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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P

Pagan Association, UMass (Religious Groups) (1989- )

RG-45/70/P3

Paintings

see Portraits (Iconographic Materials) RG-182/2

see also Water Color Paintings (Memorabilia, general) RG-183/5

Pakistani Student Association (PSA) (1996- )

RG-45/40/P2

Pan Hellenic Council (1959-1983)

RG-45/90/P3

see also Social Union (1872-1940) RG-45/90/S6

Pandemonia (1971-1972)

RG-25/S7/00

Panoramic Photos

RG-170

PAP

see Photo Archives Project (PAP) RG-172

Parachute Club, Sport (1975-1995)

RG-45/40/P3

Parchment, The Sylvan

see Sylvan Parchment, The (1976) RG-45/00/S11

Parents Day (Official University Committee) (1925)

RG-40/2/P2

Parents Newsletter (1962-1968)

RG-1/00/4

Parking and Transportation Council (1972-1975)

RG-40/2/P3

see also Traffic and Parking Appeals Board (1972- ) RG-40/2/T7

Parking Appeals Board, Traffic and

see Traffic and Appeals Board (1972- ) RG-40/2/T7

Parking Coordinator, Transportation

RG-30/20

see also Transit Service (Student Senate Committee) RG-45/7/T7

and

Parking Services (1994- ) RG-35/21

Parking Enforcement

see Parking Services RG-35/21

Parking Office

see Parking Coordinator RG-30/20

Parking Services (1994- ) RG-35/21

Parking Services (1994- )

RG-35/21

Pass-Fail, ad hoc Sub-Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967)

RG-40/2/A3

Patent Review Committee (Faculty Senate, 1986-1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Pau, France–UMass Summer School at

see French and Italian Department–Pau, France (UMass Summer School) RG-25/F9

PAUMA

see Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (PAUMA) RG-40/5/P7

see also Professional Staff Organization (PSO) RG-40/5/P7.7

PAUMA Bulletin (1987-1989)

RG-40/5/P7

Payroll, Personnel

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

Peace and Justice in the Middle East, UMass Faculty and Staff for (unofficial organization) (1990-1991)

RG-40/3/P1

Peace Corps (UMass Training Program, Africa) (1962)

see International Programs RG-6/4/9

Peace in Central America, Faculty and Staff for (unofficial organization)

RG-40/3/P2

Peacemakers, UMass (1982-1984)

RG-45/80/P4

see also Peacemakers Records (1963-1990) MS309

Peer Sex Education Program RG-30/15/2/2

Pelham Quarry

see Quarry, Pelham (Physical Plant) (1866) RG-36/50/Q8

People for A Socially Responsible University (PSRU)(Student Social Action Group) (1989-1990)

RG-45/80/P5

People For Choice (Student Social Action Group) (1989)

RG-45/80/P6

People’s Gay Alliance

see Gay Alliance, People’s (Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Alliance) RG-45/40/G3

People’s Market (1974- )

RG-45/40/P4

People’s Market — Collective Works (2002)

see Collective Works (People’s Market) (2002) RG-45/00/C4.9

People’s News-Stand (1975-1977)

RG-45/40/P4.5

PERI

see Political Economy Research Instiute (PERI) (1998- ) RG-25/E1.6

Personnel Affairs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1971)

RG-40/2/A3

Personnel and Financial Services, Director of

see Business Office, Director of Personnel and Financial Services RG-35/3

Personnel, Assistant Vice President for Labor Relations

see Assistant Vice President for Labor Relations and Personnel RG-3/17/1

Personnel Office Newsletter (1962, 1966-1968, 1972-1975)

RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)

RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Classified Employment Opportunities

see Classified Employment Opportunities ("Yellow Sheet") RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Employment Opportunities

see Employment Opportunities ("Beige Sheet") RG-35/2

Personnel/Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Personnel Office Newsletter

see Personnel Office Newsletter RG-35/2

Personnel Policies ad hoc Committee on, Multicampus Academic (1974-75)

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

Personnel, Vice President for Labor Relations and, Assistant

see Vice President for Labor Relations and Personnel, Assistant RG-3/17/1

Perspectives (Housing Services) (1980-1985)

RG-32/00

Pest Control Guide for Commercial Growers in Massachusetts and Connecticut

see Extension Service, Cooperative– Pest Control Guide for Commercial Growers in

Massachusetts and Connecticut (1971-1975) RG-15/8

Pesticide Chemical Information Center

RG-25/E4.9

Phi Alpha Theta (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P2

Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society) (1932- )

RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Kappa News Bulletin (1937-1965)

RG-40/3/P3

see also Key Reporter, The (1936-1963, 1974-1978) RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program

see Phi Beta Kappa RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Sigma (1985-1989)

RG-45/90/P4

Phi Delta Kappa (1984, 1993)

RG-45/90/P5

Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P5

Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society) (1904- )

RG-40/3/P4

Phi Mu Delta (1980-1993)

RG-45/90/P5.2

Phi Sigma Alpha (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P6

Phi Sigma Delta (1978, 1985)

RG-45/90/P5.5

Phi Sigma Kappa (1873-1973)

RG-45/90/P5.6

Phi Sigma Pi (1996)

RG-45/60/P6.25

Philosophy Department

RG-25/P2

Phonodiscs (Sound Recordings)

RG-185/1

Photo Archives Project (PAP)

RG-172

Photo Center (Photographic and Motion Picture Services)

RG-5/7

Photo Center Slide Collection

RG-187/2

Photo Collection, Fred Moore

see Fred Moore Photo Collection RG-173

Photo Negatives Collection

see University Photo Negatives Collection RG-171

Photographer’s Association (1962-1973)

RG-45/40/P5

Photographic and Motion Picture Services

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

Photographic Services (University Relations and Development)

see Photo Center RG-5/7

Photographs

RG-100 thru RG-176

Photographs (proof sheets)

see Proof Sheets (photographs) RG-176

Photography Club, University

see Photographer’s Association RG-45/40/P5

Photos, Oversize

see Oversize Photos RG-175

see also Lithographs RG-182/1

Photos, Panoramic

see Panoramic Photos RG-170

Physical Education, Men’s Department

RG-25/P3.1

Physical Education, Professional Preparation in

RG-25/P3.3

Physical Education, School of

see School of Physical Education RG-18

Physical Education, Women’s Department (WOPE)

RG-25/P3.2

Physical Plant (Department)

RG-36

Physical Plant Department, Director

RG-36/1

Physical Plant Publications

RG-36/00

see also Mainstay (Physical Plant) (1969-1978) RG-36/00

Physical Plant Subject Files

RG-36/50

Physical Sciences Library (1961- )

RG-8/3/10

Physics and Astronomy–Cognitive Development Project

RG-25/P3/3

Physics and Astronomy Department

RG-25/P3

See also collections relating to members of the Physics Department

Physics and Astronomy–Five College Astronomical Society

RG-25/P3

Physics and Astronomy–Five College Radio and Astronomy Observatory

RG-25/P3

Physics and Astronomy–Scientific Reasoning Research Institute

RG-25/P3/3

Pi Beta Phi (1964-1966)

RG-45/90/P5.7

Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) (1988)

RG-45/90/P5.9

Pi Tau Sigma (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P6.5

Picketing, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967-1971,1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Picketing and Recruitment, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Pierce College (School of Management)

RG-12/6

PIKE

see Phi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) RG-45/90/P5.9

Pistol Team

see Sports-Men’s Pistol Team (1966) RG-18/2

Placement Files (Microfilm)

RG-190/9

Placement Service, Career Planning and

see Career Planning and Placement Service RG-30/9/5

see also Placement File (Microfilm) RG-190/1

Planning

see Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3

Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP) RG-4/3/4

Planning and Budget, Office of

see Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3

Planning and Facilities Development, Office of

RG-36/3

Planning and Resource Development Series

see Holdsworth Natural Resources Center–Planning and Resource Development Series (#’s 1-28) RG-15/3

Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970-1980)

RG-40/2/A3

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

Campus Physical Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1974- ) RG-40/2/A3

Master Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1974) RG-40/2/A3

Long Range Planning Committee, ad hoc (Faculty Senate, 1966-1971) RG-40/2/A3

Planning Office (1965- )

RG-6/15/4

Planning, Project

see Director of Business Procedure and Project Planning RG-3/4/5

Planning, Vice President for

see Vice President for Planning RG-3/7

Plans (Cartographic Materials)

RG-181/4

Plant and Soil Sciences Department

RG-25/P4

Plant Biology

RG-25/P4.5

Plant Pathology Department

RG-25/P5

Plant Pathology–Florists’ and Gardeners’ Club

RG-25/P5

Plaque (Student Publication) (1939)

RG-45/00/P4

Plaques (Memorial)

see Memorial Stones and Plaques (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/M4

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

Plaques (Memorabilia, general)

RG-183/3

see also Memorial Stones and Plaques RG-36/50/M4

Plato User’s Group Newsletter, UMass

see Massachusetts CAI Consortium Newsletter (1985- ) RG-29/00

Plays, Films and (Posters)

see Films and Plays (Poster Collection) RG-180/4

Poetry Circular (Student Publication) (1963)

RG-45/00/P5

Pointers for Pork Profits

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Pointers for Pork Profits (1949, 1954, 1968-1974) RG-15/8

Police

RG-30/18

Police Officers, International Brotherhood of

see International Brotherhood of Police Officers (NAGE) RG-40/5/P6

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (1998- )

RG-25/E1.6

Political Science Department

RG-25/P6

Political Science Department–Public Administration, Graduate Program

RG-25/P6/1

Polity (Political Science Department) (1968- )

RG-25/P6/00

Polo Team

see Sports-Men’s Polo Team (ca. 1896) RG-18/2

Polymer Research

see Center for University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) RG-25/P7.5

Polymer Research Institute

RG-9/8

see also Polymer Science and Engineering Program RG-25/P7

Polymer Science and Engineering Program

RG-25/P7

Pomology

see Plant and Soil Sciences RG-25/P4

Pond, Campus

see Campus Pond and Isle of View (Physical Plant) RG-36/104/P6

Poor Women’s Task Force (Everywoman’s Center)

RG-7/2/2/4

Population Studies, Certificate Program in

RG-25/P6.2

Portraits (Iconographic Materials)

RG-182/2

Portuguese Club (1976-1977)

RG-45/40/P6

Portuguese Department

see Hispanic Literature and Linguistics RG-25/H4

Post-War Period, Massachusetts State College in the

see Massachusetts State College in the Post-War Period (Official University Committee) (1944) RG-40/2/M4.5

Poster Collection

RG-180

Poster Collection, Miscellaneous/Art

RG-180/5

Poultry Club (1927-1954)

RG-45/40/P6.5

POWER

see Progressive Organization of Women’s Rights (POWER) (1989) RG-45/80/P7

Pow-Wow (Student Publication) (1948)

RG-45/00/P6

Precisionettes (Special Student Interest Group) (1946-1965)

RG-45/40/P7

Pre-Law Association (1966-1986)

RG-45/40/P7.4

Pre-Medical Society (1982)

RG-45/40/P7.5

President, Selection Committee to Advice on (Faculty Senate, 1969)

RG-40/2/A3

President, Selection of a (Official University Committee) (1927, 1932-1933, 1968-1969)

RG-40/2/P6

President’s Cabinet

see Cabinet, President’s RG-3/12

Presidents, Individual (1864- ) RG-3/1

see also Presidents (Photographs) RG-110/1

President’s Office

RG-3

President’s Office, Organization Charts (1967- )

RG-3/00/1

President’s Office, Publications (1948- )

RG-3/00

Presidents Photographs

RG-110/1

Press, Committee on Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1962- )

RG-40/2/A3

Press Information (Commencement)

RG-1/7/1

Press, UMass

see University Press RG-10/4

Principal Investigators, Faculty Group of (1978)

RG-40/3/P7

Print Shop (Campus Center)

RG-37/6

Printed Materials (Oversize Materials)

RG-184

Printout (Massachusetts Data, Center for) (1983-1984)

RG-15/8.3

Privacy Task Force

see Committees in Student Affairs–Privacy Task Force RG-30/1/3

Prize Essays

see Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

Prizes

see Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

Process Design and Control, Center in, Industry/University

see Chemical Engineering Department–Industry/University Center In Process Design and Control RG-25/C2/3

Procurement

RG-35/6

Production

see Design and Production RG-39/6

Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (PAUMA)

RG-40/5/P7

Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst–Bulletin (PAUMA)

see PAUMA Bulletin RG-40/5/P7

Professional Employees, Union of

see Union of Professional Employees (UPE) RG-40/5/P8

Professional Personnel, Chancellor’s Committee on (1966-1972)

RG-40/2/P7

Professional Preparation in Physical Education

see Physical Education, Professional Preparation in RG-25/P3.3

Professional Schools, Associate Provost for

see Provost for Professional Schools, Associate (1971-1976) RG-6/14

see also Schools themselves RG-12 thru 18

Professional Staff Appeals Committee

RG-40/5/P7.5

Professional Staff Organization (PSO) (1984- )

RG-40/5/P7.7

Professors, American Association of University

see American Association of University Professors (AAUP) RG-40/5/A2

Program and Budget Council of Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1973- )

RG-40/2/A3

Program for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns (1986- )

RG-30/2/6

see also People’s Gay Alliance RG-45/40/G3

Lesbian Union RG-45/40/L4

Program Groups (Student)

see Fine Arts/program groups (Student) RG-45/45/50

Programs, Academic

see Academic Departments, Programs, Institutes, Centers RG-25

Programs (School of Education) (1967-1977)

RG-13/3/25

Progress Report (Experiment Station, 1888- )

see Experiment Station (1888- )–Progress Report (1962- ) RG-15/2.2

Progressive Candidates Pool

RG-45/13

Progressive Organization of Women’s Rights (POWER) (1989-1996)

RG-45/80/P7

Progressive Student (Student Publications) (1984)

RG-45/00/P7

Project ABLE (Affirmative Business Leadership Education) (School of Management)

RG-12/2

Project Bridge (1968)

RG-40/2/P8

Project I Can (College of Arts and Sciences) (1992)

RG-11/8

Project Pulse

see Student Affairs Research and Education Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

Project STRIDE (Springfield Teacher Recruitment to Increase Diversity In Education (1996- )

RG-13/1/2

Project 10, Inquiry Program

RG-32/5

see also Inquiry Program (School of Education) RG-13/4/2/1

Proof Sheets/Contact Sheets (Photographs)

RG-176

Property and Receiving

RG-35/13

Protests and Demonstrations, Student

see Student Protests and Demonstrations RG-45/101

Provost

see Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost RG-6/1

Provost, Assistant to the

RG-6/1/1

Provost for Faculty Relations, Associate (1983-1989)

RG-6/8

Provost for Professional Schools, Associate (1971-1976)

RG-6/14

see also schools themselves RG- 12-18

Provost for Special Programs, Associate (1968-1982)

RG-6/4

see also departments RG-25/A-Z

Provost for Undergraduate Education, Associate (1972-1973, 1981- )

RG-6/10

Provost for University Outreach, Interim Vice

RG-6/6

Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate (1968-1981)

RG-6/13

see also Affirmative Action Office RG-4/7

Everywoman’s Center RG-7/2

Provost’s Administrative Council

see Deans Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1972) RG-6/2

Provost’s Task Force on Academic Computing

see Computing, Provosts Task Force on Academic (1984-1985) RG-40/2/C6.7

PSA

see Pakistani Student Association (PSA) (1996- )

Psi Chi (Honor Society) RG-45/60/P7

PSO

see Professional Staff Organization (PSO) (1984- ) RG-40/5/P7.7

PSRU

see People for a Socially Responsible University (PSRU) (Student Social Action Group) RG-45/80/P5

Psychological Services Center

RG-25/P8.4

Psychology Department

RG-25/P8

Psychology Department–Behavioral Biology, Dept. of

RG-25/P8

Psychology Department–Cognitive Science Society

RG-25/P8/3

Psychology Newsletter (1987- 1990)

RG-25/P8/00

Psychometric and Evaluation Research, Laboratory of (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23/3.1

Public Administration, Bureau of

see Bureau of Public Administration RG-25/P6.4

Public Administration, Graduate Program in

see Political Science Department–Public Administration, Graduate Program in RG-25/P6

Public Affairs

RG-5

see also Public Affairs (President’s Office) RG-3/10

Public Affairs (President’s Office)

RG-3/10

see also Public Affairs RG-5

Public Affairs, Director of

RG-5/1

Public Affairs Publications

RG-5/00

Public Art Sites, Galleries and

see Galleries & Public Art Sites (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/G2

Public Health Center, Northeast Regional Environmental

see Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center RG-17/1/1

Public Health, Division of

RG-17/1

see School of Public Health and Health Sciences RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Biostatistics Technical Reports

RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Newsletter (1984-1987)

RG-17/1

Public Health, School of (1989-1993)

see School of Public Health and Health Sciences (1993- ) RG-17

Public Higher Education, Campus Convention on the Future of, Coordinating Committee on the

see Campus Convention on the Future of Public Education, Coordinating Committee on (1995- ) RG-40/3/C2

Public Information (President’s Office)

RG-3/20

Public Information, Office of (Public Affairs)

RG-5/3

see also Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Development, RG-39/1.

Public Manager’s Notebook (1981-1988)

see Institute for Governmental Services (IGS) RG-3/8

Public Policy and Administration, Center for

see Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) (1997- ) RG-25/P6.3

Public Policy Committee (Student Senate) (1986- )

RG-45/7/P8

Public-Private Records, Student Affairs Task Force on (1974- )

see Committee in Student Affairs–Privacy Task Force RG-30/1/3

Public Relations, Publications and

see Publications and Public Relations (1954-1956) RG-40/2/P9.2

Public Safety (Department)

RG-30/17

see also Campus Safety News RG-30/17

Public Safety Department (Photographs)

RG-143

Public Safety Monthly Summaries (1973-1990)

RG-30/17

Public School Partnership (Five-College Inc. Program)

RG-60/5/2

Public School Students, Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for

see Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for Public School Students (TEAMS) RG-7/12

Public Service Council (1968)

see Inter-Campus Committees–Public Service Council RG-3/100

Public Service Fund

see Healy Endowment/Public Service Fund (Research and Graduate Studies) RG-9/2/4

Public Services (Library)

RG-8/3

Public Services Office (Library) (1953- )

RG-8/3/1

Public Student Coalition (Student Association) (1976)

RG-45/45/P8

Publications (Official University Committee) (1916-1927)

RG-40/2/P9

Publications and Broadcast Board, Student (1966, 1969)

RG-45/30/P8

Publications and Public Relations (Official University Committee) (1954-1956)

RG-40/2/P9.2

Publications Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970)

RG-40/2/A3

Publications Department

RG-39/8

Publications Office (Public Affairs)

RG-5/4

Publications, Official

see Printed, mimeos, etc. (University as a Whole) RG-1/00

Publications Policy (Official University Committee) (1949-1950)

RG-40/2/P9.1

Publications, Student

see Student Publications RG-45/00

Publicity

see UMass News (Release) RG-5/3

Publicity (Official University Committee) (1926-1927)

RG-40/2/P9.5

Publicity about UMass (Public Affairs)

RG-5/10

Histories and historians ‘ files (1898- ) RG-1 201

Pulse, Project

see Student Affairs Research and Education Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

Q

QTV Fraternity (1869-1997)

RG-45/90/Q8

Quarry, Pelham (Physical Plant) (1866)

RG-36/50/Q8

Quarterly, The (1958-1959)

see Collegian Quarterly (1938-1962) RG-45/00/C6.2

Quest Program, The (Chancellor’s Office) (1985- )

RG-4/9/1

Questor (Student Publication) (1974)

RG-45/00/Q8

Quilt Project, AIDS Memorial

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

Robert Francis, by Frank A. Waugh, Nov. 1939

The poet and essayist Robert Francis settled in Amherst, Mass., in 1926, three years after his graduation from Harvard, and created a literary life that stretched for the better part of half a century. An associate of Robert Frost and friend of many other writers, Francis occasionally worked as a teacher or lecturer, including a brief stint on the faculty at Mount Holyoke College, but he sustained himself largely through his writing, living simply in “Fort Juniper,” a cottage he built on Market Hill Road in North Amherst. A recipient of the Shelley Award (1939) and the Academy of American Poets award for distinguished poetic achievement (1984), Francis was a poet in residence at both Tufts (1955) and Harvard (1960) Universities. He died in Amherst in July 1987.

The Francis Papers contains both manuscript and printed materials, drafts and finished words, documenting the illustrious career of the poet. Of particular note is Francis’s correspondence with other writers, publishing houses, and readers, notably Paul Theroux. Also contains personal photographs and Francis family records and a small number of audio recordings of Francis reading his poetry. Letters from Francis to Regina Codey, 1936-1978, can be found in MS 314 along with two typescript poems by Francis.

Mike Haley

An actor and motion picture assistant director and producer, Michael Haley was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1942. While an undergraduate student at UMass Amherst, Haley became involved in theater, joining the avant garde Buffalo Meat Company that performed original works in Massachusetts and New York City. Following a chance call from a producer looking for local help in 1969, Haley worked on his first film, the low-budget crime drama, Honeymoon Killers. After work on several other film and television productions, Haley was among ten people selected for the Directors Guild of America’s Assistant Directors Training Program. During his forty year career, Haley’s credits have included work with a number of noted directors, including Sidney Lumet, Barry Levinson, and Penny Marshall, and he has enjoyed a particularly long and productive association with Mike Nichols. His films have included The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Stepford Wives, Biloxi Blues, True Colors, A League of Their Own, Groundhog Day, Primary Colors, and Closer. He was the recipient of two Humanitas Prizes (for Wit and Angels in America), and among others awards, the Christopher Award (for Wit), the Directors Guild of America award, Producers Guild of America award, and an Emmy (for Angels in America), a Directors Guild of America plaque (Working Girl), and the Berkshire International Film Festival Life-Time Achievement Award. He was named Artist of the Year at UMass and has been selected for a Bateman Fellowship.

Reflecting a diverse career in film, the Haley collection consists of scripts, photographs, memorabilia, and diaries, with a small quantity of notes and correspondence. The scripts, approximately 110 of them, are from films ranging from the Godfather II to Charlie Wilson’s War and Angels in America, may include several drafts. The photographs are both numerous and particularly rich, including some particularly interesting candid shots taken on film sets, as well as official shots taken by photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark.

African American expatriate, stage and film actor, musician, director, producer, founder of the Studio Theater of Paris and co-owner of the nightclub L’Abbaye. Includes personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks containing photos and clippings from assorted television and film productions in addition to songs, poetry, and reviews of plays or playbills from productions he attended.

The Papers also contain art work, sheet music, personal and production photographs, and drafts of his memoirs.

Non-partisan political organization based in Amherst, Massachusetts that influences public policy through education and advocacy by registering voters, organizing candidate forums, publishing voting guides, and disseminating general information on the legislative process and the functioning of government on the local, state, and federal levels.

Includes minutes, annual reports, financial records, publications, extensive files on specific programs, photographs, video- and audio-tapes, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Also contains information on two league members who rose to national prominence: Lucy Wilson Benson (Under Secretary of State in the federal government in 1977) and Jane F. Garvey (Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in 1997).

Benjamin Smith Lyman, 1902

A native of Northampton, Massachusetts, Benjamin Smith Lyman was a prominent geologist and mining engineer. At the request of the Meiji government in Japan, Lyman helped introduce modern geological surveying and mining techniques during the 1870s and 1880s, and his papers from that period illuminate aspects of late nineteenth century Japan, New England, and Pennsylvania, as well as the fields of geology and mining exploration and engineering. From his earliest financial records kept as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy through the journal notations of his later days in Philadelphia, Lyman’s meticulous record-keeping provides much detail about his life and work. Correspondents include his classmate, Franklin B. Sanborn, a friend of the Concord Transcendentalists and an active social reformer, abolitionist, and editor.

The papers, 1848-1911, have been organized into nine series: correspondence, financial records, writings, survey notebooks, survey maps, photographs, student notes and notebooks, collections, and miscellaneous (total 25 linear feet). A separate Lyman collection includes over 2,000 books in Japanese and Chinese acquired by Lyman, and in Western languages pertaining to Asia.

Tent caterpillar

Arthur P. Mange taught in the Biology Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst for 31 years before retiring in 1995. A co-author of numerous works in human genetics, Mange served on the chair of the Conservation Committee in Amherst, and currently serves on the Burnett Gallery Committee. In 1983, his New England images were featured in Across the Valley (from Cummington to New Salem) held at the Burnett Gallery. This exhibition was followed at the Hitchcock Center in 1984 with Delight in Familiar Forms (celebrating some well-known plants and animals), with Ring Bell to Admit Bird at the Jones Library and Net Prophet at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. Architectural Sights — Big and Small, Mange’s most recent show (2002), appeared at the Burnett Gallery. In addition to exhibitions, Mange has also donated collections for fund-raising auctions at New York University, the Cooley Dickinson Hospital, the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, the Amherst Historical Society, Jones Library, and the Amherst Community Arts Center.

His photographic collection spans more than half a century of subjects reflecting his varied interests in animals, plants, our region, gravestones, what he calls “whimsical signs,” and attention-grabbing shadows.

Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector.

In contributing to the National Arts Policy Archive and Library (NAPAAL), the NEA allowed SCUA to digitize nearly forty years of publications on the arts and arts management. The collection reflects the impact of the arts (including music, literature, and the performing arts) on everyday lives of Americans and include materials intended to support individual and classroom education, information on arts management, reports on the status of the arts, histories of the organization, and much more. All items are cataloged in the UMass Amherst Libraries online catalog and are included in the Internet Archive, where they are available for full-text searchin

Carl Oglesby, 2006
Photo by Jennifer Fels

Reflective, critical, and radical, Carl Oglesby was an eloquent voice of the New Left during the 1960s and 1970s. A native of Ohio, Oglesby was working in the defense industry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1964 when he became radicalized by what he saw transpiring in Vietnam. Through his contacts with the Students for a Democratic Society, he was drawn into the nascent antiwar movement, and thanks to his formidable skills as a speaker and writer, rose rapidly to prominence. Elected president of the SDS in 1965, he spent several years traveling nationally and internationally advocating for a variety of political and social causes.

In 1972, Oglesby helped co-found the Assassination Information Bureau which ultimately helped prod the U.S. Congress to reopen the investigation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A prolific writer and editor, his major works include Containment and Change (1967), The New Left Reader (1969), The Yankee and Cowboy War (1976), and The JFK Assassination: The Facts and the Theories (1992). The Oglesby Papers include research files, correspondence, published and unpublished writing, with the weight of the collection falling largely on the period after 1975.