Notebook and Oriels. Curriculum notes by long-time Westborough schoolteacher, Annie Fales.

Scrapbook, videos, and framed cartoon documenting the 1943 Westborough High School Championship Football Team and its 50th reunion. Official collection name: Carroll and Marion Fay 1943 Westborough Championship Football Team Collection Location: Oversize shelving – 1 Local identifier: LH.083 Creator: Carroll Fay Date: 1943-1993 Extent: 1.5 linear feet (1 box) Subject: Society & Culture; Sports

Books, hard drive. Ledger book detailing the lives of boys at the State Reform School in Westborough from 1856-1857, annual reports, and a book about the history and life at the school. See also the folder for “Lyman School” in the Local History by Subject collection (LH.001). The Lyman School is also featured in the Westborough Center online exhibit, “Changing Pictures of Childhood: A Comparative History of Child Welfare in Westborough.” See also the The Robert Cleaves Collection of Lyman School Records.

The Robert Cleaves Collection of Lyman School Records covers the early years of the State Reform School for Boys and the Lyman School for Boys. Most notably, the collection includes meeting minutes of the school’s Board of Trustees beginning with its very first meeting in 1847 up until 1860 and a collection of photographs showing the boys engaging in a number of activities between 1905 and 1912. Records from this collection is featured in the Westborough Center online exhibit, “Changing Pictures of Childhood: A Comparative History of Child Welfare in Westborough.” See also Records of the Lyman School for Boys [State Reform School].

Bound School Committee reports.

Most of the records in this collection were created in the nineteenth century. They document planning for the repair and building of schools, splitting the town into separate districts, the hiring and firing of teachers, and the administering of schools within each district. Documents relating to disciplining students include the “Report on Events Leading to Expelling Emey Colburn by the Westborough School Association, 1840” (OS.02), “Adopted By-Laws Concerning Truant Children, 1871” (1.015), and entries from March 14-28, 1887 in School Committee Records, 1862-1892 (1.002).

Run, with gaps, of The Oriel, Westborough High School’s literary magazine.

Pictures and stories by third grade students about why they think Westborough is special.