The Connecticut River drains an area of 11,260 square miles of which 11,145 miles (99%) are in the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1950 in compliance with the Flood Control Act of 1936, these flood reports present the results of a survey and the outline of a program of land use and management developed to alleviate flood and sediment problems in Connecticut River Watershed.

Deerfield, Mass.

Influenced by the arts and crafts movement, Frances and Mary Allen began taking photographs of their native Deerfield, Mass., in the mid-1880s. Displaying a finely honed pictorialist aesthetic, the sisters specialized in views of Deerfield and surrounding towns, posed genre scenes of life in colonial times, and the local scenery, earning a reputation as among the best women photographers of the period.

The Allen sisters photograph album contains ten gelatin developing out prints of street scenes in Deerfield, ca.1900-1910. Among these are two shots of the house they inherited from their aunt Kate in 1895, which thereafter became their home and studio.

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.

Robert L. Coffin (1889-1976) began a long association with the Massachusetts Agricultural College when he arrived on campus in 1912 to begin work as an assistant photographer for the East Experiment Station. His skill as a technical photographer and his artistic eye, however, soon made him a valuable commodity on campus and within a few years of his arrival, Coffin had branched out to work for a wide range of departments across campus and, in the late 1920s, for the US Department of Agriculture in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well. An avid birder and naturalist, Coffin was particularly known for his nature photography, using a battery of different cameras to capture everything from scenic vistas to photomicrographs. Although he established a commercial photographic studio in Amherst in 1931, Coffin continued to accept a wide range of assignments at UMass, earning recognition as the unofficial campus photographer. He remained active almost to the time of his death in 1976 at the age of 86.

Containing the meticulously detailed records of an avid birder, the Coffin journal contains records of sightings and first and last occurrences of birds observed in the years 1912 and 1917-1922. The records in the journal reflect Coffin’s many birding trips in western Massachusetts, mostly in the Connecticut River Valley, however the journal also contains records from the Swift River Valley, the Harvard Forest, the Boston area, and the Connecticut coast. In a few cases, Coffin recorded the numbers of birds observed.

[ A ][ B ][ C ][ D ][ E ][ F ][ G ][ H ][ I, J ][ K ][ L ][ M ][ N ]
[ O ][ P, Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ XYZ ]

E

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

In 1841, George H. Gilbert and Charles A. Stevens formed a partnership to manufacture broadcloth and cloaking in Ware, Massachusetts. Ten years later, the partnership dissolved and each partner carried a part of the business into separate establishments. The newly formed George H. Gilbert Company continued making high-grade woolen flannels, for which it developed a national reputation, until 1930.

Records, consisting of correspondence, financial records and cash books, construction contracts, sales lists, production records, and sample books, document the operation of Gilbert and Stevens and later the Gilbert Company for almost a century. The labor accounts (1851-1930), document the phases of the varying ethnic composition of the workforce — Irish, French-Canadian, and eventually Polish — well as the family orientation of the mills.

Title page, Volume 1 (1671)

The Hampshire Council of Governments is a voluntary association of cities and towns and the successor to the former government of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, that was abolished in 1999. A body politic and corporate, its charter ratified by Massachusetts General Law 34B, S20(b), the Council oversees roadways, the electricity supply, building inspection, tobacco control, cooperative purchasing, and other services for member communities.

The Hampshire Council collection contains a dense record of county-level governance in western Massachusetts from the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century with extensive documentation of the actions of the County Commissioners, and before them the Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions. Rich in documenting the development of the transportation infrastructure of western Massachusetts, the collection offers detailed information associated with the planning and construction of highways, canals, ferries, and railroads, but the early records offer a broad perspective on the evolution of the legal and cultural environment, touching on issues from disorderly conduct (e.g., fornication, Sabbath breaking) to the settlement of estates, local governance, public works, and politics.

Beth Hapgood and members of the Brotherhood, ca.1969

Daughter of a writer and diplomat, and graduate of Wellesley College, Beth Hapgood has been a spiritual seeker for much of her life. Her interests have led her to become an expert in graphology, a student in the Arcane School, an instructor at Greenfield Community College, and a lecturer on a variety of topics in spiritual growth. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Hapgood befriended Michael Metelica, the central figure in the Brotherhood of the Spirit (the largest commune in the eastern states during the early 1970s) as well as Elwood Babbitt, a trance medium, and remained close to both until their deaths.

The Hapgood Papers contain a wealth of material relating to the Brotherhood of the Spirit and the Renaissance Community, Metelica, Babbitt, and other of Hapgood’s varied interests, as well as 4.25 linear feet of material relating to the Hapgood family.

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.

Kelley raising the flag, Ground Zero, 2001

Owner of the Amherst Athletic Club and columnist for the Amherst Bulletin from 1991 to 2004, Larry Kelley is deeply involved with Amherst area relations and government. He ran for both Select Board and Finance Committee, and was instrumental in raising awareness about and banning the illegal sale of martial arts weapons in Massachusetts.

Included in the Kelley papers are over 100 newspaper clippings, either his editorials, letters to the editor, or guest columns, about issues ranging from the use of town safety services by Amherst College, his objection to the Civil Rights Review Commission’s right to subpoena, his fight to fly commemorative flags in downtown Amherst both on the anniversary of September 11th and on the day Osama bin Laden is captured, to his objection over the Amherst-Pelham Regional High School’s production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.