Manuscript Collections
Collection numbers link to a PDF version of the finding aid, if available. Please check with archives staff if you are looking for specific information, since events and facts can be documented in a number of different ways. Also, we receive new collections periodically; unprocessed collections will not be included here. If you are looking for books or theses by title or author, check the Primo Library Search system for the call number.
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Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Archives Collection |
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UMD Eisteddfod International Folk Festival, records, 1970-1996 |
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American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), New Bedford Chapter No. 1, records, 1956-1996 |
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Paul Clayton, papers, 1937-1967 |
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Abraham Wolf Landau, papers, 1939-1996 |
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Donald Ezzel Walker, Scrapbook and inaugural papers, 1973-1983 |
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T. Noel Stern, writings, 1939-1995 |
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UMD Center for Jewish Culture Archives Collection |
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The 1928 New Bedford Textile Strike, oral history interviews and research collection |
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Omer E. Boivin, MD, Papers, 1935-1977 |
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Franco-American Civic League (Fall River, Massachusetts) Historical Collection, 1870-1993 |
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Mildred E. Swift, Fall River Emergency Feeding Project, scrapbook, 1932 |
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John F. Kennedy Assassination Archives Collection |
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National Council of Jewish Women, New Bedford Section, Records, 1925-1993 |
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Jewish War Veterans and Ladies’ Auxiliary, New Bedford Post 154, records, 1957-1994 |
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Hebrew Ladies’ Helping Hand Society, records, 1924-1986 |
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Fall River (Massachusetts) Jewish Community Historical Collection, 1886-1991 (bulk, 1955-1961) |
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Sylvia and Luis Cotta Family (Little Compton, Rhode Island), papers, 1890-1998 |
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Pereira Garcia Family Papers, 1899-1960s |
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Jewish Professional Women’s Club, Inc. (New Bedford, Mass.), records,1926-1995 |
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Jewish Community Center, records, 1944-1977 |
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Dennis Tucker scrapbooks, 1973-1988 |
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Center for Jewish Culture oral history collection, New Bedford/Fall River |
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Portuguese-American oral history project, 1987-1990 |
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Chesed Shel Emes Congregation (New Bedford, MA), records, 1903-1970 |
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Tifereth Israel Congregation (New Bedford, MA), records, 1923-2003, |
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Joel S. Keiles (NBTI Class of 1952), Student papers, 1947-195 (bulk 1949-1952) |
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MC 28 |
Cape Verdean-American Archives |
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João Cordeiro Jr., Papers, 1930-1960 |
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Portuguese American Archives, vertical file collection |
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Earle P. Charlton (1863-1930) Family papers, 1889-1995 |
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Milton A. Travers, papers, 1941-1970 |
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MC 33 |
New Bedford Women’s Movement Collection |
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Architecture of Paul Rudolph, collected articles |
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Joseph and Mary Baptista Family photographs and Madeiran embroidery, bulk 1911-1967 |
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MC 36/CJC |
Newspaper clippings |
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Ahavath Achim Congregation Collection 1898-, (bulk 1954-present) |
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Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, records, 1926-1997 |
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Community Bulletin (Tifereth Israel Congregation), 1923- |
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Swift and Wesselhoeft Family Collection, 1840-2002 |
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SACHEM Inc. (Southeastern Association for Cooperation in Higher Education in Massachusetts), records, 1974-1999 |
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Temple Sinai Collection, 1964-1978 |
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Boy Scout Troop # 8 (New Bedford, MA), records, 1941-1983 |
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DNRT (Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust) and Trustees of Reservations, |
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Evelyn and Fisher Abramson (1900-1982) papers, 1920-1982 |
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“Patrician Homes of New Bedford,” handwritten volume, c. 1907 |
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Company E 1st Regiment Infantry of Massachusetts MVM (New Bedford, MA), records, 1887-1889 |
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New Bedford Total Abstinence Society (New Bedford, MA), records, |
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Portuguese American Historical Foundation of Fall River, Inc., records, |
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Portuguese Alliance Benevolent Association, records, 1924-2004 |
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Albert S. Hill papers on French pacifism from 1919 to 1939, 1973-1979 |
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American popular and theatrical music collection of scores, 1920s-1950s |
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Antonio Alberto Costa Collection of Portuguese Musical Recordings, |
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Affonso Ferreira-Ferreira Mendes Collection of Portuguese Musical Recordings, 1930s-1950s |
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Mary Leite Fonseca (1912-2005), papers |
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George LeClerq miniature furniture design collection, 1930s-1960s |
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Alfred Lewis literary papers |
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Club Ponta Delgada collection, 1915, 1934-1989 |
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Francisco de Alburquerque (1900-1950), papers, 1903-1959 |
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Josephine Teixeira Silhouettes and Papers, 1968-1990 |
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Durfee Mills (Fall River, MA) Receipts, 1892-1895 |
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Vancini Family Papers, 1920 – 1999 |
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Civil War-era photographs |
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Furtado Family Letters |
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Senator Harold H. J. Clasky Papers, 1956 – 1985 |
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National Jewish Welfare Board, New England Section, records, 1918 – 1946 |
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Frank Kallish, Class of 1911, New Bedford Textile School student papers, 1909 – 1911 |
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Judge Samuel Barnet papers, 1919 – 1991 |
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Donald Zeman papers, 1921 – 1999 (bulk from 1943 – 1945) |
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Jewish Workmen’s Circle New Bedford (Mass.) Branch 723, Records, 1938 – 1966 |
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Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA), New Bedford, Mass. and |
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Jewish Welfare Federation and United Jewish Appeal, local chapters, 1954 – 2005 |
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Attorney Marilyn Barrett, Research files on the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination |
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Walter E. McGinn New Bedford Textile School papers, 1915 – 1917 |
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Temple Beth El (Fall River, Mass.), records, 1901 – 2008 |
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Edward Adaskin Family papers, Fall River, Mass. |
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“Portuguese Around Us” Portuguese American Federation, cable access television program 1996 – 2002 |
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Dr. Walter V. and Lily Dumont Mindus Family papers, 1908 – 2006 |
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Floyd B. Nelson papers, 1968 – 2001 |
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MC 80/CJC |
Jacob Dumont papers on cantorial music (in process) |
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Howard T. Glasser Scottish recordings, 1960, 1963 |
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Bolivian National Soccer Team gifts to UMass Dartmouth, 1994 |
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American-Portuguese Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc., records, 1981 – 1999 |
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MC 84/CJC |
Jewish War Veterans Fall River Post 168 and Ladies' Auxiliary, records (in progress) |
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"A Voz de Portugal/The Voice of Portugal" 1942 audio recordings |
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Carlton M. Viveiros papers |
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Albert J. Bettencourt Swain School papers, 1907 – 1936 |
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Joseph Sequeira Vera, Family Papers, 1880 – 1998 |
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Drama Miséria da Vida / Drama das Cenas da Miséria, handwritten manuscript of play, 1919 |
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Portuguese Cultural Foundation Scrapbook, 1967 – 1969 |
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Les Dames Richelieu de Fall River, papers, 1987 – 2001 (bulk 1990 – 1995) |
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Affonso Gil Mendes Ferreira, papers (in process) |
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MC 93/PAA |
Milton Silva papers (in process) |
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MC 94/PAA |
Edmund Dinis papers (scrapbooks and photos only) (in process) |
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Portuguese-American Vasco da Gama Holy Ghost Society, Newport, RI |
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Alfred Lewis Correspondence collection |
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Tryworks, 1967 – 2003 |
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Polish-American Community of New Bedford |
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Joseph E. Fernandes papers |
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João Rocha papers |
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Polish and American World War Veteran’s Auxiliary Association, Records, 1938 – 2008 |
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Myron B. Chace (BDTS Class of 1937) Student Papers, 1934 – 1939 |
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Emily Motta Sheet Music Collection |
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Catholic Woman’s Club of New Bedford, records 1918 – 2007 |
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Polish Women’s Business and Professional Club, Records, 1937 – 1999 |
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French-Canadian Oral History Project interviews, 1993 – 2003 |
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“Jews of New Bedford (1898 – 1967),” notebook compiled by Shirley Cohen |
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Eisteddfod – NY, Audio recordings, 2000 – 2009 |
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MC 109 |
Schooner Ernestina/Effie M. Morrissey Archives (in process) |
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MC 110 |
Brazilian American Cultural Institute (BACI), records, 1964 – 2008 (in process) |
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Carnegie Ceildh, 1961 – 1968 |
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MC 112 |
MCEEPHI records, 1941 – 1995 (in progress) |
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MC 113 |
Naseer Aruri, papers (in process) |
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Peter Johnson concert tapes |
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MC 115/CJC |
Julius Picard, MD, papers |
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MC 116/CJC |
Lipp Family papers |
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MC 117/SEEMA |
Fred Littleton scrapbook (Schooner Ernerstina Effie Morrissey Association Archives) |
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MC 118/SEEMA |
Monroe Barnard Diary and photo album (Schooner Ernerstina Effie Morrissey Association Archives) |
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MC 119/CJC |
Rubye Finger papers |
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MC 120 |
Brazilian Chapbook Collection |
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MC 121/PAA |
Portuguese-American Bakeries (Southeastern Massachusetts), Oral History Project |
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MC 122/SEEMA |
Schooner Ernestina Oral History collection (Schooner Ernerstina Effie Morrissey Association Archives) |
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MC 123/CJC |
Hebrew Ladies Helping Hand, Fall River Chapter |
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MC 124/CJC |
Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc., New Bedford Chapter, records (1925-1990) |
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MC 125 |
The Other One, student publication, 1984-1985 |
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MC 126 |
Scallop fishing in New Bedford, videotaped interviews |
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MC 127/RFKAA |
Philip Melanson, Political Assassinations Research papers , 1963-2000 |
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MC 128/SEEMA |
Schooner Ernestina/Effie M. Morrissey Educational Materials, 1989-2003 |
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MC 129/CJC |
Hebrew Free Loan Society, records, 1965-2002 |
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MC 130/CJC |
Dr. Irving Fradkin, papers, 1965-2006 |
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MC 131/CWO |
American Business Women’s Association, records, |
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MC 132/CJC |
New Bedford Jewish Community Early Childhood Center, Records, -2008 |
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MC 133/PAA |
Jose Canha Collection |
