Name/Title
Rough Draft of Writers WPA project 'The Island City', 1941Entry/Object ID
1997.362.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.362.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HISTORY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1941
OBJECT: DRAFT
DESCRIPTION:
TYPEWRITTEN INFORMATION IN LOOSE-LEAF BOOKLET, WITH FRONT AND COVER IN BLACK-COLORED BINDING. COVER HAS NO LABEL.
SIZE: L 11-1/2" X W 9"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ROUGH DRAFT, WITH CORRECTIONS TO A PROPOSED BOOK ENTITLED, "THE ISLAND CITY." PRODUCED BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITERS' PROJECT OF THE WPA. THE WRITERS WERE COMPILING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO PUBLISHING A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF ALAMEDA, WHICH WAS NEVER COMPLETED. THE BOOK WAS IN THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTION PRIOR TO 1971, BUT NEVER CATALOGED UNTIL 1997. DRAFT IS EDITED WITH RED MARKER.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: JULY 19, 1997
