RG 007/002. Academic Department Records
Record Group Term
Identifier: RG 007/002
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Allison W. Marsh (AC 1913) Physical Education Department Records
Collection
Identifier: MA.00302
Abstract
Records from Professor A. W. Marsh, including correspondence, reports, forms, publications, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and blueprints from Amherst College (and some material from other colleges and universities) regarding physical education, athletics, health, and Physical Education departmental business.
Dates:
1875-1959
Amherst College Department of Hygiene and Physical Education Records
Collection
Identifier: MA.00251
Abstract
Records documenting the activities of the Amherst College Department of Hygiene and Physical Education from 1861 to 1933. A significant subset of the collection is material on anthropometry (the study of bodies using detailed measurements) at Amherst College. The collection covers the period from the establishment of the department in 1861 to 1933, when the department was renamed Physical Education Department and underwent a slow, concurrent change to a more modern philosophy of physical...
Dates:
1859-1965; Majority of material found within 1861-1933
Amherst College Department of Neuroscience Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MA.00238
Abstract
Reports, announcements, correspondence, and various course materials documenting the establishment and ongoing administration of the academic program in neuroscience at Amherst College, 1971-2011, as well as instruction in certain lower-level biology courses. Amherst College was the first institution to offer an undergraduate major in neuroscience.
Dates:
1971-2011