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.

During the revolutionary era of 1789-1848, Belgium was ensnared in power politics on a continental scale, with all the drama and turbulence entailed. From the conquest of the region by French Republican forces under Napoleon in 1794 through the dissolution of French control in 1814, modern-day Belgium was divided into nine administrative departments, including the centrally-located Département de la Dyle, which included the key cities of Brussels, Louvain, and Nivelles.

Collected by Maurice Emmanuel Hippolyte Binet, this small collection of manuscripts is relatively tightly focused on the years of French Republican domination of Belgium (1794-1814), with a particular focus on the Département de la Dyle. The majority of the collection consists of letters received by the Central Administration in the Dyle, including letters to and from Napoleonic generals and French military hierarchy, civic authorities, administrators, and police. Many of the letters concern the challenges of asserting control over a subject population and the political fallout of the French Revolution, but the collection also reflects the greater tensions within a complex society changing rapidly during an age of revolution.

Sadie Campbell and sons Harold and Robert Leslie

A housewife, mother and active community member, Sadie Campbell was born in 1881 and lived at 1 Depot Street in Cheshire, Massachusetts for most of her life until she died in 1971. Sadie was closely tied to the Cheshire community where she had a large circle of friends and acquaintances, and was active in a a number of organizations, such as: the Cheshire Ladies Reading Club, the Merry Wives of Cheshire Shakespeare Club, and the Cheshire Cash Tearoom.

The collection documents three generations of a western Massachusetts family. The variety and nature of the materials in this collection offer a good view into the local and social history of western Massachusetts through the lives of Sadie Campbell and her family.

Early map of Clark property

The Clark family played a prominent role in the colonial and early national history of Newton, Massachusetts. John Clark and his wife Elizabeth Norman settled in Cambridge Village (now Newton), Massachusetts, in about 1681, and played an active role in the public life of the town. His son William, grandson Norman, and great-grandson Norman followed in John’s footsteps, serving as Selectmen and, in the case of Norman, Jr., as the Collector of taxes during and after the Revolutionary War.

This small collection traces the early history of Newton, Mass., through the lives and activities of four generations of the family of John Clark. While the majority of the collection consists of deeds or related legal documents pertaining to properties in Newton (or in one case, Connecticut), a few items provide glimpses into other Clark family activities. As tax collector for Newton during and after the Revolution, Norman Clark, Jr., left an interesting documentary trail that touches on financial priorities in town, including the collection of taxes for support of the church, Revolutionary War soldiers, and road building.

Trichodina pediculus

The first professor of Natural History at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Henry James Clark, had one of the briefest and most tragic tenures of any member of the faculty during the nineteenth century. Having studied under Asa Gray and Louis Agassiz at Harvard, Clark became an expert microscopist and student of the structure and development of flagellate protozoans and sponges. Barely a year after joining the faculty at Massachusetts Agricultural College at its first professor of Natural History, Clark died of tuberculosis on July 1, 1873.

A small remnant of a brief, but important career in the natural sciences, the Henry James Clark Papers consist largely of obituary notices and a fraction of his published works. The three manuscript items include two letters from Clark’s widow to his obituarist and fellow naturalist, Alpheus Hyatt (one including some minor personal memories), and a contract to build a house on Pleasant Street in Amherst.

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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L

La Resistance (1967)

RG-45/00/L2

Labor Affairs, Institute For

see Institute for Labor Affairs RG-3/9

Labor Center Review (Labor Relations and Research Center) (1978-1990)

RG-25/L1/00

Labor Council, UMass

see UMass Labor Council (1995- ) RG-40/5/U5

Labor/Management Workplace Education Program

see Physical Plant RG-36/1

Labor Relations (President’s Office)

RG-3/19

Labor Relations and Research Center

RG-25/L1

Labor Relations and Personnel, Assistant Vice President for

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

Labor Relations, Coordinator of

RG-35/14

Laboratory of Psychometric and Evaluation Research

see Psychometric and Evaluation Research, Laboratory of RG-13/3/23/3.1

Laboratory Safety News (Environmental Health & Safety) (1980-1995)

RG-30/15/4

LACC

see Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) RG-45/40/L2

Lacrosse, Men’s

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

Lacrosse, Women’s

see Sports-Women’s Lacrosse (1993- ) RG-18/2

Lambda Chi Alpha (1980-1991)

RG-45/90/L3

Lambda Delta Phi

RG-45/90/L3.6

Land-Grant Colleges, State Universities

RG-60/1

Land-Grant University Women, New England Council of

see New England Council of Land-Grant University Women RG-60/1/1

Land Use Maps

see Massachusetts Town Statistics (Experiment Stations) RG-15/2.23

Land Use Notes

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Land Use Notes (1979-1980) RG-15/8

Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning

see Landscape Architecture Department RG-25/L2

Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Newsletter

see Focus (1993- ) RG-25/L2/00

Landscape Architecture Department

RG-25/L2

Language Laboratory

RG-11/18

Language Resource Center(s), Foreign

see Foreign Language Resource Center(s) RG-25/F5.5

Lantern Slides, Glass

see Slides, Glass Lantern RG-188

LARP News, The (Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (1997- )

RG-25/L2/00

Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies

see Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies RG.25/14.5

Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) (1995- ) RG-45/40/L2

Latin American Library Materials

see Seminar of the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALAM) (1973-1976) RG-8/9

Latin American Solidarity Committee, Western Massachusetts (1983-1985)

RG-45/80/L3

Latin American Studies [Program and Committee]

RG-25/L4

Latin American Studies–Occasional Paper Series (1976-1987)

RG-25/L4/00

Law Association, Pre-

see Pre-Law Association RG-45/40/P7.4

Law School (Official University Committee) (1966-1975)

RG-40/2/L1

Law School, ad hoc Committee to Study Need for (Faculty Senate, 1965-1967, 1972)

RG-40/2/A3

Layouts (Cartographic Materials)

RG-181/2

LBGA

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

LDCO

see Learning Disabilities Coordinator’s Office (LDCO) (1986- ) RG-6/20

Leadership and Administration, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/17/3

see also Administration and Leadership (School of Education) RG-13/3/23/7

Lear (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/L4

Learning Center, Mastery

see Mastery Learning Center RG-30/2/5

Learning Disabilities Coordinators Office (LDCO) (1986- )

RG-6/20

see also Counseling and Academic Development RG-11/8

Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- )

RG-6/12

Learning Support Services (LSS)

see Learning Resources Center (LRC) RG-6/12

Leave, Sabbatical

see Sabbatical Leave RG- 40/1/6

Lecture Note Program (Student Senate) (1973-1974)

RG-45/7/L4

Lecture Series, Chancellor’s

see Chancellor’s Lecture Series RG-4/12

Lecture Series Distinguished Faculty

see Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series

Lecture Series, Sidney Topol Distinguished (1997- )

see Sidney Topol Distinguished Lecture Series (1997- ) RG-186/10

Lecture Series, Troy

see Troy Lecture Series (Films and Videotapes) RG-186/9

Lecturers From Outside the University (1911- )

RG-1/12

Lectures (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/1/2

see also Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series (Videotapes) (1986- ) RG-186/7

Lectures (Photographs)

RG-145/2

see also Lectures (Poster Collection) RG-180/1

Lectures (Poster Collection)

RG-180/1

see also Lectures (Photographs) RG-145/2

Lectures, Committee on University

RG-40/2/L1.5

Left Field (Student Publication) (1990)

RG-45/00/L2.3

Legacy (English Department) (1984-1990)

RG-25/E3/00

Legal Assistant Training Program

RG-7/7

Legal Services Office (LSO)

see Attorney: Legal Services Office (LSO) RG-45/2

Legal Studies (1981- )

RG-25/L7

see also Legal Assistant Training Program RG-7/7

Legal Studies (Special Programs) (1965-1981)

RG-6/4/7

see also Legal Studies (1981- ) RG-25/L7

Legal Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal (1985-1988)

RG-25/L7/00

see also ALSA Forum, The (1981-1984) RG-25/L7/00

Legal Studies–Mediation Project

RG-25/L7/3

Legislation (1858- )

RG-1/2

Legislative Service Project

RG-25/P6.6

Leisure Studies and Service Department

RG-25/L6

Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, Program for Gay

see Program for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns (1986- ) RG-30/2/6

Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for, Gay

see Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for RG-40/2/G3

Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellor’s Task Force on , Gay

see Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellor’s Task Force on (1993) RG-40/2/G2

Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Alliance

see Peoples’ Gay Alliance RG-45/40/G3

Lesbian Union (1995)

RG-45/40/L4

Liability (Official University Committee) (1958)

RG-40/2/L2

Liaison (Alumni Periodical) (1944-1945)

RG-50/00/3

Liaison Services, Assistant to the President for

RG-3/5

Liberator, The (Student Publication) (1989- )

RG-45/00/L2.5

Librarian

see Library Director/Librarian RG-8/1

Librarian/Faculty, ad hoc, Action Committee

see Action Committee, ad hoc Faculty/Librarian (1980) RG-40/3/A1.5

Librarians Bargaining Unit

see Committees and other Groups (Library) RG-8/6

Libraries, Departmental (1880, 1958-1978)

RG-8/3/11

Note: No longer in existence.

Library (1876- ) RG-8

see also Music Library (1975- ) RG-8/3/8

Biological Sciences Library (1962- ) RG-8/3/9

Physical Sciences Library (1961- ) RG-8/3/10

Library–Annual Reports (1888, 1910- )

RG-8/00/L5

Library Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s)

RG-8/1/5

Library Automation Newsletter

see LS 2000 Newsletter/Library Automation Newsletter (1988-1991) (Library Publications) RG-8/00/L4

Library Buildings

RG-8/5

Library Buildings-Chapel (Old Chapel) (1869-1935)

RG-8/5/1

Library Buildings-Goodell (Goodell Library) (1899-1990)

RG-8/5/2

see also Library-Goodell (Plan Microfilm) RG-190/16

Library Buildings-Tower (University Library/W.E.B. Du Bois Library) (1961- )

RG-8/5/3

Library Buildings-W.E.B. Du Bois Library

see Library Buildings-Tower (University Library/W.E.B. Du Bois Library) (1961- ) RG-8/5/3

Library Business Office (1921- )

RG-8/1/2

Library Collections

see Collection Development (Library) RG-8/2

Library Committee (Faculty Senate, 1960- )

RG-40/2/A3

Library Committee (Official University Committee) (1911, 1952-1957)

RG-40/2/L3

Library Committees and Other Groups (1883, 1954- )

RG-8/6

Library Consortium

see Boston Library consortium (1975- ) RG-8/10

Library Director, Assistant to (1962- )

RG-8/1/1

Library Director/Librarian (1886- )

RG-8/1

Library Exhibits

see Exhibits (Library) RG-8/3/13

Library, Goodell (Building Microfilm)

RG-190/16

Library Information Bulletin (1969- )

RG-8/00/L5

Library Information Processing

RG-8/4/4

Library Leaflet

Extension Service, Cooperative–Library Leaflet (1913-1924) RG-15/8

Library Leaflet-Revised Series

Extension Service, Cooperative–Library Leaflet–Revised Series (1927-1930) RG-15/8

Library Management Assistant

RG-8/1/7

Library, Massachusetts Film Co-op

RG-8/1/8

Library Monthly Reports (1966-1987)

RG-8/00/M6

Library Newsletter (UMass Libraries) (1970-1980)

RG-8/00/N3

Library Publications

RG-8/00

Library Slide Shows (including audio tapes)

RG-187/4

Library Staff Bulletin

see "Library Information Bulletin" (UMass Libraries) (1967- ) RG-8/00/L5

Library Statistical Reports and Summaries (1973-1984)

RG-8/00/S8

Library Systems Office (1964- )

RG-8/1/4

Library Task Force Report (1980-1981)

RG-40/2/L3.5

Life/Career Development Team

RG-30/22/1

Lighting (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/L5

Lincoln W. Barnes Photo Collection (M.A.C. Campus Photographs)

RG-149

Linguistics Department

RG-25/L8

Literacy Institute, Media

see Media Literacy Institute RG-25/C7.7

Literary Magazine (Student Publication) (1959-1962)

RG-45/00/L3.5

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

Literary Monthly, The MAC (Student Publication) (1910)

RG-45/00/L4

Literary Society (UMass Amherst) (1953-1959)

RG-40/3/L4

see also Washington Irving Literary Society (1867-1892) RG-45/40/W3

Edward Everett Literary Society (1870-1876) RG-45/40/E3

Literary Society, Edward Everett

see Edward Everett Literary Society (1870-1876) RG-45/40/E3

Literary Society, Washington Irving

see Washington Irving Literary Society RG-45/40/W3

Literature, Comparative

see Comparative Literature RG-25/C8

Literature, Joint Committee on (Official University Committee) (1974)

RG-40/2/L5

Lithographs (Iconographic Materials)

RG-182/1

LMWEP

see Physical Plant–Labor/Management Workplace Education Program (1987- ) RG-36/1

Local 1776, AFS CME; Council 41 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

RG-40/5/S4

Long Range Academic Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1962)

RG-40/2/A3

Long Range Planning, ad hoc Committee (1966-1971)

RG-40/2/A3

see also Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1972-1980) RG-40/2/A3

Loose Change (Computer and Information Science) (1993-1999)

RG-25/C9/00

see also Significant Bits (1999) RG-25/C9/00

Lowell, University of

see University of Lowell RG-55/4

LRC

see Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- ) RG-6/12

LRRC Labor Update (1991)

RG-25/L1/00

LRRC Review (1978-1991)

RG-25\L1\00

LS 2000 Newsletter/Library Automation Newsletter (1988-1991) (Library Publication)

RG-8/00/L4

LSO

see Attorney: Legal Services Office (LSO) RG-45/2

LSS (Learning Support Services) (1997- )

see Learning Resources Center (LRC) (1994- ) RG-6/12

Lubovitch Movement (Religious Group) (1975)

RG-45/70/L8

Soldier in Revolutionary War and Shays Rebellion, later a state legislator and local politician from Grafton and Marlboro, Massachusetts. Drury’s papers contain family and business (farm and mill) correspondence, notes of hand, bills, receipts, and legal papers as well as records pertaining to the town of Grafton. Collection also includes papers of Timothy Darling and the Goulding, Place, and Sherman families.

The journal of Marcus A. Emmons of Hardwick, Massachusetts, includes his accounts beginning in 1862, the year he joined Company K of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The journal also contains a list of Hardwick volunteers; casualties in the regiment; recruits for Company K on September 8, 1862 and a record of their service; and members of Company K, their hometowns (largely in the Swift River Valley), and dates of discharge, transfer, or death. Account records from 1858-1859 are in a different hand than those that document Company K. The collection also includes two letters addressed to his brother from Annapolis in 1864.

In 1841, George H. Gilbert and Charles A. Stevens formed a partnership to manufacture broadcloth and cloaking in Ware, Massachusetts. Ten years later, the partnership dissolved and each partner carried a part of the business into separate establishments. The newly formed George H. Gilbert Company continued making high-grade woolen flannels, for which it developed a national reputation, until 1930.

Records, consisting of correspondence, financial records and cash books, construction contracts, sales lists, production records, and sample books, document the operation of Gilbert and Stevens and later the Gilbert Company for almost a century. The labor accounts (1851-1930), document the phases of the varying ethnic composition of the workforce — Irish, French-Canadian, and eventually Polish — well as the family orientation of the mills.