The collection contains images gathered during the “Westborough: Your Town – Your History” Scanning Day held on February 4, 2017. The Westborough Public Library asked residents to bring in historical and cultural items relating to Westborough for it to scan and digitize. Printed material includes posters, plans, and newspaper articles relating to the event. The event was made possible by a Common Heritage Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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].

Photographs, letters, diaries, maps, administrative documents, scrapbooks. Papers and records relating to Westborough history collected by Charles H. Reed and later his daughter, Rachel Deering. Some of the items form the core of the book collection and the Genealogies of Westborough Families collection.

Citations and proclamations signed by Massachusetts State politicians recognizing  Westborough Veterans of Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the town’s welcome home celebration and the town’s 275th anniversary celebration.

This collection contains important images, records, and ephemera of Westborough and its history. Official collection name: The Philip M. Kittredge Collection Location: Oversize shelving – 1 Local identifier: LH.085 Creator: Philip M. Kittredge Date: Undetermined Extent: Undetermined Subject: Local history–Westborough (Mass.); Westborough (Mass.)–Pictorial works; Westborough (Mass.)–Social life and customs; Business enterprises–Westborough (Mass.) Online access: Westborough

The Photographer-in-Residence program at the Westborough Public Library was created as part of the Westborough Center for History and Culture in 2018. Brandin Tumeinski served as the first Photographer-in-Residence from 2018-2019 and was succeeded by Adway Wadekar from 2019-2020.

Microfilm, atlas. Copies of the papers of Ebenezer Parkman and his family, plus an atlas that appears to have been used by Ebenezer Parkman while he was at Harvard University.

Records of the Odd Fellows Club. Official collection name: Odd Fellows Club Records Location: Oversize shelving – 1 Local identifier: LH.087 Creator: Odd Fellows Club Date: ca. 1888-1956 Extent: 0.25 linear feet (one box) Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Societies and clubs; Westborough (Mass.)–Social life and customs

Notebooks, scrapbooks. Meeting and administrative minutes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence documenting the activities of the Old Time Club.

Photo album and DVD chronicling the Town celebration of Nikki Stone winning the Olympic Gold Medal in Aerial Freestyle Skiing in 1998.