Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 5Entry/Object ID
1997.490.4Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.4
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH PAPER LABEL STATING, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, JANUARY 1933 TO MARCH 1933, VOLUME 5." SCRAPBOOK CONTAINS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS RELATING TO THE 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. HE WAS A VOLUNTEER WORKER @ ALAMEDA CITY HALL. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN ASSISTING PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. . MR MAYNARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS 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