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Black and white photograph of May Bates (Laura May Bates; Mrs. Charles A. Kilbourn, 1876-1945) as a young woman wearing glasses.

Is a cyanotype copy on thin paper of May Bates Kilbourn (and unidentified friend and dog. Blue, oval copy.

Fairly dark black and white photograph of the McCann/Shaw House. Known also as the Worthington Inn (bed and breakfast) and as 'Four Corners,' the only house in the National Historic Register from Worthington.

1818-1825 History of the Controversy over the location of the new Meeting House, from the town records. Signed by Jonathan Lyman, Joseph Merrick, Daniel Porter. Blue mimeographed copy.

Melsome A. Pease (1901-1957) death certificate

Melvin Thrasher (b. Chesterfield, 1825, d. 1904) 'in the house that stood near a pine tree in Mr. Freeman's field.' Emily Drake Thrasher, b. Worthington, 1827 'on Lot Drake's place'. The two married on March 5th, 1847. The couple moved frequently:…

Member of the Bartlett family in costume.

Golden Sheaf Certificate May 2, 1972 in recognition of 50 years of continuous Grange Membership
December 17, 1986 "In Memoriam for Henry Hall Snyder" from the Hillside Agricultural Society and its Cummington Fair. (Copy in Box 52.)
January 9,…

Brown leather book "In Memorial - Dr. Alden March" To Mrs. James C. Rice with kind regards of Dr. and Mrs. Henry March, August 1870.

Program booklet to celebrate life of Lyn Wiley (May 14, 1942-July 29, 2006). Lyn was a remarkable woman who suffered from cancer for twenty years but gave of her energy wherever she could. She wrote these words before she died: "When I die I will not…

Program for Memorial Service for Calvin Coolidge at John M. Greene Hall, Smith College, Northampton. Of interest because Walter L. Stevens, Esq, was presiding officer. Also Stanley King, President of Amherst College, the Honorable Harlan Fiske Stone…

Copy of letter to the good people of the Congregational Church from James G.K. McClure of Manchester, VT. Memories recounted of Worthington by pastor who first preached two sermons in Worthington in 1871. Recalls summers, Parson Bisbee, Aaron and…

Short article about renovations at the Methodist Church in South Worthington as carried out by local women.

Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘M. E. Church, So. Worthington, Mass. (#68).

Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample…

Black and white photographic post card of 'The Methodist Church, S. Worthington, Mass.' Undated, but early 20th century. There is no vegetation except behind the church. WHS has duplicate copies of this postcard.

Black and white glossy marked #33 South Worthington Methodist Parsonage/Bea Mercer House 1903 a.k.a. Moody Parsonage. Photo taken in 2001. These photographs were scanned from original film strip for republication of the Forty Worthington Houses Book…

Black and white glossy marked #8 Brewster/Dalby 1784. Photograph by Dan Porter. (Family of Walter Metzger lives there today (12/2019). These photographs were scanned from original film strip for republication of the Forty Worthington Houses Book by…

Black and white glass slide: Middle Branch of the Westfield River (#109). This shows rocks and stream. Under-exposed.

A History of the Town of Middlefield Massachusetts' by Edward Philip and Theodore Smith, 1924, private publication, 662 pp with index