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Newspaper clippings and photographs of First Congregational Church activities. Also includes clippings from Cummington Church and Chesterfield Church. Dates range from 1959 to 1993 +/-

Article dated September 26, 2013, by Elodi McBride in the Country Journal newspaper describing testimony by 30 town residents before a subcommittee of the the state legislature in support of HR 3574 allowing for withdrawal of the town from the…

This two-sided slate board is bound with deteriorating red velvet., It is of unknown date though probably used the Capen School.

School Essay on Corn, by unknown student. Includes quote by Edward Everett Hale. On lined deteriorating lines paper.

Grade 2 group photo 1988-1989.:(back row) Brett Jalbert, Corinna Riley, Kate Zimmer, Kate Whitcomb, Deanna ?. (row 3) Erik Pedersen, Bart Gage, Jenna ?, Matt DeVito, Nicholas Packard. (row 2) Brian Dimock, Jill Carter, Greg Lenkowski, Wayne Krupa,…

Class Picture Grade 4 1990-1991 : (back row) Bart Gage, Corinna Riley, Brett Jalbert, Kate Whitcomb, Kate Zimmer, Nicholas Packard. (middel row) Brian Dimock, Jill Carter, Matt DeVito, Jenna ?, Erik Pedersen, ?. (front row) Wayne Krupa, Jason…

Grade 3 picture 1989-1990: (back row) Nicholas Packard, Brett Jalbert, Matt DeVito, Kate Whitcomb, Jenna Finn. (middle row) Heather Gagnon, Jill Carter, Heather Kolosewicz, Bart Gage, Vanessa Bannick, Kate Zimmer, Corinna Riley. (front row) Wayne…

Scan only of sepia real photo postcard. Front: School House, So. Worthington, Mass.' Divided back, C.YK stamp box. Published by Harris Photo Post Card Co., Pittston, Pa. and Mt. Arlington, N.J. Currently in collection of Gary Roy

Unidentified School House. Many of these dryplate glass negatives are in The South Worthington Parish Book by Reverend George Reed Moody. Please see this book for further information. They were originally entered into the database with little…

Black and white to sepia tone outdoor photograph of group of students and their teachers. Different aged boys and girls. Made by A.W. Howes Photographer, Ashfield, MA 1906. 'No. 446' Duplicate can be had at any time. Scanned as black and white.…

Attendees at Town Meeting: 1987

School Children, Coon District School. There is a note that this school was on Trouble St. in Cummington. Many of these dryplate glass negatives are in The South Worthington Parish Book by Reverend George Reed Moody. Please see this book for further…

See Helen Magargal's book 'Early Schools' which tells of pupils breaking the ice in winter to take water with the dipper.These are the 2 tin pails which may have been used for water carrying in the school house. See U24 for tin dipper.

Background Materials related to 'Town of Worthington House Bill 3574, An Act Relative to the Withdrawal of the Town of Woethington from the Gateway Regional School District.' Material supporting appearances and testimony before the Mass. Joint…

This tin water dipper is the original dipper from the Capen/Riverside school house. See Helen Magargal's book 'Early Schools' which tells of pupils breaking the ice in winter to take water with the dipper. We also have 2 tin pails which may have been…

These three slate chalk boards would have been used by children in the early school years. Could be part of an exhibit on schoolhouses. Currently on display on main floor in display case. Identify

This small bell could have been used by a teacher in a school setting or possibly by someone calling a servant to attention. However, it seems more likely to have been a business desk bell. It is the type on a base of heavy metal with a metal…

Portable dovetailed writing box with copper hook and eye latch; including school papers of George Carn? Cross from West Worthington, probably the Osgood School. Note sewn booklet and handwriting exercise. (Identify Bob Randall). Cross reference…

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence pertinent to the schools and school building committee. Dates from 1954. (to be sorted)

These items were found in the trunk at the Capen/Riverside Schoolhouse. Trunk is still in the schoolhouse as of this date. 7 letters to Thelma Packard and some papers from school mates graded by Ms. Packard. Dated 1937.