Clyde Arbuckle

Clyde Arbuckle (1903–1998) was an American historian of, and lifelong resident of, San Jose, California.[1][2] He is the author of Clyde Arbuckle's History of San José.[3][4] This 500 page book[5] has been extensively referenced by historians.[6]

Early life

Arbuckle was the son of W. J. Arbuckle, and the brother of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, a silent film star.[7] As a young man, Arbuckle played the banjo.[8] Arbuckle was also a road bicycle racer with the Garden City Wheelmen,[9][10][11] San Jose residents have named a public school in his memory,[12] and a referee at the Burbank Velodrome.[13] In 1922 he set a national cycling speed record.[14]

Career

Arbuckle was the founder and curator[15] of the San José Historical Museum (now called History San Jose).[16] He was secretary of the San Jose Historic Landmarks Commission.[17]

Arbuckle was San Jose's official historian for more than fifty years.[18][19] During this time he amassed a large collection of photographs of the area, which are now housed at the San Jose Public Library.[8] The photographs have been used to illustrate many history books.[20][21]

A biography of Arbuckle's life, Clyde Arbuckle: A 90 Year Biography, was written by Leonard McKay published by Memorobilia of San Jose in 1993. Arbuckle died in 1998.[5]

Publications
  • Santa Clara County Ranchos, 1968
  • Oil Boring in Santa Clara Valley, 1959
  • Clyde Arbuckle's history of San Jose, 1985.[22][23]
  • History of San José: Transportation - Volume 5, 2004
  • New Almaden Mercury Mines: A Long Perspective and History, 1965, with A. C. Innes and R. Burton Rose.

References
  1. Leonard McKay (1993). Clyde Arbuckle: A 90 Year Biography. Memorobilia of San Jose.
  2. Thomas M. King (2012). History of San Jose Quakers, West Coast Friends. Lulu.com. pp. 431–. ISBN 978-1-105-69540-7.
  3. Barnes, Cecily. "Willow Glen residents think of their community, rather than their history, on Founders Day 1998." Willow Glen Resident. Retrieved August 24, 2012
  4. Barnes, Cecily. "Helen Arbuckle's Herstory: Widow of famed local historian gets the last word.". Retrieved August 24, 2012
  5. Singh, Gary. "History in the Making". MetroActive.
  6. John V. Young (1 June 2002). Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Great West Books. pp. 121–. ISBN 978-0-944220-12-2.
  7. "Arbuckle never aided his family, stepmother says". Sausalito News, Volume 37, Number 38, 17 September 1921
  8. Lauren Miranda Gilbert; Bob Johnson (2004). San Jose's Historic Downtown. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-7385-2922-6.
  9. "Wheels of Time". Metro Silicon Valley.
  10. "Hall of History". MetroActive.
  11. "Herhold: Remembering a cycling legend who awaits a new heart". Mercury News
  12. Richard Whitmire (27 May 2014). On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope. Wiley. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-1-118-61126-5.
  13. "Road Racing is hit by new law". San Jose Evening News - Jun 5, 1939
  14. "Local cycling history" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Spinning Crank.
  15. Gordon Greb (December 2009). Google Brain: Making Your Memoir a Time Machine on the Internet. iUniverse. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-4401-8430-7.
  16. http://historysanjose.org/wp/about-us/history/
  17. Erwin Gustav Gudde (1960). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. pp. 3–. GGKEY:403N5Z6QERG.
  18. Robin Chapman (16 April 2013). California Apricots: The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley. The History Press. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-61423-922-2.
  19. Emma S. Garrod (26 June 2012). One Life, Mine. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1-4771-2906-7.
  20. John D. Unruh (1 January 1993). The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60. University of Illinois Press. pp. 352–. ISBN 978-0-252-06360-2.
  21. Henry Luna (18 January 2006). Niles Canyon Railways. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-1-4396-3090-7.
  22. Assistant Professor of Political Science Richardson Dilworth; Richardson Dilworth (1 April 2009). The City in American Political Development. Routledge. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-1-135-85318-1.
  23. Christine Finn (2002). Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley. MIT Press. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-262-56154-9.
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