This miscellaneous periodicals collections contains single issues or short runs of a variety of journals, such as: Farm and Home, Farm Journal, Red Men’s Official Journal, Home and Health, and The Ladies World.

Sheep husbandry,
Mass. Agricultural College

In keeping with our mission, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives collects materials of enduring historical and cultural value relating to four major thematic areas: the history and experience of social change in America; the histories and cultures of New England with an emphasis on Massachusetts; innovation and entrepreneurship; and the broad community associated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Our collections are tightly integrated and span all formats, including personal papers and organizational records, books and periodicals, maps, photographs, audio and video recordings, and digital materials of all kinds, and they currently include over 35,000 printed items, approximately 30,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival materials, tens of thousands of photographs, and a burgeoning array of digital assets.

Following in the footsteps of W.E.B. Du Bois, we recognize the inherent interconnectedness of a broad range of issues in social justice and collect original materials that document the organizational, intellectual, and individual ties that unite disparate struggles for social equality, human dignity, and justice. In adopting social change as a primary collecting focus, we hope to move beyond viewing social and political movements in isolation and toward a vision that acknowledges the connections between and among them. Ultimately, we wish to lay a foundation for examining the larger histories of social engagement in America and the broader experience of social change that is difficult to encapsulate within a single social movement.

A distinctive feature of SCUA’s approach to collecting is our effort to include “whole lives and whole communities,” to provide a robust basis for interpreting the background of the persons and organizations we document, their influences, interests, and the communities in which they operate.

While not comprehensive, the following includes a brief synopsis of some of the primary focal points for SCUA’s collections:

Special Collections interests

• Social change and movements for social change

  Emphasizing the cross-fertilization between several social movements and centers of activist energy, including peace, social and racial justice, agricultural reform, environmentalism, sustainability, labor activism, gay activism, antinuclear activism, and intentional communities, but branching out to include antifluoridation activism, campaigns for voting rights and clean elections, community and charitable organizations, and the history of revolutionary-era Europe (1789-1848).

  • African American history and culture
    The history of race and ethnicity in America, with particular emphasis on the struggle for racial equality and social justice.
  • Agriculture, horticulture, botany
    Including agricultural science and practice, horticulture, animal husbandry, natural history, organic farming, sustainable living, and heritage breeds.
  • Antinuclear movement
    SCUA holds numerous collections documenting grassroots opposition to nuclear power and nuclear weaponry.
  • Cold War Culture
    The culture of the Cold War, with an emphasis upon East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Among other areas, SCUA has a strong interest in the Solidarity movement and in partnership with the DEFA Film Library, in East German cinema and graphic arts.
  • Disability
    Organizational records and collections of personal papers documenting the history of disability and disability rights in the United States.
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender issues
    Materials relating to the history and experience of the LGBTQ community and liberation struggles.
  • Labor, work, and industry
    Organized labor, industrialization, manufacturing, business history, and the experience and culture of labor and working people.
  • Peace
    Materials relating to the peace and antiwar movements and non-violence, with an emphasis on New England.
• New England history and culture

  The social, political, cultural, intellectual, literary, and economic life, with an emphasis upon western New England. The department houses thousands of books on New England cookery, with a particular emphasis on charitable and community cookbooks and cookbooks and ephemera published by corporations and the food industry.

  • Cookery and culinary history
    SCUA has thousands of cookbooks and other materials on New England regional cuisine, including community and charitable cookbooks, commercial cookbooks by New England authors, corporate cookbooks, and culinary ephemera.
  • Literature and the arts
    Emphasizing poets and writers, playwrights, and the performing arts in New England.
  • Politics and political culture
    SCUA has rich collections documenting the history and politics of the Commonwealth, including the papers of Congressmen Silvio O. Conte and John Olver, State Senator Stanley Rosenberg, and State rep John Clark.
• Innovation and entrepreneurship

  Materials that document innovative and entrepreneurial activities, and particularly social entrepreneurship. The collections in SCUA include the papers of Mark H. McCormack (a pioneer in sport and entertainment marketing), Carl C. Harris (inventor and President of Rodney Hunt Co.), and numerous collections that document our region’s distinctive history of innovation in manufacturing and technology.

• UMass Amherst

  SCUA makes an effort to document the histories of the entire UMass community. Our holdings include the comprehensive official records of the University since its founding in 1863, papers of faculty, staff, and students, official and unofficial publications, oral histories, and a wide range of other collections that reflect on our history as the Commonwealth’s land grant institution.

• Other areas

  SCUA has developed depth in a handful of other collecting areas, including:

  • American Study of Japan
    American relations with Japan from the Meiji period to the present.
  • Protistology
    Records of the scholarly study of the protista (protozoans).

University Archives interests

Serving as the memory of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University Archives collects, preserves, and makes available official and non-official records documenting the policies, programs, facilities, and activities of the campus community, including its administration, departments and programs, faculty, and staff. The Archives also avidly collects materials that reflect the lives and experiences of its students and alumni.

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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

The author and social critic Harvey Swados (1920-1972) was a graduate of the University of Michigan who embarked on a literary life after service in the merchant Marine during the Second World War. His first novel, Out Went the Candle (1955), introduced the themes to which Swados would return throughout his career, the alienation of factory workers and the experience of the working class in industrial America. His other works include a widely read collection of stories set in an auto plant, On the Line, the novels False Coin (1959), Standing Fast (1970), and Celebration (1975), and a noted collection of essays A Radical’s America (1962). His essay for Esquire magazine, “Why Resign from the Human Race?,” is often cited as inspiring the formation of the Peace Corps.

The Swados collection includes journals, notes, typewritten drafts of novels and short stories, galley proofs, clippings, and correspondence concerning writings; letters from family, publishers, literary agents, colleagues, friends, and readers, including Richard Hofstadter, Saul Bellow, James Thomas Farrell, Herbert Gold, Irving Howe, Bernard Malamud, and Charles Wright Mills; letters from Swados, especially to family, friends, and editors; book reviews; notes, background material, and drafts of speeches and lectures; financial records; biographical and autobiographical sketches; bibliographies.

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.

A collection of t-shirts, gift cards, and posters designed by activist and political artist Bonnie Acker. Each item features an illustration by Acker in support of various issues relating to social change ranging from peace with Nicaragua, to nuclear abolition and from lifting the debt of impoverished countries, to the Burlington, Vermont community land trust.

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).

Established in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the AFSC office in western Massachusetts did not limit its focus to draft and military counseling, instead the organization broadened its focus over time to include educational and outreach programs for a variety of peace and socal justice issues. Today the chapter focuses on economic justice, campaigns against U.S. military intervention, and actions to combat racism and classism. With an emphasis on serving the community of western Massachusetts, the program is equally committed to calling attention to issues of both national and local importance. Recent campaigns range from ending the war in Iraq and supporting peace in Columbia to preventing the construction of a new jail in Chicopee.

The collection consists chiefly of subject files that together provide a picture of the various issues in which the western Massachusetts AFSC was involved. Topics range from the organization’s earliest focus, the Vietnam War, to the first Gulf War, landlord/tenant relations, immigration, and landmines. The collection also includes materials relating to public figures, some of whom traveled to the region to speak.

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In the early 1960s, Tom Barton (b. 1935) emerged as a leader in the Left-wing of the Young People’s Socialist League, the national youth affiliate of the Socialist Party. Deeply committed to the civil rights and antiwar struggles and to revolutionary organizing, Barton operated in Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York and was a delegate and National Secretary at the 1964 convention in which tensions within YPSL led to its dissolution.

A small, but rich collection, the Barton Papers provide a glimpse into the career of a long-time Socialist and activist. From Barton’s entry into the Young People’s Socialist League in the latest 1950s through his work with the Wildcat group in the early 1970s, the collection contains outstanding content on the civil rights and antiwar movements and the strategies for radical organizing. The collection is particularly rich on two periods of Barton’s career — his time in the YPSL and Student Peace Union (1960-1964) and in the Wildcat group (1968-1971) — and particularly for the events surrounding the dissolution of YPSL in 1964, following a heated debate over whether to support Lyndon Johnson for president. The collection includes correspondence with other young radicals such as Martin Oppenheimer, Lyndon Henry, Juan McIver, and Joe Weiner.

Mitzi Bowman, 2012

For years, Mitzi Bowman and her husband Pete were stalwarts of the progressive community in Connecticut, and tireless activists in the movements for social justice, peace, and the environment. Shortly after their marriage in 1966, the Bowman’s settled in Milford, Conn., where Pete worked as an engineer. In close collaboration, the couple became ardent opponents of the war in Vietnam as well as opponents of nuclear weaponry. The focus of their activism took a new direction in 1976, when they learned of plans to ship spent nuclear fuel rods near their home. Founding their first antinuclear organization, STOP (Stop the Transport of Pollution), they forced the shipments to be rerouted, and they soon devoted themselves to shutting down nuclear power in Connecticut completely, including the Millstone and Connecticut Yankee facilities, the latter of which was decommissioned in 1996. The Bowmans were active in a wide array of other groups, including the New Haven Green Party, the Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone, the People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE), and they were founding members of Fight the (Utility Rate) Hike, the Progressive Action Roundtable, and Don’t Waste Connecticut. Two years after Pete died on Feb. 14, 2006 at the age of 78, Mitzi relocated to Vermont, carrying on her activism.

The Bowman Papers center on Mitzi and Pete Bowman’s antinuclear activism, dating from their first forays with STOP in the mid-1970s through the growth of opposition to Vermont Yankee in the approach to 2010. The collection offers a valuable glimpse into the early history of grassroots opposition to nuclear energy and the Bowmans’ approach to organizing and their connections with other antinuclear activists and to the peace and environmental movements are reflected in an extensive series of notes, press releases, newsclippings, talks, ephemera, and correspondence. The collections also includes extensive subject files on radiation, nuclear energy, peace, and related topics.