Degrees and Honors Collection, 1825-

7 flat boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

Abstract:

The bulk of the collection is made up of diplomas and certificates awarded by Amherst College to Amherst Graduates, as well as honorary degrees awarded to individuals associated with the college. The remainder of the degrees and certificates were awarded to Amherst College Alumni by other institutions both educational and civic.

Terms of Access and Use:

In general, there is no restriction on access to the Degrees and Honors Collection for research use. Particularly fragile or valuable items have been replaced with copies.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Degrees and Honors Collection consists chiefly of the diplomas for degrees awarded to Amherst graduates and other individuals associated with the College, mostly in the 19th century. All printed on vellum, but their physical condition varies widely; water and mold damage are evident on many of the early nineteenth century documents. Although some are for the degree of Master of Arts, the bulk are Bachelor of Arts. Honorary doctorates, as well as a few honorary Masters degrees, make up the balance of the Amherst College awarded degrees. The text of all of the Amherst diplomas is in Latin. The remainder of the degrees and certificates in this collection were awarded to Amherst College alumni by other institutions, both educational and civic. Dates in parentheses following degree recipients' names indicate the year of undergraduate degree from Amherst. Additions to this collection are expected.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by last name of recipient.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

In general, there is no restriction on access to the Degrees and Honors Collection for research use. Particularly fragile or valuable items have been replaced with copies.

Preferred Citation

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

[Identification of item], in Degrees and Honors Collection [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Accruals:

Additions to this collection are expected.

Processing Information

The Degreees and Honors Collection is an artificial collection created by the Archives and Special Collections department of Amherst College out of materials from other collections.

Listed:	1994 Sep-Nov
By:	Peter Weis, Archives Assistant

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Ribbon, seals for diplomas			Box 1: folder 1A

B.S. Ashley, Thomas	1916		Box 1: folder 1B

B.A. Babcock, Elisha	1825		Box 1: folder 2

B.A. Barrows, Homer	1831		Box 1: folder 3

B.A. Beatty, C. Francis	1912		Box 1: folder 3a

B.A. Beecher, Daniel	1907		Box 1: folder 4

B.A. Belcher, Richard	1889		Box 1: folder 5

B.A. cum laude Bigelow, Frank B.	1891		Box 1: folder 6

B.A. Bigelow, William	1889		Box 1: folder 7

M.A. Bigelow, William	1898		Box 1: folder 8

M.A. hon. Boltwood, Lucius	1825		Box 1: folder 9

B.A. Bond, Ephraim	1841		Box 1: folder 10

B.A. Bowers, George	1861		Box 1: folder 11

B.A. Brownell, William	1871		Box 1: folder 12

L.L.D., hon. Brownell, William	1916		Box 1: folder 12

M.A. Burt, Jairus (AC 1824)	1827		Box 1: folder 13

M.A. Cabour, Michel	1955		Box 2: folder 1A

A.B. Chapin, Dormer F.	1879		Box 2: folder 1B

M.A. Clark, Jacob	1859		Box 2: folder 2

B.A. Cobb, William	1867		Box 2: folder 3

B.A. Cowles, William L.	1878		Box 2: folder 4

L.H.D., hon. Cowles, William L.	1925		Box 2: folder 4

B.A. Crowell, Edward	1853		Box 2: folder 5A

M.A. Crowell, Edward	1856		Box 2: folder 5A

M.A. Dana, Samuel (AC 1847)	1850		Box 2: folder 5B

L.L.D., hon. Davis, Arthur V.(AC 1888)	1947		Box 2: folder 6A

acknowledgement by U.S. Council of National Defense. Davis, Arthur V.(AC 1888)	1919		Box 2: folder 6B

M.A., hon. Delatour, Beckman (AC 1911)	1926		Box 2: folder 7A

Fellow, N.Y. Academy of Medicine. Delatour, Beckman (AC 1911)	1929		Box 2: folder 7B

M.D., Johns Hopkins. Delatour, Beckman (AC 1911)	1915		Box 2: folder 7B

B.A. Denny, Andrew	1831		Box 2: folder 8

B.A. Dewey, Melville	1874		Box 2: folder 9

B.A. Dickinson, Richard	1844		Box 2: folder 10

B.A. Dickinson, David	1839		Box 2: folder 11

B.A. Dunbar, Jonathan	1865		Box 2: folder 12

M.A. Dunbar, Jonathan	1867		Box 2: folder 13

B.A. Dunlap, George E.	1855		Box 2: folder 14

B.A. Dyer, Ebenezer P.	1861		Box 2: folder 15

B.A. Dyer, Walter A.	1900		Box 2: folder 16

B.A. Eastman, Lucius Sr.	1833		Box 3: folder 1

M.A.Eastman, Lucius Sr.	1836		Box 3: folder 1

B.A. Eastman, Lucius Jr.	1857		Box 3: folder 2

M.A. Eastman, Lucius Jr.	1860		Box 3: folder 2

M.A.Eaton, Joseph (AC 1841)	1844		Box 3: folder 3

B.A. Emerson, Ben Kendall	1865		Box 3: folder 4

L.L.D., hon. Emerson, Benjamin K.	1915		Box 3: folder 4

B.A. Emerson, Henry S.	1929		Box 3: folder 5

B.A. Evans, Enoch K.	1853		Box 3: folder 6

B.A. Field, Henry P.	1880		Box 3: folder 7

L.L.D., hon. Field, Henry P.	1930		Box 3: folder 7

B.A. Fuller, Jesse F.	1858		Box 3: folder 8

M.A. Fuller, Jesse F.	1866		Box 3: folder 9

B.A. Garfield, Frank L.	1888		Box 3: folder 10A

B.A. Garman, Charles E.	1872		Box 3: folder 10B

M.A. Gaylord, Martin L.(AC 1848)	1853		Box 3: folder 11

B.A. George, Andrew J.	1876		Box 3: folder 12

B.A. George, Robert H.	1911		Box 3: folder 13

L.H.D., hon. George, Robert H.	1956		Box 3: folder 13

B.A. Gill, Adam C.	1884		Box 3: folder 14

B.A. (unsigned) Green, Lewis	1844		Box 3: folder 15

B.A. Green, Lewis	1844		Box 3: folder 15

M.A. Green, Lewis	1847		Box 3: folder 15

B.A. Guilford, Jonas	1864		Box 3: folder 16

B.A. Hamilton, Henry	1826		Box 4: folder 1A

B.A. Hammond, John C.	1865		Box 4: folder 1

L.L.D., hon. Hammond, John C.,Translation typescript of L.L.D. for J.C. Hammond	1925		Box 4: folder 1

B.A. Harlow, Edward J.	1887		Box 4: folder 2

B.A. Harmon, Elijah	1861		Box 4: folder 3

M.A. Harmon, Elijah	1865		Box 4: folder 3

B.A. Harris, John M.	1839		Box 4: folder 4

B.A. Hebard, Story	1828		Box 4: folder 5

B.A. Hewett, Waterman T.	1869		Box 4: folder 6

Leyden Univ. (Netherlands). Hewett, Waterman T.	1896		Box 4: folder 7A

B.A. Concordia College. Hickok, Laurens P.	1820		Box 4: folder 7B

M.A. Ohio Western Reserve	1828		Box 4: folder 7B

B.A. Hitchcock, Edward	1849		Box 4: folder 8

M.A. Hitchcock, Edward	1852		Box 4: folder 8

B.A. Holbrook, William E.	1876		Box 4: folder 9

B.A. Houston, John F.	1832		Box 4: folder 10

B.A. Jackson, Arthur H.	1846		Box 4: folder 11

M.A. Jackson, Arthur H.	1849		Box 4: folder 11

B.A. Kalloch, Lewis H.The 1973 Biographical Record lists Kalloch as class of 1926, but his diploma is dated 1928.	1928		Box 4: folder 12

B.A. Kiley, Marcus P.	1919		Box 4: folder 13

B.A. King, Henry A.	1873		Box 4: folder 14

L.L.D., hon. King, Henry A.	1927		Box 4: folder 14

B.A. King, Pres. Stanley	1903		Box 4: folder 15

L.L.D., hon. King, Pres. Stanley	1946		Box 4: folder 15

M.A., hon. Loewenstein, Karl	1940		Box 5: folder 1A

B.A. Lombard, Otis	1834		Box 5: folder 1B

M.A. Lombard, Otis	1837		Box 5: folder 1B

L.L.D., hon. Lord, Otis P. (AC 1832)	1869		Box 5: folder 2

B.A. Lyman, Timothy	1844		Box 5: folder 3

M.A. McGoun, Ralph C. (AC 1927)	1929		Box 5: folder 4

"Fifty Years of Service" McGoun, Ralph C.	1977		Box 5: folder 4

Sc.D., hon. McGregory, Joseph (AC 1880)	1905		Box 5: folder 5

B.A. McKeon, Charles K.	1934		Box 5: folder 6

B.A. McKeon, Newton F.	1926		Box 5: folder 7

B.A. McWilliams, George	1840		Box 5: folder 8

B.A.(photocopy) Mandell, William H.	1838		Box 5: folder 9A

B.A. Mandell, William H.	1838		Box 5: folder 9A

M.A.Mandell, William H.	1841		Box 5: folder 9A

B.A. Mead, William R.	1867		Box 5: folder 9B

L.L.D., hon. Mead, William R.	1902		Box 5: folder 9B

B.A. Miner, Worthington W.	1868		Box 5: folder 10

M.A. Miner, Worthington W.	1871		Box 5: folder 10

B.A. Morris, Josiah W.	1885		Box 5: folder 11

B.A. Newlin, William J.	1899		Box 5: folder 12

M.A., hon. Ostrander, John E (AC 1915).Translation typescript of M.A. for J.E. Ostrander	1943		Box 5: folder 13

B.A. Parsons, Frank H.	1881		Box 6: folder 1

B.A. Phalen, Carol H.	1874		Box 6: folder 2

B.A. Phalen, Paul S.	1903		Box 6: folder 2

B.A. Plimpton, James Edward	1878		Box 6: folder 2A

B.A. Pomeroy, Jeremiah	1829		Box 6: folder 3A

B.A. Rosseel, Joseph A.	1839		Box 6: folder 3B

M.A., hon. Rowland, William T.	1934		Box 6: folder 4

B.A. Sargent, Frank D.S.	1866		Box 6: folder 5

B.A. Searle, Lorenzo W.	1878		Box 6: folder 6

M.A. Searle, Lorenzo W.	1881		Box 6: folder 6

B.A. Seelye, Pres. Julius H.	1849		Box 6: folder 7

B.A. Shattuck, George	1868		Box 6: folder 8

B.A. Smith, Carol S.	1874		Box 6: folder 9

M.A. Smith, Carol S.	1880		Box 6: folder 9

M.A. Snell, Ebenezer (AC 1822). Translation typescript of M.A. for E.S. Snell	1825		Box 6: folder 10

B.A. Stearns, Timothy	1833		Box 6: folder 11

M.A.Stearns, Timothy	1836		Box 6: folder 11

M.A. Symonds, Stephen (AC 1833)	1837		Box 6: folder 12

B.A. Taft, Ezra F.	1867		Box 7: folder 1

L.L.D., hon. Taft, William H.	1914		Box 7: folder 2

B.A. Thompson, Amherst L.	1856		Box 7: folder 3

B.A. Topping, Robert L.	1849		Box 7: folder 4

B.A. Tufts, James H.	1884		Box 7: folder 5

M.A.Tufts, James H.	1890		Box 7: folder 5

L.L.D., hon.Tufts, James H.	1904		Box 7: folder 5

B.A. Tuttle, George A.	1883		Box 7: folder 6

B.A. Tyler, Mason W.	1862		Box 7: folder 7

M.A. Tyler, Mason W.	1865		Box 7: folder 7

B.A. Tyler, William W.	1864		Box 7: folder 8

B.A. Underhill, Henry B.	1845		Box 7: folder 9

M.A. Underhill, Henry B.	1848		Box 7: folder 9

B.A. Vaile, Rawson	1839		Box 7: folder 10

M.A. Vaill, Thomas S. (AC 1840)	1844		Box 7: folder 11

D.D., hon. Warner, Aaron	1860		Box 7: folder 12

Ph.D., hon. Walker, Carol S.	1885		Box 7: folder 13

M.A. Warren, George (AC 1842)	1845		Box 7: folder 14

B.A. Watkins, Royal P.	1889		Box 7: folder 15

B.A. White, Orlando H.	1846		Box 7: folder 16

M.A. White, Orlando H.	1856		Box 7: folder 16

B.A. Whittemore, Luther D.	1880		Box 7: folder 17

M.A. Whittemore, Luther D.	1885		Box 7: folder 17

Barre AcademyWhittemore, Luther D.	1876		Box 7: folder 17

B.A. Woodbridge, Frederick J.E.	1889		Box 7: folder 18

M.A.Woodbridge, Frederick J.E.	1898		Box 7: folder 18

L.L.D., hon. Woodbridge, Frederick J.E.	1903		Box 7: folder 18

Sample Diplomas: 1. Blank, President Edward Hitchcock signature 1848,M.A. 2. Blank, President Heman Humphrey signature n.d.,Blank 3. Carol H. Cobb, unsigned n.d.,Blank 4. W.S. Smyth (AC 1954), unsigned, marked "imperfect" 1954, B.A.	1848-1954		Box 7: folder 19

Search Terms

The following terms represent persons, organizations, and topics documented in this collection. Use these headings to search for additional materials on this web site, in the Five College Library Catalog, or in other library catalogs and databases.

Subjects

Amherst College--Degrees.
Degrees, Academic--Massachusetts--Amherst.

Genre terms

Diplomas--Amherst College.

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