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On 7/31/2006 this bottle was brought from the Capen/Riverside School House to the Archives. This stoppered and stained bottle is of little value, perhaps for a bottle collection.

This newspaper article has three pictures of the dedication ceremony held on Saturday in the summer of 1976 The Capen/Riverside School House had been renovated (see Photograph Archive) , a plaque mounted on the front facade, and was opened to the…

Boy and girl paper dolls wth tabs for standing upright; also 13 pieces of clothing with tabs to dress the dolls. Clothing was apparently stamped out of a large sheet of paper and indiviual items placed on doll, hopefully to stay in place after the…

Guest Book for the Dedication of the Capen/Riverside School. Identify names and relate to photos of such in Photo Archive, Box 04a, PH39. Identify Bee Smith. Mrs. Ralph Kerley, Mrs. A. Leland Smith, Mrs. Ralph Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Michael…

Black leather Autographs book with gold lettering and gold tipped page edges. Contains autographs from people including Kate Field, William Cullen Bryant. Katharine McDowell Rice lived at 160 State Street, Albany, NY at the time. Most of the…

"Worthington Vital Records to the Year 1850" including Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The note accompanying this donation from Helen Allyn includes the receipt from the Whately Antiquarian Book Center dated 10/11/1998 for $25.00. At the time Helen…

Ivory, soft-coverd booklet with black print, of childhood memories by Alice Cudworth Steele, with sketches by Olive Morey Thayer; original signatures of Alice C Steele and Olive M. Thayer, printed by Daily Hampshire Gazette for the Cummington…

Silver Plate Trophy Bowl presented to Henry H. Snyder for his 37 years as selectman in the town of Worthington in the spring of 1971. This item was purchased at Sena's Auction Service by Lois Ashe Brown on 7/31/1990 for $5.78 and donated to the…

These tax records pertain to highway tax, town and county tax, and "society" tax. They are contained in a faded green record book, paper cover, with red binding. (formerly identified as Rec6).

This marblized note book with red binding is a record of side walk maintenance between the Corners and the Center in 1907. It was kept by Katharine McDowell Rice ""for reference."" The note book also contains loose papers. Formerly identified as…

Various notes, letters, descriptions and news clippings concerning contracting for and dedicating the Honor Roll Board for WW I in Worthington all kept by Katharine McDowell Rice. Also included is a booklet about Symbols for Service Flag. "The Star…

These papers contain copies of official papers from Samuel F. Hills (a.k.a. Hill) and 22 others of the town of Middlefield for a bridge (locally known as "Hills Bridge") to be repaired. Said bridge is across the middle branch of the Westfield River,…

Last will and testament of Samuel F. Hills (son of Samuel Follet ?) identify, and what he leaves to his three children (Abbie W. Blackman born July 27, 1872, Mary E. Hills born July 2, 1875 and Josephine S. Hills born December 10, 1886. According to…

Papers concerning Will, probate and Schedules A and B of possessions of Samuel Follet (Follett) (he signed his name Follett) Executor was Edward C. Porter.
Schedule B shows payments, charges, losses and distribution of medical and burial expenses.…

Newspaper clipping from the Country Journal written by Elodi McBride with photograph of Sara Upton and Diane Brenner of the Historical Society examining and carefully packing a floor-length christening gown which was part of the Rice Collection. The…

This folder contains 3 maps and 2 pages of names and notes written about the early settlers and roads in Worthington. Nothing is known of the authors of this work so we have kept it together.
The first map is possibly a blueprint (ozalith) which…

Rice Family Genealogy. Paper covers. Limited edition (#248). "An Historical Sketch of Deacon Edmund Rice, the Pilgrim, 1594-1663 by Charles Elmer Rice." Inscribed to William Jackson Rice. About 100 pages, printed.

Susan T. Rice Guest Book. Fancy embossed cover. Gilt edging. Susan T. Rice, 1885. Also, written in pencil: ""Presented by Walter T. Owen, Springfield, Mass."" Susan T. was the sister of Katharine Rice. Pages are loose.

"Colonel William Rice and Wealthy Cottrell, his Wife. A Record of Their Descendants and Notes Regarding Their Ancestors." Paper cover, 118 pages with names index. Printed by Benjamin Tyrell, New York.

"A Genealogical History of the Rice Family; Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice who came from Berhamstead, England and settled at Sudbury, Mass, in 1638 or 1639" by Andrew Henshaw Ward, Boston. C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858. Hard cover, brown cloth,…