Levi Stockbridge, ca.1853

Born in Hadley, Mass., in 1820, Levi Stockbridge was the long-time farm superintendent at Massachusetts Agricultural College and an instructor in agriculture. Known for his work on improving crop production and for developing fertilizers, Stockbridge was an important figure in the development of the Experiment Station. After filling in as interim President of MAC in 1879, he was appointed president for two years, serving during a period of intense financial stress. After his retirement in 1882, he was named an honorary professor of agriculture.

The Stockbridge Papers include correspondence, personal notebooks, travel diary, journal as a farmer (1842-1845), writings, lectures, notes on experiments, clippings, photocopies of personal and legal records, and biographical material, including reminiscences by Stockbridge’s daughter. Also contains auction records, notebook of Amherst, Massachusetts town records (1876-1890), and printed matter about Amherst and national elections, including some about his candidacy for Congress on Labor-Greenback party ticket 1880. Also contains papers (13 items) of Stockbridge’s son, Horace Edward Stockbridge (1857-1930), agricultural chemist and educator, including a letter (1885) from him to the elder Stockbridge, written from Japan while he was professor at Hokkaido University.

Zicklers on a picnic

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zickler of Leominster, Massachusetts began a 3 month cross-country road trip on March 27, 1952. Mrs. Zickler created a scrapbook to document the trip. The scrapbook includes souvenir and original photographs, postcards, maps, and other miscellaneous memorabilia from the journey. Their stops include various tourist attractions as well as scenic areas throughout the Midwest and Southwest of the United States. Most of their time was spent in Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America, on the Navajo Gospel Mission. The Zicklers returned to Leominster in July of 1952, having traveled a total of 10,404 miles.

The National Debate Tournament began at the United States Military Academy in 1947. The concept of a national debate tournament grew out of West Point’s desire to provide extra curricular activities and to expand their liberal arts offerings for cadets during the post World War II era.

The collections consists mostly of tournament booklets, ballots, correspondence, committee minutes, and tapes of the debates with accompanying transcripts.

Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector.

In contributing to the National Arts Policy Archive and Library (NAPAAL), the NEA allowed SCUA to digitize nearly forty years of publications on the arts and arts management. The collection reflects the impact of the arts (including music, literature, and the performing arts) on everyday lives of Americans and include materials intended to support individual and classroom education, information on arts management, reports on the status of the arts, histories of the organization, and much more. All items are cataloged in the UMass Amherst Libraries online catalog and are included in the Internet Archive, where they are available for full-text searchin

Keith Stroup, ca. 1975

Founded by attorney Keith Stroup in 1970, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is the nation’s oldest and most prominent organization advocating for an end to cannabis prohibition. A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group based in Washington, DC, NORML has lobbied at the state and federal levels for the elimination of penalties for the cultivation, possession, and responsible use of cannabis, and it has met with success in state-level efforts at decriminalization. Over the years, NORML has led a wide variety of educational initiatives and coordinated its activities with other organizations working for cannabis reform. More recently, NORML has become a significant voice in the struggle to legalize the therapeutic use of marijuana.

The records of NORML offer a perspective on more than forty years of grassroots advocacy in cause of drug policy legislation. Highly varied in nature, the records include organizational records, research files on marijuana and marijuana use, promotional materials prepared by NORML, and letters from persons incarcerated for possession. The collection is currently being received by SCUA with new additions expected in the near term.

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).

Composer and presently the Professor of Composition and Director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studios of the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has taught at Juilliard School of Music and numerous other universities, won international awards for his music, and collaborated with contemporary installation artists. Includes scores and sound recordings for two of his compositions, Suite for Alto Saxophone and Percussion and In the Shell of the Ear, as well as correspondence, concert programs, and reviews all relating to the publication and performance of the works.

Horace Mann Bond, ca.1930

Educator, sociologist, scholar, and author. Includes personal and professional correspondence; administrative and teaching records; research data; manuscripts of published and unpublished speeches, articles and books; photographs; and Bond family papers, especially those of Horace Bond’s father, James Bond. Fully represented are Bond’s two major interests: black education, especially its history and sociological aspects, and Africa, particularly as related to educational and political conditions.

Correspondents include many notable African American educators, Africanists, activists, authors and others, such as Albert C. Barnes, Claude A. Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Arna Bontemps, Ralph Bunche, Rufus Clement, J.G. St. Clair Drake, W.E.B. Du Bois, Edwin Embree, John Hope Franklin, E. Franklin Frazier, W.C. Handy, Thurgood Marshall, Benjamin E. Mays, Pauli Murray, Kwame Nkrumah, Robert Ezra Park, A. Phillip Randolph, Lawrence P. Reddick, A.A. Schomburg, George Shepperson, Carter G. Woodson and Monroe Work.

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.

Consisting of self-published and limited-run compilations of gravestone transcriptions from historical cemeteries, the AGS Cemetery Inscriptions Collection offers rich documentation of epitaphs and memorial language, with an emphasis on colonial and early national-era in New England and Ohio. The collection is arranged by state and town.

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N

NAC

see Non Academic Computing (NAC) (1996- ) RG-45/40/N6

NAGE

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

Naiads (Swim Team)

see Athletic Department RG-18/2

National Alternative Schools Program

see Alternative Schools (National Alternative Schools Program) RG-13/3/21/7

National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) (1994- )

RG-25/N3

National Organization for Women (NOW) (1989)

RG-45/80/N7

National Park Service Cooperative Research Unit (The Environmental Institute) (1975-1981)

RG-6/4/14/3

National Park Service Cooperative Research Unit Report (The Environmental Institute) (1977-1981)

RG-6/4/14/3

Natural History, Massachusetts, Bulletin of

see Massachusetts Natural History, Bulletin of (1884) RG-25/E4/00

Natural History Society (1883-1895)

RG-45/40/N3.6

Natural Resources Center, Holdsworth

see Holdsworth Natural Resource Center RG-15/3

Natural Resources, College of Food and

see College of Food and Natural Resources RG-15

Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dean

RG-11/51

Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty

RG-11/50

Near Eastern Studies (Program and Committee)

RG-25/N4

see also Classics Department RG-25/C5

Near Eastern Studies Newsletter (1989)

RG-25/N4/00

NEBHE

see New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) RG-60/2

Negatives, Glass Plate

see Glass Plate Negatives RG-173

Negro Universities, Exchange Programs With

see Exchange Programs-Negro Universities (1965) RG-30/8

NERCCS

see New England Regional Consortium for Computational Studies (NERCCS) RG-29/1

NETI

see National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) (1994- ) RG-25/N3

Neuroendocine Studies, Center for

RG-25/N4.5

Neuroscience and Behavior Program

RG-25/N5

Neuroscience Systems, Center for

see Systems Neuroscience, Center for RG-25/S10

New Africa House

see Black Culture Center (New Africa House) RG-30/26

see also Buildings (New Africa House) RG-36/101

New American Movement (Student Social Action Group) (1973)

RG-45/80/N4

New College Committee and Hampshire College

RG-60/6

New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)

RG-60/2

New England Classical Newsletter

RG-25/C5/00

New England Council of Land-Grant University Women

RG-60/1/1

New England Culture, Center for

see Center for New England Culture (College of Arts and Sciences) RG-11/9

New England Regional Consortium for Computational Studies (NERCCS)

RG-29/1

New Senate AGENDA

see AGENDA, The New Senate (1993- ) RG-45/00/A1

New Student Record (1983, class of 1987)

RG-45/90/P3

New Students Program–Community Development Center

RG-30/9/2

New Students Program (Summer Counseling)

RG-30/9/2

see also Counseling Center RG-30/9/1

New Testament Fellowship (Religious Group) (1983, 1986)

RG-45/70/N3

New World Theater

RG-25/F3/N4

see also RG-25/T3.7

see also Notes For A New World (1987- ) RG-25/T3.7/00

Newcomer’s Club (Women’s Group)

RG-40/7/2

Newman Center

RG-30/11/1

see also Newman Club RG-45/70/N4

Newman Center Newsletter (1996- )

RG-30/11/1/00

Newman Club (Religious Group) (1963-1989)

RG-45/70/N4

see also Newman Center RG-30/11/1

News (President’s Office)

RG-3/00

News and Notes (Student Publication) (1959)

RG-45/00/N4

News and Views, UMass Alumni

see UMass Alumni News and Views (1978-1983) RG-50/00/3

News Bulletin (1937-1941) RG-40/3/P3

News Bureau

Note: Name changed to Office of Public Information, 10-6-1983.

see Office of Public Information (OPI) RG-5/3

News Letter (Extension Service, Cooperative) (1913-1921)

RG-15/8

News Office

see Office of Public Information (News Bureau) RG-5/3

News Project (1968)

RG-45/00/N5

News Service, MAC (Official University Committee) (1926)

RG-40/2/N4

News Summary (Public Affairs) (1993-1994)

RG-5/3/4

NewsClips (Public Affairs) (1984-1987)

RG-5/00/8

NewsLetter (School of Management) (1983-1985)

RG-12

Newsletter, University

see University Newsletter (News Bureau) RG-5/00/2

Newsline (1991)

RG-25/F6/00

Newsline (News Office) (1999- )

RG-5/00/13

Nominating Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967, 1977)

RG-40/2/A3

NOMMO (1990-1994)

RG-45/00/N6

see also Nummo News (1974-1990) RG-30/26/N8

Non-Academic Computing (Student Group) (NAC) (1996)

RG-45/40/N6

Nonformal Education Center

see Center for International Education (CIE) (School of Education) RG-13/3/19/5

North American Trade and Economics, Institute for

RG-25/N6

North Pleasant Street (Joint Town-University Task Force) (1968- )

RG-36/104/N6

North Village Apartments (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/N5

Northeast (Residential Buildings)

RG-36/102/N6

Northeast Area Government

RG-45/14

Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry (1996- )

RG-25/N7

Northeast Forestry Experiment Station (College of Food and Natural Resources) (1923-1933)

RG-15/13

Northeast Metric Research Center

RG-7/6

Northeast Quadrangle President’s Council, Housing sub-committee (1968)

RG-40/3/N6

Northeast Region Environmental Public Health Center

RG-17/1/1

Northeast Regional Media Center for the Deaf

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

Northeast Science Enrichment Program

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

Northern Educational Services (Social Action Group) (1975)

RG-45/80/N6.4

Notebook, University

see University Notebook RG-5/3/2

Notes For A New World (1987-1988)

RG-25/T3.7/00

Notes From Academic Affairs (1981-1983)

RG-6/00/N6

Notes from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (1973-1974,1977-1978)

RG-30/00/1

NOW

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

NU (Hillel) (1973, 1975)

RG-45/70/H5

Nummo News (1974-1991)

RG-30/26/N8

see also NOMMO (1990-1994) RG-45/00/N6

Nursery School

RG-25/H9.5

Nurses Association, Student

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

Nursing

RG-17/3

Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter (1989-1993)

RG-17/3

Nursing, School of

see Nursing RG-17/3

Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

see Food Science and Nutrition, Dept. of–Nutrient Data Bank, UMass RG-25/F5/3

Nutrition and Human Needs, Committee on (1971)

RG-45/80/N8

Nutrition Department

see Food Science and Nutrition Department RG-25/F5