The Fairview Register is the monthly publication of the Costa Mesa Historical Society. Each newsletter contains news about the society, information about upcoming events, and articles about Costa Mesa history. It’s one of the best ways to stay up-to-date on Costa Mesa history.
Below you’ll find archives of the newsletter since 2012. If you’d like to receive a newsletter in your mailbox each month, consider joining the society.
Our March/April 2022 newsletter is now online! This edition includes a message from President Barbara Steck introducing our new Board of Directors. Also included, “Fairview Declines,” a continuation of “A Town Called Fairview” from our last newsletter, and remembering Dave Gardner, Gladys Refakes, and Ursula Hartunian.
Our November/December 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include “Mr. Siegel Remembers”, “Memoirs of a War Bride”, “Christmas Cards of Yesteryear,” and more.
Our October 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include “Society Elections”, “1966 Highlights”, “Got Ghosts?”, and more.
Our September 2021 newsletter is now online! Topics include “Peggy Gardner,” “Down Memory Lane”, and “The Gibson’s and Their Jersey Dairy”.
Our April 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include “Preserving History in a Pandemic”, “ Our Historic Moment”, “Full House for House Talk”, “Now That We Have Time”, and more!
Our March 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include “A Very Special Event at OCC’s Planetarium”, “Mildred Matthews: An Oral History”, “Changing Harbor Boulevard”, “Visiting Dick Church’s” and more!
Our February 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include “Chris Lukather on Cinderella Homes”, “Phil Brigandi’s Memorial”, “Putting History on the Map”, new board installations and more!
Our January 2020 newsletter is now online. Topics include “Letty Rodella on Spanish Patriots in the Revolution”, “Remembering Phil Brigandi”, A4-M Dedication, adobe news and more!
Our December 2019 newsletter is now online. Topics include “The Year in Review”, “Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution”, “Making Spirits Bright: Alvin ‘Pink’ Pinkley’s 1978 Oral History”, news & more!
In the November 2019 Fairview Register, we look at Thanksgivings before the Pilgrims, Costa Mesa’s Civil War veterans, Captain Gary Barnhill on the Vietnam War’s “Rolling Thunder”, and more!