Cecily Johns Oral History Interview

Cecily Johns moved to Santa Barbara in 1985 after accepting a position as Associate Librarian at UCSB. After several years of getting to know the city, she decided to pursue her interests in historic preservation and began to volunteer with SBTHP.

After joining the Research Committee in 1997, she immediately put her background in library administration to good use through her work to catalog the Research Center’s collection of nearly 2,000 volumes. Her expertise has helped to make Santa Barbara history more accessible to all who seek it.

Above Photo: Cecily Johns and Barbara Lindemann at the SBTHP Presidio Research Center, September 23, 2012.

Audio Clips

• Clip 1: Cecily discusses one of her biggest contributions to SBTHP.
• Clip 2: One of the many strengths of the Research Center’s collections, according to Cecily, lies in its inclusion of the history of the Presidio neighborhood.
• Clip 3: Participating in the re-design of SBTHP’s new Research Center remains one of the most memorable experiences of Cecily’s time with the Trust.
• Clip 4: Cecily praises SBTHP volunteers, who she believes to play an integral role in the success of many of the Trust’s projects.

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Cecily Johns

Barbara Lindemann

Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

Presidio Research Center

Recorded on September 23, 2012

SBTHP

Oral History Interview

English

Barbara Lindemann

Cecily Johns

SBTHP Research Center

38 min