Name/Title
Alameda Improvement Club newsletters, 1920-1921Entry/Object ID
2012.7.10Scope and Content
Accession No. 12.7.10
Subject Category: City of Alameda
Date or Period: 1920-21
Object: Folder, Newspapers
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with single sheet folded newspapers, titled “Alameda Bulletin". A: June 1920 (Vol 1, 12); B: July-August 1920 (Vol II, No. 1); C & D: December 1920 (Vol II, No. 4); E: January 1921 (Vol II, No. 5); F: February 1921 (Vol II, No. 6); G: March-April 1921 (Vol II, No. 7); May 1921 (Vol II, No. 9).
History of Object: Newspapers published by the Alameda Improvement Club, discussing City issues, such as salaries, physical and structural problems. E-mentions Navy Base, and F Naval Base Pros. G. reflects opposition to Asian residence, stating “We have no quarrel whatsoever with the colored race, we have a distinct aversion to the Jap, the Hindo and the Chink [...] and we do think they all should be quartered in their own district’.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Cataloged: February 18, 2012