A community-owned archive for Hampshire College
Keeping Hampshire’s memory in the hands of the people who made it.
Frogbook is an independent, alumni-run home for Hampshire’s institutional memory: Div III projects, photographs, syllabi, oral histories, and ephemera. It’s also a place for alumni across the world to find each other and stay connected after the college closes.
Alumni-run
Independent, volunteer-built
6 Global Blocs
Represented on the Alumni Council
Open access
Built for long-term stewardship
Frogbook will opening up memberships and archive submissions soon, until then sign up to be notified for when it is!
If you have a few minutes, we’d love your to hear your ideas and feedback for this platform.
Two spaces, one community
Come for the archive. Stay for each other.
Frogbook has two homes: a library that keeps the record, and a lounge where alumni keep in touch.
The James Baldwin Library
Hampshire’s institutional memory, catalogued and kept open. The work students made, the courses that shaped them, and the campus life around it all.
- Div III projects, syllabi, photographs, oral histories, and ephemera
- Searchable by year, school, and collection
- Contributors control what’s shared and how
The Airport Lounge
The alumni feed. Find classmates, share what you’re working on, and stay connected to Hampshire people wherever in the world you’ve landed.
- A shared feed for news, questions, and memories
- Groups by region, class year, and interest
- Members only, so the conversation stays among alumni
Where Frogbook is right now
Frogbook is being built in phases by a small volunteer team.
Here’s how far along we are, and what opens next.
In Progress
Foundations
Hosting, storage, and the core site are live.
In progress
Archive
Collections and metadata; submissions open.
In progress
Community
Member portal built; guidelines being drafted.
In progress
Governance
Charter and stewardship frameworks in review.
Our mission
An archive owned by its community, built to outlast us.
We’re building it to be handed on: governed by alumni from every region, accountable in public, and structured so no single person controls it.
When Hampshire announced its closure, decades of student work, teaching, and campus life were suddenly at risk of scattering. Frogbook exists so that record stays whole, accessible, and in the care of the people who lived it.
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Shared ownership
Decisions are spread across alumni blocs, a Stewardship Circle, and Fellows — not held by one person.
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Consent first
Contributors decide what’s shared and how. Privacy and consent shape every collection we open.
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Open in public
Our governance, our roadmap, and every dollar we receive are documented where anyone can read them.
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Built to last
Standard archival formats and a clear stewardship plan, so the archive survives beyond its founders.