Skip to main content

Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864

 Person

Biography

D.D., LL.D. (Yale); Professor of Chemistry and Natural History 1825-1845; Professor of Natural Theology and Geology, 1845-1864; President of Amherst College, 1845-1854

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Inaugurations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00094
Abstract

Speeches, notes, newsclippings, photographs, invitations, tickets, programs,, and guest lists from various Amherst College Inauguration ceremonies dating from 1821 to present.

Dates: 1821-present
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Blake, Mortimer (AC 1835) - lecture notes, 1833-1834

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Includes American history, Greek literature, philosophy, chemistry, and natural history.

Dates: 1833-1834
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Blake, Mortimer (AC 1835) - lecture notes, 1834 June-July

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Includes: botany, mineralogy, geology, conchology, and religion.

Dates: 1834 June-July
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

"Catalogue of Amherst College Zoological Collections", 1874

 File — Box 9, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5: Notebooks and Catalogues - contains catalogues of various collections, and miscellaneous field notebooks.

Dates: 1874
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Pratt Museum of Natural History Records / Series 5: Notebooks and Catalogues

Correspondence re: Elementary Anatomy and Physiology , 1857-1876

 File — Box 17, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains manuals, articles, reports, and papers written and prepared by Edward Hitchcock over a period of more than 40 years. Formats include printed material (originals and photocopies) and annotated copies. Hitchcock's works focus on physical education, hygiene, and anthropometric statistics as well as the occasional scientific specimen. It includes a small amount of correspondence about Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, written with his father, Amherst College president and geologist...
Dates: 1857-1876
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Edward (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers / Series 6: Edward Hitchcock (AC 1849) - Published Writings
Digital Collection: Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers (Selections)
Digital Collection: Edward and Orra White ...

Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00027
Abstract The Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers contain correspondence, drawings, legal documents, sermons, drafts of published and unpublished works, printed articles, autographs, artwork, and images relating to the professional activities and some of the personal life of Edward Hitchcock, Orra White Hitchcock, and their family. The material spans the years 1804-1910, with the bulk of the material falling into the period 1820-1864. Edward Hitchcock's work as a minister and nationally noted...
Dates: 1804 - 1910; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1864
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Hitchcock, Daniel Dwight (AC 1844) - essay: "Social Crystallization", circa 1844

 Item — Box 4, 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: circa 1844
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Hitchcock, Edward - letter: Amherst, Mass., to Jerome R. Brigham (AC 1845), 1856 December 26

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 67
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: 1856 December 26
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Hitchcock, Edward - letter of recommendation to Francis P. Colton (AC 1845), 1845 August 11

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 75
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: 1845 August 11
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Hitchcock, Edward (President, Amherst College), 34 folders, 1843-2017

 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: 1843-2017
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Non-Alumni Biographical Files / H

Hitchcock, Edward - two letters: Amherst, Mass., to John S. Lee (AC 1845), 1845, 1848

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 84
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: 1845; 1848
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Hitchcock, President Edward

 Box — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Approximately 222 bookplates and bookplate designs, circa 1828-1989, used in the Amherst College library. The collection also includes information about the history of some of the bookplates; a variety of printing blocks, engravings and other print masters, and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: 1828-1989
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Library Bookplates Collection / Series 2: Bookplates

Jenkins, Abraham (AC 1838) - letter: Amherst College, to Loring Johnson, Georgetown, Delaware, 1838 December 21

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 32
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 December 21
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Maps - Turkey, Russia, United States, and Canada, 1845, undated

 Box — Box OS6, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sub-series A: Biographical Materials - contains material arranged by type. Traditional details are provided by a newspaper notice of his marriage to Orra White in 1821 and by his diploma from Yale (1818). Also included is the manuscript "phrenological description" of Hitchcock by L.N. Fowler, completed in 1847. Hitchcock is also mentioned in a diary (1824; present in typescript) and five letters written in 1833, 1835, 1846, 1850, and 1854 - all of which provide insight about how he was...
Dates: 1845; undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers / Series 1: Edward Hitchcock - Personal Affairs / Sub-series A: Biographical Materials

Nineveh Gallery opening speech by Hitchcock, 1857 July 2

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: Assyrian 01], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and transcription.

Dates: 1857 July 2
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Assyrian Reliefs Collection

Organ subscription fund and invoices for repairs, 1849 - 1851

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: BG 2], Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series demonstrates the centrality of Johnson Chapel to Amherst College, both as a physical space and as a symbolic one. It contains 19th and 20th century renovation records, early 20th century maintenance and repair records, fundraising correspondence and project records for chapel organs, and schedules and student petitions concerning the tower clock and bells. Photographs document the building exterior from about 1860 through 2005. Interior views show late 19th century...
Dates: 1849 - 1851
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Buildings and Grounds Collection / Series 1: Campus Buildings / Sub-series D: Johnson Chapel (built 1826-1827)

Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MA.01020
Abstract

Sixty-one drawings created by Orra White Hitchcock for use in Professor Edward Hitchcock's classes on geology and natural history.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1828 - 1840
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

President E. Hitchcock's fundraising requests for transport cost, 1855

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: Assyrian 01], Folder: 2
Dates: 1855
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Assyrian Reliefs Collection

Series 1: General Information, 1838-2014

 Series
Scope and Contents Series 1: General Information - consists of material relevant to fraternities generally or to more than one fraternity. Included in this series are materials on fraternity business management, the debate about reopening fraternities after World War II, various studies and reports on the place of fraternities at the College and materials on the closing of fraternities in 1984. Many of these topics are also represented in the files of the individual fraternities. Of particular interest is the...
Dates: 1838-2014
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Fraternities Collection

About this Site:


The Amherst College Archives & Special Collections Finding Aids Database includes inventories and descriptions for archival and manuscript materials.

Looking for Digital Materials?: Browse or search digitized archival material in the Amherst College Digital Collections.

Looking for Rare Books or Senior Theses?: To search for rare books, senior theses, or other cataloged material in the collection, please see the Five College Library Catalog.

Access: The Archives & Special Collections is open to the public -- to students, faculty, outside researchers, and members of the community -- regardless of institutional affiliation. See Plan Your Visit for more information. Some materials may be held off-site. Contact us ahead of your research visit for further information

Contact: Email archives@amherst.edu for questions or to request material.

Search Tips:

  • Use quotes to search for an exact phrase. Example: "class reunions"
  • Searches are not case sensitive.
  • Create advanced searches by clicking the + button to add a new line to your search.
  • Use the sections in the top bar to browse collections, subjects, and names.
  • "Wildcard" symbols ? and * return a greater number of relevant results by searching for variant spellings and forms of search terms.
    • ? replaces a single letter in a search term (e.g. searching wom?n will return both women and woman
    • * replaces any number of letters at the end of a search term (e.g. searching mission* will return mission, missions, missionary, and missionaries)


Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library, A-Level
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst, MA 01002-5000
archives@amherst.edu
(413) 542-2299
Amherst College | Amherst College Library | Amherst College Archives & Special Collections | Staff Interface | ArchivesSpace.org



Text and metadata are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.