Worcester Historical Museum Library and Archives

Finding Aids

• Asa M. Allen Ledger Collection (nail manufacturer)
• American Diner Museum Collection
• American Steel & Wire Company Collection
• American Steel & Wire Company Cable Works Photograph Collection
• American Steel & Wire Company Mill Brook Dam Collection
• Andrews Greeting Card Collection
• Charles A. Ballou Collection (wallpaper business)
• A. L. Burbank Collection (jewelers)
• Horace H. Bigelow Letters (shoe manufacturer)
• Blackstone Canal Company Collection
• Bloom Family Collection (American Steel & Wire)
• Buck Trolley Clothes Dryer Co. Collection
• Benjamin W. Childs Collection (boot manufacturer)
• Coates Clipper Manufacturing Company Collection
• Arthur Covey Collection (Norton Company murals)
• Crompton & Knowles Loom Works Collection
• Crompton & Knowles Loom Photograph Collection
• Davey’s Handbag Collection
• Davis Press Greek/Egyptian Costume Print Collection
• Deignan Greeting Card Collection
• Denholm & McKay Co. Collection (department store)
• Filene’s Department Store Collection
• Gates Family Papers (lumber merchants)
• J. L. Goding Co. Collection (men’s clothing retailer)
• Graton & Knight Manufacturing Company Collection (leather goods)
• Charles O. Green Records (tanner and currier)
• Harrington & Richardson Arms Company Catalog
• Harrington & Richardson Arms Company Collection
• T. J. Hastings & Co. Collection (machinist)
• Holyoke Machine Company Collection
• Home Federal Savings and Loan Collection
• Howard Brothers Manufacturing Company Collection
• Howland Valentine Collection
• Howland/Taft Valentine Collection
• Johnson Steel and Wire Collection
• Knowles Loom Works Collection
• Laraia & Ermilio Collection
• Swan Larson Collection (Norton Company)
• Harris Lubin Collection (clothing store)
• David Manning Collection (Leicester Boot and Shoe Company)
• Marcus Company Collection (furriers)
• Marderos Deranian Collection (Pure Food Market, 477 Park Ave)
• Edith Maynard Collection (Richard Schwarz toy importer)
• Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Company Collection
• Morgan Producer Gas Machine Catalog
• Negotiable Order of Withdrawal Collection
• New England Anchor Fence Co. Collection
• Nordstrom Grocer Family Collection
• Norton Company Collection: Part 1, Part 2
• T. O’Flynn and Sons Stable Collection
• Lincoln E. Pearson Collection (Crompton & Knowles Loom Works)
• John E. Peters Papers (Photography Supplies Store)
• Fred Josiah Proctor Collection (Proctor Lumber Company)
• Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. Collection (trolley car manufacturer)
• Railroad Collection (1831-1949)
• Meriam Richardson & Co. Collection (woodworking machinery)
• Rockwood Sprinkler Collection
• Shawmut Worcester Bank Collection
• Sherman Envelope Company Photographs
• Spag’s Collection (retail store)
• Speedy’s Drive-In Restaurant Collection
• Steel Workers Organizing Committee Collection (1937-1940)
• Charles K. Reed and Co. Collection (taxidermist)
• Rice, Barton & Fales, Inc. Records (manufacturers of paper, pulp, and textile machinery)
• Rice, Barton & Fales Co. Collection 2 (manufacturers of paper, pulp, and textile machinery)
• Richardson Manufacturing Company Collection (1880-1915)
• Robert W. Stoddard Sound Recording (Wyman-Gordon Company)
• Royal Toy Company Collection
• Royal Worcester Corset Co. Advertisement
• Tolman, Hathaway & Co. Collection (terra cotta ornaments)
• Tolman, Luther & Co. Catalog (terra cotta ornaments)
• Torrey Collection No. 2 (Razor company): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
• United States Steel Corporation Photograph Collection
• Valentine Collection #1
• Van Slett Advertising Company Collection
• Walden Manufacturing Company Collection (tool manufacturer)
• O. S. Walker Co. Collection (magnetic machinery manufacturer)
• Whitcomb-Blaisdell Collection (machine tools manufacturer)
• Samuel Winslow Skate Manufacturing Company Catalog
• Wire Goods Co. of Worcester Collection
• Worcester County Institution for Savings Collection
• Worcester County National Bank Collection
• Worcester Cycle Manufacturing Company Records
• Worcester Deluxe Diners Manufacturing Company Collection (1999.114)
• Worcester Deluxe Diners Manufacturing Company Collection (1999.124)
• Worcester Gear Works Papers
• Worcester Lunch Car Company Records (1982.74)
• Worcester Lunch Car Company Records (1998.163)
• Worcester Lunch Car Company Records (1999.111)
• Worcester Lunch Car Company, Specifications and Schematic Drawings (1914-1967)
• Wright Wire Company Collection
• WRTA Collection
• Wyman-Gordon Company Records: Part 1, Part 2

Online Resources

• The City of Worcester, Massachusetts: Its Public Buildings and Its Business (1886)
• Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of Central and Western Massachusetts (1886)

Books

• — (1881). Hand Book for the Manufacturer, Mechanic and Farmer: The Worcester Manufacturer, Containing a List of the Representative Industries of the City of Worcester, Mass., and Description of their Products. Worcester, Mass.: Press of Blanchard & Wilson.
• Gutman, Richard (2004). The Worcester Lunch Car Company. Portsmouth, NH: Arcadia.
• Logan, James (1913). Industrial Pioneers of Worcester. Worcester, Mass.: Davis Press.
• Rosenzweig, Roy (1978). “Eight Hours for What We Will”: Workers and Leisure in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1870-1930. Cambridge: Harvard.
• Sawyer, Christopher and Patricia A. Wolf (2011). Denholms: The Story of Worcester’s Premier Department Store. Charleston, SC: History Press.