APPENDIX
This chapter contains longer documents written for purposes other than this project but which cover significant events and personalities of the 1960s through the 1980s in Olympia. They are posted with permission and are unedited. The views expressed are soley those of the author.
History of the Olympia Farmers Market
By Steve Wilcox
Steve Wilcox was a historian of the present-day Olympia Farmers Market. His 34-page story details how the founders struggled to establish the Market and how it evolved. Steve passed away in 2017 at age 72.
The Null Set Remembered
By Patricia Holm
A 96-page memoir of a coffee house, 1964-1967
Pat was a part of the core team for Olywa Days of Change. She passed away in 2024 at age 86.
An Interview with Laura May Abraham (Booker)
By Stephen Charak
Laura May Booker owned and operated the Rainbow Restaurant, a principal gathering place for musicians and activists for many years in downtown Olympia. This is a 54-page story written by Stephen Charak, an educator and writer in Olympia. He passed away in 2004 at age 51.
TOM ANDERSON
Oral History Memoir
By Kris Tucker
Tom Anderson, one of the founders of Mansion Glass, a stained glass studio in downtown Olympia for decades, talks about coming to Olympia in the early 1970s and his involvement in the arts scene. This 13-page interview was done by Kris Tucker, former executive director of the Washington State Arts Commission.
Interview with Michael Moore
About the Olympia Jazz Scene
and the Band Obrador
By Tom Dyer
Michael Moore was in the center of the flourishing music scene in the 1960s and beyond. He was a founding member of the jazz/Latin/funk band called Obrador. Michael passed away shortly after this interview in 2023. He was 76. Tom Dyer is an Olympia music historian and producer. This 9-page document is a transcript from Tom’s KAOS radio program called Freeform NW.
