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Carmen Vázquez papers

Carmen Vázquez is an activist and movement leader in causes ranging from immigrant rights to lesbian health. The Carmen Vázquez papers document Vázquez’s activism for gay, lesbian, bi and transgender rights, and include materials pertaining to gay and lesbian health issues, as well as Vázquez's interest and involvement in broader issues of race and class.

17 items found in collection

Commencement Posters

A collection of digitized posters from Hampshire College's commencement celebrations.

22 items found in collection

1971 Hampshire College Commencement Poster

Mount Holyoke College student newspaper collection

The Mount Holyoke College student newspaper collection provides access to a wide range of newspapers published by Mount Holyoke students from 1891 to the present. The publications feature campus news, political opinions, literary works and criticisms, and advertisements; overall, they provide an excellent overview of ideas, issues, and events happening on- and off-campus throughout Mount Holyoke's history. Issues from June 1891 through April 2017 have been digitized.

The title of the student paper has changed through time:
The Mount Holyoke was published from June 1891 to June 1917.
The Mount Holyoke News was published from October 1917 through February 1968.
choragos was published from March 1968 through December 1982.
The Mount Holyoke News was published from February 1983 to the present.

3983 items found in collection

Mount Holyoke College student newspaper collection

Nkenge Touré papers

Nkenge Touré is a political and civil rights activist, health reformer, and feminist, who has written and presented extensively with regard to rights and justice for women of color. The Nkenge Touré papers are comprised of materials pertaining to Touré’s activism in health reform, civil and political rights for African American women, and her professional and public life.

24 items found in collection

Cornelia Clapp papers

Clapp, Cornelia Maria, 1849-1934; Zoologist and college teacher. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary graduate, 1871. Mount Holyoke College faculty member, 1872-1916. Papers consist of letters, writings, biographical information, and photographs; principally documenting her career as a zoology researcher, her work at Woods Hole Marine Biological Institute and her travels.