Girls' Club to Girls, Inc.

Former Executive Director Joyce Denyven remembers her 29 years of service with ;Girls' Club of Alameda , and details the evolution of the organization to today's

Girls' Club to Girls, Inc.

Former Executive Director Joyce Denyven remembers her 29 years of service with Girls' Club of Alameda, which she co-founded in 1964, and details the evolution of the organization to today's Girls, Inc. of the Island City.

Alameda Hospital: An Alameda Institution

Dr. Alice Challen, well-known and respected Alameda citizen, tells the story of the founding of Alameda Hospital, and its growth from a 6-room house on the Bay to the community asset we have today.

Pantsuits to Petticoats

Sylvia Snell Hudson reviews the transition from postwar ultra-feminine fashions of the 1950s to pantsuits for working women in the 1970s, recalling some of the more humorous aspects of following fashion in her own life.

And There Was Light

East and West

Alameda Beauty

The first black "Maid of Alameda" pageant runner-up, model and talk show host Judith Givens remembers Alameda's small-town atmosphere fondly, despite encounters with racism.

Woodstock At War

Alameda resident Sharon Tymn remembers the days of painted-on nylons, home-colored margarine, ration stamps, and other facts of daily life in the Woodstock housing development during World War II.

Room for Hope

Lois Pryor, past president of H.O.P.E., remembers the struggle to overcome housing discrimination and find affordable housing for tenants relocating from the demolished Estuary Housing Project.

More Than Words

Former Alameda Free Library staff member Althea Hagemann gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Library, and explains why it was especially busy in the 1930s.