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Amherst College. Board of Trustees

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Board of Trustees Materials Concerning President Alexander Meiklejohn

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00086
Abstract

Materials generated by the Board of Trustees of Amherst College relative to the presidency (1912-1924) and resignation of Alexander Meiklejohn.

Dates: 1923-1948
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Amherst College Board of Trustees Records. Meeting Minutes

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG 001-001
Scope and Contents This sub-group of the Board of Trustees Records contains minutes taken at Amherst College board of trustees meetings. Series 1 contains the official volumes of minutes. The volumes cover the years 1825 to 2006. Minutes after 1967 are bound by academic year. Minutes from 2006-2013 are not bound. Series 2 contains bound volumes of non-record copies. In 1939, the trustees of Amherst College authorized the typescript transcription of the first one hundred years of trustee minutes. The project...
Dates: 1825-2013
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Board of Trustees Records. Secretary of the Board

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 001-002
Abstract

The secretary of the board was charged with maintaining the official record of Board of Trustee activities and with facilitating communication between board members and with other institutions. Contains minutes, correspondence, financial reports, subject files.

Dates: 1900-1973
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Kendall, John Ballard (AC 1827) - letter: Eckford, Michigan, to Edward Payson Crowell, 1875 May 10

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1875 May 10
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Storrs, Richard Salter (AC 1839) - letter: Shelter Island Heights, N.Y., to Anson D. Morse, Amherst, Mass., 1898 August 5

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1898 August 5
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Storrs, Richard Salter (AC 1839) - two letters: Brooklyn, N.Y., to William Austin Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., 1889

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1889
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Trustees' Financial Committee Meetings, 1911 - 1934

 Item — Volume 44
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from circa 1830-1900.

Dates: 1911 - 1934
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Financial Record Books

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