Greenfield Community College (GCC) Records, (1950-present)

Scope & Contents

The Regional Community College in Greenfield was established in 1962 to serve the Franklin County community. The Archives of Greenfield Community College document the institutional memory of the college. This collection contains official records as well as unpublished material documenting the functions, activities, and intellectual materials produced by and about members of the GCC community. The various creators include: college administration, staff, faculty, students, and alumni. Material types include: meeting minutes, memoranda, administrative records, published reports, official publications, student publications, newspaper clippings, yearbooks, scrapbooks, photographs, posters, event programs, brochures, and personal papers.

Research

Researchers can contact Claire Lobdell at lobdellc@gcc.mass.edu or by calling 413-775-1834.

Digitized Collection

Most GCC Records have not been digitized. The following items are available:

• Course catalogs, 1962-present: https://www.gcc.mass.edu/academics/catalog/
• Student newspapers at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/greenfieldcommunitycollege
• Video recordings: https://www.youtube.com/user/greenfieldcc
• Oral histories in Digital Commonwealth, including the Franklin Medical Reserve Corps' Resiliency During COVID-19 Pandemic Oral History Project: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/institutions/commonwealth:2v23zq21b

Donations

The GCC Archives is happy to accept gifts of materials related to the history of the institution, its students, staff, and faculty. The Nahman-Watson Library is unable to accept materials on loan; donated materials become the property of the library. Library staff are unable to provide financial appraisals for tax or other purposes. Please call or email Claire Lobdell (lobdellc@gcc.mass.edu; 413-775-1834) before bringing materials for donation.

Processing

The initial inventory, arrangement, and processing for this collection was completed in the spring of 2018 by Caroline Dubinsky. Additional processing and description has been completed by Claire Lobdell and by student workers Joshua Reis, Mark Waite, and Polly LaCoy.

Arrangement

This collection includes 15 records groups. You can expand the links below to see the contents of the records groups. Detailed listings for individual records groups will be linked below as they are indexed. Please note that some series subseries numbers are missing–i.e. numbered subseries may jump from .05 to .08. This is because the original organizational archives plan has since been revised as it had a level of granularity that was not needed in practice.

RG 02: Office of the President

RG 06: Enrollment Services
This series includes admissions, financial aid, and the registrar.

RG 14: Oral histories

These come from a variety of sources, including student and faculty projects and donations from local historians. The interview topics include both GCC and local history. Digitized interview recordings and transcripts can be accessed via Digital Commonwealth.