Amherst College Library History Collection
Scope and Contents
The Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon. Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written.
The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1850-1987
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1850-1965
Creator
- Amherst College. Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
In general, there is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Library History Collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections.
Extent
0.75 Linear feet (1 archives box, 1 half archives box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Amherst College Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon. Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written. The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.
Processing Information
When the library history material was organized, original library administrative files were removed from the Library History Collection and returned to the Library Records. The bulk of this material was Librarian Robert S. Fletcher's correspondence but also included other material such as the "Blunder Book" and library staff member Sabra Snell's classification procedures. When duplicate items existed, a copy was retained in the Library History Collection.
- Processed:
- September 1992-July 1993
- By:
- Anne Ostendarp, Project Archivist
Emily Silverman, Intern, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Tanya Chebotarev, Intern, Simmons College School of Library Science
Subject
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anne Ostendarp
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst MA 01002-5000
(413) 542-2299
archives@amherst.edu