by Umass Amherst Archives | Dec 13, 2020 | History News
Naomi Nir Papers 1948-1973 15 boxes 8.5 linear feetCall no.: MS 952 Naomi Nir spent much of her life exploring the deep inner workings of the self through writing, painting, drawing, studying the writings of mystics, and exploring — both as subject and scholar —...
by Umass Amherst Archives | Jul 16, 2020 | African American, Education, News
Robert B. Moore Collection 1974-2019 1 box .20 linear feetCall no.: RG 050/6 1969 M66 An educator and activist for understanding race awareness, racial bias, and racism, Robert B. Moore created white-on-white awareness training as a way to help white educators and...
by Umass Amherst Archives | Jun 30, 2020 | News
A distinguished, productive, and beloved professor of chemistry, Louis A. Carpino, born in 1927, was the son of Italian immigrants who settled in Des Moines, Iowa, where he grew up and went to high school and college. He earned his doctorate in organic chemistry from...
by Umass Amherst Archives | Jun 26, 2020 | News
Daniel Ellsberg ca. 1982 For the latest updates and information about this collection, visit our research page on Ellsberg. Author, Activist, Veteran, Civil Servant, Whistleblower, Cold Warrior, Academic, Patriot. Daniel Ellsberg has spent the bulk of his 89+ years...
by Umass Amherst Archives | Mar 18, 2020 | News
The sociologist and writer Allan Johnson dedicated his career to exploring the impact of power and privilege in the U.S. and the overarching system of patriarchy. A serious poet and writer by the time he entered Dartmouth College, Johnson pursued studies in sociology,...