Topic: Polish and American World War Veterans Auxiliary
The archives staff recently completed the processing of the records of the Polish and American World War Veterans Association Auxiliary, New Bedford post, dated 1938 to 2008. These records were …. <Read more … >
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https://jfarrar1895.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/polish-and-american-world-war-veterans-auxiliary/
What: Zoque: A Forgotten Culture’s Contribution to the Origins of Mesoamerica by Dr. Bruce Bachand, Brigham Young University Archeologist
When: Wednesday, April 13th at 6:30 pm:
Where: UMass Dartmouth’s Woodland commons
Admission: Free
Light Refreshments will be served
You’re familiar with Maya civilization, but do you understand the significance of the Zoque? On April 13th Dr. Bruce Bachand will explain how a new tomb excavated recently at Chiapa de Corzo in Chiapas, Mexico confirms what a small number of scholars have believed for several decades: that the Zoque contributed important cultural elements to their late Olmec and early Maya neighbors. He will discuss how this find is impacting “Mesoamerican archaeology, Mexico’s view of its past, and perhaps even the lives of modern-day Zoque people who continue to reside in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco and Oaxaca.”
The Claire T. Carney Library Associates and UMass Dartmouth’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Crime & Justice Studies invite you to attend Dr. Bachand’s first U.S. presentation of his internationally celebrated discovery of the oldest known pyramidal tomb in Mesoamerica. The presentation will take place on April 13th at 6:30 pm in UMass Dartmouth’s Woodland Commons.
Dr. Bachand, a native of Acushnet and alumnus of UMass Dartmouth (class of ’93), was introduced to Mesoamerican archaeology in an undergraduate seminar in 1992. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Bachand for this special preview of his latest research.
A shuttle bus will be available from Parking Lot 7.
Program contacts:
The UMassD Library’s PhotoGraphics Department has been relocated from the Library lower level to a temporary location within the Archives & Special Collections/Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives of the Claire T. Carney Library. Hours of operation remain 8:00 – 5:00, with access through the Archives only from 9:30 – 5:00. To access the department prior to 9:30am, please call ahead of time.
Note: As a result of the move, Photographics has had to temporarily downsize their operation and some services will be limited. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns or email DConfar@umassd.edu.
PhotoGraphics will reside within the Archives area until the Claire T. Carney Library renovation is completed. Enter Archives from the entrance facing the center of the campus. See the PhotoGraphics departments new location on a library building floor plan.
What: Talk by anthropologist, Dr. João Leal on the “Imperadores and Queens: Travels of a Ritual across the North Atlantic” and launch of his book: Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections
Where: Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, Claire T. Carney Library, UMass Dartmouth
When: 6:00 – 7:30 pm, March 24, 2011
Light refreshments will be served.
Please join us for the launch of Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections published by Tagus Press at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
At the launching, the author, anthropologist, Dr. João Leal, will deliver a talk titled “Imperadores and Queens: Travels of a Ritual across the North Atlantic” and will be on hand to sign copies of the book
Dr. João Leal is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a senior researcher at CRIA (Centre for Anthropological Research) in Lisbon. Dr. Leal’s presentation at the launching of Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States will explore the importance of transnational links between Azorean communities in the Azores and the USA in the maintenance and transformation of the Holy Ghost festas. Based on two case studies carried out in the islands of Pico and Santa Maria, he will show how the innovations introduced into the Holy Ghost festas in the U.S. have transformed these rituals in their place of origin–the Azores.
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives are a joint collaboration between the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and the Claire T. Carney Library.
The entrance to the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives is located on the campus side of the Claire T. Carney Library. For access during library construction as you approach from Lot 13, enter the library basement and proceed to the first floor, exit the building, and proceed to the right to the Archives entrance.
For further information, contact 508-999-8684 or email spacheco@umassd.edu.
The library construction and renovation project is underway. There was a temporary delay for a redesign issue, but we are now back on track.
In April, the core book collection will be relocated to shelving on the 1st and 2nd floors. The UMassd Law Library will also hold some books from the Claire T. Carney Library for the duration of the construction project. All of these books will be available for browsing and borrowing. The remainder of the book collection will be moved to off site storage for the duration of the project. The last day when the entire collection will be available in the Claire T. Carney Library building is April 3, 2011.
A careful selection process was conducted to keep the most requested books here on campus. Interlibrary loan, virtual catalog and other services will be available to meet your book borrowing needs for items that are not available here. Every effort will be made to meets these needs as quickly as possible.
The journal collection will remain in the library in its entirety until late in the fall 2011 semester when the building project will move to its next phase. Again, the most used print journals will remain in the building while others are removed to storage while the renovation is underway.
We realize that this is a change in the way we do business, but it is a necessary step in creating the new Claire T. Carney Library building. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this process.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Terry Burton, ext 8664, tburton@umassd.edu or Catherine Fortier-Barnes, ext 8665, cfortier@umassd.edu.