Letter - William Gorham Rice, Jr. to Parents Handwritten letter, 4 pages both sides, signed "William". Dated 12 August 1934. "Dear Mother & Father, Ottawa today? I have not heard from you since you left Albany. Today I lunched with Uncle Charlie. .…
Diary - Annual List of Books for Sunday School and Other Libraries Title: 1896 Annual List of Books for Sunday-School and Other Libraries recommended by The Ladies' Commission on Sunday-School Books" Boston, American Unitarian Association 1896. On p.…
Newsprint - Booklet of Clippings re "Stories for All the Year" - Katharine McDowell Rice Pink silk-covered notebook with fruits (Chinese quality). Written in ink on front: STORIES FOR ALL THE YEAR, Clippings, etc. RICE MEMORIAL. Contains newspaper…
Scrapbook - Alderbest Photograph Album (empty) Alderbest Photograph Allbum (photographs of views of buildings and landscape at Alderbest were removed and are catalogues in the Photograph Data Base as either PH99, PH 101 or PH 102 - please see). This…
Genealogy - Rice Family Coat of Arms Partially colored, well-drawn coat of arms for the Rice family. "Secret et Hardi." On cream colored drawing paper. Quite fragile. Was in frame which is in the basement.
Art - Etching, Woman and Two Young Girls Colored etching with torn left-hand edge which was given to: "Miss Rice In memory of the few days in Plymouth-some sunny, some rainy, but all pleasant, I trust. With love, Helen Finney (?)" This is in delicate…
Scrapbook - Newsprint, Katharine McDowell Rice Scrap book of clippings regarding contribusions to various magazines and other periodicals from Katharine McDowell Rice. It is a tan cardboard bound disintegrating book with the title "Humorous Items"…
Miscellaneous - Stereographs 50 Stereograph cards from R. W. Sears, President of Sears, Roebuck & Co. They are black and white and have no relevance to the historical society except for the fact that they were part of the Rice collection. They all…
Publication - Poster, Stereotyped Plates of "Charley's Country Cousin," by Katharine McDowell Rice This aritifact is a wooden box which is nailed closed. The contents have not been viewed but are stereotyped plates of a Katharine McDowell Rice play…
Scrapbook - Editorials from the Evening Post, Katharine McDowell Rice Scrapbook of Editorials and Opinions from the Evening Post collected by one of the Rices (James Clay). Related to civil war issues. Editorials are pasted on tissue paper in ledger…
Miscellaneous - Reproduction Plan for the City of New York Reproduction Plan for the city of New York from an actual survey made by James Lyne. Original date 1728. George W. Hayward; 120 Water Street, New York. This has no relevance to Worthington…
Newsprint - "Worthington, in Costume, Observes Anniversary of Lafayette Visit" Springfield Union June 14, 1925: Worthington, in Costume, Observes Anniversary of Lafayette Visit." ...townspeople meet at site of Tavern which sheltered national hero…
Newsprint - Hampshire Gazette December 25, 1860, January 8, 1861, January 22, 1861, December 17, 1861, August 1, 1865, March 9, 1875 (this one has synopsis of sermon by Reverend John J. Bisbee of Huntington; he had been installed in Worthington in…
Newsprint - The Berkshire Evening Eagle Supplement re Crane Paper Mill This is a supplement of the Berkshire Evening Eagle printed on Crane paper about the Crane Paper Mill. Little relevance to Worthington but possible local history.
Newsprint- "Men Are Mortal" by Katharine McDowell Rice Newspaper article pertaining to "Men Are Motal" by Katharine McDowell Rice most likely when she at Radcliffe. Her address is in handwriting as Cambridge.
Genealogy - Miscellanea from Radcliffe Scrapbook Miscellanea pertaining to Katherine McDowell Rice's time at Radcliffe. Some relevant to plays she had seen or admired.
Miscellaneous - Carillon, William G. Rice, Jr. Miscellanea pertaining to Carillon Music and Singing Towers of the Old World and the New (by William Gorham Rice, Jr.). File contains a brochure announcing this book; also newspaper articles pertaining…
Miscellaneous - Cloth Book Mark Used in Pulpit Bible of Reverend Creelman The note attached to this artifact reads: "Book Mark used in the Pulpit Bible of the Third Meeting House." This could have belonged to Reverend Creelman. This object was in a…
Household Implement - Pewter Ink Well Stand This is a pewter ink well stand, with no ink bottle. Incised in the well for the bottle is the name Creelman. There is also a place for the pen. It is decorated in a vine pattern and has two handles.…
Household Implement - Sander This is a sander which was used in the 18th and 19 centuries to refine sand to its finest so it could be shaken over fresh ink in order to dry it. It is made of maple wood and is polished. It is on a stand with felt on…