Tribute to Earl Ramey

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A TRIBUTE TO EARL RAMEY

This tribute is to a special man who left a legacy which affects our ability to perform research in Yuba County. Anyone who has used the California Room at the Yuba County Library and utilized the index cards that he and his team created, has been touched by his work - his vision - and by the gift he left researchers long after his passing. This section will be an ongoing project, as we continue to pay our respects to the man who made a lasting impact on our work in Yuba. Because of his vision, focus, determination, and commitment to preserve history - Mr. Ramey gave us a model to follow in pursuing our goals. A true historian, he believed in freely sharing what he learned. His passion to teach and preserve history - without thought of personal gain or need for public acknowledgment - elevates him high above the rest.

Mr. Ramey's article on the Library

Extracted from the Sutter County Historical Society News Bulletin, Vol. XVI, No. 2, April 1977 pp 27-28 by William Dawson - ABOUT OUR AUTHOR
     Earl Ramey of Marysville, author of the bulletin article on the early years of the Packard Library, is exceptionally qualified for this task. He was asked to write it because of his extensive research of historical records in the library and elsewhere in this part of California.
     His interest in area history began many years ago and not only has earned him renown as a scholar, but official designation by the Yuba County Board of Supervisors as "Yuba County Historian."
     Born in Missouri, he came to California as a youth. He enlisted in the Marines in World War I. Sent overseas, he was wounded and as a result lost his left leg. As a disabled veteran, obtaining federal financial aid, he entered Stanford University. In 1925, after he received there his Bachelor of Arts Degree, he came to Marysville and joined the faculty of Marysville High School to teach social studies, with emphasis on history, and mathematics. He also was a lecturer in the first years of the Yuba Community College. In 1929-30 while on leave from the high school position, he returned to Stanford and obtained his Master of Arts Degree in history.
     His marriage to Florence Bridge, a Marysville grade-school teacher, took place in 1928. Mr. and Mrs. Ramey made an extensive tour of Europe, and in following years have traveled to other lands, including South America and Hawaii. They make their home near East Ellis Lake, in a Mexican-type adobe house which Mr. Ramey himself built with the aid of special artisans.
     After his retirement from teaching and for about 19 years, Mr. Ramey has worked in a secluded part of the library on Fourth Street on an almost daily schedule as a volunteer researcher. He frequently is sought out for information on some phase of the area's history, and his interest in studying the minutes of Marysville City Council sessions provide a unique cross-filing of community dates and events. The coordinated data, in the process of being listed will be and has been invaluable to students of history.
     Long a member of Sutter County Historical Society, which he served for a time as treasurer, Mr. Ramey has contributed to the Bulletin numerous valuable articles concerning Sutter and Yuba counties. The Society and others are grateful for his freely-given aid, especially his fellow-members of the Bulletin editorial staff.

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