The records of the Western Massachusetts locals and district councils of the UBCJA documents the rise of unionization among carpenters in the Connecticut River Valley since the 1880s. This collection represents a merger of separate accessions for the District Councils in Springfield (MS 110), the Pioneer Valley (MS 231), and Holyoke (MS 108), along with post-merger records for Local 108. In general, each has been maintained as a distinct series.
Oral history with the Gagnon family, part of the Franco-American community in Springfield since 1953. Topics include their participation in Franco-American activities at St. Joseph’s Church, their interest in Franco-American studies, and what nationality means to them, as people with roots in America, Canada, and France.
Collection includes statutes and by-laws, minutes, administrative records, correspondence, financial records and receipts, scholarship records, publications, records of programs and events, and artifacts and ephemera.
Letter from N. Edd Miller, President of the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham, to Madeleine Giguère notifying her of her promotion to Full Professor.
Letter from David T. Sullivan, Associate Registrar at the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham, to Greg Jordan, Editor at the Free Press, concerning the editorial "The Fault, Dear Brutus, Lies Not With The Registrar's Office But With Tardy Teachers". The article contained false information, including listing Madeleine Giguère as a faculty member responsible for delinquent grade entry.
Letter from David T. Sullivan, Associate Registrar at the University of Maine Portland-Gorham, to Madeleine Giguère concerning an an article that was published in the Free Press incorrectly listing Giguère as a faculty member responsible for delinquent reporting of student grades.
