Composer and presently the Professor of Composition and Director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studios of the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has taught at Juilliard School of Music and numerous other universities, won international awards for his music, and collaborated with contemporary installation artists. Includes scores and sound recordings for two of his compositions, Suite for Alto Saxophone and Percussion and In the Shell of the Ear, as well as correspondence, concert programs, and reviews all relating to the publication and performance of the works.

William Smith Clark

Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1826, William Smith Clark graduated from Amherst College in 1848 and went on to teach the natural sciences at Williston Seminary until 1850, when he continued his education abroad, studying chemistry and botany at the University of Goettingen, earning his Ph.D in 1852. From 1852 to 1867 he was a member of Amherst College’s faculty as a Professor of Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. As a leading citizen of Amherst, Clark was a strong advocate for the establishment of the new agricultural college, becoming one of the founding members of the college’s faculty and in 1867, the year the college welcomed its first class of 56 students, its President. During his presidency, he pressured the state government to increase funding for the new college and provide scholarships to enable poor students, including women, to attend. The college faced economic hardship early in its existence: enrollment dropped in the 1870s, and the college fell into debt. He is noted as well for helping to establish an agricultural college at Sapporo, Japan, and building strong ties between the Massachusetts Agricultural College and Hokkaido. After Clark was denied a leave of absence in 1879 to establish a “floating college” — a ship which would carry students and faculty around the world — he resigned.

The Clark Papers include materials from throughout his life, including correspondence with fellow professors and scientists, students in Japan, and family; materials relating to his Civil War service in the 21st Massachusetts Infantry; photographs and personal items; official correspondence and memoranda; published articles; books, articles, television, and radio materials relating to Clark, in Japanese and English; and materials regarding Hokkaido University and its continuing relationship with the University of Massachusetts.

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U

UAASC

see Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- ) RG-6/7

UALRC

see United Asia Learning Resource Center RG-25/U5

U-ARTS

see Undergraduate Art Students Association (U-ARTS) RG-45/40/U5

UCC

see Computer Center RG-29

UCF

see United Christian Foundation (UCF) RG-30/12

UCS

see Computer Center RG-29

UCS Notes (Computer Center Publication) (1990)

RG-29/00/4

UES

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

UFF

see University Fund for the Future (UFF) (1989- ) RG-50/7/1

UIS Newsletter (Data Processing Center) (1987- )

RG-35/7

UMAGRAFFITI (Student Publication)

RG-45/00/U4

UMass (News Office) (1983-1984)

RG-5/00/7

UMASS (1996- ) (News Office)

RG-5/00/12

see also Massachusetts (1990-1996) RG-5/00/11

UMASS (University Monthly Anthropological Survey Service (1982-1989)

RG-25/A6/00

UMASS 1983 and UMASS 1984 (Public Affairs)

RG-5/00/7

UMASS Alumni Connection, The

see Alumni Connection, The UMass (1992-1994) RG-50/00/3

UMass Alumni News and Views (1978-1983)

RG-50/00/3

UMass Amherst Globe, The (International Programs) (1993- )

RG-6/4/9/2

UMass 125th Anniversary Slide Show (1988)

RG-187/1

UMass Answers (Continuing Education) (1982- )

RG-7/00

UMass Around the Globe (1992- )

RG-39/9

UMass Boston

RG-55/3

UMass Boston Planning and Establishment (pre-1965)

RG-55/3/1

UMass Dartmouth

see Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU) RG-55/5

UMass Educational Television (UMET)

RG-13/1/3

UMass Faculty and Staff for Peace and Justice in the Middle East

see Peace and Justice in the Middle East, UMass Faculty and Staff for RG-40/3/P1

UMass Greens (1989)

RG-45/80/U4

UMass Hunger Task Force

see Hunger Task Force, UMass RG-45/40/H8

UMass Information Technology Services (formerly University Information Systems)

RG-35/7

UMass Interaction (1994- )

RG-3/00

UMass Labor Council (1995- )

RG-40/5/U5

UMass Lowell

see University of Lowell RG-55/4

UMass Majors (catalog)

see CASIAC RG-11/5

see also Admissions RG-30/5

UMass News (News Office)

RG-5/3

UMass Nutrient Data Bank

see Food Science and Nutrition, Department of–Nutrient Data Bank, UMass RG-25/F5/3

UMass 125th Anniversary Slide Show (1988)

RG-187/1

UMass Peacemakers

see Peacemakers, UMass (1982-1987) RG-45/80/P4

see also Peacemakers Records (1963-1990) MS309

UMass Plato User’s Group Newsletter

see Massachusetts CAI Consortium Newsletter (1985- ) RG-29/00

UMass Program at Freiburg

see Freiburg, UMass Program at RG-25/F8

U-Mass Tenant Association (UMTA)

RG-35/12/3

UMass Worcester

see Medical School, Worcester RG-55/2

U-Math Newsletter (1981)

RG-25/M5/00

UMET

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

UMPSO

see Pagan Association, UMass RG-45/70/P3

UMTA

see UMass Tenant Association (UMTA) RG-35/12/3

UMTC

see University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (1994- ) RG-25/U4

Undergrad, The (Business Club) (1974-1976)

RG-12/4

Undergraduate Admissions Task Force (1999- )

RG-40/2/U2

Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- )

RG-6/7

Undergraduate Art Students Association (U-ARTS) (1987)

RG-45/40/U5

Undergraduate Course of Study Committee (Faculty Senate, 1960-1963)

RG-40/2/A3

Undergraduate Curriculum Study Committee’s Project (Faculty Senate, 1996- )

RG-40/2/A3

Undergraduate Education, Associate Provost for

see Provost for Undergraduate Education, Associate (1972-1973, 1981- ) RG-6/10

Undergraduate Journal

RG-45/00/U5

Undergraduate Retention Committee (Official University Committee) (1992)

RG-40/2/U4

see also Retention Committee (1985- ) RG-40/2/R5

Unification Church of America (Religious Group) (1981-1984)

RG-45/70/U5

Union, Credit

see Credit Union RG-40/5/C7

Union of Professional Employees

see Union of Professional Employees (UPE) MS-47

Union of Student Employees (1975-1976) RG-45/45/U5

Union Program Council

RG-45/17

Union, Radical Student

see Radical Student Union RG-45/80/R1

Union, Social

see Social Union RG-45/90/S6

Union Video Center (Student Video Project) (1972)

RG-45/30/U5

Unions and Associations

RG-45/45

Unionization, Student

see Student Unionization (Association) RG-45/45/S7

Unions and Associations (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/5

Unions and Associations (Student Body)

RG-45/45

Unions, Employees

see Unions and Associations RG-40/5

United Asia House (1989)

RG-45/40/U6

see also United Asia Learning Resource Center (UALRC) (1990) RG-25/U5

United Asia Learning Resource Center (UALRC) (1990)

RG-25/U5

see also United Asia House (1989) RG-45/40/U6

United Christian Foundation (UCF)

RG-30/12

United States Student Association (USSA) (1983-1988)

RG-45/80/U5

Universities, State

see Land-Grant Colleges, State Universities RG-60/1

University Advancement

see University Relations and Development RG-39

University Affairs Committee (Faculty Senate, 1965-1972)

RG-40/2/A3

University as a Whole

RG-1

University as a Whole–Publications

RG-1/00

University Bulletin (1973-1977)

RG-5/00/6

see also Weekly Bulletin, University Bulletin (1953-1971) and Executive Bulletin RG-5/00/3

University Career Center

see Career Center, University RG-30/9/5

University Center for Community College Affairs

see Higher Education, Center for RG-13/3/19/4

University Center for Economic Development (1977- )

RG-6/4/14/2

see also Economic Development, Center for RG-12/12

University China Committee

see China Committee, University RG-40/2/C4

University Chorale

see Singing Clubs–University Chorale RG-25/M9.5

University College (Official University Committee) (1966-1967)

RG-40/2/U5

University College Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1966)

RG-40/2/A3

University Committee on AIDS

see AIDS, University Committee on RG-40/2/A5.5

University Committee on Alcohol Use

see Alcohol Use, University Committee on (Official University Committee) RG-40/2/A6

University Committees, Official

see Official University Committees RG-40/2/A1-W6

University Community Service Council (1993- )

RG-40/2/U6

University Computer Service Newsletter

see UCS Notes RG-29/00/4

University Computing Center

see Computer Center RG-29

University Computing Services

see Computer Center RG-29

University Conference Services

RG-7/3

University Counsel

RG-4/16

University Day School

see School RG-25/H9

University Democrats (Student Social Action Group) (1989- )

RG-45/80/U6

University Directions

see Handbooks (Student Affairs) RG-30/00/2

University Faculty Senate, ad hoc Committee

see Faculty Senate, University, ad hoc Committee on (Official University Committee) (1955) RG-40/2/F2

University Fund for the Future (UFF) (1989- )

RG-50/7/1

University Gallery

see Art Gallery RG-11/15

University Guide Service

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

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

University Historical Collection

RG-1/200-299

University History Committee

see History Committee, University (125th Anniversary, 1986-1987) RG-40/2/H5

see also Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C.5

University History Project (125th Anniversary, 1987-1988)

RG-1/208

University Honors Program

see Honors Program RG-6/4/11

University Human Subjects Review Committees

RG-9/1/2/1

University Information Systems

see Umass Information Technology Services RG-35/7

University Internship Program

see Internships, Office of (University Internship Program) RG-11/6

University Lectures, Committee on

see Lectures, Committee on University RG-40/2/L1.5

University Magazine

see Massachusetts Magazine (1990-1996) RG-5/00/11

University Medal for Outstanding Service (1973)

RG-2/99

see also Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

University Monthly Anthropological Survey Service

see UMASS (Newsletter) (1982-1989) RG-25/A6/00

University Newsletter (News Bureau) (1968-1970)

RG-5/00/2

University Notebook (News Bureau) (1980-1981)

RG-5/3/2

University of El Salvador (UES)

RG-60/3

University of Lowell

RG-55/4

University of Massachusetts Foundation (1950- )

RG-50/7

see also Trustees Council RG-2/4

University of Massachusetts, Future Committee on

see Future University of Massachusetts (Official University Committee) (1970-1971) RG-40/2/F8

University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers, Center for

see Center for University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers RG-25/P7.5

University of Massachusetts Republican Club

see Republican Club, University of Massachusetts (1983- ) RG-45/80/R4

University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC)

RG-25/U4

University, Officials of the (Photographs)

see Officials of the University (Trustees and Presidents Photographs) RG-110

University Outreach

RG-16

University Outreach, Provost for

see Vice Chancellor for University Outreach RG-6/6

University Outreach, Vice Chancellor For

see Vice Chancellor for University Outreach (2000- ) RG-16/1

University Photo Negatives Collection

RG-171

University Photography Club

see Photographers Association RG-45/40/P5

University Policy

see Vice President for University Policy RG-3/2

University Press (Graduate School)

RG-10/4

see also Research and Graduate Studies RG-9

University Professors, American Association of

see American Association of University Professors (AAUP) RG-40/5/A2

University Relations and Development

RG-39

University Relations and Development Council (Faculty Senate, 1995)

RG-40/2/A3

University Relations and Development–Publications

RG-39/00

University Relations and Development–Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Development RG-39/1

University Relations, Vice President for

see Vice President for University Relations RG-3/14

University Report (President’s Office) (1978-1979)

RG-3/00

University, Secretary of the

see Secretary of the University RG-3/3

University Staff Association (USA)

RG-40/5/U6

see also Massachusetts State Employees Association (MSEA) (prior to 1977) MS-49

University Statistics (USTAT) (1998) (Student Special Interest Group) RG-45/40/U8

University Store

RG-37/5

University Theatre

RG-25/T3.8

University Tour Service (1984- )

RG-30/4/1

see also ARCON (University Guide Service) (1965-1984) RG-45/90/A7

University Without Walls (UWW) (School of Education)

RG-13/4/2/3

see also Associate Provost for Special Program RG-6

University Without Walls Newsletter (1972-1987)

RG-13/4/2/3

University Women

RG-40/7

University Women’s Network (UWN)

RG-40/5/U7

University Women’s Professional Network (UWPN)

see Women in Staff Professional Positions (WISPP) RG-40/5/W5

University Writing Program

RG-7/11

University Year for Action (UYA) (1971-1976)

RG-6/4/4

Upbeat (1986-1989)

RG-30/11/1

UPC

see Union Program Council (UPC) RG-45/17

Update (1982-1991)

RG-25/P8/00

UPE

see Union of Professional Employees (MTA) MS-47

Upside Down Club (Religious Group) (1992- ) RG-45/70/U7

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/U6

Upward Bound (1966-1993)

RG-6/4/13

see also Upward Bound Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967) RG-40/2/A3

Future Scholars of America (1993- ) RG-6/4/13.5

Upward Bound, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967)

RG-40/2/A3

Urban and Community Forestry, Northeast Center for

see Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry (1996- ) RG-25/N7

Urban Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23/1

USA

see University Staff Association (USA) RG-40/5/U6

USSA

see United States Student Association (USSA) RG-45/80/U5

UVC TV-19 (Student Run Television Station) (1999- )

RG-45/30/U7

UWN

see University Women’s Network (UWN) RG-40/5/U7

UWPN

see Women in Staff Professional Positions (WISPP) RG-40/5/W5

UWW

see University Without Walls (UWW) RG-13/4/2/3

UYA

see University Year for Action (UYA) (1971-1976) RG-6/4/4

Louis M. Lyons

As a journalist with the Boston Globe, a news commentator on WGBH television, and Curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, Louis M. Lyons was an important public figure in the New England media for over fifty years. A 1918 graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College and later trustee of UMass Amherst, Lyons was an vocal advocate for freedom of the press and a highly regarded commentator on the evolving role of media in American society.

The Lyons Papers contain a selection of correspondence, lectures, and transcripts of broadcasts relating primarily to Lyons’ career in television and radio. From the McCarthy era through the end of American involvement in Vietnam, Lyons addressed topics ranging from local news to international events, and the collection offers insight into transformations in American media following the onset of television and reaction both in the media and the public to events such as the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the war in Vietnam, and the social and political turmoil of the 1960s.

MassEquality sticker

In the late 1990s, MassEquality was formed as a coalition of advocacy groups that sought to build legislative support for same-sex marriage and gay rights in Massachusetts. Formally incorporated as a 501(c)4 advocacy organization in late 2001, the coalition hired its first employee, Campaign Coordinator Marty Rouse, in late 1993, and achieved a landmark success that November when the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that the state may not “deny the protections, benefits and obligations conferred by civil marriage to two individuals of the same sex who wish to marry.” On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to allow equal marital rights to same-sex couples. Since that time, MassEquality has continued to champion marriage equality nationally.

The MassEquality Records document the origins, operations, and activism of one of the leading organizations in New England advocating for marriage rights and civic equality for all, regardless of sexual orientation. The collection includes some material generated by the Freedom to Marry Coalition, a partner in the coalition, and a series of large banners and posters, some of which were displayed during the event celebrating the arrival of marriage equality in Massachusetts.

Don Ogden is a poet, writer and activist who lives in Leverett, Massachusetts. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, an unpublished book, and letters that document primarily anti-war protests in Amherst dating from 1972-2000.

Carl Oglesby, 2006
Photo by Jennifer Fels

Reflective, critical, and radical, Carl Oglesby was an eloquent voice of the New Left during the 1960s and 1970s. A native of Ohio, Oglesby was working in the defense industry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1964 when he became radicalized by what he saw transpiring in Vietnam. Through his contacts with the Students for a Democratic Society, he was drawn into the nascent antiwar movement, and thanks to his formidable skills as a speaker and writer, rose rapidly to prominence. Elected president of the SDS in 1965, he spent several years traveling nationally and internationally advocating for a variety of political and social causes.

In 1972, Oglesby helped co-found the Assassination Information Bureau which ultimately helped prod the U.S. Congress to reopen the investigation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A prolific writer and editor, his major works include Containment and Change (1967), The New Left Reader (1969), The Yankee and Cowboy War (1976), and The JFK Assassination: The Facts and the Theories (1992). The Oglesby Papers include research files, correspondence, published and unpublished writing, with the weight of the collection falling largely on the period after 1975.

Howard Henri Quint was born in New Haven, Connecticut in January 1917. He received his PhD in History from Johns Hopkins University in 1947. During the war years (1942-1946) Dr. Quint served as Propaganda Analyst for the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, as Political Analyst for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and as Political and Economic Analyst for the Office of Strategic Services.In 1959 he accepted a professorship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Upon his return from a Fulbright in Italy in 1962, Quint was selected as Chair of the History Department, a position he retained until 1968. While serving as Chair, Dr. Quint was instrumental in initiating the PhD program in History and was responsible for establishing the Honors Program at the University of Massachusetts. After stepping down from his position as Department Chair in 1968, Dr. Quint continued to be a Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts until his death in June 1981.

The papers of Howard H. Quint document his distinguished career as professor, author, and Chair of the History Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. They consist of biographical materials; general correspondence (largely professional); research and other materials related to the writing and publishing of five books; lecture notes, syllabi and other course-related materials; note cards and annotated typescripts; articles, book reviews, and academic conference materials; travel documents; materials related to honors programs; and materials related to international scholar exchange programs. The bulk of the papers were generated between 1955 and 1968.

Physical education was required of all students during the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC), enforced through required courses in the Department of Military Science and Tactics. Although intermural competition began shortly thereafter with a loss by the Wilder Baseball Association (Mass Aggies) to Amherst College 57-38, athletics were slow to catch on, due largely to a lack of student interest and faculty opposition. By 1909, a formal department of Physical Education and Hygiene was established to provide fitness training and coordinate the sports teams, with a separate women’s program following in 1940, however unlike most other universities, athletics were de-emphasized at UMass for many years, remaining more or less stagnant until the post-1960 expansion of the University.

This record group consists of annual reports, Athletic Board records, committee meeting minutes, policies, financial statements (1911-1921), histories, handbooks, Varsity “M” Club records, Hall of Fame records, athletic field records, correspondence and memoranda, curriculum and teacher training courses, colloquia and conference materials, schedules and scores (1871-1923), newsletters and newsclippings, media programs and guides, brochures and catalogs, pamphlets and fliers, and related materials.

A noted journalist, editor, and first ombudsman for the Boston Globe, Charles L. Whipple was born in Salem, Mass., on May 8, 1914. A descendant of both a Salem witch and of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Whipple was a political radical as a young man, joining the Young Communist League during his sophomore year at Harvard in 1933, and taking part in a small communist study group within the American Newspaper Guild after joining the staff of the Boston Globe in 1936. Unfit for military duty due to a bad eye, Whipple served with the Red Cross for 30 months in Europe during the Second World War, earning a purple heart. He severed ties with the Communist Party when he returned to the Globe and civilian life, becoming the paper’s first opinion page editor, garnering attention in the 1960s for writing the first major newspaper editorial opposing the war in Vietnam. His last positions were as the paper’s first ombudsman in 1975 and, following his retirement from the Globe, as editor of the Beijing Review and the China Daily, China’s first English-language daily. Whipple died in Northampton, Mass., in 1991 from complications following surgery.

Containing both personal and professional correspondence, the Charles L. Whipple Papers document a long and distinguished career in journalism. The collection includes important information on Whipple’s experiences during the Vietnam War, as an employee of the Boston Globe, and as an American living in China in the late 1970s. Many of the correspondents in the collection reflect upon Whipple’s feelings toward his profession and the people he encountered along the way. Of particular note is the extensive correspondence relating to the American Newspaper Guild, including meeting minutes, schedules, and correspondence. The Subject Files include groupings of articles, news clippings, and writings collected by Whipple over his lifetime. The balance of the collection consists of printed materials with a few photos.