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).

Official collection name: Records of the Lyman School for Boys [State Reform School]

Location: Shelving and unprocessed box in work shelving.

Local identifier: LH.016

Creator: Westborough Public Library

Date: 1847-1959

Extent: .5 linear foot (books, film, hard drive) + one unprocessed box

Subject: Reformatories–Massachusetts–Westborough (Mass.); Lyman School for Boys

Online access:

•  Westborough Digital Repository: http://repository.westborougharchive.org/collections/show/11
• Digital Commonwealth: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/collections/commonwealth:pc28bf72d
• Westborough TV (Historical Film on the Lyman School for Boys): http://westboroughtv.org/screening-of-discovered-film-on-lyman-school-for-boys/. Also see a follow-up interview with a former student: http://westboroughtv.org/bob-brown-sits-down-with-a-former-lyman-school-student/.