http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/ 2026-04-13T03:18:48+00:00 http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/ http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-07-09T20:04:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:dakin_house&rev=1720555471&do=diff Dakin House Constructed: 1949 Architects: William E. Gass ---------- Design and construction [Dakin House] [Dakin House] The Dakin House, Carriage House, and Garage are on the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts. The three structures comprise the Dakin family estate that was donated to the University and currently used as an academic research facility. The estate exists along the west side of East Pleasant Street to the north of Tillson Farm Road. text/html 2024-07-09T20:05:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:dickinson_hall&rev=1720555548&do=diff Dickinson Hall Constructed: 1960 Architects: Clinton F. Goodwin ---------- Design and construction [Dickinson Hall] [Dickinson Hall] [Dickinson Hall] Located in the west central section of campus, Dickinson Hall is low brick building with restrained ornamentation. Built to support both the Army and Air Force ROTC units on campus, Dickinson Hall originally housed twelve classrooms, administrative offices, supply rooms, and a rifle range. In an effort to be modern, the architects included … text/html 2024-07-09T20:06:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:donahue_maurice_a&rev=1720555591&do=diff Donahue, Maurice A. State Representative, 1948-1950 State Senator, 1950-1971 (Senate President, 1964-1971) Political Science, UMass Amherst, 1971 b. Sept. 21, 1918, Holyoke, Mass. d. January 13, 1999 ---------- [Maurice A. Donahue] Maurice A. Donahue was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1948 as part of its first Democratic majority. In 1950, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, became Senate Majority Leader in 1958, and in 1964, became Senate President, a p… text/html 2024-07-15T19:22:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:draper_hall&rev=1721071348&do=diff Draper Hall Constructed: 1903 Architects: Ellsworth and Kirkpatrick ---------- Design and construction [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] [Draper Hall] Draper Hall is a 2½-story brick structure with a complex and eclectic design that combines Colonial Revival, Federal Revival, Greek Revival and Queen Anne elements. The structure has a hip roof, Colonial Revival brick quoins, Federal Revival recessed entryways with semi-elliptical arches, Fe… text/html 2024-07-09T20:11:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:drill_hall&rev=1720555869&do=diff Drill Hall Constructed: 1882-1883, 1894-1895 Architects: Unknown ---------- Design and construction [Drill Hall] [Drill Hall] [Drill Hall] [Drill Hall] [Drill Hall] [Drill Hall] Under the terms of the Morrill Land Grant Act, military service was compulsory for students at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Training facilities for those students, however were clearly inadequate on the early campus, with indoor exercises held on the third floor of the old chemistry building. To rectif… text/html 2024-07-09T20:11:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:driver-edwin-d&rev=1720555899&do=diff Driver, Edwin D. [Edwin Driver] Just 23 years old in the fall 1948, Edwin Douglas Driver was hired by the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, becoming the first person of non-European descent to join the faculty and, along with Ruby Pernell of the University of Minnesota, one of the first two African Americans hired onto the faculty of a state flagship university in the twentieth century.[1] text/html 2024-07-10T19:37:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:duffey_joseph&rev=1720640279&do=diff Duffey, Joseph Chancellor, UMass Amherst: 1982-1991 President of the University of Massachusetts, 1990-1991 ---------- [Joseph Duffey] [Joseph Duffey toasting Chinua Achebe] Joseph Duffey has the unique distinction of serving as both Chancellor of the Amherst campus and President of the University of Massachusetts system simultaneously. He held both positions from March, 1990 through July, 1991. text/html 2024-07-10T19:38:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:durfee_conservatory&rev=1720640312&do=diff Durfee Conservatory Constructed: 1867 and 1954 Partially demolished: 2013 Architects: T.A. Lord, Syracuse, N.Y. Present structure: Lord and Burnham, Syracuse, N.Y. [Durfee Greenhouse] [Durfee Greenhouse] [Durfee Plant House] [Class of 1889 in front of Durfee Greenhouse] The original Durfee Conservatory was one of the most striking structures in the landscape of the early college campus. An elegant group of Victorian glass buildings with curvilinear roofs trimmed with wrought-iron filig… text/html 2026-03-10T18:56:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@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…