Lester J. Bodin papers, 1904-1926

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Summary

Creators:
Bodin, Lester J.
Abstract:
The Lester J. Bodin Papers include photographs, union membership cards, certificates, and yearbooks. Certificates consist of a certificate of promotion from Clawson School and a vaccination certificate from the Oakland Health Department.
Extent:
.25 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Lester J. Bodin papers, MS 171, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Lester J. Bodin Papers include photographs, union membership cards, certificates, and yearbooks. Certificates consist of a certificate of promotion from Clawson School and a vaccination certificate from the Oakland Health Department. The papers are arranged into four series: photographs, union membership cards, certificates, and yearbooks. Included in certificates and yearbooks are items pertaining to Bodin’s sisters, Audrey and Florence. The collection documents schools in Oakland during the 1920s.

Biographical / historical:

Lester J. Bodin was born in Alameda, California, on June 18, 1910, the eldest son of William and Ida Bodin. Bodin is listed in the 1940 census as a stock clerk for a canning company. Bodin would become president of the Cannery Workers’ Union, leadership training chairman for the Live Oak District of the Boy Scouts of America, president of the Kiwanis Club of Jack London Square, and was active in the Eastbay Radio Club. Bodin passed away in Oakland on November 28, 1993.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the African American Museum Library at Oakland in 1990.
Processing information:

Processed by Carl Schmitz, September 23, 2014. Finding aid edited by Sean Heyliger on January 6, 2015 addition of union membership cards(Accession 2016-011).

Arrangement:

Series I. Photographs Series II. Union membership cards Series III. Certificates Series IV. Yearbooks

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish from the Lester J. Bodin Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

Lester J. Bodin papers, MS 171, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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