March 2025 Newsletter
Check out what’s going on in the library in our March 2025 Newsletter! In this issue: Meet our new Systems and Discovery …
The Hampshire Graphic Design Posters
Last semester the Hampshire Archives purchased a copy stand that has allowed us to more easily capture large print formats. We’ve recently …
From the Archives: History of the Div Free Bell
From the desk of Archives Student Assistant Gianna Paladino: Hampshire legends say that ringing the Div Free Bell before completing your Div …
Hampshire S22 Grads – Consider Preserving Your DIV III in the Archives!
Congratulations to all of the Hampshire students passing their DIV III this semester! The Hampshire College Archives would like to ask you …
E-poem for Equity: Love Poem by Nathan McClain
We continue this week with one more poem for National Poetry Month. This week, we share this poem available online as our …
From the Hampshire College Archives: 34 years ago today…
From the Hampshire College Archives: 34 years ago today, members of the Students of Under Represented Cultures (SOURCe) at Hampshire College claimed …
Bonus Rectangle Screening Series – Film Excavations from the Bunker
Bonus Rectangle is a weekly drift through Hampshire College’s 16mm film collection hosted by Media Services Manager, alum (94F), and weirdo artist …
Chat with Us!
We’re here to help! The library’s chat service has been getting increasingly popular over the past couple months! Look for the button …
Stream Kanopy Videos from the Boston Public Library!
Kanopy is a streaming platform (kind of like Netflix) that some libraries offer. One way folks in the Hampshire community can get …
Preserve Your DIV III In the College Archives
Div III season is here!! Many of you are wrapping up your work this spring. The Harold F. Johnson Library houses many …
Library and Archives Zine Collection
There are over 200+ zines covering 90’s and early 00’s angst, advice, music reviews and various other topics and musings that …
Archive your Div III!
Div III season is here!! At least, partly. Many of you are wrapping up your work this fall. The Harold F. Johnson …
Stress Less @ the Library!
During the first week of December, the Library and Knowledge Commons will be promoting mental wellness with activities, snacks, and additional study …
Studio G.’s Cyclorama
Studio G., named in honor of beloved long-time staffer John Gunther, houses our “GreenScreen Cyclorama.” Some folks may be familiar with the term “cyclorama” as a mechanism used to create a “seamless” backdrop, also sometimes referred to as an “infinity wall.”
Saving Hampshire History – one VHS/DVD at a time
An article in today’s Inside Higher Education describes the significant challenges Colleges and Universities face with audio and visual materials that must …
Which games are checked out most often?
Need a study break? Not sure which game to check out next? Maybe this will help. Here is a list of the …
Alumni Access to Journals
The library is pleased to announce that Hampshire alums have access to the following electronic journal resources: SAGE SAGE is a leading …
Founders Oral History Collection: Ken Rosenthal Remembers the Founding Years
Deep in the Hampshire College Archives, nestled among boxes of presidential papers and student newspapers, is a collection that reveals the deep …
Registration Day: the student portrait in context, an exhibition of the Elaine Mayes’ portraits
-by Mia Karnofsky Elaine Mayes (b. 1936) is a photographer who taught at Hampshire College from 1971 to 1981. Mayes originally trained …
Finally! Explore the wealth of digital cultural & historic materials in the Hampshire Archives through Five College Compass: Digital Collections
The Harold F. Johnson Library is pleased to announce the launch of Five College Compass: Digital Collections [https://compass.fivecolleges.edu] a site bringing together digital scholarship …