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This collection consists of the papers of dancer, author, and educator Barbara Mettler. The collection includes professional correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks, artworks, photographs, articles detailing her dance career, notebooks, and numerous published works related to her philosophy of dance.

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Series 1: Registration Day Photographs consists of 33 hand-colored black-and-white photographic portraits of all the people who came into Mayes' office on registration day in 1973. Series II: Photographs of Cole Science Center Offices consists of 31 black-and-white photographs taken during Fall Colloquy in September 1971. While most faculty were at the first faculty meeting, Mayes phtographed their offices on the east side of the newly-opened science center.

Abstract: Correspondence, notes and writings document the life and thought of Eqbal Ahmad (1932-1999), an eminent Third World scholar. Ahmad's major interest in politics and political theory led him to analyze many of the revolutionary and liberation movements of the modern Third World, while remaining vehemently opposed to war and violence. Also present are records of the Harrisburg 7 conspiracy trial, in which a group of Vietnam War protestors, Ahmad among them, were indicted, and later acquitted,...

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This workshop, held at Hampshire College on June 24-29, 1979, was the first conference on reproductive technology to focus on women's perceptions of the ethical issues involved. The file, kept by principal investigator Helen B. Holmes, includes material on grant proposals and planning, the conference itself, two books which were later published of the conference proceedings, and reaction to the conference and the books.

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Materials documenting the management and activities of Greenwich House and Enfield House at Hampshire College from 1972 to 1983.

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Records documenting the work of the Hampshire College Board of Trustees from 1965-2008. Includes founding documents for Hampshire College; Trustee by-laws; minutes, agendas from quarterly Board of Trustee meetings; memoranda, reports, statistical summaries, and committee reports; and records from Trustee committees, including the Committee for the Evaluation of the President and Vice-President and two presidential search committees.

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Publications, clippings, press releases, memos, correspondence, reports, fact sheets, photographs, and audiovisual recordings created or acquired by the Communications Office at Hampshire College.

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This collection consists of four series: I:Annual Report to the Board of Trustees; II: Administrative Committee; III: Student Correspondence; IV: Personal Files

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Recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by historian Amy Mittelman with Hampshire College founders, faculty, and administrators between 1986 and 2014.

Content Description One t-shirt and two frisbees. Written on the back of the t-shirt: "A genuine Ultimate Frisbee uniform worn 1978-1981 / Paul Foer." The frisbees are from the 40th and 45th College anniversaries, and are signed by members of the frisbee team attending the respective anniversary celebrations. Scope and Contents One t-shirt and two frisbees. Written on the back of the t-shirt: "A genuine Ultimate Frisbee uniform worn 1978-1981 / Paul Foer." The...

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The Hampshire College Archives and Special Collections collects, preserves, and provides access to materials documenting the history of the college. Through its web archiving program, Archives and Special Collections selectively captures web content produced by or about Hampshire, its students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

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Documentation of the Hampshire College Yurt Project, with records dating from 1993 to 1998. The endeavors of a student-led group, the Hampshire College Yurt Project sought to explore methods of alternative education and community development. This collection contains documentation of the project, from the 1993 initial concepts to the groundbreaking and final construction of the building in 1998.

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HRU Digital Documents contain organizational records, recorded audio, photographs, meeting minutes, email correspondence, and internal communication pertaining to the student activist group "Hamp Rise Up," as well as the larger coalition of Hampshire students faculty and staff members. Physical documents include, posters, petitions of no confidence, zines, art, and agitprop created by Hamp Rise Up and supportive alumni. Oversized items consist of 20 posters in varying sizes and mediums.

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This collection consists of Harold Johnson's correspondence with the first three presidents of Hampshire College, arranged in chronological order.

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Herman H. Goldstine, mathematician, was intimately involved in the design and development of the first electronic computers. The collection includes materials produced or supervised by Dr. Goldstine, or collected by him for use in the preparation of his book on the history of computers.

Content Description The New College Plan: A Proposal for a Major Departure in Higher Education was first published in 1958. Written under the direction of the Presidents of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts, it was the original blueprint for what would become Hampshire College. This collection comprises one comb-bound, hand-assembled, illustrated volume of The New College Plan, assumed to be created by Shannon McCune, Chairman of the Committee for an...

Abstract Karen Digia, an activist and gallery owner, collected the bulk of the materials in this collection during the 1960s and 1970s. In November 1991, she donated them to Hampshire College.The collection consists of posters, photographs, calendars, buttons, banners, and related monographic and periodical material representing anti-war and other protest movements of that time. Of particular note are the many posters in the collection by Sister Corita (Sister Mary Corita Kent), as well as a book...

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The papers of Kenneth Rosenthal, the firest treasurer of Hampshire College, who served from 1971 to 1975. Prior to his tenure as treasurer, Rosenthal was instrumental in planning for the College. He served as Secretary of the College from 1975-1976.

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A cultural anthropologist and author, Leonard Glick was a professor of anthropology at Hampshire College from 1972 until 2002. This collection includes syllabi from courses taught by Glick while at Hampshire, as well as a self-published book of his academic insights.

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Lynn Miller (1932-2018) became a founding faculty member and professor emeritus of biology at Hampshire College. His principal research interests were genetics (human and microbial), molecular biology, and evolution. The collection contains publications, research, and correspondence documenting his professional and personal life, and undergraduate work of his students.

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This collection documents the activities of Merrill House, a student dormitory at Hampshire College, from 1969 to 1995.

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A collection of screenprint posters from the Occupy movement.

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The bulk of this collection includes correspondance between Robert L. Herbert, Professor Emeritus, Mount Holyoke College, and John J. Zarobell, Hampshire College alum and art historian. Correspondence dates from 2002 to 2015.

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The collection includes cameras, photographs, darkroom equipment and projectors. Robert Lisle collected specific objects and examples from the history of photography to provide an over-arching understanding of the evolution of photography.