Hampshire College. Planning Bodies. Records, 1958-1977 (bulk 1958-1970)
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Hampshire College. Planning Bodies Records
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Historical Note Hampshire College, an experimental institution founded under the auspices of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts, admitted its first class in 1970. This record group contains files from planning committees involved in creating the new college. The first committee, Committee for an Experimental College, was formed by the four neighboring institutions in 1958 to gather and synthesize ideas for this new departure in higher education. The committee's first publication, The New College Plan (1958) was widely read and influenced the planning for other experimental colleges of the 1960s and 1970s. The pledge of $6 million by Amherst College alumnus Harold F. Johnson in 1965 made Hampshire College a reality, and planning began in earnest that year.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The first series contains records for the Committee for an Experimental College, which was known as the Committee for New College after the publication of The New College Plan. The other series in this group contain records of the Education Advisory Committee (1965-66), the Hampshire College Conference (1966), the Making of a College by Hampshire's first president, Franklin Patterson, files of Planning Bulletins and Progress Reports, and files from a number of planning committees formed by early faculty and administrators of the college. Committee files contain agendas and minutes of meetings, memoranda and reports, and correspondence. The most extensive files are those in Series 1: Committee for an Experimental College. Also present are published reports in Series 7: The Making of a College, and Series 8: Planning Bulletins/Progress Reports. Series 11: Miscellaneous Planning Materials, contains films and audiotapes relating to the planning process.
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Series 1: Committee for an Experimental College/Committee for New College, 1958-1962
In 1958, the Presidents of Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts appointed this faculty committee to develop plans "for a new experimental college located in close proximity to the four institutions, aimed at producing education of the highest quality at a minimum cost per student and with as small a faculty relative to the size of the student body as new methods of instruction and new administrative procedures can make possible," (From the charge to the committee). The New College Plan, The final report of the committee, was produced in November 1958. This document represents the initial educational blueprint for Hampshire College. The committee, thereafter known as the Committee for New College, continued to work and issued two more reports, present in this series. Boxes 2-5 contain early committee files and work on The New College Plan itself. Boxes 6-8 contain later committee files, including reactions to The New College Plan, the further development of the New College concept, and work on the two later committee reports, More Power to Them, and Student Reactions to Study Facilities. Box 9 contains published material collected by the committee.
Series 2: Educational Advisory Committee, 1965-1966
With the pledge by Harold F. Johnson of $6,000,000 to start a new college along the lines laid out in the New College Plan, the planning for Hampshire College gained a firm basis in reality. This committee was appointed by the newly formed trustees of Hampshire College and consisted of a member of the faculty of Amherst, Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts, selected by the President of each institution. Charles R. Longsworth, chairman of the Hampshire College Educational Trust, was a member ex officio and represented Hampshire College. The committee was charged with advising the academic leadership of the college as to the design of an educational program for Hampshire College. This series consists of memoranda and reports prepared for the committee, notes on meetings, and copies of the final report of the committee.
Series 3: Hampshire College Conference, 1966
The Hampshire College Conference, held in June 1966, brought together a group of educators, artists and intellectuals to discuss plans for the educational program of Hampshire College. The file contains a report of the conference, with letters and reports by some of the participants.
Series 4: Curriculum Committee, 1968-69
This committee, composed of the first faculty of the College, was formed to plan the academic and curricular structure of the new college, including faculty number, characteristics and recruitment, the course calendar, examinations and grading. It was succeeded by the Academic Committee (Series 10). The file consists of agendas, minutes and memoranda, arranged in chronological order.
Series 5: Committee on College Policy, 1969-1970
The Committee on College Policy was formed by President Patterson in September 1968. Having as members the principal academic officers of the college, this group was directly advisory to the President on all major policy matters during the final planning year. The file consists of agendas, minutes and correspondence from that year.
Series 6: Planning Committee, 1968-69
This committee, composed of the chief academic and administrative officers of the college, was responsible for the preliminary planning of all aspects of the college's program. The file contains, in chronological order, agendas, minutes, and correspondence by and to the members of the committee. The final section contains the same material sorted by subject.
Series 7: The Making of a College, 1966-1975
This series contains the 1966 and 1975 editions of The Making of a College by Franklin Patterson, a card file index (more detailed than the printed version) prepared for staff use, and a set of pamphlets relating to The Making of a College.
Series 8: Planning Bulletins/Progress Reports, 1969-1975
The Planning Bulletins were intended to convey to the public a sense of the planning being done in specific areas in preparation for the opening of the College in 1970. Thus, they represent the original thinking and policy for many ongoing College programs. The series was continued by three unnumbered Bulletins published after the College opened. This file also contains three reports intended to be part of the series, but which were never published. The second box contains two Progress Reports, intended as a continuation of the Planning Bulletin series. Also present is a final grant report related to the second Progress Report
Series 9: Building Committee, 1969-1971
This committee, consisting of the Dean and several faculty members of the School of Social Science, was responsible for the planning of the first academic building, intended to house the School of Social Science. The file contains memoranda, reports, and minutes of meetings, arranged in chronological order.
Series 10: Academic Committee, 1969-1970
This committee, successor to the Curriculum Committee of 1968-69, consisted of the faculty and Deans of the College, as well as the Directors of Admissions and the Library. It continued the planning for the academic and curricular structure of the College. The file consists of agendas, minutes and memoranda, arranged in chronological order. The file includes the official committee files kept by the Dean of Faculty office. Also present is a brief file of the Committee on Coeducation, of the same time period.
Series 11: Miscellaneous Planning Materials, 1966-1977
This file contains miscellaneous documents relating to the planning process, including films and audiotapes. The films have been transferred to videocassette (3/4" master, 1/2" copy) also present in this series.
Series 12: Compensation Committee, 1968-1970
This planning committee, composed of the chief admin-istrative and academic officers of the college, dealt with the issues of faculty and staff appointment, contracts, salary and benefits. The file is sorted into agendas, minutes, and several subject sections. Access to this file is restricted.
Committee memoranda and reports, 1958
The New College Plan, November 1958
Student Reactions to Study Facilities, with Implications for Architects and College Administrators, 1960
Cost Estimates for New College, 1961
More Power to Them: A Report of Faculty and Student Experience in the Encouragement of Student Initiative, 1962
Administration
Architectural Study Project
C.L. Barber - Correspondence (including letter from first prospective applicant)
C.L. Barber - Interviews
C.L. Barber - Reports and Memos
Broadcasting, Educational
Brochure Requests, 1958-59
Capital Expenditure Study, L.B. Anderson, 1959
Charge to the Committee
Construction
Consultants' Reports
Coordinator
Cost Estimates
Curricula vitae (for committee members)
Curriculum Ideas
Development
Documents
Expenses, Committee
Faculty
Finances
Sidney J. French Report
Fund for the Advancement of Education
Seymour Harris Seminar #1
Seymour Harris Seminar #2
Harvey Mudd College
Hexter Science Report
Interviews with Librarians, Deans, etc.
Kennedy, Gail
Lay Catholic College
Library
Location
A.E. Lumley Report - Physical Education
S. McCune - Correspondence, 1958 (including Utopia Academica), 1959
S. McCune - Reports (including sketch plan for New College)
S.M. McMurrin Report
Meetings
Memos
Minutes
Newspaper publicity
Official action
Packard, Sidney R.
C. Page Report - Sociology
Press Release
Proposal for New College
E. Rauschenbush
Reports
Rough Drafts
Ruml, B. Memo to a College Trustee, and Comment by S. Packard
Science Data Papers
Sheehan, D. - Reports
Sherk, K. Report - Chemistry
Statistics
S.M. Stoke - Correspondence
S.M. Stoke - Miscellaneous Early Papers
S.M. Stoke - Reports and Memos
Stray Ideas
Student Body
Ordway, Tead
Towne, D.H. Report - Math, Physics, Chemistry
Wagner, R.W. Report - Math
Wyman, R. Reports
Architecture for New College
Committee for an Experimental College - Stationery
Cost Estimates for New College. Report, 1961
Experimental Courses, 1959-60
Finances for New College
Fund for the Advancement of Education Report, 1961
Future Development of New College
Meeting [with the Four College Presidents] re: New College, Sept. 11, 1959: Future of New College
New College - Chairman's Problems, 1961-1964
New College - Correspondence About, 1959-1962
New College - Early Proposals and Criticisms
New College Plan - Copies
New College Plan - Responses and Evaluations
New College Talk at Harris Seminar, 1958
Reaction to the New College Plan (Report, 1959?)
More Power to Them - Draft
Letters re: More Power to Them
Acoustical Studies of Dormitories
Architectural Studies
Architecture/Study Space Data Treatment
Consultants - Student Reactions to Study Facilities
Letters re: Student Reactions to Study Facilities
Proposal - Architecture Study
Publicity on Student Reactions to Study Facilities
Smith College material
Student Comments on Study Space
Student Reactions to Study Facilities - Draft
Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (1959?).
Fund for the Advancement of Education Report, 1957-59.
Cooper, Homer E. Education for a Free Society. NY: Exposition Pr., 1957.
A proposal for the Establishment of an Experimental College. Hofstra College, 1958.
White, Goodrich C. The Education of the Administrator. Nashville, TN: Board of Education, the Methodist Church, 1957.
Gardner, John W. The Strategy of Freedom. 1959.
Trueblood, Elton. The Idea of a College. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1959.
The Graduate Journal, Univ. of Texas, Spring 1959.
The Journal of Higher Education, Feb. 1959 and May 1959.
An Experimental College at Wayne State Univ., 1958.
Amherst College Report of the Curriculum Review Committee, 1959
Amherst Alumni News. July 1958 and Jan. 1959.
College Buildings. Architectural Record Building Types Study No. 218, Jan. 1955.
Design for Educational TV: Planning for Schools with Television. NY: Educational Facilities Laboratories, 1960.
Report of the [Four College] Committee on Cooperation, 1956.
Educational Advisory Committee, 1965
Educational Advisory Committee, 1966
Report of the Educational Advisory Committee to the President of Hampshire College, Apr. 13, 1966
A [Student] Proposal for Hampshire College (included with the above Report), 1966
Hampshire College Conference, 13-15 June 1966. A Report by Peter Schrag, 1966.
Documents relating to the conference.
Curriculum Committee, October 1968-June 1969
Documents for Curriculum Committee
Committee on College Policy, September 1969-January 1970
Committee on College Policy, February 1970-September 1970
Planning Committee, February 1968-February 1969
Planning Committee, March 1969-September 1969
Planning Committee, Subject File
The Making of a College: Growth in a Major Academic Community. An Administrative Report to the Trustees of Hampshire College, September 1966.
Card file index in two boxes
Abstract: Hampshire College Working Paper #1--The Making of a College.
The Making of a College: a review by C.L Barber (reprinted from the AAUP Bulletin, Spring 1968)
Inventing a Future for the New Private College, Franklin Patterson, 1968.
Hampshire College Academic Program (Working Brief #1) Oct. 1967
Hampshire College Plans in Brief (Working Brief #2) Dec. 1967
The Making of a College: a New Departure in Higher Education, by Franklin Patterson and Charles R. Longsworth, New Edition, 1975.
Notes on Admissions, by Van R. Halsey, Director of Admissions, January 1969 (#1)
The House Plan at Hampshire College, by Robert C. Birney, Dean of the School of Social Science, February 1969 (#2)
The Hampshire College Library, by Robert S. Taylor, Director of the Library, March 1969 (#3)
Computers and Computer Use, by Robert S. Taylor, Director of the Library, March 1969 (#4)
The Hampshire Fellows Program, by John R. Boettiger, Director, Hampshire Fellows Program, March 1969 (#5)
The Proper Study of Mankind - Reconsidered, by Francis D. Smith, Dean, School of Humanities and Arts, April 1969 (#6)
Notes on Law Study, by David E. Matz, Assistant to the President, May 1969 (#7)
Man in Situ, by Robert C. Birney, Dean, School of Social Science, June 1969 (#8)
Foreign Studies, by Richard C. Lyon, Dean of the College, June 1969 (#9)
Arches of Knowledge, by Everett M. Hafner, Dean, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, August 1969 (#10)
Corporate Citizenship and Urban Problems, by Charles R. Longsworth, Vice-President, May 1970
Educational Technology and Information Transfer, by Richard L. Muller, Director of Educational Technology, May 1970
A First Course in Language and Communication, by the Committee on Language and Communication, January 1971
The Division of Basic Studies at Hampshire College, May 1969
Perspectives on Human Development, by John R. Boettiger, Chairman, Committee on Human Development, August 1969 (unpublished)
The Dimension of Language, by Roger W. Holmes, 1967. (unpublished)
Employment by Faculty Contract, by Robert C. Birney. Progress Report #1, October 1975
Progress by Examination, by Robert von der Lippe. Progress Report #2, November 1975
Report to the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education on Project Progress by Examination, by Robert von der Lippe, February 1975
Building Committee, 1969-1971
Academic Committee, August 1969 through December 1970
Committee on Coeducation, January-March 1970
Hugh Stubbins and Associates: Architects and Planners (book)
Hampshire College (Architectural Plans). Hugh Stubbins and Associates (1970?)
Films. 16 mm. B&W, silent.
1. Planning Meeting. People including Ken Rosenthal.
2. Planning Meeting.
3. Planning. Multi-media presentation.
Films. 16 mm. Color, silent.
4. Site and building preparations. Frank Smith, Bob Stiles.
5. Blair Hall, Red Barn. Bull Rogers, Bob Stiles.
Audio cassettes (with transcripts)
Interview with Franklin Patterson, 1-17-77
Interview with Bob Birney, 1-10-77
Interview with David Matz, 1-31-77
Audiotape
Tape of Groundbreaking Ceremony, Oct. 23, 1968, for the first academic building. President Patterson, Mr. Harold Johnson.
Master Plan Studies: Site evaluation. Hampshire College. Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Assoc. July 1966.
Interviews...College Convocation, Sept. 22 (1970?) Archibald MacLeish
Academic Committee, Mar. 17, 1970
Faculty Meeting (Constitution) Aug. 7, 1970
Compensation Committee, Agendas
Compensation Committee, Minutes of Meetings
Academic Freedom
Appointment Retention & Dismissal
Salary--Professional
Salary--Non-Professional
Fringe Benefits--Professional
Fringe Benefits--Non-Professional
Real Estate
Miscellaneous