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                <text>Anthony J. Stonina Collection</text>
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                <text>This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, and other ephemera concerning the city of Chicopee, MA. The items mostly relate to Anthony J. Stonina, the city’s former mayor from the years 1932-1933 and from 1936-1939. These materials also strongly relate to Westover Air Reserve Base and the role of Mayor Stonina in bringing the base to Chicopee.</text>
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                <text>This collection was donated by Amy Berestka Versaggi and her family on March 1, 2018. </text>
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                <text>Two boxes; Ten folders; Six scrapbooks;</text>
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                <text>The collection was processed and arranged by Scott Barnard, Chicopee Public Library Archives Intern.</text>
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              <text>Correspondence to and from Washington D.C. Concerning the Prospect of a Chicopee Air Base</text>
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              <text>Series of 23 correspondences, mostly to Anthony J. Stonina, from various officials in Washington D.C. concerning the possible selection of Chicopee as the site for the Northeastern Army Air Corps base.</text>
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              <text>November 23, 1938 to September 29, 1940</text>
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              <text>Stonina, Anthony J. (1898-1974); Westover Air Reserve Base; Northeastern Army Air Corps Base; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; &#13;
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              <text>Massachusetts &gt; Hampden (county) &gt; Chicopee&gt;Chicopee Falls</text>
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