Alpha Delta Phi
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
"'97 Minstrels", 1897 Jan
File — Box 59: [Barcode: Dram Act 59], Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries D of the Amherst College Dramatic Activities Collection consists of 0.5 linear feet of material related to minstrel shows at Amherst College from 1870-1939 (bulk, 1882-1906). The majority of the materials are playbills, programs, and advertisements for minstrel shows put on by Amherst College students but there are also some other materials like tickets, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Many of the shows were performed at Amherst College, but several shows were also...
Dates:
1897 January
Alpha Delta Phi, 1863-1878
Item
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1863-1878
Alpha Delta Phi - printed materials, 1847-1897
Item — Volume 177: [Barcode: Scrapbooks 177]
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.This series is organized into 3 sub-series:
A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927
B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875
C. Fraternity Scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1847-1897
Alpha Delta Phi - printed materials, 1853-1875
Item — Volume 178: [Barcode: Scrapbooks 178]
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.This series is organized into 3 sub-series:
A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927
B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875
C. Fraternity Scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1853-1875
Alpha Delta Phi - printed materials, 1874-1878
Item — Volume 179: [Barcode: Scrapbooks 179]
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.This series is organized into 3 sub-series:
A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927
B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875
C. Fraternity Scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1874-1878
Alpha Delta Phi - printed materials, 1880-1882
Item — Volume 180: [Barcode: Scrapbooks 180]
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.This series is organized into 3 sub-series:
A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927
B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875
C. Fraternity Scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1880-1882
Alpha Delta Phi - printed materials, 1882-1885
Item — Volume 181: [Barcode: Scrapbooks 181]
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.This series is organized into 3 sub-series:
A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927
B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875
C. Fraternity Scrapbooks,...
Dates:
1882-1885
Amherst College Fraternities Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00205
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, printed material, newspaper clippings, financial and business records, publications and other materials relating to fraternities at Amherst College.
Dates:
1830-2014; Majority of material found within circa 1830-1984
Intramural basketball Beta-Phi, 1964
File — Box NEG8: [Barcode: Athletics NEG8], Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 8, Photographs, 1870-present - is composed of photographs and negatives of athletic teams and events as well as individual players. Many of the photographs were taken by official College photographers, although some are amateur snapshots.
Dates:
1964
It Was Torrid in Timbuctoo: an Ethiopian Idyll, 1906 March
File — Box 59: [Barcode: Dram Act 59], Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Subseries D of the Amherst College Dramatic Activities Collection consists of 0.5 linear feet of material related to minstrel shows at Amherst College from 1870-1939 (bulk, 1882-1906). The majority of the materials are playbills, programs, and advertisements for minstrel shows put on by Amherst College students but there are also some other materials like tickets, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Many of the shows were performed at Amherst College, but several shows were also...
Dates:
1906 March
Songs of Alpha Delta Phi, 1907 April
File — Box 6: [Barcode: Music @ 6], Folder: 9C
Scope and Contents
Part of the fraternity's 75th annual convention, New York City.
Dates:
1907 April
"Sophomore Bat", 1914 February
File — Box 59: [Barcode: Dram Act 59], Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Contains a racist caricature.
Dates:
1914 February
Sub-series D: Minstrel Shows
Sub-Series
Abstract
Subseries D. of the Amherst College Dramatic Activities Collection consists of production ephemera from minstrel shows produced by Amherst College students from 1870-1914, as well newspaper clippings from two minstrel shows produced in the 1930’s by the Amherst College Buildings and Grounds Department. The materials are mostly programs, playbills, and advertisements but there are a smaller number of photographs, tickets, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1826-2012
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 12
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Blackface 1
- College fraternity members 1
- Greek letter societies 1
- Minstrel music 1
- Minstrel shows 1