Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 12Entry/Object ID
1997.490.2Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "SCRAP BOOK." TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL STATES, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, OCTOBER 1933 - DECEMBER 1933, VOLUME NO. 12." NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS COMPRISE ITS CONTENTS.
SIZE: L 15-1/2" x W 10-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CITY OF ALAMEDA, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, ROOM 10, ALAMEDA CITY HALL. SCRAPBOOK DEALS WITH THE DEPRESSION. MR HORTON DUNBAR MAYNARD WAS A VOLUNTEER WORKER AT ALAMEDA CITY HALL. HE ASSISTED PEOPLE IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL; ALSO MEMBER OF ALAMEDA ELKS. THIS COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
