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Lipshires, Sidney
Kenyon Leech Butterfield Papers, 1889-1945.
(12 linear feet).
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.
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Subjects- Agricultural education--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- Agricultural education--Michigan--History--Sources
- Agricultural extension work--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- Agricultural extension work--United States--History--Sources
- Agriculture--United States--History--Sources
- Education--United States--History--Sources
- Food supply--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- Higher education and state--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- Massachusetts Agricultural College--Alumni and alumnae
- Massachusetts Agricultural College--History
- Massachusetts Agricultural College--Students
- Massachusetts Agricultural College. President
- Massachusetts State College--Faculty
- Michigan Agricultural College--History
- Michigan Agricultural College. President
- Rural churches--United States--History--Sources
- Rural development--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- Women--Education (Higher)--Massachusetts--History--Sources
- World War, 1914-1918
Contributors- Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech), 1868-1935
Call no.: RG 3/1 B75
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William Smith Clark Papers, 1814-2003 (Bulk: 1844-1886).
(14.75 linear feet).
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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Subjects- Agricultural colleges--Japan--History
- Agricultural colleges--Massachusetts--History
- Agriculturists--Japan
- Agriculturists--Massachusetts
- Amherst (Mass.)--History
- Amherst College--Faculty
- Amherst College--Students--Correspondence
- Hokkaido (Japan)--History
- Hokkaid¯o Daigaku--History
- Hokkaid¯o Teikoku Daigaku--History
- Japan--Relations--United States
- Massachusetts Agricultural College--History
- Sapporo N¯ogakk¯o--History
- Sapporo N¯ogakk¯o. President
- T¯ohoku Teikoku Daigaku. N¯oka Daigaku--History
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--Relations--Japan
- Universität Göttingen--Students--Correspondence
Contributors- Clark, William Smith, 1826-1886
- Massachusetts Agricultural College. President
Types of material- Drawings
- Photographs
- Realia
- Scrapbooks
Call no.: RG 3/1 C63
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[ O ][ P, Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ XYZ ]
A
- A & F Notes (1996- ) (Administrative Services)
- RG-35/00
- AAC
- see Academic Advisors Council (AAC) (1986-1993) RG-40/3/A.5
- AASA
- see Asian American Students Association (AASA) (1975- ) RG-45/40/A8
- AAUP
- see American Association of University Professors (AAUP) RG-40/5/A2
- AAUP Newsletter
- see American Association of University Professors Newsletter (UMass Chapter) (1970-1980) RG-40/5/A2
- Abilities Unlimited (1986-1990)
- RG-45/40/A2
- ABLE, Project
- see Project ABLE RG-12/2
- ABSA
- see Applied Behavioral Science Alliance (ABSA) (1973-1974) RG-40/3/A6
- Academic Activities Board
- RG-30/23/2
- Academic Advisors Council
- RG-40/3/A.5
- Academic Advisory Council (College of Arts and Science)
- RG-11/2.1
- Academic Affairs
- RG-6
- Academic Affairs, Assistant Vice President for
- RG-3/6/1
- Academic Affairs, Associate Vice Chancellor for
- see Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Associate (1988) RG-6/3
- Academic Affairs Committee (Student Senate) (1972- )
- RG-45/7/A2
- Academic Affairs, Notes From
- see Notes From Academic Affairs (1981-1982) RG-6/00/N6
- Academic Affairs Publications
- RG-6/00
- Academic Affairs, Assistant Vice President for
- see Vice President for Academic Affairs, Assistant RG-3/6/1
- Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for
- see Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost RG-6/1
- Academic Affairs, Vice President for
- see Vice President for Academic Affairs RG-3/6
- Academic Budget, Director of
- RG-6/11
- Academic Calendar (Four & Five College Cooperation) (1958- )
- RG-60/5/00
- Academic Computing
- seeComputing, Provost’s Task Force on Academic (1984- ) RG-40/2/C6.7
- Academic Deans Meeting
- see Dean’s Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1977) RG-6/2
- Academic Departments, Programs, Institutes, Centers
- RG-25
- Academic Development Center, Counseling and
- see Counseling and Academic Development Center (CADC) RG-11/8
- Academic Freedom, Faculty Group for (1969-1970)
- RG-40/3/A1
- Academic Honesty, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1969, 1977)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Academic Instructional Media Services (AIMS)
- RG-6/22
- see also Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s) RG-8/1/5.
- Academic Matters Committee/Council (Faculty Senate, 1965- )
- RG-40/2/A2
- see also Predecessor Committees: Curriculum, Course of Study
- Academic Matters Council
- see Academic Matters Committee (Faculty Senate, 1957- ) RG-40/2/A2
- Academic Personnel Policies Committee, ad hoc Multi-Campus (1974-1975)
- see Inter-Campus Committees–Personnel Policies Committee, ad hoc Multi Campus Academic (1974-1975) RG-3/100
- Academic Personnel Policies Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967- )
- RG-40/2/A3
- see also Personnel Policy Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967- ) RG-40/2/A3
- Academic Planning and Assessment, Office of (OAPA)
- see Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA) RG-4/3/6
- Academic Priorities, ad hoc Committee (Faculty Senate, 1978- )
- RG-40/2/A3
- Academic Programs, Residential
- see Residential Academic Programs RG-32/14
- Academic Review Committee, ad hoc (Faculty Senate, 1977)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Academic Support Center, Undergraduate Advising and
- see Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- ) RG-6/7
- Academic Support Services, Dean
- RG-30/4
- ACCESS (1989)
- RG-45/40/A2.5
- ACCENTS (1997- ) (Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station)
- RG-15/2.2
- Accounting Association
- see Accounting Department–Accounting Association RG-25/A2
- Accounting, Cashiering
- RG-35/5
- Accounting Department
- RG-25/A2
- Acid Rain Monitoring Project Newsletter
- see ARM Newsletter (1985-1993) RG-25/W2/00
- ACLAN
- see Comparative Literature–American Comparative Literature Association Newsletter (ACLAN) (1968-1971) RG-25/C8/00
- Acquisitions (Library) (1870- )
- RG-8/4/1
- Action Committee, ad hoc Faculty/Librarian (1980)
- RG-40/3/A1.5
- Action, University Year for
- see University Year for Action (UYA) RG-6/4/4
- Activities and Events, Miscellaneous (Photographs)
- RG-145
- see also Panoramic Photos RG-170
- Activities, Departmental (Photographs)
- see Departmental Activities (Photographs) RG-160
- Activities Problems, Student Workshop on
- see Student Workshop on Activities Problems (SWAP) RG-45/40/S8.8
- Activities Without Formal Organization or Name, Student
- see Student Activities Without Formal Organization or Name RG-45/100
- Acts (Printed materials, oversize)
- RG-184/1
- Actuarial Program
- see Mathematics and Statistics Dept.–Actuarial Program RG-25/M5/3
- ADAEP
- see Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Program (ADAEP) (Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences) RG-13/4/1
- Addresses (Commencement) (1871- )
- RG-1/7/3
- Adelphia (Honorary Society)
- RG-45/60/A3
- Administration and Finance, Vice Chancellor for
- see Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance RG-35/1/1
- Administration and Leadership (School of Education–Design for Effective Learning Cluster)
- RG-13/3/23/7
- see also Leadership and Administration, Center for (Educational Planning and Management Cluster) RG-13/3/17/3
- Administration, Dean of
- see Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services RG-35/1
- Administrative Instruction (Administrative Services)
- RG-35/00
- Administrative Notices
- RG-35/00
- Administrative Policy, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1957-1958)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Administrative Reorganization of Special Programs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1981)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Administrative Services
- RG-35
- Administrative Services, Publications
- RG-35/00
- Administrative Services, Vice Chancellor for
- see Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services RG-35/1
- Admissions
- RG-30/5
- see also Graduate Admissions RG-9/5/2
- Admissions and Records, Board of (Faculty Senate, 1960- )
- RG-40/2/A3
- Admissions Task Force, Undergraduate
- see Undergraduate Admissions Task Force (1999- ) RG-40/2/U2
- Advanced Study in the Humanities, Institute for
- see Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (IASH) (1981- ) RG-6/19
- Advancement, University
- see University Relations and Development RG-39
- Advising and Academic Support Center, Undergraduate
- see Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- ) RG-6/7
- Advising Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Information and
- see College of Arts and Sciences Information and Advising Center (CASIAC) RG-11/5
Advisory Council of Women (View online)
- RG-30/24
- Advisory Council of Women Film (ca. 1927)
- RG-186/100/1
- Aerobics, Men’s
- see Sports-Men’s Aerobics (1988) RG-18/2
- Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical and
- see Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering RG-25/M6
- Aesthetics, Center for
- RG-13/3/21/3
- Affirmative Action Office (1982- )
- RG-4/7
- see also Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate ( 1968-1981) RG-6/13
- Affirmative Business Leadership Education (ABLE)
- see Project ABLE RG-12/2
- African-Latino-Asian-Native American
- see ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5
- ALANA, Office of
- RG-45/80/A4.5
- African Students Association
- see Afro-American Society RG-45/40/A3.2
- Afro-American Society/African Student Association (ASA) (1968- )
- RG-45/40/A3.2
- Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of
- RG-25/A4
- see also Five College Black Studies Program RG-60/5/3; Five College Cooperation RG-60/5
- AFSCME, Local 1776; Council 41
- see Local 1776 AFSCME; Council 41 RG-40/5/S4
- AGENDA, The New Senate (1993 )
- RG-45/00/A1
- Aggie Banqueteer (1917)
- RG-45/00/A2
- Aggie Life (Student Body Newspaper)
- RG-45/00/A3
- see also Aggie Life (Duplicate Collection) (1890) RG-99/1
- Aggie Life (Microfilms) (1890-1901) RG-190/11
- Aggie Life (Duplicate Collection) (1890)
- RG-99/1
- Aggie Life (Microfilms)
- RG-190/11
- Aggie News Letter (1917)
- RG-45/00/A4
- Aging, Center on
- see Center on Aging (Human Development Concentration) RG-13/4/10
- Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology
- see Environmental Sciences, Department of RG-25/E8
- Agricultural and Food Economics
- see Food and Resource Economics RG-25/F45
- Agricultural and Food Economics–Progress Report on Research (Department Series)
- RG-25/F45
- Agricultural and Resource Economics, Dept. of
- see Food and Resource Economics, Dept. of RG-25/F4.5
- Agricultural Education Circular (Extension Service, Cooperative)
- RG-15/8
- Agricultural Engineering, Department of
- RG-25/A5.5
- see also Food and Agricultural Engineering RG-25/F4
- Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham
- RG-25/M6.1
- Agricultural Experiment Station (Main Microfilms)
- see UMass Library catalog for holdings
- Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Massachusetts
- see Experiment Station (1888- ) RG-15/2.2
- Agricultural Extension Service (Main Microfilms)
- see UMass Library catalog for holdings
- Agricultural Improvement Association (1911-1912)
- RG-45/40/A3.6
- Agricultural Management Systems Center
- RG-25/A5.75
- Agricultural Review, Massachusetts
- see Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1931) RG-15/8
- see also Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1930) (Official University Committee) RG-40/2/M4
- Agricultural Review, Mass., Committee on
- see Massachusetts Agricultural Review, Committee on (1926-1930) RG-40/2/M4
- Agricultural Studies Center
- see International Agricultural Studies, Center for RG-15/4
- Agriculture, College of
- see College of Food and Natural Resources RG-15
- Agronomy
- see Plant and Soil Sciences RG-25/P4
- Agronomy Digest
- see Extension Service, Cooperative–Agronomy Digest (1982-1993) RG-15/8
- Ahora (Student Social Action Group) (1974)
- RG-45/80/A4
- AIDS Memorial Quilt Project (1992- )
- RG-11/20
- AIDS, University Committee on (Official University Committee) (1987-1993)
- RG-40/2/A5.5
- AIMS
- see Academic Institute Media Services (AIMS) RG-6/22
- see also Audio-Visual Department (as part of library) RG-8/1/5
- Air Science, Military
- see Military and Air Science RG-25/M8
- ALANA Honor Society
- RG-45/60/A3.5
- Note: As of 1999, ALANAI (African- Latino- Asian- Native American and International Honor Society)
- ALANA, Office of (Asian Latino African Native American)
- RG-45/80/A4.5
- ALANAI
- see ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Program (ADAEP) (Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences)
- RG-13/4/1
- Alcohol Education Project, Demonstration
- see Demonstration Alcohol Education Project RG-30/15/2/3
- Alcohol Program, Residential Education
- see Residential Education Alcohol Program (REAP) (1987- ) RG-30/31
- Alcohol Use, University Committee on (Official University Committee) (1957-1959, 1984- )
- RG-40/2/A6
- Alliance for Student Power (ASP) (1994- )
- see Radical Student Union RG-45/80/R1
- Allied Students Against Prejudice (ASAP) (1992)
- RG-45/40/A4
- ALPHA BITS (1925-1928) (Phi Sigma Kappa)
- RG-45/90/P5.6
- Alpha Chi Omega (1962-1986)
- RG-45/90/A3.5
- Alpha Delta Phi (1980)
- RG-45/90/A4
- Alpha Epsilon Pi (1983, 1986)
- RG-45/90/A4.3
- Alpha Gamma Rho (1985)
- RG-45/90/A4.2
- Alpha Kappa Alpha (2000- )
- RG-45/90/A4.31
- Alpha Lambda Delta (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/A4.2
- Alpha Phi Alpha (1995)
- RG-45/90/A4.32
- Alpha Phi Gamma (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/A4.4
- Alpha Phi Mu (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/A4.45
- Alpha Phi Omega (1970)
- RG-45/90/A4.4
- see also Freshman Register (1974-1977, classes of 1978-1981) (Alpha Phi Omega) RG-45/00/F6.5
- Alpha Sigma Lambda (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/A4.7
- Alpha Sigma Phi
- see College Shakespearean Club (Alpha Sigma Phi) RG-45/90/C9
- Alpha Tau Gamma (1919- )
- RG-45/90/A4.6
- Alpha Zeta (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/A4.9
- ALSA Forum (National Journal) (1981-1984)
- RG-25/L7/00
- see also Legal Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal (1985-1988) RG-25/L7/00
- Alternative Schools (School of Education–National Alternative Schools Program)
- RG-13/3/21/7
- Alternative Schools, Center for
- RG-13/4/10
- see also Alternative Schools RG-13/3/21/7
- Alternative School Program, National
- see Alternative Schools (National Alternative Schools Program) RG-13/3/21/7
- Alumni
- RG-50
- Alumni Advisory Committee on Campus Development (1945-1946)
- RG-6/15/2
- Alumni Affairs
- see Alumni Office RG-50/1
- Alumni Affairs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate,1990)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Alumni, Associate
- see Associate Alumni RG-50/2
- Alumni Associations (City, Regional, and Other Special Associations–not athletic)
- RG-50/5
- Alumni Athletic Association, MAC
- see MACAAA RG-50/4
- Alumni Bulletin (1919-1953)
- RG-50/00/3
- see also Alumni Bulletin (Duplicate Collection) (1919-1953) RG-99/1
- Alumni, by Class (Photographs)
- see Students and Alumni, by Class (Photographs) RG-130
- Alumni Classes, by Year (including individual students)
- see Classes, by Year RG-50/6
- Alumni Club, On Campus
- see On Campus Alumni Club (1986-1989) RG-40/3/O5
- Alumni Committee on Campus Development
- see Alumni Advisory Committee (1945-1946) RG-6/15/2
- Alumni Connection, The UMASS (1992- )
- RG-50/00/3
- Alumni Day, Mid-Winter
- see Mid-Winter Alumni Day (Official University Committee) (1923-1926) RG-40/2/M5
- Alumni Directories
- see Directories, Alumni RG-50/1
- see also Directories, Student RG-1/00/5
- Alumni Directories (Duplicate Collection) (1918, 1929, 1935, 1968)
- RG-99/1
- Alumni Group, On-Campus
- see On-Campus Alumni Group (1986- ) RG-40/3/O5
- Alumni Materials (Duplicate Collection)
- RG-99/1
- Alumni News, MAC College and
- see MAC College and Alumni News (Vol. 1-6, 1903-1908) RG-50/00/3
- Alumni/ae Newsletter (School of Education)
- see School of Education Alumni Newsletter (1993) RG-13/00
- Alumni Obituaries, Biographies
- see Obituaries, Biographies (Alumni) RG-50/00/2
- Alumni Office (Office of Development and Alumni Affairs)
- RG-50/1
- Alumni Organizations by Class
- see Classes by Year (including individual students) RG-50/6
- Alumni Periodicals
- RG-50/00/3
- Alumni Photographs
- see Students and Alumni by Class (photographs) RG-130
- Alumni Publications
- RG-50/00
- Alumni, Stockbridge
- see Stockbridge Alumni RG-50/3
- Alumni/ae Newsletter (School of Education)(1993)
- RG-13/00
- Alumnus Magazine, The (Photo Collection)
- RG-147
Alumnus, The (Alumni Periodicals) (1953-1989) View online (1970-1976)
- RG-50/00/3
- see also Alumni Connection, The UMASS Winter (1992- ) RG-50/00/3
- Amateur Radio Club
- see Radio Club, Amateur (1948- ) RG-45/40/R3
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- RG-40/5/A2
- see also American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Newsletter RG-40/5/A2
- American Association of University Professors Newsletter (1970-1980)
- RG-40/5/A2
- American Comparative Literature Association Newsletter (ACLAN) (1968-1976)
- RG-25/C8/00
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- see Local 1776, AFSCME, Council 41 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) RG-40/5/S4
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CI0, Local-1359, UMASS Chapter
- see American Federation of Teachers–UMass Faculty Records (1963-1964) MS152
- American Legal Studies Association
- see ALSA Forum RG-25/L7/00
- American Literature, Early
- see Early American Literature RG-25/E3/00
- Americans for Freedom, Young
- see Young Americans for Freedom RG-45/80/Y6
- Amherst Camera Club
- see Camera Club, Amherst RG-45/40/C3
- Amherst Campus Council
- see Campus Council, Amherst (1992- ) RG-4/11
- Amherst Campus to Other Campuses of the University, ad hoc Committee
- on the Relationship of (Faculty Senate, 1972-1974) RG-40/2/A3
- Amnesty International, UMASS (1986-1998)
- RG-45/80/A5
- An Informal Chat with Non-Professional Woman (1972)
- RG-7/2/00
- Animal Care Committee (Research and Graduate Studies)
- RG-9/1/2/3
- Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club
- see Veterinary and Animal Sciences–Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club RG-25/V2
- Animal Rights Coalition (ARC) (1993)
- RG-45/80/A6
- Animal Science Club
- see Veterinary and Animal Sciences–Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club RG-25/V2
- Animal Sciences
- see Veterinary and Animal Sciences RG-25/V2
- Animals (Photographs)
- RG-165
- Anniversary Slide Show, UMass 125th
- see UMass 125th Anniversary Slide Show (1988) RG-187/1
- Anniversaries
- see Centennial and Other Anniversaries; Special Days (1868- ) RG-1/8
- Annual Reports, Experiment Station
- see Experiment Station , Annual Reports (1888- ) RG-15/2.2
- Annual Reports, Experiment Station
- see Experiment Station, Annual Reports (1882-1895) RG-15/2.1
Annual Reports, University (1863-1989)
- RG-1/00/2
- View online (1864-1973) or View online (1879-1975)
- and Annual Reports, Duplicate Collection (1863-1989) RG-99/2
- Anthropological Survey Service, University Monthly
- see University Monthly Anthropological Survey Service (UMASS) RG-25/A6/00
- Anthropology, Department of
- RG-25/A6
- Anthropology Research Reports, Dept. of (1968-1989)
- RG-25/A6/00
- Anti-Racism Coalition (1992)
- RG-45/40/A5
- Anti-Semitism Task Force, Jewish Awareness
- see Civility in Human Relations, Commission on RG-40/2/C3
- Apartments (Lincoln, University and North Village)
- RG-35/12/1
- see also Apartments, North Village RG-36/102/N5
- Applesauce (1974-1976)
- RG-13/3/21/7
- see also Alternative School Programs RG-13/4/10
- Applied Behavioral Science Alliance (ABSA) (1973-1974)
- RG-40/3/A6
- Applied Behavioral Sciences, Division of Human Services
- see Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences (HS/ABS) RG-13/4/1
- Applied Mathematics, Center for
- RG-25/M5.5
- Applied Technology Center (College of Engineering)
- RG-14/3
- Aquacultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham
- RG-25/M6.1
- Arab/Arab Students Association (ca. 1969)
- RG-45/40/A6
- Arboretum
- see Waugh Arboretum (Physical Plant) (1944) RG-36/104/W3
- ARC
- see Animal Rights Coalition (ARC) (1993- ) RG-45/80/A6
- Archaeological Services (1992- )
- RG-6/4/14/6
- Archery (Men’s)
- see Sports-Men’s Archery (1939-1940, 1947) RG-18/2
- Archives (Archives and Manuscripts) (1967- )
- RG-8/1/3
- Arcon (University Guide Service) (1964-1984)
- RG-45/90/A7
- see also University Tour Service (1984- ) RG-30/4/1
- Area Government, Dormitories and
- see Housing Services RG-32
- Area Studies (College of Arts and Science)
- RG-11/3
- Arion Quartet
- see Singing Clubs–Arion Quartet RG-25/M9.5
- ARM Newsletter (1982-1993)
- RG-25/W2/00
- Armenian Students Club (1985)
- RG-45/40/A7
- Army Reserve Unit (1961)
- RG-40/3/A7
- Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP)
- see Military and Air Science–ASTRP RG-25/M8/3
- Arnold Air Society
- see Military and Air Sciences–Arnold Air Society RG-25/M8
- Art Department
- RG-25/A7
- Art Exhibition, ad hoc Committee on the (Faculty Senate, 1967-1968,1975-1976)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Art Gallery (Herter and University Gallery)
- RG-11/15
- see also Art Exhibition, ad hoc Committee on the (Faculty Senate) RG-40/2/A3
- Art Posters (Poster Collection)
- RG-180/5
- Art Sites, Galleries and Public
- see Galleries and Public Art Sites RG-36/50/G2
- Art Sitings (1993 )
- RG-11/13
- Art Students Association, Undergraduate
- see Undergraduate Art Students Association (U-Arts) RG-45/40/U5
- Artifacts (Memorabilia, general)
- RG-183/1
- Arts and Music Committee
- RG-45/50/A7
- Arts and Sciences
- RG-11
- Arts and Sciences, College of
- see College of Arts and Sciences RG-11/1-7
- Arts and Sciences, Dean
- see College of Arts and Sciences, Dean RG-11/1
- Arts Council
- see Fine Arts Council RG-11/13
- Arts Extension Service
- RG-7/5
- Arts Extension Service Newsletter (1977-1981)
- RG-7/5
- Arts Program, Feminist
- see Feminists Arts Program (Everywoman’s Center) RG-7/2/2/2
- ASAP
- see Allied Students Against Prejudice (ASAP) (1992- ) RG-45/40/A4
- Asbestos Control Office
- RG-36/2
- Asia House, United
- see United Asia House RG-45/40/U6
- Asia Learning Resource Center, United
- see United Asia Learning Resource Center (UALRC) (1990) RG-25/U5
- Asian, Latino, African, Native American
- see ALANA, Office of RG-45/80/A4.5
- see also ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5
- Asian American Students Organization (AASA) (1975- )
- RG-45/40/A8
- Asian Arts and Culture
- RG-25/F3/A8
- Asian Club, South
- see South Asian Club (1992- ) RG-45/40/S4.23
- Asian Indian Association
- see Indian, Asian, Association RG-45/40/I5
- Asian Studies (Program and Committee)
- RG-25/A8
- Asian Studies Committee Occasional Papers Series (1978-1980)
- RG-25/A8/00
- ASP
- see Alliance for Student Power RG-45/80/R1
- Assemblies (1946, 1991)
- RG-1/10
- Assistantships, Teacher Improvement (Graduate School)
- RG-10/1/20
- Associate Alumni
- RG-50/2
- Associations, Unions and (Student)
- see Unions and Associations (Student) RG-45/45
- Associations, Unions and (Faculty and Staff)
- see Unions and Associations (Faculty and Staff) RG-40/4
- Associations with Other Institutions
- RG-60
- Astronomy
- see Physics and Astronomy RG-25/P3
- ASTRP (Army Specialized Training Reserve Program)
- see Military and Air Science–ASTRP RG-25/M8/3
- Athletic Association, MAC Alumni
- see MACAAA RG-50/4
- Athletic Council of Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1960- )
- RG-40/2/A3
- Athletic Department (by sport)
- RG-18/2
- see also Physical Education, Men’s Department RG-25/P3.1
- Physical Education, Women’s Department RG-25/P3.2
- Athletics
- see Athletic Department RG-18/2
- Atlantic Studies, Institute for
- see Freiburg Program RG-25/F8
- Attorney-Legal Services Office (LSO)
- RG-45/2
- Au Present (1966)
- RG-45/00/A8
- Audio Tapes
- RG-185/2/1
- Audio-Visual Advisory Committee (Faculty Senate, 1979-1986)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Audio-Visual Council (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Audio-Visual Department
- see Library Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s) RG-8/1/5
- see also Academic Instructional Media Services (AIMS) (1998- ) RG-6/22
- Audio-Visual Software
- RG-185 through 190
- Auto Pool Committee (Student Senate)
- RG-45/7/A8
- Auxiliary Services
- RG-35/19
- A-V Center
- see Audio-Visual Department (as part of Library) RG-8/1/5
- see also Union Video RG-45/30/U5
- Awards (Faculty and Staff)
- RG-40/1/11
- see also Distinguished Teaching Award RG-1/11
- Awards (Printed materials, oversize)
- RG-184/2
- Awards (Faculty and Staff)
- RG-40/1/11
- Awards, Prizes (1909- )
- RG-1/11
- see also University Medal for Outstanding Service RG-2/99
- Awareness Committee, Campus
- see Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C.5
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- La Resistance (1967)
- RG-45/00/L2
- Labor Affairs, Institute For
- see Institute for Labor Affairs RG-3/9
- Labor Center Review (Labor Relations and Research Center) (1978-1990)
- RG-25/L1/00
- Labor Council, UMass
- see UMass Labor Council (1995- ) RG-40/5/U5
- Labor/Management Workplace Education Program
- see Physical Plant RG-36/1
- Labor Relations (President’s Office)
- RG-3/19
- Labor Relations and Research Center
- RG-25/L1
- Labor Relations and Personnel, Assistant Vice President for
- see Vice President for Labor Relations and Personnel, Assistant RG-3/17/1
- Labor Relations, Coordinator of
- RG-35/14
- Laboratory of Psychometric and Evaluation Research
- see Psychometric and Evaluation Research, Laboratory of RG-13/3/23/3.1
- Laboratory Safety News (Environmental Health & Safety) (1980-1995)
- RG-30/15/4
- LACC
- see Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) RG-45/40/L2
- Lacrosse, Men’s
- see Sports-Men’s Lacrosse (1966- ) RG-18/2
- Lacrosse, Women’s
- see Sports-Women’s Lacrosse (1993- ) RG-18/2
- Lambda Chi Alpha (1980-1991)
- RG-45/90/L3
- Lambda Delta Phi
- RG-45/90/L3.6
- Land-Grant Colleges, State Universities
- RG-60/1
- Land-Grant University Women, New England Council of
- see New England Council of Land-Grant University Women RG-60/1/1
- Land Use Maps
- see Massachusetts Town Statistics (Experiment Stations) RG-15/2.23
- Land Use Notes
- see Extension Service, Cooperative–Land Use Notes (1979-1980) RG-15/8
- Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
- see Landscape Architecture Department RG-25/L2
- Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Newsletter
- see Focus (1993- ) RG-25/L2/00
- Landscape Architecture Department
- RG-25/L2
- Language Laboratory
- RG-11/18
- Language Resource Center(s), Foreign
- see Foreign Language Resource Center(s) RG-25/F5.5
- Lantern Slides, Glass
- see Slides, Glass Lantern RG-188
- LARP News, The (Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (1997- )
- RG-25/L2/00
- Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
- see Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies RG.25/14.5
- Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) (1995- ) RG-45/40/L2
- Latin American Library Materials
- see Seminar of the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALAM) (1973-1976) RG-8/9
- Latin American Solidarity Committee, Western Massachusetts (1983-1985)
- RG-45/80/L3
- Latin American Studies [Program and Committee]
- RG-25/L4
- Latin American Studies–Occasional Paper Series (1976-1987)
- RG-25/L4/00
- Law Association, Pre-
- see Pre-Law Association RG-45/40/P7.4
- Law School (Official University Committee) (1966-1975)
- RG-40/2/L1
- Law School, ad hoc Committee to Study Need for (Faculty Senate, 1965-1967, 1972)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Layouts (Cartographic Materials)
- RG-181/2
- LBGA
- see People’s Gay Alliance (Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Alliance) RG-45/40/G3
- LDCO
- see Learning Disabilities Coordinator’s Office (LDCO) (1986- ) RG-6/20
- Leadership and Administration, Center for (School of Education)
- RG-13/3/17/3
- see also Administration and Leadership (School of Education) RG-13/3/23/7
- Lear (Honor Society)
- RG-45/60/L4
- Learning Center, Mastery
- see Mastery Learning Center RG-30/2/5
- Learning Disabilities Coordinators Office (LDCO) (1986- )
- RG-6/20
- see also Counseling and Academic Development RG-11/8
- Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- )
- RG-6/12
- Learning Support Services (LSS)
- see Learning Resources Center (LRC) RG-6/12
- Leave, Sabbatical
- see Sabbatical Leave RG- 40/1/6
- Lecture Note Program (Student Senate) (1973-1974)
- RG-45/7/L4
- Lecture Series, Chancellor’s
- see Chancellor’s Lecture Series RG-4/12
- Lecture Series Distinguished Faculty
- see Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series
- Lecture Series, Sidney Topol Distinguished (1997- )
- see Sidney Topol Distinguished Lecture Series (1997- ) RG-186/10
- Lecture Series, Troy
- see Troy Lecture Series (Films and Videotapes) RG-186/9
- Lecturers From Outside the University (1911- )
- RG-1/12
- Lectures (Faculty and Staff)
- RG-40/1/2
- see also Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series (Videotapes) (1986- ) RG-186/7
- Lectures (Photographs)
- RG-145/2
- see also Lectures (Poster Collection) RG-180/1
- Lectures (Poster Collection)
- RG-180/1
- see also Lectures (Photographs) RG-145/2
- Lectures, Committee on University
- RG-40/2/L1.5
- Left Field (Student Publication) (1990)
- RG-45/00/L2.3
- Legacy (English Department) (1984-1990)
- RG-25/E3/00
- Legal Assistant Training Program
- RG-7/7
- Legal Services Office (LSO)
- see Attorney: Legal Services Office (LSO) RG-45/2
- Legal Studies (1981- )
- RG-25/L7
- see also Legal Assistant Training Program RG-7/7
- Legal Studies (Special Programs) (1965-1981)
- RG-6/4/7
- see also Legal Studies (1981- ) RG-25/L7
- Legal Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal (1985-1988)
- RG-25/L7/00
- see also ALSA Forum, The (1981-1984) RG-25/L7/00
- Legal Studies–Mediation Project
- RG-25/L7/3
- Legislation (1858- )
- RG-1/2
- Legislative Service Project
- RG-25/P6.6
- Leisure Studies and Service Department
- RG-25/L6
- Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, Program for Gay
- see Program for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns (1986- ) RG-30/2/6
- Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for, Gay
- see Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for RG-40/2/G3
- Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellor’s Task Force on , Gay
- see Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellor’s Task Force on (1993) RG-40/2/G2
- Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Alliance
- see Peoples’ Gay Alliance RG-45/40/G3
- Lesbian Union (1995)
- RG-45/40/L4
- Liability (Official University Committee) (1958)
- RG-40/2/L2
- Liaison (Alumni Periodical) (1944-1945)
- RG-50/00/3
- Liaison Services, Assistant to the President for
- RG-3/5
- Liberator, The (Student Publication) (1989- )
- RG-45/00/L2.5
- Librarian
- see Library Director/Librarian RG-8/1
- Librarian/Faculty, ad hoc, Action Committee
- see Action Committee, ad hoc Faculty/Librarian (1980) RG-40/3/A1.5
- Librarians Bargaining Unit
- see Committees and other Groups (Library) RG-8/6
- Libraries, Departmental (1880, 1958-1978)
- RG-8/3/11
- Note: No longer in existence.
- Library (1876- ) RG-8
- see also Music Library (1975- ) RG-8/3/8
- Biological Sciences Library (1962- ) RG-8/3/9
- Physical Sciences Library (1961- ) RG-8/3/10
- Library–Annual Reports (1888, 1910- )
- RG-8/00/L5
- Library Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s)
- RG-8/1/5
- Library Automation Newsletter
- see LS 2000 Newsletter/Library Automation Newsletter (1988-1991) (Library Publications) RG-8/00/L4
- Library Buildings
- RG-8/5
- Library Buildings-Chapel (Old Chapel) (1869-1935)
- RG-8/5/1
- Library Buildings-Goodell (Goodell Library) (1899-1990)
- RG-8/5/2
- see also Library-Goodell (Plan Microfilm) RG-190/16
- Library Buildings-Tower (University Library/W.E.B. Du Bois Library) (1961- )
- RG-8/5/3
- Library Buildings-W.E.B. Du Bois Library
- see Library Buildings-Tower (University Library/W.E.B. Du Bois Library) (1961- ) RG-8/5/3
- Library Business Office (1921- )
- RG-8/1/2
- Library Collections
- see Collection Development (Library) RG-8/2
- Library Committee (Faculty Senate, 1960- )
- RG-40/2/A3
- Library Committee (Official University Committee) (1911, 1952-1957)
- RG-40/2/L3
- Library Committees and Other Groups (1883, 1954- )
- RG-8/6
- Library Consortium
- see Boston Library consortium (1975- ) RG-8/10
- Library Director, Assistant to (1962- )
- RG-8/1/1
- Library Director/Librarian (1886- )
- RG-8/1
- Library Exhibits
- see Exhibits (Library) RG-8/3/13
- Library, Goodell (Building Microfilm)
- RG-190/16
- Library Information Bulletin (1969- )
- RG-8/00/L5
- Library Information Processing
- RG-8/4/4
- Library Leaflet
- Extension Service, Cooperative–Library Leaflet (1913-1924) RG-15/8
- Library Leaflet-Revised Series
- Extension Service, Cooperative–Library Leaflet–Revised Series (1927-1930) RG-15/8
- Library Management Assistant
- RG-8/1/7
- Library, Massachusetts Film Co-op
- RG-8/1/8
- Library Monthly Reports (1966-1987)
- RG-8/00/M6
- Library Newsletter (UMass Libraries) (1970-1980)
- RG-8/00/N3
- Library Publications
- RG-8/00
- Library Slide Shows (including audio tapes)
- RG-187/4
- Library Staff Bulletin
- see "Library Information Bulletin" (UMass Libraries) (1967- ) RG-8/00/L5
- Library Statistical Reports and Summaries (1973-1984)
- RG-8/00/S8
- Library Systems Office (1964- )
- RG-8/1/4
- Library Task Force Report (1980-1981)
- RG-40/2/L3.5
- Life/Career Development Team
- RG-30/22/1
- Lighting (Physical Plant)
- RG-36/50/L5
- Lincoln W. Barnes Photo Collection (M.A.C. Campus Photographs)
- RG-149
- Linguistics Department
- RG-25/L8
- Literacy Institute, Media
- see Media Literacy Institute RG-25/C7.7
- Literary Magazine (Student Publication) (1959-1962)
- RG-45/00/L3.5
- see also Collegian Quarterly (1938-1962) RG-45/00/C6.2
- Literary Monthly, The MAC (Student Publication) (1910)
- RG-45/00/L4
- Literary Society (UMass Amherst) (1953-1959)
- RG-40/3/L4
- see also Washington Irving Literary Society (1867-1892) RG-45/40/W3
- Edward Everett Literary Society (1870-1876) RG-45/40/E3
- Literary Society, Edward Everett
- see Edward Everett Literary Society (1870-1876) RG-45/40/E3
- Literary Society, Washington Irving
- see Washington Irving Literary Society RG-45/40/W3
- Literature, Comparative
- see Comparative Literature RG-25/C8
- Literature, Joint Committee on (Official University Committee) (1974)
- RG-40/2/L5
- Lithographs (Iconographic Materials)
- RG-182/1
- LMWEP
- see Physical Plant–Labor/Management Workplace Education Program (1987- ) RG-36/1
- Local 1776, AFS CME; Council 41 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
- RG-40/5/S4
- Long Range Academic Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1962)
- RG-40/2/A3
- Long Range Planning, ad hoc Committee (1966-1971)
- RG-40/2/A3
- see also Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1972-1980) RG-40/2/A3
- Loose Change (Computer and Information Science) (1993-1999)
- RG-25/C9/00
- see also Significant Bits (1999) RG-25/C9/00
- Lowell, University of
- see University of Lowell RG-55/4
- LRC
- see Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- ) RG-6/12
- LRRC Labor Update (1991)
- RG-25/L1/00
- LRRC Review (1978-1991)
- RG-25\L1\00
- LS 2000 Newsletter/Library Automation Newsletter (1988-1991) (Library Publication)
- RG-8/00/L4
- LSO
- see Attorney: Legal Services Office (LSO) RG-45/2
- LSS (Learning Support Services) (1997- )
- see Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- ) RG-6/12
- Lubovitch Movement (Religious Group) (1975)
- RG-45/70/L8
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Double Edge Theatre Records, 1970-2002.
28 boxes (15.5 linear feet).
Bold Stroke for a Wife
Since its founding, Double Edge Theatre has embraced a two-fold mission: to develop and promote the highest quality of original theatre performance, and to create a permanent center of performance, practice, training research, and cultural exchange.
The collection documents the Theatre’s focus on research, international collaboration, and the elevation of artistic performance above and beyond stage work into the realm of cultural exchange.
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Subjects- Experimental theater
- Theater and society
- Theatrical companies--Massachusetts
Contributors- Arnoult, Philip
- Double Edge Theatre
- Durand, Carroll
- Klein, Stacy
- Odin teatret
- Staniewski, Wlodzimierz
- Stowarzyszenie Teatralne "Gardzienice"
Types of material- Photographs
- Posters
- Programs
Call no.: MS 455
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Nancy E. Foster Papers, 1972-2010.
4 boxes (6 linear feet).
Nancy E. Foster
For the better part of four decades, Nancy E. Foster was active in the struggle for social justice, peace, and political reform. From early work in civil rights through her engagement in political reform in Amherst, Mass., Foster was recognized for her work in the movements opposing war, nuclear power, and the assault on civil liberties after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Locally, she worked with her fellow members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst and with interfaith coalitions to address problems of hunger and homelessness.
Centered in western Massachusetts and concentrated in the last decade of her life (2000-2010), the Nancy Foster Papers includes a record of one woman’s grassroots activism for peace, civil liberties, and social justice. The issues reflected in the collection range from the assault on civil liberties after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to immigration, hunger and poverty, the Iraq Wars, and the conflict in Central America during the 1980s, and much of the material documents Nancy’s involvement with local organizations such as the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst. The collection also contains a valuable record of Nancy’s participation in local politics in Amherst, beginning with the records of the 1972 committee which was charged with reviewing the Town Meeting.
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Subjects- Amherst (Mass.)--Politics and government
- Civil rights--Massachusetts
- Disaster relief
- El Salvador--History--1979-1992
- Hunger
- Interfaith Cot Shelter (Amherst, Mass.)
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Peace movements--Massachusetts
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Contributors- ACLU
- Lay Academy for Oecumenical Studies
- Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections
- Olver, John
- Pyle, Christopher H.
- Swift, Alice
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
Types of material
Call no.: MS 753
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Maxwell Henry Goldberg Papers, 1888-1986.
60 boxes (33 linear feet).
Professor of English, adviser to student newspaper (The Collegian) and Jewish student organizations, University of Massachusetts, and founding member, College English Association.
The Goldberg Papers contain correspondence, speeches, published writings, papers written as a graduate student, biographical material, book reviews, subject files, newsclippings, and material from committees and projects with which he was involved, including the College English Association, College English Association Institute, Humanities Center for Liberal Education, and American Humanities Seminar.
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Subjects- College English Association
- Humanities Center for Liberal Education
- Jews--Massachusetts
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of English
Contributors- Goldberg, Maxwell Henry, 1907-
Call no.: FS 064
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Beth Hapgood Papers, 1789-2005.
67 boxes (35 linear feet).
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.
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Subjects- Brotherhood of the Spirit
- Channeling (Spiritualism)
- Communal living--Massachusetts
- Graphology
- Hapgood family--Correspondence
- Massachusetts--Social life and customs--20th century
- Mediums--Massachusetts
- Nineteen sixties--Social aspects
- Occultism--Social aspects
- Popular culture--History--20th century
- Renaissance Community
- Rock music--1971-1980
- Warwick (Mass.)--History
Contributors- Babbitt, Elwood, 1922-
- Boyce, Neith, 1872-1951
- Hapgood, Beth--Correspondence
- Hapgood, Charles H
- Hapgood, Elizabeth Reynolds
- Hapgood, Hutchins, 1869-1944
- Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937
- Metelica, Michael
Call no.: MS 434
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Sophie D. Zmijewski Kopiecki Papers, ca. 1950-1990.
8 boxes (12 linear feet).
An active member of a number of women’s Polish American clubs in Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Federation of Polish Women’s Clubs, Sophie Kopiecki was a schoolteacher and mother in the eastern part of the state. Documenting her contributions to the various clubs of which she was a member as well as her activities as a teacher, this collection includes publications, programs, memorabilia, and student assignments.
Subjects- Polish American friendly societies--Massachusetts
- Polish Americans--Ethnic identity--History--20th century
- Polish Americans--Massachusetts
Contributors- Kopiecki, Sophie D. Zmijewski
Call no.: MS 553
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Sidney Lipshires Papers, 1932-2012.
7 boxes (3.5 linear feet).
Sidney Lipshires
Born on April 15, 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland to David and Minnie Lipshires, Sidney was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts where his father owned two shoe stores, David Boot Shop and The Bootery. He attended the Massachusetts State College for one year before transferring to the University of Chicago and was awarded a BA in economics in 1940. His years at the University of Chicago were transformative, Lipshires became politically active there and joined the Communist Party in 1939. Following graduation in 1941, he married Shirley Dvorin, a student in early childhood education; together they had two sons, Ellis and Bernard. Lipshires returned to western Massachusetts with his young family in the early 1940s, working as a labor organizer. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 working as a clerk and interpreter with a medical battalion in France for over a year. Returning home, he ran for city alderman in Springfield on the Communist Party ticket in 1947. Lipshires married his second wife, Joann Breen Klein, in 1951 and on May 29, 1956, the same day his daughter Lisa was born, he was arrested under the Smith Act for his Communist Party activities. Before his case was brought to trial, the Smith Act was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Disillusioned with the Communist Party, he severed his ties with it in 1957, but continued to remain active in organized labor for the rest of his life. Earning his masters in 1965 and Ph.D. in 1971, Lipshires taught history at Manchester Community College in Connecticut for thirty years. During that time he worked with other campus leaders to establish a statewide union for teachers and other community college professionals, an experience he wrote about in his book, Giving Them Hell: How a College Professor Organized and Led a Successful Statewide Union. Sidney Lipshires died on January 6, 2011 at the age of 91.
Ranging from an autobiographical account that outlines his development as an activist (prepared in anticipation of a trial for conspiracy charges under the Smith Act) to drafts and notes relating to his book Giving Them Hell, the Sidney Lipshires Papers offers an overview of his role in the Communist Party and as a labor organizer. The collection also contains his testimony in a 1955 public hearing before the Special Commission to Study and Investigate Communism and Subversive Activities, photographs, and biographical materials.
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Subjects- Communism--United States--History
- Communists--Massachusetts
- Jews--Massachusetts--Northampton--History
- Jews--Political activity--United States--History--20th century
- Labor movement--United States--History--20th century
- Labor unions--United States--Officials and employees--Biography
Contributors- Lipshires, David M
- Lipshires, Joann B
- Lipshires, Sidney
Types of material- Autobiographies
- Photographs
- Testimonies
Call no.: MS 730
View related collections: Civil rights, Cold War culture, Communism & Socialism, Judaica, Labor, Massachusetts (West), Photographs, Political activism, Social change, World War II : : No Comments