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Commencement ceremonies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Digital Collection: Amherst College Commencement Collection (Selections)
Digital Collection: Amherst College Commen...

Amherst College Commencement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00097
Abstract

Commencement programs, news articles, speeches, class week programs and schedules of events, tickets for events held during class week and commencement, poems, student addresses and other items relating to commencements. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1822-
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Amherst College Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00190
Abstract

Poster, placards and broadsides advertising campus events and public notices, chiefly 1870 to 1905 with additional materials from other years, especially from the 1980s to present. Materials continue to be added to this collection.

Dates: 1830-2016; Majority of material found within 1870-1905
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Commencement, 1928

 File — Box 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A variety of materials relating to physical education at Amherst and Marsh's professional work.

Dates: 1928
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Allison W. Marsh (AC 1913) Physical Education Department Records / Series 1: General

Rosseel, J.A. (AC 1839) - commencement exhibition, 1839

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and literary manuscripts - mostly orations, disputations and essays - written by Amherst College alumni. The collection includes materials of such individuals as Henry Ward Beecher, John Quincy Adams, William Austin Dickinson, and Edward Hitchcock.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Amherst College Student Work and Correspondence

Series 1: Amherst College - Commencements, 1927-1965, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Photographic negatives depicting local places and events taken by photographer Lincoln Wade Barnes and his staff, chiefly at Amherst College, circa 1927-1965. The images document Amherst College commencements, buildings, grounds, faculty, student groups and athletic teams. Also included are some images of people and places from the town of Amherst. A small number of photographic prints are included in the collection.Also of interest are the original envelopes that previously...
Dates: 1927-1965, undated
Found in: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections / Lincoln Wade Barnes Photographic Negatives Collection

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