Special Collections & University Archives
Valley Women’s History Collaborative
Valley Women's History Collaborative Records, 1971-2008.
15 boxes (10 linear feet).
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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Subjects- Abortion--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History--20th century
- Birth control--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History--20th century
- Feminism--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--History
- Feminists--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--Political activity--History
- Mary Vazquez Women's Softball League
- Women--Massachusetts--Pioneer Valley--Political activity--History
Contributors- Valley Women's History Collaborative
Types of material
Call no.: MS 531
View related collections: LGBT, Massachusetts (West), Oral history, Women & feminism : : No Comments
Dean Albertson Collection of Oral History Transcripts and Student Papers, 1975-1977.
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
Dean Albertson’s 384-level History classes at the University of Massachusetts Amherst conducted interviews with social activists of the 1960s and early 1970s, participants and observers in the Springfield, Massachusetts North End riots of 1975, and war and nuclear power resisters. The collection includes transcripts of 15 interviews conducted during the years 1975-1977, as well as the students’ papers, which put the transcripts into context. See also the Dean Albertson Papers (FS 109).
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Subjects- Antinuclear movement--Massachusetts
- Attica Correctional Facility
- Civil rights--Massachusetts--Hampden County
- Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Chicopee
- Hampden County (Mass.) Civil Liberties Union
- History--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst
- Police shootings--Massachusetts--Springfield
- Political activists--Massachusetts
- Prison riots--New York (State)--Attica
- Puerto Ricans--Massachusetts--Springfield
- Riots--Massachusetts--Springfield
- Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965
- Springfield (Mass.)--History
- Springfield (Mass.)--Race relations
- Springfield (Mass.)--Social conditions
- Springfield Area Movement for a Democratic Society
- Venceremos Brigade
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Massachusetts--Springfield
- Weatherman (Organization)
- Welfare rights movement--Massachusetts--Springfield
- Westover Air Force Base (Mass.)
Contributors- Albertson, Dean, 1920-
- Lecodet, Rafael
Types of material
Call no.: MS 224
View related collections: Antinuclear, Massachusetts (West), Oral history, Peace, Social change, UMass, Vietnam War : : No Comments
Bethel Masonic Lodge Records, 1858-1938.
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
The Bethel Lodge of Masons, organized in 1825, is the oldest recorded social or fraternal group in Enfield, Massachusetts. Records include a membership list, financial records, by-laws, burial service manual, directories, insurance policies, meeting cards, and a one-hundredth anniversary booklet.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--History
- Freemasons--Massachusetts
- Men--Societies and clubs--Massachusetts
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--History
Contributors- Bethel Lodge, F. & A.M. (Enfield, Mass.)
Call no.: MS 012
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DAR Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records, 1916-1922.
1 vol. (0.25 linear feet).
Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Enfield, Massachusetts. The single volume consists of five entries, which include two obituaries of members, two notices of prizes given or received during the Enfield Centennial Celebration, and a record of the Chapter’s services during World War I.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--Massachusetts--Enfield
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.)
- Kimball, Frances Woods
- Sibley, Prudence Goodsell
Call no.: MS 033
View related collections: Quabbin, World War I : : No Comments
Enfield Property Owners List, 1933.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Property owners of Enfield, Massachusetts. Includes a four-page blueprint list of names of property owners in Enfield, 1933, prepared on Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission form.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Registers
- Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield--Registers
Contributors- Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Call no.: MS 039
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Enfield Centennial Celebration Collection, 1916.
1 box (0.25 linear feet).
The town of Enfield, Massachusetts sent invitations across the country to former residents and natives to come celebrate its centennial July 2, 3, and 4, in 1916. The collection consists of minutes of some of the public and committee meetings held to plan the celebration; letters received by committee members, chiefly from vendors of services for such celebrations; historical sketches prepared for distribution at the event; programs of the entire celebration and sports events; the official invitation; a committee member’s badge; and news clippings.
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Call no.: MS 063
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Enfield Congregational Church Records, 1800-1939.
1 box (0.75 linear feet).
Church that served as the social and cultural center of the town of Enfield, Massachusetts. Records include deeds, charters and other legal documents, along with the church’s articles of faith and covenant, a detailed record of parish meetings, the treasurer’s account book, the parish Trustee’s account book, the church manual, a manuscript sermon of Reverend S.G. Hitchcock, the sermons of Reverend Colton, an historical sermon celebrating the town’s centennial, and church bulletins.
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Subjects- Church bulletins--Massachusetts
- Congregational churches--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Congregational churches--Sermons
- Congregationalists--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations
- Enfield (Mass.)--Church history
- Enfield (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
- Sermons, American--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Enfield Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.)
- Hitchcock, S. G.
- Richards, Frederick B.
Types of material- Account books
- Charters
- Deeds
Call no.: MS 011
View related collections: Quabbin, Religion : : No Comments
Enfield Village Real Estate Survey, 1930.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Town of Enfield, Massachusetts, which was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. A graphic blueprint depiction prepared by the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission of the lots of landholders in Enfield Village in 1930.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Surveys
- Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Real property--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Types of material
Call no.: MS 077
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Enfield Servicemen Dance Cards Collection, 1919.
2 items (0.1 linear feet).
Fifty-one men from Enfield served in World War I. This collection consists of two dance cards from an event welcoming the soldiers back, each filled out chiefly with initials. The back cover identifies W.H. Young as Floor Director, along with five aides.
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Subjects- Dance cards--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Social life and customs
- World War, 1914-1918--Veterans
Types of material
Call no.: MS 072
View related collections: Quabbin, World War I : : No Comments
Enfield Grammar School Graduation Programs Collection, 1902-1914.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Grammar school in Enfield, Massachusetts, a town abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. Includes programs of the graduation exercises held at the Town Hall in 1902, 1906, 1913, and 1914. Also contains lists of graduates, speakers, and performers.
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Subjects- Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Enfield--History--Sources
- Elementary schools--Alumni and alumnae--Massachusetts --Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Registers
- Enfield Grammar School (Enfield, Mass.)
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Enfield--History--Sources
Types of material
Call no.: MS 074
View related collections: Education, Quabbin : : No Comments
