Tass Sovfoto Photograph Collection, 1919-1963 (Bulk: 1943-1963)
111 items (0.5 linear feet).
Lenin
For many years, Sovfoto, a stock photograph agency based in New York City, was the sole source in the United States for the best work in contemporary Soviet photojournalism. Founded in 1932, the company carried photographers for Tass and, later, other news agencies from throughout the Soviet republics, Eastern Europe, and China.
The Tass Sovfoto Collection depicts Soviet life, primarily in the 1950s and early 1960s. Typically rendered in heroic Soviet style, the photographs are relatively varied in subject, documenting political events (e.g., Communist Party meetings, the meeting of Kennedy and Khrushchev); generals, politicians, and celebrities (Lenin, Khrushchev, Shostakovich); and athletic and cultural events. A few images appear to be parts of photo essays aimed at a popular audience, including images of Jewish life in Russia and the life of a Soviet worker, while others are stock images of Soviet troops during the Second World War.
Subjects- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
- Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924
- Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
- Soviet Union--Photographs
- World War, 1939-1945
Call no.: PH 010
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Norman Thomas Autobiography, 1946-1958
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
An ardent Socialist and pacifist, Norman Thomas ran six times as a democratic socialist candidate for president of the United States. Born in 1884 in Marion, Ohio, the son of a Presbyterian minister, Thomas became a leading voice of the non-Communist left, taking up the causes of civil rights, peace, and social justice.
Thomas’s memoir traces the major events of his life from his boyhood and education at Bucknell and Princeton, to his experiences during both world wars, and from his acceptance of Socialism to his reflections on religion.
Subjects- Pacifists--United States
- Socialists--United States
- World War, 1939-1945
Contributors- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968
Types of material
Call no.: MS 186
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Ralph Van Meter Papers, 1919-1958
2 boxes (1 linear feet).
Ralph Van Meter
Ralph Van Meter, the first president of the University of Massachusetts after it changed its name from Massachusetts State College in 1947, spent nearly 40 years learning, teaching, and leading on the Amherst campus. A graduate of Ohio State University (B.S., 1917), he came to the Massachusetts Agricultural College as a specialist in Food Conservation in 1917, serving in the Pomology Department first as a professor, and then as the head from 1936 to 1948. The Board of Trustees appointed Van Meter as Acting President in 1947 and President in 1948. He was responsible for a number of innovations, including the creation of the position of Provost (first held by John Paul Mather) and the establishment of new schools of business administration and engineering.
Correspondence, memos, reports, clippings, and other papers, relating to matters at issue during Van Meter’s presidency of University of Massachusetts including the building program, World War II veterans, accreditation, and the university seal; together with published writings, biographical material, military records, and material from Van Meter’s inauguration as university president.
Subjects- University of Massachusetts Amherst. President
Contributors- Van Meter, Ralph Albert, 1893-
Call no.: RG 3/1 V36
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