Carol A. Jensen

About the Author and Historian:

Carol has been fascinated with local history since the early 1960s. A native of eastern Contra Costa County, Carol is a history graduate of UC Santa Barbara. She delights in discovering cultural ephemera and documenting the cultural history of the area in which people lived, visited, or worked in California. The fruits of the historical search can be found at the East Contra Costa County Historical Society, Brentwood, CA.

Member:

• East Contra Costa Historical Society

• Contra Costa County Historical Society

• John Marsh Historic Trust, past treasurer and board member

• North Lake Tahoe Historical Society

• Tahoe Maritime Museum

• Isleton Historical Society

• John Marsh Historic Trust, Past Board Member and Treasurer

• Contra Costa County Historical landmarks Advisory Committee, Committee Member and Vice Chair

• California Historical Society

• The Westerners

Books Written for Arcadia Publishing:

Byron Hot Springs (2006) CA Images of America Available $19.99

Brentwood (2008) CA Images of America Available $19.99

East Contra Costa County in

Postcards (2007) CA Postcard History Available $19.99

The California Delta (2007) CA Images of America Available $21.99

Lake Tahoe’s West Shore (2011) CA Images of America Available $21.99

Contra Costa County Maritime

History (2014) CA Images of America Available $21.99

Books Written for Fonthill Media

Lake Tahoe Through Time (2015) CA American Through Time Available $19.95

Curated Exhibitions:

Lake of the Sky Images: The Photographs of Harold A. Parker, A retrospective exhibit of iconic Lake Tahoe region images. Gatekeeper’s Museum, North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, June 10 to September 8, 2016.

Other:

•“Remembering Hal Schell” by Carol A. Jensen in Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Winter 2017, page 5&7. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

•Lake of the Sky Images: The Photographs of Harold A. Parker by Carol A. Jensen. Exhibition catalog in full color/paperback/104 pages. North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, Tahoe City, CA in conjunction with the Byron Hot Springs Press, San Francisco, June 2016

•“Harold A. Parker – Tahoe Tavern” by Frank Sternad and Carol A. Jensen reprinted with permission from the San Francisco Post Card Club by the Gatekeeper’s Gazette, Summer 2016, page 14-19, North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, Tahoe City, CA

•“Byron Hot Springs, Part of Local History” by Carol A. Jensen, In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, edited by Kati Short, Volume VI, 2016. City of Brentwood, Brentwood CA

•“The Photographer Project: Harold A. Parker – Tahoe Tavern” by Frank Sternad and Carol A. Jensen. San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club Newsletter, Vol. XXXII, No 1, January – March 2016, pages 10–16.

•“Delta Agriculture has a Long and Varied History” by Carol A. Jensen in Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Fall 2015-Winter 2016, Volume 4, Issue 2, page 5. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

•“Beautiful Lake Tahoe-Harold A. Parker, Tahoe Tavern Studio” by Carol A. Jensen in Gatekeeper’s Gazette, Summer 2015, page 26 to 29, North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, Tahoe City, CA

•“2015 is the 100th Anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition” by Carol A. Jensen in Pinole Historical Society Newsletter, Spring2015, May 1, 2015, page 7. Pinole Historical Society, Pinole CA

•“Contra Costa County Day in Commemoration of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, April 3, 2015” Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Resolution 2015/94. Carol A. Jensen, ghostwriter for resolution sponsor, District III Supervisor Mary Piepho.

•“The Delta Has Been Featured in Many Movies Throughout the Years” by Carol A. Jensen in Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Winter 2015, Volume 4, Issue 1, page 3, 6 & 7. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

•“Prohibition in the Delta” by Carol A. Jensen in Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Fall 2014, Volume 3, Issue 3, page 6 & 7. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

•“Mission St. Paul at the Byron Hot Springs (1946-1956).” by Carol A. Jensen, In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, edited by Kati Short, Volume IV, 2014. City of Brentwood, Brentwood, CA

•“Thomas Gaines, First African-American in Antioch, CA,” by Carol A. Jensen, Newsletter, Fall 2014, African American Genealogy Society of Northern California, Oakland, CA

•“Contra Costa’s Maritime History” by Carol A. Jensen in Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Summer 2014, Volume 3, Issue 2, page 6 & 7. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

•“Byron Hot Springs Was a Hot Destination in 1860s, Could Be Again” by Carol A. Jensen Conservancy Currents: The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy's Newsletter, Spring 2014, Volume 3, Issue 1, page 6. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, Sacramento CA

• “East Contra Costa County Trivia” by Kathy Leighton and Carol A. Jensen as published weekly by the Brentwood Press, Brentwood CA, Ruth Roberts, editor. February2014 to present

•“Tahoe Throngs to Hear Sister: Aimee Semple McPherson and Tahoe Cedars” by Carol A. Jensen, Gatekeepers Gazette, Vol. IV, Issue I, Winer2012-2013, North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, Tahoe City, CA

•“Byron Hot Springs: A Brief History.” by Carol A. Jensen, In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, edited by Kati Short, Volume III, 2013. City of Brentwood, Brentwood CA

•John Marsh, Pioneer by George Lyman. (Facsimile edition) Forward by Carol A. Jensen, Byron Hot Springs Press, San Francisco, 2012

•Mystery Postcards from the California Delta by Carol A. Jensen, Byron Hot Springs Press, San Francisco September 2012.

•“Love Letters from the Byron Hot Springs.” by Carol A. Jensen, In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, edited by Kati Short, Volume II, 2012. City of Brentwood, Brentwood CA

•“Mystery History Postcards” Brentwood Press contributing writer, August 2010 to August 2012

•“Reid Brothers, Architects: 40 Years of American Gothic, Beaux Arts and Steel” Carol A. Jensen and David Perry. San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club Newsletter, June 2012, page 7

•“We’ll Build Again! - The Byron Hot Springs Triumph of Mae Sadler Mead” by Carol A. Jensen, In Mt. Diablo’s Shadow, edited by Kati Short, Volume I, 2011. City of Brentwood, Brentwood CA

•Financial Sense to White Picket Fence: Budgeting, Borrowing, Buying and Beyond by Chris Sorensen, Carol Jensen, editor and ghost writer, California Community Colleges 2010

•“The Reid Brothers, Architects, as Illustrated in Vintage Postcards” by Carol A. Jensen with additional material from David Perry. San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club Newsletter, June 2008 page 10

•“Tait’s” San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club Newsletter, March 2008, page 10

•“Off Limits- Travel Channel Television San Francisco” with Don Wildman episode 1.3. A visit to WW II Camp Tracy, aka the Byron Hot Springs. Originally aired: June 6, 2011

•“Betcha Didn’t Know – a Trivia game of East Contra Costa County” published by the East Contra Costa Historical Society, 2001.

•“Byron Hot Springs: Study Guide to 3rd Grade Local History Education,” East Contra Costa Historical Society publication, 1990.

•Various “John Marsh, Pioneer” articles, Brentwood Press, 2000 to present

•Various ”Byron Hot Springs” articles, Brentwood Press, 1990 to present

•“The Risdon Boys Go West” Saline Historical Society Journal

•“Mission St. Paul (aka Byron Hot Springs)” lecturer 2002, 2003 & 2005, The Ascension Greek Orthodox Church Historical Society.

•“Mission St. Paul (aka Byron Hot Springs)” lecturer, 2004, Stockton Greek Orthodox Church Historical Committee.

•“Paradise Lost: The Byron Hot Springs,” 110 Degree Magazine of East County Living, Vol. 1, Issue 3, December 2003

•“Lost World: The Past and Future of an Ancient East County Destination” One Ten magazine focusing upon the People and Businesses of Contra Costa. Vol. 5, issue 6, June 2007.

•“John Marsh Remembrance Day” project manager, September 24, 2006 rededication of State of California monument remembering his death 150 years ago. CC-TV production.

•“John and Abby Marsh Monument Rededication” project manager, September 15, 2007 in conjunction with the Native Daughter’s of the Golden West Statewide organization rededicating the monument placed at the John Marsh House, Brentwood, 50 years ago. CC-TV production

•The Book Club of California, Grant Recipient to encourage research on the WW II History of Camp Tracy, a.k.a. Byron Hot Springs, April 2007.

•Secret Interrogation Center Tracy: the Top Secrets Revealed by Japanese Prisoners of War. (In Japanese and English with Subtitles) Project Manager, Private Theatre Screening for the membership of the Tracy and East Contra Costa Historical Societies, Delta Theatre, Brentwood, November 16, 2008.

•Secret Interrogation Center Tracy: the Top Secrets Revealed by Japanese Prisoners of War. (In Japanese) Filmed in Washington D.C., San Francisco, and on location in Byron. A NHK Special (Japan PBS) first Broadcast on Japan television on August 7th, 2007 10:00 p.m. Project initiated by Seiichi NAKATA. Director: Hiroshi MASUDA. Advisor and onsite Historian to NHK producer, Kojiro Yamada.

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•“A History of the Communities of Brentwood, Byron, Oakley, Knightsen, Bethel Island, and Discovery Bay from Native American occupation to present.” Instructor, Liberty Adult Education, Brentwood, October to December 2008.

•“A History of the Byron Hot Springs” Instructor, Liberty Adult Education, Brentwood, March to April 2009.

•“Mission St. Paul.” Hellenic Almanac for 2009, Hellenic Heritage Institute & Museum, San Jose.

•“Mission St. Paul.” Praxis Magazine, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America monthly magazine, New York, April 2008.

•“Secret World War II Interrogation Center, Byron Hot Springs,” January 24, 2010 CC-TV production.

Business Related Books and Articles:

•“Landlord and Tenant Current Topics,” iManageRent.com blog monthly property management feature, March 2014 to September 2014.

•Essentials of Real Estate Economics, Dennis J. McKenzie, Richard M. Betts, Carol A. Jensen, Mason OH: Cengage Learning 2011

•Financial Sense to White Picket Fence: Budgeting, Borrowing, Buying and Beyond by Chris Sorensen, Carol Jensen, editor and ghost writer, California Community Colleges 2011

•Real Estate Instructor and Student Study Guides including: Principles, Practice, Law, Mortgage Brokering, Appraisal, Economics, Property Management, Carol A. Jensen, editor, San Francisco: California Community College Real Estate Education Center 2010 to present.

•Real Estate Economics Student Study Guide, Carol A. Jensen, San Francisco: California Community College Real Estate Education Center, 2006