Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1932, Volume 3Entry/Object ID
1997.490.15Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.15
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1932
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON COVER, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, SEPTEMBER 1932 - NOVEMBER 1932, VOLUME NO. 3." SCRAP BOOK CONTAINS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PERTAINING TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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 PEOPLE TO LOCATE EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN CITY HALL. HE RESIDED ON ENCINAL AVENUE IN ALAMEDA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL; HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ELKS' LODGE. MR MAYNARD COLLECTED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FOR HIS SCRAPBOOKS. 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