Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1935, Volume No. 23Entry/Object ID
1997.490.28Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.28
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1935
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON COVER, STATING, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL AND NATIONAL, MARCH 1935 TO APRIL 1935, VOLUME NO. 23."
SIZE: L 15" X W 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAPBOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, CITY OF ALAMEDA. MR MAYNARD SERVED IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY IN RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN CITY HALL. MR MAYNARD RESIDED IN ALAMEDA ON ENCINAL AVENUE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ELKS' LODGE. THIS COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997