Abstract This collection contains the oral histories of Springfield College (SC) alumni, faculty, and administrators who were present on campus during or leading up to the SC Black student protests in 1969-1970, along with materials collected and created before and after these interviews. The oral histories highlight the time of civil unrest on the SC campus in 1969-1970 and contain first-hand accounts of the activism and of the various reactions on and off campus. Materials in this collection...

Abstract Lawrence M. Libow was born on May 23, 1949. Libow graduated from James Madison High School (Brooklyn NY) in June 1967. Libow would graduate from Springfield College with a B.S. in August 1971. Frustrated with policies and administration at SC, Libow was deeply involved in trying to change the school. He helped found a club known as the Resistance Unity, and Brotherhood, wrote a newspaper column called “On The Left” and a photographer for the Springfield College student newspaper, The...

Collection Scope and Contents This collection documents the planning, construction, and completion of Massasoit Hall. The collection includes general information, floor plans and newspaper articles regarding the dormitory’s construction. Visual images of the dormitory include construction photographs, including a photograph of Springfield College Alum Thomas Waddell, class of 1959, inspecting an unfinished room, undated exterior photographs of the front, and rear-views of the completed dormitory. In addition there is a...

Abstract Sub-Group number 18 of the RG108 - Office of the President Records contains materials that document events pertaining to the civil rights protests on the Springfield College campus in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The majority of the material in the collection is comprised of letters and documents created and collected by the Springfield College Office of the President. Materials includes multiple the lists of demands created by the Black Student Union (BSU) as they pursued equal rights,...