How To Begin A Course At Hampshire: After A Pleasant Summer
As the semester gets underway, I just wanted to share a little humor especially dedicated to faculty from the archives. This piece …
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 …
Launch of long-awaited Havana Archive Project!!!
The Hampshire College Library is thrilled to announce the launch of the Havana Archive Project, an Open Access digital photographic archive containing …
Archives: Windows into Lives
There are many unforeseen revelations I’ve had since starting my work in archives. Some of them have been sparked through observing the …
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 …
American Archives Month
American Archives Month: Hi! My name is Emily Moran. I’m the Archive Alumni Fellow here at Hampshire and this is my first …
Archive Your Div III
Attention, all graduating Div III students! We know there’s a lot going on as you finish up your Div III, between holding …
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 …
“Our Support Will Not End with the Occupation”: The 1988 Dakin Takeover
“Our Support Will Not End with the Occupation”: The 1988 Dakin Takeover An exhibition, jointly hosted by The Harold F. Johnson Library and …
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 …
Generating Change: Div III’s ENGAGING Us All
Explore the scholarly work produced by Hampshire students during the course of the College’s history. The library has curated a display of Division III’s from the library’s collection that study and explore racism and white supremacy, classism, islamophobia, anti-semitism, transphobia, sexism, ableism, and oppression in many forms. Visit the physical exhibit in the Harold F. Johnson Library. See our digital collection online
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 …
Celebrating Humanities and Film Librarian Bonnie Vigeland’s Retirement
On May 16, friends, faculty, family and colleagues gathered to celebrate Bonnie Vigeland, who is retiring after 35 years as Humanities and Film …
Welcome back, and come take a poem to go!
Welcome back to campus and to the library! Remember that you can always stop by the InfoBar right when you enter to …
