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.)
Photocopies of house surveys that are held at the Westborough Historical Commission and some administrative documents that were sent to the Library for the convenience of the public during the process of nominating sections of town for Historic District status. Note, copies are also available online through the MACRIS database.
Official collection name: Historic District Surveys and Documentation, 1978-2008
Location: Filing cabinet
Local identifier: LH.002
Creator: Westborough Historical Commission and the Westborough Public Library
Date: 1978-2008
Extent: 6 file folders
Subject: Historic buildings–Westborough (Mass.)
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Binder. Meeting minutes, memoranda, and reports resulting in recommendations for the redevelopment of the Lyman School property.
Official collection name: Lyman School Citizen Advisory Committee Records, 1988
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.019
Creator: Lyman School Citizen Advisory Committee
Date: 1988
Extent: One binder
Subject: City planning–Westborough (Mass.)
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).
Official collection name: Historical Records of the Town of Westborough: Schools
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.004 (Accession number 2015.02)
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1724-1932
Extent: 3 linear feet (1 banker box + 1 oversize box)
Subject: Schools–Westborough (Mass.)
Finding aid: OD004 – Westborough School Docs
Bound and unbound volumes of Street Lists.
Official collection name: Westborough Street Lists, 1924-Present
Location: Reference shelving
Local identifier: LH.053
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1924-Present
Extent: 3.5 linear feet
Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Address books
Documents, textiles, and photographs that document Westborough’s celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Massachusetts in 1930.
Official collection name: Tercentenary Committee Records
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.008
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1928-1931
Extent: 3 linear feet (1 box + 1 photograph box + 2 oversize boxes)
Subject: Celebrations–Massachusetts–Westborough (Mass.)–1620-1640
Finding aid: OD008 – Tercentenary Committee Records
Most of the records in this collection fall between the late eighteenth century and the early nineteenth century. They document the administrative activities of the Town of Westborough, including town meetings, selectman activities, indenture servant contracts, church records, military records, and the layout of the town boundary, roads, and bridges. Genealogists will find valuable information in the Vital Records, Indentures, Military, and Church Records series.
Official collection name: Historical Records of the Town of Westborough: Administrative Documents
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.001
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1724-1929
Extent: 3 linear feet (1 banker box + one oversize box)
Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Politics and government
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Finding aid: OD001 – Westborough Administrative Docs
Most of the lists in this collection are tax related and fall between the late-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. The tax lists provide important historical and genealogical information about the make-up of town residents in lieu of official census figures, although surviving lists for some years are more complete than others. Many of the lists divide the town into north and south, with the “Great Road” (now Route 9) serving as the dividing line.
Official collection name: Historical Records of the Town of Westborough: Census and Tax Lists, 1756-1879
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.003
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1756-1879
Extent: 4 linear feet (5 boxes + one oversize box)
Subject: Tax assessment–Westborough (Mass.); Census–Westborough (Mass.)
Finding aid: OD003 – Westborough Tax Lists
Financial documents, including receipts, orders drawn, and account books.
Official collection name: Historical Records of the Town of Westborough: Finance, 1730-1869
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.002
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1730-1869
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (2 boxes + 1 oversize box)
Subject: Finance–Westborough (Mass.)
Finding aid: OD002 – Westborough Finance
Bound and unbound Town Reports.
Official collection name: Westborough Town Reports, 1853-Present
Location: Reference shelving
Local identifier: LH.051
Creator: Town of Westborough
Date: 1853-Present
Extent: 7 linear feet
Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Administration–Periodicals
