Papers Presented on John Steinbeck, Golf and Local History

The Westering of America: The Spirit of John Steinbeck. Steinbeck Festival XIV, Salinas, CA 1993
John Steinbeck’s Pacific Grove, Cannery Row Foundation, February 27, 1994
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. Steinbeck Festival XVI, Salinas, CA, August 1995
John Steinbeck’s Quest for the Holy Grail. Asilomar XXX, Mensa Annual Gathering, Pacific Grove, CA, September 3, 1994
History of Golf in Del Monte Forest, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, October 6, 1996
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, 4th International Steinbeck Congress, Monterey, CA March 1997
Historic 17-Mile Drive, Monterey History and Art Association, Monterey, CA November 16, 1997
The Sporting Life at Hotel Del Monte. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Memorial Day Celebration, May 2000
Preservation and Literary Heritage, California Preservation Association, Annual Conference, 2000
Was Pacific Grove a Planned Community Development by Pebble Beach Company? Pacific Grove Heritage Society, August 24, 2001
John Steinbeck’s Pacific Grove, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, February 24, 2002
The History of Pebble Beach, Gentrain of the Monterey Peninsula, July 17, 2002
Bing Crosby & Pebble Beach:The Dynamic Duo, Hofstra University, NY, Conference: Bing! Crosby and American Culture, November 16, 2002
John Steinbeck on the Monterey Peninsula: A Discussion with Neal Hotelling and Thom Steinbeck, Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA / DMFPO, November 23, 2003
Neal Hotelling: Accidental Historian, MH&AA, Mayo-Hayes O’Donnell Library, July 21, 2004
Marion Hollins and the Pebble Beach Championship for Women, Gathering of Cypress Point and Pasatiempo ladies at Cypress Point Club, November 16, 2005
The Value of History, Monterey S.I.R.S., Monterey Elks Lodge, April 14, 2006
How a Hometown Boy Found a Home at Pebble Beach, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, President’s Dinner, May 30, 2006
Early Preservation Efforts in Monterey, MH&AA, Maritime Museum, July 9, 2006
The Heritage of Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Resorts, October 26, 2006
Golf Pioneers of Monterey County, Monterey County Business Council, The Inn at Spanish Bay,
February 2, 2008
The Westering Spirit of a Noble Knight (Steinbeck), The Indoor Forest Theater, Carmel, California,
February 3, 2008
Women and Golf at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Resorts, February 25, 2008

Television / Video

Molly Morgan (1991), Mac & Ava Productions
(cast member)
Entertainment Report (1993), CNN, interviewed on Steinbeck and Pebble Beach history
Links in Time: The History of Golf, (1997) The History Channel, interviewed on Pebble Beach history
S.F.B. Morse, A Tribute (1999) Pebble Be ach Company, wrote, edited and narrated
KSBW, Looking Back: Pebble Beach (2 parts - 1999), interviewed on Pebble Beach history
Sky Sports: (2000) History Segment during U.S. Open, interviewed on Pebble Beach history
Bay Area Back Roads: Monterey County with Doug McConnell, (2000) provided tour of Pebble Beach and 17-Mile Drive
History of the NCGA (2001), interviewed on California golf history
Behind the Scenes at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Feb-2002), The Golf Channel, interviewed on Pebble Beach golf history
California Gold with Huell Howser, Syndication, interviewed on The Lone Cypress
Callaway Golf Highlight Show (Dec-2003), The Golf Channel, interviewed on event history
By Light of Lanterns (2004) CSUMB, interviewed on Chinese fishing village at Pebble Beach
Bruce Ariss Remembered (2005) AMP, interviewed on Bruce Ariss and his impact on the peninsula
Peter Jacobsen – Plugged In (2005) The Golf Channel, featured on aspect of history of Pebble Beach
Gary Koch on Golf (Jun-2006), WFLA, Tampa, FL (syndicated), featured on program about history of Pebble Beach
Golf Getaways: Pebble Beach, (May-2008), The Travel Channel, featured on program about history of Pebble Beach

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