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Amherst College -- Administration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Academic Computer Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 015-001
Abstract

Newsletters, manuals, grant proposals, minutes, correspondence and other documents related to the operations of the Amherst College Academic Computer Center, under the direction of Betty Romer. Includes files on the planning, design and construction of the Seeley-Mudd Building, 1980-1984, which has housed many of the offices of the department of Information Technology.

Dates: 1970-1998; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1985

Amherst College Board of Trustees Materials Concerning President Alexander Meiklejohn

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00086
Abstract

Materials generated by the Board of Trustees of Amherst College relative to the presidency (1912-1924) and resignation of Alexander Meiklejohn.

Dates: 1923-1948

Amherst College Board of Trustees Records. Meeting Minutes

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG 001-001
Scope and Contents This sub-group of the Board of Trustees Records contains minutes taken at Amherst College board of trustees meetings. Series 1 contains the official volumes of minutes. The volumes cover the years 1825 to 2006. Minutes after 1967 are bound by academic year. Minutes from 2006-2013 are not bound. Series 2 contains bound volumes of non-record copies. In 1939, the trustees of Amherst College authorized the typescript transcription of the first one hundred years of trustee minutes. The project...
Dates: 1825-2013

Amherst College Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 012-001
Abstract

Records of some 200 various Amherst College committees, including draft, interim and final reports, as well as (in some cases) minutes, correspondence and other supporting documents. Some committees are formal standing committees, but the majority are ad-hoc temporary bodies often convened as Presidential advisory committees or task forces.

Dates: 1826-2010

Amherst College Dean of the Faculty Records. Public Minutes

 Sub-Group
Identifier: RG 002-001
Abstract

This collection includes minutes of Faculty Meetings and minutes of the Committee of Six that are designated as "public" by the Dean of Faculty; access to these materials is restricted to current Amherst College faculty and Academic Department Coordinators. The collection grows annually with the transfer of each academic year's minutes from the Dean of Faculty to the Archives.

Dates: 1825-2017

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 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

Amherst College Office of Admission Records. Legacy Office Files and Ephemera

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 011-001
Abstract

The collection contains office files and ephemera pertaining to the Amherst College Office of Admission.

Dates: Pre-1970

Amherst College Treasurer's Office. Financial Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MA.00177
Abstract

Annual financial reports, 1933-1958, and other permanently retained records of the Amherst College Treasurer and Comptroller, including journal entries, vouchers, documentation of securities transactions and investment portfolios, and samplings of student ledger cards.

Dates: 1875 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1950

Eugene S. Wilson (AC 1929) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00331
Abstract

The papers of Eugene S. Wilson, Dean of Admissions at Amherst College from 1953 to 1971. This collection is unprocessed.

Dates: circa 1954-1971

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

President's Office Records. Heman Humphrey

 Record Group — Box RG 003-1: [Barcode: PrezOff box 1]
Identifier: RG 003-002
Abstract

This collection, a part of the President’s Office Records, contains the correspondence, administrative material, addresses, and sermons of Heman Humphrey while he served as Amherst College’s second president.

Dates: 1822-1905; Majority of material found within 1822-1861

President's Office Records. Zephaniah Swift Moore

 Record Group
Identifier: RG 003-001
Abstract

This collection, part of the President’s Office Records, contains the correspondence, addresses, and sermons of Zephaniah Swift Moore while he served as Amherst College’s first president.

Dates: 1789-1823