2024.012

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8457
Donor
Jessica Martin
Received From
David Meehan
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Gift
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Grabski, Susan
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Diploma and class pin pertaining to Barbara Ann Silva, Henry K. Oliver School Class of 1958

2024.011

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8456
Donor
Rolanda Sylvain
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Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Photos from the collection of Vincent J. Borrelli during his time in the Korean War (1951).  Vincent was born in Lawrence in 1933 and died in Lawrence in 1977.
In Memory of
Vincent J. Borrelli

2024.010

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8455
Donor
Elin Neiterman
Received From
via USPS
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Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Photograph of an unidentified wedding couple taken at Leornard Photo Studio in Lawrence, MA.  The photo belonged to donor’s grandmother, Eva Oikari Williams.  She lived in Maynard, Mass and lastly in Amesbury, Mass. Donor's family was Finnish. They ran a Finnish Sauna in Amesbury from around 1926 until the 1960’s.
In Memory of
donor's grandmother, Eva Oikari Williams

2024.009

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8454
Donor
Karen Mello
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picked up at donor's home by Amita Kiley
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Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Framed Ralph Fasanella Strike of 1912 poster, signed by Ralph Fasanella

 

2024.025

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
Donor
Arthur Sevigny
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via USPS
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Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Two monthly newsletters from the Merrimack Valley Amateur Radio Club, made up of members from Lawrence and the surrounding communities. Dated March 22, 1939 and November 1947. Donor’s grandfather was a Ham Radio Operator.
  • Program for the Girl Scout Council of Greater Lawrence Inc. of their Girl Scout Day Camp at Pomp’s Pond Andover Mass, which donor’s mother attended likely around 1950.
  • A program for a Pianoforte Recital by pupils of Miss Sophia H. Yunggebauer (a Lawrence family) at the Andover Junior High School June 21, 1951.

 

In Memory of
James and Stella Rhodes

2024.026

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
Donor
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Donor Organization
Lawrence Heritage State Park (LHSP)
Received From
picked up from Mary Pyburn by Amita Kiley at LHSP
Received As
Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Hat and custom case which belonged to Mayor Michael A. Scanlon, the 36th Mayor of Lawrence (1912-1914)

  • Large, framed color print of the Arlington Mill complex

2024.027

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8452
Donor
David Bisson
Received From
via UPS to Amita Kiley's home
Received As
Gift
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Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Reproduction of a photo of the Lawrence High School class of 1933, featuring the donor’s mother Esther “Betty” Fearer
In Memory of
(Betty) Esther Fearer Bisson

2024.028

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
5821
Donor
Dan Gagnon
Received As
Gift
Received By
Grabski, Susan
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Assorted photos, letter, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to the Kirmil Family and Salach Family, both of Lawrence, MA

2024.029

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
8453
Donor
Kirstin Clarke
Received From
via USPS
Received As
Gift
Received By
Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Paperwork, “Specifications and other documents for the labor and materials required of the contractor for the erection and completion of the new administration and nurses home building and the remodeling of the service building and the dormitory at the municipal home for the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts, Federal Emergency Administration of Pubic Works” undated, but under the term of Mayor Walter A. Griffin (1934–1942) and Alderman David J. Burke.

  • Scrapbook pertaining to Alderman (For Public Health and Charities Dept.) David J. Burke and information about his wife Elizabeth (Boyd) Burke, for whom the Bessie Burke Hospital was named.
In Memory of
David and Bessie Burke

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