Guide to Amherst College Financial Records, ca. 1830-1952 (bulk: ca. 1860-1921)
General International Standard for Archival Description
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by David Schaich. 2004-03-10
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Amherst College Financial Records
Amherst College. Treasurer's Office.
Scope and Contents of the Collection Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from ca. 1830-1900.
Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.)
lcnaf
Education -- Massachusetts -- Sources
lcsh
Amherst College - Administration
series
Term Bill Ledger F 1897 Oct-1901 Jun
Term Bill Journal A 1836 Oct-1861 Jul
Term Bill Journal B 1861 Nov-1877 Jun
Term Bill Journal C 1878 Jun-1895 Jun
Term Bill Journal D 1896 Jun-1911
Student Accounts 1828-1873
Principal and Interest of Charity Fund 1839-1866
Record of Accounts 1865 Jul-1883 Sep
Charitable Fund Cash A 1865 Jul-1898 Aug
Charitable Fund Cash B 1899 Jul-1921 Aug
Journal A 1874 Aug-1884 Nov
Journal B 1867 Aug-1870 Aug
Cash balance sheet, term bills (scholarship receipts) 1865 Jul-1883 Sep
Accounts of the College Bookstore 1872 Apr-Nov
Accounts of the College Bookstore 1873
Term Bills and "Cash book" 1884-1896
Real estate 1892-1896
Investments 1892-1897
Collections, furnishings, books, etc. 1892-1897
Edward B. Marsh account book [1884-89]
Catalogue of Apparatus in the Cabinet of Natural Philosophy 1895
See also inventory of Shep tools Sept. 16, 1895
Term bills and Charitable Fund 1896-1898
Trial Balance 1897-1902
Scholarship Payments and Term Bills 1896-1901
Cash 1898-1900
Cash 1900
Investments 1898 Jan-1901 Jan
Check Disbursements and Deposit Receipts 1910 Nov-Dec
Scholarships and Term Bills 1900-1908
Registration Fees 1923 May-1933 Jun
Records of Donors to Amherst College After 1850
Hitchcock Scholarship Notes 1871-74
Annual Assignment of Amherst College Scholarships (also includes extract from a will) 1871-86
Amherst College Hitchcock Scholarship Notes 1874 Dec-1902 Oct
Minutes of the Scholarship Committee of Amherst College 1890-98
Physics Laboratory Accounts 1891-1901
Scholarship Awards 1891-92
Laboratory Fees Cash Book 1894 Jan 16-1902 Jul 31
Treasurer's Correspondence 1895-98
Record Book of the Board of Control of the Pratt Health College 1897 Sep-1903
Treasurer's correspondence 1898-99
Records of the Committee on Beneficiary Aid 1898 May-1901 Mar
Hitchcock Dining Hall Cash Book 1899 Apr-1901 Jul
Report of the Dormitory Room Inspections [North-South College] 1900-1904
Treasurer's correspondence 1899-1901
Gas Records 1899 Dec 1-1903 Oct 1
Finance Committee Minutes 1908-23
Trustees' Financial Committee Meetings 1911-34
Centennial Housing Receipts 1921
Ledger of Centennial Gifts, Subscriptions, Bonds, and Trusts 1921-27
Centennial Cash Fund 1920 Nov 24-1921 May 27
Centennial Cash Fund 1921 May 23-1922 May 5
Centennial Cash Gifts 1922 May 10-1923 Aug 31
Centennial Cash Gifts 1923 Sep 1-1925 Feb 9
Centennial Cash Fund 1925 Feb 18-1931 Feb 5
Service Contracts for College Buildings 1924-30
Folger Shakespeare Memoranda 1931-32
Folger Shakespeare Memorial Check Register Investment Income Cash Receipts 1931 Sep-1933 Jun
Report of Campus Buildings Insulated by the Home Insulation Company of New England, Springfield, Massachusetts 1938-40
Service Report for Genung House 1951 Nov 8-1952
Term Bills 1908-1915
Investment A 1874-1884
Investment B 1885-1889
Investment C 1889-1899
Investment D 1900-1907
Ledger A 1874 Jul-1883 Jul
Ledger B 1883 Aug-1889 Jul
Ledger C 1889 Aug-1893 Jul
Ledger D 1893 Jul-1895 Jul
Ledger E 1897 Jul-1900 Jul
Cash D 1881 Aug-1884 Jul
Cash E 1884 Aug-1888 Mar
Cash F 1888 Apr-1891 Aug
Cash G 1891 Aug-1895 Jan
Cash H 1895 Feb-1898 Dec
Cash I 1899 Jan-1903 Jul
Scholarship Cash Book 1881 Oct 26-1900 Oct 22
Income Pratt Health Cottage 1897 Nov 30-1902 Jun 10
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund A 1840 Nov 21-1845 May 21
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund B 1845 Jun 3-1852 Jul 30
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund C 1852 Jan 20-1860 Apr 14
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund D 1860 Sep 8-1867 Jan 11
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund E 1867 Jan 14-1875 Apr 21
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund F 1875 Apr 21-1886 Jul 31
Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund G 1886 Dec 10-1909 Jun 18
Minutes of the Overseers of the Amherst College Charity Fund (1916-1919 on typewritten sheets) 1872-1919
Alumni Council Class Funds 1915-1925
Alumni Fund Ledger 1924 Jun 30-1933
Term Bill Ledger A 1836 Jan-1852 Aug
Term Bill Ledger B 1852 Nov-1866 Jul
Term Bill Ledger C 1865 Mar-1879 Jul
Term Bill Ledger D 1876 Oct-1888 Mar
Term Bill Ledger E 1885-1900 Mar 1
B & G Expenses 1911-1916
Income 1916-1922
Charitable Fund 1917-1920
Alumni Fund 1919-1920
Record of Bond Investments Through 1912
Check Book with Canceled Checks 1914-1919
Amherst College Centennial Gifts Journal 1921 Dec 8-1929 Jan 31
Tuition 1930-1933
Check Register 1901 Dec 19-1910 Nov 10
Treasurers Records AC Doshisha Fund c.1931-1932
Treasurers Records c.1884-1901
Charitable Fund Papers (c.1830-1900)Amherst Academy Papers (1948) c.1830-1900, 1948
Book of the Receipts of the Beneficiaries of the Congregational Education Society in Amherst College, Vol. III 1895-1909
Barrett Gymnasium Expenses Book 1866-1876
Bank Record Book, Amherst College Athletics Board 1893-1894
Financial Record Book, Athletic Association of Amherst College 1911-1916
Financial Record Book, Athletic and other Associations of Amherst College 1916-1922
Student loans or scholarships ledger [1836-1879]