Name/Title
'Alameda Community Book', by Paul J. Vigness, 1952Entry/Object ID
2013.11.3Description
ACC. NO. 13.11.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HISTORY
DATE OR PERIOD: 1952
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION: A HARDBOUND BOOK WITH A COVER OF NAVY BLUE EMBOSSED BUCKRAM. COVER AND SPINE HAVE CAPTIONS IN GOLD STATING, "ALAMEDA COMMUNITY BOOK." THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY A. H. CAWSTON, ALAMEDA, 1952.
SIZE: L 1" X W 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A BOOK WRITTEN BY THE LATE PAUL J. VIGNESS, PhD, INSTRUCTOR OF HISTORY, ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. DR. VIGNESS WAS ONE OF THE PIONEER RESEARCHERS AND PUBLISHERS OF ALAMEDA HISTORY. THE BOOK CONTENTS ARE ILLUSTRATED AND DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS: ONE: A NARRATIVE OF LETTERS CONCERNING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ALAMEDA HISTORY AND TWO: BIOGRAPHIES OF PROMINENT ALAMEDA RESIDENTS WHO THROUGH SUBSCRIPTIONS, PAID FOR THE PUBLICATION OF 1,000 PRINTED COPIES.
DONOR: ESTATE OF THOMAS A. HUGHES
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 2, 2013
