Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 10.Entry/Object ID
1997.490.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
WOVEN-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING THE BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "SCRAP BOOK," IN VARIOUS COLORS ON A BLACK- AND WHITE POLKA DOT BACKGROUND. TYPEWRITTEN LABEL, PASTED ON CAPTION, STATES "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, JULY 1933 TO SEPTEMBER 1933, VOLUMÉ NO. 10." CONTENTS OF SCRAP BOOK ARE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.
SIZE: L 15-1/2" X W 10-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CITY OF ALAMEDA, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, ROOM 10, CITY HALL, ALAMEDA, CA. SCRAP BOOK KEPT BY HORTON DUNBAR MAYNARD ("STICKY BILL"), 1874 - 1955. SCRAPBOOK DEALS WITH THE DEPRESSION. MR MAYNARD WAS A VOLUNTEER WORKER AT ALAMEDA CITY HALL. HE USED AN EMPTY OFFICE THERE; AND HE ASSISTED PEOPLE IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA. HE LIVED ON ENCINAL AVENUE; WAS MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL; WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ALAMEDA ELKS' ORGANIZATION.
THIS COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
