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Programs for three plays at the Russell H. Conwell Elementary School. The "Peanut Butter Dragon" is datedx June 2, 1961, the others are [probably from 1960.

Deed dated April 1, 1825 to inhabitants of the Town of Worthington in their corporate capacity; $316 for 100 acres; '...being the Lot Number One Hundred and Eighty Six according to the original plan of the Town and is the same Lot conveyed to me by…

Deed dated December 24, 1816 from Timothy Meech to Jonathan Brewster, Treasurer of Worthington; $100 for 5 acres; Northampton Registry of Deeds, Book 40, page 110; witnessed by Ezra Starkweather and Charles Clapp.

Deed dated April 1, 1816, from Branch Leonard to Jonathan Brewster. 50 acres for $200; witnessed by Ezra Starkweather and Charles Clapp.

Deed dated November 23, 1802, from Elisha Brewster and Elijah Morse to the inhabitants of the Town of Worthington. 3/4 acre for $10. Witnessed by Jonathan Prentice, Ezra Starkweather and Matthew Warner.

Proposal for a Regional School District that would have included Becket, Hinsdale, Dalton, Windsor, Lanesborough, and Worthington. It never happened.

27 page document detailing proposed zoning bylaw for the town of worthington plus 1970 proposed protecting zoning bylaw

Black framed announcement of the "Arrangement for the Grand and Solemn Funeral Procession which is to take place on the 26th of May inst. 1808, at interment of the remains of eleven thousand five hundred American Seamen, Soldiers and Citizens, who…

Duplicate copies of black and white lithograph post card titled: 'Public Library, Worthington, Mass.' On the back along center divide: 'Pub. for The A. L. Schneider Co., New Haven, Conn., by Collotype Company, Elizabeth, N.J. and New York'

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Photocopy of "A Little History of Indian Hollow near Huntington, Massachusetts" by Elizabeth Hartley, Born - January 27, 1852" (she was 82 and living in Orlando Florida at the she wrote this). Indian Hollow is now in the basin of Knightville Dam…

Light green cover, black lettering, drawing of New England steepled church.

Photocopy of article by John D. Willard (1913) 'Schools and Rural Regeneration: What has been done in some of the rural schools by one man and the relation of this work to the problems of the western New England hill towns.' Reverend Willard's…

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.