Records, bulk 1958-1970.

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Records, bulk 1958-1970.

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Committee files contain agendas and minutes of meetings, memoranda and reports, and correspondence. The most extensive files are those of the Committee for an Experimental College, known as the Committee for New College after the publication of the New College Plan in 1958. Also present are published Planning Bulletins and Progress Reports and files relating to the creation of the book The Making of a College, by Franklin Patterson, first president of Hampshire College. Series 11: Miscellaneous Planning Materials, contains films and audiotapes relating to the planning process.

22 boxes (8 linear ft.)

Hampshire College, Harold F. Johnson Library

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Hampshire College, Harold F. Johnson Library

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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...

Hampshire College

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Committee for New College

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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 ...