Non-partisan political organization based in Amherst, Massachusetts that influences public policy through education and advocacy by registering voters, organizing candidate forums, publishing voting guides, and disseminating general information on the legislative process and the functioning of government on the local, state, and federal levels.

Includes minutes, annual reports, financial records, publications, extensive files on specific programs, photographs, video- and audio-tapes, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Also contains information on two league members who rose to national prominence: Lucy Wilson Benson (Under Secretary of State in the federal government in 1977) and Jane F. Garvey (Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in 1997).

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. .

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.

Sidney Topol

An innovator and entrepreneur, Sidney Topol was a contributor to several key developments in the telecommunications industries in the latter half of the twentieth century. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts (1947) and an engineer and executive at Raytheon and later Scientific-Atlanta, Topol’s expertise in microwave systems led to the development of the first effective portable television relay links, allowing broadcasts from even remote areas, and his foray into satellite technologies in the 1960s provided the foundation for building the emerging cable television industry, permitting the transmission of transoceanic television broadcasts. Since retiring in the early 1990s, Topol has been engaged in philanthropic work, contributing to the educational and cultural life in Boston and Atlanta.

The product of a pioneer in the telecommunications and satellite industries and philanthropist, this collection contains a rich body of correspondence and speeches, engineering notebooks, reports, product brochures, and photographs documenting Sidney Topol’s forty year career as an engineer and executive. The collection offers a valuable record of Topol’s role in the growth of both corporations, augmented by a suite of materials stemming from Topol’s tenure as Chair of the Electronic Industries Association Advanced Television Committee (ATV) in the 1980s and his service as Co-Chair of a major conference on Competitiveness held by the Carter Center in 1988.

Massachusetts State Senator for the Berkshire District, 1950-1958, and representative for Massachusetts’s First District in the United States Congress for 17 terms, 1959-1991, where he made significant contributions in the areas of health and human services, the environment, education, energy, transportation, and small business.

Spanning four decades and eight presidents, the papers offer an extraordinary perspective on the major social, economic, and cultural changes experienced by the American people. Includes correspondence, speeches, press releases, bill files, his voting record, committee files, scrapbooks, travel files, audio-visual materials and over 5,000 photographs and slides.

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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

Beth Hapgood and members of the Brotherhood, ca.1969

Daughter of a writer and diplomat, and graduate of Wellesley College, Beth Hapgood has been a spiritual seeker for much of her life. Her interests have led her to become an expert in graphology, a student in the Arcane School, an instructor at Greenfield Community College, and a lecturer on a variety of topics in spiritual growth. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Hapgood befriended Michael Metelica, the central figure in the Brotherhood of the Spirit (the largest commune in the eastern states during the early 1970s) as well as Elwood Babbitt, a trance medium, and remained close to both until their deaths.

The Hapgood Papers contain a wealth of material relating to the Brotherhood of the Spirit and the Renaissance Community, Metelica, Babbitt, and other of Hapgood’s varied interests, as well as 4.25 linear feet of material relating to the Hapgood family.

A veteran of the peace movement and founder of the Traprock Peace Center (1979), Randy Kehler was active in the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, the Peace Development Fund, and the Working Group on Electoral Democracy. Beginning in 1977, he and his wife became war tax resisters, withholding federal income tax to protest U.S. military expenditures, donating it instead to charity. As a consequence, their home was seized by the IRS in 1989, setting up a protracted legal struggle that resulted in Kehler’s arrest and imprisonment and the sale of the house. They remain tax resisters.

The Kehler Papers document the five year struggle (1989-1994) against the seizure and sale of the Kehlers’ home by the IRS. The collection includes meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings; letters to the editor, essays, articles, plans and strategy documents for the vigil set outside the Kehler home; support committee information and actions; correspondence with government officials, the IRS, and the Justice Department; letters of support; documents from the legal proceedings; and political literature addressing the Kehlers’ situation.

Gertrude "Jean" Lewis, ca.1935

Overcoming a deeply impoverished childhood, Gertrude Lewis struggled to build a career in education, putting herself through college and graduate school. At the age of 32, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State, continuing on to a masters degree at New York University (1933), and finally, at age 51, a PhD from Yale (1947). For many years after receiving her doctorate, Lewis was employed as a Specialist for Upper Grades with the U.S. Office of Education in Washington. Among other career highlights, Lewis spent two years in Japan (1950-1951) as a Consultant in Elementary Education in the Education Section of the Allied Occupation government (SCAP). Lewis outlived her life partner, Ruth Totman, dying at home on December 10, 1996, a few months after her one hundredth birthday.

The Lewis Papers document the work and life of an educator of the masses, a traveler of the world, and a woman of the twentieth century. Documents pertaining to her work as an educator of both young students and veteran teachers show the changes within the theory and practice of pedagogy over time, over various geographic locales, and also highlight her role in that change. This collection also documents the numerous on-going side projects on which Lewis worked, including fostering creativity in schoolchildren, a biography of Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, and her own poetry and prose.

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.