Worcester Historical Museum Library and Archives

Higher Education in Worcester

• Assumption College
• Becker College
• Clark University
• College of the Holy Cross
• University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Worcester State University

Finding Aids

• Adams Street School Collection
• Clark University Sociology Papers
• Colleges of Worcester Consortium Collection
• English and Classical High School Photograph Collection (1887)
• English High School Class of 1905 Photograph Collection
• English High School Class of 1913 Photograph Collection
• Milton Grace Photograph Collection (school photos)
• Highland Military Academy Photograph Collection
• Highland Military Academy Records c. 1860-1919
• Innovative Learning International Publication
• Muttergarten Collection
• North High School Class of 1934 Collection
• Oread Collegiate Institute Collection
• Oread Institute Collection
• School Board Records Collection
• South High School Class of 1904 Photograph Collection
• Supernor Family School Photograph Collection
• University in Cambridge Program
• Worcester High School (1870s) Photograph Collection
• Worcester High School Class of 1892 and 1893 Photograph Collection
• Worcester Public School Plans
• Worcester Schools Collection

Online Resources

• The First Schoolhouse in Worcester (1903)
• Massachusetts State Normal School at Worcester Course Catalog (1888)
• Exhibition of Creative Work of Worcester High School Art Classes: Worcester Art Museum, 1939

Books

• — (1978). Through the Years, 1901-1978: South High School, Worcester, Massachusetts. Worcester, Mass.: The Schools.
• Cahill, Ann J. (1993). Women on the Hill: Alumnae Reflect on Twenty Years at Holy Cross, 1972-1992. Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross.
• Chenoweth, C. Van D. (1899). The School History of Worcester. Worcester, Mass.: Wood.
• Koelsch, William A. (1987). Clark University, 1887-1987: A Narrative History. Worcester: Clark University Press.
• Kuzniewski, Anthony J. (1999). Thy Honored Name: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1994. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press.
• McGraw, Robert, Robert Leestamper, and Herb Taylor (1974). The First 100 Years: Worcester State College. Worcester, Mass.: WSC Office of Community Services.
• Meagher, Walter J. and William J. Grattan (1966). The Spires of Fenwick: A History of the College of the Holy Cross, 1843-1963. New York: Vantage Press.
• Moynihan, Kenneth J. (2004). Assumption College: A Centennial History 1904-2004. Worcester, Mass.: Assumption College.
• Roe, Alfred S. (1892). Worcester Classical and English High School: A Record of Forty-Seven Years. Worcester, Mass.: Publihsed by the author.
• Traina, Richard P. (2005). Changing the World: Clark University’s Pioneering People, 1887-2000. Worcester, Mass.: Chandler House Press.
• Waite, Frederick Clayton (1932). The First Sectarian Medical School in New England: At Worcester (1846-1859) and its Relation to Thomsonianism. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Medical Society.
• Ward, George O. (1917). The First Four Principals of Worcester Academy: A Series of Biographical Sketches. Worcester, Mass.: Davis Pr.
• Ward, George O. (1916). Worcester Academy Under the Quest of the Antiquarian: A Study into the Locations and Early History of Worcester Academy. Worcester, Mass.: [s.n.].
• Wright, Martha Elizabeth Burt and Anna M. Bancroft (1905). History of the Oread Collegiate Institute, Worcester, Mass. (1849-1911), with Biographical Sketches. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Tyler.