Description and photographs of the July 4th, 1991 celebration welcoming home Westborough veterans who served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Official collection name: Welcome Home Celebration for the Westborough Veterans of Desert Shield and Desert Storm Photo Album, 1991
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.027
Creator: Frederick Brown, with photographs by Richard Cesary
Date: 1991
Extent: One photo album
Subject: Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Celebrations–Westborough (Mass.)
Fire reports from Westborough that were submitted to the Department of Public Safety – Division of Fire Prevention, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Official collection name: Westborough Fire Reports to the Department of Public Safety – Division of Fire Prevention, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1931-1945
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.024
Creator: Department of Public Safety – Division of Fire Prevention, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Date: 1931-1945
Extent: Packet of filing cards
Subject: Fires–Westborough (Mass.)
Two games based on Monopoly with a Westborough theme.
Official collection name: Westborough Games
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.047
Creator: Westborough Public Library
Date: 2000-2017
Extent: 1.5 linear feet (two boxes)
Subject: Games–Westborough (Mass.)
Finding aid
These records cover the years 1805-1829, which overlap with the time period of the War of 1812. They document the formation of the Westborough Light Infantry, its administration, and its training activities, and they include meeting minutes, committee reports, warrants, treasury accounts, bills and receipts, and military orders.
Official collection name: Records of the Westborough Light Infantry, 1805-1829
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.006
Creator: Westborough Light Infantry, Second Division, Second Brigade, Seventh Division of the Massachusetts Militia
Date: 1805-1829
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (1 box + materials in the Military Oversize Box)
Subject: Westborough Light Infantry; United States–History–War of 1812
Finding aid: Westborough Light Infantry – 16-06-10
Three scrapbooks containing newspaper announcements and reviews of stage productions, playbills, and photographs of performances.
Official collection name: Westborough Players’ Club Records, 1937-1981
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.009
Creator: Westborough Players’ Club
Date: 1937-1981
Extent: 1 linear foot (3 binders)
Subject: Theater–Westborough (Mass.)–Societies, etc.
Documents, ledger books, notebooks, circulation records, Trustee meeting minutes, book lists, bookplate printing block, etc. Also includes the Westborough Public Library Millennium Project Scrapbook (2000), a series of photographs and images documenting the history of the Westborough Public Library.
Official collection name: Records of the Westborough Public Library, 1874-Present
Location: Shelving; Map case (A4).
Local identifier: LH.048
Creator: Westborough Public Library
Date: 1874-Present
Extent: 4.5 linear feet (4 boxes + Scrapbook)
Subject: Westborough Public Library (Mass.)
Finding aid
The collection includes meeting minutes, personnel records, financial accounts, bills and receipts, payroll records, and a letter by Capt. William P. Blackmer from Harper’s Ferry on October 4, 1861 that refers to the abolitionist John Brown. The Company included men from Southborough, Upton, Shrewsbury, Hopkinton, and Northborough, and some of the records in this collection contain information on soldiers and administration that relate to these surrounding towns of Westborough.
Official collection name: Records of the Westborough Rifle Company, 1861-1870
Location: Shelving and Oversize
Local identifier: OD.007
Creator: Westborough Rifle Company
Date: 1861-1870
Extent: 2.75 linear feet (2 boxes + materials in the Military Oversize Box)
Subject: United States–History–Civil War, 1861-1865
Online access:
Finding aid: Westborough Rifle Company – 16-06-10
Meeting minutes, agendas, scrapbooks, and correspondence of the Westborough Women’s Club.
Official collection name: Westborough Women’s Club Records
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.054
Creator: Westborough Women’s Club
Date: 1916-2012
Extent: 7 linear feet (14 boxes)
Subject: Westborough (Mass.)–Societies and clubs; Westborough (Mass.)–Social life and customs
Finding aid
The collection consists of some administrative planning documents relating to the Spring Festival Family Fun Day, and the rest are publications, handouts, posters, school projects, and other items relating to Westborough’s anniversary celebration.
Official collection name: Westborough’s 300th Anniversary Celebration Records
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.060
Creator: 300th Anniversary Committee and Westborough Public Library
Date: 2017
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Subject: Local history–Westborough (Mass.); Westborough (Mass.)–Social life and customs; Celebrations–Westborough (Mass.)
Online access:
- Archive-It (websites): coming soon!
Finding aid: Westborough 300th Anniversary Celebration Records 18-01-12
File cards recording information about individual soldiers from Westborough who served in World War I.
Official collection name: Service Records for Soldiers Serving in World War I, 1917-1919
Location: Shelving
Local identifier: LH.026
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1917-1919
Extent: Packet of filing cards
Subject: World War, 1914-1918; Soldiers
