Collection Overview This collection documents the work of the American Legion Post #27 (ca. 1918-1970). Records consist mostly of administrative records, meeting minutes, and correspondence. It also includes memberships, grave registration cards and wooden plaques.The wooden plaques are 14.5 inches wide, 17.5 inches long, and .5 inches high. The images are a photographic process of emulsion on copper alloy, mounted to original wood supports, with small copper alloy name plates below. The wood plaques...

Scope and Contents This collection contains the contents of two scrapbooks related to the VFW Isaac W. Taylor Post #2443. The first scrapbook was compiled around 1932 or 1933, recording the events of the year 1932, the first year of the post’s existence. It includes officer lists, voting processes and results, details of post-sponsored events, obituaries, correspondence, and photographs of officers. Also included in the scrapbook were loose pages added at a later date, including a history written around 1945,...

Scope and Contents The items in this collection are primarily the papers of Ruth Abie Eveline Lindblom and provide evidence of her life and work. Several items relate to her siblings and these records appear to have been collected by Ruth. These include their baptism and graduation certificates as well as George’s World War I diary. Since Ruth Lindblom was so active in her church, this collection would be of particular interest to a researcher looking for information on the church of the First Parish in...

Abstract The primary focus of this collection is Timothy J. Mahoney (1896-1948), a Cambridge businessman and a member of the American Legion. He is also Eva Mae Mahoney’s father. This collection is made up of government-issued documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and books. While the main focus of the collection is Timothy Mahoney, Eva Mae Mahoney is also represented through the items in the collection.