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Newspaper clipping from the The Daily Hampshire Gazette 'Mr. Worthington' rounding Out Half Century as Librarian; Recalls 'Firing up Wood Furnace.' Has picture of Arthur G. Capen stamping a library book.

Daily Hampshire Gazette full page article with pictures of 'Our Towns' - pertaining to Worthington. Pictured are School Committeemen: Mrs. Robert J. Lucey, Ralph Kerley, and Carl S. Joslyn. Police Officers: Ernest Nugent, Henry H. Snyder, Chief, John…

Rotogravure Section of the Springfield Republican entitled 'Town Meeting.' 'These photos of the Town Meeting in Worthington, Mass., portray a form of government indiginous to New England, which is democratic and colorful in its operation. In this…

Hampshire Life, February 2-8, 2007, this article by Sean Reagan features the front cover with full color photo of Oxen Team (Jim and Pike) and Josh Sampson on a snowy road in Worthington. From pages 26-28 (cont. on page 33) Sean Reagan's article…

Daily Hampshire Gazette with photos and article by Janet Dimock. Photos include the Joslyn home in winter (a Gothic Revival style), another Italianate embellishment on a late Greek Revival house from 1860 which is the Rogina and Keith Modestow home,…

Daily Hampshire Gazette, Home Section, with photos and article by Janet Dimock about the restoration of the Rogina and Keith Modestow home on Old Post Road.

Monograph 'Jacob's Issue' This is a photocopied record of the genealogy of the Porter family written by Daniel Reed Porter III. This covers the family history from the year 900 to the present (2007).

2001 Program of Worthington's WWII Veterans Day Commemoration which was held at the Town Hall and video taped by Jerome Noonan and Ed and Helen Pelletier. The tape was donated to the Historical Society and is in Box 46.

One page flyer/statement with three pictures about the life and contributions of Lois Ashe Brown to Worthington. This written for her memorial celebration on the Historical Society grounds in summer 2000. Filed with Brown genealogy #2007a-033.

Letter from John Sullivan on behalf of the Worthington Fire District to Residents pertaining to Safe Drinking Water Act, rates, well #4, grant money, etc. Also includes Summary by Grant Bowman of Worthington Water System.

Photocopy and transcription of letter from Isora Coy (Clement Burr's sister) to 'Mother' (unknown), November 6, 1878, Isola was married to Dr. Erastus Coy, mentions governor's race of 1878, the Greenback Party, and her son, Collie Coy.

Transcription of typewritten recollection called 'The Sweetest Season' by Mary Burr Hitchcock, no date, about maple sugaring at the Burr farm.

Transcription of typewritten recollection of summer chores and activites by Mary Burr Hitchcock, no date.

Blue, hard cover with gold writting 'A Bicentennial History of Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts' with Peru town seal. Has application to Worthington as a neighboring community (ref. 'The Shooting Box' which is also a glass plate in our…

Section of mezzanine rail with hand written notes on the wood.

From Hampshire Heritage, by Gladys Damon Higgins ''Legend of West Worthington Falls.' See also 2006a-003. Box 43, Research Paper, same subject

From Hampshire Heritage, by Gladys Damon Higgins - 'Sugaring Time'

From Hampshire Heritage, by Gladys Damon Higgins

From Hampshire Heritage, by Gladys Damon Higgins - 'That Growling Bear of the Hampshire Hills'

From Hampshire Heritage, by Gladys Damon Higgins - 'I Want to Go Again,' about a ride in an automobile