ma131 Amherst College News Bureau News Releases, 1948-1984 Finding aid prepared by Claudia Gunter, Peter Nelson. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Amherst, MA

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Sarang Gopalakrishnan. 2003-12-03 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma131 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Amherst College News Bureau News Releases, 1948-1984 Processed: 2002 By: Claudia Gunter '05E, Student Encoding Assistant Finding Aid: 2002 June Prepared by: Claudia Gunter '05E, Student Encoding Assistant Edited by: Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Amherst College Amherst College News Bureau News Releases 1948-1984 3 records storage boxes, 1 archives box (3.5 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Printed news releases disseminated by Amherst College from 1948 to 1984, documenting events of importance to the Amherst College community. Newspaper clippings are included with some of the press releases. English. Scope and Contents of the Collection

Printed news releases disseminated by Amherst College from 1948 to 1984, documenting events of importance to the Amherst College community. Newspaper clippings are included with some of the press releases.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series:

1. General News Releases, 1948-1984 2. Athletics News Releases, 1963-1967 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Amherst College News Bureau News Releases for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Amherst College News Bureau News Releases [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection Processed: 2002 By: Claudia Gunter '05E, Student Encoding Assistant Finding Aid: 2002 June Prepared by: Claudia Gunter '05E, Student Encoding Assistant Edited by: Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist Search Terms Amherst College--History--Sources. Amherst College--Sports--History--Sources. Additional Information Series 1: General News Releases

Arranged chronologically.

1 1 News Releases 1948 1 2 News Releases 1948-1951 1 3 News Releases 1962 Sep-Dec 1 4 News Releases 1963 Jan- Jul 1 5 News Releases 1963 Jul-Dec 1 6 News Releases 1964 Jan- Apr 2 1 News Releases 1964 Apr- Jul 2 2 News Releases 1964 Aug-Oct 2 3 News Releases 1964 Nov-1965 Feb 2 4 News Releases 1965 Mar 2 5 News Releases 1965 Apr 2 6 News Releases 1965 May 2 7 News Releases 1965 Jun-Oct 2 8 News Releases 1965 Oct-Dec 2 9 News Releases 1966 Mar-Jun 2 10 News Releases 1966 Jul-1967 Feb 2 11 News Releases 1967 Feb-May 2 12 News Releases 1967 Jun-Dec 2 13 News Releases 1967 Dec-1968 May 2 14 News Releases 1970 Jun-Dec 2 15 News Releases 1971 Jan-Dec 2 16 News Releases 1972 Feb-Dec 2 17 News Releases 1973 Jan- May 2 18 News Releases 1973 Jun-Dec 2 19 News Releases 1974 Jan-Mar 3 1 News Releases 1974 Jul-Oct 3 2 News Releases 1975 3 3 News Releases 1976 3 4 News Releases 1977 3 5 News Releases 1978 3 6 News Releases 1979 3 7 News Releases 1980 3 8 News Releases 1981 3 9 News Releases 1982 3 10 News Releases 1983 3 11 News Releases 1984 Series 2: Athletics News Releases

Arranged alphabetically by name of sport.

3 12 Baseball news clippings and press releases 1963- 1966 3 13 Basketball news releases 1963-1967 3 14 Crew and Cross Country news releases 1963-1967 3 15 Golf, Sports at Amherst News releases 1963-1967 3 16 Sports at Amherst 1963-1967 3 17 Football news releases folder 1 3 18 Football news releases folder 2 3 19 Football news releases folder 3 3 20 Football news releases folder 4 3 21 Hockey news releases 1963-1967 3 22 Lacrosse and Rugby news releases 1963-1967 3 23 Soccer news releases 1963-1967 3 24 Sports Week, Weekly sports-related press release 1963-1967 4 1 Squash news releases 1963-1967 4 2 Swimming news releases 1963-1967 4 3 Tennis news releases 1963-1967 4 4 Indoor track news releases 1963-1967 4 5 Outdoor track news releases 1963-1967 4 6 Volleyball news releases 1963-1967 4 7 Wrestling news releases 1963-1967 4 8 Miscellaneous news releases 1963-1967