ma190 Posters Collection, 1830-2009 (bulk 1870-1905) Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Mariah Sakrejda-Leavitt. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
2009 Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro. Encoded by Peter A. Nelson. 2009-08-07 Finding aid written in English Collection Overview Amherst College Posters Collection 1830-2009 1870-1905 13 map case drawers, 3 oversize flat boxes (16 linear ft.) English Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Amherst, MA
Poster, placards and broadsides advertising campus events and public notices, chiefly 1870 to 1905 with additional materials from other years, especially from the 1980s to present. Materials continue to be added to this collection. Historical Note

The posters, placards and broadsides in this collection provide a lens to view the public life of the college, particularly in the latter part of the 19th century. The material in this collection covers the range of student, academic and social concerns, from public lecture courses, musical performances, sporting events and public notices.

 Scope and Contents of the Collection

Poster, placards and broadsides advertising campus events and public notices. The collection provides a thorough overview of campus life from 1870 to 1905 with additional materials from other years, especially from the 1980s to present. Series 1-5 were originally in bound volumes; the original order and classification of material in these series have been maintained. Materials continue to be added to this collection.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into six series:

Commencement Posters (1842-1875) Lecture Posters (1830-1905) Literary Miscellany (1870-1905) Athletic Posters (1870-1905) Musical Posters (1875-1905) Modern Posters (1906-present)

There is no restriction on access to the Posters Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from Posters 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.

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

[Identification of item], in Posters Collection [Box/Map case #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.

The majority of the items in the collection were originally bound in volumes, each with a bookplate reading "bound at the expense of Mr. Frank W. Stearns of the Class of 1878." The volumes were disbound and listed between 1986 and 1989. Additional posters have come from a variety of sources, including alumni donation and administrative offices.

 Posters - 19th century. Posters - 20th century. Posters Dramatic Activities Collection. Posters of student and departmental theater productions. Music at Amherst Collection. Posters announcing musical events and sales of recordings. Mead Art Museum Collection. Posters for exhibitions and events at the Mead Art Museum. Series 1: COMMENCEMENT POSTERS 1842-1875

Series 1, COMMENCEMENT POSTERS, 1842-1875, consists of posters listing the "schedule of commencement exercises" plus two posters advertising specific commencement events.

 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1842 1842 Jul 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1843 1843 Aug 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1845 1845 Aug 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1859 1859 Aug 7 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1865 1865 Jul 9-13 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1867 1867 Jul 7-11 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1868 1868 Jul 5-9 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1869 1869 Jul 4-8 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1870 1870 Jul 10-14 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1871 1871 Jul 9-13 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1872 1872 Jul 7-11 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1873 1873 Jul 6-10 3 8 Annual Address before Hitchcock Society of Inquiry 1874 Jul 5 3 8 Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1874 1874 Jul 5-9 3 8 Social Union Debate 1875 May 21 Series 2: LECTURE POSTERS 1830-1905

Series 2, LECTURE POSTERS, 1830-1905, includes posters advertising public lectures given by visiting lecturers, also included are some visiting musical groups.

 3 6 Daniel Pratt (not from bound volume) n.d. 5 4 "American History" by Nathan Welby Fiske (AC Professor, 1824-1847) 1830 5 4 "Tennyson" by J.T. Fields 1869 Feb16 5 4 J.B. Gough 1869 May 26 5 4 "The Relations of Air to the Public Health" by George Derby 1870 Feb16 5 4 "Health" by Willard Parker 1870 Oct 19 5 4 J.W. Churchill 1873 Jan 24 5 4 "Hobby Riding" by J.G. Holland 1875 Nov 17 5 4 Joseph Cook 1876 Feb10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 5 4 Unknown 1876 May 16, 17, 25, 26, Jun 7, 8 5 4 "Street Scenes in Europe" by Wendell Phillips 1877 Feb26 5 4 "The Irish Soldier in the Rebellion" by Gen. Kilpatrick 1877 Apr 20 5 4 A.H. Plumb 1877 May 14 5 4 "The Evil and the Remedy" by George William Curtis 1877 5 4 Leontine Arnot Cohn 1877 Aug 4 1877-1878 Lecture Course: 5 4 Will Carleton 1877 Nov 26 5 4 Mrs. Divermore 1877 Dec 17 5 4 J.W. Churchill 1878 Feb 8 5 4 Wendell Phillips 1878 Feb22 5 4 A. Bronson Alcott 1878 Dec 8, 1879 Feb 7, 26 5 4 "The Superlative or Mental Temperance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1879 Feb28 1879-1880 Lecture Course: 5 4 James T. Fields 1879 Dec 10 5 4 Adelaide Detchon 1879 Dec 17 5 4 George S. Boutwell 1880 Jan 12 5 4 J. Wells Champney 1880 Jan 26 5 4 Glee Club Concert 1880 Feb16 5 4 Selah Merrill 1880 Mar 3 5 4 "The New Profession" by Henry Ward Beecher 1881 Jan 17 5 4 Yale Glee Club 1881 Jan 5 4 "Rise and Fall of the Moustache" by Robert J. Burdette 1881 5 4 "Psycho-Dynamics" by W.H. Sherman 1883 Feb16 5 4 "George Eliot" by John Lord 1884 Nov 24 5 4 Charles Dickens (1887-1888 Lecture Course) 1888 Jan 14 1888-1889 Lecture Course: 5 4 George Kennan 1889 Feb14 5 4 Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley 1889 Feb25 5 4 New York Philharmonic 1889 Mar 4 5 4 Boston Symphony Orchestra 1890 5 4 H.H. Rogan 1890 5 4 Lotus Glee Club 1891 5 4 Thomas Dixon, Jr. 1891 5 4 Temple Quartette 1891 May 14 1891-1892 Lecture Course: 5 4 The Boston Rivals 1891 Dec 3 5 4 Ovide Musin Concert Co. 1892 Jan 30 1892-1893 Lecture Course: 5 5 Mendelssohn Quintette 1892 Oct 17 5 5 C.T. Winchester 1892 Nov 4 5 5 Thomas Nelson Page 1892 Nov 19 5 5 J.W. Churchill 1892 Dec 12 5 5 Lotus Glee Club 1893 Jan 18 5 5 Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1893 Jan 27 5 5 Miss Lillian Durell 1893 Feb 9 5 5 Eduard Remenyi 1893 Feb 5 5 The Boston Leaders 1893 Mar 2 1893-1894 Lecture Course: 5 5 New York Philharmonic Club 1893 Oct 28 5 5 Campani Morgan Concert Co. 1893 5 5 Blumenberg Concert 1893 5 5 Douglass Sherley and James Whitcomb Riley 1894 Feb12 5 5 Hamilton W. Mabie 1894 Mar 3 5 5 New York Male Quartet Club 1894 Mar 9 1894-1895 Lecture Course: 5 5 A. Conan Doyle 1894 Nov 2 5 5 George Riddle and Boston Philharmonic 1894 Nov 26 5 5 William H. McElroy 1894 Dec 10 5 5 New York Ladies Quartette 1895 Jan 7 5 5 Samuel Reynolds Hole 1895 Jan 14 5 5 Lew Wallace 1895 Jan 25 5 5 "Miss Jerry" 1895 Feb8 5 5 Frederick W. Bancroft 1895 Mar 1 5 5 "Miss Jerry" 1895 May 17 "College Thought and Public Interest" Course: 5 5 Chauncey M. Depew 1896 Mar 10 5 5 Francis A. Walker 1896 Apr 3 5 5 Hamilton W. Mabie 1896 May 1 5 5 "Athens and the Eastern Question" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler 1897 Apr 23 5 5 "Amherst Boating" by A.J. Benedict 1897 Nov 2 5 5 "From Lexington to Concord" by William W. Ellsworth 1897 Nov 19 5 5 "Cuba" by William W. Wright, U.S.A. 1898 Oct 6 5 5 "What makes our Lives Significant" by William James 1898 Nov 7 5 5 "The Profession of the Teacher" by George H. Palmer 1899 Jan 30 5 5 "A Visit to Wisby" by Hasket Derby (AC 1855) 1899 Feb24 5 5 "Liquid Air" by A.L. Kimball 1899 May 6 5 5 "Poetry and Prophecy of Tennyson" by Henry Van Dyke 1899 May 11 5 5 "Amherst College in Foreign Missions" by Nehemiah Boynton 1899 Jun 25 5 5 "Town and Gown" by Patrick Geddes 1900 Jan 29 5 5 "Troglodytes of Eastern Asia Minor" by J.R.S. Sterrett 1900 Feb 19 5 5 "Fossil Hunting" by R.S. Lull 1900 Feb 26 5 5 "The Work of Ruskin" by C.T. Winchester 1900 Mar 2 5 5 "The New Humanities" by Robert A. Woods 1900 Mar 9 5 5 "Trusts" by John B. Clark 1900 Mar 16 5 5 "The South African Question" by J.W. Crook 1900 May 11 5 5 "An Eclipse Trio in Tripoli" by David Todd 1900 Nov 3 5 5 "Personal Experiences in the Civil War" by Col. A.A. Pope 1902 May 2 5 5 "The Theatre" by W.B. Yeats 1903 Nov 19 5 5 "The Christian Ministry as a Profession" by C.H. Parkhurst 1904 May 23 3 2 Booker T. Washington (not from bound volume) 1904 Oct 5 5 5 Bliss Perry - "Patriotic Poetry" 1905 May 17 Series 3: LITERARY MISCELLANY 1870-1905

Series 3, LITERARY MISCELLANY, 1870-1905, consists of material advertising debates, benefits, sales, notices and miscellaneous announcements related to college life.

 3 6 Grand Whig Rally (not from bound volume) 1852 3 6 Class Day (not from bound volume) 1862 5 8 Questions to be answered for the Obituary Record 1870 5 8 A Latin advertisement of College Bookstore 1871 5 8 Schedule of trains on New London Northern (C.V.R.R.) in 1871 1871 Jul 1 5 8 An appeal to Amherst citizens for entertainment during the semi centennial 1871 5 8 Advertisement of "Student Life at Amherst" by G.R. Cutting 1871 5 8 Advertisement of "Reminiscences of Amherst" by President Edward Hitchcock 1871 5 8 Advertisement of a Book Auction in Athenae Hall 1873 Feb 5 5 8 Schedule of trains between Palmer & Amherst during Commencement 1873 Jul 2 5 8 Supper and Entertainment for Benefit of College Church 1873 Oct 10 5 8 Notice that term bills are made out 1875 Jan 7 5 8 Subscription blank for Prof. W.S. Tyler's History of Amherst College 1875 5 8 Contest between Junior & Sophomore classes, "A Muscular Debate" 1875 Oct 3 5 8 Advertisement of student furniture for sale 1876 5 8 Notice of '74's triennial reunion 1877 Jun 27 5 8 Advertisement of stationery 1878 5 8 Festival held in College Hall 1878 Apr 16 5 8 Olio poster 1878 Dec 5 8 Fourth of July Celebration 1879 5 8 Circular concerning information for "Biographical Record of Alumni" 1879 5 8 Schedule of Commencement trains on New London Northern (C.V.R.R.) 1881 Jun 27-30 5 8 Olio poster 1884 Dec 5 8 Social Union Senior Prize Debate 1885 Jan 28 5 8 Bookstore advertisements 1885 5 8 Political Rally, Handbill of Mock Convention 1888 Feb20 5 8 Discussion of political issues at rally 1888 Nov 2 5 8 Handbill of Harrison-Stevenson Procession 1888 Nov 18 5 8 1890 Olio poster 1888 Dec 5 8 1891 Olio poster 1889 Dec 5 8 1892 Olio poster 1890 Dec 5 8 Trial for benefit of Amherst Athletic Association 1891 Mar 6 5 8 1893 Olio poster 1891 Dec 5 8 Republican Convention for Benefit of Amherst Baseball Association 1892 Mar 3 5 8 Circular advertising "Amherst Sketches" 1892 Jun 5 8 Circular advertising "Amherst Farces" 1892 5 8 Columbus Memorial Program and Poster 1892 Oct 21 5 8 Political pamphlet 1892 Oct 24 5 8 Republican Rally 1892 Oct 31 5 8 1894 Olio posters 1892 Dec 5 8 Advertisement of A History of Amherst College, by W.S. Tyler (AC 1830) 1893 5 8 Advertisement of Student Boarding House 1893 Sep 12 5 8 Memorabilia of Amherst Space at Chicago Exhibit 1893 5 8 1895 Olio posters 1893 Dec 5 8 Notification of 1859 Class Meeting 1894 Jun 6 5 8 Lester Exhibition in Oratory 1894 Jun 6 5 8 Announcement of opening of Hitchcock Hall 1894 Sep 11 5 8 1896 Olio posters 1894 Dec 5 8 Opening of restaurant 1895 3 6 Olio poster (not from bound volume) 1895 5 8 Mass meeting concerning Amherst Senate 1895 Feb 5 8 J.H. Seelye Memorial Number of Lit. Placard 1895 Jun 5 8 Class of 1895 Triennial Placard 1895 Jun 5 8 Notice of mass meeting concerning Armenians 1896 Feb 13 5 8 1898 Olio posters 1896 Dec 5 8 Reward for Lost Watch 1897 Oct 5 8 1899 Olio posters 1897 Dec 5 8 Advertisement of A History of Amherst College, by W.S. Tyler (AC 1830) 1898 5 8 Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1899 Apr 27 5 9 Concerning College Co-operative Society 1899 5 9 Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1899 5 9 Delta Upsilon placard 1899 5 9 Delta Kappa Epsilon placard 1899 5 9 Phi Delta Theta Placard 1899 5 9 Phi Kappa Psi placard 1899 5 9 Concerning Hitchcock Dining hall 1900 5 9 Concerning College Dining hall 1900 5 9 Republican Club Rally 1900 Oct 31 5 9 Advertising posters 1900 5 9 1902 Olio poster 1900 Dec 5 9 Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1901 5 9 1891 Decennial poster 1901 Jun 5 9 Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1901 Sep 16 5 9 Class Notice 1901 5 9 Advertisement of cafe 1901 5 9 1903 Olio poster 1901 Dec 5 9 Amherst posters 1902 5 9 New York Tribune Advertisement 1902 Jun 22 5 9 1904 Olio poster 1902 Dec 5 9 Bowdoin debate poster 1903 Mar 6 5 9 New York Tribune 1903 Jun 21 5 9 Placard concerning Bronze Box in Observatory Corner Stone 1903 Jun 23 5 9 Student Missionary Conference 1904 Oct 7 5 9 Bowdoin debate placard 1905 Mar 24 Series 4: ATHLETIC POSTERS 1870-1905

Series 4, ATHLETIC POSTERS, 1870-1905, includes poster advertising athletic events. The posters are divided into four sections (corresponding with their original arrangement and classification): Athletic posters prior to 1897 Football Track, tennis, basketball, heavy gym Baseball

Volume 1: Athletic Posters Prior to 1897 3 4 Crew Fall Regatta (2) [1870s] Nov 2 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 2-14 1875 July 6 3 5 Athletic Sports 1875 Oct 30 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 2-14 1876 May 20 3 5 Baseball vs. Rhode Is. 9-9,and Princeton 18-12 1876 June 6, 7 3 5 Baseball vs. Charter Oaks 9-10 1876 June 17 3 5 Athletic Sports, won by '78 1876 Oct 14 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 1-9 1877 May 12 3 5 Athletics 1877 May 18 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 4-9 1877 May 19 3 5 Baseball vs. Amateurs of Hartford 14-6 1877 May 23 3 5 Baseball Freshmen vs. Brown Freshmen, 0-8 1877 May 25 3 5 Baseball vs. Wesleyan 13-2 1877 May 26 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams (rain) 1877 Jun 6 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams (rain) 1877 Jun 7 3 5 Baseball vs. Buckeyes of Columbus 2-2 1877 Jun 16 3 5 Baseball vs. Our Boys of Boston 1877 Jun 23 3 5 Athletic Carnival 1877 Jul 4 3 5 Baseball vs. Clippers of Easthampton 5-5 1877 Oct 6 3 5 Baseball vs. Shamrocks of Holyoke 9-1 1877 Oct 10 3 5 Football vs. Tufts 2-1 1877 Nov 14 3 5 Baseball vs. Clippers (rain) 1878 Apr 20 3 5 Baseball vs. Westboro 7-6 1878 Apr 23 3 5 Baseball vs. New Bedfords 6-14 1878 Apr 24 3 5 Baseball vs. Holyokes 7-2 1878 May 1 3 5 Baseball vs. Springfield 1-2 1878 May 4 3 5 Baseball vs. Clippers 0-2 1878 May 8 3 5 Baseball vs. Pittsfield 4-12 1878 May 14 3 5 Baseball vs. Pittsfield (rain) 1878 May 16 3 5 Baseball vs. Lowells 2-3 1878 May 22 3 5 Baseball vs. Brown. Postponed 1878 Jun 5 3 5 Baseball vs. New Haven. No game 1878 Jun 5 3 5 Baseball vs. Springfield. No game 1878 Jun 8 3 5 Baseball vs. Holyoke 4-16 1878 Jun 19 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale. No. game 1878 Jun 22 3 5 Baseball vs. Lowells. No game 1878 Jun 26 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard. No game 1878 Jun 27 3 5 Athletic Games, '80 & '81 tied 1878 Oct 23 3 5 Athletic Games, postponement of games of Oct 23 1878 Oct 26 3 5 Football vs. Brown 5-0 1878 Nov 13 3 5 Football vs. Yale 0-0 1878 Nov 16 3 5 Baseball vs. Springfield 3-10 1879 May 3 3 5 Baseball vs. Holyoke 6-4 1879 May 7 3 5 Baseball vs. Sharps of Holyoke 5-5 1879 May 10 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard. Postponed 1879 May 13 3 5 Baseball vs. Trinity 15-5 1879 May 21 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 1-15 1879 May 24 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-4 1879 May 31 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet 1879 Oct 22 3 5 Athletics Games 1880 Jun 5 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '83 1880 Oct 13 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 3-6 1881 Jun 25 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '83 1881 Oct 15 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '84 1882 Oct 14 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '85 1883 Oct 6 3 5 Football '84 vs. '86 and '85 vs. '87 1883 Oct 31 3 5 Baseball Amherst vs. '81 1884 Jun 2 3 4 Baseball vs. Brown 6-1 1884 Jun 16 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '86 1884 Oct 4 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '87 1886 Oct 16 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '89 1887 Oct 15 3 5 Baseball Alumni vs. Champions 1888 Jun 28 3 5 Baseball '91 vs. '92 9-5 1888 Sep 22 3 5 Baseball '91 vs. '92 9-8 1888 Sep 26 3 5 Athletics Games and Races 1889 Jul 2 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet won by '91 1889 Oct 15,16 3 5 Football vs. MIT 9-6 1889 Oct 26 3 5 Football vs. Wi11iams 10-10 1889 Nov 9 3 5 Football vs. Yale 0-32 1889 Nov 12 3 5 Football vs. Rochester 7-0 1889 Nov 16 3 5 Baseball vs. Millers Falls 9-6, 14-11, 10-2, 18-9 1890 Apr. 14-17 3 5 Baseball Amherst '93 vs. Yale '93 6-4 1890 May 3 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 22-8 1890 June 21 3 5 Advertisement of W. E. Nason, Athletic Goods 1890 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '92 1890 Oct 22 3 5 Football vs. MIT at Weston 38-4 1890 Nov 1 3 5 Football vs. Cornell 16-0 1890 Nov 3 3 5 Football vs. Bowdoin. Forfeited to Amherst. 1890 Nov 8 3 5 Football vs. Harvard at Springfield 0-64 1890 Nov 12 3 5 Football vs. Dartmouth 4-0 1890 Nov 19 3 5 Football vs. Stagg's at Springfield 0-26 1890 Nov 22 3 5 Baseball vs. Stagg's Team (YMCA Training School) 7-6 1891 Apr 18 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 2-6 1891 May 2 3 5 Baseball vs. Brown. No game. 1891 May 11 3 5 Baseball vs. Vermont 7-4 1891 May 14 3 5 Baseball vs. Ho1y Cross 6-2 1891 May 19 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 10-1 1891 May 23 3 5 Opening of Pratt Field 1891 May 23 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 3-6 1891 Jun 3 3 5 Athletics Meet of Inter-Scholastic Asso., won by Springfield 1891 Jun 6 3 5 Baseball vs. Vermont 4-10 1891 Jun 18 3 5 Baseball vs. Boston Athletic Asso. 10-0 1891 Jun 20 3 5 Baseball '81 & '90 vs. '86 &'88 1891 Jun 24 3 5 Football vs. Trinity 1891 Oct 31 3 5 Baseball vs. Holyoke 12-2, 6-3, 4-0,11-2, 7-3 1892 Apr 18-23 3 5 Athletics Handicap Meet 1892 May 7 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams. Rain 1892 May 11 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 4-9 1892 May 14 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-4- 1-6 1892 May 18,19 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 2-3 1892 Jun 4 3 5 Baseball '82 &'91 vs. '87 & '89 1892 Jun 28 3 5 Athletics Fall Meet, won by '95 1892 Jun 19 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 10-2 1892 Jun 10 3 5 Baseball vs. Wesleyan 6-4 1892 Jun 12 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 3-4 1892 Jun 20 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 11-4, 0-4 1892 Jun 26, 27 3 5 Baseball vs. Tufts 2-0 1892 Jun 31 3 5 Baseball vs. Ya1e 5-1 1892 Jun 3 3 5 Baseball vs. Brown 6-2 1892 Jun 7 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 1892 Jun 17 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 4-2 1892 Jun 22 3 5 Baseball vs. Alumni 1892 Jun 28 3 5 Football vs. Greenfield A.C. 12-10 1893 Sep 27 3 4 Football vs. M.A.C. 26-0 1893 Oct 4 3 4 Athletics Fall Cider Meet, won by '95 1893 Oct 11 3 4 Football vs. Trinity 18-0 1893 Oct 25 3 4 Football vs. Worcester Tech 34-4 1893 Oct 30 3 4 Football vs. M.A.C. 16-2 1893 Nov 1 3 4 Football vs. Williams 12-30 1893 Nov 18 3 4 Baseball vs. Springfie1d 4-5, 2-4, 5-8, 7-10, 15-7, 3-5 1894 Apr 16-21 3 4 Baseball vs. Tufts 10-2 1894 Apr 28 3 4 Baseball vs. Colgate 12-13 1894 May 5 3 4 Baseball vs. Williams 12-30 1894 May 9 3 4 Baseball vs. Cornell 2-7 1894 May 11 3 4 Baseball vs. Harvard 2-4 1894 May 12 3 4 Baseball vs. Yale 1-7 1894 May 16 3 4 Baseball vs. Wesleyan 8-7 1894 May 17 3 4 Athletics Spring Meet 1894 May 18 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-7, 6-8 1894 May 25,26 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams. Postponed 1894 Jun 2 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 1-2 1894 Jun 12 3 5 Athletics Interscholastic Meet 1894 Jun 16 3 5 Football vs. MAC 6-0 1894 Sept 27 3 5 Baseball Amherst '95 vs. Holyoke High, 19-12 1895 May 1 3 5 Athletics Spring Meet 1895 May 11 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 5-6, 17-6 1895 May 24,25 3 5 Baseball vs. Trinity 7-5 1895 June 5 3 5 Football vs. Technology 20-4 1895 Oct 26 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 16-4 1895 Nov 2 3 5 Baseball vs. Springfie1d 9-8, 8-4, 2-11, 9-0, 7-1 1896 Apr 13-18 3 5 Baseball '99 vs. Williston 3-7 1896 Apr 25 3 5 Baseball vs. Wesleyan 5-2 1896 Apr 29 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 3-2 1896 May 6 3 5 Baseball vs. Worcester Tech. 14-7 1896 May 13 3 5 Baseball Student vs. Lit. 7-16 1896 May 15 3 5 Baseball vs. Tufts 2-1 1896 May 20 3 5 Baseball vs. Cuban Giants 6-7 1896 May 26 3 5 Baseball vs. Harvard 9-5 1896 May 27 3 5 Baseball vs. Vermont 1-2 1896 Jun 2 3 5 Baseball vs. Dartmouth 3-2, 14-3 1896 Jun 12, 13 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 2-4 1896 Jun 17 3 5 Football vs. Wesleyan 6-4 1896 Oct 28 3 5 Football vs. Trinity 0-12 1896 Oct 31 3 5 Baseball vs. Central Parks of Orange 8-7,3-5,19-2, 2-10, 4-3 1897 Apr 19-24 3 5 Baseball vs. Yale 2-9 1897 Apr 28 3 5 Baseball vs. Williams 3-4 1897 May 5 3 5 Baseball vs. Trinity. Rain 1897 May 13 3 5 Athletics, NEIAA games at Worcester, won by Williams. 1900 May 19 5 ==Volume 2: Football 3 4 vs. Williams 6-6 1897 Nov 6 3 4 vs. Williston 28-0 1898 Oct 1 3 4 vs. MAC 0-0 1898 Oct 8 3 4 vs. Trinity 12-0 1898 Oct 12 3 4 vs. Wesleyan 0-28 1898 Oct 26 3 4 vs. MIT 10-6 1898 Oct 29 3 4 vs. Dartmouth 6-64 1898 Nov 5 3 4 vs. Boston Col. 0-18 1899 Oct 28 3 4 vs. MAC 0-6 1899 Nov 1 3 4 vs. Wesleyan 0-40 1899 Nov 18 3 4 vs. Williston 23-0 1900 Sep 29 3 4 vs. Trinity 0-0. 1900 Oct 6 3 4 vs. Worcester Tech 39-0 1900 Oct 13 3 4 vs. Bowdoin 6-11 1900 Oct 24 3 4 vs. Tufts 0-11 1900 Oct 31 3 4 vs. MIT 18-0 1900 Nov 3 3 4 vs. Williams 5-16 1900 Nov 10 3 4 vs. MAC 18-0 1900 Nov 17 3 4 vs. Worcester Tech 6-0 1901 Oct 5 3 4 vs. Union 0-0 1901 Oct 16 3 4 '04 vs. '05 0-0 1901 Oct 26 3 4 vs. Bowdoin 29-0 1901 Nov 2 3 4 vs. Wesleyan 11-15 1901 Nov 23 3 4 vs. Williston 16-0 1902 Sep 27 3 4 vs. Union 16-0 1902 Oct 11 3 4 vs. Holy Cross 29-5 1902 Oct 15 3 4 vs. MAC 15-0 1902 Nov 8 3 4 vs. Colby 23-0 1903 Oct 3 3 4 vs. Bowdoin 23-0 1903 Oct 7 3 4 vs. Trinity 18-0 1903 Oct 24 3 4 vs. Dartmouth 0-18 1903 Nov 7 3 4 vs. MAC 11-6 1903 Nov 14 3 4 vs. Williston 5-0 1904 Oct 1 3 4 vs. Williams 22-6 1904 Nov 16 3 4 1907 vs. 1908 10-0 1904 Nov 19 4 ==Volume 3: Track, Tennis, Basketball, Heavy Gym 3 8 Track Triangular Meet, won by Amherst 1897 June 5 3 8 Track Fall Meet, won by '03 1899 Oct 14 3 8 Track Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams Meet, won by Williams 1900 Jun 1 3 8 Track Fall Meet, won by '02 1900 Oct 17 3 8 Basketball vs.Vermont 30-9 1901 Feb 20 3 8 Track Inter-Scholastic Meet, won by Springfield 1901 Jun 15 3 8 Track Fall Meet, won by '04 1901 Oct 19 3 8 Basketball vs. Trinity 37-25 1902 Jan 11 3 8 Track Fall Meet, won by '04 1902 Oct 18 3 8 Basketball vs.Williston 15-26 1903 Jan 10 3 8 Basketball vs. M.A.C. 52-3 1903 Jan 14 3 8 Basketball vs. Hamilton 61-6 1903 Jan 21 3 8 Basketball vs. Harvard 26-18 1903 Jan 28 3 8 Basketball vs. Trinity 62-4 1903 Feb 7 3 8 Basketball vs. Brown 36-19 1903 Feb 26 3 8 Basketball vs. Dartmouth 13-25 1903 Mar 11 3 8 Heavy Gym vs. Yale 1903 Mar 14 3 8 Basketball vs. Holy Cross 34-11 1903 Mar 18 3 8 Tennis vs. Tufts won by Amherst 1903 May 7-9 3 8 Track Inter-Scholastic Meet, won by Springfield 1903 Jun 20 3 8 Track Fall Cider Meet, won by '06 1903 Oct 14 3 8 Basketball vs. Rensselaer Polytech. 38-19 1904 Jan 9 3 8 Basketball vs. Colgate 37-30 1904 Jan 13 3 8 Basketball vs. Brown 16-9 1904 Feb 1 3 8 Basketball vs. Syracuse 26-38 1904 Feb 13 3 8 Basketball vs. Holy Cross 15-2 1904 Feb 20 3 8 Basketball vs. Williston 8-20 1904 Feb 24 3 8 Basketball vs. Worcester Polytech. 31-19 1904 Feb 27 3 8 Basketball vs. Trinity 34-4 1904 Mar 5 3 8 Basketball vs. Dartmouth 31-19 1904 Mar 9 3 8 Track vs. MIT, won by MIT 1904 May 14 3 8 Track Fall Cider Meet, won by '08 1904 Oct. 22 3 8 Basketball vs. Williston 18-20 1905 Jan 11 3 8 Basketball vs. Dartmouth 18-33 1905 Jan 23 3 8 Basketball vs. MIT 23-26 1905 Feb 11 3 8 Field Meet W.M.I.A.A. won by Springfield H.S. 1905 Jun 10 8 ==Volume 4: Baseball Posters 5 10 vs. Dartmouth 10-8, 8-16 1897 May 21, 22 5 10 vs. Harvard 0-6 1897 May 26 5 10 vs. Wes1eyan 3-7 1897 June 2 5 10 vs. Holy Cross 5-2 1897 June 12 5 10 vs. Williams 4-5 1897 June 19 5 10 '98 vs. '99 6-8 1897 Sept. 25 5 10 vs. Brown 5-12 1898 May 2 5 10 '01 vs. '02 postponed 1898 Oct 5 5 10 '01 vs. '02 11-3 1898 Oct 12 5 10 '99 vs. '00 4-7 1898 Oct 12 5 10 '00 vs. '01 postponed 1898 Oct15 5 10 vs. Yale 0-12 1899 Apr. 22 5 10 vs. Tufts 10-4 1899 Apr 29 5 10 vs. Syracuse 12-0 1899 May 1 5 10 vs. Williams 7-10 1899 May 3 5 10 vs. Holy Cross 2-4 1899 May 6 5 10 vs. Boston College 3-6 1899 May 13 5 10 vs. Wes1eyan 7-12 1899 May 27 5 10 vs. Williams at Williamstown 10-8 1899 May 30 5 10 '02 vs. Williams '02 at Williamstown 7-18 1899 June 3 5 10 Faculty vs. Phi Beta Kappa 19-13 1899 June 7 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 2-0 1899 June 24 5 10 vs. Williams 0-4 1899 June 26 5 10 '00 vs. '01 10-2 1899 Sept. 27 5 10 '02 vs. '03 10-4 1899 Sep 30 5 10 vs. Columbia 8-3 1900 May 16 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 1-5 1900 May 26 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 2-9 1900 June 23 5 10 vs. Williams 0-6 1900 June 25 5 10 '01 vs. '02 no game 1900 Oct 10 5 10 '01 vs. '04 no game 1900 Oct 27 5 10 vs. Williston 1-1 1901 Apr 13 5 10 vs. Brown 1-3 1901 Apr 20 5 10 vs. Trinity Rain 1901 Apr 24 5 10 vs. Yale 1-6 1901 Apr 27 5 10 vs. Williams 10-0 1901 May 1 5 10 vs. Dartmouth 0-2 1901 May 11 5 10 vs. Maine 3-1 1901 May 15 5 10 Faculty vs. Phi Beta Kappa 12-7 1901 May 17 5 10 vs. Tufts 7-0 1901 May 22 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 8-4 1901 May 25 5 10 vs. Riverview Military 2-0 1901 June 1 5 10 vs. Columbia 4-3 1901 June 5 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 0-1 1901 June 8 5 10 vs. Holy Cross 4-3 1901 June 12 5 10 vs. Wi11iams 9-0 1901 June 24 5 10 vs. Wi11iston No game 1902 Apr 12 5 10 vs. Princeton 0-3 1902 Apr 19 5 10 vs. Williams 5-4 1902 May 3 5 10 '05 vs. Springfield High 7-6 1902 May 7 5 10 vs. Wesleyan 5-8 1902 May 14 5 10 vs. Bowdoin 5-0 1902 May 17 5 10 vs. New York U. 22-0 1902 May 24 5 10 vs. Georgetown 1-6 1902 May 30 5 10 '05 vs. Wesleyan '05 No game 1902 May 31 5 10 vs. Dartmouth 1-2 1902 Jun 4 5 10 Lit vs. Student 1902 Jun 21 5 10 vs. Greenfield 8-1 1902 Jun 23 5 11 vs. Williston 2-1 1903 Apr 11 5 11 vs. Tufts 3-4 1903 Apr 22 5 11 vs. Syracuse 0-6 1903 May 5 5 11 vs. Manhattan 3-6 1903 May 13 5 11 vs. Dartmouth 7-1 1903 May 15 5 11 vs. Bowdoin 8-1 1903 May 22 5 11 '06 vs. Brown '06 6-4 1903 May 29 5 11 vs. Fordham 6-1 1903 May 30 5 11 vs. Hamilton 20-1 1903 Jun 3 5 11 vs. Trinity 19-1 1903 Jun 6 5 11 vs. Holy Cross 0-2 1903 Jun 10 5 11 vs. Colby 2-1 1903 Jun 13 5 11 '06 vs. '07 2-1 1903 Oct 10 5 11 vs. Williston 5-0 1904 Apr 20 5 11 vs. MAC 8-0 1904 Apr 27 5 11 vs. Maine, no game 1904 Apr 28 5 11 vs. Colby 5-4 1904 May 2 5 11 vs. Lafayette 1904 May 26 5 11 vs. New York U. 2-3 1904 May 28 5 11 vs. Dartmouth 1-3 1904 Jun 7 5 11 vs. Williams 2-7 1904 Jun 25 5 11 vs. Alumni 5-3 1904 Jun 27 5 11 vs. Williams 7-2 1905 May 6 5 11 vs. Cornell 4-1 1905 May 9 5 11 vs. Williams 8-1 1905 May 31 5 11 vs. Dartmouth 3-2 1905 May 27 5 11 vs. Columbia 2-4 1905 Jun 15 5 11 vs. Williams 4-0 1905 Jun 24 5 11 Alumni vs. Amherst 0-4 1905 Jun 26 Series 5: MUSICAL POSTERS 1875-1905

Series 5, MUSICAL POSTERS, 1875-1905, consists of posters advertising performances of Amherst musical groups, both on campus and off campus.

 1 3 Oratorio (College Band and others) 1834 Aug 25 Volume 2: College Musical Clubs 5 6 "Summer Garden Concert" 1875 Jun 12 5 6 Class Day Concert (Quintette Club and Temple Quartette) 1875 Jul 6 5 6 College Orchestra and Crescent Quartette 1876 Jan 25 5 6 Glee Club 1876 Dec 15 5 6 Concert in City Hall, Holyoke 1877 Feb 21 5 6 Glee Club 1877 Mar 23 5 6 Class Day Concert (College Club and Mendelssohn Quintette) 1877Jun 26 5 6 Glee Club 1878 Jan 21 5 6 "A.B.C.D." Quartette of Amherst in Town Hall, West Brookfield 1878 Nov 29 5 6 Philharmonic of Boston 1878 Dec 3 5 6 College Glee Club at Worcester 1879 Jan 27 5 6 College Glee Club (Benefit of Baseball Association) 1879 Mar 5 5 6 "Pinafore" by College Glee Club 1879 Jun 10, 11 5 6 Commencement Concert 1879 Jun 24 5 6 Glee Club Concert 1880 Feb 16 5 6 Class Day Concert 1881 Jun 28 5 6 Promenade Concert 1881 Jun 29 5 6 Glee Club Concert 1882 Mar 22 5 6 Concert (Wu1f Fries, Belle Botsford, Alice Coggeshall, Ellen Berg) 1883 Mar 2 5 6 Minstrel Entertainment (benefit of base ball) 1884 Mar 19 5 6 College Glee Club 1884 Mar 27 5 6 Class Day Concert 1884 Jul 1 5 6 Posters of Concerts given by Clubs on Western Trip 1885 Apr 5 6 Concert of Musical Clubs 1889 Mar 27 5 6 Concert of Musical Clubs (Benefit of Base Ball) 1889 May 17 5 6 Freshman Concert 1890 5 6 Glee and Banjo Clubs 1890 Jun 24 5 6 Glee and Banjo Clubs 1891 Mar 25 5 6 Glee and Banjo Clubs at Northampton 1892 Mar 9 5 6 Glee and Banjo Clubs 1892 Mar 22 5 6 Harvard Glee Club and Amherst Banjo at Northampton 1893 Mar 8 5 6 Glee and Banjo C1ub 1893 Mar 22 5 6 Minstrel Company (Base Ball Benefit) 1893 May 17 5 6 Commencement Concert 1893 Jun 27 5 6 Solos by W P Bigelow and Mandolin Clubs 1894 Apr 23 5 6 College Minstrels 1894 Apr 26 5 6 Class Day Concert 1894 Jun 26 5 6 Glee Club Concert 1895 5 6 Concert of Glee and Banjo Clubs 1896 Mar 9 5 6 Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Concert 1896 Mar 25 5 6 College Musical Association 1897 Jun 28 5 7 College Musical Association at Holyoke 1900 Feb 2 5 7 College Musical Association at Amherst 1900 Mar 24 5 7 College Musical Association at Worcester 1900 May 18 5 7 College Musical Association at Springfield 1900 May 23 5 7 Musical Association Picture 1900 June 25 5 7 Musical Association, YMCA Hall, Holyoke 1901 Apr 12 5 7 College Minstrels (Athletic Association Benefit) 1902 May 5 5 7 Oratorio Chorus and Orchestra 1903 May 27 5 7 College Musical Association 1903 Jun 22 5 7 Oratorio "The Messiah" 1904 May 11 5 7 Musical Association Picture 1905 5 7 Oratorio "Elijah" 1905 Mar 22 Series 6: MODERN POSTERS 1906-

Series 6, MODERN POSTERS, includes posters from 1906 to the present. These posters cover a variety of subjects including music, lectures, events and sports. Arranged chronologically.

 3 1 Lecture and event posters n.d. 1 1 Lecture and event posters n.d. 1 2 Richard Wilbur n.d. 5 8 "Amherst Wants You!" n.d. 3 3 Mrs. Ballington Booth of Volunteers of America (2 posters) 1906 Feb 16 3 4 Hon. John Barrett 1907 Jun 12 3 5 Literary club - Richard Watson Gilder 1909 Jan 23 3 5 Charles J. Glidden 1909 Mar 15 3 6 Exhibition of Maxim's noiseless gun 1909 May 14 3 6 Herbert L. Bridgman 1909 4 10 Chart comparing intercollegiate sports 1914 4 10 Award posters for exposition displays in athletics 1914, n.d. 3 6a "Gigantic Outing, Clambake and Rally in College Hall" [to fund Centennial gift, possibly sponsored by Class of 1902?] ca. 1920 2 6 Lecture posters: S.K. Ratcliffe, "England and Her Present Day Problems"; Cecil Maurice Bowra, "Hellenism and Poetry"; "Reading" by Robert Frost; Walter Lippmann, "American Destiny"; Mahanam B. Brahmachari, "Life in India as a Background for Thought and Action"; E.C. Kyte, "English Country House Libraries"; Friedrich Solmsen, "Electra in Greek Tragedy"; John W. Wheeler-Bennett, "War and Peace" 1936-1940 3 7 Football, Amherst vs. Williams 1938 Nov 12 1 4 Dr. Selig Hecht: "Night Vision" [1940] 3 8 Political Union Address - Mrs. Roosevelt 1941 Feb 5 1 5 Opening Chapel 1944 3 9 Rotherwas Society debate on Fraternities [1950] 1 6 Sigma Xi, installation exercises 1950 Mar 23 1 7 Crew vs. AIC [1950] May 4 1 8 Lecture posters c. 1960-62 1 9 Film posters c. 1961-65 3 16 Mardi Gras, 1963; Mardi Gras, 1966 (featuring Dionne Warwick); Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, 1966; Rock and Roll Dance and Show featuring the Moppets and Moby Dick and the Seamen, 1966 [#2011-004] 1963-66 3 10 "Utopian Thought in America" 1965 Oct 21 3 11 Posters 1980s 1 10 Posters 1980s 3 12 Posters 1990s 1 11 Posters 1990 1 12 Posters 1991 1 13 Posters 1992-1994 1 14 Posters 1995-1997 1 15 Posters 1998 1 16 Posters 1999-2000 3 13 Posters 2000s 1 17 Posters 2001 3 14 Coeducation at 25 2001 Sep 1 18 Posters 2002 1 19 Posters 2003 1 20 Posters 2004 1 21 Posters 2005 2 1 Posters 2006 2 2 Posters 2007 2 3 Posters 2008 2 4 Posters 2009 2 5 Posters 2010 3 15 Posters 2010s