Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections

The Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, located on the mezzanine level of the library, preserves official university records, publications and creative work produced by faculty, students, staff and administrators of UMass Dartmouth, as well as personal and professional papers of individuals and organizations documenting the history of the surrounding communities of Southeastern Massachusetts. Manuscript collection strengths include documentation of local ethnic communities, most notably the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, endowed in 2005 and formally inaugurated in September of 2009. The Archives and Special Collections are also home to the Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture, the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Archives, the Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts, the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Archives, the Congressman Barney Frank Archives, the Franco-American Historical Collections, and the Brazilian American Cultural Institute Collections. University Records include those of UMass Dartmouth's predecessor schools, Bradford Durfee Textile School, the New Bedford Textile School, Southeastern Massachusetts University, and the merged school, the Swain School of Design. Special Collections includes rare books, faculty publications, theses, unique artists’ books, and books on local history.