Town of Westford, MA - Survey Continued

17. Roudenbush Community Center

Kinds of Records: Program records for the main facility at 65 Main St.; the Frost School and Rodenbush at Nabnasset.

Record Keeper: Mrs.Patti Mason

Usefulness and Importance: Both program files, photographs and scrapbooks document both the programs of the community center and the architectural history of the Town.

Dates: A few, late 1890s; most current

Est. Cu. Ft: 15 cu. ft.; 6 large tubes with plans of the schools; framed photographs and scrapbooks in Avis's Lounge

Condition: Good

Recommendations: The materials are stored in two locations on the first floor. Because the building is wood-frame, they should be in fireproof containers. The plans are in particular an important part of the Towns architectural heritage. Copies should be made of photographs on display so that the original may be preserved.

18. School Department--Administration Building

While I was told that there were no records of importance at the school department that could be publicly accessible, I did note as In was leaving that in a first floor meeting room (which was occupied) there were Westford School Registers and School Committee Reports from approximately 1853 onward.

Est. Cu. Ft.: 32

19. Schools--Nashoba Valley Technical School

Kinds of Records: Minutes (1966 -present); payroll information; correspondence, grant information; cafeteria reports; student records (not public; must keep 60 years); personnel records (not public, must keep 25 years).

Record Keeper: Claudia Saball

Dates: 1966- present

Est. Cu. Ft.: 113 (minutes, approx. 10)

Usefulness and Importance: The minutes (approximately 10 cu. ft. in binders) show the development of the technical school and its programs. Many of the others are confidential.

Condition: Very good. The school has a vault on the first floor. Most records are stored in file cabinets. Temperature and humidity both see fine.

Recommendations: Schools have been very important to Westford's history, and the minutes document an important aspect of education in the midtwentieth century.