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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Dairy Control Series

see RG-15/2.2 Experiment Station (1888- )–Dairy Control Series (1914-1973)

Dairy Digest, Massachusetts

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Massachusetts Dairy Digest (1936-1985) RG-15/8

Dairy Farm

see Veterinary and Animal Science, Department of–Dairy Farm RG-25/V2

see also Farm (College of Food and Natural Resources) RG-15/7

Dairy Industry, Department of

see Stockbridge School of Agriculture (Two Year School) RG-15/5

Dames Club (1956)

RG-45/40/D3

Dance Department

see Music and Dance, Department of RG-25/M9

see also Hicks, Adeline RG-40/11

Dartmouth, UMass

see Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU) RG-55/5

Data Bank, Information

see Information Data Bank (IDB) RG-30/2/4

Data Processing Center (DPC)

RG-35/7

Data Processing Center Newsletter (DPC) (1987-1993)

RG-35/7

Day Care Center

see Commuter Student Affairs–Day Care Center RG-30/25

Day School, University

see Nursery School RG-25/H9.5

Day Teacher Preparation Program

see Teacher Education, Center for–Day Teacher Preparation Program RG-13/3/21/5 and

RG-13/3/23/4

Deaf, Media Center for the (Northeast Regional)

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

Dean of Academic Support Services

see Academic Support Services, Dean of RG-30/4

Dean of Administration

see Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services RG-35/1

Dean of Students

RG-30/2

Dean of Students, Assistant

RG-30/2/1

Dean of Students–Student Personnel Administrative Council

RG-30/2

Dean of the College (MSC)

see Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost RG-6/1

Dean of Women

RG-30/3

see also Dean of Women, Helen Curtis (1902-1993) available online (Five College Archives Digital Access Project )

Deans Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1977) RG-6/2

see also Campus Management Council (1984-1989) RG-6/2.5

Deans Meeting, Academic

see Deans Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1977) RG-6/2

see also Campus Management Council RG-6/2.5

Debate (Communication Studies)

RG-25/C7.4

Debate Club

see Debate (Communications Studies) RG-25/C7.4

Debate Union Alumni Newsletter (1979-1982)

RG-25/C7.4/00

DEFA Film Library

see Deutsche Film Aktien- Gesellschaft (DEFA) Film Library (1998- ) RG-25G6.1

Degrees

see Enrollment, Degrees, Courses, Curriculum RG-1/206

see also Honorary Degrees RG-1/7/2

Degrees, Honorary Degrees

see Honorary Degrees (1927- ) RG-1/7/2

Delta Chi (1961- )

RG-45/90/D4

Delta Phi Alpha (1916- )

RG-45/90/D4.3

Delta Phi Gamma (1985)

RG-45/90/D4.6

Delta Sigma Phi (1995)

RG-45/90/D4.7

Delta Sigma Theta (1991-1992)

RG-45/90/D4.725

Delta Upsilon (1988-1989)

RG-45/90/D4.75

Delta Zeta

RG-45/90/D4.8

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) (1989)

RG-45/80/D4

Democrats, University

see University Democrats RG-45/80/U6

Democrats, Young

see Young Democrats RG-45/80/Y6.2

Demographic Research Institute, Massachusetts

see Massachusetts Demographic Research Institute (Research and Graduate Studies) RG-9/10

Demography Group (1982- )

RG-40/3/D4

Demonstration Alcohol Education Project

RG-30/15/2/3

Demonstrations, Student Protests and

see Student Protests and Demonstrations RG-45/101

Dental Hygiene Committee (1962)

RG-40/2/D4

Departmental Activities (Photographs)

RG-160

Department Libraries

see Libraries Departmental (1880, 1958-1978) RG-8/3/11

Departments, Academic

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

Deputy Chancellor

see Chancellor, Deputy RG-4/18

Design and Production (University Relations and Development)

RG-39/6

Designs for Effective Learning Cluster (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23

Deutsche Film Aktien-Gesellschaft (DEFA) Film Library (1998- )

RG-25/G6.1

Development Advisory Council (1969)

RG-40/2/D5

Development and Alumni Affairs

see Alumni Office (Office of Development and Alumni Affairs) RG-50/1

Development Council

see Development Advisory Council (1969) RG-40/2/D5

Development, University Relations and

see University Relations and Development RG-39

Devens, Fort

see Fort Devens (1946-1949) RG-55/1

DGK Fraternity (1875- )

RG-45/90/D5

DIAL

see Digital Image Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) RG-29/2

Digital Image Analysis Laboratory (DIAL)

RG-29/2

Digital Initiatives News (UMass Amherst Libraries) (1999- )

RG-8/00/D3

Digital Photographic Laboratory (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/3/2

Dining Services (Campus Center, Student Union)

RG-37/2

Diploma

see Insignia, Diploma, Motto, Mascot, Mace, etc. RG-1/6

see also Diplomas (Printed materials, oversize) RG-184/6

Diplomas (Printed materials, oversize)

RG-184/6

Directions

see Handbook–Directions (Student Affairs) RG-30/00/2

Directories (Alumni)

RG-50/00/1

see also Directories, Mugbooks, Catalogs of Graduates, etc. (General Catalogs,

All-University Lists of Students) RG-1/00/5

Directories, Faculty and Staff

see Faculty/Staff Biography, Lists, Directories (Collective) RG-40/10

Directories, Mugbooks, Catalogs of Graduates, etc. (General Catalogs,

All-University Lists of Students) (1867- ) RG-1/00/5

see also Directories (Alumni) RG-50/00/1

Disability Services

see Handicapped Student Affairs, Office of (1973- ) RG-30/29

see also Abilities Unlimited (Student Interest Group) (1986- ) RG-45/40/A2

Disadvantaged Students Program

see CCEBMS RG-6/4/12

Disarmament Study Group (1981)

RG-40/3/D5

Discipline Board (Faculty Senate, 1965-1972)

RG-40/2/A3

Dispatches (1982) (School of Education)

RG-13/1

Dispute Resolution

see Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution (CITDR) (2001- ) RG-25/L7.5

Dissertations and Theses (Films and Videotapes)

see Theses and Dissertations (Films and Videotapes) RG-186/2

Dissertations, Doctoral

see Doctoral Dissertations (1911- ) RG-46/1

see also Theses and Dissertations (Films and Videotapes) RG-186/2

Distinguished Architecture (Physical Plant) (1966)

RG-36/50/D5

Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series

see Lectures (Faculty) RG-40/1/2

Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series (Films and Videotapes) (1986- ) RG-186/7

Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Videotapes (1986- )

RG-186/7

see also Lectures (Faculty and Staff) RG-40/1/2

Chancellor’s Lecture Series (1975-1986) RG-186/1

Distinguished Teaching Awards

see Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

Distinguished Visitor’s Program (DVP) (1960-1996)

RG-45/50/D5

Diversity and Development, Center for

see Center for Diversity and Development (CDD) (1996- ) RG-45/80/C4

Diversity and Social Justice, Counsel on Community

see Counsel on Community, Diversity and Social Justice (1997) RG-4/17

Diversity Office, Equal Opportunity and

see Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office RG-4/7

Divine Light Club

see Divine Light Mission RG-45/70/D5

Divine Light Mission (Religious Group) (1973- )

RG-45/70/D5

Doctoral Dissertations (1911- )

RG-46/1 [see UMass Library catalog for holdings

see also Theses and Dissertations (Films and Videotapes) RG-186/2

Documents, Government (Library) (1955- )

RG-8/3/3

Donahue Institute

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

Dormitory and Area Government

see Housing Services RG-32

DPC

see Data Processing Center (DPC) RG-35/7

Dr. Suess Club (1956)

RG-45/40/D7

Draft Counseling Services (1981)

RG-45/80/D7

Dramatic Society

see MAC Dramatic Society RG-45/40/M3

Drill Team, Equestrian

see Equestrian Drill Team RG-45/40/E6

Drop-Out Problem, Student

see Retention Committee–Student Drop-Out Problem (1985- ) RG-40/2/R5

Drug Drop-In Center

see Room to Move RG-30/10

Drum (1970-1988)

RG-45/00/D7

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DSA

see Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)

DTA

see Awards, Prizes (Distinguished Teaching Awards) RG-1/11

Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, W. E. B.

see Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of RG-25/A4

Duplicate Collection

RG-99

Duplicate Collection, Alumni Materials

RG-99/1

Duplicate Collection, Annual Reports (1863-1989)

RG-99/2

Duplicate Collection, Buildings and Grounds (Distinguished Architecture for a State University) (1966)

RG-99/3

Duplicate Collection, Catalogs (Bulletin Series) (1914- )

RG-99/4

Duplicate Collection, Chancellors Lecture Series (1974-1978)

RG-99/5

Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus (1917, 1933, 1963)

RG-99/6

Duplicate Collection, The Index (1871- )

RG-99/7

Duplicate Collection, Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976)

RG-99/8

Duplicate Collection, Stosag (Stockbridge School) (1961- )

RG-99/9

Duplicating (Administrative Services)

RG-35/9

Durfee Garden (Physical Plant) (1993- )

RG-36/104/D8

DVP

see Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP) RG-45/50/D5

Dyslexic Student Organization

see Communication Skills Center RG-6/4/15

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WAGES

see Women’s Admissions and General Support (WAGES) RG-45/40/W6

Wail, Summer School

see Summer School Wail RG-45/00/S10

Walden Learning Center

see Psychology Department RG-25/P8/3

Waltham Experiment Station

see Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham RG-15/9

Waltham Field Station

see Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham RG-15/9

Waltham Suburban Experiment Station

see Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham RG-15/9

Ward Commission

see Massachusetts Commission on Corruption (Ward Commission) RG-36/23

Wareham Agricultural Engineering Laboratory

see Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham RG-25/M6.1

Wareham Aquacultural Engineering Laboratory

see Aquacultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham RG-25/M6.1

Washington Irving Literary Society (1867-1892)

RG-45/40/W3

see also Literary Society (1953-1959) RG-40/3/L4

Waste Prevention, National Environmental Technology for

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

Water Color Paintings (Memorabilia, general)

RG-183/5

Water Crisis, UMass Amherst (Physical Plant) (1980-1989)

RG-36/50/W3

see also Water Supply (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/W4

Water Polo

see Sports, Men’s Water Polo (1992) RG-18/2

Sports, Women’s Water Polo (1995- ) RG-18/2

Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)

RG-25/W2

Water Resources Research Center–Annual Reports (1968, 1970- )

RG-25/W2/00

Water Resources Research Center–Completion Reports (1969-1977)

RG-25/W2/00

Water Resources Research Center–Newsletter (1983-1993)

RG-25/W2/00

Water Resources Research Center–Publications

RG-25/W2/00

Water Resources Research Center–Special Reports

RG-25/W2/00

Water Supply (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/W4

see also Water Crisis (1980-1989) RG-36/50/W3

Waugh Arboretum (Physical Plant) (1944)

RG-36/104/W3

Waugh Memorial Garden Committee (Faculty Senate, 1980)

RG-40/2/A3

W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

see Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of RG-25/A4

W. E. B. Du Bois Library

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

W.E.B. Du Bois Petition Coalition (1993-1995)

RG-45/80/W4

Weekly Biff, The (Student Publication) (1910)

RG-45/00/W4

Weekly Bulletin (1971-1985)

see Weekly Bulletin, University Bulletin, and Executive Bulletin RG-5/00/3

Weekly News, The (Student Publication) (1989)

RG-45/00/W5

Weekly Bulletin, University Bulletin, and Executive Bulletin (1912-1985)

RG-5/00/3

see also University Bulletin (newsprint format) RG-5/00/6

Campus Chronicle (newspaper)(1985- ) RG-5/00/10

West Campus Design Proposal (1993) (Physical Plant)

RG-36/104/W4

Western European Area Studies (Program and Committee)

RG-25/W3

Western Massachusetts Latin American Solidarity Committee

see Latin American Solidarity Committee, Western Massachusetts RG-45/80/L3

WFCR of Note (1991- )

RG-60/8

WFCR Program Guide (1966-1991)

RG-60/8

WFCR Radio Station

RG-60/8

WFCR Weekly Classified Music (1993- )

RG-60/8

Wheel (Student Social Action Group) (1986)

RG-45/80/W3

WIG

see Women in German (WIG) (1975- ) RG-40/3/W5

Wilder Times (Landscape Architecture Department) (1972-1993)

RG-25/L2/00

Wildlife Research Unit; Fishery Unit, Massachusetts Cooperative

(College of Food and Natural Resources) RG-15/6

Wildlife Research Unit; Fishery Unit, Massachusetts Cooperative–Contributions (1970-1974)

RG-15/6

Wildlife Research Unit Quarterly Progress Report (Massachusetts Cooperative)

see Massachusetts Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Quarterly Progress Report (1948-1988) RG-15/6

Winter, Alumni Day

see Mid-Winter Alumni Day (1923-1926) RG-40/2/M5

Winter School

see Summer School, Short Courses RG-6/17

WISPP

see Women in Staff Professional Positions (WISPP) RG-40/5/P7

WMUA (FM Radio Station) (1948- )

RG-45/30/W6

WOCH (Orchard Hill Radio Station) (1987- )

RG-45/30/W7

Women, Advisory Council of

see Advisory Council of Women (1921-1964) available online (Five College Archives Digital Access Project )

see also Advisory Council of Women (Film, ca. 1927) RG-186/100/1

Women and Minority Groups, Associate Provost for

see Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate (1968-1981) RG-6/13

see also Affirmative Action Office (1982- ) RG-4/7

Everywoman’s Center RG-7/2

Women, Dean of

see Dean of Women RG-30/3

see also Dean of Women, Helen Curtis (1902-1993) available online (Five College Archives Digital Access Project )

Women in German (WIG) (1975- ) RG-40/3/W5

Women in Staff Professional Positions (WISPP)

RG-40/5/W5

Women, National Organization for

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

Women, New England Council of Land-Grant University

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

Women of Color Program (1993-1998) /Women of Color Leadership Network (WOCLN) (1998- )

(Everywoman’s Center ) RG-7/2/2/9

see also Third World Women’s Programmer (1979-1989) RG-7/2/2/5

Women, Status of, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1970- )

RG-40/2/A3

Women, University

see University Women RG-40/7

Women’s Admissions and General Support (WAGES) (1985-1989)

RG-45/40/W6

Women’s Caucus and Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971-1972)

RG-45/80/W5

Women’s Clubs

see Engineering Faculty Women’s Club (Engineering Wives) RG-40/7/3

New Comer’s Club RG-40/7/2

University Women RG-40/7

Women’s Conference, Five-College

see Five-College Women’s Conference, Valley Women’s Studies Journal RG-60/9

Women’s Educational Equity Project (WEEP)

see Women’s Equity Project RG-7/2/2/1

Women’s Equity Project (1972-1984)

RG-7/2/2/1

Note: Formerly Women’s Educational Equity Project (WEEP)

Women’s Health, Center for Research and Education in

see Center for Research and Education in Women’s Health (CREWH) RG-17/1/2

Women’s Leadership Project (1984-1989)

RG-45/80/W6

Women’s Network, Graduate

see Graduate Women’s Network (1994- ) RG-45/40/G7

Women’s News in the Collegian (Official University Committee) (1978)

RG-40/2/W6

Women’s Physical Education (WOPE)

see Physical Education, Women’s RG-25/P3.2

Women’s Program Development

RG-7/8

Women’s Programmer, Third World

see Third World Women’s Programmer RG-7/2/2/5

Women’s Rights, Progressive Organization of

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

Women’s Student Government Association (WSGA)

RG-45/4

see also Women’s Student Government Association Handbooks for Women (1925-1941) available online (Five College Archives Digital Access Project )

Women’s Studies Newsletter (1976- ) RG-25/W5/00

Women’s Studies Program

RG-25/W5

Wood Science and Technology

RG-25/W7

WOPE Department

see Physical Education, Women’s Department (WOPE) RG-25/P3.2

Worcester Medical School

see Medical School, Worcester RG-55/2

Wrestling

see Sports, Men’s Wrestling (1965, 1970-1971) RG-18/2

Writing Program

RG-25/E3/1

see also University Writing Program RG-7/11

Writing Program, ad hoc Committee for (Faculty Senate, 1982- )

RG-40/2/A3

WRRC

see Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) (1970- ) RG-25/W2

WSGA

see Women’s Student Government Association (WSGA) RG-45/4

WSUR (Southwest Radio Station) (1998)

RG-45/30/W8

WSYL (Sylvan Radio Station) (1986)

RG-45/30/W9

A druggist by training, William Denslow became interested in botany as a means of combating tuberculosis through outdoor exercise. As his interests developed, Denslow amassed an herbarium that included between 11,000 and 15,000 specimens, including both American and European species.

The Denslow collection consists of a single volume of manuscripts, chiefly letters, collected from significant botanists and other individuals, including William Henry Brewer, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Asa Gray, Isaac Hollister Hall, Thomas P. James, Horace Mann, Edward Sylvester Morse, Charles Horton Peck, George Edward Post, Frederick Ward Putnam, George Thurber, and John Torrey.

Bold Stroke for a Wife

Since its founding, Double Edge Theatre has embraced a two-fold mission: to develop and promote the highest quality of original theatre performance, and to create a permanent center of performance, practice, training research, and cultural exchange.

The collection documents the Theatre’s focus on research, international collaboration, and the elevation of artistic performance above and beyond stage work into the realm of cultural exchange.

Barrie Greenbie with g-frame model

Barrie Barstow Greenbie was a key member of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at UMass Amherst from 1970-1989. In a long and remarkably diverse career, Greenbie worked as an artist with the Works Progress Administration, as a soldier and journalist, as a professor of theater, an architect, inventor, author, and landscape planner. After earning a BA in drama from the University of Miami (1953),he worked for several years in the theatre program at Skidmore College. While there, he added architecture to his array of talents, designing the East 74th Street Theater in New York in 1959, and founded a company to produce a “self-erecting” building designed to substitute for summer tent theaters. Two years after joining the faculty at UMass in 1970, he completed a doctorate in urban affairs and regional planning at the University of Wisconsin and continued with a characteristically broad array of creative pursuits, designing the William Smith Clark Memorial, among other things, and conducting an extensive aerial survey of the landscapes of the Connecticut River Valley. In monographs such as Design for Diversity and Spaces: Dimensions of the Human Landscape, Greenbie examined the interactions between humans and nature. He died at his home on South Amherst in 1998.

The Greenbie Papers document a long career as academic, writer, artist, architect, and theatrical designer. Of particular note is the extensive and engrossing correspondence, which extends from Greenbie’s years as a student at the Taft School in the late 1930s through his World War II service with the Sixth Army in the South Pacific and Japan, to his tenure at UMass Amherst (1970-1989). The collection also includes a small, but interesting correspondence between Greenbie’s parents (1918-1919).

Lewis Hanke

Lewis Hanke, the Clarence and Helen Haring Professor of History from 1969 to 1975, was a scholar of Latin American history, served as the president of the American Historical Association, worked extensively as an editor, and was best known for his research on Bartolome de Las Casas. Hanke was born in 1905 in Oregon City, Oregon, and received his B.S. and M.A. in history from Northwestern University. After earning his Ph.D from Harvard in 1936, the great depression barred his way to professorial appointment, allowing Hanke to work outside of academia as the director of the Hispanic Foundation until 1951. After teaching at the University of Texas and Columbia University, Hanke eventually became a professor at the University of Massachusetts in 1969 until his retirement in 1975. During his tenure at the University, Hanke edited the Guide to the Study of US History Outside the US, 1945-1980, and the year before his retirement, he served as the president of the American Historical Association, where he oversaw the re-writing of the AHA’s charter. Hanke died in March, 1993.

Lewis Hanke’s papers document his historical research and his prolific scholarly output. The largest portion of the collection are notes, correspondence and administrative records relating to his editorship of the Guide to the Study of US History Outside the US, 1945-1980, as well as a collection of his published and unpublished papers from 1939. The collection also includes notes, correspondence, and image reproductions for Hanke’s book Spanish Viceroys. The remainder of the collection is professional correspondence, documents from Hanke’s tenure as AHA president, and materials from his many research projects.

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

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

William K. Hefner

In 1960, William K. Hefner (1915-1993) became one of the first of new breed of radical pacifists to run for elective office, when he ran as a peace candidate for Congress in the 1st district of Massachusetts. An accountant from Greenfield, Hefner was involved at a national level with movements for peace and civil rights. An early member of SANE, a founder of Political Action for Peace in 1959 (now CPPAX) and the Greenfield Peace Center (1963), and an active member of the American Friends Service Committee, War Resisters League, Turn Toward Peace, and the World Without War Conference, Hefner was an energetic force in the movements for peace and disarmament, civil rights, and a more just economic system. He ran unsuccessfully for office in three elections between 1960 and 1964, and supported peace candidate H. Stuart Hughes in his bid for election to the U.S. Senate in 1962.

The Hefner papers offer a remarkable record of politically-engaged activism for peace and social justice in the early 1960s. With an intensely local focus, Hefner was tied in to the larger movements at the state and national level, corresponding with major figures such as A.J. Muste, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Spock, and Arthur Springer. The collection includes particularly rich documentation of the early years of Political Action for Peace, which Hefner helped found, with correspondence, minutes of meetings, and publications, as well as equally rich materials on Hefner’s bids for congress in 1960 and 1962.

Father and son wood turners, manufacturers of ladders, and general wood workers from the Loudville section of Westhampton, Massachusetts. Includes names of customers and businesses (bulk of the accounts are with local lumber and furniture dealers S.M. Smith Co., E.H. Lyman, Medad Pomeroy, and Charles Loud & Co.), items sold (such as bureaus, tables, and lumber), furniture that they repaired, and supply items which they acquired (such as varnish, stain, glass, tacks). Also contains documentation of employee payment, flour, tow, sugar, and coffee purchases, and employee lost work days.