Cupola:

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

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

utumn 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

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