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Communication
Research Guide Contents
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Communication Research Guide
Archives and Special Collections The Special Collections and University Archives Department (Floor 25, W.E.B. Du Bois Library) contains manuscript collections; the records of many organizations, businesses, and community groups of the region; and a variety of materials that document the history of UMass Amherst. Its collections include the following, which may be of interest to communication researchers:
Special Collections
- Center for Community Access Television at Amherst Records, 1973 -1989
By-laws, articles of organization, organizational histories, annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, program schedules, brochures, handbills, and news clippings that document the founding and growth of a local community access cable television station.
- Sidney Topol Papers, 1949 -1995
Correspondence, biographical information, subject files, records of his career at Raytheon Company and Scientific Atlanta, Inc., speeches, photographs and audio-visual materials. A leader and pioneer in the telecommunications industry, Topol participated in the development of the first microwave television broadcast system and helped to introduce satellite television to much of the world. Topol has been active on a national level on issues such as expert policy, business and education, high-definition television, and international competitiveness.
- Charles Whipple Papers, 1931-1991
Correspondence and related materials documenting Whipple's career as a writer, award-winning journalist, and principled editorial editor and Ombudsman for the Boston Globe and later, the China Daily, the first English-language newspaper published in China.
- Linguistic Atlas of New England Papers, 1931-1972
Records generated during field work and research in the 1930s to document variant pronunciations and usage of spoken English throughout communities in New England; includes over 400 interview records supplemented with linguists' phonological analyses. A related collection of the American Dialect Society, 1889-1992, includes organizational records, primarily committee papers, correspondence, and publication lists.
- John P. Roche Collection
Pamphlets on American Socialism.
- Anti-Slavery Pamphlet Collection (1725-1911)
Speeches, sermons, proceedings of meetings, and society publications.
- Collection Binet
Books and pamphlets relating to the French Revolution.
- Harold Gordon Collection
Books and pamphlets of German politics, history and propaganda between the world wars.
University Archives
- Papers, ranging from vitae and resumes to research notes, news clippings, publications and photographs, of individual faculty and staff particularly from the Communication, Afro-American, Linguistics, Theater, and English departments.
- Records documenting the activities and views of various student groups, including those that have initiated or supported radio, television, and video programming throughout the history of UMass Amherst.
- Reports, publications, and other media produced by faculty, students, and University departments (such as Public Affairs) responsible for developing and disseminating campus and external communication.
We invite researchers to browse the full listing of collections at Special Collections and University Archives or contact us for assistance with locating primary sources.
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