Amherst College Committee Records, 1826-2013
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Committee Records
Creation of Committee Records
Time of Creation of Committee Records
6 file cabinet drawers, 1 archives box, 2 half archives boxes
Amherst College
Scope and Contents of the Collection Records of ca. 200 various Amherst College committees, including draft, interim and final reports, supporting documents and correspondence. Some committees are formal standing committees, but the majority are ad-hoc temporary bodies often convened as presidential advisory committees or task forces. In many cases, files contain only final reports (sometimes both interim and final reports), rather than supporting documents related to the committee's work in producing those reports. (This more detailed supporting documentation can sometimes be found elsewhere in the Archives; see "Related Material" or consult an archivist.)
Parts of this collection comprise administrative records with access restrictions. In such cases, requests for permission should be directed to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. In addition, particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the records should be directed to the Head of Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Known holdings of committee records not described in this finding aid. In many cases these records provide fuller supporting documentation of work undertaken by the committee in producing reports present in this collection. Admission Committee. Records, 1978-1983 (restricted)Affirmative Action Committee Records, 1972-1997 (see separate finding aid)Athletics, Committee on the Place of. Records, 1999-2002 (restricted)Coeducation Collection (see separate finding aid and digitized content on the web)Committee of Six. Records (restricted)Dean of Faculty. Ad hoc Committee Records, 1968-1998Educational Policy, Committee on. Records. (restricted)Five College Long-Range Planning CommitteeHealth Insurance Advisory Committee. Records, 1997 (restricted)Independent Study, Committee on. Records, 1970-1971Long-Range Planning Committee. Minutes. (restricted)Long-Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on. Report, 1982Personnel Policies, Advisory Committee on. Records, ca. 1990-2007 (restricted)Student Residential and Social Life, President's Advisory Committee on. Records, 1984-1985 (restricted)
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SERIES 1: UNRESTRICTED RECORDS, 1826-2006 (in General Files)
Academic Advisory Committee 1995
Academic Priorities, Committee on 2005-2006
Academic Support Committee 1995-96
Administration Committee ca. 1933
Admission, Report of the Subcommittee on 1980 May
Advisors, Faculty Committee on 1936 Oct
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) 1979-1995
Architectural Review Committee 1998
Archives, Select Committee on 1968
Area Studies, Committee on 1959-60
Athletic Committee. Letter from Frederic L. Thompson to Mr. Olds 1910 Dec 6
Buildings and Grounds, Trustee Committee on 1925-27
Calendar Committee, Report of 1938
Campus Planning Group, President's 1994-1995
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on - Interim and Final reports 1984 Jan-Feb
Classification Review, Committee on 1997
Collegiality, Committee on (Affirmative Action) 2002
Commencement: N.W. Fiske report on the subject of erecting a stage, etc. 1826 July 8
Committees, Committee on 1915 Nov 20
Computer Consolidation Committee 1996
Conditions of Work for Faculty Women at Amherst College, Committee to Study 1984 Oct
Curriculum Committee 1941
Curriculum, Select Committee on 1977 Feb
Curriculum, Report of the Select Committee on 1990
Curriculum Review Committee, report (Theodore Koester, chairman) 1959 Mar
Dean of the Faculty Search Committee 1995
Dramatic Arts, Ad-hoc Committee on the Future of 1982
Educational Policy, Committee on 1960s
Educational Policy, Committee on 1977-1996
Educational Policy, Committee on [1992], 1995
Educational Policy, Committee on - "The 1966 Curriculum Report" (Joseph Epstein, chairman) 1964-1965
Educational Policy, Committee on - Subcommittee to Study Student Life 1965
Expository Writing at Amherst, Report on 1993 Apr
Expository Writing Committee 1997
Facilities Planning Committee - Facilities Assessment Master Plan Interim Report 1992 Aug
Facilities Planning Committee - General 1994 Jan
Facilities Planning Committee - Report 1993 Oct
Future Size of the College, Report on 1958
Health Insurance Advisory Committee 1997
History, Teaching of, in Secondary Schools, Committee on 1958, 1968
Honor System, Faculty Committee on 1928
Honorary Degrees, Committee on Awarding 1958
Interterm, Student-Faculty Committee on 1958
Investments Related to South Africa, Advisory Committee on 1983-1985
Job Evaluation System, a Review of 1980 Sep
Language and Literature, Committee on 1920-1922
Library Expansion Committee - Report to the President 1991 Feb
Library Expansion Committee - Report to the President - supporting documents 1991 Feb
Long Range Planning, Faculty Committee on - Report 1945
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Case for a Tuition Moratorium at Amherst College ca. 1985
Long Range Planning, Committee on - "College Appoints Committee to Coordinate Future Plans" (newspaper clipping) 1970
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Comparative Schedule of Planning Recommendations / Report of Committee Fall 1971
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid 1971 Mar
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Special Education Programs 1971 Mar
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Student Life and Physical Facilities (2 copies) 1971 Mar
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Interim Report 1971 Apr
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Final Report 1971 May
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Report by the President to the Amherst Community 1971 Oct
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report from Committee on Educational Policy to Long Range Planning 1971 Nov
LRP, President's Advisory Committee on - Comparative Schedule of Planning Recommendations 1971 Fall
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Faculty 1945
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Amherst College and Cooperative and Exchange Programs 1971 Feb
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Curriculum and Faculty 1971 Feb
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on Experiential Education 1971 Feb
Long Range Planning, Committee on - Report of the Task Force on the Nature of Trusteeship, the Presidency and Administration 1971 Feb
LRP, President's Advisory Committee on - Report of the Task Force on College Size and Coeducation 1971 Jan
Long Range Planning, Committee on - "Asking for More" a Reaffirmation of Commitment. 1982 May
Long Range Planning, Committee on - A Program for Institutional Flexibility ca. 1985
Long Range Planning, Committee on 1944-1945
Merrill Center for Economics, Committee on the 1953
Monitorial System, Committee on 1838
Personnel Policies, Advisory Committee on 1991-2004
Planning, Special Committee on 2002
Police of the College, Committee appointed to present a plan for conducting the 1829-1830
Postwar Amherst College, Alumni Committee on 1945 Feb.
Presidential Search Committee 1984
President's Campaign Planning Group 1994-95
Priorities Planning Committee - General 1992
Priorities Planning Committee - General 1994
Priorities Planning Committee - Financial Framework 1992 Sep
Priorities Planning Committee - Priorities at Amherst 1993
Priorities Planning Committee - Report 1993 Mar
Priorities and Resources, Committee on: Reports 1971Apr-May
Priorities and Resources, Committee on: Letter to Faculty with supporting documents 1995Apr
Priorities and Resources, Committee on: General 2001
Quality of Undergraduate Life, Select Committee on the, Report 1980 Jan
Renaming Committee (Fraternity) 1984
Research, Faculty Committee on 1928-29
Rooms, Committee on. Report 1831 Aug
Sexual Misconduct, Special Oversight Committee on 2013 Jan
Space Committee 1960s
Sports at Amherst, The Place of, Report of Special Committee on the 2002
State of Amherst College, Committee on 1853 Nov
Student Activities, Faculty Committee on 1922 Oct
Student Life Committee [of the Trustees] 1995 Feb
Technology in the Humanities, Committee on 1990
Trusteeship, Committee on 1999
SERIES 2: RESTRICTED RECORDS, 1832-2010
Academic Inventory, Committee on 1929-1934
Academic Priorities, Committee on - Report to the Faculty 2006
Academic Support, Ad Hoc Committee on 1996
Academic Support Services [Committee] 1982-1985
Ad Hoc Committee. Draft of handbook for administrative/professional Trustee appointees 1983 Sep-Oct
Admissions Committee on Long Range Policy 1951
Admissions Committee 1982-1983
Admissions Committee, Search Dean of Faculty 1982-1983
Admission and Financial Aid, Committee on. Re: merit scholarships 1983 Nov 17
Admission and Financial Aid, Committee on. Report on Academic Support Services 1982 Study 1982
Admission and Financial Aid, Committee on. Letter from Prof. John Halsted to Prof. Robert Bezucha, Chair 1990 Oct 22
Admission, Committee on. A Report to the Faculty 1984, 2000
Admission, Committee on. "Admission to Amherst: A report to the faculty and administration" 1982
Admission and Financial Aid, Committee on - Report to the Faculty 1991 May 15
Admissions, Committee on - Review of 1969 Admissions 1970s
Affirmative Action Committee on Collegiality 2002 Jan 25
Alumni Committee on the Post-War College 1944
Alumni Trustees, Committee on 1999-2000, 2010
Athletics at Amherst, Special Committee on Place of 2002
Architectural Review Committee (see also: unrestricted committee records) 1998-2001
Biohazards Committee, Amherst College 1998-2001
Black Interim Planning Committee. Five College Bridge Program: A Proposal 1970 Mar 16
Campus Center Committee on Campus Life 1973, 1984
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on. Student opinion on fraternities and alternatives to fraternities. 1983 Dec 1
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Committee on: Interim Report 1984 Jan
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on: Interim Report 1985 Jan
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on: Final Report 1984 Feb. 21
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Committee on: Background Materials. 1983
Campus Life. "The Place of Fraternities at Amherst College" 1983 Feb. 16
Campus Life, Ad Hoc Trustee Committee on 1983 Dec
Career Guidance reports from the Dean 1972-1976
Chapel Sub-Committee, Discontinuing Chapel Service 1949
Coeducation, Select Committee on 1972
See also: Coeducation Collection
Coeducation, Ad Hoc Committee on: Five College Contract 1974
College Church, Committee on - Report to the Faculty 1927
College Council 1968 Fall
College Council (3 folders) 1968 Spring
College Council Report on Activities by John Halsted 1975-1976
College Council - Grievance Procedures for Students 1975-1977
College Council - Letters Regarding Judicial Procedures 1979-1987
College Council 1984
Committee of Six (Professor Brown's Minutes) 1943-1945
College for Men and Women, Ad Hoc Group on a 1975-1976
College for Men and Women, Ad Hoc Group on 1975
Compensation, Faculty AAUP Report, Standing Committee on 1982
Compensation, Committee on 1971
Computer Committee, Faculty Review of Computer Facilities 1966, 1971
Computer Committee 1976-1980
Conditions of Work for Faculty Women at Amherst, Ad Hoc Committee to Study the 1984
Cooperation, Committee on: Report of, to 5 College Presidents 1956
Creative Arts, Special Committee on the 1969
Cross Chair, Search Commitee on 1980-1981
Curriculum Committee 1937-1938
Curriculum Committee. A Report on the Curriculum of Amherst College 1963-1964
Curriculum Review Committee (2 folders) 1959
Curriculum, Select Committee on the: Halsted-Aitken Proposal 1976
Curriculum, Select Committee on the (5 folders) 1977 Feb
Curriculum Committee Reports 1950
Development Committee 1967 Jan
Dormitory Master Plan Committee (floor plans included) 2000
Doshisha- Amherst Committee, Correspondence 1958-1961
Eating and Housing Committee 1933-1938
Educational Policy, Committee on (Prof. William Havighurst copy) 1952-1953
Educational Policy- Ad Hoc Committee on Teacher Certification 1997
Education Policy, Committee on 1993
Education Policy, Committee on- ILS: Interim Report 1981 Jan 13
Education Policy, Committee on- ILS: Proposed Clarification and Revisions 1980s
Education Policy, Committee on: Report on the Curriculum of Amherst 1963-1964
Education Policy, Committee on: Minutes 1959-2002
Educational Policy, Committee on. Report to the faculty of Amherst College 2007
Educational Policy, Committee on. Report on the academic calendar of the College n.d.
Educational Policy, Sub-Committee to Study Student Life 1965
Educational Policy, Committee on. Reports on Coeducation and Size (1974) and Student Life (n.d.) 1974, n.d.
Education Policy, Committee on- Letter re: Anthropology and Sociology 1960
Endowment, Committee on - "A Program to Aid Your Beneficiaries and Amherst College" 1955
See also: Alumni biographical file of W. S. Orr (AC 1912) and General Files - Endowment - Publications
Enrollment "Hypothetical Enrollment and Staffing Projects" 1973-1974
Entertainment Committee - "An Examination of Entertainment at Amherst College" [1970s]
Examining Committee 1832
Examinations, Committee on. N.W. Fiske report [ca. 1820s-1840s]
Examinations, Oral, Committee on. Report to Trustees 1861 July
Expository Writing, Ad Hoc Committee on the State of 1993
Facilities Planning Committee Report 1993 (includes floor plan) 1993
Faculty Housing Committee 1969-1972
Faculty Procedures Concerning Reappointment and Tenure, Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate 1998
Field House, Committee on the New 1966
Field Study Committee, Notice to Potential Advisors 1974-1975
Finance Committee 1875
First Year, Ad Hoc Committee to Study the 1977
Fraternities (reopening), Study by the Committee on Post War, Amherst College (2 folders) 1944
Fraternities 1957
Fraternities 1960
Fraternities, Fraternity Report 1970
Fraternities 1936-65
Fraternity Business Management, Report of Committee on 1936
Fraternities at Amherst College, Report of Committee to Restudy 1957-1965
Fraternity Rushing 1948
Fund Raising Potential, Committee to Advise the President on 1961
Future Size of the College, Committee on the (2 folders) 1957-1958
Governance, Summer Commission on 1969
Guidance and Counseling, Committee on. "The Class of 1959 at Amherst College: A Preliminary Report" 1960
Guidance and Counseling Committee. Report to the Committee of Six [1960s?]
History - Workshops, Committee on the Study of 1966
Honorary Degrees, Report of Committee Awarding of 1958
Honors Work, Report 1934 March
House Management Committee (Fraternities) 1959
Housing Committee 1997
Independent Study Committee 1965-1975
See also: Independent Study, Committee on. Records, 1970-1971
Institutional Flexibility, Amherst College: A Program for n.d
Instruction Committee of the Board of Trustees 1898-1901
Interdisciplinary Studies, Committee on 1983
Joint Faculty Junior Appointment Program for Five Colleges. Evaluation report 1976
Judicial Board, Report on Cheating 1974
Lecture Committee. Correspondence, announcements, reviews, etc. (multiple folders) 1951-1958
Lectures, Prospective 1956-1958
Lecture Committee, Faculty 1956-1957
Lecture Committee Correspondence 1957-1958
Liberal Arts Committee 1949
Library Committee 1962, 1969
Librarians at Amherst, Status for 1972-1975
Library Expansion Committee 1991 Feb. 27
Librarian Expansion Committee, Supporting Documents 1991
Long Range Planning 1970
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on 1970-1971
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Task Force reports 1971 Jan-Apr
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid 1971 Mar
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Interim Reports 1971 Apr
Long Range Planning, President's Advisory Committee on - Final Report 1971 May
Panel Commentaries, Alumni Advisory Panel commentaries 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - report 1980-1982
Long Range Planning Committee - "Asking for More" 1982 May
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Amherst College Cooperation Exchange Programs. Final Report 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid, Final Report
Creation of Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid, Final Report
Time of Creation of Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid, Final Report
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on College Size and Coeducation 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Curriculum and Faculty Final Report 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Experiential Education 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Nature Studies 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Special Education 1971
Long Range Planning Committee - Task Force on Student Life and Physical Facilities 1971
Long Range Policy- Faculty Committee on, 1945
MacMeekin-Cardigan-Boyden Committee Report [on Women Visitation Policies at Fraternities] 1935
Mead Art Museum Advisory Committee 1993
Needs of the College, Committee to Advise the President about the 1961
Physical Education and Athletics, Committee on 1972-1974
Priorities Planning, Official Report Booklets 1993 Mar
Priorities and Resources, Committee on. Reports and memos 1970-1978
Priorities and Resources, Committee on. Faculty Salaries and Compensation 1990-2000
Priorities and Resources, Committee on: Minutes (3 folders) 1970-1972
Priorities and Resources, Committee on: Reports 1971, 1978
"Problems of Inquiry" Committee - Report on the Feasibility of Offering "Problem of Inquiry" Courses in the Natural Sciences 1964
Priorities and Resources, Committee on. Minutes 2002 Sep 22
Prudential Committee of Amherst College. Meeting records 1835-1864
Reaccreditation Steering Committee - NEASC Report Draft 2007 Nov 15
Renaming Former Fraternity Houses 1984
See also: Renaming Committee (unrestricted)
Residential Names Committee 1984
Safety Committee 1972-1973
Solomon Amendment and Financial Aid, Faculty Ad Hoc Committee on 1983 Sep 29
Student Center Committee 1973
Student Life, Ad Hoc Committee on 1964-1966
Student Life, Advisory Committee on 1983
Student Residential and Social Life 1985
Tenure Committees, Separate, Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Advisability of Establishing 1986
Title IX Self Evaluation Report 1976
Transportation, Public, Committee on 1974
Women Employees, Committee on (3 folders) 1971-1982
Women's Studies, Committee on 1986