Amherst College Early History Collection, 1815-1991 (bulk 1815-1849)
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topic: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
subject: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
topic: General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
subject: General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
topic: General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
subject: General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
topic: Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
subject: Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
topic: Circulars 1827, 1832
subject: Circulars 1827, 1832
topic: Laws (2 copies) 1827
subject: Laws (2 copies) 1827
topic: Financial records (ledger) 1837-1894
subject: Financial records (ledger) 1837-1894
topic: Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
subject: Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
topic: Catalogues 1826-1839
subject: Catalogues 1826-1839
topic: Catalogues 1840
subject: Catalogues 1840
topic: Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
subject: Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
topic: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
subject: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
topic: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
subject: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
topic: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
subject: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
topic: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
subject: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
topic: Records (ledger) 1815-1981
subject: Records (ledger) 1815-1981
topic: "Trustees of Amherst Academy, 1928-1978: An Abstract of Their Records to Supplement Frederick Tuckerman's Amherst Academy." 18 pp. typescript (photocopy), 2 copies [1978?]
subject: "Trustees of Amherst Academy, 1928-1978: An Abstract of Their Records to Supplement Frederick Tuckerman's Amherst Academy." 18 pp. typescript (photocopy), 2 copies [1978?]
topic: Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
subject: Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
topic: Financial ledger 1893-1929
subject: Financial ledger 1893-1929
topic: Check register 1914-1929
subject: Check register 1914-1929
topic: Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
subject: Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
topic: Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
subject: Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
topic: Records 1929
subject: Records 1929
topic: Records 1928-1930
subject: Records 1928-1930
topic: Records 1931-1936
subject: Records 1931-1936
topic: Records 1937-1945
subject: Records 1937-1945
topic: Records 1944-1948
subject: Records 1944-1948
topic: Records 1951-1959
subject: Records 1951-1959
topic: Records 1960-1967
subject: Records 1960-1967
topic: Records 1968-1982
subject: Records 1968-1982
topic: Records 1982-1989
subject: Records 1982-1989
topic: Records 1990-1991
subject: Records 1990-1991
topic: Records 1992-1993
subject: Records 1992-1993
topic: Records 1994-1995
subject: Records 1994-1995
topic: ma55-1-34
subject: ma55-1-34
topic: Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)

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provides access to: Amherst College Early History Collection
provides access to: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
provides access to: General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
provides access to: General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
provides access to: Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
provides access to: Circulars 1827, 1832
provides access to: Laws (2 copies) 1827
provides access to: Financial records (ledger) 1837-1894
provides access to: Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
provides access to: Catalogues 1826-1839
provides access to: Catalogues 1840
provides access to: Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
provides access to: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
provides access to: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
provides access to: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
provides access to: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
provides access to: Records (ledger) 1815-1981
provides access to: "Trustees of Amherst Academy, 1928-1978: An Abstract of Their Records to Supplement Frederick Tuckerman's Amherst Academy." 18 pp. typescript (photocopy), 2 copies [1978?]
provides access to: Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
provides access to: Financial ledger 1893-1929
provides access to: Check register 1914-1929
provides access to: Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
provides access to: Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
provides access to: Records 1929
provides access to: Records 1928-1930
provides access to: Records 1931-1936
provides access to: Records 1937-1945
provides access to: Records 1944-1948
provides access to: Records 1951-1959
provides access to: Records 1960-1967
provides access to: Records 1968-1982
provides access to: Records 1982-1989
provides access to: Records 1990-1991
provides access to: Records 1992-1993
provides access to: Records 1994-1995
provides access to: ma55-1-34
provides access to: Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)
provides access to: Sub-series A: General Files
provides access to: General and miscellaneous information n.d.
provides access to: Clippings (photocopies) from newspapers relating to the founding of Amherst College (Note: The original newspapers are shelved as oversize material in Box OS-1.) 1818-1825
provides access to: Proceedings of a convention in Amherst, Sept. 21, 1818 (A...to found a new college...") 1818
provides access to: The role of the trustees of Amherst Academy in the founding of Amherst College
provides access to: Pleas and opposition to establishment of Amherst College, (Williams Controversy) 1818-1824
provides access to: [Opposition] pamphlet: "Remarks on the Amherst Collegiate Charity Institution" ca. 1822-1823
provides access to: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
provides access to: Documents, 1 bound vol. "Memorabilia"; index inside front cover 1818-1881
provides access to: Constitution and Bylaws 1818-1822
provides access to: Constitution and Bylaws, plus Appendix and Index, (5 copies) 1881
provides access to: "Charitable Fund of Amherst College": Constitution and Bylaws, plus addenda 1908
provides access to: Oath of Rufus Graves to be "Financier" of the Charity Fund 1819 July 9
provides access to: Minutes of the Board of Overseers of the Charity Fund 1822-1881
provides access to: Financial records et al collected by John Leland, Agent and Treasurer of Amherst College (notebook) 1821-1835
provides access to: Pledges, subscriptions, receipts, etc. 1818-1848
provides access to: Pledges and subscriptions (4 notebooks): Jan.22, 1822, 1832, 1839-1841, 1839-1845 1822-1845
provides access to: Subscription leaflets 1822
provides access to: "Memoranda relating to Charity Fund Beneficiaries," Classes of 1836-1878 (notebook) 1836-1878
provides access to: Correspondence 1839-1903
provides access to: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
provides access to: ma55-2-3-1
provides access to: Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (7 items) (Includes some references to the Williams College controversy) 1824 Jan-Jun
provides access to: Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (continued) (2 items) 1824 Oct-Dec
provides access to: "A Statement of the Affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the Fourth of October, 1824, Compiled From Evidence Exhibited to the Committee of Investigation..." (pamphlet, 36 pp.) 1824 Dec
provides access to: ma55-2-3-5
provides access to: ma55-2-3-6
provides access to: ma55-2-3-7
provides access to: Sub-series D: The Charter
provides access to: ma55-2-4-1
provides access to: "Charter of Amherst College," with subsequent legislation: editions of 1930, 1935, 1945, 1957, 1972. 2 copies of each except 1 copy 1945. 1930-1972
provides access to: "Charter of Amherst College", with subsequent legislation. [Presentation copies]. 8 copies 1991
provides access to: Series 3: AFTER THE CHARTER, 1825-1849
provides access to: ma55-3-1
provides access to: ma55-3-2

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Amherst College Early History Collection, 1815-1991 (bulk 1815-1849)
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Amherst College Early History Collection
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date: 1815-1991
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date: 1815-1849
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extent: 2 records storage boxes, 5 archives boxes, 3 half archives boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 bound volume
extent: (6 linear ft.)
language: eng
has biographical history: Biographical History for: Amherst College Early History Collection
scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection Printed material, legal documents, financial records, correspondence and other papers documenting the history of Amherst Academy, its Charity Fund, and the resulting inception and founding of Amherst College as an institution for the education of "indigent young men of promising talents and hopeful piety." The collection brings together from disparate sources the early founding documents of the College from its inception in 1817 to its securing of a Massachusetts charter in 1825 through to its gradual institutional stability in the latter 19th century. Printed material includes early circulars and catalogues of both Amherst College Academy and Amherst College. Papers of several 19th century trustees of the College are also included.
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has part: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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has part: Series 3: AFTER THE CHARTER, 1825-1849
aggregates: Series 3: AFTER THE CHARTER, 1825-1849
has part: Series 4: 19th CENTURY TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE
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2 records storage boxes, 5 archives boxes, 3 half archives boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 bound volume
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Biographical History for: Amherst College Early History Collection
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body: Historical Note Before Amherst College received its charter from the Massachusetts State Legislature on February 18, 1825, it had been conceived out of the previously existing Amherst Academy, which opened in 1814 and received a Massachusetts charter in 1816. The role of the Academy in the inception of Amherst College is unambiguously described as follows by Frederick Tuckerman on page 27 of his definitive history, Amherst Academy, 1814-1861 (1929): The founders of Amherst Academy were also the founders of Amherst College. The College owes its origin to the pious zeal of certain members of the Board of Trustees of the Academy, and the records of the Academy were the records of the College during the first four years of its existence, or until the granting of the charter in 1825. As the quotation indicates, the records of Amherst Academy begin earlier than Amherst College and extend beyond the date of the granting of its charter. Their placement, near but not of, what follows is indicative of the somewhat non-linear relationship between the two. Amherst Academy opened December 6, 1814, and was incorporated February 13, 1816, to provide education for children of both sexes at a level preparatory for collegiate instruction. Students who attended Amherst Academy include Mary Lyon (founder of Mount Holyoke College), Emily Dickinson and Helen Hunt Jackson. Amherst Academy closed in 1861, and the site was sold to the town of Amherst, which erected the Amity Street public school on it. The founding of Amherst College arose neither from the visionary leadership of one or two wealthy benefactors, nor from any real encouragement from the state. Rather, it was very much a communal enterprise based on local citizens' enthusiasm for education. At the annual meeting of the trustees of Amherst Academy in November 1817, Colonel Rufus Graves presented a plan for a charitable foundation in the Academy to give free instruction to "indigent young men of promising talents and hopeful pie…
is biographical history for: Amherst College Early History Collection
is part of: Amherst College Early History Collection, 1815-1991 (bulk 1815-1849)

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Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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scopecontent: Series 1, AMHERST ACADEMY, includes printed material (including circulars and catalogues), legal documents, financial records, notebooks, and miscellaneous records. Notebooks include Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy and Amherst College, and records of two student organizations, the Franklin Society and the Platonic Society.
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has part: General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
aggregates: General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
has part: General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
aggregates: General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
has part: Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
aggregates: Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
has part: Circulars 1827, 1832
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has part: Laws (2 copies) 1827
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has part: Financial records (ledger) 1837-1894
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has part: Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
aggregates: Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
has part: Catalogues 1826-1839
aggregates: Catalogues 1826-1839
has part: Catalogues 1840
aggregates: Catalogues 1840
has part: Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
aggregates: Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
has part: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
aggregates: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
has part: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
aggregates: Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
has part: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
aggregates: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
has part: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
aggregates: Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
has part: Records (ledger) 1815-1981
aggregates: Records (ledger) 1815-1981
has part: "Trustees of Amherst Academy, 1928-1978: An Abstract of Their Records to Supplement Frederick Tuckerman's Amherst Academy." 18 pp. typescript (photocopy), 2 copies [1978?]
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has part: Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
aggregates: Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
has part: Financial ledger 1893-1929
aggregates: Financial ledger 1893-1929
has part: Check register 1914-1929
aggregates: Check register 1914-1929
has part: Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
aggregates: Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
has part: Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
aggregates: Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
has part: Records 1929
aggregates: Records 1929
has part: Records 1928-1930
aggregates: Records 1928-1930
has part: Records 1931-1936
aggregates: Records 1931-1936
has part: Records 1937-1945
aggregates: Records 1937-1945
has part: Records 1944-1948
aggregates: Records 1944-1948
has part: Records 1951-1959
aggregates: Records 1951-1959
has part: Records 1960-1967
aggregates: Records 1960-1967
has part: Records 1968-1982
aggregates: Records 1968-1982
has part: Records 1982-1989
aggregates: Records 1982-1989
has part: Records 1990-1991
aggregates: Records 1990-1991
has part: Records 1992-1993
aggregates: Records 1992-1993
has part: Records 1994-1995
aggregates: Records 1994-1995
has part: ma55-1-34
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Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)
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scopecontent: Series 2, INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, theoretically ends with the granting of the Charter in 1825. This section is subdivided into four series: Sub-series A: General Files, 1818-1824Sub-series B: Charity Fund, 1818-1908Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825Sub-series D: The Charter, 1825-1891 Notes in this finding aid explain further the details of the arrangement, and the decision to include materials later than 1825, where appropriate. Those Amherst Academy records, principally from 1823-1825, that relate most directly to the efforts of its Trustees to obtain a charter for "a college in Amherst, Massachusetts" (as yet not named), have been collected in Series C, under the heading "Amherst Collegiate Institution." It is a somewhat arbitrary decision, since other names occasionally surface, but this appears to be most commonly used to refer to the institution as it evolved from an "academic department" within Amherst Academy but separate from it, to that which was chartered by the Massachusetts State Legislature as Amherst College on Feb. 18, 1825. The inception/founding period may be considered to end with the granting of the charter in 1825; nevertheless, Section 2 also includes later materials, e.g. records relating to the Charity Fund that extend past the charter date. Like Amherst Academy, the Charity Fund does not have a linear relationship to the founding of Amherst College, but is synchronous with it and an essential part of it, since it secured the new undertaking financially and provided its supporters with a solid rebuttal against arguments that the new college would become a drain on the financial resources of the state. The original College charter, as issued, with editions containing subsequent legislation, has been established as Series D of Section 2. Some volumes of the Memorabilia Collection were disbound to integrate relevant materials into this collection. The bindings, etc. of those v…
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has part: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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has part: Sub-series D: The Charter
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Series 3: AFTER THE CHARTER, 1825-1849
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scopecontent: Series 3, AFTER THE CHARTER, follows the development of the College through 1849 and is particularly rich in materials relating to the appeals for funds, both public and private, required to establish a firm financial footing for the new institution.
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has part: Fund-raising appeals (circulars et al) 1839 and 1841 1839-1841
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has part: Memorial Appeal for funds, 1848.With letter by Edward Hitchcock, Jan. 6, 1848; "Remarks at a hearing. . ." Feb. 1, 1848; House #112 [Report on the Memorial Appeal] Mar. 1848. 1848
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has part: Addresses at the dedication of the new Cabinet and Observatory of Amherst College, June 28, 1848, by Hon. William B. Calhoun and others." Amherst: J. S. and C. Adams, 1848, 45 p. (2 copies). 1848
aggregates: Addresses at the dedication of the new Cabinet and Observatory of Amherst College, June 28, 1848, by Hon. William B. Calhoun and others." Amherst: J. S. and C. Adams, 1848, 45 p. (2 copies). 1848
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Series 4: 19th CENTURY TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE
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scopecontent: Section 4, 19TH CENTURY TRUSTEES OF AMHERST COLLEGE: For the purposes of this category of "Early History," 19th century trustees of the College are defined as those whose terms begin and end in the 19th century. This section includes the papers of Alfred Ely, James Fowler, Lewis Strong and Joseph Vaill. See also: Non-Alumni Biographical Files.
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has part: List of all 19th century trustees (from Amherst College Biographical Record, 1973 ed.)
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has part: Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: new library building, funding 1851 Aug 8
aggregates: Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: new library building, funding 1851 Aug 8
has part: Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: aesthetics of new library building 1851 Sep 22
aggregates: Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: aesthetics of new library building 1851 Sep 22
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1834
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1834
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1835
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1835
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1836
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1836
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1837
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1837
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1838
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1838
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1839
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1839
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1840
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1840
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1841
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1841
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1842-1843
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1842-1843
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1844-1845
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1844-1845
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1846
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1846
has part: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1847
aggregates: Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1847
has part: Fowler, James (Trustee 1826-1838): "Certificate of Trusteeship" 1826
aggregates: Fowler, James (Trustee 1826-1838): "Certificate of Trusteeship" 1826
has part: Hardy, Alpheus (Trustee 1855-1877) and Henry Edwards re: funding for Science dept. and matching gift 1863 Jun
aggregates: Hardy, Alpheus (Trustee 1855-1877) and Henry Edwards re: funding for Science dept. and matching gift 1863 Jun
has part: Perkins, Cogswell (Trustee 1850-1877). Letter re: site for new library 1851
aggregates: Perkins, Cogswell (Trustee 1850-1877). Letter re: site for new library 1851
has part: Porter, Experience (Trustee 1821-1825): letter of recommendation for Henry Augustus Bridgman 1818 Dec
aggregates: Porter, Experience (Trustee 1821-1825): letter of recommendation for Henry Augustus Bridgman 1818 Dec
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has part: Vaill, Joseph (Trustee 1821-1869): Parsons, Isaac. Memoir of. . .Rev. Joseph Vaill (father of Joseph Vaill, Amherst College Trustee 1821-1869). NY: Taylor & Dodd, 1839. 1839
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has part: 3 journals containing personal and financial materials: Feb.-Dec. 1841; Feb. 1842-Mar 1843; 1844-45 1841-1845
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General folder (1 of 2): Clippings; photo at front of folder
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

General folder (2 of 2): Misc. manuscripts, songs, certificates, etc.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Copy of Noah Webster's notes for the history of Amherst Academy/Amherst College. Ms. Notebook.
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Circulars 1827, 1832
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Laws (2 copies) 1827
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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Financial records (ledger) 1837-1894
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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Exhibitions (programs) (Dates listed on folder) 1817-1849
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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Catalogues 1826-1839
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Catalogues 1840
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Student societies of Amherst Academy/General folder
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Student societies of Amherst Academy/Franklin Society
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Student societies of Amherst Academy/Platonic Society
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original covers
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Hitchcock Memorabilia volume: original notes, table of contents; also folder listing made when volume was disbound
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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Records (ledger) 1815-1981
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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"Trustees of Amherst Academy, 1928-1978: An Abstract of Their Records to Supplement Frederick Tuckerman's Amherst Academy." 18 pp. typescript (photocopy), 2 copies [1978?]
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Frederick Tuckerman correspondence regarding publication of his book Amherst Academy bulk 1929
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Financial ledger 1893-1929
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Check register 1914-1929
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Treasurer's reports 1915-1921
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records (mostly financial) 1914-1927
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1929
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1928-1930
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1931-1936
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1937-1945
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1944-1948
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1951-1959
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1960-1967
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1968-1982
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1982-1989
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1990-1991
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1992-1993
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Records 1994-1995
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is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

ma55-1-34
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
is aggregated by: Series 1: AMHERST ACADEMY, 1815-1995
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label: Amherst Academy catalogues printed as broadsides, 1816 (unbound); in bound volume: 1817, 1818, 1821-25. Inside back cover: 9 legal size folders containing deeds of land relating to Amherst Academy, 1821-1824 (listed on label). 1816-1825

Sub-series A: General Files
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is part of: Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)
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has part: General and miscellaneous information n.d.
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has part: Clippings (photocopies) from newspapers relating to the founding of Amherst College (Note: The original newspapers are shelved as oversize material in Box OS-1.) 1818-1825
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has part: Proceedings of a convention in Amherst, Sept. 21, 1818 (A...to found a new college...") 1818
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has part: The role of the trustees of Amherst Academy in the founding of Amherst College
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has part: Pleas and opposition to establishment of Amherst College, (Williams Controversy) 1818-1824
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has part: [Opposition] pamphlet: "Remarks on the Amherst Collegiate Charity Institution" ca. 1822-1823
aggregates: [Opposition] pamphlet: "Remarks on the Amherst Collegiate Charity Institution" ca. 1822-1823

Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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is part of: Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)
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level: subseries
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
has part: Documents, 1 bound vol. "Memorabilia"; index inside front cover 1818-1881
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has part: Constitution and Bylaws 1818-1822
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has part: Constitution and Bylaws, plus Appendix and Index, (5 copies) 1881
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has part: "Charitable Fund of Amherst College": Constitution and Bylaws, plus addenda 1908
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has part: Oath of Rufus Graves to be "Financier" of the Charity Fund 1819 July 9
aggregates: Oath of Rufus Graves to be "Financier" of the Charity Fund 1819 July 9
has part: Minutes of the Board of Overseers of the Charity Fund 1822-1881
aggregates: Minutes of the Board of Overseers of the Charity Fund 1822-1881
has part: Financial records et al collected by John Leland, Agent and Treasurer of Amherst College (notebook) 1821-1835
aggregates: Financial records et al collected by John Leland, Agent and Treasurer of Amherst College (notebook) 1821-1835
has part: Pledges, subscriptions, receipts, etc. 1818-1848
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has part: Pledges and subscriptions (4 notebooks): Jan.22, 1822, 1832, 1839-1841, 1839-1845 1822-1845
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has part: Subscription leaflets 1822
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has part: "Memoranda relating to Charity Fund Beneficiaries," Classes of 1836-1878 (notebook) 1836-1878
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has part: Correspondence 1839-1903
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Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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is part of: Series 2: INCEPTION AND FOUNDING OF AMHERST COLLEGE, 1818-1891 (bulk 1818-1825)
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level: subseries
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has part: Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (7 items) (Includes some references to the Williams College controversy) 1824 Jan-Jun
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has part: Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (continued) (2 items) 1824 Oct-Dec
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has part: "A Statement of the Affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the Fourth of October, 1824, Compiled From Evidence Exhibited to the Committee of Investigation..." (pamphlet, 36 pp.) 1824 Dec
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has part: ma55-2-3-6
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Sub-series D: The Charter
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
level: subseries
type: Aggregation
type: Collection
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has part: "Charter of Amherst College," with subsequent legislation: editions of 1930, 1935, 1945, 1957, 1972. 2 copies of each except 1 copy 1945. 1930-1972
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has part: "Charter of Amherst College", with subsequent legislation. [Presentation copies]. 8 copies 1991
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General and miscellaneous information n.d.
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Sub-series A: General Files
is aggregated by: Sub-series A: General Files
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Clippings (photocopies) from newspapers relating to the founding of Amherst College (Note: The original newspapers are shelved as oversize material in Box OS-1.) 1818-1825
type: ArchivalResource
is part of: Sub-series A: General Files
is aggregated by: Sub-series A: General Files
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Proceedings of a convention in Amherst, Sept. 21, 1818 (A...to found a new college...") 1818
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is part of: Sub-series A: General Files
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

The role of the trustees of Amherst Academy in the founding of Amherst College
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is part of: Sub-series A: General Files
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Pleas and opposition to establishment of Amherst College, (Williams Controversy) 1818-1824
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is part of: Sub-series A: General Files
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

[Opposition] pamphlet: "Remarks on the Amherst Collegiate Charity Institution" ca. 1822-1823
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Documents, 1 bound vol. "Memorabilia"; index inside front cover 1818-1881
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Constitution and Bylaws 1818-1822
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Constitution and Bylaws, plus Appendix and Index, (5 copies) 1881
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

"Charitable Fund of Amherst College": Constitution and Bylaws, plus addenda 1908
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Oath of Rufus Graves to be "Financier" of the Charity Fund 1819 July 9
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Minutes of the Board of Overseers of the Charity Fund 1822-1881
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Financial records et al collected by John Leland, Agent and Treasurer of Amherst College (notebook) 1821-1835
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Pledges, subscriptions, receipts, etc. 1818-1848
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Pledges and subscriptions (4 notebooks): Jan.22, 1822, 1832, 1839-1841, 1839-1845 1822-1845
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Subscription leaflets 1822
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

"Memoranda relating to Charity Fund Beneficiaries," Classes of 1836-1878 (notebook) 1836-1878
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Correspondence 1839-1903
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is part of: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
is aggregated by: Sub-series B: Charity Fund
access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

ma55-2-3-1
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: "To the Public" (6 p.) (Explanation of the funding of Amherst Collegiate Institution, and its separate identity from Amherst Academy). Also: "A Petition was presented to the Legislature . . . in June 1823. . ." (15 p.) (Request that the Trustees of Amherst Academy be granted corporate powers "as are usually given to the Trustees of Colleges" to handle the funds of the "Collegiate Institution at Amherst") 1823 Mar-Jun

Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (7 items) (Includes some references to the Williams College controversy) 1824 Jan-Jun
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is part of: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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Pleas for a charter for a college at Amherst (continued) (2 items) 1824 Oct-Dec
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"A Statement of the Affairs of the Amherst Institution, on the Fourth of October, 1824, Compiled From Evidence Exhibited to the Committee of Investigation..." (pamphlet, 36 pp.) 1824 Dec
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is part of: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

ma55-2-3-5
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is part of: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: "Report of the committee appointed to inquire into facts relative to the Amherst Collegiate Institution," by [Joseph E. Sprague], 15 p. (Includes suggestion for resolution of the Amherst-Williams controversy) 1825 Jan 8

ma55-2-3-6
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is part of: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: Amherst Institution, Jan. 17, 1825 [from official documents]: Petition of the Founders and Proprietors [of the Charity Fund], presented June 5, 1823, to the General Court of Massachusetts, asking that the Trustees of Amherst Academy be granted "powers and privileges as are usually given to the Trustees of Colleges" (i.e. chartered). 4 p. (14 copies) [See also Box 6, Folder 7] Also: "Amherst Question." Speech of Col. John W. Lincoln . . . Jan. 18, 1825. Original sheet (fragile), plus photocopy. (Opposition to granting charter to the Trustees of Amherst Academy to act on behalf of a new college.) 1825 Jan

ma55-2-3-7
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is part of: Sub-series C: Amherst Collegiate Institution/A Charter for Amherst College, 1823-1825
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: "Observations on the Amherst Question . . . . Addressed to the . . . House of Representatives by R. Webster. . . during the debate (Feb. 1825). . ." (In favor of granting charter to the petitioners) 1825

ma55-2-4-1
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is part of: Sub-series D: The Charter
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: "In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. An Act to establish a College in the town of Amherst." 6 p. 1 copy. Also contains photocopy of original charter. (Charter granted Feb. 18, 1825.) 1825

"Charter of Amherst College," with subsequent legislation: editions of 1930, 1935, 1945, 1957, 1972. 2 copies of each except 1 copy 1945. 1930-1972
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is part of: Sub-series D: The Charter
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

"Charter of Amherst College", with subsequent legislation. [Presentation copies]. 8 copies 1991
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

ma55-3-1
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is part of: Series 3: AFTER THE CHARTER, 1825-1849
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access provided by: Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
label: "The substance of two reports of the Faculty of Amherst College to the Board of Trustees, with the doings of the Board thereon". Aug. 22 and Dec. 5, 1826. 22 p. Amherst: Carter and Adams, 1827 (3 copies). Also facsimile reprints, 1948 (2 copies) 1827, 1948

ma55-3-2
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label: "Outline of the system of instruction recently adopted in the College at Amherst, Mass. 1827." 8 p. Amherst: Carter and Adams (2 copies).Also, Salem (Mass.) Literary & Commercial Observer, Jan. 13, 1827 (+ photocopy of comments from p. 2); and notice in Boston Recorder and Telegraph, May 25, 1827. 1827

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label: [Requests for aid from the General Court]: Jan. 12, 1831, House #13 and Senate #17. Also, "Documents relating to Amherst College", including "Resolve of the General Court on the petition of the Trustees of Amherst College" (p. 13), Jan. 13 and 14, 1832. 1831-1832

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label: [Pamphlet], "Amherst College", by a Committtee: Heman Humphrey, Samuel Lathrop, William B. Bannister, 16 p. Prob. 1832 (12 copies). Also, letter [by George Bliss of Springfield], Feb. 1832, presented on p. 8 of "Amherst College" (above). Original and typescript. 1832

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label: "Amherst College", March 1832 (see p. 13). Another version of the pamphlet in the preceding folder, published as a "last resort" (see p. 14) by the Committee (Humphrey, Lathrop, Bannister). Also, Alumni response to the appeal for funds [by] William P. Paine, Stephen C. Millett, Henry A. Homes. Andover, April 11, 1832. 1832

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label: Appeals for public funds for Amherst College, and responses, as follows: January 1837 - Senate #37, 17 p. (2 copies); March 1838 - House #45, 12 p. (3 copies); Feb. 1839 - Senate #27, 13 p. (4 copies) 1837-1839

Fund-raising appeals (circulars et al) 1839 and 1841 1839-1841
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label: Fowler, William C., "Causes of the Growth and Decline of Amherst College", 12 p. (3 copies). One copy accompanied by quotation from W.S. Tyler's History of Amherst College, which challenge the accuracy of Fowler's remarks.

ma55-3-9
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label: Appeal for public funds for Amherst College, and response, as follows: March 1847 - House #105, 14 p. (3 copies). Also, Springfield Mass. Tri-Weekly Post, April 6, 1847 (Opposition to granting of public funds to Amherst College). Also, photocopy of unidentified clipping, July [1847], noting uses of funds collected by Amherst College. 1847

Memorial Appeal for funds, 1848.With letter by Edward Hitchcock, Jan. 6, 1848; "Remarks at a hearing. . ." Feb. 1, 1848; House #112 [Report on the Memorial Appeal] Mar. 1848. 1848
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Addresses at the dedication of the new Cabinet and Observatory of Amherst College, June 28, 1848, by Hon. William B. Calhoun and others." Amherst: J. S. and C. Adams, 1848, 45 p. (2 copies). 1848
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ma55-3-12
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label: Memorial Appeal for funds. Includes: March 1849 - House #92, 40 p. Speech in support of the memorial of Harvard, Williams, and Amherst Colleges delivered . . . by Edward Everett. Cambridge: Metcalf and Company, 1849, 28 p. 1849

List of all 19th century trustees (from Amherst College Biographical Record, 1973 ed.)
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Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: new library building, funding 1851 Aug 8
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Edwards, Bela B. (Trustee 1848-1852): letter to President Hitchcock re: aesthetics of new library building 1851 Sep 22
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1834
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1835
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1836
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1837
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1838
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1839
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1840
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1841
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1842-1843
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1844-1845
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1846
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (2 items) 1847
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1842-1843
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Ely, Alfred (Trustee 1825-1854): personal correspondence (3 items) 1842-1843
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Fowler, James (Trustee 1826-1838): "Certificate of Trusteeship" 1826
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Hardy, Alpheus (Trustee 1855-1877) and Henry Edwards re: funding for Science dept. and matching gift 1863 Jun
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Perkins, Cogswell (Trustee 1850-1877). Letter re: site for new library 1851
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Porter, Experience (Trustee 1821-1825): letter of recommendation for Henry Augustus Bridgman 1818 Dec
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Strong, Lewis (Trustee 1825-1833): Letter to George Bliss 1832 Feb 9
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Vaill, Joseph (Trustee 1821-1869): Memorabilia volume, disbound 1996 - covers, title page
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Vaill, Joseph (Trustee 1821-1869): General and biographical materials 1864-1945
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Vaill, Joseph (Trustee 1821-1869): [Funeral oration] by W.A. Stearns (2 copies) 1869 Feb 25
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Vaill, Joseph (Trustee 1821-1869): Parsons, Isaac. Memoir of. . .Rev. Joseph Vaill (father of Joseph Vaill, Amherst College Trustee 1821-1869). NY: Taylor & Dodd, 1839. 1839
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Correspondence 1838-1851
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3 journals containing personal and financial materials: Feb.-Dec. 1841; Feb. 1842-Mar 1843; 1844-45 1841-1845
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Fund-raising: circulars, memoranda, etc., 1841, 1843, 1844 1841-1844
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Reports as General Agent of the College 1842-1844
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"Statement on present state and future prospects of the College" 1844 Dec
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Report to the Trustees 1848
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"Plan for the organization of the faculty" (2 copies) n.d.
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