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The Resource Phil Laudani collection

Phil Laudani collection

Label
Phil Laudani collection, 1950s-1990s
Title
Phil Laudani collection
Inclusive dates
1950s-1990s
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Photographs, posters, videos, research materials, clippings, notes, scrapbooks, and ephemera, reflecting Laudani's numerous interests.
Biographical or historical data
Resident of Lawrence, Mass.; social worker, amateur historian, photographer, and videographer.
Cataloging source
MLaw
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1925-2009
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Laudani, Philip A.
Language note
Materials in English
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Fasanella, Ralph
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Frost, Robert
  • Ayer Mill (Lawrence, Mass.)
  • Malden Mills
  • Pemberton Manufacturing Company
  • Central Theatre (Lawrence, Mass.)
  • Immaculate Conception Church (Lawrence, Mass.)
  • Mayors
  • Towers
  • Jails
  • Fires
  • Cemeteries
  • Buildings
  • Monuments
  • Theaters
  • Merrimack River Dam (Mass.)
  • Lawrence (Mass.)
  • Lawrence Common (Lawrence, Mass.)
Summary expansion
Includes filmed tapes (chiefly 1990s) documenting changes taking place in Lawrence: interviews with Lawrence mayors still living, the Ayer Mill clock tower and money being raised for renovations, Essex County jail after the fire and before demolition, and the Malden Mills fire of 1995; photographs documenting various aspects of the city particularly views in the cemeteries, city buildings, and the Great Stone Dam, along with a few family photographs; files concerning projects Laudani was researching: the Central Theatre and various buildings and monuments in Lawrence; loose leaf binder containing material about the Pemberton Mill disaster and folder (in map case) containing 12 posters, many of them signed, of works by Ralph Fasanella, primitive painter; and scrapbooks (4 v.). Subjects of the scrapbooks include the Robert Frost memorial in the Campagnone Memorial Common (Lawrence Common), Immaculate Conception Church, 1854-1991, and the Lawrence House of Correction and Essex County Jail
Label
Phil Laudani collection
Instantiates
Note
The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, Mass
Content category
other
Content type code
  • xxx
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1245225
Cumulative index finding aids
Finding aid in the repository.
Extent
5 linear ft.
Governing access note
Collection is open for research
Immediate source of acquisition
Philip Laudani prior to his death and later by Phyllis Tyler, his cousin;
Lccn
2010556908
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1245225
  • (Sirsi) 1245225
  • (OCoLC)649432481
Label
Phil Laudani collection
Note
The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, Mass
Content category
other
Content type code
  • xxx
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1245225
Cumulative index finding aids
Finding aid in the repository.
Extent
5 linear ft.
Governing access note
Collection is open for research
Immediate source of acquisition
Philip Laudani prior to his death and later by Phyllis Tyler, his cousin;
Lccn
2010556908
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1245225
  • (Sirsi) 1245225
  • (OCoLC)649432481

Library Locations

    • Lawrence Public LibraryBorrow it
      51 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, MA, 01841, US
      42.7107245 -71.162215