Burdett College

Founded in 1879, it focused on business and shorthand and operated as a junior college.

[3] They each served as president of the college, followed by Fred's wife, Sadie.

[5] In 1938, the institution was described a junior college of business training, offering one- and two-year courses of study in the areas of business administration, accounting, executive secretarial, stenographic, and general business.

[6] Upon C. Fred Burdett's retirement in 1970, the college was sold to the Bradford School Corporation, a subsidiary of The Life Insurance Company of Virginia.

[7] The website for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education lists the college as having closed in 1999.