Shirley Nootbaar was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she was exposed to both art and nature at a young age. She attended Occidental College and met her husband Robert in 1958. They got married in 1960 and moved to Lafayette, California. She took her children on trips to Mount Diablo when they were growing up and would paint the landscape. She became involved with the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association in the 1970s later joined Save Mount Diablo in the 1980s. In this interview, Nootbaar discusses her early life, education, exposure to art, learning to paint with watercolor, meeting her husband and raising their children in the Bay Area, getting involved with Save Mount Diablo, painting the mountain range, interest in peregrine falcons, desire to preserve open space, working with Seth Adams of Save Mount Diablo, earning her fine arts degree, teaching art, and her hopes for the future of the organization.
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Shirley Nootbaar: Artist, Donor, and Longtime Member of Save Mount Diablo
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Shirley Nootbaar, "Shirley Nootbaar: Artist, Donor, and Longtime Member of Save Mount Diablo" conducted by Shanna Farrell in 2021, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2022. Interview date(s) 2021
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