Library exhibit

To celebrate its tercentenary in 1930, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts organized over two thousand events in 253 communities, drawing over eleven million visitors. One of the most elaborate of these events was the Exposition of Governmental Activities held at the Commonwealth Armory in Boston between September 29 and October 11. A celebration more of contemporary governmental activity than the historical precedents, the exposition featured displays representing nearly every branch of government, from the Department of Education to the state police, mental and public health, public welfare, transportation, agriculture, labor, and industry.

P.E. (Paul) Genereux (1892-1977), a commercial photographer from East Lynn, was hired to document the exhibits and displays in the Exposition of Governmental Activities, producing commemorative albums containing silver gelatin prints, carefully numbered and backed on linen. This disbound album includes 88 of the original 175 prints, including interior and exterior shots, with an additional image by Hildebrand.

Mountain House, ca.1865

A popular tourist destination during the post-Civil War years, the Mountain House hotel was built on the summit of Sugar Loaf Mountain, in South Deerfield, Mass., by Granville Wardwell in 1864 on property owned by his father-in-law Dwight Jewett. Positioned near the southern end of the mountain, the hotel provided tourists with a stunning panoramic vista of the Connecticut River Valley.

This small collection consists of three scenic cartes de visite from a larger series featuring views from the Mountain House. The images include No. 6, a view of five persons perched on the southeast promontory of Sugar Loaf with a view to the northeast across the Connecticut River to Mt. Toby; No. 10, Mountain House with a group of nine men and women posed on the lawn with telescope and tripod; No. 18, view of barns at the southern base of Sugar Loaf Mountain.

A product of the back-to-the-land movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Northeast Organic Farming Association began as the vision of a New York City plumbing supplies salesman. Now an increasingly influential non-profit organization with chapters in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, NOFA has “nearly 4,000 farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote healthy food, organic farming practices and a cleaner environment.”

The MA NOFA collection of meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and publications from 1988 to 2003, documents maintenance and change in the structure of the Northeast Organic Farming Association, particularly concerning the Massachusetts chapter and the Interstate Council.

One of the largest building trade unions in the U.S., the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was established in 1881 by a convention of carpenters’ union. Only five years after the union’s formation, the group joined with other unions to form the American Federation of Labor. Despite their early association with the AFL, the union left the now merged AFL-CIO more than a century later in 2001.

The collection consists of the records of the Massachusetts State Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, including by-laws, handbooks, reports, and the history of the union.

The Vietnamese Students Association hosted a Vietnamese New Year celebration at the Campus Center of the University of Massachusetts Amherst on February 20, 1985. Collection contains twelve photographs and a program listing sponsors, speakers, performers, the sequence of events, descriptions of ancestor worship, the legend of the earth and the sky cakes, the menu, and some song lyrics.

Bookmobile, 1957

The Western Massachusetts Regional Library System was formed in 1962 as the Western Regional Public Library System, one of two organizations that provided professional support for the public librarians of the Commonwealth. Through the years, the two regions increased to three and then six, with the west consistently serving as a voice for the many small libraries that comprise its membership. Supported by funds from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, WMRLS provided a range of services, including continuing education for librarians; bookmobiles, delivery services, and interlibrary loan; reference support; catalog support and online databases; and youth services; as well as a purchasing cooperative. Following the national economic crisis in 2008-2009, WMRLS was consolidated with the other five regional library systems in Massachusetts and in June 2010, merged into the Massachusetts Library System.

The WMRLS collection contains a complete run of its newsletter from 1962 to 2010, copies of newsletters for continuing education and youth services, and a small assortment of administrative documents relating to its history and the services it provided.

With a population of nearly a million French Americans, Massachusetts bears witness to the largest continental migration experienced in the Northeast. Under a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, 44 interviews of Franco Americans in the region were conducted from August 8, 1982 to January 18, 1983.

These interviews document the lives of those individuals, covering a period beginning in the late nineteenth century through 1984.

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H

Hadley Farm (Physical Plant)

RG-36/104/H5

see also UMass Foundation–Land Acquisition RG-50/7

Haigis Mall (Physical Plant)

RG-36/104/H6

Haitian Student Association (HASA) (1986- )

RG-45/40/H1

Hampden County Cooperative Extension (1972-1973)

RG-15/8/.83

Hampshire College

see New College Committee and Hampshire College RG-60/6

Hampshire County Cooperative Extension (1922-1983)

RG-15/8/.85

Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) and 4 or 5 College Cooperation (Library) (1951- )

RG-8/7

Handbooks (Student Affairs) (1890- )

RG-30/00/2

see also Dean of Women–Handbook for Women RG-30/3

Handicapped, Committee on Facilities for

RG-30/16

see also CASIAC, Handicapped Counselor RG-11/15

Handicapped Student Affairs, Office of (1973- )

RG-30/29

Handicapped Student Affairs Newsletter (1980-1987)

RG-30/29

Handicapped Student Collective (1979-1981)

RG-45/40/H3

Handicapped Students, Committee to Study Accommodations for (Faculty Senate, 1969-1970)

RG-40/2/A3

Hands Club (Sign Language) (1980′s-1996)

RG-45/40/H3.5

Hang Gliding Club (1989- )

RG-45/40/H2

HASA

see Haitian Student Association (HASA) RG-45/40/H1

Health Club, Hilltop

see Hilltop Health Club (1983) RG-45/40/H5

Health Council (Faculty Senate, 1965- )

RG-40/2/A3

Health Education, Division of

RG-30/15/2

Health Plan, Valley

see Valley Health Plan RG-30/15/13

Health Program (Official University Committee) (1970-1972)

RG-40/2/H4

Health Sciences, School of

see School of Health Sciences RG-17

Health Services

RG-30/15

Health Watch (1977-1989, 1992-1995)

RG-30/15/2

Healy Endowment/Public Service Fund (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/2/4

Hellenic Student Association (1982- )

RG-45/40/H4

see also European Club RG-45/40/E8

Herb, Spice and Medicinal Plant Digest

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Herb, Spice and Medicinal Plant Digest (1983-1995) RG-15/8

Herter Art Gallery

see Art Gallery RG-11/15

High Points (Honors Program) (1986-1990)

RG-6/4/11

High School Guest Day, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960)

RG-40/2/A3

Higher Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/19/4

Higher Education Coordination Council (1991-1996)

RG-1/5

Higher Education Information Reporting, Statewide, Committee for

see Statewide Higher Education Information Reporting, Committee for (SHEIR) RG-60/11

Higher Education, Massachusetts Board of

see Massachusetts Board of Higher Education RG-1/3

see also Board of Regents (1980-1991) RG-1/4

Higher Education Coordination Council (1991-96)/Board of Higher Education (1996- ) RG-1/5

Higher Education, New England Board of

see New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) RG-60/2

Higher Education Reorganization, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1992)

RG-40/2/A3

HILC

see Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) RG-8/7

Hillel (Religious Group) (1955- )

RG-45/70/H5

Hilltop Health Club (1986)

RG-45/40/H5

Hindu Students Organization (HSO) (Religious Group) (1995- )

RG-45/70/H5.5

Hispanic Cultural Center (1989)

RG-45/40/H6

Hispanic Literature and Linguistics

RG-25/H4

Historical Collection, University

see University Historical Collection RG-1/200-299

Histories, Published, and Historian’s Files

see Published Histories and Historian’s Files RG-1/201

see also Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus RG-99/6

History Committee, University (1986-1987)

RG-40/2/H5

see also Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C5

History Department

RG-25/H5

History Institute

RG-25/H5.5

History Newsletter (1977- )

RG-25/H5/00

History of the University

RG-1/202

History of the University, By periods (1850- )

RG-1/202/2

History of the University, General (1851-1960′s)

RG-1/202/1

History, Oral

see Oral History RG-1/207

History Project, University

see University History Project (125th Anniversary, 1987-1988) RG-1/208

HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)

RG-30/15

see Health Services RG-30/15

Hobbit, The (Student Publication) (1967)

RG-45/00/H6

Hockey, Men’s

see Sports-Men’s Hockey (1910- ) RG-18/2

Hokkaido University Committee

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

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

see Trustee William Wheeler RG-2/3

President William Smith Clark RG-3/1

Professor Horace E. Stockbridge RG-3/1

President Jean Paul Mather RG-3/1

President John Lederle RG-3/1

David Penhallow (Class of 1873) RG-50/6

see also International Agricultural Studies, Center for RG-15/4

Holdsworth Highlights–Newsletter (1985-1986)

RG-25/F6/00

Holdsworth Natural Resources Center (College of Food and Natural Resources)

RG-15/3

see also College of Agriculture, Holdsworth Natural Resource Center microfilm in main library

microfilms collection, containing serials.

Holdsworth Natural Resources Center Publication

see Community Resource Development RG-15/3

Holdsworth Natural Resources Center–Planning and Resource Development Series (1964-1970)

RG-15/3

Home Economics Division (College of Food and Natural Resources)

RG-15/12

Home Economics Education Department

RG-25/H6

see also Home Economics Division (College of Food and Natural Resources) RG-15/12

Home Economics Leader

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Home Economics Leader (1934-1935) RG-15/8

Home Economics Newsletter

see Creative Living Newsletter (1987- ) RG-15/12

Home Economics Slide Shows

RG-187/3

Honor System

RG-45/11

Honorary Degrees (1972- )

RG-1/7/2

Honorary Degrees (Official University Committee) (1975-1976, 1979)

RG-40/2/H7

Honorary Degrees, Advising Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1980)

RG-40/2/A3

Honorary Degrees Committee (Faculty Senate, 1956-1965)

RG-40/2/A3

Honorary Societies (Student)

RG-45/60

Honors Committee (Faculty Senate, 1956-1969)

RG-40/2/A3

Honors Day

see Honors Office RG-6/4/11

Honors Program (1956-1999)

RG-6/4/11

see

Commonwealth College (1999- )/Honors Program (1956-1999) RG-6/4/11

Honors Theses, Senior

see Senior Honors Theses RG-46/3

Horace Mann Bond Center for Equal Education

RG-13/4/10

see also Equal Education RG-13/3/23/2.5

Hort Notes

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Hort Notes (1990- ) RG-15/8

Horticultural Research Center (College of Food and Natural Resources)

RG-15/17

Horticulture Division of MAC

RG-15/11

Hosmer Memorial Garden (2000)

RG-36/104/H6.5

Hotel Operations (Campus Center)

RG-37/3

Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration publication

see HRTA Alumni Key RG-25/H8/00

Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration Department

RG-25/H8

House Mouse

RG-30/25

Housing Administration

RG-35/12

see also Housing Office RG-30/21

Dormitories RG-32

Student Center for Educational Research–In Pursuit of Shelter (1975) RG-45/10

Housing Assignment Office

see Housing Office (Housing Assignment Office) RG-30/21

see also Greek Affairs RG-30/2/3

Housing Administration (Administrative Services) RG-35/12

Fraternities and Sororities RG-45/90

Housing Assignments (Housing Services)

RG-32/13

see also Housing Office (Housing Assignment Office) RG-30/21

Housing, Family

see Family Housing (Housing Services) RG-32/10

Housing Office (Housing Assignment Office)

RG-30/21

see also Greek Affairs RG-30/2/3

Housing Assignments (Housing Services) RG-32/13

Housing Administration (Administrative Services) RG-35/12

Fraternities and Sororities RG-45/90

Housing Resource Center, Commuter Service and

see Off Campus Housing Office (OCHO) RG-45/18

Housing Services

RG-32

Housing Services (Microfilm)

RG-190/18

Housing Services Cable Network (HSCN) (1991- )

RG-32/15

Housing Service, Maintenance and Operations

RG-32/11

Housing Services, Budget and Finance

RG-32/6

Housing Services Newsletter

see Perspectives (Housing Services) (1984-1985) RG-32/00

Housing Services, Personnel

RG-32/9

Housing Services Publications

RG-32/00

Housing Services–Racial Understanding, Center for

RG-32

Housing Service Review Committee (1993)

RG-40/2/H7.5

Housing Sub-Committee, Northeast Quadrangle President’s Council

see Northeast Quadrangle President’s Council, Housing Sub-Committee (1968) RG-40/3/N6

Houyhnhnm

RG-45/00/H7

HRTA

see Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administration Department RG-25/H8

HRTA Alumni Association Newsletter(1974-1976)

RG25/H8

HRTA Alumni Key (1974-1976, 1983-1986)

RG-25/H8/00

HRTA News (1974-1986)

RG-25/H8/00

HRTA Newsletter (Alumni Publication) (1974-1976)

RG-25/H8/00

HS/ABS

see Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences (HS/ABS) RG-13/4/1

HSA-News

see Handicapped Student Affairs–Newsletter (1980-1987) RG-30/29

HSCN

see Housing Services Cable Network (HSCN) (1991- ) RG-32/15

Human Development Department

RG-25/H9

Human Development Laboratory School (School of Education)

RG-13/4/1/5

Human Development Laboratory School–Newsletter (1986-1987)

RG-13/4/1/5

Human Needs, Committee on Nutrition and

see Nutrition and Human Needs, Committee on RG-45/80/N8

Human Potential, Center for (School of Education)

RGs: 13/3/15/3, 13/3/17/1, 13/3/26/6

Human Potential Division (School of Education)

see Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences RG-13/4/1

see also Human Potential, Center for RGs-13/3/15/3, 13/3/17/1, 13/3/26/6

Human Relations (School of Education)

RG-13/3/15/1

Human Relations, Commission on Civility in

see Civility in Human Relations, Chancellors Commission on (1980- ) RG-40/2/C3

Human Relations, Office of

RG-4/6

Human Relations, Office of Community Development and

see Community Development and Human Relations, Office of RG-30/22

Human Resources News (Human Resources Office) (1983-1985)

RG-35/2

Human Resources Office

see Personnel/Payroll (Human Resources Office) RG-35/2

Human Resources, Office of

RG-3/15

Human Rights and a Responsible University, Committee for (1987- )

RG-40/3/H7

Human Rights in the Soviet Area, Committee for (1974)

RG-40/3/H8

Human Service and Applied Behavioral Sciences (HS/ABS), Division of (School of Education)

RG-13/4/1

Human Subjects Review (Official University Committee ) (1982)

RG-40/2/H8

Human Subjects Review, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1971-1972, 1982)

RG-40/2/A3

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

Human Subjects Review (Official University Committee) (1982) RG-40/2/H8

Human Subjects Review Committee

see University Human Subjects Review Committee RG-9/1/2/1

Humanistic Applications of Social and Behavioral Sciences Cluster

RG-13/3/15

Humanistic Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/15/2

Humanities and Fine Arts, College of

see Humanities and Fine Arts Faculty RG-11/10

Humanities and Fine Arts, Dean

RG-11/11

Humanities and Fine Arts Faculty

RG-11/10

Humanities and Public Policy, Massachusetts Foundation for

see Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy RG-6/10

Humanities Institute

see Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities RG-6/19

Hunger Task Force, UMass (1982-1989)

RG-45/40/H8

see also MASS AID RG-45/40/M4

A long-time member of the English Department at the University of Albany, Barbara Rotundo was a 1942 graduate in economics at Mount Holyoke College. After the death of her husband, Joseph in 1953, Rotundo became one of the first female faculty members at Union College, and after earning a master’s degree in English at Cornell University and a doctorate in American Literature from Syracuse University, she served as an associate professor of English at the University of Albany, where she founded one of the first university writing programs in the United States. Avocationally, she was a stalwart member of the Association for Gravestone Studies, helping to broaden its scope beyond its the Colonial period to include the Victorian era. Her research included the rural cemetery movement, Mount Auburn Cemetery, white bronze (zinc) markers, and ethnic folk gravestones. Her research in these fields was presented on dozens of occasions to annual meetings of AGS, the American Culture Association, and The Pioneer America Society. In 1989, after residing in Schenectady for forty-six years, she retired to Belmont, NH, where she died in December 2004.

Consisting primarily of thousands of color slides (most digitized) and related research notebooks, the Rotundo collection is a major visual record of Victorian grave markers in the United States. The notebooks and slides are arranged by state, with an emphasis on the eastern states, and white bronze (zinc) markers also are represented in photographs and a separate research notebook. The collection also includes several rare or privately published books.

Collegian editorial staff, 1921-1922

Since almost the time of first arrival of students at Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1867, the college’s students have taken an active role in publishing items for their own consumption. Beginning with the appearance of the first yearbook, put together by the pioneer class during their junior year in 1870 and followed by publication of the first, short-lived newspaper, The College Monthly in 1887, students have been responsible for dozens of publications from literature to humor to a range of politically- and socially-oriented periodicals.

This series consists of the collected student publications from Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and UMass Amherst, including student newspapers, magazines, newsletters, inserts, yearbooks, and songbooks. Publications range from official publications emanating from the student body to unofficial works by student interest groups or academic departments. Links to digitized versions of the periodicals are supplied when available.