1. UMass Dartmouth Historical Archives

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 236 attendance and grade registers maintained by instructors in textiles for both day and evening classes offered at the Institute between 1909 and 1968. Most registers are standard “Massachusetts School Registers” supplied by the state department of education. Instructors’ names are handwritten on the front, in most cases; some registers were shared by more than one instructor teaching the same class. Many registers cover the same course over several years. On...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of loose lecture notes, both handwritten and typescript as well as notes bound together in standard issue textile design books (used by students) and in other bindings. The handwritten notes are presumed to be compiled by faculty for use in textile courses because of the lack of mistakes, and the fact that they are original handwriting. The typescript notes were probably handed out to students, since similar notes appear in books compiled by students (see URC 5). ...

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Collection consists of bound scrapbooks of different shapes and sizes containing pasted in or bound in samples of fabrics collected from a number of manufacturers. Most samples are of cotton fabrics, using a variety of weave techniques. Some are identified, but most are not.

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The collection consists of newspaper clippings, most from the Fall River Herald News, pertaining to Bradford Durfee Textile School and later iterations. The clippings from 1910 through February 1928 are pasted into scrapbooks and are very brittle. They should be handled with care. Clippings from February 1928 through 1948 are photocopies of the originals. The original scrapbooks for these years were presumably discarded. There is one gap in the records: 1914-1918.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of press releases, newspaper articles, and scripts of television reports dealing with issues pertinent to the university. These include student activities, commencements, and politics that impacted the university. The collection is divided into 5 series: 1) Press releases; 2) Newspaper clippings; 3) Biographical and subject files; 4) Audiovisual productions; and 5) Publications. There are indexes for 1963-1987, which list article titles in chronological order. ...

Scope and Contents collection consists of minutes of meetings and committees, arranged chronologically, as well as subject files from the late 1980s through 1990s, arranged alphabetically. The first constitution is with 1965 minutes. Current minutes and the current constitution are available on the Faculty Senate web site at www.umassd.edu/org/facultysenate. The collection is an open series (additions to be made annually). Reports of individual Faculty Senate committees are included with the general...

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Collection includes memos and correspondence, grant documentation, membership and election information, and alumni publications. The collection is divided into six series: Series I, Administrative files, alphabetical by subject; Series II, Alumni Awards; Series III: Alumni Weekend and reunions; Series III, Alumni Elections; Series IV: Alumni Elections; Series V: Gifts and Grants; Series VI: Publications. Series II through VI are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents Collection consists of concert programs, fliers, photographs, newspaper clippings, departmental memos and correspondence (from Josef Cobert’s and Eleanor Carlson’s files), a biographical file on Jacqueline Cobert, a performance file on Bobby Greene, and a selection of recordings. Arranged chronologically. The program fliers kept by the Music department secretary were integrated, as were administrative files; these were organized chronologically by performance season, which coincided with...

Scope and Contents Collection consists of the minutes of the Board of Trustees from 1879 to 1988, treasurer’s records, committee records, reports to the board by the school’s directors from 1889-1988, the files of the last Swain directors, a full run of the school’s course catalogs, scrapbooks, gallery notices and some posters dating from 1966 through the early 1980s. Absent are photographs in any great quantity, yearbooks or student work. Of note are the extensive files on the historic New Bedford properties...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, meeting minutes of various boards and committees, correspondence of the center’s director, a large subject file, and transcripts of speeches given by Professor DeJesus throughout her tenure at SMU/UMD. The bulk of the collection spans the 1980s and 1990s and is divided in to 6 series:Series I contains information about the center and meeting minutes of UFGC and the executive committee. Within these can be found correspondence and other...