Born in Chelsea, Mass., in 1874, and a long-time resident of Somerville, Dana F. Ward enjoyed a prominent career in the fisheries industry in Massachusetts. Entering the wholesale fish business in 1900 when he organized the firm of Whitman, Ward, and Lee, Ward became Director and Advertising Manager of the Boston Fish Market Corporation (builder and operator of the Fish Pier) and an investor. Before the U.S. entry into the First World War, Ward was employed by the state to lecture on the benefits of frozen fish as a food source. An active member in both the Congregational Church and local Masonic lodge, he married Katherine B. Symonds (d. 1948) in Leominster in October 1899.

Personal in nature, the Ward diaries provide a chronicle of the daily life of a relatively well to do fish wholesaler from 1897 through 1951, with some gaps. Generally small in size, the diaries are densely written and are laid in with letters, various sorts of documents, stamps, newsclippings, and other ephemera that help define the contours of Ward’s life. The collection is particularly rich for the years during the Second World War and it includes three diaries (1967, 1977, 1982) from later family members.

A writer, educator, and activist for human rights and social justice, Ward Morehouse was a prominent critic of corporate power and globalization. Raised in a family of progressive political economists and academics in Wisconsin, Morehouse began his research in international political economy while a student at Yale (BA 1950, MA 1953) and embarked on a standard academic career path. After teaching political science at New York University for a time, he became director of international education at the Center for International and Comparative Studies in 1963, building a particularly strong program in India. However in 1976, conservative opposition to his political views led Morehouse to leave for a new post as president of the Council on International and Public Affairs (CIPA), a human rights organization he had helped found twenty years before. Throughout, he remained an activist at heart. Galvanized by the 1984 industrial disaster in Bhopal, India, he organized the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, and went on to form or work with many other organizations seeking to resist corporate power and build democracy, including the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD) and the Permanent People’s Tribunal, operating the radical Apex Press. Morehouse died in June 2012 at the age of 83.

The Morehouse collection is a massive archive documenting six decades of research, writing, and activism. A prolific writer and editor, Morehouse left a deep record of his activities, his research and writing on corporate power, and the full breadth of his commitments in labor relations, alternative economics, “people’s law,” and peace.

Programs for the Monson-Hale Memorial Vespers, musical services held at the First Universalist Church in North Dana, Massachusetts since 1929. Included also is a news clipping indicating the history of the North Dana Vespers.

Personal, business, and legal papers of the Howe family of Enfield and Dana, Massachusetts, including correspondence between family members, genealogies, account books and printed materials. Account books record transactions of various family members whose occupations included general storekeeper, minister, printer, postmaster, telephone exchange and gas-station owner, and document the transactions of community businesses and individuals, some of whom were women involved in the beginnings of the local palm leaf hat and mat industry.

In May 1971 Otto Paparazzo Associates announced their plans to develop 640 acres of land in East Amherst upon which a proposed 2,200 residential units, a commercial center, and a golf course would be built. Concerned about unnatural growth of the community and about the effect such a development would have on the environment, a group of residents formed the Amherst Growth Study Committee within a few months of the announcement. Despite these concerns, the Zoning Board of Appeals issued a formal permit for construction in December 1971, which the AGSC immediately appealed. Even though the group was unable to overturn the zoning board’s decision, they did achieve their ends, in part, when state and town agencies prevented the project from moving forward due to an overloaded sewage system. More importantly, the group increased public awareness about growth and housing in the town of Amherst.

Records include notes from AGSC meetings, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting coverage of the story in local papers.

The Antislavery Collection contains several hundred printed pamphlets and books pertaining to slavery and antislavery in New England, 1725-1911. The holdings include speeches, sermons, proceedings and other publications of organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American Colonization Society, and a small number of pro-slavery tracts.

Founded in 1977, the Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) is an international organization dedicated to furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. Based in Greenfield, Mass., the Association promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives. To raise public awareness about the significance of historic gravemarkers and the issues surrounding their preservation, the AGS sponsors conferences and workshops, publishes both a quarterly newsletter and annual journal, Markers, and has built an archive of collections documenting gravestones and the memorial industry.

The AGS Books Collection contains scarce, out of print, and rare printed works on cemeteries and graveyards, epitaphs and inscriptions, and gravemarkers, with an emphasis on North America. The collection is divided into two series: Series 1 (Monographs and Offprints) and Series 2 (Theses and Dissertations).

Freight haulers from Dana, Massachusetts. Includes information about products that were hauled (such as palm leaf hats, mats, lumber, railroad ties, and waste) and the companies for which they were carried. Also contains information about how Brown was paid (cash, barter, manure, chopped wood, stone) and the names of many people and places with whom Brown and Brothers conducted business.

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W

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.