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Worcester's new Normal School opened on January 5, 1932. It was located on May and Chandler Street (present location of Worcester State College). The school cost $365,000 to build. On May 7, 1930, the Governor approved the bill which authorized…

Searching through the archive of Worcester State College can be quite the adventure. After rummaging through it for almost an hour, I stumbled upon an unlabeled scrapbook with leather binding. Inside this scrapbook was a collage of very old newspaper…

Scrapbook pages, with clippings and photographs, describing a May 1925 children's theater production, "The Silver Thread," offered by the Girls Club of the Quinsigamond Branch Library. The play's author was Constance MacKay. The young cast is listed…

Scrapbook pages, with clippings and photographs, describing the Spring 1932 children's theater production at the Quinsigamond Branch Library, titled "The King's Cobbler." There is also a clipping on the page announcing that the library had added new…

Scrapbook page with clippings and photographs, describing "The Blue Prince," a June 1924 children's theater production of the Girls' Club of the Quinsigamond Branch of the Worcester Public Library.

Miss Eleanor Devlin, in charge of the Monday afternoon Girls Club at the Quinsigamond Branch Public Library, cast and directed a girl's production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" in June 1933, described in these scrapbook pages.

Scrapbook pages, with clippings and photographs, describing a children's theatrical production of "The Golden Goose," put on by the Girl's Club of the Quinsigamond Branch Public Library in September 1920. Proceeds from the play purchased a framed…