The Edwin B. Worthen Collection. Newspapers, journals & articles, 1770-1976, 1875-1975.

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Worthen, Edwin B., 1879-1956. The Edwin B. Worthen Collection. Newspapers, journals & articles, 1770-1976, 1875-1975.

The Edwin B. Worthen Collection. Newspapers, journals & articles, 1770-1976, 1875-1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779629453

The Edwin B. Worthen Collection documents life in Lexington from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. The Worthen family was especially interested in the history of who lived where and when in Lexington, as well as in contemporary events that transformed the town during their lifetimes. Subjects range from American history, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19th celebrations, and historic properties and monuments, to Lexington's families and individuals, religious, social and civic organizations, schools and businesses, socio-economic conditions, politics and town government, and infrastructure and transportation. Newspapers, Journals & Articles The Newspapers collection includes 200 issues of more than 56 newspapers reporting on Lexington's - and, in many cases, America's - history from the early 1800s through 1975. Local and regional newspapers in the collection cover the headlines of the day, whether commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord, presenting the pros and cons of building a new high school, discussing national banking regulations, or announcing the deaths of Presidents Lincoln, Grant and Kennedy. The collection also includes journals and magazine articles. The materials in this collection may be searched in the Worthen Collection "Virtual Exhibit" www.carylibrary.org/special/worthen.

ca. 200 items.

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