In the summer of 1967, members of University of Massachusetts Amherst campus groups, such as the Faculty Group on War and Peace and the Students for Political Action, joined with individuals from other area colleges and from the community at large to form the Valley Peace Center of Amherst for the purposes of opposing the Vietnam War, providing draft counseling, eliciting pledges from the government to avoid first use of nuclear and biological weapons, and reduction of the power of the “military-industrial complex”. The Center was active for more than five and a half years, drawing its financial support largely from the community and its human resources from student and community volunteers.

Correspondence, minutes, volunteer and membership lists, financial records, newsletters, questionnaires, notes, petitions, clippings, posters, circulars, pamphlets, periodicals, other printed matter, and memorabilia. Includes material relating to alternative service, boycotts, war tax resistance, prison reform, environmental quality, and political candidates.

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

A

A & F Notes (1996- ) (Administrative Services)

RG-35/00

AAC

see Academic Advisors Council (AAC) (1986-1993) RG-40/3/A.5

AASA

see Asian American Students Association (AASA) (1975- ) RG-45/40/A8

AAUP

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

AAUP Newsletter

see American Association of University Professors Newsletter (UMass Chapter) (1970-1980) RG-40/5/A2

Abilities Unlimited (1986-1990)

RG-45/40/A2

ABLE, Project

see Project ABLE RG-12/2

ABSA

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

Academic Activities Board

RG-30/23/2

Academic Advisors Council

RG-40/3/A.5

Academic Advisory Council (College of Arts and Science)

RG-11/2.1

Academic Affairs

RG-6

Academic Affairs, Assistant Vice President for

RG-3/6/1

Academic Affairs, Associate Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Associate (1988) RG-6/3

Academic Affairs Committee (Student Senate) (1972- )

RG-45/7/A2

Academic Affairs, Notes From

see Notes From Academic Affairs (1981-1982) RG-6/00/N6

Academic Affairs Publications

RG-6/00

Academic Affairs, Assistant Vice President for

see Vice President for Academic Affairs, Assistant RG-3/6/1

Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for

see Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost RG-6/1

Academic Affairs, Vice President for

see Vice President for Academic Affairs RG-3/6

Academic Budget, Director of

RG-6/11

Academic Calendar (Four & Five College Cooperation) (1958- )

RG-60/5/00

Academic Computing

seeComputing, Provost’s Task Force on Academic (1984- ) RG-40/2/C6.7

Academic Deans Meeting

see Dean’s Council; Provost’s Administrative Council; Academic Deans Meeting (1955-1977) RG-6/2

Academic Departments, Programs, Institutes, Centers

RG-25

Academic Development Center, Counseling and

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

Academic Freedom, Faculty Group for (1969-1970)

RG-40/3/A1

Academic Honesty, Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1969, 1977)

RG-40/2/A3

Academic Instructional Media Services (AIMS)

RG-6/22

see also Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s) RG-8/1/5.

Academic Matters Committee/Council (Faculty Senate, 1965- )

RG-40/2/A2

see also Predecessor Committees: Curriculum, Course of Study

Academic Matters Council

see Academic Matters Committee (Faculty Senate, 1957- ) RG-40/2/A2

Academic Personnel Policies Committee, ad hoc Multi-Campus (1974-1975)

see Inter-Campus Committees–Personnel Policies Committee, ad hoc Multi Campus Academic (1974-1975) RG-3/100

Academic Personnel Policies Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967- )

RG-40/2/A3

see also Personnel Policy Committee (Faculty Senate, 1967- ) RG-40/2/A3

Academic Planning and Assessment, Office of (OAPA)

see Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA) RG-4/3/6

Academic Priorities, ad hoc Committee (Faculty Senate, 1978- )

RG-40/2/A3

Academic Programs, Residential

see Residential Academic Programs RG-32/14

Academic Review Committee, ad hoc (Faculty Senate, 1977)

RG-40/2/A3

Academic Support Center, Undergraduate Advising and

see Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- ) RG-6/7

Academic Support Services, Dean

RG-30/4

ACCESS (1989)

RG-45/40/A2.5

ACCENTS (1997- ) (Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station)

RG-15/2.2

Accounting Association

see Accounting Department–Accounting Association RG-25/A2

Accounting, Cashiering

RG-35/5

Accounting Department

RG-25/A2

Acid Rain Monitoring Project Newsletter

see ARM Newsletter (1985-1993) RG-25/W2/00

ACLAN

see Comparative Literature–American Comparative Literature Association Newsletter (ACLAN) (1968-1971) RG-25/C8/00

Acquisitions (Library) (1870- )

RG-8/4/1

Action Committee, ad hoc Faculty/Librarian (1980)

RG-40/3/A1.5

Action, University Year for

see University Year for Action (UYA) RG-6/4/4

Activities and Events, Miscellaneous (Photographs)

RG-145

see also Panoramic Photos RG-170

Activities, Departmental (Photographs)

see Departmental Activities (Photographs) RG-160

Activities Problems, Student Workshop on

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

Activities Without Formal Organization or Name, Student

see Student Activities Without Formal Organization or Name RG-45/100

Acts (Printed materials, oversize)

RG-184/1

Actuarial Program

see Mathematics and Statistics Dept.–Actuarial Program RG-25/M5/3

ADAEP

see Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Program (ADAEP) (Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences) RG-13/4/1

Addresses (Commencement) (1871- )

RG-1/7/3

Adelphia (Honorary Society)

RG-45/60/A3

Administration and Finance, Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance RG-35/1/1

Administration and Leadership (School of Education–Design for Effective Learning Cluster)

RG-13/3/23/7

see also Leadership and Administration, Center for (Educational Planning and Management Cluster) RG-13/3/17/3

Administration, Dean of

see Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services RG-35/1

Administrative Instruction (Administrative Services)

RG-35/00

Administrative Notices

RG-35/00

Administrative Policy, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1957-1958)

RG-40/2/A3

Administrative Reorganization of Special Programs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate, 1981)

RG-40/2/A3

Administrative Services

RG-35

Administrative Services, Publications

RG-35/00

Administrative Services, Vice Chancellor for

see Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services RG-35/1

Admissions

RG-30/5

see also Graduate Admissions RG-9/5/2

Admissions and Records, Board of (Faculty Senate, 1960- )

RG-40/2/A3

Admissions Task Force, Undergraduate

see Undergraduate Admissions Task Force (1999- ) RG-40/2/U2

Advanced Study in the Humanities, Institute for

see Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (IASH) (1981- ) RG-6/19

Advancement, University

see University Relations and Development RG-39

Advising and Academic Support Center, Undergraduate

see Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center (UAASC) (1997- ) RG-6/7

Advising Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Information and

see College of Arts and Sciences Information and Advising Center (CASIAC) RG-11/5

Advisory Council of Women (View online)

RG-30/24

Advisory Council of Women Film (ca. 1927)

RG-186/100/1

Aerobics, Men’s

see Sports-Men’s Aerobics (1988) RG-18/2

Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical and

see Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering RG-25/M6

Aesthetics, Center for

RG-13/3/21/3

Affirmative Action Office (1982- )

RG-4/7

see also Provost for Women and Minority Groups, Associate ( 1968-1981) RG-6/13

Affirmative Business Leadership Education (ABLE)

see Project ABLE RG-12/2

African-Latino-Asian-Native American

see ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5

ALANA, Office of

RG-45/80/A4.5

African Students Association

see Afro-American Society RG-45/40/A3.2

Afro-American Society/African Student Association (ASA) (1968- )

RG-45/40/A3.2

Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of

RG-25/A4

see also Five College Black Studies Program RG-60/5/3; Five College Cooperation RG-60/5

AFSCME, Local 1776; Council 41

see Local 1776 AFSCME; Council 41 RG-40/5/S4

AGENDA, The New Senate (1993 )

RG-45/00/A1

Aggie Banqueteer (1917)

RG-45/00/A2

Aggie Life (Student Body Newspaper)

RG-45/00/A3

see also Aggie Life (Duplicate Collection) (1890) RG-99/1

Aggie Life (Microfilms) (1890-1901) RG-190/11

Aggie Life (Duplicate Collection) (1890)

RG-99/1

Aggie Life (Microfilms)

RG-190/11

Aggie News Letter (1917)

RG-45/00/A4

Aging, Center on

see Center on Aging (Human Development Concentration) RG-13/4/10

Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology

see Environmental Sciences, Department of RG-25/E8

Agricultural and Food Economics

see Food and Resource Economics RG-25/F45

Agricultural and Food Economics–Progress Report on Research (Department Series)

RG-25/F45

Agricultural and Resource Economics, Dept. of

see Food and Resource Economics, Dept. of RG-25/F4.5

Agricultural Education Circular (Extension Service, Cooperative)

RG-15/8

Agricultural Engineering, Department of

RG-25/A5.5

see also Food and Agricultural Engineering RG-25/F4

Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham

RG-25/M6.1

Agricultural Experiment Station (Main Microfilms)

see UMass Library catalog for holdings

Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Massachusetts

see Experiment Station (1888- ) RG-15/2.2

Agricultural Extension Service (Main Microfilms)

see UMass Library catalog for holdings

Agricultural Improvement Association (1911-1912)

RG-45/40/A3.6

Agricultural Management Systems Center

RG-25/A5.75

Agricultural Review, Massachusetts

see Extension Service, Cooperative — Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1931) RG-15/8

see also Massachusetts Agricultural Review (1926-1930) (Official University Committee) RG-40/2/M4

Agricultural Review, Mass., Committee on

see Massachusetts Agricultural Review, Committee on (1926-1930) RG-40/2/M4

Agricultural Studies Center

see International Agricultural Studies, Center for RG-15/4

Agriculture, College of

see College of Food and Natural Resources RG-15

Agronomy

see Plant and Soil Sciences RG-25/P4

Agronomy Digest

see Extension Service, Cooperative–Agronomy Digest (1982-1993) RG-15/8

Ahora (Student Social Action Group) (1974)

RG-45/80/A4

AIDS Memorial Quilt Project (1992- )

RG-11/20

AIDS, University Committee on (Official University Committee) (1987-1993)

RG-40/2/A5.5

AIMS

see Academic Institute Media Services (AIMS) RG-6/22

see also Audio-Visual Department (as part of library) RG-8/1/5

Air Science, Military

see Military and Air Science RG-25/M8

ALANA Honor Society

RG-45/60/A3.5

Note: As of 1999, ALANAI (African- Latino- Asian- Native American and International Honor Society)

ALANA, Office of (Asian Latino African Native American)

RG-45/80/A4.5

ALANAI

see ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Program (ADAEP) (Division of Human Services and Applied Behavioral Sciences)

RG-13/4/1

Alcohol Education Project, Demonstration

see Demonstration Alcohol Education Project RG-30/15/2/3

Alcohol Program, Residential Education

see Residential Education Alcohol Program (REAP) (1987- ) RG-30/31

Alcohol Use, University Committee on (Official University Committee) (1957-1959, 1984- )

RG-40/2/A6

Alliance for Student Power (ASP) (1994- )

see Radical Student Union RG-45/80/R1

Allied Students Against Prejudice (ASAP) (1992)

RG-45/40/A4

ALPHA BITS (1925-1928) (Phi Sigma Kappa)

RG-45/90/P5.6

Alpha Chi Omega (1962-1986)

RG-45/90/A3.5

Alpha Delta Phi (1980)

RG-45/90/A4

Alpha Epsilon Pi (1983, 1986)

RG-45/90/A4.3

Alpha Gamma Rho (1985)

RG-45/90/A4.2

Alpha Kappa Alpha (2000- )

RG-45/90/A4.31

Alpha Lambda Delta (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/A4.2

Alpha Phi Alpha (1995)

RG-45/90/A4.32

Alpha Phi Gamma (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/A4.4

Alpha Phi Mu (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/A4.45

Alpha Phi Omega (1970)

RG-45/90/A4.4

see also Freshman Register (1974-1977, classes of 1978-1981) (Alpha Phi Omega) RG-45/00/F6.5

Alpha Sigma Lambda (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/A4.7

Alpha Sigma Phi

see College Shakespearean Club (Alpha Sigma Phi) RG-45/90/C9

Alpha Tau Gamma (1919- )

RG-45/90/A4.6

Alpha Zeta (Honor Society)

RG-45/60/A4.9

ALSA Forum (National Journal) (1981-1984)

RG-25/L7/00

see also Legal Studies Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal (1985-1988) RG-25/L7/00

Alternative Schools (School of Education–National Alternative Schools Program)

RG-13/3/21/7

Alternative Schools, Center for

RG-13/4/10

see also Alternative Schools RG-13/3/21/7

Alternative School Program, National

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

Alumni

RG-50

Alumni Advisory Committee on Campus Development (1945-1946)

RG-6/15/2

Alumni Affairs

see Alumni Office RG-50/1

Alumni Affairs, ad hoc Committee on (Faculty Senate,1990)

RG-40/2/A3

Alumni, Associate

see Associate Alumni RG-50/2

Alumni Associations (City, Regional, and Other Special Associations–not athletic)

RG-50/5

Alumni Athletic Association, MAC

see MACAAA RG-50/4

Alumni Bulletin (1919-1953)

RG-50/00/3

see also Alumni Bulletin (Duplicate Collection) (1919-1953) RG-99/1

Alumni, by Class (Photographs)

see Students and Alumni, by Class (Photographs) RG-130

Alumni Classes, by Year (including individual students)

see Classes, by Year RG-50/6

Alumni Club, On Campus

see On Campus Alumni Club (1986-1989) RG-40/3/O5

Alumni Committee on Campus Development

see Alumni Advisory Committee (1945-1946) RG-6/15/2

Alumni Connection, The UMASS (1992- )

RG-50/00/3

Alumni Day, Mid-Winter

see Mid-Winter Alumni Day (Official University Committee) (1923-1926) RG-40/2/M5

Alumni Directories

see Directories, Alumni RG-50/1

see also Directories, Student RG-1/00/5

Alumni Directories (Duplicate Collection) (1918, 1929, 1935, 1968)

RG-99/1

Alumni Group, On-Campus

see On-Campus Alumni Group (1986- ) RG-40/3/O5

Alumni Materials (Duplicate Collection)

RG-99/1

Alumni News, MAC College and

see MAC College and Alumni News (Vol. 1-6, 1903-1908) RG-50/00/3

Alumni/ae Newsletter (School of Education)

see School of Education Alumni Newsletter (1993) RG-13/00

Alumni Obituaries, Biographies

see Obituaries, Biographies (Alumni) RG-50/00/2

Alumni Office (Office of Development and Alumni Affairs)

RG-50/1

Alumni Organizations by Class

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

Alumni Periodicals

RG-50/00/3

Alumni Photographs

see Students and Alumni by Class (photographs) RG-130

Alumni Publications

RG-50/00

Alumni, Stockbridge

see Stockbridge Alumni RG-50/3

Alumni/ae Newsletter (School of Education)(1993)

RG-13/00

Alumnus Magazine, The (Photo Collection)

RG-147

Alumnus, The (Alumni Periodicals) (1953-1989) View online (1970-1976)

RG-50/00/3

see also Alumni Connection, The UMASS Winter (1992- ) RG-50/00/3

Amateur Radio Club

see Radio Club, Amateur (1948- ) RG-45/40/R3

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

RG-40/5/A2

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

American Association of University Professors Newsletter (1970-1980)

RG-40/5/A2

American Comparative Literature Association Newsletter (ACLAN) (1968-1976)

RG-25/C8/00

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

see Local 1776, AFSCME, Council 41 (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) RG-40/5/S4

American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CI0, Local-1359, UMASS Chapter

see American Federation of Teachers–UMass Faculty Records (1963-1964) MS152

American Legal Studies Association

see ALSA Forum RG-25/L7/00

American Literature, Early

see Early American Literature RG-25/E3/00

Americans for Freedom, Young

see Young Americans for Freedom RG-45/80/Y6

Amherst Camera Club

see Camera Club, Amherst RG-45/40/C3

Amherst Campus Council

see Campus Council, Amherst (1992- ) RG-4/11

Amherst Campus to Other Campuses of the University, ad hoc Committee

on the Relationship of (Faculty Senate, 1972-1974) RG-40/2/A3

Amnesty International, UMASS (1986-1998)

RG-45/80/A5

An Informal Chat with Non-Professional Woman (1972)

RG-7/2/00

Animal Care Committee (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/1/2/3

Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club

see Veterinary and Animal Sciences–Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club RG-25/V2

Animal Rights Coalition (ARC) (1993)

RG-45/80/A6

Animal Science Club

see Veterinary and Animal Sciences–Animal Husbandry, Animal Science Club RG-25/V2

Animal Sciences

see Veterinary and Animal Sciences RG-25/V2

Animals (Photographs)

RG-165

Anniversary Slide Show, UMass 125th

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

Anniversaries

see Centennial and Other Anniversaries; Special Days (1868- ) RG-1/8

Annual Reports, Experiment Station

see Experiment Station , Annual Reports (1888- ) RG-15/2.2

Annual Reports, Experiment Station

see Experiment Station, Annual Reports (1882-1895) RG-15/2.1

Annual Reports, University (1863-1989)

RG-1/00/2

View online (1864-1973) or View online (1879-1975)

and Annual Reports, Duplicate Collection (1863-1989) RG-99/2

Anthropological Survey Service, University Monthly

see University Monthly Anthropological Survey Service (UMASS) RG-25/A6/00

Anthropology, Department of

RG-25/A6

Anthropology Research Reports, Dept. of (1968-1989)

RG-25/A6/00

Anti-Racism Coalition (1992)

RG-45/40/A5

Anti-Semitism Task Force, Jewish Awareness

see Civility in Human Relations, Commission on RG-40/2/C3

Apartments (Lincoln, University and North Village)

RG-35/12/1

see also Apartments, North Village RG-36/102/N5

Applesauce (1974-1976)

RG-13/3/21/7

see also Alternative School Programs RG-13/4/10

Applied Behavioral Science Alliance (ABSA) (1973-1974)

RG-40/3/A6

Applied Behavioral Sciences, Division of Human Services

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

Applied Mathematics, Center for

RG-25/M5.5

Applied Technology Center (College of Engineering)

RG-14/3

Aquacultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham

RG-25/M6.1

Arab/Arab Students Association (ca. 1969)

RG-45/40/A6

Arboretum

see Waugh Arboretum (Physical Plant) (1944) RG-36/104/W3

ARC

see Animal Rights Coalition (ARC) (1993- ) RG-45/80/A6

Archaeological Services (1992- )

RG-6/4/14/6

Archery (Men’s)

see Sports-Men’s Archery (1939-1940, 1947) RG-18/2

Archives (Archives and Manuscripts) (1967- )

RG-8/1/3

Arcon (University Guide Service) (1964-1984)

RG-45/90/A7

see also University Tour Service (1984- ) RG-30/4/1

Area Government, Dormitories and

see Housing Services RG-32

Area Studies (College of Arts and Science)

RG-11/3

Arion Quartet

see Singing Clubs–Arion Quartet RG-25/M9.5

ARM Newsletter (1982-1993)

RG-25/W2/00

Armenian Students Club (1985)

RG-45/40/A7

Army Reserve Unit (1961)

RG-40/3/A7

Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP)

see Military and Air Science–ASTRP RG-25/M8/3

Arnold Air Society

see Military and Air Sciences–Arnold Air Society RG-25/M8

Art Department

RG-25/A7

Art Exhibition, ad hoc Committee on the (Faculty Senate, 1967-1968,1975-1976)

RG-40/2/A3

Art Gallery (Herter and University Gallery)

RG-11/15

see also Art Exhibition, ad hoc Committee on the (Faculty Senate) RG-40/2/A3

Art Posters (Poster Collection)

RG-180/5

Art Sites, Galleries and Public

see Galleries and Public Art Sites RG-36/50/G2

Art Sitings (1993 )

RG-11/13

Art Students Association, Undergraduate

see Undergraduate Art Students Association (U-Arts) RG-45/40/U5

Artifacts (Memorabilia, general)

RG-183/1

Arts and Music Committee

RG-45/50/A7

Arts and Sciences

RG-11

Arts and Sciences, College of

see College of Arts and Sciences RG-11/1-7

Arts and Sciences, Dean

see College of Arts and Sciences, Dean RG-11/1

Arts Council

see Fine Arts Council RG-11/13

Arts Extension Service

RG-7/5

Arts Extension Service Newsletter (1977-1981)

RG-7/5

Arts Program, Feminist

see Feminists Arts Program (Everywoman’s Center) RG-7/2/2/2

ASAP

see Allied Students Against Prejudice (ASAP) (1992- ) RG-45/40/A4

Asbestos Control Office

RG-36/2

Asia House, United

see United Asia House RG-45/40/U6

Asia Learning Resource Center, United

see United Asia Learning Resource Center (UALRC) (1990) RG-25/U5

Asian, Latino, African, Native American

see ALANA, Office of RG-45/80/A4.5

see also ALANA Honor Society RG-45/60/A3.5

Asian American Students Organization (AASA) (1975- )

RG-45/40/A8

Asian Arts and Culture

RG-25/F3/A8

Asian Club, South

see South Asian Club (1992- ) RG-45/40/S4.23

Asian Indian Association

see Indian, Asian, Association RG-45/40/I5

Asian Studies (Program and Committee)

RG-25/A8

Asian Studies Committee Occasional Papers Series (1978-1980)

RG-25/A8/00

ASP

see Alliance for Student Power RG-45/80/R1

Assemblies (1946, 1991)

RG-1/10

Assistantships, Teacher Improvement (Graduate School)

RG-10/1/20

Associate Alumni

RG-50/2

Associations, Unions and (Student)

see Unions and Associations (Student) RG-45/45

Associations, Unions and (Faculty and Staff)

see Unions and Associations (Faculty and Staff) RG-40/4

Associations with Other Institutions

RG-60

Astronomy

see Physics and Astronomy RG-25/P3

ASTRP (Army Specialized Training Reserve Program)

see Military and Air Science–ASTRP RG-25/M8/3

Athletic Association, MAC Alumni

see MACAAA RG-50/4

Athletic Council of Faculty Senate (Faculty Senate, 1960- )

RG-40/2/A3

Athletic Department (by sport)

RG-18/2

see also Physical Education, Men’s Department RG-25/P3.1

Physical Education, Women’s Department RG-25/P3.2

Athletics

see Athletic Department RG-18/2

Atlantic Studies, Institute for

see Freiburg Program RG-25/F8

Attorney-Legal Services Office (LSO)

RG-45/2

Au Present (1966)

RG-45/00/A8

Audio Tapes

RG-185/2/1

Audio-Visual Advisory Committee (Faculty Senate, 1979-1986)

RG-40/2/A3

Audio-Visual Council (Faculty Senate, 1956-1960)

RG-40/2/A3

Audio-Visual Department

see Library Audio-Visual Department (1948-1990′s) RG-8/1/5

see also Academic Instructional Media Services (AIMS) (1998- ) RG-6/22

Audio-Visual Software

RG-185 through 190

Auto Pool Committee (Student Senate)

RG-45/7/A8

Auxiliary Services

RG-35/19

A-V Center

see Audio-Visual Department (as part of Library) RG-8/1/5

see also Union Video RG-45/30/U5

Awards (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/1/11

see also Distinguished Teaching Award RG-1/11

Awards (Printed materials, oversize)

RG-184/2

Awards (Faculty and Staff)

RG-40/1/11

Awards, Prizes (1909- )

RG-1/11

see also University Medal for Outstanding Service RG-2/99

Awareness Committee, Campus

see Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C.5

Lathe operator, Rodney Hunt co., 1974

Raised on Long Island, Ed Judice embarked on a path in photography at the age of 13 when he took a job sweeping floors in a local photo studio. After picking up work photographing locally and a stint in the army, he moved to New York city, Judice began doing commercial work for ad agencies and magazines and eventually with Polaroid. Through Polaroid, he began developing contacts in western Massachusetts, eventually moving to Wendell in the early 1970s. He maintains an active studio in Northampton.

The Judice collection consists of a series of 59 digital images relating to a photo documentation project at the Rodney Hunt factory in Orange, Mass., in 1973 and 1974; a series of photographs documenting the bicentennial of Wendell in 1981; and two video documentaries of the Three County Fair, Northampton, Mass., 2007, and “Benny and Joe: A friendship,” 2010.

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.

Benjamin Smith Lyman, 1902

A native of Northampton, Massachusetts, Benjamin Smith Lyman was a prominent geologist and mining engineer. At the request of the Meiji government in Japan, Lyman helped introduce modern geological surveying and mining techniques during the 1870s and 1880s, and his papers from that period illuminate aspects of late nineteenth century Japan, New England, and Pennsylvania, as well as the fields of geology and mining exploration and engineering. From his earliest financial records kept as a student at Phillips Exeter Academy through the journal notations of his later days in Philadelphia, Lyman’s meticulous record-keeping provides much detail about his life and work. Correspondents include his classmate, Franklin B. Sanborn, a friend of the Concord Transcendentalists and an active social reformer, abolitionist, and editor.

The papers, 1848-1911, have been organized into nine series: correspondence, financial records, writings, survey notebooks, survey maps, photographs, student notes and notebooks, collections, and miscellaneous (total 25 linear feet). A separate Lyman collection includes over 2,000 books in Japanese and Chinese acquired by Lyman, and in Western languages pertaining to Asia.

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.

Silkworm, 2007

Since 2004, the Florence Poets Society has been a hub of the poetry communities in Western Massachusetts, promoting the sharing, reading, and publication of works by its members. The group has sponsored outdoor poetry festivals, poetry slams, and readings and it has encouraged publication of poetry through its annual review, , and through chapbooks of its members.

Established in partnership with Rich Puchalsky and the Florence Poets Society, the Western New England Poetry Collection constitutes an effort to document the vibrant poetry communities in Western New England. The collection includes all forms of poetry, from the written to the spoken word, in all formats, but with a particular emphasis upon locally produced and often difficult to find chapbooks, small press books, unpublished works, and limited run periodicals. The collection is not limited to members of the Florence Poets Society, and additions from poets in Western New England are eagerly welcomed.

A cutlery company in Northampton, Mass., the Clement Company’s records include extensive correspondence files (1881-1934), along with journals and ledgers, payroll accounts, employee information, and other records. The records provide excellent documentation of wages, working conditions, the labor forces, and technological change in the industry, as well as the efforts of local workers to unionize.

Organization in Northampton, Massachusetts that met in members’ homes for the purpose of helping working people spend their evenings in valuable reading and discussion, and for furthering the culture of the home as well as the individual. The organization also sponsored flower garden competitions, an evening school for adults, a school for the household arts, an after school play program for children, a Golden Age club, and a day camp. Photocopied records include Board of Directors minutes, Directors’ reports, and correspondence.

Residents of Worcester, Mass., Madeline and Winthrop Goddard Hall were part of an extended community of young friends and family associated with the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, including Charlotte and Edwin St. John Ward, Margaret Hall, and Ruth Ward Beach. From 1907 to 1914, Edwin Ward was sent as a missionary to the Levant, working as a physician and teacher at Aintab College in present-day Turkey and Syrian Protestant College in Beirut. Margaret Hall and Ruth Beach were stationed in China, teaching in Tientsin, at the Ponasang Women’s College in Fuzhou, and at the Bridgeman School in Shanghai.

The Hall Papers include 67 lengthy letters from the Ottoman Empire and China, the majority from Charlotte and Edwin Ward. Intimate and often intense, the correspondence provides insight into the social and family life of missionaries and gives a strong sense of the extended community of missionaries.