Sources for the Forbes Family and the Forbes High School in the Westborough Public Library

  • Local History by Subject Collection (LH.001) – File: Schools: Forbes, Old High School
    • Forbes Family in Westborough, Massachusetts pamphlet
    • Chronotype articles
    • Dedication program
    • Talk given before the High School assembly on the 20th anniversary of the opening of the new High School, May 10, 1946 by Supt. J. Harding Armstrong
  • Historical Records of the Town of Westborough: Schools, 1730-1932 (OD.004)
    • 022 Invitation and Program for the Dedication of the Westborough High School, 1926
    • 030 Invitation and Program for the First Graduating Class of the New H.S. (Forbes), 1926
    • 10 Report of the Committee on a Site for a High School, n.d.[?]
    • 090 Four Photographs Taken at the Corner Stone of the High School, 4/4/1925
    • 094 Articles from The Chronotype on the New High School, 1924-1925
    • 096 “History of the Site of the New High School” from The Chronotype, by Lillian Luukko, n.d. [after 1924]
    • 13 Chronotype Newspaper Clippings on the Dedication of the High School, 1926
    • 099 History of the Site of the Junior-Senior High School (Forbes) by Fannie Hooker Forbes, 1925
    • 100 Research Notes on School History by Charles H. Reed, 1929
    • 101 Historical Notes [Charles H. Reed, ca. 1929?]
    • 102 Statistical Comparison of Westborough Schools in 1880 and 1930, 1930
    • 104 Original Enclosures for the Collection [Contains envelopes with dates and other information that might be useful.]
  • Do a search for “Forbes” in the Digital Repository.
  • Historical Photographs Collection (LH.011) – Files: Schools and Schools, Pupils and Students
  • Genealogies of Westborough Families (LH.008) – Files: Forbes