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Glossy snapshot, sepia toned, showing six members of the family of Adrian and Dorothy Wright near their property at 106 Huntington Road, in Worthington. From left, rear: Ted [Edward], Dorothy, Adrian, Dave [David]. Front: Phyll [Phyllis] and Bar…

House at 106 Huntington Road was built on land purchased in 1934 on State Road by Adrian Wright to build a summer home for his family. It took two years to build and cost $3,000 including the price of the land. The cellar was dug for the price of a…

Sepia toned portrait photograph showing Dorothy and Adrian Wright. Their parents, Joseph and Minnie Wright had moved with their family to "The Farm" on Old Post Road, where they raised and sold chickens. Dorothy and Adrian purchased 28 acres across…

Grammar School Diploma in red leatherette case issued to Edward Seth Wright, known as "Ted" on June 19, 1942. The diploma is signed by School Committee members: Fred G. Sears, Jr., Arthur G. Capen, and Alice M. Bartlett; as well as by Principal Helen…

A Bicentennial History of Peru. Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1771-1971, Town of Peru, hardback, 44 pages of text, many pages of black and white photographs

Roads Traveled: Just a Country Boy Trying to Get Along, by Charles A. Bisbee, Jr. Reminiscences of life in Chesterfield. Hardcover with dust jacket, 287 pp. 2002, Modern MemoirsPublishing

Taking the High Road: A Two Hundred Year History of a Hilltown by Jane Benedict Phinney, Savoy Massachusetts, 1797-1997. Paper, self published, 168 pp. illustrated.

Town of Worthington, Annual Report, 2014. Cover shows Worthington Library, photograph by Ed Pelletier. Includes reports from various town boards and entities.

Archival copy of DVD - interview with Bob Randall, November 2012, Berkshire Hills Productions, interviewer: Kate Ewald.

Archival copy of DVD, from World War II, Veteran's Day Commemoration, November 10, 2001 event. Included on the DVD are: Donald Mollison, William Coffey, Donald Coffey, James Coffey, Milton Perkins, Bob Epperly, Ernest Robinson, Kenneth Pease, Harold…

This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.

Here is a picture of our Golden Retriever dog, 'Yukon' playing in the snow. This video is hosted on Vimeo as a test. Another, related video of the cutting of our spruce plantation is hosted on YouTube. Looking at various alternatives for video…

Video. Brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped and put into a box truck for transportation off site.

Video. Saplings and brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped in anticipation of transportation off site.

The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.

The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…

Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!

Spruce logs from spruce plantation have been cut and stacked. They are to be skidded to a central location for further processing.

Logs are in queue for further processing. The picker is picking up clean boughs for chipping. The ships will be used to generate steam at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.

The spruce plantation has been removed using a 'feller buncher'. The logs have been removed from the site. The green needles on the ground will decompose. It will be necessary either to graze a few goats in the cut area, or plan to brush hog the…