Category Archives: UMass Dartmouth Archives and Special Collection
Rudolph’s Original Master Plan for the UMD Campus
Architect Paul Rudolph and the firm Desmond & Lord created this plan for the campus in 1965 or 1966, when UMD was known as SMTI, or Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (established in 1960). It laid out the location of major … Continue reading
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SMTI and SMU Commencement Recordings Preserved
The Archives and Special Collections staff have recently completed a project to clean and reformat the early university commencement recordings made from 1966 to 1984. 1966 was the first year the UMass Dartmouth commencement (then known as SMTI, or Southeastern … Continue reading
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“All About Town” Promotional Board Game for Fall River, MA
The Archives purchased this board game on Ebay several years ago to add to the collection. Created in 1979 by Aladco, Inc., a board game publisher, and sponsored by the Greater Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce, it was distributed … Continue reading
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Archives Acquires Rare Ambrotype of William W. Swain
The Archives and Special Collections recently received this ambrotype (photographic) portrait of William W. Swain. It likely is quite rare, since the only other portraits to have been reproduced are an oil portrait pictured in the Swain School Catalogs (it … Continue reading
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King Philip’s War began June 24, 1675
On June 24,1675, Wampanoag warriors killed seven colonists in Swansea in retaliation for a series of injustices suffered at the hands of the English. This raid is generally considered the beginning of King Philip’s War, a bloody conflict that would … Continue reading
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“UMD exhibit explores architect Rudolph’s plan First impressions are often incorrect; take a second look at the UMass Dartmouth campus through the eyes of the architect, Paul Rudolph. The exhibition titled “UMass Dartmouth: The Original Intent Behind This Concrete Jungle,” … Continue reading
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1969 Library Groundbreaking
Below are images from a groundbreaking program in the University Archives and Special Collections. The “building” pictured is a scale model that is also in the care of the Archives, probably constructed (of cardboard) by Art Professor Theodore Mead. In … Continue reading
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Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and University Archives and Special Collections to Close for the Holidays
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and the University’s Archives and Special Collections, located in the Claire T. Carney Library, will be closed for the holidays. Closure will begin on December 23rd at 4:00 pm and continue through January 2nd. The Archives … Continue reading
What is Super 8 Film?
In archives work, you run into a lot of different media used over the years. Our goal as archivists is to find not only the best way to store and preserve the original film, but to make it accessible to … Continue reading
The Coriolanus
In 2006 the Archives and Special Collections purchased a photograph of the Coriolanus, which at 300-feet, was the “largest and finest of the Cape Verde packet ships.” Built in 1876 by Archibald McMillan & Son of Dumbarton, Scotland, this iron full-rigged ship … Continue reading
