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Photocopy of West Worthington offician appointment of Cora P. Jones as Postmaster on December 6, 1913, signed by Mr. Henry Betsold, Hatfield. Most recent date is November 3, 1933.

Sepia tone photograph on cardboard of Laura and Louis Bartlett as children sitting on a studio setting of a stone wall. Taken by Wheeler, Pittsfield, Mass.

Matter concerning Capen land sold to Wilder of Pittsfield. This letter written by Sarah Wilder to Arthur Capen. Dated June 22, 1932

William G. Rice Jr, standing in doorway with older man. Badly worn. Titled '3 generations preparing fish,' 1899. Note accompanying box of photos says: Pictures printed by Mr. Arthur Tuttle from old glass negatives taken by Mrs. Wm. G. Rice,…

1790 federal census for Worthington. Collected by William Shepard. 2 pages. Number of houses: 181; number of heads of families: 188. This was the first census conducted by the newly formed United States of America

'Worthington Cook Book : Choice Selections of Tested Receipts compiled by the Women's Benevolent Society, Worthington, Mass.' 118 pages. Contents include: Rules for Baking, Bread, Rolls, Sandwiches, Sop, Fish, Meats, Eggs, Vegetables, Salads,…

Three envelopes of bills Aug/Sept/October 1907 to Granville Capen for milk and butter from the Worthington Cooperative Creamery Association, Ringville.

Typed and mimeographed newsletters dated June 1979 & July 1980

Mimeographed recipe book, unpaginated. Titled: "Kitchen Magic from Worthington Grange#90 Cooks" Recipes were typed. Names and date not provided. A lot of the recipes use processed food so guessing this was produced during the 1950s or 1960s.

'Newsletter', Worthington Health Association (WHA), spring 1983.
The Worthington Health Association (WHA) was established in the mid-1950s by nurse Florence Bates and others. It operated first as the Worthington Medical Center, then as the…

One sheet letter from the Worthington Health Center to members describing operations and asking for annual membership fee.

14 photos of Worthington Historical Society building under construction.

2001 Program of Worthington's WWII Veterans Day Commemoration which was held at the Town Hall and video taped by Jerome Noonan and Ed and Helen Pelletier. The tape was donated to the Historical Society and is in Box 46.

Collection of papers chronicling a general history of the Town of Worthington, MA

Articles of Organization with the State of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation filed on June 26, 1961.

Book of 50 cent raffle tickets for rug and afghan, Sept 9, 1972

In honor of Centennial Celebration of the Worthington Golf Club, WHS hosted a Tea Party featuring "The Victorian Lady", (Kandy Carle) a performance artist wearing and describing the dress of yesteryear. She came in period dress appropriate for 1904.

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

Hampshire Gazette article titled "Realistic sculpture out of the gallery. . ." that describes a cardboard replica of Hitler's car created by Peter McLean to be displayed at Town Hall. Intended to have metaphoric meaning, the car is also designed to…

Draft mission statement drawn up in 2004