Worcester Society of Antiquity (1875-1919)
Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity
| Vol. 1 | Proceedings for 1877 and 1878 Constitution, By-Laws and Certificate of Incorporation Inscriptions from the Old Burial Grounds |
| Vol. 2 | Proceedings for 1879 and 1880 Early Records of the Town of Worcester, Book I, 1722-1739 Early Records of the Town of Worcester, Book II, 1740-1753 |
| Vol. 3 | Records of the Proprietors of Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Vol. 4 | Worcester Town Records from 1753 to 1783 |
| Vol. 5 | Proceedings for 1881 and 1882 Records of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Worcester, Massachusetts from 1731 to 1737 |
| Vol. 6 | Proceedings for 1883 and 1884 Proceedings of the Tenth Anniversary of the Society, 1885 |
| Vol. 7 | Proceedings for 1885, 1886 and 1887 The Abolitionists Vindicated in a Review of Eli Thayer’s Papers on the New England Emigrant Aid Company |
| Vol. 8 | Worcester Town Records, 1784-1800 |
| Vol. 9 | Proceedings for 188, 1889 and 1890 |
| Vol.10 | Worcester Town Records, 1801-1816 |
| Vol. 11 | Worcester Town Records, 1817-1832 |
| Vol. 12 | Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths |
| Vol. 13 | Proceedings for 1891, 1892 and 1893 |
| Vol. 14 | Proceedings for 1894, 1895, and 1896 |
| Vol. 15 | Worcester Town Records, 1835-1848 |
| Vol 16 | Proceedings for the 10th Anniversary |
Worcester Historical Society (1920- 1980)
Worcester Historical Society Publications
It was 1913 when the Worcester Society of Antiquity ceased its regular publication of their Proceedings because of lack of funds. In 1920, the name of the Society was changed by act of the Massachusetts Legislature to Worcester Historical Society and publications resumed. The booklets contain the some of the many papers read before the Society from 1928 until the last publication in 1952. The year 1980 brought another name change. The Society’s name was once again changed to the Worcester Historical Museum. A name which encompasses the vast 3-D and paper/photograph collections acquired since the organizations inception in 1875.
| Year published | Papers read to the Society |
| 1928 | PAPERS Worcester and Its Newspapers Biography for Stephen C Earle – Architect and Churchman The Antecedents of the Worcester Society of Friends |
| 1929 | PAPERS General Henry Knox and the Ticonderoga Cannon Trail and Pike – A Study in Highway Development BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Ellery Bicknell Crane Adeline May Major Edward Tilley Raymond |
| 1930 | PAPERS High Points in Early Worcester Politics Some Worcester Contacts with the Washingtonian Temperance Movement The Highland Military Academy BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Nathaniel Paine, a Memorial Sketch Austin S. Garver, a Memorial Sketch Raymond Bassett Fletcher, a Memorial Sketch Frank Emery Williamson, a Memorial Sketch |
| 1931 | PAPERS Mrs. Penelope S. Canfield ‘s Recollections of Worcester One Hundred Years Ago Worcester’s Contribution to the Invention of the Typewriter Worcester County: Its History with Discussion of Attempts to Divide It Early Domestic Silver BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES William Fitzhale Abbot Matthew John Whittall Sarah Bennett Hopkins Joseph Jackson . John Saxe, ‘ ‘ The Twin Saxes’ ‘ |
| 1932 | PAPERS Daniel Henchman, the Founder of Worcester More High Points in Early Worcester Politics Among the Schoolbooks of Our Fathers-A Ghost-Walk- Firearms, Their Evolution and Worcester’s .Part Therein- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES James Green, 1841-1926 Levi Badger Chase Rufus Bennett Fowler |
| 1933 | PAPERS The Story of a Little Dress Hannah Greene Chase The Usher Lot, or Land Titles Near Highland Street, Worcester, Massachusetts What and Why the Forefathers Read, with a Brief Review of the Best Seller of Three Hundred Years Ago BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES William Trowbridge Forbes Col. Theodore S. Johnson Thomas Francis Kenney, M.D |
| 1934 | PAPERS The Procession of the Churches of Worcester Stephen Symonds and Abby Kelley Foster Early Charitable Organizations of Worcester The Reciprocal Influence of the City and County of Worcester in Their Development BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH William W oodward-Z. W. COOMBS |
| 1935 | PAPERS The Daguerreotype Art and Some of Its Early Exponents in Worcester Worcester’s Unique Centre School District: A Discursive Study The Blackstone Canal A Little Adventure in Local Archaeology Tools, Trades and an Honest Living in Early New England, |
| 1936 | PAPERS Apprenticeship in Massachusetts, Its Early Importance and Later Neglect Humanities of North American Indians George F. Blake, Jr. Edwin Brown Alexander Belisle Richard O’Flynn-A Founder Backward and Forward Along the Old Worcester Turnpike Daniel Kent The Locations of the First, Second, and Third Jails in Worcester County |
| 1937 | PAPERS Fifty Years of the Worcester Historical Society The Last Fifty Years of the Art Life of Worcester in the Nineteenth Century Characteristic Elements in American Folk Lore Prof. U. Waldo Cutler Charles Irving Rice |
| 1938 | PAPERS The New England Migration Early Blast Furnace Operations m Worcester County Franklin P. Rice |
| 1939 | PAPERS Old Worcester Gardens Some Observations in Regard to Our Earliest Indian Inhabitants The Bathsheba Spooner Murder Case MEMORIAL Walter Davidson |
| 1940 | PAPERS Some Historical Notes about “Tory” John Murray and His Family Dr. Paine’s and Other Early Gristmills |
| 1941 | PAPERS Notable Women of Worcester and Worcester County The Worcester Historical Society as a Community Activity Some Little-Known Anecdotes from the Bradford Manuscript |
| 1942 | PAPERS Green Hill, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Its Family, The Greens of Green Hill The Lincoln Farm: Present Site of the Worcester State Teachers College |
| 1943 | In Memoriam Frank Colegrove |
| 1944 | Report of the Activities of the Society During the Past Year |
| 1945 | Romance of Worcester Industry |
| 1946 | In Memoriam Zelotes W Coombs |
| 1947 | BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH William H Cunningham, 1873-1946 PAPER Medical Feuds and Quackery in Worcester |
| 1950 | PAPERS The Nameless Grave and the Headless Skeleton: A Middlesex Mystery Presentation and Acceptance of Captain George Fried Memorabilia to the Worcester Historical Society A Sketch of the Career of Captain Josiah Richardson: A Famous Captain of Some Notable Clipper Ships |
| 1952 | PAPERS Worcester Historical Society Seventy-Five Years Old General Rufus Putnam Forgotten Giant of the Revolution-the Story of Brigadier-General Timothy Ruggles of Hardwick Mrs. William Trowbridge Forbes Pearl Street Fifty Years Ago In Memoriam William J Waite 1869-1950 |