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French Institute: Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives

Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives

Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives

Dates: 1935-1981

Extent: 1 bankers box and 1 legal-sized document box.

Linear feet: 1.75 linear feet

Other Storage Formats: None

Language: English and French

Provenance: Found in collection in 2023.

Ownership and Literary Rights: The Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives is the physical property of the French Institute, Assumption University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.

Preferred Citation: Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives, French Institute, Assumption University

Restrictions on Access: The collection is available to researchers and other interested parties. Permission for use or reproduction can be obtained from the director of the French Institute, and is subject to the Institute’s user policies.

Scope & Content: 

The Cable Club of Fitchburg Archives consists primarily of minutes and meeting records documenting its operations from 1935 through 1979. The latest records found in the collection are membership applications from 1981. Since there is very little known about the Cable Club of Fitchburg and there are no records past 1981, the motivation behind the 1987 decision to dissolve the club remains unclear.

In addition to minutes and meeting records, organizational documents such as financial reports, correspondence, and lists of members and officers are also present. Activity records include requests for donations, fundraising, flyers, event records, and advertisements.

Prominent Franco-American figures involved with the Cable Club of Fitchburg include William Aubuchon, Sr. and William Aubuchon, Jr., the latter of whom served as the club’s president in 1949. Some documents feature Aubuchon Hardware logo stickers in addition to letterheads. Aubuchon Jr., was heavily involved with the club, and as such the archives contain correspondence from him pertaining to club activities.

Organization: The records of the Cable Club are organized into two series:

Series 1. Minutes and Meetings

Series 2.  Other Organizational Documents

Full Finding Aid:

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Appointments recommended.

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Contact:
Leslie Choquette
Director of the French Institute
Professor of History
508-767-7415
lchoquet@assumption.edu

Kate Bradley

Librarian/Archivist of the French Institute

508-767-7495

k.bradley@assumption.edu

Usage Policy

For reasons of preservation, French Institute collection materials do not circulate; however, non-rare materials are allowed to circulate through the d’Alzon Library or inter-library loan with the director’s permission.

It should be noted that the Institute’s collection includes a number of Franco-American newspapers from the New England region. Most consist of bound copies and nearly all have been microfilmed. To preserve the bound volumes, the Institute encourages scholars to consult the microfilm copies whenever they are available, for example, at the American Antiquarian Society or the Boston Public Library.