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Photograph albums

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Class Albums Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00103
Abstract

Autograph, portrait, and photograph albums of graduating classes from 1853 to 1906. Series 2 includes several fraternity albums.

Dates: 1853-1909

Frederic Marsena Butts (AC 1909) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00242
Abstract

Mostly writings and photographs documenting Butts' trip to the Mediterranean, Asia and North Africa, 1909-1910. Also included are a speech before an Amherst College alumni group and correspondence about a scholarship he established there.

Dates: 1909-1949; Majority of material found within 1909-1910

Japanese photograph album showing Doshisha buildings, [1935]

 Box — Box 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Speeches, photographs, news clippings, correspondence, and other materials related to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, which George A. Plimpton attended as a representative of Amherst College in October 1935. The celebration included the presentation and dedication of the Amherst Building to Doshisha from friends of Amherst College.

Dates: [1935]

Photograph album, circa 1880s

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: Neesima 3]
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains a variety of material, including: photographs, one drawing by Neesima, and ephemera related to his graduation from Amherst College and his ordination ceremony. The series only includes a small amount of correspondence - one original manuscript letter written to "Mr. Smart" and photocopies of letters written to Captain William Savory. Any original correspondence to Julius Hawley Seelye is included in Seelye's papers (held at Amherst College). The copy of Seelye's...
Dates: circa 1880s

Photograph album: "Göttingen 1899/1900, Switzerland", 1899-1900

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 3: Albums, 1899-1915, consist of 2 items: a photograph album documenting Olds' visit to Europe in 1899-1900, and a scrapbook of political cartoons related to Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, 1912-1915.

Dates: 1899-1900

Photograph Albums of the Great Mino-Owari (1891) and Great Kanto (1923) Earthquakes

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00278
Abstract

This collections contains two albums of photographs of the Great Mino-Owari Earthquake (also known as the Great Nobi Earkthquake), 1891, and the Great Kanto Earthquake, 1923. Compiler(s) unknown.

Dates: 1891-1923

Series 1: Photographs, circa 1917-1919

 Series
Scope and Contents

Series 1: PHOTOGRAPHS, circa 1917-1919 - details the tour and membership of S.S.U. 539. There are a number of group photographs, and images of individuals, as well as images of Ypres, and various battlefields.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

Series 7: Albums, 1920

 Series
Scope and Contents

Series 7: ALBUMS, circa 1920 - contains three copies of a commemorative photographs album featuring information about the unit. It includes a roster of membership, a long narrative of the unit's history by John H. Bocock, information on citations and orders, maps, a number of poems and articles about the war, and miscellaneous humorous lists and cartoons.

Dates: 1920

U.S. Army Ambulance Service, Section 539 ["Black Cats"] Records

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00139
Abstract

World War I ambulance unit, recruited in Amherst, Massachusetts in June 1917 from Amherst College students and local residents. Collection consists of clippings, photographs, a photograph album, maps, books, correspondence, pay and enlistment records, and other materials documenting the activities of the U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 539, also called S.S.U. 539, known colloquially as the "Black Cats," in France during World War I.

Dates: 1917-1941