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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence Willis Eastman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00013
Abstract The bulk of the collection consists of notes, assignments and other materials related to Eastman's teaching of German language and literature at Amherst College. In addition, there is correspondence, personal diaries and unpublished manuscripts on topics in medieval German literature and German linguistics; one folder related to army training at Amherst College during World War I; and copious notes and manuscripts for his 1916 genealogy of the Thompson, Hull, Clark, Curtiss, Gunn, Peck,...
Dates: circa 1935-1955
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Genealogical material, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents

Assortment of genealogical notes and photocopies that arrived with the collection.

Dates: undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Daniel and Tammy Dickinson Family Papers / Series 1: Correspondence

James Hayden Tufts (AC 1884) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00129
Abstract

Philosopher. Collection includes genealogical notes on Tufts, Warren and Chapin families; family correspondence; and articles by Tufts.

Dates: 1764-1940
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Kendall-Plimpton Family History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00370-g
Scope and Contents This collection contains genealogical records, writings, documents, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, correspondence, family Bibles, and ephemera of the Kendall and Plimpton families. It includes genealogical documentation of the ancestry of Henry P. Kendall on both the paternal (Kendall) and maternal (Plimpton) sides; histories of the Kendall and Plimpton families; letters, books and memorabilia of family members of several generations; writings and records of the Rev....
Dates: 1830-1988
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Kiel(e)y/Kiley family and the Butterworth family, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

Series 5: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, ca. 1931-1960 and n.d., includes drawings and sketches, genealogical information, as well as insurance, legal documents, etc.

Dates: undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Marcus P. Kiley (AC 1919) Papers / Series 5: Personal Affairs

Scrapbook: Bliss-Ward Family, by Elizabeth W. Beach Keller, circa 1915-1980

 Item — Box Oversize 2
Scope and Contents

Cloth-covered album assembled by Elizabeth Keller with substantial genealogical content about the Bliss and Ward families, including original and copied correspondence by and about family members; obituaries; artwork; documents; photographs; publications, and charts.

Dates: circa 1915-1980
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Ethel "Sandy" (Beach) Socolar Family Papers / Series 3: Photographs and Scrapbooks

Series 2: Genealogy

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin Kendall Emerson (AC 1865) Papers

Sprague Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00248
Abstract The Sprague Family Papers include the papers of Rosemary Sprague, an Amherst-area attorney; her father, Atherton Hall Sprague (AC 1920), an Amherst College professor of mathematics; and her mother, Marion Whittemore Sprague. The collection includes correspondence, diaries and travel journals, unpublished poetry, plays, and novels, Sprague family genealogical material, and photographs. Notable among the correspondence are letters that Rosemary Sprague received from her friend, the poet James...
Dates: 1890-2005; Majority of material found within 1920-2005
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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