Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1935, Volume No. 24Entry/Object ID
1997.490.34Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.34
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1935
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND SCRAPBOOK, WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON COVER, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT --- MISCELLANEOUS, LOCAL, AND NATIONAL, APRIL 1935 TO MAY 1935, VOLUME NO. 24.""
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 AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED IN CITY HALL FOR HIS USE. HE 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 GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997