English Department Records, 1879-1977 (bulk 1930s-1960s)
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English Department Records
Creation of English Department Records
Time of Creation of English Department Records
4 records storage boxes, 5 archives boxes, 5 half archives boxes
Amherst College. Dept. of English.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Assignments, examinations, student papers, course descriptions, reading lists and excerpts, and other material pertaining to the English Department and its courses, chiefly 1930-1970.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Amherst.
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English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Amherst College. Dept. of English--History--Sources.
Amherst College--History--Sources.
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Series 1: GENERAL RECORDS, 1879-1968
Series 1, GENERAL RECORDS, 1879-1968, is divided into three sub-series: A: AdministrativeB: Course InformationC: Examinations Administrative (sub-series A) contains miscellaneous administrative material, including general information about department history, newsclippings and reports to trustees. Course Information (sub-series B) consists of course descriptions, reading lists and related material, arranged by course. Examinations (sub-series C) contains examinations in English, arranged chronologically.
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Sub-series A: Administrative
General information re: development and history n.d.
News clippings re department activities 1938, n.d.
New England College English Association: readings 1960 May 7
"A Proposal for a Reading Course" for the Institute for Springfield High School Teachers 1969
Report to Trustees by Joseph K. Chickering '69 1879
Reports to Trustees by H. Humphrey Neill '66 1883-1898
Miscellaneous administrative material n.d.
Sub-series B: Course Information
Collateral course in English literature n.d.
Staff and class assignments 1945-1965
Course descriptions and related material (Baird) 1932-1933
English A Reading lists 1936-38, n.d.
English 0 Reading lists n.d.
English 1-2 Reading lists 1935-1937
English 3 Reading lists, examinations 1939, 1940
English 4 Reading lists n.d.
English 5/5C Reading lists n.d.
English 6 Reading lists, assignments, examinations 1927, 1930, 1931
English 7-8 Victorian Literature: Reading lists n.d.
English 9 Reading lists 1937/38, n.d.
English 10 Reading lists, quizzes, examinations 1935/36-1941/42(with gaps)
English 13-14 Reading lists, poems 1936, n.d.
English 13 News clippings 1938 Jan.
English 13 Ballad series: Rhyme sheet Nos. 1-3 1938
English 16 Course descriptions 1973, 1974, 1975
English 19 Exam, reading lists 1946 Jan 29, n.d.
[English 21-22] "Description of a Sophomore Course in English" n.d.
English 21 American Literature: Reading lists n.d.
English 22 Recent Authors, American and English: Reading Lists n.d.
English 43 1949/50 1949 Fall
English 61 Exercise 1969
English 70 Exercises n.d.
Public Speaking 7: Schedule for senior debates 1911-1913
Victorian Literature: Reading n.d.
Sub-series C: Examinations
Admission Prize Examinations 1897-1898
English Entrance Examinations 1897-1899
English Entrance Examinations 1900-1901
Porter Prize Examinations 1900, 1932-1938
Examinations 1873-1918
Examinations: Semester and final 1923-1932
Examinations 1933-1935
Examinations 1936-1938
Examinations 1939-1941
Examinations 1942-1944
Examinations 1945-1948
Examinations 1949-1950
Examinations 1950-1951
Examinations 1954, 1956
Examinations 1959/60-1961/62
Examinations 1962/63-1963/64
Examinations 1964/65-1965/66
Examinations 1966/67-1967/68
Examinations: miscellaneous n.d.
Comprehensive Examination [1961/62?]
Comprehensive Examination 1963/64
Comprehensive Examination 1966 Jan 25-26
Series 2: ENGLISH 1-2 (Composition), 1939-1966
Series 2, ENGLISH 1-2 (COMPOSITION), 1939-1966, contains assignments, section notes, and other course materials for English 1 and/or English 2, the freshman courses in English composition.
Course material for department 1942
Excerpts from description of English 1-2, usually read aloud on second day of class n.d.
Administrative and practical matters [1950's], 1951
Boundaries: working paper for developing an assignment on. n.d.
Printed material: publications, history various
Printed material: "English 1-2: The Freshman English Course at Amherst College" by T. Baird: reprint from Amherst Alumni News 1952 May
"English 1-2 at Amherst College: A Definition" by Katz, John Stuart (graduate thesis, Harvard University Graduate School of Education) 1962 May 2
Wilking, S. Vincent to T. Baird re-reading of College freshmen 1941 Dec 4
"Statement for Publicizing the New Curriculum" by T. Baird 1946-47
"The English Department, the New Curriculum, and the Next Four Years" compiled by T. Baird 1947 Jul 4
["Material used for Visiting Committee"-folder label]. An examination and selected assignments. 1949 Oct 21
"Statement" by T. Baird 1959 Feb
Correspondence to T. Baird re course and adaptations 1965
Memo to the instructors 1960 Jul 19
Memos to the students n.d.
"GAC's blank century" [1950's]
Undated assignments n.d.
Student papers [1944-45], n.d.
Eng 1 Sec 5 "The Perfect Theme" n.d.
"ABC: What Do We Do in English 1?" by T. Baird 1950 Dec 12
"The Perfect Freshman Sees Stearns Church" n.d.
"When I See I Say. Oh Say Can You See?" by T. Baird 1954 Nov 9
Excerpts "The Art of Note-Taking" by S. & B. Webb in The Art of Social Study 1932
Excerpts "Articles of Faith" and "The Covenant" n.d.
Excerpts "The Craft of the Social Investigator" by S. & B. Webb in Methods of Social Study 1932
"Contra Anglican I" n.d.
Excerpts "A good teacher..." by J.J. Chapman in Memories and Milestones [195?]
Excerpts "Tools" in The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 1913
Excerpts "The Relativity of History" by C.W. Cole 1963
"Rules for Theme Writing" n.d.
Themes "My Day" 1942-43
Themes "Grandparents" [1950's]
Themes "Grandparents" 1951
Themes "Grandparents": manuscripts, Class of 1955 [1951-52]
Themes "Some Grandparents of Amherst '55" [1951-52]
Themes "Some More Grandparents of Amherst '55" [1951-52]
Themes "Early Recollections by 1956 Amherst Freshmen and Others" [1952-53?]
Folger Prize, 1936, '41-42, '47 1936-1947
"Influence of Theodore Baird" by Walker Gibson 1986 Fall
"Thirty-Three Assignments per Semester: Theodore Baird and the Mystique of English 1-2 at Amherst College 1938-1966." Speech by Robin R. Varmin 1992
Interview with Walker Gibson on teaching English 1-2 n.d.
Journal of Advanced Composition Writer 1992 references to Theodore Baird and English 1-2 1992
Eng 2 Baird Working papers 1939-40
Eng 1 1942/43 Baird 1942-1943
Eng 2 1942/43 Sec 2a [Baird] 1943 Jan-May
Eng 1-2 Baird working papers for assignment development and class meetings 1943-45
Eng 1-2 1943/44 "How to Study History from Hints Supplied by Members of English 2" [1944 Spring]
Eng 2 1943/44 Final exam 1944 Feb 4
Eng 2 1943/44 Final exam 1944 May 26
Eng 1-2 1944/45-45/46 Assignments and working papers [Baird] 1945
Eng 1 1945/46 Assignments "Brower and Castle" 1946 Spring
Eng 2 1945/46 Sec 2a [Baird] 1946 Spring
Eng 1-2 1946/47 Sec 1g [Baird] Assignments 1946-1947
Eng 1 1946/47 Sec E Gibson 1946-1947
Eng 2 1946/47 Sec E [Gibson] 1947 Feb-Jun
Eng 1-2 1947/48 Sec 101-5, Sec 102-5 [Baird] 1947-1948
Eng 1 1947/48 Sec 9 [Gibson] 1947-1948
Eng 2 1947/48 Sec 9 [Gibson] 1948 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1947/48 Long paper assignment 1948 May 26-27
Eng 1-2 "Assignments as actually used" 1948-49
Eng 1 1948/49 Sec 1 [Gibson] 1948-1949
Eng 1 1948/49 Sec 5 Baird 1948-1949
Eng 2 1948/49 Sec 1 [Gibson] 1949 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1948/49 Sec 5 [Baird] 1949 Feb-Jun
Eng 1 1949/50 Sec 6 [Gibson] 1949-1950
Eng 2 1949/50 [Sec 5] [Baird] 1950 Feb-Jun
Eng 2 1949/50 Sec 6 Gibson 1950 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1950/51 Sec 2 [Gibson] 1950-1951
Eng 1 1950/51 Sec 5 [Baird] 1950-1951
Eng 2 1950/51 Sec 2 [Gibson] 1951 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1950/51 [Sec 10?] [Baird] 1951 Jan-May
Eng 1 1951/52 "Revised list of assignments as used" -- 1951-1952
Eng 1 1951/52 Sec 6 [Gibson] 1951-1952
Eng 1 1951/52 Sec 10 [Baird] 1951 Sep-Dec
Eng 2 1951/52 "History assignments as used" 1952 Jan-Mar
Eng 2 1951/52 Sec 6 [Gibson] 1952 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1951/52 [Sec 10?] [Baird] 1952 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1952/53 Sec 1 [Gibson] 1952-1953
Eng 1 1952/53 Sec 5 [Baird] 1952-1953
Eng 2 1952/53 Assignments 1953 Feb-Jun
Eng 2 1952/53 Final 1953 Jun
Eng 2 1952/53 Sec 5 [Baird] 1953 Feb-May
Eng 1 1953/54 "Assignments as used" 1953-1954
Eng 1 1953/54 Sec 5 [Baird] 1953-1954
Eng 1 1953/54 Sec 10 [Gibson] 1953-1954
Eng 2 1953/54 Final 1954 Jan
Eng 2 1953/54 Sec 5 [Baird] 1954 Feb-Jun
Eng 2 1953/54 Sec 10 [Gibson] 1954 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1954/55 "Assignments as used" 1954-1955
Eng 1 1954/55 Sec 5 [Baird] 1954-1955
Eng 2 1954/55 "History assignments" 1955 Feb-Mar
Eng 2 1954/55 "A draft of science assignments" 1955 Apr-May
Eng 2 1954/55 Final 1955 [Jun]
Eng 2 1954/55 Sec 5 [Baird] 1955 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1955/56 "A possible sequence" 1955 Sep
Eng 1 1955/56 "Assignments as used" 1955-1956
Eng 1 1955/56 Sec 5 [Baird] 1955-1956
[Eng 2 1955/56] "Proposed history assignments" 1956 Feb-Mar
[Eng 2 1955/56] "Proposed science assignments" 1956 Apr-May
Eng 1 1956/57 "Assignments as used" 1956-1957
Eng 1 1956/57 [Sec 4?] [Baird?] 1956-1957
Eng 1 1956/57 Sec 10 [Gibson] 1956-1957
Eng 2 1956/57 "Assignments as used" 1957 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1956/57 [Sec 4] [Baird] 1957 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1956/57 Sec 10 [Gibson] 1957 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1957/58 "A set of proposed assignments" 1957 Aug
Eng 1 1957/58 Sec 4 [Baird] 1957-1958
Eng 2 1957/58 "A possible sequence" 1957-58
Eng 2 1957/58 "Assignments as used" 1958 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1957/58 Sec 4 Baird 1958 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1958/59 Proposed assignments 1958 Sep
Eng 1 1958/59 "Assignments as used" 1958-1959
Eng 1 1958/59 Sec 4 Baird 1958-1959
Eng 2 1958/59 "Assignments as used" 1959 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1958/59 Sec 7 Baird 1959 Feb-Jun
Eng 1-2 1959/60 Proposed assignments: working papers of T. Baird 1959 Sep 8
Eng 1 1959/60 "Assignments as used" 1959-1960
Eng 1 1959/60 Assignments 1959-1960
Eng 1-2 1959/60 [McKeon] Assignments 1959-1960
Eng 2 1959/60 Proposed assignments 1960 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1959/60 "Assignments as used" 1960 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1960/61 "Assignments as used" 1960-1961
Eng 1 1960/61 Assignments 1960-1961
Eng 2 1960/61 "Assignments as used" 1961 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1960/61 Sec 9 1961 Jan-May
Eng 2 [1960/61] [Assignments] [1961 Jan-May]
Eng 1 1961/62 "Assignments as used" 1961-1962
Eng 1 1961/62 Sec 4 or 7? [Sale?] 1961-1962
Eng 2 1961/61 "Assignments as used" 1962 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1961/62 Assignments 1962 Feb-Jun
Eng 1 1962/63 "Assignments as used" 1962-1963
Eng 1 1962/63 Sec 4 [Baird?] 1962-1963
Eng 2 1962/63 "Assignments as used" (3 folders) 1963 Feb-Jun
Eng 1 1963/64 [Baird?] Assignments 1963-1964
Eng 2 1963/64 "Assignments as used" 1964 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1963/64 [Baird?] Assignments 1964 Jan-Jun
Eng 1 1964/65 "Assignments as used" 1964-1965
Eng 1 1964/65 [Baird] Assignments 1964 Sep-1965
Eng 1 1964/65 Jere Mead student papers written for the assignments in Professor Baird's class 1964 fall
Eng 2 1964/65 "Assignments as used" 1965 Jan-May
Eng 2 1964/65 Assignments 1965 Jan-Jun
Eng 2 1965/66 [Craig?] "Assignments as used" 1966 Jan-May
Eng 2 1965/66 [Cody?] Assignments 1966 Jan-May
Eng 1 1965/66 "Assignments as used" 1965-1966
Series 3: ENGLISH 1-C (Composition), 1939-1942
Series 3, ENGLISH 1-C (COMPOSITION), 1939-1942, contains assignments, examinations, and other course materials for English 1-C, a freshman course in English composition that predated English 1-2.
"English 1-C" By T. Baird: reprint from Amherst Graduates Quarterly 1939 Aug
"Freshman English" By T. Baird in What the Colleges are Doing 1940 Jan
List of forbidden words -- 1939 Nov 1939 Nov
Grammar paper 1939-1940
Reading lists n.d.
Eng 1-C 1938/39 Final examination 1939 Jun 9
Eng 1-C 1939/40 Assignments and course material 1939-40
Eng 1-C 1939/40 [Baird?] Assignments 1939-40
Eng 1-C 1939/40 [Baird] Working papers 1939-40
"Reflections" on English 1-C by T. Baird 1940
Eng 1-C [1940/41?] "Correlation Papers in English 1-C" [1940-41?]
Eng 1-C 1940/41 Assignments and notes 1940-1941
Eng 1-C 1940/41 Sec C [Baird] 1940 Fall
Eng 1-C [Baird?] Assignments and notes [1941?]
Eng 1-C 1942 Assignments and notes 1942 Summer
Series 4: ENGLISH 11 (Writing), 1966-1977
Series 4, ENGLISH 11 (WRITING), 1966-1977, contains assignments and section notes for English 11, which was described as "an introduction to the literary discipline through a study of composition."
Eng 11 1966/67 Assignments 1966-1967
Eng 11 1966/67 Baird Assignments 1966-1967
Eng 11 1967/68 Assignments 1967-1968
Eng 11 1967/68 Sec 5 Baird 1967-1968
Eng 11 1968/69 [Baird] Assignments 1968-1969
Eng 11 1968/69 Assignments 1968-1969
Eng 11 1969/70 Final exam 1970 Jan 17
Eng 11 1970/71 Assignments 1970 Fall
Eng 11 1971/72 "Synopsis of assignments": revised and unrevised 1971 Sep-Dec
Eng 11 1972/73 Assignments 1972 Sep-Dec
Eng 11 1973/74 Memos and assignments [1973 May-Nov]
Eng 11 1974/75 Planning and administration 1974 Fall
Eng 11 1975/76 Planning and administration [1975 Jun-Sep]
Eng 11 1975/76 Assignments 1975 Fall
Eng 11 1976/77 Assignments [1976 Fall]
Series 5: ENGLISH 12 (Reading), 1939-1972
Series 5, ENGLISH 12 (READING), 1939-1972, contains examinations, section notes and assignments for English 12, an introductory reading course.
Exam 1939 Mar 6
Eng 12 1966/67 Assignments 1967 Jan-Jun
Eng 12 1966/67 Sec 4 [Baird] 1967 Jan-Jun
Eng 12 1967/68 Assignments 1968 Jan-Jun
Eng 12 1967/68 Sec 5 1968 Jan-Jun
Eng 12 1968/69 Assignments (G. Armour Craig, Chair) 1969 Jan, n.d.
Eng 12 1971/72 Assignments 1972 Spring
Series 6: ENGLISH 19-20 (Introduction to Literature), 1942-1946
Series 6, ENGLISH 19-20 (INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE), 1942-1946, contains materials from English 19-20 instructors.
Eng 19-20 1942/43 Materials from T. Baird 1942-43
Eng 19-20 1942/43 Materials from G. A. Craig 1943 Spring
Eng 19 1943/44 Materials from G. A. Craig and [R. Brower?] 1944 spring
Eng 20 1945/46 Sec A [Baird] 1946 Spring
Series 7: ENGLISH 21-22 (Introduction to Literature), 1963-1966
Series 7, ENGLISH 21-22 (INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE), 1963-1966, contains assignments, examinations and section notes for English 21 and English 22.
Eng 21 1963/64 Assignments 1963-1964
Eng 22 1963/64 Assignments 1964 Jan-Jun
Eng 21 1963/64 Sec G Baird 1963-1964
Eng 21 1964/65 Assignments and final exam 1964-1965
Eng 21 1965/66 Assignments ("Last year course taught") 1965-1966
Series 8: ENGLISH 23-24 (Advanced Composition), 1946-1965
Series 8, ENGLISH 23-24 (ADVANCED COMPOSITION), 1946-1965, contains a class anthology and student papers written by Richard S. Humphries '64.
Eng 23-24 "Ten Student Poems" 1946-1951
Eng 23-24 1957/58 Humphries Student papers 1957-1958
Eng 23-24 1958/59 Humphries Student papers 1958-1959
Eng 23-24 1959/60 Humphries Student papers 1959-1960
Eng 23-24 1959/60 Humphries Student papers (2) 1959-1960
Eng 23 1960/61 Humphries Student papers 1960-1961
Eng 23-24 1961/62 Humphries Student papers 1961-1962
Eng 23 1962/63 Humphries Student papers 1962-1963
Eng 23 1963/64 Humphries Student papers and mid-term exam 1963-1964
Eng 24 1963/64 Humphries Student papers 1964 Feb-May
Eng 23 1964/65 Humphries Student papers 1964 Sep-Nov
Eng 24 1964/65 Humphries Student papers 1965 Jan-Apr