Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Guide to the Samuel F. Fein Collection
- Dates:
- 1941-1981
- Abstract:
- Several images and ephemera that cover the latter years of Sacramento resident and McClellan Air Force Base and Sacramento Safety Council employee Samuel F. Fein.
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Samuel F. Fein Collection, MC 137, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection is composed of two photograph albums and if primarily made up of 121 photographic prints in both color and black and white covering Fein's career at both McClellan Air Force Base and the Sacramento Safety Council. Other items include a 1981 resignation letter from the Sacramento Safety Council, a farewell card, and three identification cards that mark Fein's time at the Puget Sound Navy Yard and McClellan Air Force Base.
- Biographical / historical:
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Samuel Frederick Fein was born to Frederick and Elenora Fein in East St. Louis, Illinois, on February 13, 1909. By 1920, the family moved to Bremerton, Washington. It is there where he married Alyce E. Counter on March 3, 1932. The couple then gave birth to Carolyn Tralice Fein in 1933. By 1940, Fein was working in the Puget Sound Navy Yard and eventually enlisted in the United States Navy. After World War II, Fein became a safety inspector at the Bremerton Navy Yard. By 1966, the Fein had moved to Sacramento where he became a civilian safety worker at McClellan Air Force Base and then became Program Director for the Sacramento Safety Council. He retired in October 1981. He died on January 29, 1996, in Roseville, California.
McClellan Air Force Base was a direct descendant of the Sacramento Air Depot which opened for operation in 1939 as a hub for both military aircraft procurement and repair. It operated in this capacity until its closure in 2000. The Sacramento Safety Council was formed in 1934 in a direct response to the rise in vehicular injuries in the Sacramento area. It operated into the early 1990s.
- Physical facet:
- Single archival box
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-15 12:24:23 -0500 .
Access and use
- Terms of access:
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All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Sacramento Public Library must be submitted in writing to sacroom@saclibrary.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Sacramento Public Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Samuel F. Fein Collection, MC 137, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California
- Location of this collection:
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828 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814, US
- Contact:
- (916) 264-2976