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Tyler, W. S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897 (AC 1830)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1810 - 1897

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Adams, Charles Baker (AC 1834) - two letters, 1837-1838

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 8
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: 1837-1838
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bayley, Calvin Chapin (AC 1837) - letter, 1865 December 26

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 8
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: 1865 December 26
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Beecher, Henry Ward (AC 1834) - letter, 1835 August

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 12
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: 1835 August
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bridgman, James Granger (AC 1842) - "Oratio Salutatoria", 1842

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 13
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: 1842
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bullard, Amos (AC 1833) - Andover Theological Seminary, to Professor William S. Tyler, Amherst College., 1838 October 31

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
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: 1838 October 31
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bullock, Alexander Hamilton (AC 1836) - Boston, Mass., to William S. Tyler, Amherst College, 1865 February 28

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 47
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: 1865 February 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Bullock, Alexander Hamilton (AC 1836) - Summaries of letters to Alexander H. Bullock, 1870-1881

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 48
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: 1870-1881
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Burgess, Ebenezer (AC 1831) - four letters to Rev. William S. Tyler, Amherst College, 1838-1844

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 44
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: 1838-1844
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Clark, William Smith (AC 1848) - "Army of Potomac," Va., to [William Seymour Tyler], 1863 January 16

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 77
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: 1863 January 16
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Doolittle, Charles Hutchins (AC 1836) - letter: Utica, N.Y., 1851 June 28

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 49
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: 1851 June 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Field, Thomas Power (AC 1834) - two letters, 1840, 1864

 Item — Box 2, 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: 1840; 1864
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Goodale, Montgomery Smith (AC 1834) - letter: Amsterdam, 1864 March 4

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 24
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: 1864 March 4
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Graham, Frederick Ridgely (AC 1847) - letter: Woodbury, N.J., 1850 August 2

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 54
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: 1850 August 2
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Green, James (AC 1837) - letter: Indianapolis, Ind., 1865 May 9

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 18
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: 1865 May 9
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Hall, Job (AC 1830) - letter: Orwell, Vt., 1852 January 20

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 36
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: 1852 January 20
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Harrington, Eli Whitney (AC 1833) - two letters: Rochester, 1852-1853

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 4
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: 1852-1853
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845) - letter: Byfield, Mass., 1859 September 3

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 77
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: 1859 September 3
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Henshaw, Marshall (AC 1845) - letter: New Brunswick, [N.J.], 1863 April 28

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 81
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: 1863 April 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Howland, William (AC 1846) - essay in Latin, 1846 August 13

 Item — Box 5, Folder: 18
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: 1846 August 13
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Humphrey, Zephaniah Moore (AC 1843) - letter: Pittsfield, Mass., 1861 April 5

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 27
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: 1861 April 5
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Justin Perkins (AC 1829) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00153
Abstract

Educator, minister and missionary to Persia beginning in the 1830s. Collection includes: correspondence with others in his field; manuscript sermons; lectures and notes; newspaper clippings and pamphlets, and seven volumes of bound manuscripts - mostly letters and journals.

Dates: circa 1830-1869
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Lord, Nathan Lyndes (AC 1837) - letter: Plymouth Marshall County, Ind., 1852 February 28

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 22
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: 1852 February 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Mann, Asa (AC 1838) - letter: Hardwick, Mass., 1851 July 3

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 35
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: 1851 July 3
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845) - letter: Easton, Pa., 1857 December 7

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 88
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: 1857 December 7
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Moody, Plinius (AC 1845) - letter: Dunkirk, N.Y., 1853 March 19

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 90
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: 1853 March 19
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

"Our wife and mother" - biographical sketch given at her funeral [photocopy], 1863 May 28

 File — Box 25, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sub-series A: Biographical materials - includes general biographical material. Sub-series B: Death of Orra White Hitchcock - includes W.S. Tyler's funeral oration for Orra White Hitchcock, Our Wife and Mother, and an obituary, "A virtuous woman," from The Congregationalist. Most significant are the condolences written to her husband Edward and her daughters. These letters reflect the high esteem in which Orra White Hitchcock was held by family, friends, and the greater...
Dates: 1863 May 28
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers / Series 9: Orra White Hitchcock - Personal Affairs / Sub-series B: Death of Orra White Hitchcock

Portraits of the Class of 1857 of Amherst College, 1857

 Item — Volume 1857 copy 5
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Arranged chronologically. Some albums are stored flat and are so indicated in the list.

Bound volumes of prints 1853-1861 photo albums w/separate prints: 1862-1890(?) Printed volume similar to yearbook: 1890-1909

Dates: 1857
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Class Albums Collection / Series 1: Class Albums

Raynor, James W. (AC 1848) - letter: Brooklyn, N.Y., 1851 August 11

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 26
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: 1851 August 11
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Schneider, Benjamin (AC 1830) - to Professor William S. Tyler, Amherst College, 1839-1840

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 40
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: 1839-1840
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Soule, George (AC 1847) - letter: Hampton, Conn., 1859 August 5

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 74
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: 1859 August 5
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

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