2 yearbooks from West Side Middle School, 1964 and 1968. Gertrude Hodgdon Chapman was employed as a home economics teacher at West Side during this time. The 1968 yearbook is dedicated in her honor.
Collection
Hodgdon/Chapman Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2026.015
Source or Donor
Mr. James L. Streeter
Acquisition Method
Donation
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Yearbook
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Serial
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
West Side Middle School, West Side Junior High School
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1964 - 1968
Archive Size/Extent
1 Folder
Provenance
Notes
Admin or Biographical History: Gertrude Elizabeth Hodgdon was born in 1903, the daughter of Alfred and Gertrude Hodgdon. She married J. Lewis Chapman on September 19, 1925 at the Groton Heights Baptist Church and the couple had two children: Robert Lewis and Kenneth Grant. They lived for many years at 75 Starr Hill Road in Groton. Gertrude also attended the Willimantic Normal School and received a bachelor's degree from UConn. She taught home economics for the Eastern Point School and West Side Middle School for 26 years and was named to the Groton Educators Hall of Fame in 1991.
Custodial History: Was given to Jim Streeter by the Hodgdon/Chapman Family, and donated by Jim to the Groton Public Library in 2017