Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence
Scope and Contents
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
- 1821-1909
Conditions Governing Access
There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Extent
4 Linear feet (8 archives boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Processing Information
The collection (formerly known as the Historical Manuscripts Collection), consists chiefly of correspondence, diaries, sermons and commencement orations written by Amherst College alumni from 1821 to 1909, which were removed from numerous Alumni Biographical Files. Documents were presumably selected because of their perceived historical significance. The collection was compiled ca. 1981, but the project was never completed. Most of the items were catalogued on typed card files, but three boxes of documents were either left unprocessed or were added later. Processing of the collection was fully completed in November 2008.
- Baccalaureate addresses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Lecture notes Subject Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sermons Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Speeches Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Isadora Moura Mota
- Date
- 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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