Name/Title
Telegram sent by Mayor Murray to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934Entry/Object ID
1998.103.2Description
ACC. NO. 98.103.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1934
OBJECT: PHOTOCOPY
DESCRIPTION:
CRUDE COPY OF A TELEGRAM MESSAGE.
SIZE: L 11" X W 8-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
TELEGRAM TO FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENT, DATED "ALAMEDA, JANUARY 30, 1934," DICTATED BY HONORABLE WILLIAM E. MURRAY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, CA. MESSAGE, "THE PEOPLE OF ALAMEDA EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY." A BALL HONORING PRESIDENT F D ROOSEVELT WAS HELD IN ALAMEDA. PROCEEDS FROM THE BALL WERE DIRECTED TOWARD THE WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA ENDOWMENT FUND. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TELEGRAM IS A NOTE, INDICATING THAT IT WAS DICTATED TO MS STORY OVER THE TELEPHONE; WE PRESUME SHE WAS SECRETARY TO THE MAYOR. THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM'S COLLECTION INCLUDES A GOWN WORN BY MRS WILLIAM F MURRAY ON THE NIGHT OF THE BALL.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MRS WILLIAM F MURRAY
CATALOGED: JANUARY 24, 1998