Name/Title
DORIC Development Inc. Scrapbook, 1964-1972Entry/Object ID
2024.2.6Description
Acc. No. 24.2.6
Subject Category: Businesses of Alameda, DORIC Development Inc.
Date or Period: 1964-1972
Object: scrapbook
Description: A loose-leaf scrapbook, with bright red plasticized binding cover with gold line and elaborate gold-accented back. Most articles appear to have been clipped from the Alameda Times-Star. Tucked inside the back cover are a few loose letter-sized memorandums.
Size: L 14 1/4” x W 11 1/2” x H 2”
History of Object: Scrapbook of DORIC Development Inc. with news articles about development projects the company was involved in, such as housing on Bay Farm Island and South Shore Alameda.
One of the memorandums discusses and dismisses the establishment of a Ferry from Bay Farm Island. Another discusses ‘Measure A’ passing from the point of the opposite (losing) side. A third lists rezoning meetings with Don Johnson, City Planner, and Ron Cowan, founder and CEO of DORIC.
Acquired from: Beth Sibley, for the Alameda Free Library, from Eric Kos, for the Alameda Sun, from family of A.J. Arnerich.
Donation date: December 31, 2023; Catalog Date: January 23, 2024.
