Massachusetts Archives Collection
Since the Lyman School was a state agency, all of its official records are held at the MassArchives:
- Lyman School for Boys (HS8.05): https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/archives/collections/FA_HS.pdf (Look for the link in the Table of Contents)
Westborough Public Library Collections
- Records of the Lyman School for Boys [State Reform School] (LH.016): https://catalog.westborougharchive.org/records-of-the-lyman-school-for-boys-state-reform-school-lh-016/
- Robert Cleaves Collection of Lyman School Records (LH.070): https://catalog.westborougharchive.org/robert-cleaves-collection-of-lyman-school-records-lh-070/
Online Resources
- Mass Archives
- Annual Reports => By Author => Trustees of the Lyman and Industrial Schools.
- Annual Reports => By Author => Department of Youth Services (Reports for the Lyman School were folded into this periodical at one point, but not all of the reports listed include Lyman School material.)
- HathiTrust
- Annual report of the trustees of the State Reform School, at Westborough, together with the annual reports of the officers of the institution, 1853.
- Annual report of the trustees of the State Reform School, at Westborough, together with the annual reports of the officers of the institution, 11-19 (1857-1866).
- Annual report of the trustees of the State Reform School, at Westborough, together with the annual reports of the officers of the institution, 17th-32nd (1863-1878).
- Investigation into the management and discipline of the State Reform School at Westborough before the Committee on Public Charitable Institutions, 1877.
- Internet Archive Search Queries (You may have to do some more searching than what comes up in these quick queries, and you may have to use “Reform School” and/or “Lyman,” depending on the time period being seaarched.)