Name/Title
Scrapbook compiled by H. D. Maynard, 1934, Volume No. 14Entry/Object ID
1997.490.38Description
ACC. NO. 97.490.38
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DEPRESSION
DATE OR PERIOD: 1934
OBJECT: SCRAPBOOK
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND SCRAPBOOK WITH TYPEWRITTEN PAPER LABEL ON COVER, "GENERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, LOCAL AND NATIONAL, JANUARY 1934 TO APRIL 1934, VOLUME NO. 14.".
SIZE: L 15" X W 10-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SCRAP BOOK COMPILED BY THE LATE H D MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, CITY OF ALAMEDA. MR MAYNARD SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER IN ASSISTING PEOPLE IN LOCATING EMPLOYMENT DURING THE DEPRESSION. AN OFFICE WAS PROVIDED IN ALAMEDA CITY HALL FOR HIS USE. HE RESIDED IN ALAMEDA ON ENCINAL AVENUE. 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 GIVEN ON MAY 12, 1973 TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUT HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1997