http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/ 2026-04-05T05:14:32+00:00 http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/ http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-03-10T18:56:57+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:du_bois_library&rev=1773169017&do=diff Du Bois Library Constructed: 1969-1973 Architects: Edward Durrell Stone, New York, N.Y. ---------- [Du Bois Library] [Du Bois Library] [Library reflected in pond] [Du Bois Library interior, Oct. 1974] Design and construction Rising twenty-eight stories into the Pioneer Valley sky, this monumental building is one of the defining architectural features of the UMass landscape. The outer surface of the Library is clad with a brick veneer intended to harmonize with its surroundings. The orig… text/html 2026-03-04T16:27:31+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=r:rowing&rev=1772641651&do=diff Rowing The first MAC crew, 1870 Crew at the First Collegiate Regatta, July 1871 Boat crew sitting in wagon, 1873 In 1870, the year before the first class graduated from the college, Massachusetts Agricultural College students formed a boating association, acquiring a Spanish cedar shell from a Springfield rowing club in which to practice. In their first and only race that year, they took on the newly established crew at Amherst College, winning a three mile race in the Connecticut Ri… text/html 2025-09-09T14:37:55+00:00 jlsmith (jlsmith@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=b:basketball&rev=1757428675&do=diff Basketball [Basketball team 1973-74, with Al Skinner and Rick Pitino] [Basketball team, 1925] Although invented by James. A. Naismith nearby in Springfield in 1891, basketball took several years to take firm root at UMass Amherst. Following the refitting of the old Drill Hall as a gymnasium in 1899, MAC students had a suitable, though unheated court on which to play during inclement weather text/html 2025-02-14T19:40:32+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=f:football&rev=1739562032&do=diff Football [Football ca.1880s] Football team, ca.1880 [1910 season] Football results in 1901, a one loss season. Collegiate football made its debut in the Connecticut Valley by the 1870s, and the first team at Massachusetts Agricultural College was organized in 1875 by Francis Codman, class of 1880, though the first intercollegiate game was not played until Nov. 22, 1879, when they defeated their rival Amherst College, 4-0, on Alumni Field. In the following year, the team played its first road … text/html 2025-02-03T19:25:36+00:00 lcoyner (lcoyner@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=a:agricultural_engineering_north&rev=1738610736&do=diff Agricultural Engineering North Constructed: 1915 Architects: Unknown ---------- Design and construction The Agricultural Engineering Building North is a large one-story utilitarian building with a concrete foundation, brick walls with projecting brick piers and a flat roof. The building has no ornamentation except for the bracketed door hood over the main entry and the concrete blocks that are set into the projecting brick piers at a height that appears to be the level where the roof tr… text/html 2025-02-03T19:23:12+00:00 lcoyner (lcoyner@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=a:agricultural_experiment_station&rev=1738610592&do=diff Agricultural Experiment Station Constructed: 1923 Architects: ---------- Design and construction The Agricultural Experiment Station is a two-story, eleven-bay wide, wood frame structure with a hip roof and a rectangular footprint. The building has a one story, six-bay wide, two-bay deep, wood frame wing at its west end, which has a visible concrete block foundation. This wing, which appears to be less than 50 years old, has a side gable. The overall building is covered with vinyl sidin… text/html 2024-12-02T19:52:05+00:00 lcoyner (lcoyner@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=s:sasaki_master_plan&rev=1733169125&do=diff Sasaki master plan Hideo Sasaki’s master plan of 1962 guided the university through its biggest period of growth and radically transformed the campus. Created by the noted landscape architect Sasaki, the plan focused the university on hiring top architects for major projects, from the Fine Arts Center to the Campus Center to the W.E.B. Du Bois Library. Acclaimed by critics, the plan was not as well-received by many students, who reacted strongly to the striking size and modernity of the campus’… text/html 2024-10-22T03:45:55+00:00 lcoyner (lcoyner@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=publications:student_handbooks&rev=1729568755&do=diff Student handbooks New students at Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and the University of Massachusetts were issued handbooks when they arrived on campus containing general information on college traditions, buildings, work opportunities, the faculty, clubs, organizations, and publications, as well as social activities. Each handbook contained a small map of campus to help orient newcomers. The handbooks were produced by the Young Mens' Christian Association (YMC… text/html 2024-07-31T18:59:01+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=t:trolley_station&rev=1722452341&do=diff Trolley Station Constructed: 1911 Architects: Arthur H. Sharp, landscape gardening student, Class of 1910. ---------- Design and construction [Trolley Station] [Trolley Station] One of the only buildings on campus designed by a student, the trolley station served as a relic of a bygone time in transportation history for much of its existence. The first trolley in Amherst text/html 2024-07-31T18:54:03+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=z:zube_ervin_h&rev=1722452043&do=diff Zube, Ervin H. Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, 1965-1977 b. Apr. 24, 1931, Milwaukee, Wisc. d. 2001 ---------- [Ervin Zube] Ervin H. Zube was the head of the University’s Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning department (LARP) from 1965-1977. His groundbreaking research on landscape architecture and assessment helped define the international importance and influence of the field and his consultancy work, most notably with the National Park Service, brought his intellec… text/html 2024-07-31T18:53:31+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=w:wheeler_hall&rev=1722452011&do=diff Wheeler Hall Constructed: 1958 Architects: Louis Warren Ross ---------- Design and construction [Wheeler Hall] [Wheeler Hall] [Wheeler Hall] [Wheeler Hall] Wheeler Hall of Massachusetts, one of nine structures comprising the Central Residential Area. The rectangular building is 4 stories tall with a basement level exposed by a decrease in grade at the west elevation. The structure is generally 15 bays wide by 3 bays deep. The top level of the building is setback to include 11 bays and the… text/html 2024-07-31T18:48:40+00:00 kkay (kkay@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=w:waskiewicz_house&rev=1722451720&do=diff Waskiewicz House Constructed: 1958 Architects: Unknown. Address: 425 Amity Street ---------- Design and construction [Waskiewicz House] [Waskiewicz House] [Waskiewicz House] [Waskiewicz House] The Waskiewicz House is a single family residence (1,310 SF) designed and constructed in the late 1950s. The structure represents the “American Small House” typology popular from the 1930s to 1950s for its economical design and adaptability for tract development. The compact multi-room house is rect…