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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

Middlefield History, A sequal to 'A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts' published in 1924 by Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith,' by Mary E. Sternagle and Henry S.C. Cummings, Jr., privately printed, hardcover, 1985. 565 pages…

Color photos of migrant farm workers harvesting potatoes for Albert farm. Also

Black and white glass slide showing Stevensville Road with carriages and migrant worker family with parents and children, tents, outdoor stove, etc.Unknown photographer gave this number 75. Slide is cracked. Undated but probably around 1910. Folks…

Daily Hampshire Gazette full page article with photos and story of Grange celebration of Arthur G. Capen. 'This is Your Life' with presentation of portable TV set.

Black and white glass slide: 'Miller Sisler of North Chester' (#93).

Sepia photograph showing water power sawmill on the East Branch of the Westfield River in West Worthington Mass. owned and operated by George Miller in the late 1800s. Copy of original in the collection of the Donald Miller family, Middlefield, MA