Collections

In addition to housing the College Archives the Archives and Special Collections department is home to several unique and nationally significant historical collections including:

Stanley A. Bauman Collection
A collection of over 500,000 negaatives of Brockton and Southeastern Massachusetts from the 1930s-2003.

Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Papers
This collection includes the manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and artifacts of this former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives' 50 years in American political life.

Michael Novak Papers
A 1956 Stonehill alumnus, Michael Novak currently serves as George T. Jewitt Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. A respected author and scholar, his personal papers include over 300 linear feet of manuscripts, books, correspondence, newspaper columns, and journal articles.

Stonehill Industrial History Collections

• Arnold B. Tofias Industrial Archives (Ames Shovels)
  Donated to Stonehill College by real estate developer, Arnold Tofias, in 1973, The Arnold B. Tofias Industrial Archives are the records, artifacts and papers of 19th and 20th century Ames enterprises, in particular the O. Ames Company, manufacturers of shovels. In addition to 755 shovels, the collection includes over 1,500 linear ft. of manuscript material.
• Ames True Temper Collection
  The Ames True Temper Collection was acquired by Stonehill College from 2002 to 2006 from the current Ames Company's facility in Parkersburg, West Virginia, since closed. The collection includes some materials from the 19th century but is dominated by 20th century items. Everything for inventories and catalogs to anti-submarine depth charges ("hedgehogs") made during WWII. The collection also contains promotional films and videos. See the finding aid for a more detailed itemization of items in the collection.
• Ames Family Collection
  This Collection documents the diverse reach of an enterprising and successful industrial family from the mid-19th through mid 20th centuries. Success with shovels provided the means to investment and financial success in other industries. The Collection also contains records of these endeavors in addition to extensive records of the day to day personal finances and estates of the many members of the Ames Family in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Ingram Collection
• Brockton Shoe Museum
  Dedicated in 1981, the mission of the Brockton Shoe Museum is to preserve and promote the history of the United States Shoe Industry with an emphasis on Brockton and Southeastern Massachusetts. Its collections include over five hundred different shoes and records and publications relating to the shoe industry. In 2003, concerned about two recent acquisitions, the Shoe Trades Publications Collection and the William A. Rossi Collections, the Museum entered into a partnership with Stonehill College, located a few miles south of the museum and placed these collections on loan with the department.