Author Archives: jfarrar

First UMD Web Page Unveiled in 1995

Posted on November 14, 2013 by jfarrar

1995 doesn’t really seem that far away!  I started working here in the UMD Archives and Special Collections in January of 1996.  At my previous job, in the MIT Libraries, the World Wide Web, as used by academia, as opposed … Continue reading →

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Collection from Former Professor Antone Rodil

Posted on October 28, 2013 by jfarrar

The Archives and Special Collections recently received a small collection of materials that once belonged to former textile professor Anton Rodil, by way of his son, Norbert Rodil.  The elder Rodil, who graduated from the New Bedford Textile School, taught … Continue reading →

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New Bedford Textile School and the Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale 1900

Posted on August 23, 2013 by jfarrar

The Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale of 1900 was one of a series of world’s fairs held up to the end of the 19th century.  Surrounding the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, with 530 acres of gardens, buildings, walks and waterways, … Continue reading →

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Campus Aerial Photo Documents a Moment in Time

Posted on August 9, 2013 by jfarrar

This aerial photograph in the university’s photo archives documents a particular point in time in the evolution of the UMD campus in North Dartmouth.  But when?  The Group I building complex, upper left, is the only structure that is totally … Continue reading →

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Madeiran Feast of the Blessed Sacrament

Posted on August 2, 2013 by jfarrar

              Starting August 1st, 2013 New Bedford will once again host the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, also known as the Madeiran Feast or Portuguese Feast. Founded in 1915 by four immigrants from the … Continue reading →

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La Bonne Chanson

Posted on July 9, 2013 by jfarrar

Among the many French-Canadian-American materials in the Archives and Special Collections are ten volumes of songbooks published by Charles-Émile Gadbois as a series entitled La Bonne Chanson. Charles-Émile Gadbois was born in St-Barnabé-Sud, near St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada in 1906. According … Continue reading →

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Nathaniel C. Smith, NBTS Campus Architect

Posted on May 31, 2013 by jfarrar

New Bedford Architect Nathaniel C. Smith (1866-1943) designed the original New Bedford Textile School building and its addition. The building still stands at 1213 Purchase Street and is currently home to the City of New Bedford Health Department, among other … Continue reading →

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First New Bedford Textile School Catalogue for 1895

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jfarrar

In 2012 the Archives and Special Collections digitized all of the New Bedford Textile School yearbooks and catalogues through the Boston Library Consortium’s OCA (Open Content Alliance) scanning project with the Internet Archive. They are accessible through the Internet Archive … Continue reading →

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Remember When..? Library Card Catalogs

Posted on April 5, 2013 by jfarrar

Remember when access to the library’s collection of books depended on how thoroughly you looked through the card catalog?  For the first twenty years after the UMass Dartmouth Library opened in 1972, students, faculty and staff primarily used the card … Continue reading →

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Donald Warrin Collection

Posted on March 11, 2013 by jfarrar

Author and historian Donald Warrin has donated his research materials to the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives. This collection is composed of copies of the primary and secondary sources that were used in the writing of So Ends This Day: The Portuguese … Continue reading →

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