Diary - Alderbest Card File - Instructions to Guests A card file directs guests as to appropriate actions, e.g. "do not cut any branches, dead or otherwise;do not ever sleep on divan covers".
Alderbest is the land which was left by Frederick Sargent…
Diary - Katharine McDowell Rice Miscellanea This appears to be a note book of miscellanea written and collected by Katharine McDowell Rice from the years 1918 to 1921. Herein are contained mostly notes related to her play writing and productions. On…
Letter - Katharine McDowell Rice Folder containing various miscellaneous correspondence to and from Katharine McDowell Rice -- some of which pertain to the fund for the Rice Memorial Room, one refers to her illness in Albany NY, one has Russell H.…
Publication - Brochure, "Wedding, Art Souvenir Dempsey & Carroll" Orange leather bound book titled Wedding; on the back is embossed Art Sourvenir Dempsey & Carroll. Katharint McDowell Rice has written her name on the inside cover at "The Maples"…
Publication - Cover for pocket-sized Holy Bible, Gift to James C. Rice Pocket-sized Holy Bible front and back covers -- green leather, brass border and clasp. Contains only title page: "The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments" T. Nelson…
Letter - C. M. Woolsey to Katharine McDowell Rice (see notes) Typewritten letter from C. M. Woolsey, Attorney at Law and Real Estate, Milton N. Y, to Katharine McD. Rice, Worthington Mass. Dated August 12th, 1923. "Dear Miss Rice, I received the…
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…
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.