Founded by Charles Bagli in 1976, the Revolutionary Student Brigade at UMass Amherst (later the Radical Student Union) has been a focal point for organization by politically radical students. RSU members have responded to issues of social justice, addressing both local, regional, and national concerns ranging from militarism to the environment, racism and sexism to globalization.

The RSU records document the history of a particularly long-lived organization of left-leaning student activists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Beginning in the mid-1970s, as students were searching for ways to build upon the legacy of the previous decade, the RSU has been a constant presence on campus, weathering the Reagan years, tough budgetary times, and dramatic changes in the political culture at the national and state levels. The RSU reached its peak during the 1980s with protests against American involvement in Central America, CIA recruitment on campus, American support for the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and government-funded weapons research, but in later years, the organization has continued to adapt, organizing against globalization, sweatshops, the Iraq War, and a host of other issues.

Carl Oglesby, 2006
Photo by Jennifer Fels

Reflective, critical, and radical, Carl Oglesby was an eloquent voice of the New Left during the 1960s and 1970s. A native of Ohio, Oglesby was working in the defense industry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1964 when he became radicalized by what he saw transpiring in Vietnam. Through his contacts with the Students for a Democratic Society, he was drawn into the nascent antiwar movement, and thanks to his formidable skills as a speaker and writer, rose rapidly to prominence. Elected president of the SDS in 1965, he spent several years traveling nationally and internationally advocating for a variety of political and social causes.

In 1972, Oglesby helped co-found the Assassination Information Bureau which ultimately helped prod the U.S. Congress to reopen the investigation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. A prolific writer and editor, his major works include Containment and Change (1967), The New Left Reader (1969), The Yankee and Cowboy War (1976), and The JFK Assassination: The Facts and the Theories (1992). The Oglesby Papers include research files, correspondence, published and unpublished writing, with the weight of the collection falling largely on the period after 1975.

A political scientist, writer, and government consultant, John P. Roche was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 7, 1923, the son of a salesman. A liberal Social Democrat and fervent anti-Communist, Roche spent his academic career at Haverford College and Brandeis and Tufts Universities, writing extensively on American foreign policy, constitutional law, and the history of political thought in America, and maintaining a strong interest in the history of the American left. During the 1960s and early 1970s, he served as an adviser to the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.

The Roche Collection consists of over 300 publications pertaining to the political left in the United States, with a smaller number of works from the radical right and from European Socialists and Communists. Concentrated in the years spanning the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the McCarthy hearings, many of the works were produced by formal political parties in response to particular political campaigns, current events, or social issues, with other works geared primarily toward consciousness raising and general political education on trade unionism, fascism, war and peace, American foreign policy, and freedom of speech and the press.

In the mid-1970s, the Center for the Study of New Russian Literature in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UMass Amherst began collecting the self-published and underground literature of the Soviet Union as a means of documenting social and political dissent in the Communist state.

The Samizdat collection includes writings in several genres — chiefly fiction, poetry, drama, and literary, social, and political criticism — in handwritten, photocopied, and printed form, as well as photos, a passport application for Mikhail Baryshnikov, and memorabilia from an American production of one of the plays in the collection.

Minutes and correspondence of the Executive Committee, correspondence and general files of chairmen Philip Eddy, David E. Matz, and Donn Kesselheim, as well as correspondence, briefs, and clippings related to legal cases and inquiries undertaken by the chapter.

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

S

Sabbatical Leave

RG-40/1/6

Sabbatical Leave Committee (Faculty Senate, 1956-1961)

RG-40/2/A3

SADL

see Student Affairs Leadership and Development Master’s Degree Program (SADL) (School of Education) RG-13/4/3/1

SADRI

see Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI) (Sociology Department) RG-25/S7/1

SAFA

see Students Advocating Financial Aid (SAFA) RG-45/40/S6.7

Safety, Campus (Official University Committee) (1923-1924)

RG-40/2/S1

Safety Committee (Official University Committee) (1978)

RG-40/2/S1.5

Sailing Club (1976, 2001- ) RG-45/40/S3

SALALM

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

Salaries and Cost of Living (Official University Committee) (1919)

RG-40/2/S2C6

Salaries (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/1/4

Salaries, Faculty Committee on Trusteeship and Faculty

see Trusteeship and Faculty Salaries, Faculty Committee on (1962) RG-40/3/T7

Salary (Official University Committee) (1947-1948)

RG-40/2/S2

Salary Scale for Exchange Teachers, Four College, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1964)

RG-40/2/A3

Sam Spark’s Greatest Hits (Student Publication) (1968)

RG-45/00/S2

SAREO

see Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

SARIS

see Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

SCERA

see Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA) RG-45/10

Schedule (Official University Committee) (1910-1923)

RG-40/2/S2.5

Schedule Office

RG-6/16

Scheduling, Advisory Committee for (1983- )

RG-40/2/S2.7

Scheduling and Registration Committee (Faculty Senate, 1957-1958, 1962-1963, 1966)

RG-40/2/A3

Scholarship (Official University Committee) (1910-1957)

RG-40/2/S3

see also Financial Aid and Scholarships, University Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1963-1976) RG-40/2/A3

Scholarship and Admissions, Committee on (1928-1947) (Restricted Access)

RG-40/2/S3

Scholarship, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960)

RG-40/2/A3

Scholarships

see Financial Aid, Scholarships RG-30/14

Scholarships and Study Abroad, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960)

School of Business Administration

see School of Management RG-12

School of Education

RG-13

School of Education (pre-1967)

RG-13/2

School of Education (1967-1977)

RG-13/3

School of Education (1977-1993)

RG-13/4

School of Education (1993- )

RG-13/4/10

School of Education, Administration (Deans, Grants, Personnel)

RG-13/1

School of Education Alumni Newsletter

RG-13/00

School of Education, Catalogs

RG-13/3/5

School of Education, Centers, General

RG-13/3/12

School of Education, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1970-1971, 1975)

RG-40/2/A3

see also School of Education Evaluation Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970) RG-40/2/A3

School of Education, Concentrations

RG-13/4/10

School of Education, Division of Educational Policy, Research and Administration (EPRA)

see Division of Educational Policy, Research and Administration (EPRA) (School of Education) RG-13/4/2

School of Education, Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences (HS/ABS)

see Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences (HS/ABS) RG-13/4/1

School of Education Evaluation Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970)

RG-40/2/A3

see also School of Education, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1970-1971, 1975) RG-40/2/A3

School of Education, Film Lecture Series

see School of Education Innovations in Education (1968) RG-13/3/10

School of Education, Flexible Scheduling Module

RG-13/3/7

School of Education, Future (Official University Committee) (1976)

RG-40/2/S3E3

School of Education, Governance (Assembly, Council, Faculty Meetings, Reports)

RG-13/3/3

School of Education, Graduate Alumni Newsletter (1976-1986, 1988)

RG-13/00

School of Education, Marathons

RG-13/3/4

School of Education Newsletter

see Beacon (School of Education) (1970- ) RG-13/00

see also The School of Education Newsletter (1987) RG-13/00

School of Education, Programs

RG-13/3/25

School of Education, Publications

RGs-13/00, 13/4/00, 13/5/00

School of Education, Review Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970-1971, 1975)

RG-40/2/A3

School of Education, Workshops

RG-13/3/9

School of Engineering (College of Engineering)

see College of Engineering RG-14

School of Health Sciences

see School of Public Health and Health Sciences (1993- ) RG-17

see also School of Public Health (1973-1989) RG-17

School of Nursing RG-17/3

School of Management

RG-12

School of Management, Dean

RG-12/1

School of Management, Publications

RG-12/00

School of Management–Newsletter (1983-1985)

RG-12/00

School of Nursing

see Nursing RG-17/3

School of Nursing and Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter

RG-17/3

School of Physical Education

RG-18

School of Physical Education, Dean

RG-18/1

School of Public Health (1988-1993)

see School of Public Health and Health Sciences (1993- ) RG-17

School of Public Health and Health Sciences (1993- )

RG-17

Science Alliance, Applied Behavioral

see Applied Behavioral Science Alliance (ABSA) (1973-1974) RG-40/3/A6

Science and Technology Advancement (STA) (1995- )

RG-39/10

Science Enrichment Program (Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics)

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

Science Fiction Club (1967- )

RG-45/40/S4

Science Journal (Public Affairs) (1979-1994)

RG-5/3/1

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Institute (1996- )

RG-25/S3

Scientific Reasoning Research Institute

see Physics and Astronomy–Scientific Reasoning Research Institute RG-25/P3/3

Scientific Reasoning Research Institute–Newsletter (1988- )

RG-25/P3/00

SCORE

see Student Competition on Relevant Engineering Inc. (SCORE) RG-45/40/S7

Scrapbooks (Memorabilia, General)

RG-183/4

Scrolls (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/S4

Scrolls (Printed Materials, Oversize)

RG-184/8

Sculptures (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/S8

see also Metawampe RG-36/50/M5

SDS

see Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) RG-45/80/S8.2

Sea Grant Advisory Program (Extension Service, Cooperative) (1977-1981)

RG-15/8.1

Second Language

see English as a Second Language RG-11/7

Second Wind, Athletic Department

see Athletic Department, Second Wind RG-18/2

Secondary Teacher Education Program Newsletter

see STEPNEWS RG-13/00

Secretary, Faculty Senate

see Senate Secretary (Faculty Senate) RG-40/2/A5

Secretary of the University

RG-3/3

Security (Student Affairs)

RG-30/19

Security (Library)

RG-8/1/6

Seed Inspection Service

see Experiment Station (1888- )–Seed Inspection Service RG-15/2.2

SEIU

see Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (Local 509) RG-40/5/S5

Semi-Centennial (Official University Committee) (1913-1921)

RG-40/2/S4

Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) (1973-1976)

RG-8/9

Senate, Stockbridge

see Stockbridge Senate RG-45/5

Senate, Student

see Student Senate (Student Government Association (SGA)) RG-45/1

Senior Fence (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/S8.5

Senior Honors, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1956-1957,1965,1968-1969) RG-40/2A3

Senior Honors Theses/Projects/Portfolios (1894- )

RG-46/3

Sensitivity and T-Group Experiences, ad hoc Committee of Consultants to the University for

(Faculty Senate, 1971) RG-40/2/A3

Service Department, Policies and Practices of the, Committee on the

(Faculty Senate, 1965-1990) RG-40/2/A3

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) (Local-509)

RG-40/5/S5

Service Learning Curriculum, Special Committee on (1994- ) (Official University Committee)

RG-40/2/S4.2

1776 AFS-CME, Local Council-41

see Local 1776 (Council-41) RG-40/5/S4

Sewer Lines (Physical Plant) (1913)

RG-36/50/S8.75

Sex Education Program, Peer

see Peer Sex Education Program RG-30/15/2/2

Sexual Assault Advisory Committee (Official University Committee)

RG-40/2/S4.5

SFA

see Students for America (SFA) RG-45/80/S8.3

SGA

see Student Senate (Student Government Association (SGA)) RG-45/1

SGAF

see Student Group For Academic Freedom (SGAF) (1972)

RG-45/40/S7.25

Shade Tree Lab

RG-25/P5.2

Shakespearean Club

see Alpha Sigma Phi (College Shakespearean Club) RG-45/90/C6

Sheep Shearing

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Sheep Shearing (1947, 1954-1955) RG-15/8

see also Extension Service, Cooperative–Beef and Sheep Highlights (1967-1975) RG-15/8

SHEIR

see Statewide Higher Education Information Reporting, Committee for (SHEIR) RG-60/11

Shofar (1982-1988)

RG-25/J8/00

Shofar (1998- )

RG-30/1/1/1

Short Courses

see Summer School, Short Courses (1907-1977) RG-6/17

Shorthorn (1921-1957) (View online)

RG-45/00/S8

see also Stosag (1958-1991,1993-1995) RG-45/00/S8

Shorthorn Newsletter (1962-1963, 1971, 1974-1977)

RG-45/00/S3.1

Shubenacadie Club (1921-1942)

RG-40/3/S3

Sidewalks (Physical Plant) (1984)

RG-36/50/S9

Sidney Topol Distinguished Lecture Series

RG-186/10

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (1935-1937, 1988)

RG-45/90/S5.2

Sigma Alpha Mu (1981- )

RG-45/90/S5.25

Sigma Delta Tau (1945-1986)

RG-45/90/S5.3

Sigma Gamma Epsilon (1956- )

RG-45/90/S5.35

Sigma Kappa (1963, 1988-1994) RG-45/90/S5.4

Sigma Lamda Alpha (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/S4.25

Sigma Phi Epsilon (1914- )

RG-45/90/S5.5

Sigma Sigma Sigma (Tri Sig) (1985)

RG-45/90/S5.9

Sigma Theta Tau (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/S4.5

Sigma Xi (1938-1968)

RG-40/3/S4

Sign Language

see Hands Club (Sign Language) (1980s- ) RG-45/40/H2.5

Signal, College

see College Signal (Student Newspaper) RG-45/00/C6.4

Signet (1909-1952)

see Phi Sigma Kappa RG-45/90/P5.6

Significant Bits(Computer and Information Science) (1999-)

RG-25/C9/00

see also Loose Change(Computer and Information Science) (1993-1999) RG-25/C9/00

Simmons College

see Boston University combined degree-granting with UMass and Simmons College RG-60/4

SIMS

see Students International Mediation Society (SIMS) RG-45/70/S8

Singing Clubs

RG-25/M9.5

Single Parents Association (1992-1995)

RG-45/40/S4.1

SITEC

see Strategic Information Technology Center (SITEC) (1998- ) RG-12/8

Skating

see Sports, Men’s Skating (1937-1938) RG-18/2

Sketches (Cartographic Materials)

RG-181/5

Ski Club/Ski and Board Club (1970- )

RG-45/40/S4.2

Ski Team

see Sports, Mens Ski Team (1936-1938, 1988- ) RG-18/2

Slavic Department

see Slavic Languages and Literature RG-25/S5

Slavic Languages and Literature

RG-25/S5

Slavic Studies

see Slavic Languages and Literature RG-25/S5

Soviet and East European Studies Program and Committee RG-25/S7.5

Slide Collection, Photo Center

see Photo Center Slide Collection RG-187/2

Slide Show, UMass 125th Anniversary (1988)

see UMass 125th Anniversary Slide Show (1988) RG-187/1

Slide Shows, Home Economics

see Home Economics Slide Shows RG-187/3

Slide Shows, Library

see Library Slide Shows (including Audio Tapes) RG-187/4

Slides (35mm)

RG-187

Slides, Glass Lantern

RG-188

Small Business Development Center, Massachusetts

see Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) RG-12/10

Small Farm/Rural Development Resource Center (1970′s)

RG-15/8.7

Smile (General/Special Interest Group) (1970)

RG-45/40/S4.25

Smoke Signals (1952-1986)

RG-45/40/O9

SMU

see Southeastern Massachusetts University (Dartmouth Campus) RG-55/5

SNA

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

SNPS

see Student Notes and Printing Service (SNPS) RG-45/40/S7.35

SNUFF

see Student Network United to Fight Fires (SNUFF) RG-45/40/S7.3

Soccer

see Sports, Mens Soccer (1930- ) RG-18/2

Sports, Womens Soccer (1980- ) RG-18/2

Social Action, Center for

RG-45/80/S6

Social Action Groups (Student)

RG-45/80

see also Student Center for Educational Advocacy and Research (SCERA) RG-45/10

Social and Behavioral Sciences Cluster, Humanistic Applications of

see Humanistic Applications of Social and Behavioral Sciences Cluster (School of Education) RG-13/3/15

Social and Behavioral Sciences, Dean

RG-11/31

Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty

RG-11/30

Social and Cultural Diversity, Sub-Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1992)

RG-40/2/A3

Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI)

see Sociology Department–Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI) RG-25/S7

Social Justice, Counsel on Community, Diversity and

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

Social Thought and Political Economy (STPEC)

RG-25/S6

Social Thought and Political Economy Newsletter

RG-25/S6/00

Social Union (1872-1940)

RG-45/90/S6

Socialistic Faculty Caucus

RG-40/5/S6

Sociology Department

RG-25/S7

Sociology Department–Graduate Sociology Association

RG-25/S7/3

Sociology Department–Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI)

RG-25/S7

Sociology Newsletter (1987-1992)

RG-25/S7/00

Soil Auger

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Soil Auger (1940-1956) RG-15/8

Solar Habitat (Physical Plant) (1984)

RG-36/50/S10

Solid Waste Management, Office of/Waste Management and Moving Services (Physical Plant)

RG-36/10

Solstice

see Statesman, Summer Statesman, Crier, Summer Crier, Summer News, Summer Time and Solstice RG-45/00/S7

Songbooks and Songs

RG-45/00/S4

SOS

see Students on Security (SOS) RG-45/40/S4.5

Soul TV (on Channel 19) (1999- )

RG-45/30/S6

Sound Recordings

RG-185

South Asia Club (1992- )

RG-45/40/S4.23

Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU)

RG-55/5

Southwest (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/S6

Southwest Area Government (SWAG)

RG-45/9

Soviet and East European Studies (Program and Committee)

RG-25/S7.5

Soviet Area, Human Rights in the, Committee for

see Human Rights in the Soviet Area, Committee for (1974) RG-40/3/H8

Space and Calendar Committee (Faculty Senate, 1968- )

RG-40/2/A3

Space Management, Office of Campus Planning and (1996- )

see Office of Space Management (OSM) RG-4/14

Spanish and Portuguese Department

see Hispanic Literature and Linguistics RG-25/H4

Spanish CCEBS

RG-6/4/12/2

Spanish Club

see Hispanic Department–Spanish Club RG-25/H4/3

Speakers Bureau (Public Affairs)

RG-5/5

Speaking Contests, Student Oratory (1870-1948)

RG-25/C7.3

Special Bulletin (Experiment Station )

see Experiment Station (1888- )–Special Bulletin RG-15/2.2

Special Collections and Rare Books (Library) (1904- )

RG-8/3/6

Special Days

see Centennial and other anniversaries; Special Days RG-1/8

Special Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/21/4

Special Interest Groups, General

see General/Special Interest Groups (Student Body) RG-45/40

Special Programs, Associate Provost for

see Associate Provost for Special Programs (1968-1982) RG-6/4

Special Reports of the University (1917- )

RG-1/00/3

Special Services (Student Affairs)

RG-30/1/6

Spectrum (1965-1966): student guidebook (View online)

RG 30/00/2

see also Handbooks RG-30/00/2

Spectrum (1967-2000): student literary and artistic journal (View online)

RG-45/00/S5

Speech Department

see Communication Studies, Department of RG-25/C7

Sponsored Activities (1975-1996)

RG-4/4

see also Coordinator of Research, Graduate School (1958-1973) RG-10/3

Sport Parachute Club

see Parachute Club, Sport RG-45/40/O9.5

Sport Studies Department

RG-25/S8

Sports

RG-18/2

Sports (Photographs)

RG-141

see also Panoramic Photos and Oversize Photos RG-170

Intramural and Recreational Sports (Photographs) (1969-1989) RG-141/1

Sports Club Newsletters

see Athletic Department–Sports Club Newsletter RG-18/2

see also Touchdown Club RG-50/1

Sports Studies

RG-25/S8

Sportsman Club (1911, 1998)

RG-45/40/S4.25

Spotlight (1985-1987, 1995-1997)

RG-11/13

Spot-Light for Extension Workers (Extension Service, Cooperative)

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Spot-Light for Extension Workers (1927-1930) RG-15/8

see also Extension Service, Cooperative– Spot-Light for Mass. Extension Workers (1948-1955) RG-15/8

Spot-Light for Massachusetts Extension Workers (Extension Service, Cooperative)

RG-15/8

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Spot-Light for Massachusetts Extension Workers (1948-1955) RG-15/8

see also Extension Service, Cooperative–Spot-Light for Extension Workers (1927-1930) RG-15/8

Springfield Teacher Recruitment to Increase Diversity in Education

see Project STRIDE (1996- ) RG-13/1/2

Squib (Student Publication) (1914-1924) (View online)

RG-45/00/S6

SSAM

see State Student Association of Massachusetts (SSAM) RG-45/40/S6.5

SSAM States (Student Publication) (1986 )

RG-45/40/S6.5

STA

see Science and Technology Advancement (STA) (1995- ) RG-39/10

Staff (Photographs)

see Faculty and Staff (Photographs) RG-120

Staff, Faculty and

see Faculty and Staff RG-40

Staff, Faculty and (Photographs)

see Faculty and Staff (Photographs) RG-120

Staff Appeals Committee, Professional

see Professional Staff Appeals Committee RG-40/5/P7.5

Staff Association, University

see University Staff Association (USA) RG-40/5/U6

Staff, Individual Members of Faculty and

see Individual Members of Faculty and Staff RG-40/11

Staff Woman, The (Everywomans Center) (1976-1978)

RG-7/2/00

Stages (Department of Theater) (1991-1992)

RG-25/T3/00

START

see Students Advocating Rights Together (START) RG-45/40/S6.9

State College Review (Office of Public Information) (1926-1931)

RG-5/3

State Planning Board (1930′s)

RG-15/8.5

State Relations

RG-39/2

State Relationships (Official University Committee) (1933-1934)

RG-40/2/S5

State Student Association of Massachusetts (SSAM) (1983- )

RG-45/40/S6.5

State Universities

see Land-Grant Colleges, State Universities RG-60/1

Statesman

see Singing Clubs–Statesman RG-25/M9.5

Statesman, Summer Statesman (Student Publications)

RG-45/00/S7

see also Crier RG-45/00/S7

Summer Crier RG-45/00/S7

Summer News RG-45/00/S7

Summer Time RG-45/00/S7

Solstice RG-45/00/S7

Statewide Higher Education Information Reporting, Committee for (SHEIR) RG-60/11

Statistical Consulting Center

RG-10/6

Statistical Consulting Center Newsletter (1984-1987)

RG-10/6

Statistics

see Mathematics and Statistics Department RG-25/M5

Statistics, University

see University Statistics (USTAT) (1998- ) (Student Special Interest Group) RG-45/40/U8

STEM Education Institute

see Science, Technoloty, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Institute (1996- ) RG-25/53

STEPNEWS (Secondary Teacher Education Program Newsletter) (1989-1992)

RG-13/00

Stereo Co-ops (1977)

RG-45/40/S4.3

Stockbridge Alumni

RG-50/3

Stockbridge Alumni News (1929- )

RG-50/3

see also The Two Year News (1925-1928) RG-50/3

Stockbridge School (Official University Committee) (1924-1945)

RG-40/2/S6

Stockbridge School of Agriculture (College of Food and Natural Resources)

RG-15/5

Stockbridge School of Agriculture (Microfilm)

RG-190/19

Stockbridge Senate

RG-45/5

Stockbridge Student Senate

see Stockbridge Senate RG-45/5

Stonewall Center (1995- )

RG-30/2/6

Stones (Memorial)

see Memorial Stones and Plaques RG-36/50/M4

Store, University

see University Store RG-37/5

Stosag (Stockbridge School Yearbook) (1958-1991, 1993-1995) (View online)

RG-45/00/S8

see also Stosag (duplicates) (1961-1969) RG-99/9

STPEC

see Social Thought and Political Economy (STPEC) RG-25/S6

STPEC Newsletter (1975- )

RG-25/S6/00

Strategic Information Technology Center (SITEC) (1998- )

RG-12/8

Strategic Planning Process (Official University Committee) (1993- )

RG-40/2/S6.5

Student Action Committee

see Town Meeting (Student Action Committee) RG-45/12

Student Activities (Official University Committee ) (1909-1911)

RG-40/2/S7

Student Activities Office

RG-30/30

Student activities without formal organization or name

RG-45/100

Student Advocate (Student Senate, Student Government Association (SGA)) (1981-1982)

RG-45/1

Student Affairs

RG-30

Student Affairs and University Life Council (Faculty Senate, 1993-1994)

RG-40/2/A5

Student Affairs, Associate Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Associate RG-30/1/1

Student Affairs, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1965-1971, 1980)

RG-40/2/A3

Student Affairs Committee, RSO Sub-Committee of

see RSO Sub-Committee of Student Affairs Committee RG-30/23/3

Student Affairs, Committees in

see Committees in Student Affairs RG-30/1/3

Student Affairs, Connection

see Connection RG-30/00

Student Affairs, Handbooks

see Handbooks (Student Affairs) (1890- ) RG-30/00/2

Student Affairs Information Services (SARIS)

see Student Affairs Research and Education Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

Student Affairs Leadership and Development Master’s Degree Program (SADL) (School of Education)

RG-13/4/3/1

Student Affairs, Notes from the Vice Chancellor for

see Notes from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (1973-1978) RG-30/00/1

Student Affairs, Operations Council

see Operations Council (Student Affairs) RG-30/1/2

Student Affairs, Publications

RG-30/00

Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Office (SAREO)

RG-30/27

Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Office Reports (SAREO)

RG-30/27

Student Affairs Research, Information and Systems (SARIS)

see Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Office (SAREO) RG-30/27

Student Affairs Review (Official University Committee) (1998- )

RG-40/2/S7.5

Student Affairs, Special Services

see Special Services (Student Affairs) RG-30/1/6

Student Affairs, Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs RG-30/1

Student Affairs, Vice Chancellor for–Official Notice (1974-1975)

RG-30/1

Student Alliance for Israel (1982)

RG-45/80/S7.9

Student Body

RG-45

Student Body, Media

see Media, other than publications (Student Body) RG-45/30

Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA)

RG-45/10

Student Christian Association

see Christian Association, Student RG-45/70/C5.3

Student Coalition

RG-45/80/S8

Student Coalition, Public

see Public Student Coalition RG-45/45/P8

Student Communication Board (Faculty Senate, 1966-1970)

RG-40/2/A3

Student Competition on Relevant Engineering Inc. (SCORE) (1974)

RG-45/40/S7

Student Craft Market

see Craft Market (Student) RG-45/40/C7

Student Curriculum Committee

see Curriculum, Student RG-40/2/C9.5

Student Development and Career Planning Center

RG-30/9

see also Counseling and Academic Development Center (CADC) RG-11/8

Student Development and Pupil Personnel Services, Dept. of (School of Education) (1993- )

RG-13/5/2

Student Directories

see Directories, mugbooks, catalogs of graduates, etc. RG-1/00/5

Directories (Alumni) RG-50/00/1

Student Employees, Union of

see Union of Student Employees RG-45/45/U5

Student Employment Office

see Financial Aid, Scholarships–Student Employment Office RG-30/14

Student Federal Credit Union

see Credit Union, Student Federal RG-45/40/C10

Student Fee Book

see Treasurer--Student Fee Book (1971- ) RG-3/4/1

Student Government Association

see Student Senate (Student Government Association (SGA)) RG-45/1

Student Government, Summer

see Summer Student Government RG-45/6

Student Group for Academic Freedom (SGAF) (1972)

RG-45/40/S7.25

Student Handbook (View online)

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

Student Health Records (Microfilms) RG-190/7

Student Housing, Married

see Married Students Housing Committee RG-35/12/2

see also Married Student Housing (Microfilms) RG-190/8

Student Interest Research Seminar

see Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA) RG-45/10

Student Life (Official University Committee) (1911-1924, 1940-1955, n.d.)

RG-40/2/S7L5

Student Life (University Historical Collection) (1868- )

RG-1/204

Student Life Committee (Student Senate) (1936-1945, 1966-1967)

RG-45/7/S7

Student Life, Fraternities and

see Fraternities and Student Life (Official University Committee) RG-40/2/F7

Student Mobilization Committee

see Mobilization Committee, Student RG-45/80/M6

Student Newsnote on Massachusetts Higher Education (1976)

RG-45/00/S8.5

Student Network United to Fight Fires (SNUFF) (1983)

RG-45/40/S7.3

Student Notes and Printing Service (SNPS) (1988-1998)

RG-45/40/S7.35

Student Nurses Association (SNA) (1987-1998)

RG-45/40/S7.4

Student Oratory

see Speaking Contests, Student Oratory RG-25/C7.3

Student Organizations (Photographs)

RG-140

Student Organizations, Miscellaneous (Photographs)

RG-140/3

Student Organizations Office, Recognized

see Recognized Student Organizations Office (RSO) RG-30/23

Student Organizing Project (1975-1986)

RG-45/45/O7

Student Papers, Textbooks, Memorabilia, Biography (by year of graduation)

see Classes by Year (including individual students) RG-50/6

Student Personnel Administrative Council

see Dean of Students–Student Personnel Administrative Council RG-30/2

Student Protests and Demonstrations

RG-45/101

Student Publications

RG-45/00

Student Publications and Broadcast Board

see Publications and Broadcast Board, Student RG-45/30/P8

Student Redemption Service

see Redemption Service, Student RG-45/40/R5

Student Rights Advocate (1989-1994)

RG-45/2

Student Run Co-ops and Businesses

see Co-ops and Businesses, Student Run RG-45/40/C6.5

Student Senate (Student Government Association (SGA))

RG-45/1

Student Senate, Academic Affairs Committee

see Academic Affairs Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/A2

Student Senate, Auto Pool Committee

see Auto Pool Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/A8

Student Senate, Budget Committee

see Budget Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/B8

Student Senate, Committees

see Committees (Student Senate) RG-45/7

see also Joint Committees of Faculty and Senate and Either or Both Student Senates RG-40/4

Student Senate, Communications Committee

see Communications Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/C6

Student Senate, Executive

see Executive, Student Senate (Student Government Association (SGA)) RG-45/1/1

Student Senate, Faculty and Educational Policy, Committee on

see Faculty and Educational Policy Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/F3

Student Senate, Graduate

see Graduate Student Senate RG-45/20

Student Senate, Judiciary

see Judiciary (Student Senate) RG-45/1/2

Student Senate, Lecture Note Program

see Lecture Note Program (Student Senate) RG-45/7/L4

Student Senate, Public Policy

see Public Policy (Student Senate) RG-45/7/P8

Student Senate, Reform Committee

see Reform Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/R4

Student Senate, Rents and Fees

see Rents and Fees Committee (Student Senate) RG-45/7/R5

Student Senate, Student Life Committee

see Student Life Committee (Student Senate) (1936-1945, 1966-1967) RG-45/7/S7

Student Senate, Transit Service

see Transit Service (Student Senate) RG-45/7/T7

Student Senates, Joint Committees of Faculty Senate and either or both

see Joint Committees of Faculty Senate and either or both Student Senates RG-40/4

Student Services Review Commission, Minority

see Minority Student Services Review Commission (1988) RG-40/2/ M6

Student Support Services

see Graduate Student Support Services RG-9/2/2

Student Telephone Directory

see Directories, mugbooks, catalogs of graduates, etc. RG-1/00/5

Student to Student (Student Publication) (1978)

RG-45/00/S9

Student Union

RG-37/10

Student Union, Campus Center

see Campus Center, Student Union RG-37

Student Union/Campus Center Governing Board (SUG Board)

see Board of Governors (Campus Center, Student Union) RG-37/11

Student Union Committee, Multicultural

see Multicultural Student Union Committee (1991) RG-40/2/M10

Student Union Governing Board

see Board of Governors (Campus Center, Student Union) RG-37/11

Student Union, Radical

see Radical Student Union RG-45/80/R1

Student Unionization (1975-1986)

RG-45/45/S7

Student Video Project

see Union Video Center (Student Video Project) RG-45/30/U5

Student Volunteer Services (SVS) (1974)

RG-45/80/S9

Student Workshop on Activities Problems (SWAP) (1961-1985)

RG-45/40/S8.8

Students Advocating Financial Aid (SAFA)

RG-45/40/S6.7

Students Advocating Rights Together (START) (1986-1988)

RG-45/40/S6.9

Students and Alumni by Class

see Classes (Alumni) RG-50/6

Students and Alumni by Class (Photographs)

RG-130

see also Panoramic Photos RG-170

Students, Dean of

see Dean of Students RG-30/2

Students for a Safe Campus (1988)

RG-45/40/S7.2

Students for America (SFA) (1987)

RG-45/80/S8.3

Students for Democratic Society (SDS) (1968-1988)

RG-45/80/S8.2

Students for Political Action (1967-1980)

RG-45/80/S8.4

Students Housing Committee, Married

see Married Students Housing Committee RG-35/12/2

Students International Meditation Society (SIMS) (1972)

RG-45/70/S8

Students Offering Support (SOS) (1983)

RG-45/80/S8.5

Students, Older

see Counseling Assistance for Older Students (CAOS) RG-45/40/C4

Students On Security (SOS) (1978)

RG-45/40/S4.5

Students’ Party (1966)

RG-45/80/S8.6

Students Rights Advocates (1989-1994)

RG-45/2

Students United for Public Education (SUPE) (1979)

RG-45/40/S7.5

Study, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1966-1967)

RG-40/2/A3

Study of Communication, Center for

see Center for the Study of Communication (CAC) RG-25/C7.6

Subject Files (Photographs)

RG-146

Subject Files (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50

Suburban Education, Proposed Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23/9

Suburban Experiment Station, Waltham

RG-15/9

SUG Board (Student Union/Campus Center Governing Board)

see Board of Governors (Campus Center, Student Union) RG-37/11

SUMMA

see Bilingual Collegiate Program–Springfield/UMass Minority Achievement Program (SUMMA) RG-6/4/6.5

Summer Collegian (Student Publication) (1958)

RG-45/00/S10

Summer Collegian, Massachusetts (Student Publication) (1976-1977)

RG-45/00/S10

Summer Counseling

see New Students Program, Summer Counseling RG-30/9/2

see also Counseling Center RG-30/9/1

Summer Crier

see Statesman, Summer Statesman RG-45/00/S7

Summer News

see Statesman, Summer Statesman RG-45/00/S7

Summer Repertory Theatre

RG-25/T3.4

Summer School, Short Courses

RG-6/17

Summer Repertory Theatre

RG-25/T3.4

Summer School, Short Courses (1907-1977)

RG-6/17

see also Festivals, Fine Arts RG-11/16

Summer School Wail (Student Publication) (1909)

RG-45/00/S10

Summer Session Committee (Faculty Senate, 1964-1971)

RG-40/2/A3

Summer Session News (Student Publication) (1960-1963)

RG-45/00/S10

Summer Statesman

see Statesman, Summer Statesman (Student Publication) RG-45/00/S7

Summer Student Government

RG-45/6

Summer Times (Student Publication) (1964)

RG-45/00/S10

Sun Wheel (Physical Plant)

RG-36/50/S12

SUPE

see Students United for Public Education (SUPE) RG-45/40/S7.5

Superconductors, Task Force on (1985- )

RG-40/2/S8

see also Computing, Provosts Task Force on Academic (Official University Committee) (1984- ) RG-40/2/C6.7

SVS

see Student Volunteer Services (SVS) RG-45/80/S9

SWAG

see Southwest Area Government (SWAG) RG-45/9

SWAP

see Student Workshop on Activities Problems (SWAP) RG-45/40/S8.8

Swimming

see Sports, Womens Swimming (1954-1974, 1996- )

Swimming and Diving

see Sports, Mens Swimming and Diving (1940′s) RG-18/2

Sylvan (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/S9

Sylvan Area Government

RG-45/16

Sylvan Parchment, The (1976)

RG-45/00/S11

SymCom (School of Education) (1971)

RG-13/00

Synergy (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research) (1977- )

RG-9/00

Systems Neuroscience, Center for

RG-25/S10

Systems Office (Library)

RG-8/1/4

W.E.B. Du Bois

Scholar, writer, editor of The Crisis and other journals, co-founder of the Niagara Movement, the NAACP, and the Pan African Congresses, international spokesperson for peace and for the rights of oppressed minorities, W.E.B. Du Bois was a son of Massachusetts who articulated the strivings of African Americans and developed a trenchant analysis of the problem of the color line in the twentieth century.

The Du Bois Papers contain almost 165 linear feet of the personal and professional papers of a remarkable social activist and intellectual. Touching on all aspects of his long life from his childhood during Reconstruction through the end of his life in 1963, the collection reflects the extraordinary breadth of his social and academic commitments from research in sociology to poetry and plays, from organizing for social change to organizing for Black consciousness.

David R. Inglis at Argonne N.L., ca.1953

David R. Inglis enjoyed a distinguished career in nuclear physics that ranged from theoretical work on the structure of the nucleus in the 1930s to the development of the atomic bomb in the 1940s and work on renewable energy in the 1960s and 1970s. A Professor of Physics at UMass from 1969-1975, Inglis was a founding member of the Federation of American Scientists and from the mid-1940s on, he dedicated himself to informing public policy on the dangers of nuclear technologies.

The Inglis Papers offer a perspective on the life and career of a theoretical physicist who grew from an early involvement in the Manhattan Project to becoming a committed critic of nuclear weaponry and nuclear power. Although the collection is relatively sparse in unpublished scientific work, it includes valuable correspondence relating to Inglis’s efforts with the Federation of American Scientists and other organizations to influence public policy on issues relating to disarmament and nuclear power.

The International Oil Working Group (IOWG) is one of a number of organizations that worked to implement an oil embargo initiated by the United Nations General Assembly against South Africa to protest the country’s policies of apartheid. The IOWG grew out of the Sanctions Working Group established in 1979. Although the nature and timing of the change in names is unclear, it appears that Dr. Teresa Turner was instrumental in the formation of both groups and was primarily responsible for their organization and administration. Other directors included Luis Prado, Arnold Baker and Kassahun Checole. While the group was loosely organized, it maintained the basic structure of a special advisory board with a pool of research associates. Primary activities involved researching topics related to the oil embargo; writing papers for regional, national, and international conferences; giving testimony at UN meetings; providing information to governments, unions and other groups committed to aiding in the implementation of the oil embargo; lecturing to students and members of the community on the subject of sanctions against South Africa; and collaborating with the UN Center Against Apartheid. Research topics included tanker monitoring to detect and expose those shipping companies that broke the embargo; the energy needs in those countries in southern Africa which depend upon South Africa to meet some of their energy demands; ways to effectively implement and enforce the oil embargo; trade union action by oil transport workers; Namibian independence and decolonization; and underground oil storage in South Africa.

Collection consists of administrative papers including financial records, minutes and association history materials; correspondence; printed materials produced by the IOWG; conference files; UN documents relating to South Africa and sanctions; and reference materials, including published reports, news clippings, newsletters and journals, related to oil shipping, tanker information and South African economic and political activity generally.

Sidney Lipshires

Born on April 15, 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland to David and Minnie Lipshires, Sidney was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts where his father owned two shoe stores, David Boot Shop and The Bootery. He attended the Massachusetts State College for one year before transferring to the University of Chicago and was awarded a BA in economics in 1940. His years at the University of Chicago were transformative, Lipshires became politically active there and joined the Communist Party in 1939. Following graduation in 1941, he married Shirley Dvorin, a student in early childhood education; together they had two sons, Ellis and Bernard. Lipshires returned to western Massachusetts with his young family in the early 1940s, working as a labor organizer. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 working as a clerk and interpreter with a medical battalion in France for over a year. Returning home, he ran for city alderman in Springfield on the Communist Party ticket in 1947. Lipshires married his second wife, Joann Breen Klein, in 1951 and on May 29, 1956, the same day his daughter Lisa was born, he was arrested under the Smith Act for his Communist Party activities. Before his case was brought to trial, the Smith Act was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Disillusioned with the Communist Party, he severed his ties with it in 1957, but continued to remain active in organized labor for the rest of his life. Earning his masters in 1965 and Ph.D. in 1971, Lipshires taught history at Manchester Community College in Connecticut for thirty years. During that time he worked with other campus leaders to establish a statewide union for teachers and other community college professionals, an experience he wrote about in his book, Giving Them Hell: How a College Professor Organized and Led a Successful Statewide Union. Sidney Lipshires died on January 6, 2011 at the age of 91.

Ranging from an autobiographical account that outlines his development as an activist (prepared in anticipation of a trial for conspiracy charges under the Smith Act) to drafts and notes relating to his book Giving Them Hell, the Sidney Lipshires Papers offers an overview of his role in the Communist Party and as a labor organizer. The collection also contains his testimony in a 1955 public hearing before the Special Commission to Study and Investigate Communism and Subversive Activities, photographs, and biographical materials.