Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 7Entry/Object ID
1997.490.5Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL STATING, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, APRIL 1933 TO MAY 1933, VOLUME 7."
SIZE: L 15-1/2" x W 10-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, CITY OF ALAMEDA. MR MAYNARD SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE @ CITY HALL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS' LODGE. THIS COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997