Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Edward O. Strong Collection
- Creators:
- Strong, Edward O.
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edward O. Strong Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Photos and negatives of State Printing Plant, correspondence, requisitions, sick leave forms, invasion currency printed by State Printing Plant, books.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born March 7, 1898 in Sacramento, California. About 1906, economics forced him to drop out of grammar school and he became a bicycle messenger boy at the State Printing Plant. He then became an apprentice in the composing room, beginning a 6-year apprenticeship. World War I intervened and he enlisted. On his return, his job was waiting. He completed his apprenticeship for journeyman printer and took the printer test and passed. He became a printer in the composing room. A high school diploma was mandatory in order to qualify for a promotion to foreman of the composing room. Strong began attending night school and attained his high school diploma. He took the composing room foreman test, passed and got that job. Strong was a qualified linotype machinist and repairman and continued in this capacity until his retirement in 1958 after fifty years of state service.
His mother worked as a corset fitter at Hale's, an early-day Sacramento department store. Strong was married twice, lost both wives and now (Fall 1989) lives with his younger sister at Pioneer Towers, Sacramento. A special project during World War II was the printing of "invasion currency" at the State Printing Plant.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State 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 reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Edward O. Strong Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176