Scrapbooks Collection, 1853-1967
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Scrapbooks Collection
Creation of Scrapbooks Collection
Time of Creation of Scrapbooks Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Scrapbooks Collection includes over 140 volumes containing programs, souvenirs, photographs, newspaper clippings, college papers, letters and ephemera relating chiefly to student life at Amherst College. Most are personal scrapbooks that were kept by Amherst College undergraduates; others were kept by fraternities or College offices or organizations. A small number of personal scrapbooks contain material not related to an individual's undergraduate life.
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series
Series 1: PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1856-1943
Series 1, PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS, consists of scrapbooks kept by individuals during their undergraduate years at Amherst College, documenting college life. Arranged chronologically by class year.
Ward, William Haynes 1856
Davis, Robert Henry 1868
Cary, Otis 1872
Hatch, Franklin Samuel 1873
Leland, George Adams 1874
Bartlett, Horace Irving 1876
George, Andrew Jackson 1876
Hunter, Aaron Burtis 1876
Patton, Robert Logan 1876
Washburn, William Ives 1876
Gere, Collins Henry 1877
Salter, Sumner 1877
Cowles, William Lyman 1878
Culver, Allan Mooar (oversize) 1878
Eaton, George Thomas 1878
Lester, William Hand 1878
Pratt, Harden de Valson 1878
Willard, John Dayton 1878
Kanda, Naibu 1879
Pratt, Charles Millard 1879
Gillett, Arthur Lincoln 1880
Perkins, George Grindley Spence 1880
Whittemore, Luther Denny 1880
Kemp, James Furman 1881
Stillman, Charles 1881
Burt, Enoch Hale 1882
Chase, Horace (non-graduate) 1882
Mills, C.S. 1882
Greenleaf, Jonathan 1883
Griffin, Martin Luther 1883
Parsons, Edward Smith 1883
Tufts, James Hayden 1884
Upham, Edward Darwin 1884
Barrows, Franklin William 1885
Elliott, Thompson Colt (3 volumes) 1885
Galloway, Tod Buchanan 1885
Greene, Frederick Davis 1885
Palmer, Francis Leseure 1885
Simonds, Edward 1885
Clark, John Brittan 1886
Cross, Allen Eastman 1886
Lansing, Robert 1886
Wood, Walter Childs 1886
Blodgett, Edward Dwight (3 oversize volumes) 1887
Nichols, Samuel French (oversize) 1887
Rounds, Arthur Charles 1887
Whitney, William Belcher 1887
Raymond, Charles Beebe 1888
Waldo, Edward Hardenbergh 1888
Allen, Glenn S. 1889
Copeland, Elmer Humphrey 1889
Porter, Charles Wendell 1889
Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene 1889
Doyle, William Barnabas 1890
Dunbar, Frank Emerson 1890
Dunham, Tryon Griswold 1890
Gates, Herbert Wright 1890
Harrison, Fosdick Beach 1890
Lacey, Edward Norman 1890
Leonard, George Locke 1891
Lyall, Herbert James 1891
Griswold, Lyman William 1892
Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman 1892
Moody, Ambert George 1892
Nichols, Herbert Strong (2 volumes) 1892
Andrews, Charles Amos 1895
Fiske, George Walter 1895
White, Herbert Otis 1895
Merriam, George Ernest (2 volumes) 1896
Boynton, Percy Holmes 1897
Morse, Ernest Chandler 1897
Harkness, Harry Elurin 1898
Brigham, Loriman Percival 1900
Dyer, Walter Alden 1900
Lyall, Arthur Vinton 1900
Kretschmar, Frederick Klemm 1901
Longstreth, Walter Cook 1901
Stoughton, Ralph Mosman 1901
Collester, Clinton Henry 1902
Ells, Arthur F. 1902
Whitelaw, Ralph Thomas 1902
Wilson, Eugene Smith 1902
Foster, Arthur Trow 1903
Phalen, Paul Stevens 1903
Warren, Clifford Parker 1903
Goold, Edgar Hunt 1904
Keep, Clifford Holcombe 1904
Sturgis, Fred Eugene 1904
Dewar, John Innes 1906
Lewis, Clifford Benson 1906
McRae, Edson A. 1906
Sparrow, Charles Atsatt 1906
Ward, William Earle Dodge 1906
Barlow, Harry 1907
Stockbridge, Enos Smith 1908
Washburn, William Ives, Jr. 1908
Foster, Elliott Orman 1909
Smith, Harold Lyman 1909
Ashley, Jonathan Porter 1911
Ballard, Clifford Bateman 1911
Doolittle, William Pitt Sherman 1911
Lord, Upton Prentiss 1911
Seelye, Laurens Hickok (oversize) 1911
Shumway, Waldo (scrapbook documents the 1911-12 Amherst biological expedition to Patagonia with Professor Loomis) 1911
Wood, Lawrence 1911
Bacon, Howard Rogers 1912
Beatty, C. Francis 1912
Moody, Van Buren 1912
Wellman, Sargent Holbrook 1912
Morrow, William Otway 1914
Shaw, Harold Eden 1914
Smart, Daniel Stevenson 1914
Eaton, Louis Franklin 1915
Ashley, Thomas Williams 1916
Gillett, Robert Swift 1916
Washburn, Alfred H. 1916
Clark, John Dodge 1917
Romer, Alfred Sherwood 1917
See: Alfred Sherwood Romer Papers, box 1
Belknap, Walter Kerr 1919
Porter, Charles Scott 1919
Bliss, Daniel (2 volumes) 1920
Wood, Ramson Vanderhoof 1920
Keeler, Lansing Herman 1921
Kresge, Paul Charles 1923
Merrick, Charles Llewellyn 1924
Morsman, Eugene Kimball 1924
Pierson, George Mervin 1924
Allen, Francis Pitcher 1926
Clark, John Dodge, Jr. 1943
Series 2: INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1967
Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs. This series is organized into 3 sub-series: A. Administrative Scrapbooks, 1867-1927B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875C. Fraternity Scrapbooks, 1847-1864
subseries
Sub-Series A: Administrative Scrapbooks
[Alumni Council?], newsclippings 1913-1920
[Alumni Council?], newsletter 1925-1927
College Memorabilia, printed materials 1867-1872
College Memorabilia (secret societies) - clippings, printed materials 1868-1876
College Memorabilia, printed materials 1874-1875
College Memorabilia - clippings, printed materials 1876-1878
College Memorabilia - clippings 1900-1904
Biological Expedition to Patagonia (Professor Frederic B. Loomis et al.) 1911-1912
Scrapbook regarding controversy over Central Intelligence Agency's funding of National Student Association and other student groups 1967 Feb-Apr
Sub-Series B: Athletics Scrapbooks
Crew, newsclippings 1871-1874
Crew, newsclippings 1874-1875
Sub-Series C: Fraternities Scrapbooks
Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1847-1897
Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1853-1875
Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1874-1878
Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1880-1882
Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1882-1885
Chi Psi, printed materials 1870-1895
Phi Gamma Delta 1893-1956
Phi Kappa Psi/Phi Alpha Psi 1919-1932
Phi Kappa Psi - newsclippings 1931-1961
Phi Alpha Psi - newsclippings, printed 1954-1962
Phi Alpha Psi, newsclippings 1962-1964
Phi Upsilon, photo album 1920-1939
Theta Delta Chi scrapbook 1926-1954
Series 3: OTHER SCRAPBOOKS, 1853-1874
Series 3, OTHER SCRAPBOOKS, 1853-1874, consists of other personal scrapbooks of Amherst alumni not documenting Amherst College life. These scrapbooks contain mainly newspaper clippings.
Crowell, Edward Payson, clippings 1853
Dyer, Ebenezer Porter, clippings 1869
Waite, George White, clippings 1869
Stebbins, Calvin, clippings 1862
Donald, Elijah Winchester, clippings 1869
Cary, Otis, clippings 1870
Smith, Charles S., clippings (2 volumes) 1874