Administrative documents, including player lists, housed in a binder.

Official collection name: Westborough American Little League Records, 1958-1971

Location: Shelving

Local identifier: LH.018

Creator: Westborough Recreation Department

Date: 1958-1971

Extent: One binder

Subject: Little League baseball–Westborough (Mass.)

Photocopies, newspaper clippings, documents, pamphlets, booklets, periodicals. A miscellaneous collection of information and primary sources relating to Westborough local history, organized by subject.

Official collection name: Local History By Subject

Location: Filing cabinet; Map case (A5).

Local identifier: LH.001

Creator: Westborough Public Library

Date: Undetermined

Extent: 3 filing cabinet drawers

Subject: Local history–Westborough (Mass.); Westborough (Mass.)–Social life and customs

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.)

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/.

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.

Official collection name: The Robert Cleaves Collection of Lyman School Records

Location: Shelving

Local identifier: LH.070

Creator: Robert Cleaves

Date: 1847-1946

Extent: 1 linear foot (2 boxes + Map Case folder)

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

Online access:

• Westborough Digital Repository: https://westboroughdigitalrepository.omeka.net/collections/show/17

Finding aid: LH070 – Robert Cleaves Collection of Lyman School Records

Scrapbooks. Newspaper clippings, brochures, correspondence, photographs, and newsletters documenting the activities of The Listening Ear, a help phone line for people in need.

Official collection name: The Listening Ear Records, 1967-1978

Location: Shelving

Local identifier: LH.044

Creator: The Listening Ear

Date: 1967-1978

Extent: 2 binders

Subject: Hotlines (Counseling)

Final report entitled, “State Land in Westborough: A Plan for Its Use,” created by the Westborough Land Reuse Committee.

Official collection name: Westborough Land Reuse Committee Records, 1981-1982

Location: Shelving

Local identifier: LH.020

Creator: Westborough Land Reuse Committee

Date: 1981-1982

Extent: One 3-hole punch binder

Subject: City planning–Westborough (Mass.)