Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1933, Volume 9Entry/Object ID
1997.490.9Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.9
SUBJECT CATEGORY : DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1933
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SCRAPBOOK, WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, MAY 1933 TO JULY 1933, VOLUME 9." SCRAP BOOK CONTAINS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PERTAINING 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. MR MAYNARD SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING PEOPLE TO LOCATE EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED FOR HIS USE IN CITY HALL. 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 PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MAY 12, 1973, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997
