Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 8Entry/Object ID
1997.490.7Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.7
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH PAPER LABEL STATING, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, MAY 1933 TO JULY 1933, VOLUME 8." NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PERTAINING TO THE DEPRESSION ARE CONTAINED THEREIN.
SIZE: L 15-1/2" X W 10-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, CITY OF ALAMEDA. MR MAYNARD SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN CITY HALL. MR MAYNARD RESIDED ON ENCINAL AVENUE IN ALAMEDA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL; AND HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ELKS' LODGE. THIS COLLECTION WAS PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
