The following links provide a context for this investigation into Professor Stockbridge:

• History  – 150 Years of UMass Amherst

• A Timeline of the History of UMass Amherst

• History – Stockbridge School of Agriculture

• History – Agricultural Education 

• Photos from Mass Aggie

• The Stockbridge/Boltwood House (University Club)

• Levi Stockbridge transformed farming into modern science –  Amherst Bulletin; July 17, 1992

• A Conversation with the Director of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (audio)

• Link to Stockbridge Today

On October 2, 1867, Levi Stockbridge welcomed 34 freshmen to campus. He followed this with a practical class in shucking corn, raking hay, picking apples and taking out broken fences.  Under his supervision as General Supervisor and the first employee of Mass Aggie, three buildings were constructed in preparation for the first class, the South College (dormatory and classrooms),a Botanical Museum, and College Hall also known as the Chemistry Building.  The North College dormitory was completed in 1868.

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