Graduating from Harvard in the thick of the Great Depression, Arvo A. Solander worked as a civil and sanitary engineer for a variety of state and federal agencies, including the Civil Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. During the 1930s, as opportunity arose, he filled positions as a road engineer, in the design and construction of water and sewage plants, in pollution control, as a safety engineer in the shellfish industry, and in mosquito control, taking jobs throughout Massachusetts and as far away as Tennessee. After using his talents as an officer in the Sanitary Corps during the Second World War, based primarily in Arkansas, Solander returned home to Massachusetts and opened a private engineering office in South Hadley. He worked as a civil engineer and surveyor until his death in January 1976.

The Arvo Solander Papers consists of twenty-four bound volumes documenting thirty years of varied work as an engineer, including his contributions to the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. Within the bound volumes are a wide range of reports, typescripts, sketches and diagrams, graphs, contracts and design specifications, photographs, and postcards.

Farmer, freight hauler, laborer, cider-maker, landlord, and town official who was a seventh-generation descendant of Samuel Wright, one of the first English settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts. Nine bound volumes and four folders of loose material include accounts of his businesses with his brother Samuel and son Edwin and activities, as well as letters, and miscellaneous papers and figurings.

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.

Studies were conducted by departments of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in conjunction with various other college departments and agencies of the state and federal governments. The surveys encompass a number of agricultural study areas such as land use, business and farm management, dairy farm and cost of milk production, tobacco and onion production, and poultry and livestock disease surveys. Supplemental statistical information and aerial photographs are also included.

The Stockbridge Auxilliary of the Massachusetts Indian Association was formed by prominent local women in western Berkshire County who sought to aid in educational and missionary work for and among Indians, and to “abolish all oppression of Indians within our national limits.”

Records include minutes that document the group’s committees, meetings, dues, and contributions to Indians on reservations nation-wide, accounts, membership lists, and a letter.

During the early phases of second wave feminism (1968-1978), the Pioneer Valley served as a center for lesbian and feminist activity in western Massachusetts, and was home to over 400 hundred, often ad hoc, groups, such as the Abortion and Birth Control (ABC) Committee, ISIS Women’s Center, the Mudpie Childcare Cooperative, and the Springfield Women’s Center.

The records of the Valley Women’s History Collaborative document the activities of these groups as well as the efforts of the founders of the Women Studies program and department at UMass Amherst to preserve this history. Of particular value are the many oral histories conducted by the collaborative that record the history of women’s activism in the Pioneer Valley, especially as it relates to reproductive rights.

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[ O ][ P, Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ XYZ ]

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

The faculty at UMass Amherst has grown from five when Massachusetts Agricultural College opened its doors in 1869 to nearly 1,200 full time members in 2009.

In addition to extensive documentation of the Faculty Senate and other groups, RG 40 includes documentation of over 5,000 individual members of UMass Amherst faculty and staff, with information ranging from vitae and resumes to research notes, newsclippings, and publications, mostly originating with or gathered by the University or University Archives. The personal and professional papers of individual faculty members are housed and entered into UMarmot separately (with call numbers beginning FS), and materials for faculty who also held administrative posts may be filed in the relevant record group(s).

Contains bylaws, incorporation papers, minutes, budgets, reports, and correspondence relating to the administration and fundraising activities of the Amherst Community Association, including the Community Chest fund drive. Also included are budget proposals and agency profiles documenting organizations such as the Amherst Boys Club and Girls Club, Children’s Aid and Family Service, Hampshire County Association for Retarded Citizens and Camp Anderson.

A prosperous family of merchants and landowners, the Brinleys were well ensconced among the social and political elite of colonial New England. Connected by marriage to other elite families in Rhode Island and Massachusetts — the Auchmutys, Craddocks, and Tyngs among them — the Brinleys were refined, highly educated, public spirited, and most often business-minded. Although many members of the family remained loyal to the British cause during the Revolution, the family retained their high social standing in the years following.

The Brinley collection includes business letters, legal and business records, wills, a fragment of a diary, documents relating to slaves, newspaper clippings, and a small number of paintings and artifacts. A descendent, Nancy Brinley, contributed a quantity of genealogical research notes and photocopies of Brinley family documents from other repositories. Of particular note in the collection is a fine nineteenth century copy of a John Smibert portrait of Deborah Brinley (1719), an elegant silver tray passed through the generations, and is a 1713 list of the library of Francis Brinley, which offers a foreshadowing of the remarkable book collection put together in the later nineteenth century by his descendant George Brinley.