The Worcester, Massachusetts Histories book
collection is a group of 26 books that detail the history
of Worcester - primarily in the 19th and early 20th
centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific
events relating to key points in the history and development of
Worcester during this period as well as details of some of
its most important and influential figures.
All the titles contained on this DVD are listed below.
- Five hundred past and present citizens of Worcester, Mass. (1870) - Peckham, G. R. - 56 pages
- Worcester legends; incidents, anecdotes,
reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of
Worcester, Mass., and vicinity (1905) - Emerson,
William A. (William Andrew); Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin
Pierce) - 62 pages
- Worcester illustrated. 1875 (1875) - Ambler, James Arthur - 56 pages
- Dictionary of Worcester (1893) - Rice, Franklin Pierce - 148 pages
- Worcester births, marriages and deaths (1894) - 527 pages
- Worcester, Massachusetts city directory (1878) - 464 pages
- The city of Worcester, Massachusetts; (1886) - Smith, Henry M. - 124 pages
- Men of Worcester in caricature ; (1917) - Phifer, Luther Curtis - 281 pages
- The story of Worcester, Massachusetts (1910) - O Flynn, Thomas Francis - 159 pages
- History of Worcester and its people Volume 1 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - 575 pages
- History of Worcester and its people Volume 2 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - to page 1130
- History of Worcester and its people Volume 3 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - 448 pages
- History of Worcester and its people Volume 4 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - to page 918
- A list of the soldiers in the War of the
Revolution, from Worcester, Mass. : with a record of
their death and place of burial (1902) - Dodge, Mary
Cochran - 28 pages
- The Worcester book : a diary of noteworthy
events in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1883
(1884) - Rice, Franklin P - 159 pages
- Historic homes and institutions and
genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county,
Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of
antiquity Volume 1 (1907) - Crane, Ellery Bicknell - 551 pages
- Historic homes and institutions and
genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county,
Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of
antiquity Volume 2 (1907) - Crane, Ellery Bicknell - 457 pages
- Historic homes and institutions and
genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county,
Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of
antiquity Volume 3 (1907) - Crane, Ellery Bicknell - 404 pages
- Historic homes and institutions and
genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county,
Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of
antiquity Volume 4 (1907) - Crane, Ellery Bicknell - 422 pages
- The Worcester of eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight. Fifty years a city (1899) - Rice, Franklin
P. (Franklin Pierce) - 809 pages
- History of Worcester County, Massachusetts
: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers
and prominent men. Volume 1 (1889) - Hurd, D. Hamilton
(Duane Hamilton) - 884 pages
- History of Worcester County, Massachusetts
: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers
and prominent men. Volume 2 (1889) - Hurd, D. Hamilton
(Duane Hamilton) - to page 1762
- Leading business men of Worcester and
vicinity; embracing Millbury, Grafton, Westboro, Upton,
Uxbridge, Leicester, Whitinsville. Illustrated (1889) -
Cummings, C. H - 304 pages
- History of the Department of Police
Service of Worcester, Mass., from 1674 to 1900,
historical and biographical : illustrating and describing
the economy, equipment and effectiveness of the police force of
to-day, with reminiscences of the past, containing information
from official sources (1900) - Sawyer, Herbert M;
Murphy, R. E - 276 pages
- Reminiscences of Worcester from the
earliest period, historical and genealogical with
notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, and descriptions
of old landmarks and ancient dwellings .. (1877) - Wall,
Caleb Arnold - 392 pages
- Forty immortals of Worcester & its
county. A brief account of those natives or residents
who have accomplished something for their community or
for the nation (1920) - 72 pages
This DVD runs on all Windows and Macintosh
computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat
Reader - (available for free download if you do not have
it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized
in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books
themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally
accessed. All books on this DVD are searchable and
printable.