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.)
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
Pictures and stories by third grade students about why they think Westborough is special.
Official collection name: Third Grade Archives Projects
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.062
Creator: Westborough Public Library
Date: 2018
Extent: .25 linear feet (1 box)
Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Pictorial works
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
