Includes eleven of the thirteen newsletters published by the Labor and Community Network, a group of academics and trade unionists interested in labor issues in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Includes reports, addresses, articles, proposals, memos, and correspondence regarding post-war marketing plans in New England for agricultural products in general, and for dairy products in particular, including the Every Other Day Milk Delivery campaign.

The record group includes publications, organizational charts, and files from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Dean of Graduate Studies.

Silkworm, 2007

Since 2004, the Florence Poets Society has been a hub of the poetry communities in Western Massachusetts, promoting the sharing, reading, and publication of works by its members. The group has sponsored outdoor poetry festivals, poetry slams, and readings and it has encouraged publication of poetry through its annual review, , and through chapbooks of its members.

Established in partnership with Rich Puchalsky and the Florence Poets Society, the Western New England Poetry Collection constitutes an effort to document the vibrant poetry communities in Western New England. The collection includes all forms of poetry, from the written to the spoken word, in all formats, but with a particular emphasis upon locally produced and often difficult to find chapbooks, small press books, unpublished works, and limited run periodicals. The collection is not limited to members of the Florence Poets Society, and additions from poets in Western New England are eagerly welcomed.

The protistologist Lea Bleyman has conducted research into the genetics, mating systems, and life cycles of ciliates. A former student of Tracy Sonneborn, Bleyman has served as past Secretary and President (2001-2002) of the Society of Protozoologists, and spent many years on the faculty of the Department of Natural Sciences at Baruch College.

The Bleyman Papers contain lab and research notes, abstracts of talks and conference materials, along with some correspondence and annual progress reports from Baruch College. The earliest materials in the collection relate to her years as a student in Sonneborn’s lab.

Kenyon L. Butterfield

President of both the Massachusetts Agricultural College and Michigan Agricultural College, writer, lecturer, editor, and member, organizer, and chairman of many commissions and councils such as the Rural Life Movement.

The Butterfield Papers contain biographical materials, administrative and official papers of both of his presidencies, typescripts of his talks, and copies of his published writings. Includes correspondence and memoranda (with students, officials, legislators, officers of organizations, and private individuals), reports, outlines, minutes, surveys, and internal memoranda.

[ A ][ B ][ C ][ D ][ E ][ F ][ G ][ H ][ I, J ][ K ][ L ][ M ][ N ]
[ O ][ P, Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ XYZ ]

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

A veteran of the peace movement and founder of the Traprock Peace Center (1979), Randy Kehler was active in the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, the Peace Development Fund, and the Working Group on Electoral Democracy. Beginning in 1977, he and his wife became war tax resisters, withholding federal income tax to protest U.S. military expenditures, donating it instead to charity. As a consequence, their home was seized by the IRS in 1989, setting up a protracted legal struggle that resulted in Kehler’s arrest and imprisonment and the sale of the house. They remain tax resisters.

The Kehler Papers document the five year struggle (1989-1994) against the seizure and sale of the Kehlers’ home by the IRS. The collection includes meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings; letters to the editor, essays, articles, plans and strategy documents for the vigil set outside the Kehler home; support committee information and actions; correspondence with government officials, the IRS, and the Justice Department; letters of support; documents from the legal proceedings; and political literature addressing the Kehlers’ situation.

Photo by Edward Cohen, 2002

New WORLD Theater was founded at UMass Amherst in 1979 by Roberta Uno with the mission of presenting innovative works of theater by contemporary artists of color, with the goal of fostering creative communities, promoting cultural equity, and embracing diverse cultural backgrounds, social engagement, and a commitment to justice. For more than thirty years New WORLD Theater produced many dozens of plays and other dramatic works representing new voices in the theater, as well as plays from the traditional multicultural repertory, and they have supported the arts through performance residencies, conferences and colloquia, and a variety of initiatives aimed at the diverse communities they serve, youth, and theater professionals. New WORLD Theater has contributed significantly to national conversations on cultural equity. After more than three decades of acclaim and recognition, New WORLD Theater was closed by UMass Amherst in summer 2010.

The bulk of the New WORLD Theater collection consists of administrative records documenting the day-to-day activities of the theater, however, it also contains an extensive and exceptionally rich archive of taped interviews, conferences, and theatrical productions. Taken together, the audiovisual material traces the history of New WORLD through the words and performances of artists who both contributed to and benefited from the theater.

An urban planning firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that assisted New England cities and towns with initiating and managing urban development projects. The firm had two main types of contracts, urban renewal and comprehensive community planning, and many of their projects were supported with funds designated by the Federal Housing Act of 1949.

Includes organizational histories, memoranda, correspondence, proposal guidelines, materials for citizen participation, job inventories and reports, brochures that document urban growth management and the problems of suburbanization in New England, background studies, planning reports, growth management policies, zoning bylaws and amendments, and the files of Katharine Kumala.