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.

Alexander E. Cance

Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at the Massachusetts Agricultural College who also worked briefly for Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover, as well as the United States Department of Agriculture.

Includes biographical materials, correspondence concerning Cance’s role in the agricultural cooperative movement, addresses, articles (both in typescript and published), lectures, book reviews, typescript of a Carnegie study of factors in agricultural economics, a summary of a U.S. Senate report of which he was co-author, “Agricultural Cooperation and Rural Credit in Europe,” and research material. No documentation of his role as a delegate to the Hoover Conference on Economic Crisis, 1920, or his position as Supervisor of Market Research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1922.

Judi Chamberlin, 2000

A pioneer in the psychiatric survivors’ movement, Judi Chamberlin spent four decades as an activist for the civil rights of mental patients. After several voluntary hospitalizations for depression as a young woman, Chamberlin was involuntarily committed for the only time in 1971, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her experiences in the mental health system galvanized her to take action on patients’ rights, and after attending a meeting of the newly formed Mental Patients’ Liberation Project in New York, she helped found the Mental Patients’ Liberation Front in Cambridge, Mass. Explicitly modeled on civil rights organizations of the time, she became a tireless advocate for the patient’s perspective and for choice in treatment. Her book, On Our Own: Patient Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System (1978), is considered a key text in the intellectual development of the movement. Working internationally, she became an important figure in several other organizations, including the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilition at Boston University, the Ruby Rogers Advocacy Center, the National Disability Rights Network, and the National Empowerment Center. In recognition of her advocacy, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities in 1992, the David J. Vail National Advocacy Award, and the 1995 Pike Prize, which honors those who have given outstanding service to people with disabilities. Chamberlin died of pulmonary disease at home in Arlington, Mass., in January 2010.

An important record of the development of the psychiatric survivors’ movement from its earliest days, the Chamberlin Papers include rich correspondence between Chamberlin, fellow activists, survivors, and medical professionals; records of her work with the MPLF and other rights organizations, conferences and meetings, and her efforts to build the movement internationally.

A resident of Brainerd, Minn., Elaine Chesley (1927-2011) was a woman of strong convictions and an activist in several causes, particularly the antifluoridation movement. As a member of Minnesotans Opposed to Forced Fluoridation in the mid-1970s, Chesley and the more strident Irene Johnson successfully prevented fluoridation of the water supply in Brainerd, and she remained active in the movement as a researcher and activist. She was also involved in several civic, environmental, and peace groups, including the League of Women Voters, the Green Party, Women Against Military Madness, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Brainerd Coalition for Peace, and Save Our Northland. Chesley died at the age of 84 on May 25, 2011.

The Chesley Papers consist of materials collected in relation to antifluoridation activism. In addition to copies of a handful of historic documents on fluoride toxicity, the collection includes selective publications and correspondence.

Miriam U. Chrisman, 1964

A noted scholar of the social impact of the German Reformation, Miriam Usher Chrisman was born in Ithaca, New York, on May 20, 1920. With degrees from Smith College, American University, and Yale, she served for over thirty years on the faculty of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, becoming a well-loved professor and treasured mentor to a generation of students.

A faithful and colorful correspondent, the bulk of Miriam Chrisman’s papers consist of letters written to family and friends stretching from her college days at Smith through the year before her death. The bulk of the correspondence is with her husband, Donald Chrisman, an orthopedic surgeon who was enrolled at Harvard Medical School during their courtship. Soon after the Chrismans married in November 1943, Donald left for active duty in the Navy on the U.S.S. Baldwin. The couple’s war correspondence is unusually rich, offering insight on everything from the social responsibilities of married couples to their opinions on the progression of the war. Of particular note is a lengthy letter written by Donald during and immediately after D-Day in which he provides Miriam a real-time description of the events and his reactions as they unfold. Later letters document Miriam’s extensive travels including a trip around the world. .

As an undergraduate at the University of California Berkeley in the late 1950s, Alvin P. Cohen planned on a career in engineering, but after earning his bachelors degree and working as a laboratory technician, he returned to undergraduate status and then to graduate school in Chinese. Cohen’s time at Berkeley coincided with the turbulence of the first wave of student revolt, the civil rights and antiwar movements, and the Free Speech Movement, however as a married man with children, he was more an observer than activist. After completing his dissertation, The Avenging Ghost: Moral Judgment in Chinese Historical Texts, in 1971, he joined the faculty at UMass Amherst, initially with a split appointment teaching Chinese and working as East Asian bibliographer in the library. Over the next three and a half decades, he helped build the Program in Asian Languages and Literature, becoming its Chair in the 1990s and President of the Warring States Project.

Consisting of newsclippings, fliers, and other ephemera collected as the Free Speech Movement was at its height, the Cohen collection provides a valuable window on 1960s activism and the cross-fertilization between the various student movements. The materials cover a range of issues from free speech on campus to the California legislature, civil rights, the war in Vietnam, and the House Un-American Activities Committee. Of particular interest is a letter received by Cohen from a friend Doug Wachter in 1960, shortly after Wachter had been called before HUAC.

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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[ O ][ P, Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ XYZ ]

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

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NAC

see Non Academic Computing (NAC) (1996- ) RG-45/40/N6

NAGE

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

Naiads (Swim Team)

see Athletic Department RG-18/2

National Alternative Schools Program

see Alternative Schools (National Alternative Schools Program) RG-13/3/21/7

National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) (1994- )

RG-25/N3

National Organization for Women (NOW) (1989)

RG-45/80/N7

National Park Service Cooperative Research Unit (The Environmental Institute) (1975-1981)

RG-6/4/14/3

National Park Service Cooperative Research Unit Report (The Environmental Institute) (1977-1981)

RG-6/4/14/3

Natural History, Massachusetts, Bulletin of

see Massachusetts Natural History, Bulletin of (1884) RG-25/E4/00

Natural History Society (1883-1895)

RG-45/40/N3.6

Natural Resources Center, Holdsworth

see Holdsworth Natural Resource Center RG-15/3

Natural Resources, College of Food and

see College of Food and Natural Resources RG-15

Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dean

RG-11/51

Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty

RG-11/50

Near Eastern Studies (Program and Committee)

RG-25/N4

see also Classics Department RG-25/C5

Near Eastern Studies Newsletter (1989)

RG-25/N4/00

NEBHE

see New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) RG-60/2

Negatives, Glass Plate

see Glass Plate Negatives RG-173

Negro Universities, Exchange Programs With

see Exchange Programs-Negro Universities (1965) RG-30/8

NERCCS

see New England Regional Consortium for Computational Studies (NERCCS) RG-29/1

NETI

see National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) (1994- ) RG-25/N3

Neuroendocine Studies, Center for

RG-25/N4.5

Neuroscience and Behavior Program

RG-25/N5

Neuroscience Systems, Center for

see Systems Neuroscience, Center for RG-25/S10

New Africa House

see Black Culture Center (New Africa House) RG-30/26

see also Buildings (New Africa House) RG-36/101

New American Movement (Student Social Action Group) (1973)

RG-45/80/N4

New College Committee and Hampshire College

RG-60/6

New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)

RG-60/2

New England Classical Newsletter

RG-25/C5/00

New England Council of Land-Grant University Women

RG-60/1/1

New England Culture, Center for

see Center for New England Culture (College of Arts and Sciences) RG-11/9

New England Regional Consortium for Computational Studies (NERCCS)

RG-29/1

New Senate AGENDA

see AGENDA, The New Senate (1993- ) RG-45/00/A1

New Student Record (1983, class of 1987)

RG-45/90/P3

New Students Program–Community Development Center

RG-30/9/2

New Students Program (Summer Counseling)

RG-30/9/2

see also Counseling Center RG-30/9/1

New Testament Fellowship (Religious Group) (1983, 1986)

RG-45/70/N3

New World Theater

RG-25/F3/N4

see also RG-25/T3.7

see also Notes For A New World (1987- ) RG-25/T3.7/00

Newcomer’s Club (Women’s Group)

RG-40/7/2

Newman Center

RG-30/11/1

see also Newman Club RG-45/70/N4

Newman Center Newsletter (1996- )

RG-30/11/1/00

Newman Club (Religious Group) (1963-1989)

RG-45/70/N4

see also Newman Center RG-30/11/1

News (President’s Office)

RG-3/00

News and Notes (Student Publication) (1959)

RG-45/00/N4

News and Views, UMass Alumni

see UMass Alumni News and Views (1978-1983) RG-50/00/3

News Bulletin (1937-1941) RG-40/3/P3

News Bureau

Note: Name changed to Office of Public Information, 10-6-1983.

see Office of Public Information (OPI) RG-5/3

News Letter (Extension Service, Cooperative) (1913-1921)

RG-15/8

News Office

see Office of Public Information (News Bureau) RG-5/3

News Project (1968)

RG-45/00/N5

News Service, MAC (Official University Committee) (1926)

RG-40/2/N4

News Summary (Public Affairs) (1993-1994)

RG-5/3/4

NewsClips (Public Affairs) (1984-1987)

RG-5/00/8

NewsLetter (School of Management) (1983-1985)

RG-12

Newsletter, University

see University Newsletter (News Bureau) RG-5/00/2

Newsline (1991)

RG-25/F6/00

Newsline (News Office) (1999- )

RG-5/00/13

Nominating Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967, 1977)

RG-40/2/A3

NOMMO (1990-1994)

RG-45/00/N6

see also Nummo News (1974-1990) RG-30/26/N8

Non-Academic Computing (Student Group) (NAC) (1996)

RG-45/40/N6

Nonformal Education Center

see Center for International Education (CIE) (School of Education) RG-13/3/19/5

North American Trade and Economics, Institute for

RG-25/N6

North Pleasant Street (Joint Town-University Task Force) (1968- )

RG-36/104/N6

North Village Apartments (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/N5

Northeast (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/N6

Northeast Area Government

RG-45/14

Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry (1996- )

RG-25/N7

Northeast Forestry Experiment Station (College of Food and Natural Resources) (1923-1933)

RG-15/13

Northeast Metric Research Center

RG-7/6

Northeast Quadrangle President’s Council, Housing sub-committee (1968)

RG-40/3/N6

Northeast Region Environmental Public Health Center

RG-17/1/1

Northeast Regional Media Center for the Deaf

see Media Specialists for the Deaf, Center for (School of Education) RG-13/3/21/9

Northeast Science Enrichment Program

see Mathematics and Statistics Department–Science Enrichment Program RG-25/M5/3

Northern Educational Services (Social Action Group) (1975)

RG-45/80/N6.4

Notebook, University

see University Notebook RG-5/3/2

Notes For A New World (1987-1988)

RG-25/T3.7/00

Notes From Academic Affairs (1981-1983)

RG-6/00/N6

Notes from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (1973-1974,1977-1978)

RG-30/00/1

NOW

see National Organization for Women (1989- ) RG-45/80/N7

NU (Hillel) (1973, 1975)

RG-45/70/H5

Nummo News (1974-1991)

RG-30/26/N8

see also NOMMO (1990-1994) RG-45/00/N6

Nursery School

RG-25/H9.5

Nurses Association, Student

see Student Nurses Association (SNA) (1987- ) RG-45/40/S7.4

Nursing

RG-17/3

Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter (1989-1993)

RG-17/3

Nursing, School of

see Nursing RG-17/3

Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

see Food Science and Nutrition, Dept. of–Nutrient Data Bank, UMass RG-25/F5/3

Nutrition and Human Needs, Committee on (1971)

RG-45/80/N8

Nutrition Department

see Food Science and Nutrition Department RG-25/F5

Established in Northampton, Mass., in May 1908, the Connecticut Valley Breeders Association was part of the burgeoning Progressive-era movement to apply scientific principles to better agriculture. In its charter, the CVBA announced the ambitious goal of promoting “the live stock development of the Connecticut Valley and as far as possible the entire New England states in every way as affecting its educational, economic, legislative, health or other influences.” Led by Oren C. Burt of Easthampton, and George E. Taylor of Shelburne (its first President), it sponsored lectures and other information sessions that attracted as many as 500 attendees at its peak of popularity. Although the organization appears to have waned in the period of the First World War, it was revived in 1925 and four years later, the new Hampshire Herd Improvement Association assumed many of its functions. The HHIA, however, appears to have succumbed to the Depression.

This slender ledger records the minutes of the Connecticut Valley Breeders Association from its founding in 1908 through about 1930. In addition to the constitution and by-laws of both the CVBA and HHIA, the ledger includes minutes of the organizations’ meetings from 1908-1930, with a gap from 1916-1925. The collection is accompanied by a U.S. Department of Agriculture pamphlet, Cow Testers Handbook (1924).