Amherst College Centennial Collection, 1919-1921
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collection
Amherst College Centennial Collection
Creation of Amherst College Centennial Collection
Time of Creation of Amherst College Centennial Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of records of the Amherst College Centennial Celebration Committee and clippings, programs, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks related to activities at the College for the celebration in 1921 of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Universities and colleges--Massachusetts--Amherst--History.
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Amherst College--History.
Amherst College.
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Amherst College. Centennial Celebration Committee.
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series
Series 1: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PAPERS
Addresses n.d.
The Amherst Books n.d.
Artwork (Medallion) - unused n.d.
Attendance and Housing - Information cards and receipts n.d.
Centennial Celebration Committee - report 1921 Mar
Centennial Celebration Committee minutes 1919-1921
Centennial Celebration Committee working papers n.d.
Clippings n.d.
Correspondence (General) n.d.
Housing Committee n.d.
Invitation n.d.
Invitation and delegate lists n.d.
Invitation samples (Secondary Schools, Other Colleges, etc) n.d.
Mailings n.d.
Medallions and ribbons n.d.
New Years greetings n.d.
Official greetings from other institutions n.d.
Pageant n.d.
Programs, etc. n.d.
Tickets n.d.
Series 2: CENTENNIAL GIFT PAPERS
Centennial Gift papers n.d.
Centennial Gift contributions n.d.
Centennial Gift correspondence 1 n.d.
Centennial Gift correspondence 2 n.d.
Centennial Gift correspondence 3 n.d.
Centennial Gift correspondence 4 n.d.
Forms and receipts n.d.
Publications n.d.
Series 3: PHOTOGRAPHS
Class photos (groups) n.d.
Parade, assembly, and baseball game 1921 Jun 21
Reunion headquarters n.d.
Amherst, Lord Jeffrey - Viscount Holmesdale n.d.
Amherst (Town) - Decorations for Centennial Celebration n.d.
Campus - decorations - Triumphal Arch n.d.
Centennial gifts - Alumni Parade and Rally 1920 Nov 20
Centennial Gift Committee of Boston n.d.
Commencement exercises n.d.
Concert - Baccalaureate Sunday 1921 Jun 19
Dinner 1921 Jun 22
Grove Exercises 1921 Jun 18
Historical Day exercises 1921 Jun 20
Ivy exercises 1921 Jun 18
Pageant - "Amherst Milestones" 1921 Jun 21
Large scrapbook of photographs and printed programs n.d.
Series 4: SCRAPBOOKS
"Newspaper Clippings of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of Amherst College 1821-1921" (Collected by the Alumni Council) n.d.
"The Story of the Campaign as seen from New York District Headquarters" compiled by Trumbull White (AC 1890), Director n.d.