| 1821-1823 |
Joseph Estabrook, Professor Latin and Greek, Librarian
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| 1821 |
Alexandrian and Athenian Societies, student literary societies, established; society libraries soon follow
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| 1822 |
Library located in North College, 4th floor room
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| 1823-1824 |
Zenas Clapp, Tutor and Librarian
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| 1824-1827 |
Samuel M. Worcester, Professor and Librarian
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| 1827 |
First library catalog published
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| 1827-1853 |
Library located in Johnson Chapel, 3rd floor
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| 1827-1852 |
Ebenezer Snell (AC 1822), Professor and Librarian
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| 1831 |
Substantial increase to the Library because of John Tappan gift of $500
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| 1836 |
Athenian Society publishes catalog
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| 1844 |
Sears Fund of Literature and Benevolence established
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| 1850 |
Library holdings are approximately 6,000 volumes
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| 1851-1965 |
Memorabilia Room established
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| 1852-1863 |
Lucius Boltwood (AC 1843) named first full-time Librarian
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| 1853 |
New building opens, houses library; later named Morgan Hall
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| 1855 |
Library holdings are approximately 12,000 volumes; Second library catalog published; second Athenian Society catalog also published |
| 1863 |
Julius H. Seelye, Teacher and Librarian (without pay)
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| 1864-1878 |
William Montague (AC 1855), Librarian, Registrar, and Professor of French, Italian, and Spanish
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| 1864 |
First alphabetical author card catalog
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| 1867 |
Merger of Athenian, Alexandrian, and College libraries discussed
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| 1871 |
Supplement to library catalog published; open hours change from 3 hours/week to 6 hours/day except closed Sunday |
| 1874-1876 |
Melvil Dewey (AC 1874) Assistant Librarian, starts subject catalog on cards
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| 1878 |
Thomas P. Field, (AC 1834) Librarian
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| 1879-1883 |
Walter Biscoe, (AC 1874) Acting Librarian
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| 1883 |
Library expands; building named for Henry T. Morgan
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| 1883-1911 |
William I. Fletcher, Librarian
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| 1885 |
Library holdings are approximately 43,000 volumes
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| 1891-1905 |
William I. Fletcher runs Summer course in Library Economy
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| 1908 |
Robert S. Fletcher (AC 1897, son of W.I. Fletcher) named Assistant Librarian
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| 1911-1939 |
Robert S. Fletcher, Librarian
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| 1917 |
Converse Memorial Library opens
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| 1935-1939 |
Henry deForest Smith, Library Director; Robert S. Fletcher on medical leave
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| 1938 |
Addition built on Converse Memorial Library; First rare book room established in Converse addition ( |
| 1939-1970 |
Newton F. McKeon (AC 1926), Library Director
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| 1951-1978 |
Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) established (initially Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, later Hampshire College) to provide cooperation among the libraries
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| 1964-1965 |
Charles T. Laugher, Assistant Library Director
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| 1965 |
Robert Frost Library opens; Friends of the Amherst College Library founded; Memorabilia Room moves from the Hitchcock Room in Morgan Hall to the Frost Library and renamed the College Archives |
| 1965-1970 |
Charles T. Laugher, Associate Library Director
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| 1968 |
Merrill Science Library opens; Music Library opens
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| 1970-1974 |
Richard J. Cody, Librarian of the College
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| 1970-1975 |
Charles T. Laugher, Library Director
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| 1971 |
Audio-Visual Department established in Frost Library
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| 1974 |
Library joins OCLC for cataloging purposes (substituted Library of Congress classification system for Dewey Decimal Classification System) |
| 1975- |
Willis Bridegam, Librarian of the College
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| 1978 |
College Archives given mandate by Board of Trustees
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| 1980 |
House libraries discontinued
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| 1986 |
Frost C-level opens (compact shelving installed 1985; Deweys moved to C-level 1986)
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| 1988 |
First Five College on-line catalog system (LS/2000) installed (provides access to holdings at the University of Massachusetts and Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, as well as Amherst)
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| 1994 |
Second Five College automated library system (III) installed
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| 1994 |
Amherst College Depository opens
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