Ohlone Indians
See Ethnic Groups—Indians

Oil Well Drilling
See Petroleum

Oktoberfest
See Festivals

Old Town
See Land Use—Downtown/Oldtown Revitalization
See Organizations—O—Oldtown Salinas Association

Okies
See Ethnic Groups—Okies

ORGANIZATIONS (This general heading contains articles that include more than one organization.)

If there is only one article about the organization, the article is placed in a folder with the first letter of the title of the organization, i.e., Organizations—A. Articles are in date order. Organizations that have more than one article follow in separate file folders under the letter and the name, i.e., Organizations—A—AFS. These articles are also arranged in date order.

ORGANIZATIONS—A (Adoptive Parents of Monterey County; Ag Against Hunger; Agricultural Conservation Association of Monterey County; Agricultural Extension, University of California; AHEPA (American Hellenic Education Progressive Association); AIDS Project of Monterey County; Alano Club; Alisal Center for the Fine Arts; Alumni Association (Salinas High School); American Cancer Society; American Medical Association Auxiliary; Americans for Democratic Action)
For Women’s Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans, See Organizations—S—Sons of Union Veterans

ORGANIZATIONS—A—

• ACTIVE SENIORS, INC.
• ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS
• AFDES
• AFS (American Field Services International Exchange Program)
• AG AGAINST HUNGER
• AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
• AGRICULTURAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
• ALISAL CENTER FOR THE FINE ARTS
• ALISAL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
• ALLIANCE ON AGING
• AMBAG (Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments)
• AMERICAN LEGION (Salinas Post No. 31, Sons of the American Legion; Gonzales American Legion Post No. 81; M. Joy Mansfield Post 747)
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
• AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
• Another Mother for Peace See Organizations—M—Monterey Peninsula Mothers for Peace
• Associated California Employees See Organizations—M—Monterey County Employees Association
• Auxiliary, Women, See Organizations—S—Sons of Union Veterans

ORGANIZATIONS—B
(Baynet; Better Business Bureau; Big Five Club; Big Buddies; Bonsai Club; Braille Transcribers of Monterey County; Board of Realtors, Salinas)

• BARRIOS UNIDOS
• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, See Organizations—E—Elks
• BIG SUR LAND TRUST
• BOY SCOUTS
• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
• Brown Bag or BrownBag Program, See Aged
• BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB OF SALINAS

ORGANIZATIONS—C
(Caballeros de Dimas Alang, Inc. (Filipino); California Community Alert Patrol (C-CAP); California Horse Adoption Protection Society (CHAPS); California Nurses Association; California Teachers Association (CTA); California Women for Agriculture, Salinas Valley Chapter; Carmel Valley Community Chapel Guild; Castroville Golden Senior Quilters; Catholic Youth Organization (CYO); The Center; Central Coast Counties Development Corporation; Center for Medieval Studies; Center for Self-Reliant Education; Childbirth Education League of Salinas; Civil Air Patrol, Salinas; Community Girls Activities; Community Radio Watch; COPA (Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors); Credit Bureau of Salinas; Crime Stoppers)

• CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
• Camerata Singers See Music and Musicians
• CAMPFIRE GIRLS
• CANDYSTRIPPERS
• CANNERY ROW FOUNDATION
• CARRIAG COMPANY
• CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING (CET)
• CENTRAL COAST REGIONAL COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Related Headings: Coast; Organizations-C-Central Coast Regional Coastal Zone Commission; Parks and Recreation under the name of the beach; and Pollution—Water
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALISAL
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HISPANIC
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MEXICAN AMERICAN
• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SALINAS
• Chamber of Commerce, Salinas Valley See Organizations—C—Chamber of Commerce, Salinas
• CHESS CLUB, SALINAS
• CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL
• CHILDREN’S HOME SOCIETY
• CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE, SALINAS LODGE CHAPTER 11
• CHISPA
• Citizens to Save Marks Ranch (CSMR) See Parks and Recreation—Toro Regional Park
• Community Chest See Organizations—U—United Way
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTEREY COUNTY
• COMMUNITY HOMELESS SOLUTIONS
• COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER
• COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT (CETA)
• CONCERT ASSOCIATION, SALINAS
• Coyote Club See Biography—C—Casey, William S.
• COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
• CRISIS CENTER OF SOUTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY
• CULTURAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
• CURSILLO

ORGANIZATIONS—D
(Daughters of the British Empire, Kew Gardens Chapter; Deanery, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, Monterey; Decriminalization Foundation; Destination—Salinas)

• DANIA (Danish)
• DANISH LADIES AID SOCIETY
• DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
• DEMOLAY
• DOOR TO HOPE
• Downtown Merchants AssociationSee: Organizations—O—Oldtown Salinas Association

ORGANIZATIONS—E
(Eastern Star, Laposa Chapter; Elkhorn Yacht Club; Emergency Shelter Task Force; Employ the Handicapped, Salinas Chapter; Entres Nous Society)

• E. CLAMPUS VITUS
• EASTER SEALS
• ELKS
• ENGLISH ON WHEELS
• Entre Nous
• Experience, Inc. See Aged

ORGANIZATIONS—F
(Fat Man Association of Salinas City; Federation of Women’s Clubs, Monterey County; Filipino American Civic League; Filipino Community of Salinas Valley, Inc.; Food Bank for Monterey County; Friendly Visitors; Friends of Photography; Friendship Club; Future Farmers of America)

• FARM BUREAU
• Federation See Monterey County—Youth Program
• FILM COMMISSION, MONTEREY COUNTY
• FINE ARTS CLUB, SALINAS
• FIRST-SECOND FILIPINO COMBAT INFANTRY REGIMENTS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
• FOOD BANK
• FOOD CROPS
• FOSTER GRANDPARENTS
• FOUR-H
• Freija Lodge See Organizations—D—Dania
• FRIENDS OF MUSIC
• FRIENDS OUTSIDE

ORGANIZATIONS—G
(GEM-Bach Mai (aid to Viet Nam); Genealogical Society, Monterey County; Gonzales Youth Center; Guide Dogs for the Blind, Salinas Valley Committee; Guys and Dolls Inc.)

• GAR
• GATEWAY CENTER FOR THE RETARDED
• GIRL SCOUTS
• GIRLS INC.
• GOODWILL See also Business Enterprises—Retail Stores
• GRANGES
• GREENPEACE
• GROWER-SHIPPER-VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION
• GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF MONTEREY COUNTY (Includes Independent Growers Association of Salinas Valley)
• GUN CLUBS (Espinosa Sporting Club; Flood Gun Club; Gabilan Gun Club) See also Organizations—S—Swiss Rifle Club

ORGANIZATIONS—H
(Habitat for Humanity; Historical Societies Brochure (contains paragraphs for the Historical Societies of, Big Sur, Monterey County, and San Antonio Valley, as well as the Monterey County Historical Advisory Commission, the Monterey History and Art Association, and the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove); San Antonio Valley Historical Society; Soledad Historical Society)

• Hartnell Newman Foundation See Buildings—Salinas—Steinbeck House
• Healthy Start See Organizations—A—Alisal Family Resource Center
• Hearts of Faith
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce See Organizations—C—Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic
• HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
• HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MONTEREY COUNTY See also the newsletter News from the Monterey County Historical Society, LHR 979.476—MON, in the Local History Collection
• HISTORY AND ART ASSOCIAITON OF MONTEREY
• HISTORIC RESOURCE BOARD
• Hot Jazz Society of the Monterey Bay See Music and Musicians—Monterey Bay Hot Jazz Society

ORGANIZATIONS—I
(Independent Booksellers Association; Indoor Sports Club; Insight Unlimited, Inc.; International Ghost Registry)

• Independent Growers Association of Salinas Valley See Organizations—G—Growers Association of Monterey County
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows See Organizations—O—Odd Fellows
• INTERIM INC., See also Planned Communities (Sunflower Gardens)

ORGANIZATIONS—J
(Japanese American Citizenship League; Job Corps; Joe Gheen Foundation; John XXIII AIDS Ministry; Junior Achievement; Junior Women’s Club of Salinas)

• JAYCEES (Includes Jaycee Women)
• JOHN STEINBECK FOUNDATION
• John Steinbeck Memorial Fund See Buildings—Salinas—Steinbeck House
• JUNIOR LEAGUE
• JUNIOR RODEO

ORGANIZATIONS—K

• Kids House See Organizations—W
• Kinship Center
• KIWANIS

ORGANIZATIONS—L
(La Leche League; Land Watch; Legionarios del Trabajo in America, Salinas Valley Chapter; Lydian Inter-Church Missionary Society)

• Language Bank, See Organizations—V
• Leadership Salinas; See Organizations—C—Chamber of Commerce, Salinas
• LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
• LEGAL AID SOCIETY
• See also Monterey County—Antipoverty Agency
• LEGAL SECRETARIES OF MONTEREY COUNTY
• LIONS
• Lucius Fairchild Post; See Organizations—G—GAR
• LUPE
• LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens)
• LUNG ASSOCIATION, MISSION COAST (Formerly known as the Tuberculosis Association)
• LYCEUM PROGRAM

ORGANIZATIONS—M

(M2; Medical Society Woman’s Auxiliary; Mental Health Association; Monterey Bay Region Futures Network; Monterey County Medical Society; Monterey County Youth Coordinating Council; and Monterey Peninsula Mothers for Peace)

• MARCH OF DIMES
• MASONS
• MEALS ON WHEELS See also Business Enterprises—Restaurants for mention of the One Main Street Café as the caterer
• MECHA See also Schools—Hartnell College folders beginning in the early 1970’s
• MENSA
• Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce See Organizations—C—Chamber, Mexican-American
• MEXICAN-AMERICAN UNITY COUNCIL (MAUC), Tri-County
• MEXICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH ORGANIZATION (MAYO)
• MID-COAST HEALTH SYSTEMS (Formerly Mid-Coast Comprehensive Health Planning Association)
• MINORITY BUSINESS CENTER
• MIRA See Astronomy
• Mission Coast Lung Association See Organizations—L—Lung Association, Mission Coast
• Monterey County Archaeological Society See Archaeology
• Monterey County Commission on the Status of Women See Organizations—S—Status of Women, Monterey County Commission
• MONTEREY COUNTY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
• Monterey County Historical Society See Organizations–H—Historical Society, Monterey County
• MONTEREY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INC. (MCID)
• MONTEREY COUNTY PEACE CENTER
• Monterey County Sheriff’s Posse See Organizations—S—Sheriff’s Posse
• Monterey County Youth Corps See Monterey County—Youth Corps
• Monterey County Youth Program See Monterey County—Youth Program
• MONTEREY COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR CONSERVATION, INC.
• Monterey History and Art Association See Organizations—H—History and Art Association of Monterey
• MONTEREY COUNTY STAMP CLUB
• MONTEREY PENINSULA COUNTRY CLUB
• MOOSE
• MOTHER’S MILK BANK
• MUD SQUAD
• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

ORGANIZATIONS—N
(NASCOPE; Natividad Medical Center Volunteer Auxiliary; Naval Postgraduate School Amateur Radio Club; North Monterey County Civic League)

• NAACP
• NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
• NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
• Neighborhood Youth Corps See Monterey County—Youth Corps
• New Arrivals See Monterey County—Youth Program
• New Hope for the Retarded See Organizations—G for the Gateway Center
• Newman Foundation See Buildings—Salinas—Steinbeck House
• NOW (National Organization for Women)

ORGANIZATIONS—O
(Ombudsmen; One-Stop Career Center; Organization for Kenya Educational Program (OKEP))

• OLDTOWN SALINAS ASSOCIATION
• OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER
• OPPORTUNITY WORKSHOP OF SALINAS VALLEY
• OPTIMISTS

ORGANIZATIONS—P
(Packard Foundation; P.E.O. Sisterhood; Peace Resource Center; People Without Partners; Project Worth)

• PLANNED PARENTHOOD
• PROJECT AWARE
• PTA

ORGANIZATIONS—R
(Rape Crisis Center, Monterey County; Reading is Fundamental (RIF); Reality House; Recovery Inc.; Republican Central Committee of Monterey County; Retired Seniors Volunteer Program RSVP;)

• RAINBOW GIRLS
• REACT (Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team, also known as the Salad Bowl React)
• RED CROSS
• Rising Eagle Services See Organizations—P—Proyecto Unidad
• RODEO ASSOCIATION
• ROTARIANS
• Rural Health Project See Medicine and Health

ORGANIZATIONS—S
(Salinas Aquatics, Inc,See also Parks and Recreation—Sherwood Park; Salinas Council of Garden Clubs; Salinas Historic Resource Board; Salinas Valley Kennel Club; Second Chance Youth Program; Senior Union For Social Justice; Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE); Society for Creative Anachronisms); Sons In Retirement; Sons of Italy Lodge 2082, Salinas; Salinas Skywatch; Salinas Valley Chapter; Salinas Valley Women’s Network; Speakers Bureau; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Union Veterans; Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP); SUBA)

• SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
• Salad Bowl React See Organizations—R—REACT
• Salinas Action League
• Salinas Circle for Children See Days—Fairs and Festivals—Holiday Fair
• Salinas Chamber of Commerce See Organizations—C—Chamber of Commerce, Salinas
• Salinas Civic Club See Organizations—W—Women’s Club
• Salinas Comite See Monterey County—Youth Program
• SALINAS COMMUNITY CANTEEN
• SALINAS HISTORIC RESOURCE BOARD
• SALINAS RAMBLERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• SALINAS ROAD KNIGHTS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
• Salinas Rodeo Riders See Organizations—S—Sheriff’s Posse
• Salinas Performing Arts See Theater—Salinas Performing Arts
• SALINAS SPEEDWAY
• Salinas Show Pop Jazz, Inc. See Music and Musicians
• Salinas Valley Opportunity Workshop See Organizations—O—Opportunity Workshop
• Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce See Organizations—C—Chamber of Commerce, Salinas
• Salinas Valley Street Rodders
• Salinas Women’s Club See Organizations—W--Women’s Club, Salinas
• Salinas Youth Commission See Youth
• SALVATION ARMY For mention of the Salvation Army Stores See Business Enterprises—Retail Stores
• SECOND CHANCE YOUTH PROGRAM See also Biography-C-Contreras
• SEIU
• Senior Craft Store See Aged
• Senior Nutrition Center See Aged
• SERVICE LEAGUE OF THE SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• SHERIFF’S POSSE
• SIERRA CLUB
• SMEA (Salinas Municipal Employees Association)
• SOLTAC (Soledad Trade Advisory Council)
• SONS OF UNION VETERANS (Includes Women’s Auxiliary)
• SOROPTIMISTS
• SPCA Related Headings: Animal Control and Animals
• STATUS OF WOMEN, MONTEREY COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE
• Steinbeck Center Foundation See Museums—National Steinbeck Center
• Steinbeck Singers Unlimited See Music and Musicians
• STROKE CLUB OF SALINAS
• SUICIDE PREVENTIONS OF MONTEREY COUNTY
• SUN STREET CENTER See also Monterey County—Alcoholism Programs
• SUNRISE HOUSE See also Medicine and Health
• SWINGING DOOR
• SWISS RIFLE CLUB See also Ethnic Groups—Swiss; Related Heading: Organizations—G—Gun Clubs

ORGANIZATIONS—T
(Club Tapatio; Truth About Civil Turmoil [TACT]; Thunder Riders)

• TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF MONTEREY COUNTY (MCTA)
• TEACHER’S CORPS
• TEAMSTERS See also Agricultural Labor Disputes Binder LHR331.892AGR shelved in the Local History Collection, and the listings under Labor in this index
• TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION See also Biography—R—Jeffers, Robinson; Buildings—Carmel—Tor House; and Days—Fairs and Festivals—Robinson Jeffers Festival
• TRIM (Trim Taxes in Monterey County) See Taxation folders
• TRUCHA
• Tuberculosis Association See: Organizations—L—Lung Association, Mission Coast

ORGANIZATIONS—U
(United Latin American Organization; Up from Grief)

• UNITED FARMWORKERS UNION See also Agricultural Labor Disputes Binder LHR331.892 AGR shelved in the Local History Collection
• UNITED MEXICAN AMERICANS ON ALCOHOLSIM
• UNITED WAY (Formerly Community Chest)
• USO

ORGANIZATIONS—V
(Volunteers in Action Language Bank)

• VALLEY GUILD See also Buildings—Salinas—Steinbeck House
• VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION (VNA)
• VOLUNTEER BUREAU

ORGANIZATIONS—W
(Wanderers)

• WARLORDS
• WWEED & SEED PROGRAM
• WELCOME WAGON
• Women’s Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans See Organizations—S—Sons of Union Veterans
• WOMAN’S CLUB, SALINAS
• WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE UNION (WCTU)
• Women in Action Day Care Center See Day Care—Women in Action Day Care Center
• WOMEN’S CRISIS CENTER
• Women’s Crisis Line See Organizations—W—Women’s Crisis Center

ORGANIZATIONS—Y
(YLI (Salinas Catholic Women’s Club) Youth for Understanding; Youth Participation in Community Action (YPCA))

• YMCA
• YOUNG LIFE
• Youth Corps See Monterey County—Youth Corps
• YOUTH FOR TRUTH
• Youth Commission See Youth
• YOUTH SCIENCE CENTER
• YWCA

ORGANIZATIONS—Z
(Zonta International)

Oriental Fruit Fly
See Wildlife

Ornamental Plant Industry See Agriculture—Ornamental Plant Industry