Hampshire College. Planning Bodies Records 1958-1977 1958-1970

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Hampshire College. Planning Bodies Records 1958-1977 1958-1970

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Hampshire College, an experimental college that admitted its first class in 1970, was planned under the auspices of neighboring Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts. This record group contains four college and early Hampshire committee files and other planning material.

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Hampshire College Archives

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Committee for New College

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Hampshire College

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Hampshire College. Planning Bodies

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Hampshire College, an experimental institution founded under the auspices of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts, admitted its first class in 1970. This record group contains files from planning committees involved in creating the new college. The first committee, Committee for an Experimental College, was formed by the four neighboring institutions in 1958 to gather and synthesize ideas for this new departure in higher education. The committ...

Patterson, Franklin, 1916-1994

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Franklin Patterson was the first president of Hampshire College, holding that office from 1965 to 1971. He wrote The Making of a College, the educational blueprint for the new experimental college, and oversaw the hiring of the first administrators, faculty and staff as well as the development of college policies and procedures. Franklin Patterson died in 1994. From the description of President's records, 1965-1974 (bulk, 1966-1971). (Hampshire College). WorldCat record id: 57715454 ...