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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst, Lord Jeffrey, Baron, 4 folders, 1969-2007

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Amherst College Non-Alumni Biographical Files document individuals associated with the college as faculty, staff, honorary degree recipients, trustees, visiting speakers and artists or in any role other than student. Files contain information about the individual and their relationship to the college and may including newpaper clippings, photographs, curriculum vitae, pamphlets, correspondence and other materials. Some files contain biographical questionaires submitted by the individual...
Dates: 1969-2007
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Non-Alumni Biographical Files / A

George A. Plimpton (AC 1876) Collection of French and Indian War Items

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00195
Abstract

Original and reproduction maps, portraits, drawings, autograph letters, broadsides, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, receipts and a variety of other documents documenting the history of the French and Indian War. The collection particularly focusses on British forces and the campaigns directed by General Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the troops in North America (1758-1763), which culminated with the capture of French Canada in 1763.

Dates: 1670-1934 ; Majority of material found within 1730-1815
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Jeffery Amherst Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00196
Abstract

Correspondence, portraits, news clippings, bills, and commemorative medals documenting Jeffery Amherst's career in the British Army. Correspondents include Thomas Hancock, Colonel John Bradstreet, Viscount William Barrington and Henry Dundas.

Dates: 1757-1874; Majority of material found within 1757-1797
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Lord Jeffery Amherst and germ warfare, 1969

 File — Box 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, writings, research and lecture notes, speeches and other papers primarily related to the history of Amherst College and higher education, generated by Greene as professor of history and American Studies, 1952-1989. The collection includes Greene's undergraduate writings, manuscript drafts for his book America's Heroes: the Changing Models of Success in American Magazines (1970), occasional chapel talks delivered to Amherst College students,...
Dates: 1969
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Theodore P. Greene (AC 1943) Papers / Series 2: Research on Amherst College History

Typewritten script about Jeffery Amherst, [circa 1943]

 File — Box 16: [Barcode: Dram Act 16], Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Appears to be written by someone associated with the Amherst College community.

Dates: [circa 1943]
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Dramatic Activities Collection / Series 1: Production Ephemera / Sub-series A: Amherst College Productions

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