A 1971 Harper's Weekly poster for the bicentennial of Williamsburg (1771-1971) remembering the Bicentennial of 'The Mill River Calamity' in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1874. The poster is sepia with black printing and a beautiful drawing…
A handbook of Questions and Answers relating to the History of Worthington, Massachusetts' Compiled by Elsie V. Bartlett' Handwritten original on lined paper in leather 2-ring notebook. Second copy in paper bound two hole booklet with the word…
Chester Adams from his brother, A. Adams' published in 1810; with owner's notes on contents of Old and New Testament, a brief genealogy. Good condition except for cover 'Two Adams family Bibles -- John Adams born in Worthington. 2nd Bible given…
Published in 1842. 'Presented by Chester Adams of Charlestown to his son, John Adams of Worthington, April 1850' Very good condition. 'Two Adams family Bibles -- John Adams born in Worthington. 2nd Bible given to him in 1850 (possible birth…
Tan, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. II, November 1960, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'Through the kind encouragement of friends, acquaintances and even strangers, who bore…
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…
Softcover book: A Graveyard Primer' by Lynette Strangstad, ASSLH (American Association for State and Local History) Press, 1988, second printing, 1990. 126 pages with index and black and white photographs. On loan to Pat Kennedy 6/9/07.
Faded green, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. III, February 1962, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'This volume is a continuation of the work in Volume II (see 2007a-001,…
Salmon colored, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. IV, May 1963, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'This volume is just another continuation of the work in the fore-going volumes…
In a lined paper composition book, a handwritten (Arthur Capen?) version of 1853, Rice & 1874, C. K. Brewster, History of the Town of Worthington (109 pages) The last page refers to an axe used to build the first log house in Worhington on the…
Softcover, 'Harvesting History' Edited and with several selections by Sheila Rainford and Ruth Own Jones. Amherst Area POublications, first edition, 2010. 343 pp. illustrated with index.
Paper cover Book - Hawley Massachusetts the First Fifty Years 1770-1820 by Harrison Parker. According to Frank Feakes this is a wonderful example of a town publication. Published by Sara Publishing, Amherst, MA, 1992. Mr. Parker apprently died before…
Hard cover 'Hillard's Intermediate Reader' has a faded green cover with black lettering. Published by Brewer and Tileston, Boston. This is 'for the use of schools, with an introductory treatise on reading and the training of the vocal organs, by G.…
R. G. Sanderson' Identify Dot Nelson This is a leather bound book with partly rotten spine. 'Mark Twain' and 'Illustrated' appears on the spine. Illustrated by Fay and Cox, Nassau Street, N.Y.
Hardcover book 'Only One Cummington, a book in two parts' by Helen H. Foster and William W. Streeter, Cummington, Massachusetts. (There is only one town in the USA named 'Cummington.') A history of Cummington purchased and donated by Diana Brenner…
Papers on the History of Worthington.' Book No. 6. Newspaper article 'Recorded now for posterity. Worthington's history book: half century in the making' pasted in the frontispiece. Book plate: Lois Ashe Brown. Errata and newspaper clippings…
Photographs: Archival Care and Management,' by Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler and Diane Vogt-O'Conner, Society for American Archivists, 2006, hardcover, 259 pp.