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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-002
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Theresa G. LaBelle "Terry"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed with Note.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "To Helen: With all the luck in the world from a Chemistry partner. Hope you get married some day and have a large family, and plenty of happiness. Always Terry"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-003
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Regina Bertha Jarek
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Always, Regina "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-004
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Helen M. Partyka
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed with Note.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Helen: I write: "For weeks may pass and years may end, yet you will find in me a friend." Helen "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-005
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Sophie Ann Piantek
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Sophie "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-006
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Malania M. Polchlopek "Melanie" "Molly"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Always, Molly"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
5 x 17
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 2.75 x 3.75 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-007
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Evelyn B. Przystawczyk
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Always, Evelyn "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-008
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Helen Barbara Pula "Ginger"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Helen '44 "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-009
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Sophie Audrey Wojdyla "Soph"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Always, Sophie "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-010
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Genevieve S. Wyszynski "Jennie"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Inside folder: "Always, Jennie "44" "
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.5 x 10.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 3 x 4.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
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1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
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Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
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Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-011
Title
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Chicopee High School Portrait of Mary "last name unknown"
Description
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Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed.
Abstract
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Inside folder: "Always, Mary"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7.25 x 9.5 inches
Extent
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1 photo; 3 x 4 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
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Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-012
Title
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Cathedral High School Portrait of Eileen "last name unknown"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait in folder. Signed with Note.
Abstract
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Inside folder: "Helen, May you find success and happiness in your future career. Eileen."
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cathedral High School Senior Portraits; Cathedral High School Class of 1944; Cathedral High School
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
6.75 x 9.5 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 2.75 x 3.75 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
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Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-013
Title
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Portrait of Kornelia "last name unknown"
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned senior portrait. Signed. Second name starts with "J" but unreadable.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
On photo: "Always, Kornelia J???? '52' "; Backside "Helen, Lots of Luck to you. Always remember ther good times together- (weiner - roasts) Hope we do it again sometime. Love Always, Kornelia (Lia)
Subject
The topic of the resource
High School Senior Portrait; Class of 1952
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1952
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
2.5 x 3.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-014
Title
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Chicopee High School Class of 1944 45th Reunion Photo, 1989
Description
An account of the resource
Chicopee High School Class of 1944, 25th Reunion. Helen in back row center in white shirt (3rd row 5th from left)
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
From the Bud Shuback Collection (not processed). He owned Photography Studio in Chicopee
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 7, 1989
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8 x 10 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Bud Shuback Collection
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-015
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Class of 1944 Yearbook
Description
An account of the resource
Last four pages of 1944 Chicopee High School yearbook. Last page is pressed cosage from Helen's Uncle John and Uncle Walter. Second and third to last pages scrapbook memorbilia related senior events including graduation, banquet and promenade. Fourth to last page has 13 student signatures.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Last page card: "Congratulations To Helen From Uncle John and Uncle Walter" Uncle John is Helen's mother's brother John Dubiel (1896 - 1963) and Uncle Walter is Helen's mother's half brother Walter Peter Sypek (1906 - ?) both living in Chicopee, MA in 1944.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Book
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8.5 x 11 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Work-016
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee City Hall Employees Association Hawaian Party Photo
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white photo from the City of Chicopee City Hall Employees Association Hawaian Party which took place on May 23, 1963. Helen placing a few plastic leis around recently retired Civil Defense Director and former boss, David J. Hopkins. He was also Helen's neighbor living at 15 Mellon Street. Hopkins was the current Chicopee Demoractic City Committee Chairman. Two other unknown women in Hawaian dress standing on either side of Helen.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Civil Defense; Municipal Government; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
May 23, 1963
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Photograph
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8 x 10 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Work-017
Title
A name given to the resource
Newspaper Clipping about Chicopee Civil Defense including Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Newspaper clipping with article and photo of Helen Polioudakis and Director of Civil Defense David J. Hopkins
Subject
The topic of the resource
Civil Defense; Municipal Government; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1960s
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
7 x 9.75 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Work-018
Title
A name given to the resource
Newspaper Clipping Photo of Helen Polioudakis at City of Chicopee Holiday Social
Description
An account of the resource
Newspaper photo from the City of Chicopee Administrative Employees Association Holiday Social. Chairman Richard P. Kendra is handing out gifts to Miss Helen Polioudakis, Civil Defense, Mrs. Sebastian Beauchamp, wife of the city engineer and Mrs. Max Skaza, Chicopee Library (left to right). Event was held at the Brass Rail in Southwick Massachusetts
Subject
The topic of the resource
Municipal Government; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1960s
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
5.5 x 5.75 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Work-019
Title
A name given to the resource
Shorthand Notebook from Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Steno notebook with shorthand writing by Helen Polioudakis dated January 17, 1955. Manufactured by The Gregg Publishing Company. Helen Polioudakis written on the cover and 14 pages of steno notetaking. In 1955, Helen was working as a clerk at the Westinghouse Corporation in East Springfield.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Shorthand; Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
January 17, 1955
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Notebook
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8.75 x 6 x 0.25 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Work-020
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from University of Massachusetts at Amherst Institute for Governmental Services to Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Letter welcoming participation in the Clerical Management training course which was held on Tuesdays starting September 30, 1980 through December 9, 1980 in Springfield, Massachusetts. A three page agenda is included with the letter inside envelope addressed to Ms. Helen Polioudakis.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Massachusetts; Education (continuing education)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
September 24, 1980
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8.5 x 11 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Work-021
Title
A name given to the resource
Certification of Completion for Clerical Management Training
Description
An account of the resource
The Institute for Governmental Services of the University of Massachusetts hereby acknowledges the contribution of Helen G. Polioudakis toward teh advancement of Public Service in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Public Servant of Chicopee has successfully completed the Clerical Management course.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Massachusetts; Education (continuing education)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 1980
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8.5 x 11 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
11.75 x 9.25 x 0.5 inches (in frame)
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Work-022
Title
A name given to the resource
Shorthand summary document created by Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Four page document of "Brief notes" with shorthand information in column form showing English word and coresponding shorthand symbols. Found inside Gregg Shorthand book.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1950s
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8 x 10.25 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-023
Title
A name given to the resource
Shorthand class test for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
A shorthand test on Proofreaders' Marks taken by Helen Polioudakis. Grade B+
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1942-1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8.5 x 11 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-024
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee Junior High School Report Card (1938 - 1939) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Chicopee Junior High School 7th Grade Report Card for Helen Polioudakis. For 5 periods in the 1938/1939 academic year (Oct., Dec., Feb., Apr., June) prepared by Teacher: Clare E. Murphy. Subjects graded include English Comp., Literature, Grammar, Spelling, Penmanship, Arithmetic, Social Studies (Geography, History, Civics), Art, Music, Cooking, Sewing and Physical Training. Grading also included Citizenship and Effort. Information counts on Days Absent, Tardy and Dismissed also included. On back, Helen's father's signature is four times under the Parent's Signature as "Mr. Gregory Polioudakis".
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938 - 1939
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-025
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee Junior High School Report Card (1940 - 1941) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Chicopee Junior High School 9th Grade Report Card for Helen Polioudakis. For 5 periods in the 1938/1939 academic year (Oct., Dec., Feb., Apr., June) prepared by Teacher: Agatha Healey. Subjects included English, French, Business Arithmatic, General Science, Civics, Bookkeeping, Art, Sewing and Physical Training. Grading also included Citizenship and Effort. Information counts on Days Absent, Tardy and Dismissed also included. On back, Helen's father's signature is listed four times under the Parent's Signature as "Mr. G. Polioudakis". Front is stamped "Promoted to Senior High School"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940 - 1941
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-026
Title
A name given to the resource
Scholarship Award for Term Ending October 28, 1938 for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Center Junior High School Scholarship Award certifies that Helen Polioudakis is on the Credit List in Grade 7 for Term Ending October 28, 1938. Signed by Principal: Mary E. Trumbull C.M.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
October 28, 1938
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-027
Title
A name given to the resource
Scholarship Award for Term Ending December 23, 1938 for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Center Junior High School Scholarship Award certifies that Helen Polioudakis is on the Credit List in Grade 7 for Term Ending December 23, 1938. Signed by Principal: Mary E. Trumbull C.M.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
December 23, 1938
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-028
Title
A name given to the resource
Scholarship Award for Term Ending February 17, 1938 for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Center Junior High School Scholarship Award certifies that Helen Polioudakis is on the Credit List in Grade 7 for Term Ending February 17, 1938. Signed by Principal: Mary E. Trumbull
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
February 17, 1938
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-029
Title
A name given to the resource
Scholarship Award for Term Ending April 21, 1939 for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Center Junior High School Scholarship Award certifies that Helen Polioudakis is on the Credit List in Grade 7 for Term Ending April 21, 1939. Signed by Principal: Mary E. Trumbull
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
April 21, 1939
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-030
Title
A name given to the resource
Scholarship Award for Term Ending June 23, 1939 for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Center Junior High School Scholarship Award certifies that Helen Polioudakis is on the Credit List in Grade 7 for Term Ending June 23, 1938. Signed by Principal: Mary E. Trumbull
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
June 23, 1939
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-031
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Class Scheduling Card (1942 - 1943) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
11th Grade Class Schedule Card for Helen Polioudakis at Chicopee High School. This 1942/1943 academic year schedule card includes class period, day of week and class subject information.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1942-1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-032
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Report Card (1941 - 1942) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
10th Grade Report Card for Helen Polioudakis at Chicopee High School. Grades for 4 terms in the 1941/1942 academic year. Subjects graded include English, Biology, Bookkeeping, Business Geography, Typewriting and Physical Education. Information counts on Days Absent, Tardy and Dismissed also included. On back, Helen's mother's signature is listed three times under Signature of Parent Or Guardian as "Mrs. Anna Polioudakis". Accompanying enveloped with classmate signatures on both sides.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1941-1942
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-033
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Report Card (1942 - 1943) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
11th Grade Report Card for Helen Polioudakis at Chicopee High School. Grades for 4 terms in the 1942/1943 academic year. Subjects graded include English, US History & Civics, Bookkeeping II, Typewriting II, Shorthand and Physical Education. Information counts on Days Absent, Tardy and Dismissed also included. On back, Helen's mother's signature is listed three times under Signature of Parent Or Guardian as "Mrs. G. Polioudakis". Accompanying enveloped with classmate signatures on front side.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1942 - 1943
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-034
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Report Card (1943 - 1944) for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
12th Grade Report Card for Helen Polioudakis at Chicopee High School. Grades for 4 terms in the 1943/1944 academic year. Subjects graded include English, Chemistry, Business Law, Economics, Shorthand and Physical Education. Information counts on Days Absent, Tardy and Dismissed also included. Card is spamped "Graduated". On back, Helen's mother's signature is listed three times under Signature of Parent Or Guardian as "Mrs. G. Polioudakis".
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1943 - 1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
4 x 6 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education-035
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Yearbook Receipt $3.00
Description
An account of the resource
Yearbook receipt dated January 24, 1944 for three dollars recieved from Helen Polioudakis to Room Chairman Viola Priog
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
January 24, 1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
2 x 4 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
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Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
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Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Work-036
Title
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Boy Scouts of America Certificate of Appreciation to Helen Polioudakis
Description
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Boy Scouts of America Certificate, dated June 20, 1961, by The Executive Board of the Pioneer Valley Council, Inc. to Miss Helen Polioudakis for "Her contribution of untiring clerical assistance for the promotion of the Chicopee District, Pioneer Camporee". Signed by Russell G. Exley, Scout Director and A. Lionel Laurence, Council President.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Municipal Government; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
June 20, 1961
Is Part Of
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Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
8 x 10 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
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The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
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Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Work-037
Title
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Framed Dried Flowers Gift from Mayor Kumor to Helen Polioudakis Siedel
Description
An account of the resource
Shadow box frame with eleven dried dogwood flowers on stems. Sticker states "an Original" by James R. Hawkins, Springfield Mass. "Keep out of Direct Sun".
Abstract
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Gift card: "Best wishes for happiness love & peace. Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr."
Subject
The topic of the resource
Municipal Government; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1979-1985
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
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Frame ???
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
9.25 x 11.25 x 1 inches
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
gift card: 2 x 3.5 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-038
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Diploma for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white Diploma with School Committee Chair, Mayor, Principal & Superintendent signatures. Dated June 22, 1944. Chicopee High School included 10, 11 and 12th grades which Helen attended.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee High School Class of 1944; Chicopee High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
6/22/1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
17 x 22 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-039
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee Junior High School Certificate for Helen Polioudakis
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white graduation Certificate with Principal & Superintendent signatures. Dated June 20, 1941. Helen attended Chicopee Junior High School for 7th, 8th and 9th grades.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School Class of 1941; Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
6/20/1941
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Document
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
12 x 16 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Education-040
Title
A name given to the resource
Fabric Collar: possible graduation or chorus use
Description
An account of the resource
Off white stiff fabric circular collar with 2 snap closures. Possibly for graduation ceremony or chorus.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Education (secondary); Chicopee Junior High School; Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940s
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Collar
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Collar Depth: 4.75 - 6 inches; Inner Edge: 16 inches; Outer Edge: 42.25 inches
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
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The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
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This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
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Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Residence-041
Title
A name given to the resource
480 Front Street, Chicopee Massachusetts; Helen Polioudakis Home
Description
An account of the resource
From for the first few years of her life Helen lived at 480 Front Street, Chicopee with her parents. They rented in this two family house.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2022
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
C.A. Gray-Mullen
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
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Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
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CPL-HelenPS-Residence-042
Title
A name given to the resource
219 Hampden Street, Chicopee Massassachusetts: Helen Polioudakis Home
Description
An account of the resource
From approximately age 3 through 8 Helen lived at 219 Hampden Street, Chicopee with her parents. They rented in this two family house.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2022
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
C.A. Gray-Mullen
-
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Residence-043
Title
A name given to the resource
275 Hampden Street, Chicopee Massachusetts; Helen Polioudakis Home
Description
An account of the resource
From approximately age 9 through 17 Helen lived at 275 Hampden Street, Chicopee with here parents. They rented in this two family house.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2022
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
C.A. Gray-Mullen
-
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Residence-044
Title
A name given to the resource
19 Mellen Street, Chicopee Massachusetts; Helen Polioudakis Siedel House
Description
An account of the resource
In 1944 Helen, about 18 years old, moved to 19 Mellen Street when her father, Gregory Polioudakis, purchased the house. Helen became co-owner with her father in 1951. The Polioudakis family lived on the first floor of this two story two family house. Helen lived at 19 Mellen Street for over 70 years.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2022
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
C.A. Gray-Mullen
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Subject
The topic of the resource
Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel (1926 - 2017) a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts
Description
An account of the resource
This digital collection includes photographs, documents, programs, newspaper clippings and other ephemera concerning Helen Gloria Polioudakis Siedel, a lifelong resident of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The collection items mostly relate to her education in Chicopee, work as a City of Chicopee municipal clerk and adult life in Chicopee. Educational materials include report cards, scrapbook pages in her 1944 yearbook, studio photos of friends/schoolmates and diplomas. Work related items include shorthand items, clerical management training manual, Boy Scouts certificate of appreciation and a framed dried flower gift from Mayor Robert F. Kumor Jr.
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Biographical Note:
An only child, Helen Gloria Polioudakis was born in 1926 to immigrant parents: Gregory Polioudakis of Crete, Greece and Anna Francis Dubiel of Poland. She attended Chicopee Junior High School and Chicopee High School graduating with the Class of 1944. Her father worked at Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co. in West Springfield for over 30 years.
Helen’s childhood homes in Chicopee were in multi-family homes on Front Street, Captain Mac Street and Hampden Street that her parents rented. Around 1943, her parents purchased a two-family house at 19 Mellen Street, which she later owned, and continued to live there until her death on December 19, 2017.
Helen was a member of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church and for many years, as a young adult, active with the Chicopee Falls Chapter of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America and the Greek Ladies Society. Numerous times she served as committee chair and an officer including President.
After graduation, Helen was a clerk at Steiger’s Department Store on Main Street in Springfield. That followed with more than a dozen years as a mail clerk and comptometer operator for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Springfield. In 1960, Helen accepted a position as a certified clerk and typist with the Chicopee Civil Defense Department where she worked for 10 years in City Hall. Helen was promoted to Assistant to the Director serving David J. Hopkins, Fred St. John and Jeremiah J. Falvey. In 1970, she transferred to the Parks and Recreation Department and for an additional fifteen years worked with Directors Armand Fortin and Roger A. LaPlante. Helen was also an active member of the Chicopee Municipal Employees Association.
Helen married John Benny Siedel on June 11, 1983. He was also of Chicopee and a Chicopee municipal worker. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he worked 30 years for the Chicopee Sanitation Department where for many years he was Supervisor. They did not have any children.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel retired in 1985 as a 25 year Chicopee Municipal employee. After retirement Helen helped organize the Chicopee Administrative Retired Employee Club and was President of the Chicopee Over 60 Club. She passed away on December 19, 2017 at the age of 91
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The collection was processed and arranged by Christine Gray-Mullen, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
This collection was donated by Kathy Siedel Sena, Helen’s step-daughter, on June 5, 2018.
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Chicopee Archives Online
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1938-2022, bulk 1938-1980
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Christine Gray-Mullen - CPL/Simmons University Archives Intern;
Charles Abel - CPL Local History Reference Librarian
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photographs; Documents;
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
3 Boxes; 2 folders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Education;
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944;
CPL-HelenPS-Work;
CPL-HelenPS-Residence;
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Chicopee High School Portrait of Helen G. Polioudakis
Subject
The topic of the resource
Chicopee High School Senior Portraits; Chicopee High School Class of 1944;
Description
An account of the resource
Black and white sepia toned with added color senior portrait in folder
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Family of Helen Polioudakis Siedel
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Helen Polioudakis Siedel Collection
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Photograph
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
1 photo; 2.75 x 3.75 inches
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
5 x 17
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
CPL-HelenPS-Classof1944-001