Fitchburg Sentinel | Fitchburg Historical Society

1999.051.024 - newspaper

100th Anniversary Edition of Fitchburg Sentinel,December 20, 1938. Contains much of historical interest about the city including maps and photographs.

Record Type: Archive

2000.400.1670 - Document

1. Sentinel newspaper article from September 20, 1938, "Three pioneer Fitchburg Publishers seen in one day by former newsie, now the Sentinel's business manager." It is written by Frank C. Hoyt, the business manager, about James Garfield, James E. Wharton, also known as Jonathan E. Whitcomb, and William J. Merriam. 2. A booklet, "Pioneer Printers of Fitchburg," written by J.F.D. Garfield and published by the Fitchburg Historical Society in...

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2004.011.001 - newspaper

Annual Cookbook supplements of First Annual Cookbook, 10th and 12th annuals , including photos of the contest winners and recipes. Advertisements included.

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2006.038.001 - print, photographic

Newsroom of the Fitchburg Sentinel located on the fifth floor. -May 1957 left to right-Reporters: Isabella Barr, Bob Cormier, and Charlie Shooshan, City Editor. Front, Left to right: Pat King Goguen, Family Page editor; Tom Drohan, summer intern; and Jean Hopley.

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2012.047.001 - Newspaper

Hard bound special edition of the Fitchburg Sentinel The binding is red, embossed at the top with title, "Fitchburg" in gold and with "D. James Belliveau" [Domenic James Belliveau] at the bottom right corner. There is a smaller paper cover with the same title, encased in plastic and taped iinside the front cover. The actual reprint has 108 pages and is dated March 23, 1912 below the banner "Fitchburg Sentinel." On this page appears a proclam...

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2014.027.001 - Newspaper

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2015.032.001 - Supplement, Newspaper

News stories from the Sentinel over the 100 years of its printing up until 1938.

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2015.032.003 - Newspaper

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2015.032.004 - Supplement, Newspaper

Annual Report for the City of Fitchburg, 1967-1968.

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2015.107.008 - Supplement, Newspaper

Progress of Fitchburg in the 100 years that the Sentinel has been printed.

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2017.053.003 - Supplement, Newspaper

Supplement to the Fitchburg Sentinel for the bicentennial. It includes an article as it may have been printed in 1764 about Fitchburg splitting from Lunenburg. A schedule of the parade for the bicentennial.

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2022.024.001 - Newspaper

A collection of Fitchburg Sentinels from the year 1854. The dates of the Sentinels include: Friday, January 13, 1854 Vol. XVI No. 2 then skips to: Friday, March 10, 1854 Vol. XVI No. 10 through Friday, December 29, 1854 Vol. XVI No. 52 with some editions missing. The Fitchburg Sentinel was founded by John Garfield in 1838, publishing Vol. 1 in that year. By 1854 the Sentinel, Vol. XVI, was published by brothers Elisha a...

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2023.016.004 - Photograph

Photo of the inside of the Sentinel near the printing presses.

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2023.077.005 - Newspaper

This is the Fitchburg Sentinel's Bicentennial Issue. This includes the history of Fitchburg separating from Lunenburg along with the schedule of events for celebrating the Bicentennial.

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2024.007.001 - Newspaper

This newspaper was printed to review all of the businesses in Fitchburg by the Fitchburg Sentinel. It includes background on the businesses and manufacturing within the city along with news about the schools and other advances being made.

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2024.105.021 - Newspaper

This is a special edition of the Fitchburg Sentinel commemorating Fitchburg's Bicentennial. Included with the history of the city and the people involved with its development, is a schedule of the events planned to celebrate the Bicentennial.

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2024.126.003 - Newspaper Supplement

This is a two-page supllement from the Fitchburg Sentinel dated December 20, 1938. Half a page is missing so that there is only three quarters of the aerial photograph of Fitchburg and only half of a map of Fitchburg from 1830 on the other side. The first lithograph of Fitchburg Town is on page B-3.

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