{"id":4973,"date":"2018-08-13T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/CuratorsCorner\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2018-08-28T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:40:52","slug":"an-update-on-yearbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/2018\/08\/13\/an-update-on-yearbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update on Yearbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes, one simply need ask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a recent post on the subject of yearbooks in the FRHS library, I mentioned that whereas the run of volumes from B.M.C. Durfee High School is nearly complete \u2013 sans ten editions \u2013 the collection from Fall River\u2019s many parochial schools is far from comprehensive, exhibiting several gaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0In many cases, more gaps than volumes, actually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well, thanks to a response from a Westport, Massachusetts, resident who read my blog posting via Facebook, the collection of yearbooks from Monsignor Prevost High School, aptly titled <em>The Prevost<\/em>, is four volumes more complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The yearbooks span the years 1959 to 1962 \u2013 the donor\u2019s late husband was a student during those years \u2013 and are in fine condition, with decorative embossed bindings and heaps of photographs of \u201cthe men of Prevost.\u201d Very useful to researchers and library patrons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition, there was also a single volume of <em>Alpha,\u00a0<\/em>published by Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute, formerly Bradford Durfee Technical Institute \u2013 dating to 1965, it is the only volume from that school represented in the FRHS collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The donor was pleased to donate the volumes to the society, stating: \u201cI would hate to see them end up in a dumpster.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As would I.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No doubt there are many other Fall River yearbooks out there, languishing on shelves, in attics, or basements \u2026 the garage, perhaps?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But in this case, at least, one Westport home is decluttered of five volumes, fears of a dumpster are unwarranted \u2013 and the FRHS is the welcome recipient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Any other interested parties?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>An Update on Yearbooks Addendum:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just this morning, as this was about to be posted, one of the FRHS\u2019s volunteer docents donated a 1943 edition of the <em>Durfee Record\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 a volume previously not included in the collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Very good, that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now we are down to nine \u2013 1913; 1914; 1920; 1941; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; and 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can anyone help?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, one simply need ask. In a recent post on the subject of yearbooks in the FRHS library, I mentioned that whereas the run of volumes from B.M.C. Durfee High School is nearly complete \u2013 sans ten editions \u2013 the collection from Fall River\u2019s many parochial schools is far from comprehensive, exhibiting several gaps. \u00a0In &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4978,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973\/revisions\/4978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/CuratorsCorner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}