Salutations Collection, ca. 1920-ongoing

3 oversize archives boxes, 1 flat box (2 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Contains letters of commendation and formal greeting, proclamations and certificates presented to Amherst College on special occassions by other colleges and universities, as well as other cultural institutions.

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Restrictions on access:

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

Restrictions on use:

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.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Salutations Collection is comprised of letters of commendation and formal greeting, proclamations and certificates presented to Amherst College on special occasions by other colleges and universities, as well as other cultural institutions. These greetings came to the College on special occasions such as the College's centennial and the inauguration of the college presidents.

The collection is unsorted

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

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

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

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

[Identification of item], in Salutations Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

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

From the Shattuck School (Faribault, Minnesota) re: Amherst College's participation in its centennial celebration	Dec 19, 1959		Box 1: folder 1

From the Smithsonian Institution (re: Amherst College centennial)	Jun 17, 1921		Box 1: folder 2

From La Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico	Feb 14, 1952		Box 1: folder 3

From Harvard	n.d.		Box 1: folder 4

From Wesleyan University	June 15, 1946		Box 1: folder 5

To Mrs. Joseph Bowdoin	June 24, 1944		Box 1: folder 6

To Glasgow University	Feb 14, 1950		Box 1: folder 7

University of Nigeria acknowledgment of AC greetings. (Includes brochure and programme.)	June 7, 1962		Box 1: folder 8

"Greetings" Misc.	n.d.		Box 1: folder 9

Pease Inauguration: From Harvard.	Nov 4, 1927		Box 1: folder 10

Pease Inauguration: From Columbia.	Nov 4, 1927		Box 1: folder 11

King Inauguration: From Dartmouth.	Nov 11, 1932		Box 1: folder 12

King Inauguration: From Trinity.	Nov 11, 1932		Box 1: folder 13

Letter to Dr. Theodore Soller from Pres. Stanley King	May 25, 1936		Box 1: folder 14

From Harvard	n.d.		Box 1: folder 15

President Charles W. Cole Inauguration: From Wagner College	Oct 14,1946		Box 1: folder 16

Cole Inauguration: From Portland State College	Oct 14, 1946		Box 1: folder 17

Cole Inauguration: Letter from Princeton	May 18, 1960		Box 1: folder 18

Cole Inauguration: From Wesleyan University	Oct 27, 1946		Box 1: folder 19

Cole Inauguration: From the College of the Holy Cross	Sept 23, 1946		Box 1: folder 20

Cole Inauguration: From University of Connecticut	Sept 20, 1946		Box 1: folder 21

Cole Inauguration: From Tufts College	Oct 27, 1946		Box 1: folder 22

Cole Inauguration: From Vassar College	Oct 31, 1946		Box 1: folder 23

Cole Inauguration: From Dartmouth College	Oct 11, 1946		Box 1: folder 24

Cole Inauguration: From Yale University	Oct 27, 1946		Box 1: folder 25

Cole Inauguration: From Boston University	n.d.		Box 1: folder 26

Cole Inauguration: From Trinity College	Oct, 1946		Box 1: folder 27

Cole Inauguration: From Columbia University	Oct 27, 1946		Box 1: folder 28

Cole Inauguration: From Harvard college	Oct 3, 1946		Box 1: folder 29

Plimpton Inauguration: From Trinity College	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 30

Plimpton Inauguration: From the University of Pennsylvania	Oct 17, 1960		Box 1: folder 31

Plimpton Inauguration: From Harvard College	Oct 4, 1960		Box 1: folder 32

Plimpton Inauguration: From Doshisha University	n.d.		Box 1: folder 33

Plimpton Inauguration: From Brandeis University	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 34

Plimpton Inauguration: From Tufts University	Oct 17, 1960		Box 1: folder 35

Plimpton Inauguration: From Ohio Wesleyan University	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 36

Plimpton Inauguration: From Dartmouth College	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 37

Plimpton Inauguration: From Bennington College	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 38

Plimpton Inauguration: From Vassar College	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 39

Plimpton Inauguration: From Bryn Mawr College	Oct 28, 1960		Box 1: folder 40

Plimpton Inauguration: From Boston University	Oct 30, 1960		Box 1: folder 41

Plimpton Inauguration: From Reed College	n.d.		Box 2: folder 1

Plimpton Inauguration: From Yale University	Oct 20, 1960		Box 2: folder 2

Plimpton Inauguration: From Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Sept 27, 1960		Box 2: folder 3

Plimpton Inauguration: From Brown University	Oct 1960		Box 2: folder 4

"Personal greetings on President Plimpton's Inauguration done by the President of Doshisha"	n.d.		Box 2: folder 5

Plimpton Inauguration: From St. John's College	Oct 18,1960		Box 2: folder 6

Plimpton Inauguration: From Pratt Institute	Oct 30, 1960		Box 2: folder 7

Gibbs Inauguration: From Columbia University	Oct 28, 1979		Box 2: folder 8

Pouncey Inauguration: From University of Pennsylvania	Sept 20, 1984		Box 2: folder 9

Pouncey Inauguration: From Princeton University	1984		Box 2: folder 10

Pouncey Inauguration: From Harvard College	Oct 1, 1984		Box 2: folder 11

Pouncey Inauguration: From Trinity College	Oct 5, 1984		Box 2: folder 12

Pouncey Inauguration: From Dartmouth College	Oct 14. 1984		Box 2: folder 13

Pouncey Inauguration: From Wheaton College	Oct 1984		Box 2: folder 14

Pouncey Inauguration: From Brown University	Oct 1984		Box 2: folder 15

Gerety Inauguration: From Radcliffe College	Oct 12, 1994		Box 2: folder 16

Gerety Inauguration: From Clark University	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 17

Gerety Inauguration: From University of Minnesota	n.d.		Box 2: folder 18

Gerety Inauguration: From Curry College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 19

Gerety Inauguration: From Smith College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 20

Gerety Inauguration: From Emory University	Sept 15, 1994		Box 2: folder 21

Gerety Inauguration: From Yale University	Oct 3, 1994		Box 2: folder 22

Gerety Inauguration: From Columbia University	n.d.		Box 2: folder 23

Gerety Inauguration: From Colorado College	n.d.		Box 2: folder 24

Gerety Inauguration: From Northeastern University	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 25

Gerety Inauguration: From University of Wisconsin at Madison	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 26

Gerety Inauguration: From the University of Connecticut	Oct 23, 1994		Box 2: folder 27

Gerety Inauguration: From Vassar College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 1

Gerety Inauguration: From the College of William and Mary	n.d.		Box 3: folder 2

Gerety Inauguration: From Lebanon Valley College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 3

Gerety Inauguration: From the University of Michigan	Sept 8, 1994		Box 3: folder 4

Gerety Inauguration: From Boston College	July 20, 1994		Box 3: folder 5

Gerety Inauguration: From Reed College	Oct 6, 1994		Box 3: folder 6

Gerety Inauguration: From Oberlin College	n.d.		Box 3: folder 7

Gerety Inauguration: From the University of Chicago	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 8

Gerety Inauguration: From Princeton University	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 9

Gerety Inauguration: From Western New England College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 10

Gerety Inauguration: From Salem State College	Oct 20, 1994		Box 3: folder 11

Gerety Inauguration: From Bridgewater State College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 12

Gerety Inauguration: From Washington College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 13

Gerety Inauguration: From Vanderbilt University	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 14

Gerety Inauguration: From Middlebury College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 15

Gerety Inauguration: From Knox College	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 16

Gerety Inauguration: From the University of Pennslyvania	July 18,1994		Box 3: folder 17

Gerety Inauguration: From Harvard College	Sept 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 18

Gerety Inauguration: From the Commonwealth of MA	Oct 23, 1994		Box 3: folder 19

AC Centennial: From Harvard College	May 18, 1921		Box 4: folder 1

AC Centennial: From the University of Virginia	n.d.		Box 4: folder 2

AC Centennial: From Yale University	June 15, 1921		Box 4: folder 3

Plimpton Inauguration: List	n.d.		Box 4: folder 4

Plimpton Inauguration: From Bowdoin College	Oct 30, 1960		Box 4: folder 5

Plimpton Inauguration: From	n.d.		Box 4: folder 6

To the Pratt Institute	May 5, 1962		Box 4: folder 7

From the Board of Trustees of AC to the Faculty of AC	June 6, 1946		Box 4: folder 8

To Davidson College	Oct 17, 1941		Box 4: folder 9

To Victoria University	Oct 15, 1941		Box 4: folder 10

To the University of Michigan and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts	Oct 4, 1941		Box 4: folder 11

To the West Virginia State Boards of Education and to the West Virginia State College	Apr 14, 1941		Box 4: folder 12

To the University of Pennsylvania (Bicentennial)	Sept 20, 1940		Box 4: folder 13

To Hobart College and to William Smith College	Oct 2, 1936		Box 4: folder 14

To Tufts College	Nov 4, 1938		Box 4: folder 15

To the University of South Carolina	Apr 6, 1937		Box 4: folder 16

To Mt. Holyoke College (Centennial)	Apr 17, 1937		Box 4: folder 17

To the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle	Mar 1, 1935		Box 4: folder 18

To Union College	Oct 12, 1934		Box 4: folder 19

To Williams College	Oct 8, 1937		Box 4: folder 20

To Colgate University	Sept 24, 1942		Box 4: folder 21

To Knox College	June 12, 1937		Box 4: folder 22

Letter for Laurence Locke Daggett (traveling)	Nov 17, 1938		Box 4: folder 23

Letter for Rev. James T. Cleland (traveling)	June 15, 1938		Box 4: folder 24

To Williams College (150th Anniversary)	Oct 23, 1943		Box 4: folder 25

To Union College	May 11, 1946		Box 4: folder 26

To Wesleyan University	Oct 15, 1943		Box 4: folder 27

From the Peace Corps	Mar 1, 1966		Box 4: folder 28

From Princeton University	n.d.		Box 4: folder 29

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Subjects

Amherst College--History.
Amherst College--Presidents.
Universities and colleges--Massachusetts--Amherst.

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