ma99 Scrapbooks Collection, 1853-1967 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Sarang Gopalakrishnan, 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. 2003-06-24 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma99 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Scrapbooks Collection, 1853-1967 Finding Aid Finding Aid: 2003 Prepared by: Sarang Gopalakrishnan '06, Student Encoding Assistant Edited by: Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Scrapbooks Collection 1853-1967 ca. 167 volumes (ca. 84 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Scrapbooks containing programs, souvenirs, photographs, newspaper clippings, college papers, letters and ephemera relating chiefly to student life at Amherst. Includes both personal and institutional scrapbooks. English. 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.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into three series:

1. Personal Scrapbooks, 1856-1943 2. Institutional Scrapbooks, 1854-1967 3. Other Scrapbooks, 1853-1874 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

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

Requests for permission to publish material from the Scrapbooks 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 Scrapbooks Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

Search Terms Amherst College--History--Sources. Amherst College--Students. College students--Massachusetts--Amherst. Scrapbooks--Amherst College. Additional Information 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, 1867-1927 B. Athletics Scrapbooks, 1871-1875 C. Fraternity Scrapbooks, 1847-1864 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