The Massachusetts Federation of Polish Women’s Clubs was formed in 1931 when Kolo Polek of Boston and Mrs. Frances Siluk as President hosted delegates representing 26 Polish women’s organizations in Massachusetts. The group’s object was to unite women’s clubs in the state whose members were of Polish birth or descent for civic, cultural, and educational purposes, and to foster an understanding of Polish culture.

The collection includes the organization’s newsletters and convention programs from the late 1940s through the mid 1990s.

Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Local 125 was a chapter of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) that worked to improve wages and hours of work, to increase job security, to provide facilities for advancing cultural, educational, and recreational interests of its members, and to strengthen the labor movement. Key figures in Local 125 included Aldo Cursi who, with Mamie Santora, organized the Connecticut shirtworkers and served as Manager from 1933 to 1954; John Laurie who served as Business Manager from 1933 to 1963; and Nick Aiello, Business agent in 1963 and Manager from 1964 to 1984.

The collection includes constitution, by-laws, minutes, contracts, piece rate schedules, accounts, subject files, scrapbooks, newsclippings, printed materials, photographs and a phonograph record. These records document the history of Local 125 from its founding in 1933 to 1984, when the Local office in New Haven was closed. Included also are correspondence and case materials pertaining to grievance and arbitration proceedings (access restrictions apply).

Band of musicians who worked at the Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts. Engagement book itemizes engagement dates and locations, and membership (including recent immigrants), and includes information about rehearsals, business meetings, and payment.

George W. Barton was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1896. After attending Concord High School in Concord, Barton began his studies in horticulture and agriculture at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst. The collection includes diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, announcements, and his herbarium, and relates primarily to his career at the Massachusetts Agricultural College where he studied horticulture and agriculture from 1914-1918.

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In the early 1960s, Tom Barton (b. 1935) emerged as a leader in the Left-wing of the Young People’s Socialist League, the national youth affiliate of the Socialist Party. Deeply committed to the civil rights and antiwar struggles and to revolutionary organizing, Barton operated in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York and was a delegate and National Secretary at the 1964 convention in which tensions within YPSL led to its dissolution.

A small, but rich collection, the Barton Papers provide a glimpse into the career of a long-time Socialist and activist. From Barton’s entry into the Young People’s Socialist League in the latest 1950s through his work with the Wildcat group in the early 1970s, the collection contains outstanding content on the civil rights and antiwar movements and the strategies for radical organizing. The collection is particularly rich on two periods of Barton’s career — his time in the YPSL and Student Peace Union (1960-1964) and in the Wildcat group (1968-1971) — and particularly for the events surrounding the dissolution of YPSL in 1964, following a heated debate over whether to support Lyndon Johnson for president. The collection includes correspondence with other young radicals such as Martin Oppenheimer, Lyndon Henry, Juan McIver, and Joe Weiner.

A.C. Bent, 1929

An avid birder and eminent ornithologist, Arthur Cleveland Bent was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1866. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard in 1889, bent was employed as an agent for the Safety Pocket Company and from 1900 to 1914, he was General Manager of Mason Machine Works. His passion, however, was birds. An associate in Ornithology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Bent became a collaborator at the Smithsonian and president (1935-1937) of the American Ornithologists’ Union. The culmination of his research was the massive, 26 volume Life Histories of North American Birds (1919-1968).

The Bent collection is a glimpse into the birding life of a remarkable amateur ornithologist. It contains the field notebooks of his collaborator, Owen Durfee (1880-1909), his own journals (1887-1942), photographs and negatives (1896-1930), correspondence concerning the photographs (1925-1946), and mimeographed and printed material. Bent’s records cover nest observations, egg measurements, bird sightings, and notes on specimens provided to organizations such as the Massachusetts Audubon Society, the Bristol County Agricultural School, and the United States National Museum.

Horace Mann Bond, ca.1930

Educator, sociologist, scholar, and author. Includes personal and professional correspondence; administrative and teaching records; research data; manuscripts of published and unpublished speeches, articles and books; photographs; and Bond family papers, especially those of Horace Bond’s father, James Bond. Fully represented are Bond’s two major interests: black education, especially its history and sociological aspects, and Africa, particularly as related to educational and political conditions.

Correspondents include many notable African American educators, Africanists, activists, authors and others, such as Albert C. Barnes, Claude A. Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Arna Bontemps, Ralph Bunche, Rufus Clement, J.G. St. Clair Drake, W.E.B. Du Bois, Edwin Embree, John Hope Franklin, E. Franklin Frazier, W.C. Handy, Thurgood Marshall, Benjamin E. Mays, Pauli Murray, Kwame Nkrumah, Robert Ezra Park, A. Phillip Randolph, Lawrence P. Reddick, A.A. Schomburg, George Shepperson, Carter G. Woodson and Monroe Work.

Kenyon L. Butterfield

President of both the Massachusetts Agricultural College and Michigan Agricultural College, writer, lecturer, editor, and member, organizer, and chairman of many commissions and councils such as the Rural Life Movement.

The Butterfield Papers contain biographical materials, administrative and official papers of both of his presidencies, typescripts of his talks, and copies of his published writings. Includes correspondence and memoranda (with students, officials, legislators, officers of organizations, and private individuals), reports, outlines, minutes, surveys, and internal memoranda.

Sadie Campbell and sons Harold and Robert Leslie

A housewife, mother and active community member, Sadie Campbell was born in 1881 and lived at 1 Depot Street in Cheshire, Massachusetts for most of her life until she died in 1971. Sadie was closely tied to the Cheshire community where she had a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and was active in a a number of organizations, such as: the Cheshire Ladies Reading Club, the Merry Wives of Cheshire Shakespeare Club, and the Cheshire Cash Tearoom.

The collection documents three generations of a western Massachusetts family. The variety and nature of the materials in this collection offer a good view into the local and social history of western Massachusetts through the lives of Sadie Campbell and her family.

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Galleries and Public Art Sites (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/G2

Gamma Phi Sigma (Delta Chapter) (1999- )

RG-45/90/G3

Garden Clippings

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Garden Clippings (1982- ) RG-15/8

Gay Alliance, Peoples (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Alliance) (1971- )

RG-45/40/G3

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual

see People’s Gay Alliance (Lesbian Bisexual and Gay Alliance) (1986- ) RG-45/40/G3

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, Faculty and Staff Support Group for

RG-40/2/G3

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, Program for

see Program for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns RG-30/2/6

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellor’s Task Force on (1993- )

RG-40/2/G2

Gazette, Massachusetts

see Massachusetts Gazette RG-5/00/9

General Business and Finance Department

RG-25/G2

General Business and Finance Department–Technical Report

RG-25/G2/00

General Education Council (Faculty Senate, 1989- )

RG-40/2/A3

General Information Bulletins

see Catalogs (Bulletin Series)–General Information Bulletins RG-1/00/4

General/Special Interest Groups (Student Body)

RG-45/40

GEO

see Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) RG-45/45/G5

Geography Department

see Geology and Geography Department RG-25/G4

Geology and Geography Department

RG-25/G4

Geology and Geography Department–Coastal Research Group

RG-25/G4/3

Geology and Geography Department–Contributions

RG-25/G4/00

Geology and Geography, Department of–Newsletter (1987, 1989, 1994)

RG-25/G4/00

Geosciences

see Geology and Geography Department (Geosciences) RG-25/G4

German, Women in

see Women in German (WIG) (1975- ) RG-40/3/W5

Germanic Department

RG-25/G6

Gerontology Connection (1980-1988)

RG-55/2

GEUOC

see Graduate Employee Union Organization Committee (GEUOC) RG-45/45/G6

Glass Lantern Slides

see Slides, Glass Lantern RG-188

Glass Plate Negatives

RG-173

Glassblowing Laboratory (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/3/3

Gleam, The

see Extension Service, Cooperative– Gleam, The (1934-1951) RG-15/8

Glee Clubs

see Singing Clubs–Glee Clubs RG-25/M9.5

Global Program (1973-1977)

RG-6/4/5

Goessmann Gazette (Chemistry Department) (1974-1978, 1980-1982)

RG-25/C3/00

Golden Key (Honor Society) (1985- )

RG-45/60/G6

Golf, Men’s

see Sports-Men’s Golf (1976-77) RG-18/2

Goodell Library

see Library Buildings–Goodell (1899-1990) RG-8/5/2

Goodell Library (Microfilm)

RG-190/16

Governance, Campus

see Campus Governance (Faculty Senate, 1970-1971) RG-40/2/A3

Campus Governance (Joint Committee) RG-40/4

Government Documents

see Documents, Government (Library) (1955- ) RG-8/3/3

Government, Dormitory and Area

see Housing Services RG-32

Government Research, Bureau of

see Bureau of Government Research RG-25/P6.5

Governmental Affairs (Presidents Office)

RG-3/18

Governmental Services, Institute for

see Institute for Governmental Services (IGS) (Donahue) RG-3/8

Grades (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/1/3

Grading Practice, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1958-1960)

RG-40/2/A3

Graduate Admissions

RG-9/5/2

Graduate Alumni Newsletter (School of Education)

see School of Education–Graduate Alumni Newsletter RG-13/00

Graduate Council

see Graduate School Council (Faculty Senate, 1960- ) RG-40/2/A3

Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate, Relationship of

see Relationship of Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1973-1974 ) RG-40/2/A3

Graduate Data Processing (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/5/5

Graduate Degree Requirements

RG-9/5/4

Graduate Education, Dean of (1993- )

RG-9/1/3

see also Vice Chancellor for Research, and Dean of Graduate Studies RG-9/1

Graduate School Dean RG-10/1

Graduate Employee Union Organization Committee (GEUOC) (1988- )

RG-45/45/G6

Graduate Employees Organization (GEO)

RG-45/45/G5

see also Graduate Employee Union Organizing Committee (GEUOC) (1988- ) RG-45/45/G6

Graduate Programs

RG-10/1/10

Graduate Records

RG-9/5/3

Graduate Registrar

RG-9/5/1

Graduate Registrar, Office of the

RG-9/5

Graduate Research Center Safety Committee, Report of the

see Safety Committee, Report of the Graduate Research Center (Official Committee) (1978) RG-40/2/S1.5

Graduate School

RG-10

Graduate School (Official University Committee) (1910-1913)

RG-40/2/G7

Graduate School, Associate Dean

RG-10/2

see also Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Dean of (Graduate School) (after 1983) RG-9/1/1

Graduate School Council (Faculty Senate, 1960- )

RG-40/2/A3

see also Human Subjects Review Sub-Committee (Faculty Senate, 1971-1972, 1982) RG-40/2/A3

Graduate School, Dean

RG-10/1

Graduate Sociology Association

see Sociology Department–Graduate Sociology Association RG-25/S7/3

Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) (1976- )

RG-45/45/G7

Graduate Student Grant Service (GSGS)

RG-10/8

Graduate Student Grants Service–Deadline Sheet

see GSGS Deadline Sheet (1986-1987) RG-10/8

Grantscape (1987- ) RG-10/8

Graduate Student Recruitment, Minority

see Minority Graduate Student Recruitment, Office of (Graduate School) RG-10/7

Graduate Student Senate

RG-45/20

Graduate Student Senate– The Graduate Voice

see Graduate Voice, The (1983- ) RG-45/20

Graduate Student Support Services (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/2/2

Graduate Studies, ad hoc, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1973-1974)

RG-40/2/A3

Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Dean of

RG-9/1/1

see also Coordinator of Research, Associate Dean of Research (before 1984) RG-10/3

Graduate Teachers Organization (GTO) (1983- )

RG-45/45/G8

Graduate Voice, The (Graduate Student Senate) (1983- )

RG-45/20

Graduate Women’s Network (1994)

RG-45/40/G7

Graduates, Catalogs of

see Directories, Mugbooks, Catalogs of Graduates, etc. RG-1/00/5

Directories (Alumni) RG-50/00/1

Graffiti

see UMAGRAFFITI (Student Publication) RG-45/00/U4

Grant and Contract Administration, Office of

see Office of Grant and Contract Administration RG-4/4

Grant Service (Graduate Student)

see Graduate Student Grant Service (GSGS) RG-10/8

Grantscape (1987)

RG-10/8

Great Decisions, Massachusetts Newsletter (School of Education) (1977)

RG-7/00

Greek Affairs (Housing Services)

RG-32/12

Greek Affairs Gazette, The (1996- )

RG-30/2/3

Greek Affairs, Office of

RG-30/2/3

see also Fraternities and Sororities RG-45/90

Grievance Committee (Faculty Senate, 1971, 1974-1979)

RG-40/2/A3

see also Ombuds Office RG-4/8

Grievance Support Group (1994-1999)

RG-45/40/G8

Grief Survival Group

see REFLECT RG-45/40/R5.5

Grounds, Buildings and (Photographs)

see Buildings and Grounds (Photographs) RG-150

see also Panoramic Photos RG-170

GSEU

see Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) RG-45/45/G7

GSGS

see Graduate Student Grant Service (GSGS) RG-10/8

GSGS Deadline Sheet (1986-1987)

RG-10/8

GTO

see Graduate Teachers Organization (GTO) RG-45/45/G8

Guide Service, University

see ARCON (1965-1984) RG-45/90/A7

University Tour Service (1984- ) RG-30/4/1

Guidebooks, Campus

RG-5/00/1

Gymnastics, Men’s

see Sports-Men’s Gymnastics (1969- ) RG-18/2

Gymnastics, Women’s

see Sports-Women’s Gymnastics (1973- ) RG-18/2