Amherst College Alumni Office Public Records
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, minutes, printed matter, and other administrative records related to alumni relations at Amherst College, 1922-1992. Documented activities include fundraising, travel programs, reunions, alumni weekend, alumni college, parent programs, Society of Alumni, Alumni Council, and Alumni Association. The collection also includes files on individual classes and records of class agents. An addendum received in 1994 includes additional records documenting the same activities chiefly for the years 1980-1988.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1992
Creator
- Amherst College. Alumni and Parent Programs (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Some series of records have access restrictions. Particularly fragile items may also be restricted for preservation purposes. This collection is housed in off-site storage and requires advance notice before use. Please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the records should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Extent
20.75 Linear feet ( (19 records cartons, 3 archives boxes, 1 half archives box))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, minutes, printed matter, and other administrative records related to alumni relations at Amherst College, 1922-1992.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into thirty-two series:
- Series 1: General Administrative Files - CLOSED
- Series 2: Correspondence Files - With or About Individuals - CLOSED
- Series 3: Alumni Fellows Program, 1970-1975
- Series 4: Biographical Records, 1931-1993
- Series 5: Budgets - CLOSED
- Series 6: Coeducation - Unrestricted, 1972-1975
- Series 7: Coeducation - CLOSED
- Series 8: Buildings and Grounds, 1945-1976
- Series 9: New England College Fund - CLOSED
- Series 10: Travel, 1961-1981
- Series 11: Alumni Fund Administration - Committee Minutes - CLOSED
- Series 12: Alumni Fund Administration - General - CLOSED
- Series 13: Alumni Fund (some sub-series closed), 1920-1987
- Series 14: Parents Fund/Programs, 1950-1982
- Series 15: Young Alumni, 1972-1975
- Series 16: Alumni Visiting Committees, 1928-1970
- Series 17: This is Amherst, 1965-1976
- Series 18: Alumni Trustees Material, 1928-1984
- Series 19: Reunion/Alumni Holiday, 1951-1984
- Series 20: Memorial Services, 1973-1980
- Series 21: Calendars, 1973-1975
- Series 22: National Alumni Weekends, 1980-1981
- Series 23: Alumni College, 1964-1979
- Series 24: Five College Alumni College, 1974-1975
- Series 25: Alumni Weekends, 1972-1981
- Series 26: Society of Alumni Meetings, 1958-1979
- Series 27: Alumni Council Meetings, 1938-1981
- Series 28: Alumni Council Committees, 1941-1981
- Series 29: General Administrative Files; Committees; Other, 1928-1969
- Series 30: Class Records, 1964-1988
- Series 31: Alumni Association, 1960-1982
- Series 32: Addendum, 1967-1992 (bulk 1980-1988)
Subject
- Amherst College. Alumni and Parent Programs (Organization)
- Amherst College. Alumni Council (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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