The papers of Gerry Jones contain a mix of ephemera dating from his days as one of the most active members of the MAC Class of 1903. Beginning with a fine record book documenting meetings of the class from their freshman year through graduation, the collection includes menus, programs, and dance cards related to class events. Of particular interest is a menu from the first football banquet in 1902, celebrating one of the most successful teams of the MAC era, going 8-1 during the fall 1901.

Contents of Collection

Inventory of Collection

Associate Alumni of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, letter to class secretaries	1926 Apr. 14		Box 1:1
Jones, Gerald Denison: biographical information	1903-1968		Box 1:2
Jones, Gerald Denison: class notes for entomology and experiments in physiological botany	1903	2 items	Box 1:3
Jones, Gerald Denison: personal accounts	1897		Box 1:4
Manual of Arms Adapted to the Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45 and to the Magazine Rifle, Caliber .30. New York: Army and Navy Journal	1897		Box 1:5
Massachusetts Agricultural College Class of 1903 25th Reunion Program	1923 June 8-10		Box 1:6
Massachusetts Agricultural College Class of 1903 Record book	1899-1903		Box 1:7
Massachusetts Agricultural College Class of 1903, History of the Class of 1903 Prepared for Their First Reunion [Amherst, Mass.]	1906		Box 1:8
Massachusetts Agricultural College ephemera: Commencement program 1903; Senior banquet menu, 1903; Senior Promenade dance card, 1903; Commencement program 1916	1903-1916	4 items	Box 1:9
Massachusetts Agricultural College: First Annual Foot-ball Banquet menu	1902 Jan. 24		Box 1:10
Massachusetts Collegian, vol 26: 1 and vol. 28:18	1915, 1918	2 issues	Box 1:11
Photographs	1903	2 items	Box 1:12
Student protest (?) with pickets	ca.1903
Chet Whitaker, Bill Munson, Chick Lewis (football players)	ca.1903
Reserve Officer Training Corps Horse Show: Fifth Annual Spring Horse Show Program (1926) and ROTC Horse Show Ribbon (1928)	1926-1928	2 items	Box 1:13
Patriotic bunting	ca.1903	3 items	Box 1
“1903 Headquarters”: large banner, possibly from a later reunion	ca.1903		Box 2
“’03″ bibs: possibly from a later reunion	ca.1903	11 items	Box 2

Written by Clapp to his sister Mary during his undergraduate years at MAC, the 31 letters in this collection provide a lighthearted and engaging glimpse into the academic work and extra-curricular activities of a typical early student at Mass Aggie. Noteworthy among these letters are early references to football being played at the college and an effective hand-drawn map of campus, both from 1882.

The extensive correspondence between Sidney Stockwell and his mother, going in both directions, provides a remarkably in-depth perspective on a typical undergraduate’s life at Massachusetts Agricultural College during the time of the First World War, a period when MAC was considered an innovator in popular education. The letters touch on the typical issues of academic life and social activity, Stockwell’s hopes for the future, his military service and the war. Following graduation, Stockwell undertook an adventurous two year trip in which he worked his way westward across the country, traveling by rail and foot through the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana, Washington state and California, taking odd jobs to earn his keep and writing home regularly to describe his journey. An oral history with Stockwell is available in the University Archives as part of the Class of 1919 project.

The twenty photographs taken by Charles F. Clagg in 1930 document his entomological collecting trip to Davao, Mindanao, in the Philippines. Primarily personal in nature, rather than professional, they were taken on Clagg’s visit to a coconut plantation run by American expatriates Henry and George Pahl and illustrate the local sights in Davao, including work in harvesting coconuts and the production of copra, the production of Manilla hemp, a horse fight at Calian, and Manobos who came to the plantation trade. Also included are three photographs of Clagg’s quarters while collecting high in the Lalun Mountains. The captions provided by Clagg on the back of each photograph have been transcribed verbatim.

Contents List

Clagg, Charles F., A waterfall which I discovered while hiking up the Calian River June 2, 1930. It is about 30 feet high and in a narrow rocky gorge. Calian, Davao.	1930 June 2	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., A coconut picker. There are no notches on the tree he is climbing and he must therefore place his feet more flat on the trunk. This accounts for his off position. Calian, Davao.	1930 June 6	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., This shows how coconuts are obtained from tall trees. The men cut small notches for their feet to assist in climbing the biggest trees. Two men are in the picture, one near the top of the tree in the foreground. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 June 6	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Cleaning coconuts. A young grove at Calian. This is only a few months growth of brush and vines. The man in the middle is longhaired and wears it loose. Calian, Davao.	1930 June 7	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Horse fight at Calian. The horses are each trying to bite the flank of his opponent. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Part of the gallery at the horse-fight. Most of the women stayed on top of the rock to be safe. A vinta pulled up at the right. Calian, Davao.	1930 July 20	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., The M.S. ‘Lustveco’ from Davao. The cargo boat is bringing in the mail and will load hemp, etc., for the return trip. Tonnage: 146; speed: 11 knots. Calian, Davao.	1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., The girls on the ends have brought down the onions under their arms to sell at the plantation store. They each have a small sister by the hand. Note how the stomach of the little boy, third from the left, sticks out after a meal of rice. Calian, Davao.	1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Three Manobo girls who have just traded native onions for the soap they now hold in their hands. Notice the bracelets of brass on the arms of the girl on the left. These ring bracelets and anklets of brass and copper are highly valued among the wild people. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., A view along the beach at Calian and Lapman. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Preparing copra at George Pahl’s plantation. The men on the right are splitting coconuts with axes and the women and children are spreading the slit nuts to dry in the sun. The man in the foreground has long hair done up in a pug. Notice his small knife and sheath.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., A man splitting off the outer part of a petiole from a stalk of aboca. The part he splits off is called a ‘tuxe’ and is later stripped of its pulp to leave the fiber, known as Manila hemp. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., My house in the La Lun Mts., at 55000 ft. altitude. On one slant of the triangled roof arte leaves from large air plants like orchids. For the other side we used the broad leaves from wild banana and for the back and for the front at night we used the fronds of giant tree ferns. Quite a house. This photo is of the rear and part of one side. La Lun Mts., Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., One of my cargadores high up in a tree from which he had just cut the top limbs to clear the way for picture taking. La Lun Mts., Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., A rocky stretch of beach between Calian and Lamidan. Places like this are what make it impossible to build good roads cheaply in this country. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Ho Hee, on the left, Mr. Pahl’s Chinese cook when I was there the middle of last year. He let him go later. Lum, on the right, is Mr. Pahl’s Chinese carpenter, and a good one too. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Henry Pahl on the left, George Pahl on the right. These two are brothers. George Austin Pahl in the middle is Henry’s son. The Pahls come from W. Va. They are typical of the ‘old timers,’ Americans who came out here in the army and later settled here as planters. Fine men — all.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Looking out from under the coconuts at Calian. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., Where there are no wharves or piers passengers have to be carried through the surf like cargo by one of the boat men.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

Clagg, Charles F., A view of the ‘Lustveco’ and the cargo boat at sunrise. Calian, Davao.	ca.1930 July	Gelatin silver print

The Parker Album is a more extensive version of the standard class album for 1876, featuring not only albumen portraits mounted on thick stock of the faculty and students, but almost fifty views of campus. Among these are uncommon images of the major academic buildings, the chapel, and hash house, but also interior and exterior shots of buildings on campus, such as the Botanic Museum and the Durfee greenhouses, and images of the students in military drill. All photographs were taken John L. Lovell of Amherst.

The records of the Stonewall Center include documentation of day to day operations, including phone logs, memos, and budget information, as well as posters and press releases for events, publications, campus and external reports, training manuals, surveys, newspaper clippings, and ephemera such as banners, tee-shirts, and buttons.

NB. A portion of the collection is stored off site and may require up to 30 minutes to retrieve.

The Cutter collection contains photographs of the 1907 football team, the 1906 and 1907 members of Phi Sigma Kappa, and it includes a uniform from the M.A.C. basketball team, 1907, Massachusetts pennants and banners, a Lowell High School sweater from 1902, and early M.A.C. football equipment, including cleats and a nose guard.

Boardman’s Papers include two of his college yearbooks, a smattering of correspondence from the 1920s relating to landscape gardening, and approximately 30 photographs, apparently taken during or shortly after his time at MAC.

A small, but diverse collection, the Peters Papers include an interesting assortment of materials from the early years of Charles Peters’ association with the Massachusetts Agricultural College. In addition to an assortment of correspondence, primarily from the turn of the 20th century, the collection includes a series of notes taken during undergraduate classes in economic botany, horticulture, chemistry, agriculture, and organic chemistry, some teaching materials, and personal photographs.

Included in the scrapbook are handwritten personal correspondence in the form of letters, postcards, holiday cards, and telegrams; unidentified photographs; MAC report cards dated 1904 and 1907; class papers and a class notebook; and programs and tickets for sporting events, weddings, and campus socials. In the back of the scrapbook are 35 herbarium samples which include dried plants with notations of plant names as well as dates and locations indicating where the plants were found.