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Robert H. Quinn and UMass Boston history

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Robert H. Quinn in 1998, at right, with State Representative (and current Mayor of Bostoin) Marty Walsh.

Robert H. Quinn in 1998, at right, with State Representative (and current Mayor of Boston) Martin Walsh.

We are saddened to learn of the passing of former speaker of the house, attorney general, and chair of the UMass Board of Trustees Robert H. Quinn. From his involvement in the establishment of UMass Boston in 1964, to his leadership of the UMass Board of Trustees, Quinn’s commitment to public higher education played a crucial role in the history, growth, and success of UMass Boston.

We looked through our University Archives Historic Photographs collection and found the above photograph from 1998 of then-Massachusetts State Representative (and current Mayor of Boston) Martin Walsh with Robert Quinn at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

We’ve been digitizing photographs from our University Archives since early in 2013 in anticipation of UMass Boston’s 50th anniversary celebrations and we’re certain that more images of Quinn will come along.

Conversations with Enrique Dussel on Anti-Cartesian Decoloniality and Pluriversal Transmodernity: Latest issue of Human Architecture available on ScholarWorks

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The most recent issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, entitled and dedicated to “Conversations with Enrique Dussel on Anti-Cartesian Decoloniality and Pluriversal Transmodernity,” is now available on ScholarWorks, the open access institutional repository for scholarship and research out of UMass Boston.

Human Architecture has been published since 2002 by the Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics) and has been edited by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, Associate Professor of Sociology at UMass Boston, since that time.

Apart from an introductions by Tamdgidi and issue co-editors George Ciccariello-Maher and Ramón Grosfoguel, the contents of this issue include:

To view the full issue, and to explore back issues of Human Architecture, click here.

ScholarWorks is the University of Massachusetts Boston’s online, open access institutional repository for scholarship and research. ScholarWorks serves as a publishing platform, a preservation service, and a showcase for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Boston community. ScholarWorks is a service of the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston.

Reclaiming Humanity in and out of the Cell: Latest issue of the Trotter Review available on ScholarWorks

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Gary Little, mentor coordinator at Span, Inc., (center) makes a forceful point during a discussion on prisoner reentry issues, held at the Boston Center for the Arts. Other participants, from left, were moderator Andrea Cabral, then sheriff of Suffolk County; Daniel Cordon, director of transitional employment at Haley House; Lyn Levy, founder and executive director of Span, Inc.; and Janet Rodriguez, founding president and CEO of SoHarlem in New York. The panelists spoke from the stage where a play about the trials of reentering society after incarceration was being performed in the fall of 2012. Photo courtesy of Boston Center for the Arts.

The most recent issue of the Trotter Review, which focuses on the impact of incarceration on prisoners and their families after they are released, is now available on ScholarWorks, the open access institutional repository for scholarship and research out of UMass Boston.

The Trotter Review has been published since 1987 by the William Monroe Trotter Institute at UMass Boston.

Apart from an introduction by Barbara Lewis, director of the Trotter Institute at UMass Boston, and the proceedings of a community forum featuring Andrea J. Cabral, Daniel Cordon, Lyn Levy, Gary Little, and Janet Rodriguez, the contents of this issue, titled “Reclaiming Humanity in and out of the Cell,” include:

To view the full issue, and to explore back issues of this publication, click here.

ScholarWorks is the University of Massachusetts Boston’s online, open access institutional repository for scholarship and research. ScholarWorks serves as a publishing platform, a preservation service, and a showcase for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Boston community. ScholarWorks is a service of the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston.

UMass Boston and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting

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The history of and access to public broadcasting recordings dating back to the 1950s (from radio broadcasts to television shows) is the focus of a recent article in the Boston Globe. The article describes the partnership between the Library of Congress and WGBH to establish the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Through this partnership, the Library of Congress and WGBH are working to digitize and make openly available over sixty years of public broadcasting history.

University Archives & Special Collections in the the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston was an early contributor to this project. In early 2013, University Archives & Special Collections allowed a sample set of recordings from the archives of WUMB, the radio station of the University of Massachusetts Boston, to be digitized for inclusion in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. First established in 1968, WUMB has been a public radio affiliate of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) since 1986.

Radio broadcasts that University Archives & Special Collections contributed for inclusion in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting include talk radio show recordings such as Black Perspectives, Commonwealth Journal, and From the Source, as well as live in-studio and concert performances by a number of musicians.

The digitized recordings are still being processed by the American Archive and University Archives & Special Collections. Keep visiting this blog for more information.

University Archives & Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston collects materials related to the university’s history, as well as materials that reflect the institution’s urban mission and strong support of community service, notably in collections of records of urban planning, social welfare, social action, alternative movements, community organizations, and local history related to neighboring communities.

University Archives & Special Collections welcomes inquiries from individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in donating materials of an archival nature that that fit within our collecting policy. These include manuscripts, documents, organizational archives, collections of photographs, unique publications, and audio and video media. For more information about donating to University Archives & Special Collections, click here or email library.archives@umb.edu.

Mass. Memories Road Show looks at the Irish Immigrant Experience

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When: November 16, 2013 – 10 a.m – 2 p.m.

Location: The Irish Cultural Centre of New England  |  200 New Boston Drive, Canton, Mass.

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Are you an Irish immigrant? Was your ancestor an immigrant? Share your story as part of the Mass. Memories Road Show!

Every Irish immigrant and all of their descendants have personal stories. This program on November 16 at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton, Mass., celebrates each person’s family history and contributions to their community — whether you have lived here for generations or have just arrived. Community members are invited to bring 2 or 3 photos to be scanned and included as part of the Mass. Memories Road Show collection at UMass Boston, available online at openarchives.umb.edu.

Read more about the Irish Immigrant Experience Mass. Memories Road Show in this article from the Boston Irish Reporter.

The Irish Immigrant Experience Mass. Memories Road Show is co-sponsored by The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, the Eire Society of Boston, and the Consulate General of Ireland.

The Mass. Memories Road Show is a statewide digital history project that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories.

The Mass. Memories Road Show is produced by the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass Boston and is co-sponsored by the Patricia C. Flaherty ’81 Endowed Fund.

RSVP are requested but not required. Please email massmemories@tiara.ie or call TIARA: 617-244-3050.

Questions about the Road Show? Email carolyn.goldstein@umb.edu.