Examinations

Examinations given at Amherst College from 1849 to 1967. The collection includes entrance examinations, final exams, midterms and various in-class tests, examination schedules, as well as examinations for awards and honors.

Historian. Contains professional correspondence, manuscripts, course materials and research materials documenting his career.

The papers consist of lab exercises, lecture topics, outlines, lecture notes, examinations, and correspondence relating to Anthropology and Evolution courses taught at Amherst by Professor Harold H. Plough. Anthropology materials cover a number of courses from the period of 1939 to 1958. Evolution materials cover the course Evolution of the Earth and Man from 1947 to 1957.

The bulk of the Papers consists of play scripts and dramatic treatments written by Gibney for stage and television, 1925-1980; personal and professional correspondence, 1920-1962; the manuscript of an unpublished novel, Flatbush Man, ca. 1979-1985; and various papers related to his undergraduate years at Amherst College and his receipt of an honorary degree in 1939.

Series 5 is composed of the records of the Amherst chapter of Chi Psi, renamed Delta Chi Psi after its split with the national organization. Of interest is an extensive run of annual convention materials from 1872-1967 including local reports; an unusually large quantity of early correspondence; a sizable file of examinations kept by fraternity members and a large run of "Chaos," the publication of the Amherst Chi Psi chapter, from 1871-1913, many of which are handwritten and illustrated.