The Vice Chancellor for University Advancement oversees the campus’s Development and Alumni Relations areas and is responsible for operation of the UMass Amherst Foundation and of Advancement Communications, the group that produces the University’s website, UMass Amherst Magazine, and a variety of other print and online publications. Beginning in September 1983, the unit was administered by the Vice-Chancellor for University Relations and Development, which was renamed Vice Chancellor for University Advancement in 1993.

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America originated from a split in the United Garment Workers in 1914 and quickly became the dominant force for union in the men’s clothing industry, controlling shops in Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, and New York. The Boston Joint Board formed at the beginning of the ACWA and included locals from a range of ethnic groups and trades that comprised the industry. It coordinated the activities and negotiations for ACWA Locals 1, 12, 102, 149, 171, 172, 173, 174, 181,183, 267, and 335 in the Boston area. In the 1970s the Boston Joint Board merged with others to form the New England Regional Joint Board.

Records, including minutes, contracts, price lists, and scrapbooks, document the growth and maturity of the ACWA in Boston and the eventual decline of the industry in New England. Abundant contracts and price lists show the steady improvement of conditions for workers in the men’s clothing industry. Detailed minutes reflect the political and social influence of the ACWA; the Joint Board played an important role in local and state Democratic politics and it routinely contributed to a wide range of social causes including the Home for Italian Children and the United Negro College Fund. Minutes also document the post World War II development of industrial relations in the industry and include information relating to Joint Board decisions to strike. Minutes also contain information relating to shop grievances, arbitration, shop committees, and organizing. The records largely coincide with the years of leadership of Joseph Salerno, ACWA Vice President and New England Director from 1941 to 1972.

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EAP Update (Employee Assistance Program Newsletter) (1980-1986)

RG-30/15/5

Early American Literature (1966-1983)

RG-25/E3/00

Early Campus Planning (1864-1933)

RG-6/15/1

Early Childhood Education, Center for

RG-13/4/10

see also Early Childhood Education, Center for (1967-1977) RG-13/3/19/2

East European Studies

see Soviet and East European Studies (Program and Committee) RG-25/S7.5

Echoes (1985-1987)

RG-25/E1/00

Eco Latino

see The Massachusetts Daily Collegian RG-45/00/C6

Economic Development

see Chancellor’s Working Group for Economic Development RG-4/9

Center for Economic Development RG-12/12

University Center for Economic Development (1977) RG-6/4/14/2

Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Education and Economic Development (1993- ) RG-9/1

Office of Economic Development RG-4/15

Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

Economic Development, Center for (School of Management)

RG-12/12

see also University Center for Economic Development RG-6/4/14/2

Economic Development, Chancellors Working Group for

see Chancellors Working Group for Economic Development (Steering Committee) RG-4/9

see also Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

Economic Development, Office of

see Office of Economic Development RG-4/15

Economic Development, Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Education and

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

Economic Development, Working Group on

RG-4/15/1

Economic Report, Massachusetts Business and

see Massachusetts Business and Economic Report (1974-1986) RG-12/3/B8

Economic Research, Center for, Business and

see Business and Economic Research, Center for RG-12/3

Economics Department

RG-25/E1

Economics Department — Economic Graduate Student Organization (EGSO)

RG-25/E1/3

Economics Graduate Student Organization (EGSO)

see Economics Department — Economics Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) RG-25/E1/3

Economics Progress Report on Research, Agricultural and Food

see Food and Resource Economics, Department of — Agricultural and Food Economics

Progress Report on Research (Department Series) RG-25/F45

Ecuador Project

see International Education, Center for RG-13/3/19/5

ECUM

see Ecumenical Council at the University of Massachusetts (ECUM) (1978) RG-30/11/3

Ecumenical Council at the University of Massachusetts (ECUM) (1978) RG-30/11/3

Editorial Services (University Relations and Development)

RG-39/7

Education, ad hoc Committee on General (Faculty Senate, 1981- )

RG-40/2/A3

Education, Cooperative

see Cooperative Education, Office for RG-11/31/1

Education for a Changing World (School of Education)

RG-13/3/19/7

Education Policy Research & Administration, Dept. of (School of Education) (1993- )

RG-13/5/1

Education Project

RG-13/4/10

see Math/Science/Technology Education/Project (MSTEP) (Instructional Leadership Division) RG-13/4/10

Education Resource Center, Community

see Community Education Resource Center (CERC) RG-13/4/3/2

Education, School of

see School of Education RG-13

see also School of Education Committee, Review Committee (1970-1971, 1975) RG-40/2/A3

Education, Students United for Public

see Students United for Public Education (SUPE) RG-45/40/S7.5

Educational Alternatives (Everywomans Center)

RG-7/2/2/1

Educational Liaison Project (1977)

RG-40/2/E3

Educational Management Studies, Center for

see Center for Educational Management Studies (CEMS) (1975-1977) RG-4/3/2/1

Educational Planning and Management Cluster (School of Education)

RG-13/3/17

Educational Policies Council

RG-40/2/A1.1

Educational Policy, Faculty and

see Faculty and Educational Policy Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/F3

Educational Policy, Research and Administration, Division of (EPRA) (School of Education)

RG-13/4/2

Educational Policy Studies Cluster (School of Education)

RG-13/3/19

Educational Policy Task Force (1974)

RG-40/2/E3.5

Educational Research, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/17/1

Educational Research, Center for — Technical Reports (1969-1973)

RG-13/3/17/1

Educational Research, Student Center for

see Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA) RG-45/10

Educational Talent Search Program (1991- )

RG-30/4/2

Educational Television, UMass

see UMass Educational Television (UMET) RG-13/1/3

Edward Everett Literary Society (1870-1876)

RG-45/40/E3

EEMC

see Environmental Education and Management Center (EEMC) RG-25/E7.5

Effluent (1970-1976)

RG-45/80/C6

EGSO

see Economics Department — Economics Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) RG-25/E1/3

El Salvador, University of

see University of El Salvador (UES) RG-60/3

Elderhostle (Arts Extension Service)

RG-7/5

Election Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1970)

RG-40/2/A3

Electrical and Computer Engineering

RG-25/E2

Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports (1974-1979)

RG-25/E2/00

Electrical Engineering Department

see Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of RG-25/E2

Ellis Drive (Physical Plant) (1939)

RG-36/50/E4

Emcee, The (1993- ) (Mullins Center)

RG-36/101

Emergency Advisory Committee (Faculty Senate, 1969-1971)

RG-40/2/A3

Employee Assistance Program (EPA)

RG-30/15/5

Employee Assistance Program Newsletter

see EAP Update RG-30/15/5

Employment (Official Committee) (1910-1928)

RG-40/2/E4

Employment Opportunities (1981- )

RG-35/2

Endowments

see Healy Endowment/Public Service Fund RG-9/2/4

Energy Alternatives Program

see Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department — Energy Alternatives Program RG-25/M6/3

Energy Conservation Committee (1974)

RG-6/15/5

Energy Crisis

see Planning Office RG-6/15/4

Energy Education Center

RG-7/10

see also Office to Coordinate Energy Research and Education RG-10/5

Energy Research and Education, Office to Coordinate

see Office to Coordinate Energy Research and Education RG-10/5

see also Energy Education Center RG-7/10

Energy Research and Education, Office to Coordinate

see Office to Coordinate Energy Research and Education RG-10/5

Engineering

see Civil Engineering Department RG-25/C4

Engineering Alumni Association

see City, Regional, and Other Special Alumni Associations — Engineering Alumni Association RG-50/5

Engineering Center, Materials Research Science and

see Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) RG-25/M4.5

Engineering, Chemical

see Chemical Engineering RG-25/C2

Engineering, Civil

see Civil Engineering RG-25/C4

Engineering Computer Services User Community, A Newsletter for

RG-14/00

Engineering Education, Office of Extended

see Extended Engineering Education, Office of (College of Engineering) RG-14/5

Engineering, Electrical

see Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of RG-25/E2

Engineering Faculty Women’s Club (1949-1964)

RG-40/7/3

Engineering Journal (College of Engineering) (1957-1970)

RG-14/00

Engineering News (1983-1993)

RG-50/5

Note: Sponsored by the Engineering Alumni Association and the School of Engineering

Engineering Program Newsletter, Minority

see Minority Engineering Program Newsletter (College of Engineering) RG-14/00

Engineering Program, Polymer Science and

see Polymer Science and Engineering Program

Engineering Research Institute

see Research Institute (College of Engineering) RG-14/4

Engineering Research Institute Technical Reports

see Research Institute Technical Reports (College of Engineering) RG-14/4

Engineering, School of

see College of Engineering RG-14

Engineering Wives (1965-1975)

see Engineering Faculty Women’s Club (Engineering Wives) (1949-1975) RG-40/7/3

English as a Second Language ( ?-1986)

RG-11/7

see also Counseling and Academic Development Center RG-11/8

English Department

RG-25/E3

English Department — Folklore

RG-25/E3

English Department — Journalism

RG-25/E3

English Department — Oxford, UMass Summer School at

RG-25/E3/3

English Department Weekly Bulletin (1975-1983)

RG-25/E3/00

English Literary Renaissance (1971- )

RG-25/E3/00

English Speaking Caribbean Society (2001- )

RG-45/40/E3

Enrollment, Dean for, Assistant Vice Chancellor

Vice Chancellor/Dean for Enrollment, Assistant (1994- ) RG-30/1/5

Enrollment, Degrees, Courses, Curriculum

RG-1/206

see also Enrollment Statistics RG-4/3

Enrollment Services, Assistant Vice Chancellor for

see Assistant Vice Chancellor/Dean for Enrollment Services (1994- ) RG-30/1/5

Entomology Department

RG-25/E4

Entomology Newsletter (1992-1995)

RG-25/E4/00

Entomology — Natural History Museum

RG-25/E4/3

Entrance Committee (1908-1936)

RG-40/2/E5

Envhort

see Environmental Horticultural Club (Envhort) (1997- ) RG-45/40/E5

Environmental Action

see Coalition for Environmental Quality (CEQ) RG-45/80/C6

see also Effluent (1970-1975) RG-45/80/C6

Environmental Behavior Research Center (1977-1981)

RG-6/4/14/4

Environmental Education and Management Center (EEMC)

RG-25/E7.5

see also Environmental Quality, Technical Guidance Center for RG-25/E7

Environmental Engineering Program

see Civil Engineering Department — Environmental Engineering Program RG-25/C4

Environmental Engineering Program Reports (1970-1984)

RG-25/C4/00

Environmental Health and Safety

RG-30/15/4

Environmental Health and Safety News (1977- )

RG-30/15/4

Environmental Horticultural Club (Envhort) (1997- )

RG-45/40/E5

Environmental Institute, The

see The Environmental Institute (TEI) (1970- ) RG-6/4/14

Environmental Policy Studies, Center for

see The Environmental Institute (TEI) RG-6/4/14

Environmental Public Health Center, Northeast Regional

see Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center RG-17/1/1

Environmental Quality, Technical Guidance Center for

RG-25/E7

see also Environmental Education and Management Center (EEMC) RG-25/E7.5

Environmental Quality, Technical Guidance Center for — TGC Bulletin

see TGC Bulletin (1969-1978) RG-25/E7/00

Environmental Resource Coordinating Committee (1993- )

RG-40/2/E7

Environmental Sciences, Department of

RG-25/E8

EPA

see Employee Assistance Program (EPA) RG-30/15/5

EPRA

Educational Policy, Research and Administration, Division of (EPRA) RG-13/4/2

Equal Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23/2.5

see also Horace Mann Bond Center for Equal Education RG-13/4/10

Equal Education in Massachusetts: A Chronicle (1979-1984)

see Horace Mann Bond Center for Equal Education RG-13/4/10

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office

see Affirmative Action Office RG-4/7

Equestrian Club

see Equestrian Drill Team (1989- ) RG-45/40/E6

Equestrian Drill Team (Equestrian Club) (1989- )

RG-45/40/E6

Equestrian, Mens

see Sports-Mens Equestrian (1989- ) RG-18/2

Equestrian, Womens

see Sports-Womens Equestrian (1996) RG-18/2

Equine Center Council

see Veterinary and Animal Science — Equine Center Council RG-25/V2/3

Equipment Match (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/4/6

Equity and Excellence (1986-1992)

RG-13/00

Ergonomic Newsletter (1995- )

RG-30/15/4

Escort Service (1992- )

RG-45/40/E7

see also Allied Students Against Prejudice (ASAP) (1992- ) RG-45/40/A4

Et Al (Library Newsletter) (1999- )

RG-8/00/E8

Eta Kappa Nu (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/E4

Eta Sigma Delta (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/E4.5

Eta Sigma Phi (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/E4.55

Ethnic Studies, sub Committee on

see Foreign and International Studies Council (FISC) (Faculty Senate, 1967- ) RG-40/2/A3

European Area Studies Program

see Western European Area Studies (Program and Committee) RG-25/W3

European Club (1991-1994)

RG-45/40/E8

see also Hellenic Student Association (1982-1991) RG-45/40/H4

Evaluation Research, Laboratory of

see Psychometric and Evaluation Research, Laboratory of RG-13/3/23/3.1

Events Calendar

see Weekly Bulletinsand University Bulletins RG-5/00/3

Events Office (Campus Center) (1996- )

RG-37/4

Events Photographs

see Activities and Events, Miscellaneous (Photographs) RG-145/3

Everett Literary Society, Edward

see Edward Everett Literary Society RG-45/40/E3

Everywoman’s Center

RG-7/2

see also Women’s Studies Program RG-25/W5

Everywoman’s Center Administration and Finance

RG-7/2/1

Everywoman’s Center Newsletter (1972-1978)

RG-7/2/00/N3

see also Chomo-Uri (1974-1979) RG-7/2/00/C3

Everywoman’s Center Programs and Services

RG-7/2/2

Everywoman’s Center Publications

RG-7/2/00

see also Chomo-Uri (Everywomans Center) (1974-1979) RG-7/2/00/C3

Everywoman’s Center Newsletter (1972-1978) RG-7/2/00/N3

Everywomans Center, Resource and Referral

RG-7/2/2/3

Environmental Horticultural Club (Envhort) (1997- )

RG-45/40/E5

Environmental Institute, The

see The Environmental Institute (TEI) RG-6/4/14

Exchange Programs

RG-30/8

Exchange Teachers

see Salary Scale for Exchange Teachers, Four-College, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1964) RG-40/2/A3

Excitement (1993)

RG-18/2

Executive Bulletin

see Weekly; University; and Executive Bulletins RG-5/00/3

Executive Committee, Chancellors

see Chancellors Executive Committee RG-4/13

Executive Structure, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967-1968)

RG-40/2/A3

Executive Student Senate — Student Government Association (SGA)

RG-45/1/1

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (Individual by Date) (1953- )

RG-6/1

Exercise Science Department

RG-25/E9

Exhibits (Art Gallery)

RG-11/15

Exhibits (Library)

RG-8/3/13

Exit, The (1968)

RG-45/00/E4

Expanding Horizons

see Arts Extension Service RG-7/5

Experiential Education, Center for

see University Year for Action (UYA) RG-6/4/4

Experiment Station, Cranberry

see Cranberry Experiment Station RG-15/15

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- )

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Annual Report (1888-1960)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Bulletin (1888- )

RG-15/2.2

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Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Circular (1907-1927 )

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Contributions (1924-1950)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Control Series Bulletin (1914-1973)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Findings: A Progress Report (1974-1975)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Meteorological Series Bulletin (1889-1966)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Monograph Series (1967)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Progress Report (1962-1966)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Research in Review (1952, 1956)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Special Bulletins (1889-1907, 1919)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (Hatch Station, 1888- ) — Technical Bulletin (1903-1928)

RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station (State Station, 1882-1995)

RG-15/2.1

Experiment Station (State Station, 1882-1995) — Annual Report (1883-1891)

RG-15/2.1

Experiment Station (State Station, 1882-1895) — Board of Control (1888, 1893, 1894)

RG-15/2.1

Experiment Station (State Station, 1882-1995) — Bulletin (1888-1895)

RG-15/2.1

Experiment Stations

RG-15/2 (see UMass Library Catalog for holdings)

see also Experiment Station — Hatch Station (1888- ) RG-15/2.2

Experiment Station — State Station (1882-1895) RG-15/2.1

Extended Engineering Education, Office of (College of Engineering)

RG-14/5

Extension Council (Faculty Senate, 1977-1981)

RG-40/2/A3

Extension Service, Agricultural (microfilm)

see UMass Library Catalog for holdings

Extension Service, Cooperative

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Agronomy Digest (1982-1993)

RG-15/00

Extension Service, Cooperative — Announcement (1916-1919)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Annual Report (1909-1946,1951)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Beef and Sheep Highlights (1947-1975)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Boys and Girls Series (1916-1918)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Circular (1916- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Extension Bulletin (1914-1920)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Extension Service News (1918-1925)

RG-15/8

see also Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts Extension Service News (1918-1923) RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Spot-Light for Extension Workers (1927-1930) RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — News (1986-1989) RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Facts for Farmers (1910-1916)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Family Outlook (1950-1952)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Farm and Home Days/Week (1910-1947)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Farm Economic Facts (1928-1959)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Farm Management Series ( 1939-1943)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Featheredfax (1930-1970)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Floralert (1989- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Floral Notes (1989- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Food Management Leaflet (1957-1968)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Fruit and Vegetable Marketing (1948-1954)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Fruit Notes (1936- )

RG-15/8

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Extension Service, Cooperative — Garden Clippings (1982- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Gleam (1934-1951)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Herb, Spice, and Medicinal Plant Digest (1983- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Home Economics Leader (1934-1935)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Hort Notes (1990- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Junior Extension Service (1919-1937)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Land Use Notes (1979)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Leaflet (1978- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Library Leaflet (1913-1930)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1931)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts. Bulletin for Farm Women (1915-1916)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts Dairy Digest (1936-1983)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Mass. Extension Service News (1918-1923)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Newsletter (1913-1920, 1971, 1974, 1976)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Pest Control Guide for Commercial Growers in Mass. & Connecticut (1936, 1971-1979)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Pointers for Pork Profits (1949-1974)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Program Hints (1934-1946)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Publications, New Series (1967- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Publications, Original Series (1930- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Publications, SP Series (1977- )

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Recipe Service (1927)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Resources and Environment Management (1983-1993)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Sheep Shearing

see Extension Service, Cooperative — Beef and Sheep Highlights (1947-1975) RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Soil Auger (1940-1956)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — SP Series (1977-1986)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Special Circular (1929-)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Special [News] Letter (1915-1918)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Spot-Light (1927-1930, 1948-1955)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Transmitter (1953-1955)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Valley Grower (1956)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Vegetable News and Notes (1964-1969)

RG-15/8

Extension Service, Cooperative — Veterinary Abstracts (1978)

RG-15/8

A granting agency that advises and provides funding for grass roots, non-profit projects and organizations in order to bring about broad social change by addressing local issues and community needs. Records include minutes, reports, correspondence, successful and unsuccessful grant applications from Western Massachusetts organizations, grant source information, and grantee materials including organization reports, publications, member lists, clippings, and other materials.

Since the arrival of the first class of students at Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1867, the student body at UMass has grown to over 20,500 undergraduates and nearly 6,000 graduate students.

Record Group 45 includes the collected records of student activities at UMass Amherst, from student publications and organizations (fraternities and sororities, unions, and honorary societies) to records of student government, student protests, and religious and social groups. Also included are class notes and correspondence of some individual students while enrolled in the University.

Born in June 1922, Harvey Friedman attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and enrolled in the Boston University School of Law in 1941. After serving as a non-commissioned officer with an Army medical unit in France from 1942-1946, Friedman returned home to Massachusetts and became a member of the bar in 1948. For the next fifteen years, he was the Assistant New England Director for the Amalgamated Clothing Worker Union, AFL-CIO. After refusing the position several times, Friedman accepted an offer from the University of Massachusetts Amherst to become Assistant Director of the Labor Relations and Research Center in 1965, earning promotion to Director in 1970. During his tenure at UMass, Friedman taught classes in Political Science, Legal Studies, Government, and Education. He retired from UMass in 1990 and passed away in 1992.

The Friedman Papers contain correspondence, newsclippings, and course materials dating from Friedman’s time at UMass. Also included are materials related to unions with which Friedman worked and documentation of his relationship with the American Arbitration Association.

Established in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the AFSC office in western Massachusetts did not limit its focus to draft and military counseling, instead the organization broadened its focus over time to include educational and outreach programs for a variety of peace and socal justice issues. Today the chapter focuses on economic justice, campaigns against U.S. military intervention, and actions to combat racism and classism. With an emphasis on serving the community of western Massachusetts, the program is equally committed to calling attention to issues of both national and local importance. Recent campaigns range from ending the war in Iraq and supporting peace in Columbia to preventing the construction of a new jail in Chicopee.

The collection consists chiefly of subject files that together provide a picture of the various issues in which the western Massachusetts AFSC was involved. Topics range from the organization’s earliest focus, the Vietnam War, to the first Gulf War, landlord/tenant relations, immigration, and landmines. The collection also includes materials relating to public figures, some of whom traveled to the region to speak.

Paper company based in Holyoke, Massachusetts that at one time controlled 75% of the total United States fine paper output. Records include board of directors’ minutes, by-laws, blueprints, land transactions, merger agreements, and publications. Labor files (1936-1960) comprise the bulk of the collection and include contracts, correspondence, grievances, and negotiations.

Hugh P. Baker, ca.1945

Hugh Baker served as President during most of the existence of Massachusetts State College, taking office in 1933, two years after it changed name from Massachusetts Agricultural College, and retiring in 1947, just as the college became the University of Massachusetts. A forester by training, Baker began his career as a professor, and later dean, in the College of Forestry at Syracuse University. In 1920, he left Syracuse to become Executive Secretary of the American Paper and Pulp Association, and for nearly a decade, he worked in the forestry industry. He returned to academia in 1930, when he resumed the deanship at the New York State School of Forestry. During his presidency at Massachusetts State College, Baker oversaw the construction of improved housing and classroom facilities for students, a new library, the expansion of the liberal arts curriculum, and a near doubling of student enrollment. Further, chapel services were reorganized to be voluntary, and a weekly convocation was initiated. Baker also founded popular annual conferences on recreation and country life.

The Baker Papers include correspondence with college, state, and federal officials, college suppliers, and alumni; speeches and articles; reports and other papers on topics at issue during Baker’s college presidency, 1933-1947, particularly the building program. Also included are several biographical sketches and memorial tributes; clippings and other papers, relating to Baker’s career as professor of forestry at several colleges, trade association executive, and college president.

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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.