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Tedesco, Paul Herbert was born on December 28, 1928 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Steven R. and Ruth (Weaver) Tedesco.
(The E. F. Hodgson Company of Dover, Massachusetts, callin...)
The E. F. Hodgson Company of Dover, Massachusetts, calling itself America s First Prefabricator, was one of a number of companies who used specialty mail-order catalogs to advertise and sell sectional and ready-cut houses. From a small New England town, the Hodgson Company competed with such economic giants as Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward to catch the eye of a growing America in the 1890s. Using the railroad to market, the specialty house mail-order catalog companies competed all over the United States. There is still a good case for the idea that the Hodgson Company was in the market before Sears and equaled them in production. But even so, Hodgson also became better known outside of the United States in such places as Belgium, Italy, France, Newfoundland, and Jerusalem. We hope that the reproduction of these 1935 and 1939 Hodgson Houses catalogs long lost to history will reintroduce to America this fascinating company and its portable houses. From 1892-1944, the Hodgson Company was the most important economic force in a simple agricultural community. It is one the best examples of how small businesses played, and still play, an important role in the United States economy and that of the New England region.
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(Originally part of the Dedham Grant of 1635, Dover, Massa...)
Originally part of the Dedham Grant of 1635, Dover, Massachusetts, became Dedham's Fourth Precinct in 1729 and the Springfield Parish of Dedham in 1748. When the Commonwealth incorporated it in 1836, Dover's economy was based on farming and grazing. Several companies, including the E.F. Hodgson Company and the Harvard Apparatus Company, successfully manufactured portable houses and medical instruments in Dover. However, they eventually left, as Dover remained agriculturally based. By 1896, Dover had become a suburban community. From 1900 to 1914, wealthy Bostonians--many of them members of the Norfolk Hunt Club--built at least eighteen spacious country estates in Dover, far from the noise and hubbub of the city. Population grew slowly after World War I, but in 1945, the town increased in numbers, as veterans returned from World War II and others saw the convenience of commuting to work in Boston while living in a pastoral environment. Once the home of Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Gov. Francis Sargent, and benefactress Amelia Peabody, Dover today is an elegant country town, a mixture of estates, open fields, forests, and family neighborhoods.
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Tedesco, Paul Herbert was born on December 28, 1928 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Steven R. and Ruth (Weaver) Tedesco.
Bachelor of Arts in History, Harvard College, 1952. Master of Arts in History, Boston University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Boston University, 1970.
Certificate Of Advanced Graduate Studies in Administration, Northeastern University, Boston, 1974.
Instructor humanities Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1955—1960. Teacher history Great Neck North High School, New York, 1960—1962. Chairman department social studies Canton High School, Massachusetts, 1962—1965.
Professor, chairman education Northeastern University, Boston, 1965—1987. Fulbright professor history Peking University, Beijing, 1988—1989. Historian-in-residence City of Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1989—1990.
Lecturer business, history, government education Asian division University Maryland, Korea, Japan, Guam, 1990—1994. Team leader, lecturer Joint Siberian-American Faculty Irkutsk State University, Russia, 1994—1995. Education coordinator Asian division University Maryland, 1995—1997, professor European division, since 1997.
National director BHelp Business, History and Economic Life Program, Boston, since 1968. Consultant in field.
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Member Town Finance Committee, Canton, Massachusetts, since 1966. Member long-range planning committee St. Dunstan, 1968-1970. Commissioner Dover History Communications, since 2001, Dover Hazardous Waste coordinator, since 2003.
With United States Army, 1952-1954. Member New England History Teachers Association (past president, Kidger award 1975), Dover History Society (president since 2000).
Married Eleanor Martha Hollis, January 24, 1953. Children: Steven Anthony, Sara Adams Tagget, James Beattie.