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,t and protection,and improved service to the community. Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Funding was We also discussed very generally the possibility of approved by CPC and at town meeting in 2012. The student interns assisting with the return of the archives first conservator selected moved from the area so new collection to the building in a professional and estimates were obtained for the tattered map. All documented manner. Dr. Stapleton will provide a quotes have been received and the Commission must '. report of his observations and suggestions. decide what conservation treatments are required and affordable. The large wall map, once stabilized and During the summer several commissioners visited ready for display,will make a very nice addition to the town archives in West Barnstable and Sandwich and renovated Archives building. the Cape Cod Community College Nickerson Archive to review their new or anticipated renovations to Respectfully submitted, storage and research areas and standard practices in Nancy K. Soderberg, Chairman responding to visitors and information requests while Brian A. Hyde protecting the archives collections. Frank J. Lord Gordon Peters Plans are proceeding to publish a history of Rosemary Burns Love Mashpee by commission member Rosemary Burns Joan Tavares Avant Love, the author of Mashpee 1870-1995, 125th Anniversary, A Pictorial History. The new book will expand on Mashpee's early history, contain old Report of the photographs obtained after the publication of the earlier volume,and record Mashpee's development in the past Mashpee Housing 20 years. Authority Frank Lord, commissioner and school master of the 1831 One-Room School House continued to To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the provide tours of the school throughout the summer and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: fall on Thursdays and by appointment. Following the Memorial Day ceremony in Veterans' Park, Frank Mission Statement reopened the school house for the year providing tours It is the mission of the Mashpee Housing to those interested and scheduling additional tours. In Authority to remain committed to working late May seven classes of Quashnet School third grade cooperatively with community,state,federal,and local students with teachers and chaperones toured the officials to provide decent,safe,and affordable housing school house and learned about school life in the South to the citizens of Mashpee in an atmosphere of dignity Mashpee School in 1850 and personal histories of its and respect. last class in 1901. State Senator Daniel Wolf joined the last tour to learn more about the town history and its Purpose . relationship with the Mashpee Wampanoag families - The Mashpee Housing Authority is a duly who attended this school, originally located on Red Brook Road near the 'uncture with Great Neck Road organized public housing authority,created under MGL Chapter 121B. The Authority provides income-based South.During the summer Frank was invited to make a presentation about the school at Mashpee Senior rental units to the elderly, disabled, and families. The Center which increased interest in tours. Authority administers Federal and State housing programs under the direction of the authority's Joan Tavares Avant continued to write monthly Executive Director,with the oversight of a five-member columns for the Mashpee Enterprise as Granny Board of Commissioners all of whom are residents of Squannit describing town and Wampanoag history and Mashpee. legends; valuable perspectives for both residents and General Information newcomers to Mashpee. The Mashpee Housing Authority's main office is Nancy Soderberg continued to search for located in the Community Building of the Frank J. restoration services for the 1858 Walling map of Cape Homeyer Village,7 Job's Fishing Road,Mashpee,MA 95 j