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Education, Higher

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Meiklejohn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00066
Abstract

Philosopher and former president of Amherst College. Papers contain correspondence with other educators and records created during his presidency.

Dates: 1894-1924; Majority of material found within 1912-1923

Amherst College Financial Record Books

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00068
Abstract

Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from circa 1830-1900.

Dates: circa 1830-1952 ; Majority of material found in circa 1860-1921

Howard R. Wolf (AC 1958) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00188
Abstract

Literary manuscripts, correspondence, news clippings, ephemera and other materials documenting the professional and personal life of writer, critic and educator Howard R. Wolf. Correspondents include writers John Coetzee, Carl Dennis, Irving Feldman, Robert Hass, Leonard Michaels, and Roger Porter (AC 1958).

Dates: 1971-2009

Hugh Hawkins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00232
Abstract

Personal and professional papers of an Amherst College professor of History and American Studies. The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, committee records, course materials, general printed matter, and audiotapes.

Dates: 1914-2012; Majority of material found within 1950-1990

John William Ward Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00087
Abstract

Educator and 14th President of Amherst College. Collection consists of speeches, lecture notes and course syllabi, articles and other papers documenting Ward's career as teacher, scholar and administrator at Princeton University and Amherst College.

Dates: 1952-1985

March, Francis Andrew (AC 1845) - sixteen letters: Easton, Pa., to Jerome R. Brigham (AC 1845), Milwaukee, Wisc., 1857-1876

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1857-1876