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Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Amherst College Record Books

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00208
Abstract

Autograph books, registers, record books and logs relating to Amherst College students, alumni, administration and various college events and topics from the founding of the College to the early 20th century.

Dates: 1801-1967; Majority of material found within 1825-1908

Benjamin Kendall Emerson (AC 1865) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00025
Abstract

The papers consist of personal and family correspondence; geological notebooks kept by Emerson during his geological survey of Massachusetts and other areas of New England; pamphlets and scientific papers relating to Emerson's Helix Chemica and his Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; essays and compositions written by Emerson when he was a student; and notes and letters concerning family genealogy.

Dates: circa 1837-1928

William Cole Esty (AC 1889) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00014
Abstract

The papers contain account books, diaries, essays, exams, and notebooks documenting Esty's academic career at Amherst and M.I.T. Most of the material dates from 1887-1893 and relates to courses offered at these institutions and are useful in the study of curriculum development. There are also several notebooks and scrapbooks in the letters from Esty's childhood and adolescence.

Dates: 1878-1905