Special Collections and Archives -- W.E.B. Du Bois Library

Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America—Boston Joint Board Records
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates: 1916–1979
Size: 8 linear feet
Contents:
Minutes
Financial records
Contracts
Price lists
Scrapbooks
Main Entry:   Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)
Subject—Personal Names:
Ferreira, Alvaro
Friedman, Harvey
Nunes, Diana
Salerno, Joseph
Subject—Corporate Names:
AFL-CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)
Textile Workers Union of America
United Garment Workers
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Boston, Massachusetts
Note:    The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America became the dominant union in the men's garment industry after breaking with the United Garment Workers in 1914. City joint boards including representatives from various locals, like the one in Boston, were created to coordinate the activities of local unions, which organized workers around a specific craft (i.e., cutting or dyeing), a branch of the industry (pants making), or a particular ethnic group. The Boston Joint Board ACWA Records are dated principally from 1942 to 1979. In 1979 the Boston Joint Board merged with others to form the New England Regional Joint Board, reflecting the decline of the clothing industry in New England. Note that at this repository there are also two collections of papers related to the New England Joint Board and collections of papers relating to the AFL-CIO, the parent organization, and a collection relating to Local 125 of the ACWA, governed by the New England Joint Board.
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Repository:   Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Local #125
Acct. #/Ms. #: 1
Dates: 1928–1984
Size: 8 linear feet
Contents:
Minutes
Contracts
Subject files
Publications
Images—Photographs
Scrapbooks
Main Entry: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)
Subject—Personal Names:
Aiello, Nick
Cursi, Aldo
Laurie, John
Santora, Mamie
Subject—Corporate Names:
AFL-CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Connecticut
New England
Note: In 1933 the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) began an organizing drive among New England garment workers. Local 125 was chartered and local governing bodies were established. The history of Local 125 is documented in this collection from its founding through 1984, but also includes some piece-rate schedules that predate the formation of the local. Most of the papers date from 1964 to 1978.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: American Writing Paper Company Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 62
Dates: 1851–1966
Size: 9.5 linear feet
Contents:
Board of directors minutes
Blueprints
Contracts
Correspondence

Main Entry: American Writing Paper Company
Subject—Personal Names:
Subject—Corporate Names: American Writing Paper Company
Subject—Topical Heading: Labor History

Subject—Geographical Name:
Holyoke, Massachusetts
New England
Note: In 1899, 14 western New England paper-making companies, centered primarily in Holyoke, Massachusetts, merged to form the American Writing Paper Company. The collection includes some business records, comprising board of directors minutes, blueprints, land transactions, merger agreements, and printed material; but the bulk is made up of files of labor relations materials dated from the 1920s through 1966. This includes contracts, grievances, negotiations, and collective bargaining.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Kenyon Leech Butterfield Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #: RG#3/1
Dates: 1889–1945
Size: 12 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Memoranda
Speeches
Published writing
Biographical material

Main Entry: Butterfield, Kenyon Leech (1868–1935)
Subject—Personal Names: Butterfield, Kenyon Leech
Subject—Corporate Names:
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Michigan Agricultural College
Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Rural Life Movement
United States— Intellectual Life

Subject—Geographical Name:
Note: Kenyon Leech Butterfield (1868–1935) was an agricultural economist, rural sociologist, and college president (Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1906–1924). His papers document his role as a public figure in agriculture and education, and his involvement in the Rural Life Movement and religious affairs of the day. His correspondents include college, state, and federal officials; leaders in agriculture, education, and religion; and officials from the Massachusetts Commission on Investigation of Agricultural Education, Massachusetts Committee on Food Production, Massachusetts Department of Education, Massachusetts Division of Administration, and Massachusetts Federation of Churches.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, New England Joint Board Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 2
Dates: 1939–1987
Size: 8 linear feet
Contents:
Administrative records
Collective bargaining files
Subject files
Publications
Main Entry:
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA)
Subject—Personal Names: Pucciarelli, William
Subject—Corporate Names: Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Subject—Topical Heading: Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Connecticut
New England
Note: The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America became the dominant union in the men's garment industry after breaking with the United Garment Workers in 1914. City and regional joint boards including representatives from various locals, like this one, were created to coordinate the activities of local unions, which organized workers around a specific craft (i.e., cutting or dyeing), a branch of the industry (pants making), or a particular ethnic group. The New England Joint Board ACWA records are dated from 1950 to 1987. In 1979, the New England Joint Board merged with others to form the New England Regional Joint Board, reflecting the decline of the clothing industry in New England. Note that there is also, at this repository, a collection of papers related to the Boston Joint Board and collections of papers relating to the AFL-CIO, the parent organization, and a collection relating to Local 125 of the ACWA, governed by the New England Joint Board. The records in this collection relate primarily to collective bargaining with individual manufacturers.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name:Children's Aid and Family Service Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 8
Dates: 1910–1981
Size: 3.5 linear feet
Contents:
Meeting minutes
Annual reports
Committee records
Constitutions
Correspondence (scant)
Main Entry: Children's Aid and Family Service, Inc. (CAFS)
Subject—Personal Names:
Chrisman, Miriam
Coolidge, Mrs. Calvin
Hinckley, Agnes
Sessions, Ruth
Subject—Corporate Names:
Child Welfare League of America
Children's Aid and Family Service (CAFS)
Home Finding Committee
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Subject—Topical Heading:
Charities
Local History
Social History
Women—History

Subject—Geographical Name: Northampton, Massachusetts
Note: In March 1910, the Home Finding Committee of the Northampton chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, with Mrs. Calvin Coolidge as chair, met to discuss the establishment of a temporary home for children in need. The result was the Children's Aid and Family Service (CAFS). The records of the CAFS trace its growth from these volunteer beginnings to the complex professionalism of the agency as it exists now. They also reflect the social attitudes of the community over time. Particularly revealing are the minutes, annual reports, and committee records. The minutes provide a nearly complete record of meetings from 1910 to 1981.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: William Smith Clark Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: RG 3/1
Dates:1814–1882
Size: 7 linear feet
Contents:
Diaries
Correspondence
Images—Photographs
Published writings
Biographical material
Main Entry: Clark, William Smith (1826–1886)
Subject—Personal Names: Clark, William Smith
Subject—Corporate Names:
Amherst College
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Sapporo Agricultural College
Subject—Topical Heading:
Japan—History
United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865
United States—Intellectual Life
Subject—Geographical Name:
Amherst, Massachusetts
Hokkaido, Japan
Note: William Smith Clark (1826–1886), a member of the Amherst College faculty from 1852 to 1867 and president of Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC), 1867–1879, is also honored in Japan, where he spent a year establishing the Sapporo Agricultural College, modeled after MAC. Included in his papers is correspondence (1844–1885) covering Clark's days at Amherst College, his service in the Civil War with the 21st Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers, his mission to Hokkaido, Japan, and subsequent communication with Japanese students. The papers also contain current and noncontemporary biographical material on Clark in both English and Japanese.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Maurice A. Donahue Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 311
Dates: 1960–1971
Size: 34.5 linear feet
Contents:
Audiotapes
Correspondence
Main Entry: Donahue, Maurice A. (1918– )
Subject—Personal Names: Donahue, Maurice A.
Subject—Corporate Names:
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
Subject—Topical Heading:
Massachusetts—Politics and Government
Subject—Geographical Name: Massachusetts
Note: Maurice A. Donahue (1918– ) was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1948 as part of its first Democratic majority. In 1950 he was elected to the state Senate, where he became majority leader in 1958 and then Senate President, 1964–1971. Legislation he sponsored was aimed particularly at improving education and its availability, at all levels, throughout the Commonwealth. This collection of his public papers includes scrapbooks of news clippings, cards on courtesy actions for constituents, appointment calendars, tapes of radio talks, press releases, awards, and campaign memorabilia.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 312
Dates: 1803–1985
Size: 166 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Editorial files
Pamphlets
Reviews
Poetry
Financial records
News clippings
Images—Photographs
Audiotapes
Main Entry: Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868–1963)
Subject—Personal Names:
Aptheker, Herbert
Bond, Horace Mann
Forbes, George Washington
Frazier, Edward Franklin
Garvey, Marcus
Hope, John
Hughes, Langston
Johnson, James Weldon
Logan, Raford W.
Robeson, Paul
Spingarn, Arthur Bennett
Spingarn, Joel Elias
Trotter, William Monroe
Washington, Booker T.
White, Walter Francis
Wilkerson, Doxey Alphonso
Woodson, Carter G.
Subject—Corporate Names:
Crisis (Serial)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Niagara Movement
Pan-African Movement
Wilberforce University
Subject—Topical Heading:
Africa—History
Afro-Americans—History
Race Relations

Subject—Geographical Name:
Africa
Germany
Ghana
Note: The papers of W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) reflect the myriad activities of the educator, sociologist, editor, author, and crusader for the rights of African-Americans. From his early education in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to Harvard University and doctoral work in Germany, through his participation in the founding of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP, his teaching at Wilberforce and Atlanta Universities, and his years in Ghana, Dr. Du Bois's life is extensively documented. There is a published finding aid to this collection. The bulk of the collection (116 linear feet) is correspondence relating chiefly to Dr. Du Bois's professional and public life.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Hampshire County Action Commission, Inc. Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 56
Dates: 1965–1984
Size: 12.5 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Grant applications
Financial and legal records
News clippings
Printed material—Publications
Main Entry: Hampshire County Action Commission, Inc.
Subject—Personal Names:
Subject—Corporate Names:
Community Action Programs
Hampshire County Action Committee (HCAC)
Head Start
Subject—Topical Heading:
Great Society
Social History
United States—History—1945–
Subject—Geographical Name: Northampton, Massachusetts
Note: As a Community Action Program (CAP) in Northampton, Massachusetts, and administered under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Hampshire County Action Committee (HCAC) was a Great Society program instituting federally funded programs for poor people including Head Start; Alcohol Prevention; Casa Latina (Hispanic Center); daycare, energy, and winterization programs; and Youth Work Experience. The files are from the central administration of HCAC and include correspondence with federal and state funding agencies, annual reports, board of directors minutes, bylaws, and organizational charts. The records also include the CAP's publication, County Voice, Noticero Latina.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Hudson Family Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates: 1807–1963 [1825–1848]
Size: 4 linear feet
Contents:
Diaries
Correspondence
Financial and legal records
News clippings
Printed material
Main Entry: Hudson, Erasmus Darwin (1806–1880)
Subject—Personal Names:
Douglass, Frederick
Garrison, William Lloyd
Gay, Sydney
Hopper, Isaac
Hudson Family
Hudson, Daniel Coe (1774–1840)
Hudson, Erasmus Darwin (1806–1880)
Hudson, Erasmus Darwin (1843–1887)
Kelley, Abby
Phillips, Wendell
Smith, Gerrit
Stone, Lucy
Weld, Theodore
Wright, Henry
Subject—Corporate Names:
American Anti-slavery Society
Connecticut Anti-slavery Society

Subject—Topical Heading:
Abolitionists
Afro-Americans—History
Physicians—New York
Slavery—United States—Anti-slavery Movements
United States—History—1783–1865
Subject—Geographical Name:
Connecticut
Western Massachusetts

Note: The Hudson Family Papers derive from five generations of five New England families: the Hudsons, and those related to them by marriage: the Fowler, Shaw, Clarke, and Cook families. Of principal interest are the papers of Erasmus Hudson Sr., which document his service with abolitionist societies. He covered a circuit of at least 11 states in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, and New England regions from 1839 to 1850. Hudson recorded, often daily, his experiences organizing local abolitionist societies, traveling, arranging meetings, attending conventions, fund-raising, and confronting often violent opposition. The Hudsons were among the families who lived for a time at the Utopian community called Northampton Association of Education and Industry. Much of this material exists in both original and transcript format. Hudson Family material can also be found at Historic Northampton, in the Sophia Smith Collection, Forbes Library, and the Shaw Memorial Library in Plainfield.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Warren G. Harding Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 402
Dates: 1864–1962 [1920–1923]
Size: 12 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Appointment books
Hearing transcripts
Diaries
Images—Photographs
Speeches
Main Entry: Harding, Warren G. (1865–1923)
Subject—Personal Names:
Britten, Nan
Daugherty, Harry Micajah (1860–1941)
Harding, Warren G.
Hoover, Ike
Phillips, Carrie
Subject—Corporate Names: Veterans' Bureau
Subject—Topical Heading:
Teapot Dome Scandal
United States—Politics and Government
United States—Presidents

Subject—Geographical Name:

Note:    The Warren G. Harding collection consists entirely of electrostatic and photostatic copies and typed transcriptions of materials collected by Dean Albertson for a biographical and critical study of Harding. Approximately one-third of the material is from the Ohio Historical Society and the remainder from all repositories known to contain papers relevant to Harding. Inventories and calendars of all items in the collection are housed with the collection. The bulk of the material in these papers is dated 1920–1923 and consists of correspondence (8.5 linear feet). Selected correspondence is restricted until 2014.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: John P. Roche Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #:     Various
Dates: 1866–1955
Size: Approximately 280 pamphlets
Contents: Printed material—pamphlets (political)
Main Entry:     Roche, John P.
Subject—Personal Names: Roche, John P.

Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Communism—United States
Socialism—United States
United States—Politics and Government—20th Century
Subject—Geographical Name:
Note: John P. Roche (1923– ), a political scientist, professor, government consultant, and journalist, collected these political pamphlets. Their emphasis is on the Left in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s, but they include some items from the political Right, from Western and Eastern Europe, and from the mid-19th century through the 1950s. The publications represent some 120 different publishers, mostly backed by political and social interest groups.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Southeast Asia Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #: 407
Dates: 1896, 1925, 1940–1992 [1953–1976]
Size: 32 linear feet
Contents:
Reports
Publications
News clippings
Pamphlets
Memoranda

Main Entry:   U.S. Agency for International Development
Subject—Personal Names:
Subject—Corporate Names:
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Operations Missions (USOMS)
UNESCO

Subject—Topical Heading:
Asia—History
Southeast Asia—History
United States—AID Mission in Laos
United States—AID Mission in Vietnam
United States—Operations Mission to Thailand
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975
Subject—Geographical Name:
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam
Note:    The Southeast Asia Collection highlights the regional wars from the 1970s to the 1980s, including a series on Southeast Asian refugees in America. Another primary focus of the collection is on regional economic development, especially in the Mekong River Basin. The collection contains hundreds of reports on agricultural and industrial projects in the region. These reports examine everything from the impact of electrification on village life in Thailand, to a description of a Soviet-built hospital in Cambodia in 1961, to an assessment of herbicide in Vietnam in 1971. The collection has varied content but a limited scope, and should not be considered comprehensive. Most material comes from governmental and organizational sources, but there are papers by, and debriefs of, numerous individuals.
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                  W.E.B. Du Bois Library Collections table of contents

Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Howes Brothers Photographic Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #: 313
Dates: c. 1882–1907
Size: 0.5 linear foot of prints; 20,000 negatives on microfilm
Contents:
Images—Photographs
Microfilm
Main Entry:   Howes Brothers
Subject—Personal Names:
Howes, Alvah
Howes, George E.
Howes, Walter
Subject—Corporate Names:    A.W. and G.E. Howes, Photographers
Subject—Topical Heading:
Connecticut Valley—Description and Travel—Views
Local History
Photographs
Photography—19th Century
Photography—Commercial
Photography—Connecticut Valley
Photography—New England
Subject—Geographical Name: Pioneer Valley
Note:    The Howes brothers were itinerant commercial photographers active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These study prints of residents of the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts document pictorially the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England at the turn of the century. They are selected from a collection of 20,000 glass plate negatives that can be viewed on microfilm at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library's microforms area. An index and a supplement are also available there.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Jozef Obrebski Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 401
Dates: 1928–1974
Size: 29 linear feet
Contents:
Field notes
Images—Photographs
Correspondence
Diaries
Autobiographies
Published writing—Articles
Published writing—Monographs
Main Entry:   Obrebski, Jozef (1905–1974)
Subject—Personal Names:
Obrebski, Jozef (1905–1967)
Obrebski, Tamara (1908–1974)
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Caribbean Area—History
Ethnology
Europe—History
Polesia—History
Sociology
The Balkans—History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Caribbean Area
Jamaica
Macedonia
Polesia
Note:    Jozef Obrebski (1905–1967) was an ethnologist and sociologist. These papers contain ethnographic data he collected in Macedonia (1931–1932), Polesia (1934–1936), and Jamaica (1947–1948). The data include manuscript field notes; notes on interviews; typescript notes on methodologies and genealogies; religious and government documents relating to his research sites; and approximately 1,500 photographs and 50 autobiographies of Polish peasants. Also included are analyses of this data, manuscript and typescript drafts of articles and monographs, and printed versions of these works. Some materials relating to Tamara Obrebski are also included. Materials are in English, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, and other Slavic languages. Material pertaining to Jamaica is in English.
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                  W.E.B. Du Bois Library Collections table of contents

Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Valley Peace Center Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 301
Dates: 1967–1973
Size: 14 linear feet
Contents:
Minutes
Correspondence
Financial records
Newsletters
News clippings
Draft registration forms
Ephemera
Printed material—Pamphlets
Printed material—Brochures

Main Entry:   Valley Peace Center
Subject—Personal Names:

Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Asia—History
Southeast Asia—History
Valley Peace Center
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Peace
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961–1975—Public Opinion
Subject—Geographical Name: Amherst, Massachusetts
Note:    The Valley Peace Center was established in 1967 as a community organization to oppose the Vietnam War, to counsel young men regarding the selective service draft, and to support programs directed at related social and political problems. The organization was nationally recognized for its effectiveness. The records evoke much about the era, beyond documentation of the center's work. The printed materials address such topics as alternative service, fund-raising, boycotts, war tax resistance, demonstrations, prison reform, environmental quality, and political candidates.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Horace Mann Bond Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 411
Dates: 1830–1979
Size: 102.5 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence—Personal Correspondence—Professional
Administrative records
Teaching records
Research data
Manuscript material—Speeches
Manuscript material—Articles
Manuscript material—Books
Family material—Biographical material
Main Entry:   Bond, Horace Mann
(1904–1972)
Subject—Personal Names:
Bond, Horace Mann
Bond, James
Subject—Corporate Names:
Atlanta University
Fort Valley State College
Lincoln University
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Subject—Topical Heading:
Africa—Politics and Government—1945–1960
Africa—Social Conditions—1945–1960
Afro-Americans—Civil Rights
Afro-Americans—Education
Afro-Americans—History
Education—Africa
Subject—Geographical Name: Africa
Note:    Horace Mann Bond (1904–1972) was a noted African-American sociologist and college and university president. Material in his papers reflects his interests in both the history and sociological aspects of black education, and education and political conditions in Africa. The papers also include correspondence of James Bond (1863–1929) detailing social conditions related to race in Kentucky. The bulk of the material in this collection is dated 1926–1972.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Horace Edward Stockbridge Papers

Acct. #/Ms. #: RG#40/11
Dates: 1879–1888
Size: 0.1 linear foot
Contents:
Diaries
Correspondence
Biographical materials
Main Entry:   Stockbridge, Horace Edward (1857–1930)
Subject—Personal Names:
Stockbridge, Belle
Stockbridge, Horace Edward (1857–1930)
Subject—Corporate Names:
Hokkaido University
Subject—Topical Heading:
Asia—History
Japan—History
Rural Life Movement
United States—Intellectual Life
Subject—Geographical Name: Japan
Note:    Horace Edward Stockbridge, of Massachusetts Agricultural College, was an agricultural chemist, educator, and editor of The Southern Ruralist. He was president of North Dakota Agricultural College from 1890 to 1894. This small collection contains a letter to his father written while the younger Stockbridge was professor of chemistry and geology at Hokkaido University in Japan. His wife's personal recollections of Japan are also included and provide a look at 19th-century Japan through Western eyes.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: William Wheeler Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates: 1876–1880
Size: 0.5 linear foot
Contents:
Correspondence (43 letters)
Correspondence—Transcripts
Awards and honors
Images—Photographs
Biographical material
Main Entry:   Wheeler, William (1851–1932)
Subject—Personal Names: Wheeler, William (1851–1932)

Subject—Corporate Names: Hokkaido University
Subject—Topical Heading:
Asia—History
Japan—History
United States—Intellectual Life

Subject—Geographical Name: Japan
Note:    William Wheeler was a hydroelectric engineer and spent time as a professor of civil engineering at Hokkaido University in Japan. He also served as president of that university. After his return to the United States in 1880 he spent his life as public servant for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The papers contain 43 letters from Wheeler and his wife to family members in the United States describing life in Japan.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Massachusetts AFL-CIO Records

Acct. #/Ms. #: 369
Dates: 1902–1995
Size: 80 linear feet
Contents:
Proceedings
Audiotapes
Reports
Videotapes
Correspondence
Memorabilia/Ephemera
Memoranda
Press releases
News clippings
Minutes
Agenda
Images—Photographs
Main Entry:   Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Subject—Personal Names:
Faherty, Joseph
Haynes, Robert
Osborn, Arthur
Subject—Corporate Names:
Committee on Political Education (COPE)
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Massachusetts State CIO
Massachusetts State Federation
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name: Massachusetts

Note:    The Massachusetts AFL-CIO records best document the history of the organization from the 1980s to the early 1990s. This roughly parallels the presidency of Arthur Osborn, who served from 1979 to 1990. The President's Files (Series 1, Subseries F) are entirely Osborn's. Other material in the collection reflects the influence of his presidency. For example, the records of the education committee include material from the College Scholarship Program, which Osborn worked to expand from $30,000 to $160,000. Other records of importance include proceedings and reports of conventions, which are complete and span the years 1902–1994 (with the exception of a five-year gap from 1919 to 1923); and minutes and agendas of Executive Council meetings, especially for the years 1975–1993. In addition, while comprising a smaller amount of material, the documents relating to the merger of the Massachusetts State Federation and the Massachusetts State CIO are significant.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Silvio O. Conte Congressional Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 371
Dates: 1950–1991
Size: 575 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
News clippings
Press releases
Scrapbooks
Printed material
Audiovisual materials
Images—Photographs
Speeches
Memorabilia/Ephemera
Memoranda

Main Entry:   Conte, Silvio O. (1921–1991)
Subject—Personal Names:
Conte, Silvio O.
Herter, Christian
Subject—Corporate Names:   U.S. House of Representatives
Subject—Topical Heading:
Labor History
Local History
Massachusetts—Politics and Government
United States—Politics and Government—1945–
Subject—Geographical Name: Western Massachusetts
Note:    The Silvio O. Conte Congressional Papers document Conte's public service first as a Massachusetts State Senator for the Berkshire district, 1950–1958, but primarily as a representative for Massachusetts's First District in the U.S. Congress for 17 terms, 1959–1991, where he made significant legislative contributions in the areas of health and human services, the environment, education, energy, and small business. The papers are divided into five subgroups delineating broad functional areas of a congressional office: Personal/Political/Official; Legislative; Press Relations/Media Activities; Constituent Services; and Office Administration. The bulk of the collection is in two series identified as House Appropriations Committee Files and Legislative Subject/Correspondence Files. The House Appropriations Committee Files reveal Conte's powerful position as ranking minority member of that committee. The correspondence files illustrate the depth and breadth of his constituents' concerns.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Black Women's Oral History Project
Acct. #/Ms. #: 112
Dates: 1980–1989
Size: 3 linear feet
Contents: Transcripts
Main Entry:   Harvard University
Subject—Personal Names:
Barnett, Claude A.
Barnett, Ferdinand L. Sr.
Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Bethune, Mary McLeod
Carver, George Washington
King, Martin Luther Jr.
Tate, Merze
Thurman, Howard
Subject—Corporate Names:
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Cardozo Sisters Hairstylists
Howard University
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Subject—Topical Heading:
Afro-Americans—Civil Rights
Afro-Americans—History
United States—Social Conditions
Women—History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Note:    The Black Women's Oral History Project conducted 72 interviews between 1976 and 1981. It operated under the auspices of Radcliffe College at Harvard University. Transcripts of 67 of those interviews are available. The subject fields here cannot be all-inclusive due to the range of materials within the collection. The interviewees include a range of women, from a variety of backgrounds (rural, urban, young, old, entrepreneurs, and activists). An extensive printed guide exists with index.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Account Books Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #:     Various
Dates:1730–1920
Size: approximately 160 businesses and individuals
Contents: Account books
Main Entry:   Account Books
Subject—Personal Names:

Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Local History
Subject—Geographical Name: Massachusetts
Note:    The Account Books Collection includes books from nearly 100 businesses, chiefly in Massachusetts, but some from the rest of New England and New York State. Numerous general stores, farms, mills, medical practices, freight companies, ships, blacksmiths, and shoemakers are represented. A list of the account books by type of business includes the name of the individual or business that kept the book, the location of the business, and the span of dates. Finding aids for individual account books (or sets) are available as well. These books are useful for discerning broad economic patterns within the region, as well as providing evidence about individual buyers and sellers.
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Collection Name: Solomon Barkin Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 217
Dates: 1930–1986
Size: 11 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Speeches
Typescripts
Manuscripts
Printed material—Publications
Main Entry:   Barkin, Solomon (1907– )
Subject—Personal Names:
Barkin, Solomon
Belanger, J. William
Kreps, Juanita
Subject—Corporate Names:
NIRA
Organization for European Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA)
University of Massachusetts
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Note:    Solomon Barkin (1907– ) was an economist, education director for the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA ), and from 1968 to 1978 a professor at the University of Massachusetts. The bulk of this collection, over 10.5 linear feet, is devoted to bound notebooks containing speeches, typescripts, and printed versions of articles, book reviews, congressional testimony, forewords, and introductions—nearly 600 in all—by Barkin. There is also one box (0.5 linear foot) of correspondence, bibliographies, tributes and awards, and a biography. Generally, the collection illustrates Barkin's life as both a union organizer and an economist. His writings reflect his attempts to create "a system of trade union economics" as a counterpoise to standard "enterprise economics," as well as his belief that labor should not be viewed as a commodity.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: The Dall Family Correspondence
Acct. #/Ms. #: 282
Dates: 1810–1817; 1843
Size: 2 linear feet
Contents: Correspondence (86 letters)
Main Entry:   Dall Family
Subject—Personal Names:
Dall, James, 2nd
Dall, John
Dall, John Robert
Dall, Joseph
Dall, Rebecca Keen
Dall, Sarah Keen
Dall, William, 3rd
Dall, William, 4th
Subject—Corporate Names:
Harvard College
Yale College
Subject—Topical Heading:
Social History
United States—History—1783–1865
War of 1812

Subject—Geographical Name:
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Note:    The Dall Family Correspondence documents the daily changes in the life of a merchant family in the early 19th century. The correspondence particularly reflects the anxiety over trade restrictions, embargoes, and other economic disruptions resulting from the War of 1812. The elder Dall (William 3rd) and much of his family lived in Boston, but two sons lived in Baltimore. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to the younger son, William 4th, who was then apprenticed to a Baltimore merchant.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Rodney Hunt Company Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 105
Dates: 1862–1987
Size: 158 linear feet; 150 bound volumes
Contents:
Correspondence
Board minutes
Drawings
Ledgers
Diaries
Images—Photographs
Stock certificates
Main Entry:   Rodney Hunt Company
Subject—Personal Names:
Harris, Carl
Harris, Earl
Harris, Elbridge
Hunt, Rodney

Subject—Corporate Names: Rodney Hunt Company
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Local History
Science—History
Subject—Geographical Name: Orange, Massachusetts
Note:    The Rodney Hunt Company Records document the operation of that company as it produced textile machinery, water wheels, turbines, and other specialty industrial products. Although based locally in Orange, Massachusetts, the company—still in operation—continues to sell its products in international markets. Founded in 1840, the company was incorporated in 1873, and it is at that latter date that records become more extensive. Some earlier records remain despite a fire in 1882, and several floods. Nearly complete business records are extant from the period 1883–1914, and together all materials provide an excellent introduction to the history of technology and industry in 19th- and 20th-century Massachusetts. The bulk of the collection is in Series 2, Executive, and is correspondence. Of particular note is the incoming correspondence from 1876 to 1903, which is nearly complete. The bulk dates of the collection are 1862–1943.
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Collection Name: Flint and Lawrence Family Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 273
Dates: 1651–1798
Size: 1 linear foot
Contents:
Financial and legal records
Indentures
Deeds
Wills
Main Entry:   Flint and Lawrence Families
Subject—Personal Names:
Adams, Joseph
Flint, Edward
Flint, Ephraim
Flint, Thomas
Lawrence, William
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
United States—History—Colonial Period
United States—History—Revolutionary War
United States—History—Slavery

Subject—Geographical Name: Lincoln, Massachusetts
Note:    The Flint and Lawrence Family Papers comprise primarily business and legal records detailing land sales, indentures, contracts, and the settlement of family estates through wills and inventories. There is also material relating to the founding of the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts. There are also receipts to Edward Flint for the purchase of a slave in 1735–1737. Two folders of corollary material relate to Joseph Adams, a Lawrence family in-law and a Tory (Loyalist) who emigrated to Cornwall in 1777: One folder contains personal correspondence to Samuel Bass, the other relates to the fate of his Massachusetts property after the war.
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Collection Name: The Howe Family Papers (Enfield, Massachusetts)
Acct. #/Ms. #: 19
Dates: 1730–1955 [1820–1940]
Size: 4.5 linear feet
Contents:
Correspondence
Financial and legal records
News clippings
Main Entry:   The Howe Family
Subject—Personal Names:   Howe Family
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Social History
Westward Expansion

Subject—Geographical Name:
Enfield, Massachusetts
Quabbin Reservoir
Note:    The Howe Family Papers document six generations of a central Massachusetts family. One folder of correspondence from Series 1 and virtually all of Series 5 (memorabilia and news clippings) document the taking of land in the Swift River Valley and the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. Donald Howe, who donated the papers to the University of Massachusetts, was the author of The Lost Valley, a history of the four towns taken to create that reservoir. Generally, the material in the papers relates to that part of central Massachusetts, but there is correspondence from family members who took part in 19th-century westward migration.
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Collection Name: Samuel Henry Accounts
Acct. #/Ms. #: 13
Dates: 1813–1881
Size: .75 linear foot
Contents:
Account books
Deeds
Mortgages
Main Entry:   Henry, Samuel
Subject—Personal Names: Henry, Samuel
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Local History
United States—History—1783–1865
Subject—Geographical Name:
Prescott, Massachusetts
Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Note:    Samuel Henry was a justice of the peace, merchant, landowner, and entrepreneur in 19th-century Prescott, Massachusetts. He moved to neighboring Shutesbury in 1857. The nine volumes of accounts reflect his varied interests and responsibilities. His record of acknowledgments covers his duties as justice of the peace and show local real estate transactions from 1829 to 1857. His personal activity in real estate is reflected in a volume of deeds and mortgages covering the years 1813–1876. Later he ran a general store and engaged in making palm-leaf hats. The ledgers include extensive notes on accounts with individual customers (1830–1881) and help reconstruct rural economy in 19th-century Massachusetts.
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Collection Name: George H. Gilbert Company Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 96
Dates: 1842–1931
Size: 36 linear feet
Contents:
Cash books
Ledgers
Production records
Time books
Weavers' accounts
Correspondence
Financial and legal records
Main Entry:   George H. Gilbert Company
Subject—Personal Names:
Gilbert, George H.
Gilbert, J.H. Grenville
Stevens, Charles A.

Subject—Corporate Names:
George H. Gilbert Company
Young Men's Library Association

Subject—Topical Heading:
Economic History
Labor History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Gilbertville, Massachusetts
Ware, Massachusetts
Note:    In 1841, two Ware, Massachusetts, entrepreneurs, Charles Stevens and George Gilbert, formed a partnership to manufacture broadcloth and cloaking. Ten years later, the partnership dissolved and each partner carried a branch of the business into separate establishments. The George H. Gilbert Company then began the manufacture of high-quality woolen flannels, which it continued until it ceased operations in 1930. The records document the operation of Gilbert and Stevens and later the Gilbert Company for almost a century. Particularly through the labor accounts, one can trace the phases of the varying ethnic composition of the workforce, as well as the family orientation of the mills.
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Collection Name: Enfield Fire Department Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 32
Dates: 1902–1911
Size: .25 linear foot
Contents:
Minute book
Notebook
Correspondence
Main Entry:   Town of Enfield (Massachusetts)
Subject—Personal Names:    Segur, Dr. Willard
Subject—Corporate Names:    Enfield Fire Department
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Social History

Subject—Geographical Name:
Enfield, Massachusetts
Quabbin Reservoir
Note:    The Enfield Fire Department Records, some of many available in the department pertaining to towns now under the Quabbin Reservoir, consist principally of a minute book kept irregularly between 1902 and 1938 by the secretary. Matters discussed include the purchase and use of rubber clothing; the care and refurbishing of the engine house; the fires put out since the last meeting; the preparation of warrant articles for discussion at town meeting; the submission of names for membership in the department; and discussions concerning the Firemen's Ball. This last item is of particular interest because this ball was also the Farewell Ball, commemorating the passing of the town of Enfield and the Swift River Valley to make way for the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir. Additional records include a 1902 booklet of rules and regulations, financial records of the 1916 ball, and correspondence between then Fire Chief Dr. Willard Segur and department members concerning his illness in 1915.
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Collection Name: Northampton Labor Council Minutes
Acct. #/Ms. #: 55
Dates: 1933–1985
Size: .75 linear foot
Contents:
Minutes
Minute books
Main Entry:   Northampton Labor Council
Subject—Personal Names:
Green, William
Leopold, Louis
O'Brien, George
Subject—Corporate Names:
AFL-CIO
Greenfield Labor Council
Northampton Central Labor Union (CLU)
Northampton Industrial Union Council
Northampton Labor Council (NLC)
Subject—Topical Heading:
Labor History
Local History
Subject—Geographical Name: Northampton, Massachusetts
Note:    The Northampton Labor Council Records are made up of four minute books that trace the growth and evolution of the council from 1933 to 1985. From its origins in 1899 until the 1960s, it was known as the Northampton Central Labor Union. It coordinated political activity and generated union cooperation in strikes, boycotts, and celebrations. It had 29 constituent unions in its ranks by 1903 and was one of the few labor councils to include both AFL and CIO unions during the intense internecine struggles between those two unions throughout the 1930s, though from 1945 until the AFL-CIO merger, CIO unions were briefly excluded. By 1985, the NLC had 14 affiliated local unions. These minute books document this activity from an executive standpoint.
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Collection Name: Lyons Family Correspondence
Acct. #/Ms. #: 133
Dates: 1859–1895
Size: .25 linear foot
Contents: Correspondence
Main Entry:   Lyons, Mary
Subject—Personal Names:
Lyons, Frederick D.
Lyons, Mary
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Social History
United States— Intellectual Life
Westward Expansion
Women—History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Colrain, Massachusetts
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Note:    The bulk of the Lyons Family Correspondence consists of letters addressed to Mary Lyons, or, after her death, to her brother Frederick. They include news of Greenfield and Colrain, Massachusetts, as well as of family and friends from the Midwest (Illinois and Michigan). These letters provide views of life in rural western Massachusetts as well as in the West during the period of expansion in that direction. Among the topics discussed are illness, death, accidents, spousal abuse, and religious conflict between Methodists and Universalists. The finding aid contains an item-level list of the collection, giving the name of the author and recipient of each letter, its date, and the place from which it was sent. Note that the Mary Lyons of this collection is not to be confused with the founder of Mount Holyoke College, Mary Lyon.
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Collection Name: Marcus A. Emmons, Journal and Account Book, Company K, 21st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 34, 36
Dates: 1858–1865
Size: .25 linear foot
Contents:
Diaries
Account books
Main Entry:   Emmons, Marcus A.
Subject—Personal Names:
Brown, John
Emmons, Marcus A.
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Slavery—United States—Anti-slavery Movements
United States—History—1783–1865
United States—History—Civil War
Subject—Geographical Name:
Hardwick, Massachusetts
Swift River Valley
Note:    The diary of Marcus A. Emmons of Hardwick, Massachusetts, details his life as a young farm laborer in the Swift River Valley during the summer of 1859. It also includes some financial accounts through 1862, when he enlisted in Company K of the 21st Massachusetts Regiment and fought in the Civil War. Recorded in the diary are descriptions of his daily jobs, remarks on the weather, mention of the comings and goings of neighbors and friends, reports of his attendance at religious meetings, and the names of his correspondents. In addition to the diary and accounts are eight pages of spelling lists and grammar rules, as well as debate questions regarding John Brown and the abolition of slavery, with abbreviated discussions.
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Collection Name: Luke Drury Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 258
Dates: 1746–1831
Size: 3 linear feet
Contents:
Financial and legal records
Deeds
Correspondence
Main Entry:   Drury, Luke
Subject—Personal Names:

Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Shays' Rebellion
United States—History—1783–1865
United States—History—Colonial Period
Subject—Geographical Name:
Grafton, Massachusetts
Marlboro, Massachusetts
Note:    The Luke Drury Papers comprise the personal and business papers of Col. Luke Drury of Grafton and Marlboro. They represent three generations of his family, which settled in Grafton in the 1720s. The collection also includes the papers of four families related to the Drurys by business or marriage. These are the Darling, Goulding, Place, and Sherman families. In addition, the collection contains documents from Grafton's town government, with an extensive series of tax records. Correspondence and business papers involving other Grafton citizens are included. Most of the documents in the collection date from the years between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. They are primarily business papers, including correspondence, bills and receipts, notes of hand, deeds, and leases.
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Collection Name: Easthampton Community Chest Records
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates: 1943–1968
Size: .75 linear foot
Contents:
Bylaws
Incorporation papers
Meeting minutes
Correspondence
Scrapbooks
Main Entry:   Easthampton Community Chest
Subject—Personal Names:
Subject—Corporate Names:
Easthampton Community and War Fund
Easthampton Community Chest
Hampshire County United Way
Subject—Topical Heading:
Charities
Local History
United States—History—1945–
Subject—Geographical Name:
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Hampshire County
Note:    In 1943, Easthampton citizens incorporated the Easthampton Community and War Fund to sponsor and conduct all fund-raising for, and to distribute funds to, the relief and social agencies of the town. Nine years later, in 1952, the organization was renamed the Easthampton Community Chest. The collection reflects the chest's difficulties in finding volunteers to help with campaigns, in educating the public, and in developing interest in the chest. It held its last drive in 1968 and in 1969 merged with the Northampton Community Chest to form the Hampshire United Fund. The records consist of an administrative series and two scrapbooks that document campaign activity from 1943 to 1945 through newspaper clippings and other printed material.
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Collection Name: Great Barrington Historical Documents Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #: 104
Dates: 1731–1904
Size: 5 linear feet
Contents:
Deeds
Land surveys
Sheriff's writs
Indentures
Estate papers
Financial and legal records
Court cases

Main Entry: Great Barrington
Subject—Personal Names:
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Rossiter, Samuel
Taylor, Charles
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Shays' Rebellion
Social History
United States—History—1783–1865
United States—History—Colonial Period
United States—History— Revolutionary War
Subject—Geographical Name: Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Note:    The Great Barrington Historical Documents Collection was compiled by the author of the 1882 history of the town, Charles Taylor. It provides incomplete but important documentation of facets of the town's social history. It comprises about 600 items particularly relating to land distribution. The Court of Common Pleas cases in Series 1, the majority occurring between 1784 and 1787, reveal the cash and credit difficulties faced by rural Massachusetts residents that resulted in Shays' Rebellion. The papers are an important adjunct to the W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, documenting his birthplace.
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Collection Name: Enfield Congregational Church Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 11
Dates: 1800–1939
Size: .75 linear foot
Contents: Sermons
Main Entry:   Enfield Congregational Church
Subject—Personal Names:
Colton, Rev.
Hitchcock, Rev. S.G.
Richards, Rev. F.B.
Subject—Corporate Names:
Enfield Congregational Church
Young People's Society for Christian Endeavor
Subject—Topical Heading:
Church History
Local History
Social History
Subject—Geographical Name:
Enfield, Massachusetts
Quabbin Reservoir
Note:    In 1831, some 15 years after the incorporation of the town of Enfield, members of the local church (formerly the South Parish of the Greenwich Congregational Church) reorganized to establish the Enfield Congregational Church. These records document the church's existence from these beginnings through 1939, when the town of Enfield was disincorporated and flooded as part of the Quabbin Reservoir project.
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Collection Name: Storrsville Lyceum Debating Society Minutes
Acct. #/Ms. #:
Dates: 1842–1846
Size: .25 linear foot
Contents: Minute book (1)
Main Entry:   Storrsville Lyceum Debating Society
Subject—Personal Names:    McIntyre, Lewis
Subject—Corporate Names:
Ciceronean Debating Club
Storrsville Lyceum Debating Society
The Storrsville Talisman
Union Literary and Debating Club of Storrsville
Subject—Topical Heading:
Local History
Social History
United States—Intellectual Life
Subject—Geographical Name:
Dana, Massachusetts
Storrsville, Massachusetts
Note:    The Storrsville Lyceum Debating Society (1842–1846) met weekly or biweekly to debate questions proposed by a Committee of Arrangements. The questions reflect both the broad interests of the members and the issues of the day. They range over matters local, national, and international, among them: religious and ethical concerns; abolition and slavery; education; politics and law; human nature; penal reform; the lure of the West; and temperance. The society produced a newspaper, The Storrsville Talisman, from 1842 to 1843. The papers consist of a single minute book chronicling the activities of the society from its first meeting, on January 11, 1842, until the last recorded meeting, February 16, 1846. The minute book shows the question proposed for the next meeting, the question debated on the evening at hand, the teams and the outcome, as well as other events that took place during the meeting. Two versions of the constitution are included, signed by all who wished to be members.
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Collection Name: Women's Missionary Society of Enfield Records
Acct. #/Ms. #: 10
Dates: 1885–1927
Size: 0.5 linear foot
Contents:
Minute books (6)
Account books (1)
Membership lists
Main Entry:   Women's Missionary Society of Enfield
Subject—Personal Names:
Bartlett, Caroline
Ewing, Rev. E.C.
Kemp, [Miss]
Subject—Corporate Names:
American Missionary Association
Enfield Congregational Church
Women's Board of Missions
Women's Home Missions Association
Women's Missionary Society of Enfield
Subject—Topical Heading:
Charities
Local History
Subject—Geographical Name: Enfield, Massachusetts

Note:    In February 1885, women of the Enfield Congregational Church held a meeting to form the Women's Missionary Society. The original stated aims were to diffuse missionary intelligence, increase interest in missionary work, and raise funds for carrying that work forward. The society came to include the most prominent members of the community and sponsored talks by missionaries reporting on their work. The records consist principally of minutes of meetings, which are complete from 1885 to 1927 and occupy six bound volumes. There is also one account book.
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Collection Name: Samzidat Collection
Acct. #/Ms. #: 404
Dates: 1955–1978
Size: 6 linear feet
Contents:
Literary manuscripts
Images—Photographs
News clippings
Main Entry:   Samzidat Collection
Subject—Personal Names:
Baryshnikov, Mikhail
Gresserov, P.S.
Khudiakov, Genrikh
Kuklovskaia, Elizaveta
Len, Vladislav
Mamleev, Yuri
Monastyrkii, Andrei
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading: Russia—History
Subject—Geographical Name: Russia
Note:    The Samzidat Collection consists of writings by Russian dissident authors in many genres, chiefly fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as more overt literary, social, and political criticism. The collection is made up of manuscripts, typescripts, photocopies, and printed material, all unpublished in the Soviet Union. It also contains photographs, news clippings, and a passport application for Mikhail Baryshnikov, and memorabilia from an American production of one of the plays in the collection. The list of authors in the subject field is not exhaustive and follows the spelling used in the finding aid. Consult the paper guide for a complete list of authors. Note that most of this material is in Russian.
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Repository: Special Collections and Archives; W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Collection Name: Linguistic Atlas of New England Papers
Acct. #/Ms. #: 330
Dates: 1931–1934; 1948; 1972
Size: 20 linear feet
Contents:
Notebooks
Audiotapes
Main Entry:   Linguistic Atlas of New England
Subject—Personal Names:
Subject—Corporate Names:
Subject—Topical Heading:
English Language in the United States—Dialects—New England
Linguistic Geography
Social History
Subject—Geographical Name: New England
Note:    The Linguistic Atlas of New England was begun in 1889 and published nearly a century later, in 1985. It documents the geographic distribution of variant pronunciations and usages of spoken English. These papers represent the fieldwork that went toward the creation of the atlas. It includes carbon copies of more than 400 handwritten interview records from the fieldworkers' notebooks made from 1931 to 1933, as well as audiotapes of follow-up interviews made in 1934. The papers also include phonological analysis on informants' speech and a mimeographed word index to the atlas.
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