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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.

1. Five hundred past and present citizens of Worcester, Mass. (1870) - Peckham, G. R. - 56 pages
2. 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
3. Worcester illustrated. 1875 (1875) - Ambler, James Arthur - 56 pages
4. Dictionary of Worcester (1893) - Rice, Franklin Pierce - 148 pages
5. Worcester births, marriages and deaths (1894) - 527 pages
6. Worcester, Massachusetts city directory (1878) - 464 pages
7. The city of Worcester, Massachusetts; (1886) - Smith, Henry M. - 124 pages
8. Men of Worcester in caricature ; (1917) - Phifer, Luther Curtis - 281 pages
9. The story of Worcester, Massachusetts (1910) - O Flynn, Thomas Francis - 159 pages
10. History of Worcester and its people Volume 1 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - 575 pages
11. History of Worcester and its people Volume 2 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - to page 1130
12. History of Worcester and its people Volume 3 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - 448 pages
13. History of Worcester and its people Volume 4 (1919) - Nutt, Charles - to page 918
14. 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
15. The Worcester book : a diary of noteworthy events in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1883 (1884) - Rice, Franklin P - 159 pages
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Fifty years a city (1899) - Rice, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) - 809 pages
21. 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
22. 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
23. Leading business men of Worcester and vicinity; embracing Millbury, Grafton, Westboro, Upton, Uxbridge, Leicester, Whitinsville. Illustrated (1889) - Cummings, C. H - 304 pages
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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.