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M

MAC

see Men Acting for Change (MAC) (1994- ) RG-45/80/M4

MAC Alumni Athletic Association

see MACAAA RG-50/4

MAC Alumni Bulletin(1919-1953)

RG-50/00/3

MAC Alumni Quarterly (1917-1918) RG-50/00/3

MAC College and Alumni News (1903-1908)

RG-50/00/3

MAC Dramatic Society (1911, 1984, 1986)

RG-45/40/M3

MAC in the War (Duplicate Collection) (1921)

RG-99/1

MAC Literary Monthly

see Literary Monthly, The MAC (1910) RG-45/00/L4

MACAAA (Massachusetts Agricultural College Alumni Athletic Association)

RG-50/4

Mace

see Insignia, Diploma, Motto, Mascot, Mace, Etc. RG-6/1

Mail Services

RG-35/8

Mainstay (1969-1978)

RG-36/00/M2

Maintenance (Physical Plant)

RG-36/5

Malawi Project (College of Food and Natural Resources) (1963-1970)

RG-15/4/1

Man and Environment, Institute for

see The Environmental Institute (TEI) RG-6/4/14

Man and Environment, Institute for–Proposal Series (1973-1976)

RG-6/4/14

Man and Environment, Institute for–Report Series (1973-1978)

RG-6/4/14

Management and Business Affairs, Vice President for

see Vice President for Management and Business Affairs RG-3/11

Management and Fiscal Affairs and University Treasurer, Vice President for

see Vice President for Management and Fiscal Affairs and University Treasurer RG-3/13

Management and Fiscal Affairs, Vice President for

see Vice President for Management and Fiscal Affairs RG-3/16

Management Assistant (Library)

RG-8/1/7

Management Council, Campus

see Campus Management Council (1948-1989) RG-6/2.5

Management Cluster, Educational Planning and

see Educational Planning and Management Cluster RG-13/3/17

Management Department

RG-25/M2

Management Memos

see Food and Resource Economics, Dept. of–Management Memos (1975-1976) RG-25/F45

Management Research (1975-1979)

RG-12/00

Management, School of

see School of Management RG-12

Management, School of–Dean

see Dean (School of Management) RG-12/11

Management, School of–Newsletter (1983-1985)

RG-12/00

see also Business Administration, School of–Newsletter (pre-1983) RG-12/00

Commonwealth, The (1986- ) RG-12/00

Manufacturing Productivity, Center for (1991- )

RG-12/7

Manuscripts and Archives

see Archives and Manuscripts RG-8/1/3

Maps, Campus

see Campus Maps RG-36/100

see also Guide Books RG-5/00/4

Maps (Cartographic Materials) RG-181/3

Proposed Layouts RG-6/15

Maps (Cartographic Materials)

RG-181/3

Marathons (School of Education)

see School of Education, Marathons RG-13/3/11

Marine and Coastal Facts (Sea Grant Advisory Program) (1977-1981)

RG-15/8.1

Marine Education Research, Cooperative

see Cooperative Marine Education Research (CMER) (1989) RG-6/4/14/5

Marine Foods Program

see Experiment Station–Marine Foods Program RG-15/2.2

Marine Sciences Facilities at Cape Ann, ad hoc Committee on (1975)

RG-40/2/M3

Marine Sciences Program

RG-25/M3

Marine Station (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/12

Market Garden Field Station

see Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham RG-15/9

Market Garden Field Station Journal

see Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham–Market Garden Field Station Journal (1915-1936) RG-15/9

Market, Student Craft

see Craft Market (Student) RG-45/40/C7

Marketing Department

RG-25/M4

Maroon & White (1992- )

RG-45/00/M2

Maroon Key Society (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/M3

Married Student Housing (Microfilm) (ca. 1960′s)

RG-190/8

Married Student Housing Committee

RG-35/12/2

see also Married Student Housing (Microfilm) (ca. 1960′s) RG-190/8

Marshals (Commencement) (1982-1985)

RG-1/7/4

Martin Luther King Social Action and Lecture Group (1968-1970)

RG-45/80/M3

Mascot

see Insignia, diploma, motto, mascot, mace, etc. RG-1/6

Mass Action (Student Publication)

RG-45/00/M3

Mass. Agricultural Review, Committee on (1926-1930)

RG-40/2/M4

Mass Aid (1985)

RG-45/40/M4

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

Mass. Communications, Center for

see Communications-Related Disciplines and Center for Mass Communications (1969) RG-40/2/C6

Mass. Media (Microfilm)

RG-190/14

Massachusetts (1990-1997)

RG-5/00/11

see also UMASS (1996- ) RG-5/00/12

Massachusetts Agricultural College Alumni Athletic Association

see MACAAA (Massachusetts Agricultural College Alumni Athletic Association) RG-50/4

Massachusetts Agricultural Review

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1931) RG-15/8

Massachusetts Agricultural Review (Official University Committee) (1926-1930)

RG-40/2/M4

Massachusetts Alumnus

see Alumnus, The (Alumni Periodicals) RG-50/00/3

Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (1966-1980)

RG-1/3

see Board of Regents, RG-1/4

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

Massachusetts Bulletin for Farm Women

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Massachusetts Bulletin for Farm Women RG-15/8

Massachusetts Business and Economic Report (1974-1986)

RG-12/3/B8

see also Business and Economic Research, Center for RG-12/3

Massachusetts CAI Consortium Newsletter (1985-1989)

RG-29/00

Massachusetts Career Education Leader

see Institute for Governmental Services–Massachusetts Career Education Leader (1980-1981) RG-3/8

Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies

RG-25/M4.3

Massachusetts Center for The Book (1999- )

RG-25/M4.35

Massachusetts, Center for Rural

see Center for Rural Massachusetts RG-15/16

Massachusetts Collegian, The (1914- )

RG-45/00/C6

see also Massachusetts Daily Collegian(1967- ) RG-45/00/C6

Massachusetts Collegian, The (Microfilm) (1914- )

RG-190/13

Massachusetts Collision (Student Publication) (1933)

RG-45/00/M4

Massachusetts Commercial Vegetable Grower

see Commercial Vegetable Grower (Suburban Experiment Station Waltham) RG-15/9

Massachusetts Commission on Corruption

RG-36/23

Massachusetts Commission, Center for

see Communications-Related Disciplines and Center for Massachusetts Communications (1969) RG-40/2/C6

Massachusetts Cooperative Extension News

see Extension Service, Cooperative–News (1986- ) RG-15/8

Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Service

see Extension Service, Cooperative RG-15/8

Massachusetts Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Fishery Unit

see Wildlife Research Unit; Fishery Unit (Massachusetts Cooperative) RG-15/6

Massachusetts Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit–Quarterly Progress Report (1948-1988)

RG-15/6

Massachusetts Daily Collegian, The (1967- )

RG-45/00/C6

see also Massachusetts Collegian(1914-1967) RG-45/00/C6

Massachusetts Dairy Digest

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Massachusetts Dairy Digest (1936-1985) RG-15/8

Massachusetts Data, Center for (State Data Center)

RG-15/8.3

see also Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI) RG-25/M4.8

Massachusetts Demographic Research Institute (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/10

Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI)

RG-25/M4.8

see also Massachusetts Data, Center for RG-15/8.3

Massachusetts Farm Prices Research Collection (1910-1965)

RG-15/8.9

Massachusetts Film Co-op

RG-8/1/8

Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy

RG-60/10

Massachusetts Free Press (Student Publication) (1988- )

RG-45/00/M4.5

Massachusetts Gazette (Public Affairs) (1970)

RG-5/00/9

Massachusetts Heritage (Holdsworth Natural Resources Center) (1961- )

RG-15/3

Massachusetts Information Scanning Unit (MISU) (School of Management)

RG-12/13

Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER)

see Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI) RG-25/M4.8

Massachusetts Magazine

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

Massachusetts Music Bulletin (1973-1979)

RG-25/M9/00

Massachusetts Natural History, Bulletin of (1884)

RG-25/E4/00

Massachusetts Personnel and Guidance Association Newsletter (1970-1977)

RG-30/9/5

Massachusetts Public Research Group (Mass PI RG)

see MS54 Mass PI RG

Massachusetts Review, The (1959- ) RG-60/7

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) (School of Management)

RG-12/10

see also MSBDC News (1983-1984) RG-12/10

Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP)

RG-40/5/M4

Massachusetts Society of Professors-American Association of University of Professors

(MSP-AAUP) RG-40/5/M4.1

Massachusetts Society of Professors Newsletter

see MassProf (1977- ) RG-40/5/M4

Massachusetts State College in the Post-War Period (Official University Committee) (1944)

RG-40/2/M4.5

Massachusetts State Employee Association (MSEA)

see Massachusetts State Employee Association (MSEA), MS49

Massachusetts Studies in English (1967-1986, 1992) RG-25/E3/00

Massachusetts Town Expenditures (1958-1969)

RG-25/P6.5/00

Massachusetts Town Statistics (College of Food and Natural Resources)

RG-15/2.23

MassPI RG

see Mass. Public Information Research Group (MassPI RG) Records (1972- ) , MS-54

MassProf (Massachusetts Society of Professors Newsletter) (1977- ) RG-40/5/M4

Master of Arts in Art History Newsletter (1986-1987)

RG-25/A7/00

Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT Program)

RG-10/1/10

Master Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1974)

RG-40/2/A3

see also Campus Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960, 1974-1975) RG-40/2/A3

Masters Theses and Terminal Projects (1896- )

RG-46/2 (see UMass Library catalog for holdings

see also Theses and Dissertations (Films & Videotapes) RG-186/2

Mastery Learning Center

RG-30/2/5

Mastery Learning Center Newsletter (1985)

RG-30/2/5

MAT Program

see Master of Arts in Teaching Program RG-10/1/10

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) (1994- )

RG-25/M4.5

Math Club

see Mathematics and Statistics–Math Club (1939-1940) RG-25/M5/3

Math/Science/Technology Education Project (MESTEP) (School of Education–

Instructional Leadership Division) RG-13/4/10

Mathematics and Statistics Department

RG-25/M5

Mathematics and Statistics Department–Actuarial Program

RG-25/M5/3

Mathematics and Statistics Department–Math Club (1939-1940)

RG-25/M5/3

Mathematics and Statistics Department–Science Enrichment Program

RG-25/M5/3

Mathematics, Center for Applied

see Applied Mathematics, Center for RG-25/M5.5

Mathematics Faculty

see Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty RG-11/50

Mazes, Chain Link (Physical Plant) (1983- )

RG-36/50/M3

MDRI

see Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI) RG-25/M4.8

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

RG-25/M6

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department–Energy Alternatives Program

RG-25/M6/3

Medal for Outstanding Service

see University Medal for Outstanding Service RG-2/99

Media Literacy Institute

RG-25/C7.7

Media Center (School of Education)

RG-13/3/21/2

Media-other than publications (Student Body)

RG-45/30

Media Specialists for the Deaf, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/21/9

Mediation Project

see Legal Studies–Mediation Project RG-25/L7/3

Medical School Location, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1965-1966)

RG-40/2/A3

Medical School, Worcester

RG-55/2

Medical Society, Pre-

see Pre-Medical Society RG-45/40/P7.5

Meditation Society, Students International

see Students International Mediation Society (SIMS) RG-45/70/S8

MEFORUM (School of Education) (1973-1975)

RG-13/00

Mega Memo Newsletter (Anthropology Department) (1978- )

RG-25/A6/00

Mega Memo Newsletter, Five College (Anthropology Department 5-College Newsletter) (1985-2000)

RG-25/A6/00

Memo (Office of Institutional Studies) (1962-1964)

RG-4/3/1

Memorabilia (University Historical Collection) (1863-1925, 1988)

RG-1/203

Memorabilia, general (Oversize materials)

RG-183

Memorial Quilt Project, AIDS

see AIDS Memorial Quilt Project (1992- ) RG-11/20

Memorial Stones and Plaques (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/M4

see also Plaques (Memorial, General) RG-183/3

Men Acting for Change (MAC) (1994)

Menorah Club (1937)

RG-45/70/M4

Mental Health Services

RG-30/15/3

Mental Retardation Project

RG-7/4

Mentor Program

see New Student Program (Summer Counseling) RG-30/9/2

MEP

see Minority Engineering Program (College of Engineering) RG-14/6

MESTEP

see Math/Science/Technology Education Project (School of Education–

Instructional Leadership Division) RG-13/4/10

Metawampe

RG-36/50/M5

Metawampe Club (1907- )

RG-40/3/M4

Metawampe Lawn

RG-36/104/M5

Meteorological Series Bulletin [ View online (1888-1907) ]

see Experiment Station (1888- )--Meteorological Series Bulletin RG-15/2.2

Meteorological Observations/Observatory Bulletin

see Experiment Station (1888- )–Meteorological Series Bulletin RG-15/2.2

Metric Research Center, Northeast

see Northeast Metric Research Center RG-7/6

Micro Resource Lab (MRL)

RG-29/2

Micro Scope (Microbiology Department) (1988-1991)

RG-25/M7/00

Micro Teaching (School of Education)

RG-13/3/21/8

Microanalysis Laboratory (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/3/4

Microbial and Molecular Biology Laboratory Support Services (MMBLSS) (1995- )

Microbiology Department

RG-25/M7

Microbiology, Institute of Agricultural and Industrial

see Environmental Sciences RG- 25/E8

Microfilms

RG-190

Microwave Electronics Newsletter (1985-1987)

RG-25/E2/00

Mid-Winter Alumni Day (1923-1926)

RG-40/2/M5

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

see Peace and justice in the Middle East, UMass Faculty and Staff for

(Unofficial Committee) (1990-1991) RG-40/3/P1

Military (Photographs)

RG-142

see also Panoramic Photos RG-170

Military Affairs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967-1972)

RG-40/2/A3

Military and Air Service–Arnold Air Society

RG-25/M8

Military and Air Science–ASTRP (Army Specialized Training Reserve Program)

RG-25/M8/3

Military and Air Science Department

RG-25/M8

Military and Air Science– 58th College Training Detachment (World War II)

RG-25/M8

Minorities, Committee on Status of (Faculty Senate, 1981, 1984- )

RG-40/2/A3

Minority Achievement Program, Springfield/UMass (SUMMA)

see Bilingual Collegiate Program–Springfield/UMass Minority Achievement Program (SUMMA) RG-6/4/6.5

Minority Engineering Program (MEP) (College of Engineering)

RG-14/6

Minority Engineering Program Newsletter (1978-1980)

RG-14/00

Minority Graduate Student Association Newsletter

see Transitions (MGSA Newsletter) (1987) RG-45/00/T8)

Minority Graduate Student Recruitment, Office of

RG-10/7

Minority Groups, Provost for Women and, Associate

see Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate (1968-1981) RG-6/13

see also Affirmative Action (1982- ) RG-4/7

Everywoman’s Center RG-7/2

Minority Student Services Review Commission (1988)

RG-40/2/M6

Minute Waltzer’s (Student Group) (1987)

RG-45/40/M5

MinuteFan Park (2002)

RG-36/104/M6

Minuteman Statue (2002)

RG-36/50/M6

Minuteman (Student Publication) (1986- )

RG-45/00/M5

MISER (Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research)

see Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI) RG-25/M4.8

Missions and Goals (Official University Committee) (1975-1976)

RG-40/2/M8

see also Duplicate Collection–Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976) RG-99/8

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost O’Brien’s Proposal-Mission and Approach (1987) RG-6/1

Trustees’ Commission on the Future of the University (1988- ) RG-2/7

MISU

see Massachusetts Information Scanning Unit (MISU) (School of Management) RG-12/13

MMBLSS

see Microbial and Molecular Biology Laboratory Support Services (MMBLSS) RG-25/M6.5

Mobilization Committee, Student (1972)

RG-45/80/M6

Mogen David Newsletter (1924-1940) (Delta Phi Alpha Fraternity)

RG-45/90/D4.3

Molecular and Cellular Biology

RG-25/B5.5

Molecular Biology Laboratory Support Services, Microbial and

see Microbial and Molecular Biology Laboratory Support Services (MMBLSS) RG-25/M6.5

Moore Photo Collection, Fred

see Fred Moore Photo Collection RG-173

Morrill Land Grant Documents

see Charters, Legislation and RG-1/2

see also Morrill Land Grant Photos (line drawings of Justin Morrill, home site, document) RG-100

Morrill Land Grant Photographs

RG-100

Morrill News (Morrill Library Newsletter) (1977-1990, 1995- )

RG-8/00/M7

Mortar Board (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/M6

Mosaic (Five College Publication) (1991)

RG-60/5/00

Motion Picture Services, Photographic and

see Photo Center (Photographic and Motion Picture Services) RG-5/7

Motto

see Insignia, diploma, motto, mascot, mace, etc. RG-1/6

Mount Toby Reservation

see Mt. Toby Reservation RG-15/10

MRL

see Micro Resource Lab (MRL) RG-29/2

MRSEC

see Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) RG-25/M4.5

MSBDC

see Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) (School of Management) RG-12/10

MSBDC News (Massachusetts Small Business Development Center News) (1983-1984)

RG-12/10

MSEA (Massachusetts State Employee Association)

see Massachusetts State Employee Association (MSEA) MS49

MSP

see Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP) RG-40/5/M4

MSP-AAUP

see Massachusetts Society of Professors-American Association of University Professors RG-40/5/M4.1

Mt. Toby Reservation

RG-15/10

MTA (Union of Professional Employees)

see Union of Professional Employees (MTA) MS47

Mugbooks

see Directories, mugbooks, catalogs of graduates, etc. RG-1/00/5

Multi-Campus Committees

see Inter-Campus committees (2-campus and 3-campus) RG-3/100

Multicultural Advisory Board (Chancellor’s)

see Counsel on Community, Diversity and Social Justice (1997- ) RG-4/17

Multicultural Conflict Resolution Team (1993- ) RG-4/8/1

Multi-Cultural Education (School of Education)

RG-13/3/19/8

Multicultural Issues, Chancellor’s Task Force on (1990)

RG-40/2/M9

Multicultural Student Union Committee (1991)

RG-40/2/M10

Multicultural UMass Community (Student Publication) (1988)

RG-45/00/M8

Museum of Natural History

see Massachusetts Natural History, Bulletin of (1884) RG-25/E4/00

Music and Dance, Department of

RG-25/M9

Music Bulletin (Music and Dance Dept.) (1973-1979)

RG-25/M9/00

Music Committee (Student)

see Arts and Music Committee (Student) RG-45/45/A7

Music Library (1975- )

RG-8/3/8

see also Music Library–Video Tape Collection (Films & Videotapes) RG-186/6

Music Library, Video Tape Collection (Films and Videotapes)

RG-186/6

Music Photographs (Student Organizations)

RG-140/2

Music Poster Collection

see Poster Collection, Music RG-180/2

Music Theatre Guild

see Operetta Guild/Music Theatre Guild RG-25/M9.4

Musical Clubs (Fine Arts/program group) (1923, 1941-1942)

RG-45/50/M8

Muslim Students Association (1994- )

RG-45/40/M8

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.

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.

William K. Hefner

In 1960, William K. Hefner (1915-1993) became one of the first of new breed of radical pacifists to run for elective office, when he ran as a peace candidate for Congress in the 1st district of Massachusetts. An accountant from Greenfield, Hefner was involved at a national level with movements for peace and civil rights. An early member of SANE, a founder of Political Action for Peace in 1959 (now CPPAX) and the Greenfield Peace Center (1963), and an active member of the American Friends Service Committee, War Resisters League, Turn Toward Peace, and the World Without War Conference, Hefner was an energetic force in the movements for peace and disarmament, civil rights, and a more just economic system. He ran unsuccessfully for office in three elections between 1960 and 1964, and supported peace candidate H. Stuart Hughes in his bid for election to the U.S. Senate in 1962.

The Hefner papers offer a remarkable record of politically-engaged activism for peace and social justice in the early 1960s. With an intensely local focus, Hefner was tied in to the larger movements at the state and national level, corresponding with major figures such as A.J. Muste, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Spock, and Arthur Springer. The collection includes particularly rich documentation of the early years of Political Action for Peace, which Hefner helped found, with correspondence, minutes of meetings, and publications, as well as equally rich materials on Hefner’s bids for congress in 1960 and 1962.

One of four young sociologists who joined the faculty at UMass Amherst in the years after the Second World War, John Manfredi carried the entire load of teaching theory from 1948 to 1967. A native of Philadelphia and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1942), Manfredi came to Amherst after completing an MA at Harvard in 1948, teaching while simultaneously completing his dissertation, “The Relationship of Class-Structured Pathologies to the Contents of Popular Periodical Fiction, 1936-1940″ (Harvard, 1951). A specialist in social theory and cultural systems, he taught anthropology for several years and both his research and teaching revolved around the sociology of religion and art. His best know work, The Social Limits of Art, appeared in 1982, three years before his retirement. Manfredi died in February 1993.

Consisting of essays and course notes from his days as a graduate student at Harvard, the John Manfredi collection documents the training and early professional work of a sociologist. Notable among these are materials relating to classes offered by eminent figures such as Talcott Parsons, Carle C. Zimmerman, and P.A. Sorokin.

A distinguished scholar of contemporary Japan, Herbert Passin was born in Chicago on Dec. 16, 1916. After completing a doctorate in anthropology in 1941, Passin was inducted into the Army and sent to the Army’s Japanese language school in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for training. Assigned to duty in Tokyo in December 1945, he became chief of the Public Opinion and Sociological Research Division under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. During his tour of duty, Passin coordinated a series of sociological studies of Japanese village life to help guide U.S. Occupation policy, particularly as it dealt with land and labor reform.

The Passin Collection contains reports and notes of sociological surveys of two Japanese villages, Yuzurihara and Yawatano, conducted by U.S. Occupation authorities in 1946 and 1947, along with a wartime report by Arthur Meadow of “Japanese character structure based on Japanese film plots and thematic apperception tests on Japanese Americans,” and a post-war letter from the novelist Takami Jun.

Photographs of individuals from and scenes of Laos taken by Joel Halpern and Sam Pettingill dating from the 1950s. Also includes grant applications, correspondence, and publicity materials related to an exhibition of the photographs.

Founded by Charles Bagli in 1976, the Revolutionary Student Brigade at UMass Amherst (later the Radical Student Union) has been a focal point for organization by politically radical students. RSU members have responded to issues of social justice, addressing both local, regional, and national concerns ranging from militarism to the environment, racism and sexism to globalization.

The RSU records document the history of a particularly long-lived organization of left-leaning student activists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Beginning in the mid-1970s, as students were searching for ways to build upon the legacy of the previous decade, the RSU has been a constant presence on campus, weathering the Reagan years, tough budgetary times, and dramatic changes in the political culture at the national and state levels. The RSU reached its peak during the 1980s with protests against American involvement in Central America, CIA recruitment on campus, American support for the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and government-funded weapons research, but in later years, the organization has continued to adapt, organizing against globalization, sweatshops, the Iraq War, and a host of other issues.

Methodist Clergyman; literary and religious scholar.

Correspondence, drafts of writings, notes for lectures and sermons, book reviews, course materials, class notes taken as a student, biographical material, and other papers, relating chiefly to Sander’s studies of English and religious literature, his teaching career at several colleges (including the University of Massachusetts) and church-related activities. Includes draft of an unpublished book on the Bible as literature; correspondence and organized material from his participation in Laymen’s Academy for Oecumenical Studies, Amherst Massachusetts (LAOS); and notebook of funeral records (1940-1957).