Scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting the September 21, 1938 hurricane.
Official collection name: 1938 Hurricane Scrapbook
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.045
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1938
Extent: One scrapbook
Subject: Hurricane damage–Westborough (Mass.)
Newspapers, film, videos, DVD. Collection of Chronotypes and a movie documenting the 1953 tornado.
Official collection name: Records Documenting the 1953 Tornado
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.039
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1953
Extent: 1 folder (newspapers); film; 2 videos; DVD
Subject: Tornado damage–Westborough (Mass.)
Program, 3 record albums, cassette tapes, chrome movie film, scrapbook. Items relating to the Anniversary Choral Concert.
Official collection name: The 250th Anniversary Committee Records, 1965-1967
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.034
Creator: The 250th Anniversary Committee
Date: 1965-1967
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (one box)
Subject: Celebrations–Westborough (Mass.)
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About forty manuscript plays written by Alice Clark Gilmore. The plays appear to have been performed at various functions and for various organizations around Westborough.
Official collection name: Alice Clark Gilmore Papers, ca. 1930
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.041
Creator: Alice Clark Gilmore
Date: ca. 1930
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (one box)
Subject: Alice Clark Gilmore–Plays
Seasonal programs for American Legion Baseball.
Official collection name: Westborough American Legion Baseball Programs, 1973-1992
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.038
Creator: Westborough American Legion Baseball
Date: 1973-1992
Extent: 2 folders
Subject: American Legion baseball; Little League baseball–Westborough (Mass.)
Photographs, meeting minutes, correspondence, certificates, and membership records.
Official collection name: Records of the American Legion Stowell-Parker Post 163
Former name: Membership Records for the Earle B. Stowell Post No. 163 of the American Legion
Location: Oversize
Local identifier: LH.025
Creator: Earle B. Stowell Post No. 163 of the American Legion
Date: 1918 – 2014
Extent: 4.5 linear feet (3 boxes + stack of cards and long photograph)
Subject: American Legion–Westborough (Mass.)
Digital files for Annie Reid and Garry Kessler’s “Wildflowers of the Westborough Reservoir.”
Official collection name: Anne A. Reid and Garry Kessler Papers
Location: Digital Files (not yet filed)
Local identifier: LH.084
Creator: Garry Kessler and Anne A. Reid
Date: 1999-2002
Extent: Digital files
Subject: Wildflowers–Massachusetts–Westborough
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Notebook and Oriels. Curriculum notes by long-time Westborough schoolteacher, Annie Fales.
Official collection name: Annie E. Fales Papers
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.035
Creator: Annie E. Fales
Date: ca. 1901-1960
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (one box)
Subject: Schools–Westborough (Mass.); Schools–Westborough (Mass.)–Periodicals
Architectural drawings of 18 West Main Street, the Forbes Building, and one for a Post Office that apparently was never built.
Official collection name: Architectural Drawings Collection
Location: Roll Box
Local identifier: LH.057
Creator: Westborough Public Library
Date: 1891-1950
Extent: 2 linear feet
Subject: Architectural design–Westborough (Mass.)
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Bound serials, unbound serials. Reports outside of these years appear in Westborough Town Reports.
Official collection name: Westborough Assessor’s Reports, 1853-1956, 1963, 1972
Location: Reference shelving
Local identifier: LH.049
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1853-1956, 1963, 1972
Extent: 2 linear feet
Subject: Tax assessment–Westborough (Mass.)
