Name/Title
College song text book 'Carmina Collegensia' of Frank Otis, 1868Entry/Object ID
1997.661.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.661.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1868
OBJECT: BOOK, MUSIC
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF DARK BROWN-COLORED BUCKRAM. DECORATIVE DESIGN AND TITLE, "CARMINA COLLEGENSIA," IN GOLD COLORED TYPE. BOOK WAS COMPILED AND EDITED BY H R WAITE, AND PUBLISHED BY OLIVER DITSON, NEW YORK AND BOSTON.
SIZE: L 10" X W 7".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COLLEGE TEXTBOOK THAT BELONGED TO FRANK OTIS WHEN A STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MR OTIS LATER BECAME MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. OTIS DRIVE WAS NAMED FOR HIM. THIS VOLUME WAS NUMBERED "1005," AND RECEIVED BY THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971 AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 22, 1997
