Amherst College Coeducation Collection
Abstract
Chronologies, articles, newspaper clippings, and committee reports relating to coeducation at Amherst College and its subsequent anniversaries. The bulk of the collection covers planning for coeducation and responses to coeducation by Alumni, Faculty, Students, Amherst's president John Ward, and the Trustees of Amherst College. This is an artificial collection created by compiling related materials from other collections.
Dates
- 1870-1997
Conditions Governing Access
There is no restriction on access to the Coeducation Collection for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the Coeducation Collection should be directed to the Archivist of the College.
Extent
2 Linear feet (2 records storage boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is organized into five series:
- Series 1: General Materials
- Series 2: Anniversaries
- Series 3: Clippings and other Miscellaneous Published Materials, 1870
- Series 4: Planning for Coeducation and Its Consolidation
- Series 5: The Final Report
Physical Location
2 folders of oversize material are filed in Mapcase 1, Drawer 11.
Processing Information
The Coeducation Collection is an artificial collection created by the Archives and Special Collections department of Amherst College out of material from other collections.
- Processed:
- 1998 - 1999
- By:
- Elaine Trehub, Archives Consultant
- Finding Aid:
- May 1999
- Prepared by:
- Elaine Trehub, Archives Consultant
Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate - Edited by:
- Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College
- Listed by:
- Elaine Trehub, Archives Consultant
Briana Cahill, Archives and Special Collections Associate
- Amherst College
- Amherst College -- Students Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Amherst College. Committee on Educational Policy
- Amherst College. President's Task Force on College Size and Coeducation
- Amherst College. Select Committee on the Quality of Undergraduate Life
- Coeducation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elaine Trehub, Briana Cahill, Daria D'Arienzo.
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- 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