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Segall Square Dedication April 10, 1949
On June 24, 1948, the New Bedford City Council designated “that part of County Street immediately at the easterly end of Hawthorn street” as the Ensign Joseph Irving Segall Square. The designation was made after a request by the Jewish … Continue reading
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Swain School of Design Catalogs and Circulars Digitized
Through the Claire T. Carney Library’s participation in the Boston Library Consortium’s Open Content Alliance book scanning project, the Archives and Special Collections at UMass Dartmouth has digitized a complete set of Swain School catalogs and circulars from 1910 through … 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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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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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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Documenting the Portuguese-American experience in the fishing industry of New Bedford
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) and the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in collaboration with local organizations tied to the fishing industry and the Portuguese community, will … Continue reading
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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
First Commencement – 1966
The first commencement held on the new Dartmouth campus of SMTI took place in 1966. The campus was still under construction in the spring of 1966, with the first building, Group I (now the Liberal Arts building) about to be … Continue reading
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Preserving your family records — 5 tips
To mark the American Library Association’s Preservation Week, the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and the UMass Dartmouth Archives and Special Collections are providing these simple tips to help preserve your family records for future generations to enjoy. 1. Store your photos … Continue reading
