Name/Title
Letter by Mayor Taylor about Pinnacles National Monument, 1915Entry/Object ID
1998.192.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.192.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915
OBJECT: LETTER
DESCRIPTION:
CARBON COPY OF A LETTER, TYPEWRITTEN WITH PURPLE-COLORED INKED RIBBON.
SIZE: L 11" X W 8-1/2".
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE "HONORABLE FRANKLIN LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, DC," CONCERNING THE PINNACLES, SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE LETTER MENTIONS THAT, ALTHOUGH THE PINNACLES HAVE BEEN SET APART AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN VISITED BY A PROMINENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND, FURTHER, THAT THE PINNACLES SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO A NATIONAL PARK. THE LETTER IS SIGNED, "E K TAYLOR, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA," AND DATED "JUNE 8, 1915." ... MR TAYLOR ONCE SERVED AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. LETTER WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1958 AND NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED AT THAT TIME.
DONOR:
DR JOHN H PARKER
CATALOGED: APRIL 11, 1998
