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In this oral history, Locke McCorkle reminisces about Druid Heights and many of the people associated with the legendary bohemian community. Locke recounts first visiting Druid Heights in the early 1950s and his subsequent involvement in building some of the structures there. He conjectures that the community received its evocative name from one of its early residents, the poet Elsa Gidlow. In addition to Elsa, Locke discusses various other people associated with the Druid Heights community, including its founder, the architect Roger Somers, his wife Mary Somers, and his teacher and friend Alan Watts. The oral history concludes with Locke envisioning the physical remains of Druid Heights returning to nature.
Identifier
132FF6B7-B009-4C5E-809C-572703440940 2018.080.001
Subject
1950s American Academy of Asian Studies Architects Architecture Buddhism Communal settlements Communes Druid Heights Free love Gidlow, Elsa Hamilton, Paul Hinduism Hunter, David Jacobs, Sandy Marriage McCorkle, Locke McCorkle, Simone McCorkle, Valerie McKee, Bob Mill Valley Mill Valley in the 1950s Montford Avenue Motorcycle racing Motorcycles MV history - Baby boom years (1950s and early 1960s) MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Oral history - Spirituality, philosophy, religion Somers, Geraldine Somers, Mary Somers, Roger Somers, Tagore Spiritualism Watts, Alan
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