Amherst College -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Amherst College Alumni Office Historical Records
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG 004-001-001
Abstract
Minutes, reports, correspondence, programs, scrapbooks and other materials documenting official activities of Amherst College alumni, including Alumni Council meetings, dinners and conferences and the activities of regional alumni associations.
Dates:
1848-1955
Amherst College Commencement Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00097
Abstract
Commencement programs, news articles, speeches, class week programs and schedules of events, tickets for events held during class week and commencement, poems, student addresses and other items relating to commencements. Arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1822-
Amherst College Early History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00055
Abstract
Printed material, legal documents, financial records, correspondence and other papers documenting the history of Amherst Academy, the Charity Fund, and the inception and founding of Amherst College. Includes early circulars and catalogues of both Amherst College Academy and Amherst College, as well as material relating to several 19th century trustees.
Dates:
1815-1891; Majority of material found within 1815-1849
Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00217
Abstract
Correspondence, petitions, pamphlets and other printed material documenting the early history of the College. The collection was collected, arranged, and described by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mellon (Edward and Ethel Mellon) and given to the College in 1921.
Dates:
1820-1843; Majority of material found within 1821-1825
Amherst College Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: MA.00037
Abstract
Typed transcripts and audio recordings of oral history interviews with Amherst College professors emeriti, alumni, staff members, and other notable members of the Amherst community. Most of the interviews were conducted between 1977 and 1982, with some material from earlier years also included.
Dates:
1952-1982; Majority of material found within 1977-1982
Amherst history, 1984-2000
File — Box 8, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains material from organizations such as the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Dates:
1984-2000
Edward (AC 1849) and Mary Judson Hitchcock Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00002
Abstract
Papers documenting the professional activities and personal life of Edward "Doc" Hitchcock, Mary Judson Hitchcock and the Hitchcock and Judson families. "Doc" Hitchcock's papers include letters, published and unpublished writings, travel diaries, and manuscript and printed music used by Hitchcock while playing the cello. They reflect his roles and interests as an educator in physical education and hygiene, a faculty member, physician and family man. Papers of his wife, Mary Judson Hitchcock,...
Dates:
1840-1962; Majority of material found within 1850-1911
George Bosworth Churchill (AC 1889) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00006
Abstract
Correspondence, Lectures, Class Materials, Manuscripts, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and photographs authored by or featuring Churchill. The bulk of the collection is made up of professional documents: lectures, undergraduate papers, class materials and manuscripts written by Churchill. A number of speeches and articles relating to his substantial political career are also included. The collection contains some correspondence between Churchill and his wife and between Churchill and...
Dates:
1883-1925
John Elliot Sanford (AC 1851) Correspondence Collection
Collection
Identifier: MA.00297
Abstract
The John Elliot Sanford (AC 1851) Correspondence Collection contains correspondence to John E. Sanford (1830-1907) from his parents, Reverend John Sanford (1788-1866) and Sophia Loud Sanford (1790-1869). The bulk of the correspondence is from Reverend Sanford. Frequent topics include the health of the parents and their advice to John about his; money matters; Amherst news, and the personal and professional lives of both young John and his older brother, Baalis (AC 1845). The last folder in...
Dates:
1819-1907; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1854
President's Office Records. Edward Hitchcock
Record Group — Box RG 003-1: [Barcode: PrezOff box 1]
Identifier: RG 003-003
Abstract
This collection, a part of the President’s Office Records, contains the manuscripts, correspondence, and printed addresses of Edward Hitchcock while he served as Amherst College’s third president.
Dates:
1827-1862; Majority of material found within 1841-1854
Snell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00032
Abstract
The Snell Family Papers contain the papers and photographs of Ebenezer Strong Snell (Class of 1822) and his immediate family, including his wife, daughters, parents and sisters.
Dates:
1793-1940; Majority of material found within 1835-1870
Stanley King (AC 1903) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00056
Abstract
Former Amherst College President. Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, awards, photographs and other materials documenting his personal and professional life and that of his wife, Margaret P. Jackson King. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Ernest M. Hopkins, Felix Frankfurter and Frederick J. E. Woodbridge.
Dates:
1880-1967; Majority of material found within 1895-1967
Theodore P. Greene (AC 1943) Papers
Collection
Identifier: MA.00199
Abstract
Professor of history and American Studies at Amherst College, 1952-1989. Primarily correspondence, writings and talks, and research materials on the history of Amherst College and higher education.
Dates:
1940-2006
Writings about Amherst College subjects (2 of 2) , circa 1938-1945
File — Box 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Untitled essay about Hope Church in Amherst
Notes about buildings and grounds of Amherst College
"The 'Fred Allis' of the 40s" -- article about Joseph Vaill, one of the first trustees and benefactors of Amherst College
"The 'Fred Allis' of the 40s" -- article about Joseph Vaill, one of the first trustees and benefactors of Amherst College
Dates:
circa 1938-1945