LWVBC

First founded as a chapter for Pittsfield and later for all of central Berkshire county, this local league is one of many Massachusetts chapters of the national non-partisan political organization, League of Women Voters, 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.

The bulk of the collection documents the activities and topics of interest to members of the League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire during the last three decades of their work before disbanding in 2001. The chapter consistently served to educate the public on voter registration, the voting process, and on the functioning of local and state government. Other issues of importance included child care and rights, prison reform, clean water, and health care.

First called for in 1918 as a result of the need for a coordinated women’s effort during World War I, the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs was not officially formed until just after the armistice was signed in 1919. The new organization did not die with the end of the war, however, as first expected. Instead the group determined that the need for a national business women’s organization was of equal or greater importance during a time of peace. Today Massachusetts state affiliates continue to improve the lives of working women through action on issues such as economic empowerment, women’s health, family and medical leave, and pay equity.

The records of the Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women consist chiefly of correspondence and minutes of meetings, which together chronicle the various issues the state club has worked on for more than sixty years. In addition to materials that document the efforts of the state affiliate there are also records for local chapters in Massachusetts (Hampshire County and Upper Cape Cod centered in Falmouth) which include annual reports and newsletters. Publications issued by the parent organization, BPW/USA, connect the national agenda with topics of importance to the state and local chapters.

Feeling the frustrations of millions of women and girls in rural America who lacked the support or resources necessary to combat unemployment, inadequate medical care, and domestic violence, Jane Threatt along with several other women decided to form a non-profit organization that would unite these women and give them a national voice. Established in 1978, Rural American Women (RAW) was organized to promote the interests of rural women in the areas of equal rights, employment, education, family life, and freedom of all forms of discrimination.

In 1981 RAW held a series of five regional conferences throughout the country, and the bulk of this collection consists of records relating to the New England meeting. The records also include some materials documenting the group’s activities at their national headquarters in D.C., such as minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and pamphlets.

The Valley Women’s Union was established in 1974 by members of the Valley Women’s Center, Northampton, Massachusetts, who were committed to political change benefiting women. They were concerned that the Valley Women’s Center had become a static umbrella organization and that many of its formerly vital functions had been absorbed by local social service agencies The VWU sought to unify groups that were working for political change beneficial to women.

Records include newsletters, agendas for meetings, reports, position papers, and mailings.

Informally referring to themselves as WAGs (Women Against Garage), Fay Kaynor, Mary Snyder, Merrylees Turner, and Mary Wentworth, opposed the building of a parking garage in the center of Amherst. Together they collected newspaper clippings, reports, minutes of meetings, and flyers that tell both sides of the story, but in particular shed light on the motivations of those opposed to the garage, concerns not well represented in the local paper, the Amherst Bulletin, at the time. Potential problems raised by garage opponents focused on the environmental issues that added traffic in Amherst would introduce, as well as the financial impact both on the town, if the revenues from the garage did not cover the investment or maintenance costs, and on locally-owned businesses that might not be able to afford higher rents if property values near the garage increased significantly.

In 1885, women of the Enfield Congregational Church formed a woman’s missionary society to disseminate information on, increase interest in and raise funds for missionary work. The Society sponsored lectures with missionary workers and distributed funds to women’s missions associations and smaller, local charities. In 1927, the Society merged with similar groups in Hatfield and Northampton, Mass., forming the Hampshire County Branch of the Women’s Board of Missions.

The records of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Enfield Congregational Church consist principally of minutes of meetings and one account book.

Known as Girl’s City Club until 1954, the Young Women’s City Club was a non-sectarian, self-governing, and largely self-supporting club in Northampton, Massachusetts, that developed educational and recreational opportunities for young women through programs, social events, volunteer services, and fund-raising activities. The club met regularly under the auspices of the People’s Institute until November 1979 when their rooms at James House were taken over by the Highland Valley Elder Service and the club relocated to the People’s Institute.

The records of the Young Women’s City Club document the growth and activities of the club from 1939 to 1981, with the exception of the decade 1961 to 1971. Consisting of photocopies of originals still held by the People’s Institute, the collection includes minutes of council and business meetings and scrapbook pages.

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P

Pagan Association, UMass (Religious Groups) (1989- )

RG-45/70/P3

Paintings

see Portraits (Iconographic Materials) RG-182/2

see also Water Color Paintings (Memorabilia, general) RG-183/5

Pakistani Student Association (PSA) (1996- )

RG-45/40/P2

Pan Hellenic Council (1959-1983)

RG-45/90/P3

see also Social Union (1872-1940) RG-45/90/S6

Pandemonia (1971-1972)

RG-25/S7/00

Panoramic Photos

RG-170

PAP

see Photo Archives Project (PAP) RG-172

Parachute Club, Sport (1975-1995)

RG-45/40/P3

Parchment, The Sylvan

see Sylvan Parchment, The (1976) RG-45/00/S11

Parents Day (Official University Committee) (1925)

RG-40/2/P2

Parents Newsletter (1962-1968)

RG-1/00/4

Parking and Transportation Council (1972-1975)

RG-40/2/P3

see also Traffic and Parking Appeals Board (1972- ) RG-40/2/T7

Parking Appeals Board, Traffic and

see Traffic and Appeals Board (1972- ) RG-40/2/T7

Parking Coordinator, Transportation

RG-30/20

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

and

Parking Services (1994- ) RG-35/21

Parking Enforcement

see Parking Services RG-35/21

Parking Office

see Parking Coordinator RG-30/20

Parking Services (1994- ) RG-35/21

Parking Services (1994- )

RG-35/21

Pass-Fail, ad hoc Sub-Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967)

RG-40/2/A3

Patent Review Committee (Faculty Senate, 1986-1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Pau, France–UMass Summer School at

see French and Italian Department–Pau, France (UMass Summer School) RG-25/F9

PAUMA

see Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (PAUMA) RG-40/5/P7

see also Professional Staff Organization (PSO) RG-40/5/P7.7

PAUMA Bulletin (1987-1989)

RG-40/5/P7

Payroll, Personnel

see Personnel, Payroll (Human Resources Office) RG-35/2

Peace and Justice in the Middle East, UMass Faculty and Staff for (unofficial organization) (1990-1991)

RG-40/3/P1

Peace Corps (UMass Training Program, Africa) (1962)

see International Programs RG-6/4/9

Peace in Central America, Faculty and Staff for (unofficial organization)

RG-40/3/P2

Peacemakers, UMass (1982-1984)

RG-45/80/P4

see also Peacemakers Records (1963-1990) MS309

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

Pelham Quarry

see Quarry, Pelham (Physical Plant) (1866) RG-36/50/Q8

People for A Socially Responsible University (PSRU)(Student Social Action Group) (1989-1990)

RG-45/80/P5

People For Choice (Student Social Action Group) (1989)

RG-45/80/P6

People’s Gay Alliance

see Gay Alliance, People’s (Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Alliance) RG-45/40/G3

People’s Market (1974- )

RG-45/40/P4

People’s Market — Collective Works (2002)

see Collective Works (People’s Market) (2002) RG-45/00/C4.9

People’s News-Stand (1975-1977)

RG-45/40/P4.5

PERI

see Political Economy Research Instiute (PERI) (1998- ) RG-25/E1.6

Personnel Affairs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1971)

RG-40/2/A3

Personnel and Financial Services, Director of

see Business Office, Director of Personnel and Financial Services RG-35/3

Personnel, Assistant Vice President for Labor Relations

see Assistant Vice President for Labor Relations and Personnel RG-3/17/1

Personnel Office Newsletter (1962, 1966-1968, 1972-1975)

RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)

RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Classified Employment Opportunities

see Classified Employment Opportunities ("Yellow Sheet") RG-35/2

Personnel-Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Employment Opportunities

see Employment Opportunities ("Beige Sheet") RG-35/2

Personnel/Payroll (Human Resources Office)–Personnel Office Newsletter

see Personnel Office Newsletter RG-35/2

Personnel Policies ad hoc Committee on, Multicampus Academic (1974-75)

see Inter-Campus Committees (2-campus and 3-campus) RG-3/100

Personnel, Vice President for Labor Relations and, Assistant

see Vice President for Labor Relations and Personnel, Assistant RG-3/17/1

Perspectives (Housing Services) (1980-1985)

RG-32/00

Pest Control Guide for Commercial Growers in Massachusetts and Connecticut

see Extension Service, Cooperative– Pest Control Guide for Commercial Growers in

Massachusetts and Connecticut (1971-1975) RG-15/8

Pesticide Chemical Information Center

RG-25/E4.9

Phi Alpha Theta (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P2

Phi Beta Kappa (Honor Society) (1932- )

RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Kappa News Bulletin (1937-1965)

RG-40/3/P3

see also Key Reporter, The (1936-1963, 1974-1978) RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program

see Phi Beta Kappa RG-40/3/P3

Phi Beta Sigma (1985-1989)

RG-45/90/P4

Phi Delta Kappa (1984, 1993)

RG-45/90/P5

Phi Eta Sigma (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P5

Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society) (1904- )

RG-40/3/P4

Phi Mu Delta (1980-1993)

RG-45/90/P5.2

Phi Sigma Alpha (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P6

Phi Sigma Delta (1978, 1985)

RG-45/90/P5.5

Phi Sigma Kappa (1873-1973)

RG-45/90/P5.6

Phi Sigma Pi (1996)

RG-45/60/P6.25

Philosophy Department

RG-25/P2

Phonodiscs (Sound Recordings)

RG-185/1

Photo Archives Project (PAP)

RG-172

Photo Center (Photographic and Motion Picture Services)

RG-5/7

Photo Center Slide Collection

RG-187/2

Photo Collection, Fred Moore

see Fred Moore Photo Collection RG-173

Photo Negatives Collection

see University Photo Negatives Collection RG-171

Photographer’s Association (1962-1973)

RG-45/40/P5

Photographic and Motion Picture Services

see Photo Center (Photographic and Motion Picture Services) RG-5/7

Photographic Services (University Relations and Development)

see Photo Center RG-5/7

Photographs

RG-100 thru RG-176

Photographs (proof sheets)

see Proof Sheets (photographs) RG-176

Photography Club, University

see Photographer’s Association RG-45/40/P5

Photos, Oversize

see Oversize Photos RG-175

see also Lithographs RG-182/1

Photos, Panoramic

see Panoramic Photos RG-170

Physical Education, Men’s Department

RG-25/P3.1

Physical Education, Professional Preparation in

RG-25/P3.3

Physical Education, School of

see School of Physical Education RG-18

Physical Education, Women’s Department (WOPE)

RG-25/P3.2

Physical Plant (Department)

RG-36

Physical Plant Department, Director

RG-36/1

Physical Plant Publications

RG-36/00

see also Mainstay (Physical Plant) (1969-1978) RG-36/00

Physical Plant Subject Files

RG-36/50

Physical Sciences Library (1961- )

RG-8/3/10

Physics and Astronomy–Cognitive Development Project

RG-25/P3/3

Physics and Astronomy Department

RG-25/P3

See also collections relating to members of the Physics Department

Physics and Astronomy–Five College Astronomical Society

RG-25/P3

Physics and Astronomy–Five College Radio and Astronomy Observatory

RG-25/P3

Physics and Astronomy–Scientific Reasoning Research Institute

RG-25/P3/3

Pi Beta Phi (1964-1966)

RG-45/90/P5.7

Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) (1988)

RG-45/90/P5.9

Pi Tau Sigma (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/P6.5

Picketing, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1967-1971,1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Picketing and Recruitment, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1987)

RG-40/2/A3

Pierce College (School of Management)

RG-12/6

PIKE

see Phi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) RG-45/90/P5.9

Pistol Team

see Sports-Men’s Pistol Team (1966) RG-18/2

Placement Files (Microfilm)

RG-190/9

Placement Service, Career Planning and

see Career Planning and Placement Service RG-30/9/5

see also Placement File (Microfilm) RG-190/1

Planning

see Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3

Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP) RG-4/3/4

Planning and Budget, Office of

see Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3

Planning and Facilities Development, Office of

RG-36/3

Planning and Resource Development Series

see Holdsworth Natural Resources Center–Planning and Resource Development Series (#’s 1-28) RG-15/3

Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970-1980)

RG-40/2/A3

see also Campus Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960, 1974-1975) RG-40/2/A3

Campus Physical Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1974- ) RG-40/2/A3

Master Planning Committee (Faculty Senate, 1961-1974) RG-40/2/A3

Long Range Planning Committee, ad hoc (Faculty Senate, 1966-1971) RG-40/2/A3

Planning Office (1965- )

RG-6/15/4

Planning, Project

see Director of Business Procedure and Project Planning RG-3/4/5

Planning, Vice President for

see Vice President for Planning RG-3/7

Plans (Cartographic Materials)

RG-181/4

Plant and Soil Sciences Department

RG-25/P4

Plant Biology

RG-25/P4.5

Plant Pathology Department

RG-25/P5

Plant Pathology–Florists’ and Gardeners’ Club

RG-25/P5

Plaque (Student Publication) (1939)

RG-45/00/P4

Plaques (Memorial)

see Memorial Stones and Plaques (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/M4

see also Plaques (Memorabilia, General) RG-183/3

Plaques (Memorabilia, general)

RG-183/3

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

Plato User’s Group Newsletter, UMass

see Massachusetts CAI Consortium Newsletter (1985- ) RG-29/00

Plays, Films and (Posters)

see Films and Plays (Poster Collection) RG-180/4

Poetry Circular (Student Publication) (1963)

RG-45/00/P5

Pointers for Pork Profits

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Pointers for Pork Profits (1949, 1954, 1968-1974) RG-15/8

Police

RG-30/18

Police Officers, International Brotherhood of

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

Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) (1998- )

RG-25/E1.6

Political Science Department

RG-25/P6

Political Science Department–Public Administration, Graduate Program

RG-25/P6/1

Polity (Political Science Department) (1968- )

RG-25/P6/00

Polo Team

see Sports-Men’s Polo Team (ca. 1896) RG-18/2

Polymer Research

see Center for University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) RG-25/P7.5

Polymer Research Institute

RG-9/8

see also Polymer Science and Engineering Program RG-25/P7

Polymer Science and Engineering Program

RG-25/P7

Pomology

see Plant and Soil Sciences RG-25/P4

Pond, Campus

see Campus Pond and Isle of View (Physical Plant) RG-36/104/P6

Poor Women’s Task Force (Everywoman’s Center)

RG-7/2/2/4

Population Studies, Certificate Program in

RG-25/P6.2

Portraits (Iconographic Materials)

RG-182/2

Portuguese Club (1976-1977)

RG-45/40/P6

Portuguese Department

see Hispanic Literature and Linguistics RG-25/H4

Post-War Period, Massachusetts State College in the

see Massachusetts State College in the Post-War Period (Official University Committee) (1944) RG-40/2/M4.5

Poster Collection

RG-180

Poster Collection, Miscellaneous/Art

RG-180/5

Poultry Club (1927-1954)

RG-45/40/P6.5

POWER

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

Pow-Wow (Student Publication) (1948)

RG-45/00/P6

Precisionettes (Special Student Interest Group) (1946-1965)

RG-45/40/P7

Pre-Law Association (1966-1986)

RG-45/40/P7.4

Pre-Medical Society (1982)

RG-45/40/P7.5

President, Selection Committee to Advice on (Faculty Senate, 1969)

RG-40/2/A3

President, Selection of a (Official University Committee) (1927, 1932-1933, 1968-1969)

RG-40/2/P6

President’s Cabinet

see Cabinet, President’s RG-3/12

Presidents, Individual (1864- ) RG-3/1

see also Presidents (Photographs) RG-110/1

President’s Office

RG-3

President’s Office, Organization Charts (1967- )

RG-3/00/1

President’s Office, Publications (1948- )

RG-3/00

Presidents Photographs

RG-110/1

Press, Committee on Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1962- )

RG-40/2/A3

Press Information (Commencement)

RG-1/7/1

Press, UMass

see University Press RG-10/4

Principal Investigators, Faculty Group of (1978)

RG-40/3/P7

Print Shop (Campus Center)

RG-37/6

Printed Materials (Oversize Materials)

RG-184

Printout (Massachusetts Data, Center for) (1983-1984)

RG-15/8.3

Privacy Task Force

see Committees in Student Affairs–Privacy Task Force RG-30/1/3

Prize Essays

see Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

Prizes

see Awards, Prizes RG-1/11

Process Design and Control, Center in, Industry/University

see Chemical Engineering Department–Industry/University Center In Process Design and Control RG-25/C2/3

Procurement

RG-35/6

Production

see Design and Production RG-39/6

Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (PAUMA)

RG-40/5/P7

Professional Association of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst–Bulletin (PAUMA)

see PAUMA Bulletin RG-40/5/P7

Professional Employees, Union of

see Union of Professional Employees (UPE) RG-40/5/P8

Professional Personnel, Chancellor’s Committee on (1966-1972)

RG-40/2/P7

Professional Preparation in Physical Education

see Physical Education, Professional Preparation in RG-25/P3.3

Professional Schools, Associate Provost for

see Provost for Professional Schools, Associate (1971-1976) RG-6/14

see also Schools themselves RG-12 thru 18

Professional Staff Appeals Committee

RG-40/5/P7.5

Professional Staff Organization (PSO) (1984- )

RG-40/5/P7.7

Professors, American Association of University

see American Association of University Professors (AAUP) RG-40/5/A2

Program and Budget Council of Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1973- )

RG-40/2/A3

Program for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns (1986- )

RG-30/2/6

see also People’s Gay Alliance RG-45/40/G3

Lesbian Union RG-45/40/L4

Program Groups (Student)

see Fine Arts/program groups (Student) RG-45/45/50

Programs, Academic

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

Programs (School of Education) (1967-1977)

RG-13/3/25

Progress Report (Experiment Station, 1888- )

see Experiment Station (1888- )–Progress Report (1962- ) RG-15/2.2

Progressive Candidates Pool

RG-45/13

Progressive Organization of Women’s Rights (POWER) (1989-1996)

RG-45/80/P7

Progressive Student (Student Publications) (1984)

RG-45/00/P7

Project ABLE (Affirmative Business Leadership Education) (School of Management)

RG-12/2

Project Bridge (1968)

RG-40/2/P8

Project I Can (College of Arts and Sciences) (1992)

RG-11/8

Project Pulse

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

Project STRIDE (Springfield Teacher Recruitment to Increase Diversity In Education (1996- )

RG-13/1/2

Project 10, Inquiry Program

RG-32/5

see also Inquiry Program (School of Education) RG-13/4/2/1

Proof Sheets/Contact Sheets (Photographs)

RG-176

Property and Receiving

RG-35/13

Protests and Demonstrations, Student

see Student Protests and Demonstrations RG-45/101

Provost

see Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost RG-6/1

Provost, Assistant to the

RG-6/1/1

Provost for Faculty Relations, Associate (1983-1989)

RG-6/8

Provost for Professional Schools, Associate (1971-1976)

RG-6/14

see also schools themselves RG- 12-18

Provost for Special Programs, Associate (1968-1982)

RG-6/4

see also departments RG-25/A-Z

Provost for Undergraduate Education, Associate (1972-1973, 1981- )

RG-6/10

Provost for University Outreach, Interim Vice

RG-6/6

Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate (1968-1981)

RG-6/13

see also Affirmative Action Office RG-4/7

Everywoman’s Center RG-7/2

Provost’s Administrative Council

see Deans Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1972) RG-6/2

Provost’s Task Force on Academic Computing

see Computing, Provosts Task Force on Academic (1984-1985) RG-40/2/C6.7

PSA

see Pakistani Student Association (PSA) (1996- )

Psi Chi (Honor Society) RG-45/60/P7

PSO

see Professional Staff Organization (PSO) (1984- ) RG-40/5/P7.7

PSRU

see People for a Socially Responsible University (PSRU) (Student Social Action Group) RG-45/80/P5

Psychological Services Center

RG-25/P8.4

Psychology Department

RG-25/P8

Psychology Department–Behavioral Biology, Dept. of

RG-25/P8

Psychology Department–Cognitive Science Society

RG-25/P8/3

Psychology Newsletter (1987- 1990)

RG-25/P8/00

Psychometric and Evaluation Research, Laboratory of (School of Education)

RG-13/3/23/3.1

Public Administration, Bureau of

see Bureau of Public Administration RG-25/P6.4

Public Administration, Graduate Program in

see Political Science Department–Public Administration, Graduate Program in RG-25/P6

Public Affairs

RG-5

see also Public Affairs (President’s Office) RG-3/10

Public Affairs (President’s Office)

RG-3/10

see also Public Affairs RG-5

Public Affairs, Director of

RG-5/1

Public Affairs Publications

RG-5/00

Public Art Sites, Galleries and

see Galleries & Public Art Sites (Physical Plant) RG-36/50/G2

Public Health Center, Northeast Regional Environmental

see Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center RG-17/1/1

Public Health, Division of

RG-17/1

see School of Public Health and Health Sciences RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Biostatistics Technical Reports

RG-17/1

Public Health, Division of–Newsletter (1984-1987)

RG-17/1

Public Health, School of (1989-1993)

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

Public Higher Education, Campus Convention on the Future of, Coordinating Committee on the

see Campus Convention on the Future of Public Education, Coordinating Committee on (1995- ) RG-40/3/C2

Public Information (President’s Office)

RG-3/20

Public Information, Office of (Public Affairs)

RG-5/3

see also Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Development, RG-39/1.

Public Manager’s Notebook (1981-1988)

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

Public Policy and Administration, Center for

see Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) (1997- ) RG-25/P6.3

Public Policy Committee (Student Senate) (1986- )

RG-45/7/P8

Public-Private Records, Student Affairs Task Force on (1974- )

see Committee in Student Affairs–Privacy Task Force RG-30/1/3

Public Relations, Publications and

see Publications and Public Relations (1954-1956) RG-40/2/P9.2

Public Safety (Department)

RG-30/17

see also Campus Safety News RG-30/17

Public Safety Department (Photographs)

RG-143

Public Safety Monthly Summaries (1973-1990)

RG-30/17

Public School Partnership (Five-College Inc. Program)

RG-60/5/2

Public School Students, Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for

see Tutoring Enrichment Assistance Model for Public School Students (TEAMS) RG-7/12

Public Service Council (1968)

see Inter-Campus Committees–Public Service Council RG-3/100

Public Service Fund

see Healy Endowment/Public Service Fund (Research and Graduate Studies) RG-9/2/4

Public Services (Library)

RG-8/3

Public Services Office (Library) (1953- )

RG-8/3/1

Public Student Coalition (Student Association) (1976)

RG-45/45/P8

Publications (Official University Committee) (1916-1927)

RG-40/2/P9

Publications and Broadcast Board, Student (1966, 1969)

RG-45/30/P8

Publications and Public Relations (Official University Committee) (1954-1956)

RG-40/2/P9.2

Publications Committee (Faculty Senate, 1970)

RG-40/2/A3

Publications Department

RG-39/8

Publications Office (Public Affairs)

RG-5/4

Publications, Official

see Printed, mimeos, etc. (University as a Whole) RG-1/00

Publications Policy (Official University Committee) (1949-1950)

RG-40/2/P9.1

Publications, Student

see Student Publications RG-45/00

Publicity

see UMass News (Release) RG-5/3

Publicity (Official University Committee) (1926-1927)

RG-40/2/P9.5

Publicity about UMass (Public Affairs)

RG-5/10

Histories and historians ‘ files (1898- ) RG-1 201

Pulse, Project

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

Q

QTV Fraternity (1869-1997)

RG-45/90/Q8

Quarry, Pelham (Physical Plant) (1866)

RG-36/50/Q8

Quarterly, The (1958-1959)

see Collegian Quarterly (1938-1962) RG-45/00/C6.2

Quest Program, The (Chancellor’s Office) (1985- )

RG-4/9/1

Questor (Student Publication) (1974)

RG-45/00/Q8

Quilt Project, AIDS Memorial

see AIDS Memorial Quilt Project (1992- ) RG-11/20

Nancy E. Foster

For the better part of four decades, Nancy E. Foster was active in the struggle for social justice, peace, and political reform. From early work in civil rights through her engagement in political reform in Amherst, Mass., Foster was recognized for her work in the movements opposing war, nuclear power, and the assault on civil liberties after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Locally, she worked with her fellow members of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst and with interfaith coalitions to address problems of hunger and homelessness.

Centered in western Massachusetts and concentrated in the last decade of her life (2000-2010), the Nancy Foster Papers includes a record of one woman’s grassroots activism for peace, civil liberties, and social justice. The issues reflected in the collection range from the assault on civil liberties after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to immigration, hunger and poverty, the Iraq Wars, and the conflict in Central America during the 1980s, and much of the material documents Nancy’s involvement with local organizations such as the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst. The collection also contains a valuable record of Nancy’s participation in local politics in Amherst, beginning with the records of the 1972 committee which was charged with reviewing the Town Meeting.

Amherst, Massachusetts, chapter of the national Gray Panther organization that sponsored the weekly Amherst Vigil for Peace and Justice, tackled such issues as fair and affordable housing for people of all ages, nursing home reform, Social Security policy, universal health care, safe-sex, and age discrimination, and also worked to improve the everyday life of senior citizens and the community at large, often collaborating with other local organizations to address world peace, environmental concerns, improved child care, educational opportunities, and handicapped accessibility.

Records include charter, by-laws, histories and mission statements, meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, financial reports, fund raising materials, membership lists, membership questionnaire, newsletters, press releases, leaflets, clippings, a scrapbook, T-shirts, and program files, that document the founding and activities of the Gray Panthers of the Pioneer Valley.