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1. 2003.011.007 - Manuscript

   A term paper written in 1987 examines a case of election fraud that took place in 1932. It was a case of ballot tampering that would have gone unnoticed had it not been for a recount that revealed the fraud. Candidates for the two House seats were incumbent representatives Louis N. Deschenes and Henry A. Estabrook on the Republican ticket and Democratic candidates John J. Gilmartin and Robert E. Greenwood. Grand jury investigation into the sc...

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2. 2003.011.012 - Newspaper

   A collection of brief biographical sketches of the 41 mayors of Fitchburg.

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3. 2014.007.001 - Card, Political

   Political card for the election of Robert Greenwood, the mayor of Fitchburg. He ran for election to the US Senate in 1936 as a member of the Democratic party. In the September primary he came in second to James Michael Curley, who became the official nominee of the Democratic party. Curley later lost to the Republican nominee Henry Cabot Lodge Jr who became the US senator for Massachusetts from 1936-1944. The card is 3.25" by 5.5" and printed ...

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4. 2017.001.008 - Pamphlet

   A pamphlet about the new Fitchburg High School from 1937. It describes some of the characteristics of the school and notes upon entering the center stairway you can think of the building as being divided into two parts, left and right sides, and lists the rooms and offices on each of the four floors. It also has floor plan drawings of each of the floors. The Auditorium will seat 1,503 and was equipped with an electric organ, and the Gymnasium ...

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5. 2017.031.003 - Program

   Ten (10) Program from the dedication of Fitchburg High School in 1937. Included are several 8" x 10" black and white glossy photographs of the stars who performed at the dedication.

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6. 2017.031.005 - Booklet

   Five 16 page booklets prnted by the Raivaaja press providing information regarding five possible sites for the new Fitchburg High School after the 1894 fire destroyed the original buiilding. The booklet also includes a summary and floor plans. "Prepared by various school authorities at the request of the Mayor and the School Committee for the information of the electorate

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7. 2017.031.008 - Correspondence

   Folder of letters and telegrams in preparation for the dedication of the 1937 Fitchburg High School. Some examples: To Principal Jame A. Chalmers; to Mayor Greenwood from the Music Corporation of America; from various dignataries invited to the dedication; telegrams regarding the "silver keys; letters regarding an article to appear in Life magazine.

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8. 2017.031.009 - Booklet

   8 booklets "A Message of Importance to Every Voter from Robert E. Greenwood" includes a map

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9. 2019.002.001 - Diary

   A memoir from Robert E. Greenwood, Mayor of Fitchburg from 1934-1938. The memoir has 267 pages and is handwritten in six small 6x8" notebooks. Robert Earl Greenwood was born in Gardner, MA April 26, 1904. He died in Fitchburg on December 24, 1970 (aged 66). He is buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery in the Greenwood family plot in Gardner, MA. Mayor Greenwood, on his own initiative, helped build a new Fitchburg High School in 1937 after the p...

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