Extra: Into the Archive
Some of the more than 500 boxes representing the Ellsberg Archive at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (Photo courtesy of the Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries)
A class of college students at UMass Amherst became the first group of researchers to take on Daniel Ellsberg’s vast archive. For two students, it’s more than a history project: It’s a family story.