http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/youmass/ 2012-01-26T15:26:23-05:00 http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/youmass/ http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/youmass/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-25T14:36:14-05:00 rscox http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/youmass/doku.php?id=buildings:b:brooks_farm_complex&rev=1327520174&do=diff Beginnings The Massachusetts Agricultural College stock facilities were originally located at a farm complex that stood in the south central area of the core campus, in the vicinity of the current location of Herter Hall and the Whitmore administration building. text/html 2012-01-18T10:05:34-05:00 rscox http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/youmass/doku.php?id=people:k:kaplan_sidney&rev=1326899134&do=diff An eminent scholar of African American history and activist, Sidney Kaplan was raised in New York City and graduated from City College in 1942. After wartime service as a Lieutenant in the Army, Kaplan returned to his education, completing an MA in history from Boston University (1948) and PhD at Harvard (1960), taking up the study of African American history at a time when few white scholars showed interest. Joining the English Department at UMass in 1946, Kaplan’s influence was widely felt at …