Calle de Alvarado Scrapbook, 1937-1938

Summary

Creators:

Abstract:

Extent:

1 item; 51 x 34 cm.

Language:

Preferred citation:

Calle de Alvarado Scrapbook. Monterey Public Library

Background

Scope and content:

Organized into series of weekly newspaper articles; Arranged chronologically.

Biographical / historical:

Antoinette Guernsey Gay (ca. 1894-1981) grew up in Pacific Grove. She became a social worker for the Child Welfare Society in New York City; then returned to Pacific Grove after World War I. She taught kindergarten, and in 1925 became a reporter for the [Monterey] Peninsula Daily Herald. In 1933, she and her husband Milus Gay, also a Herald reporter, started the weekly newspaper; The Monterey Trader, for which she later wrote the "Calle de Alvarado" and a history of the Presidio of Monterey for the city of Monterey.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Antoinette Guernsey Gay
Newspaper Columns
Clippings
Scrapbook
Articles
Scrapbooks

Names:

Monterey Trader
Gay, Antoinette G.

Places:

Monterey, California
Carmel, California

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only; contact Local History Librarian or designated staff.

Terms of access:

Reproduction by Local History Librarian or other designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of the materials.

Preferred citation:

Calle de Alvarado Scrapbook. Monterey Public Library

Location of this collection:

Monterey Public Library

625 Pacific Street

Monterey, CA 93940, US

Contact:

(831) 646-3741

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