Amherst College Centennial Collection, 1919-1921
3 archives boxes, 2 oversize flat boxes (2.5 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
There is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Centennial Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
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.
The collection consists of records of the Amherst College Centennial Celebration Committee and clippings, programs, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks related to activities at the College for the celebration in 1921 of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
This collection is organized into four series:
There is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Centennial Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.
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.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Amherst College Centennial Collection [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.
| Finding Aid: | November 2001 |
| Prepared by: | Sarah Sorscher '05, Student Assistant |
| Edited by: | Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist |
| Contact Information |
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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 |
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Series 1: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
PAPERS
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Addresses
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Box 1: folder 1
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The Amherst Books
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 2
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Artwork (Medallion) - unused
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 3
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Attendance and Housing - Information cards
and receipts
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 4
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Centennial Celebration Committee - report
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1921 Mar
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Box 1: folder 5
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Centennial Celebration Committee minutes
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1919-1921
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Box 1: folder 6
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Centennial Celebration Committee working
papers
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 7
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Clippings
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 8
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Correspondence (General)
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 9
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Housing Committee
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 10
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Invitation
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 11
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Invitation and delegate lists
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 12
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Invitation samples (Secondary Schools, Other
Colleges, etc)
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 13
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Mailings
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 14
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Medallions and ribbons
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 15
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New Years greetings
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 16
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Official greetings from other institutions
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 17
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Pageant
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 18
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Programs, etc.
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 19
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Tickets
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n.d.
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Box 1: folder 20
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Series 2: CENTENNIAL GIFT PAPERS
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Centennial Gift papers
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 1
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Centennial Gift contributions
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 2
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Centennial Gift correspondence 1
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 3
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Centennial Gift correspondence 2
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 4
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Centennial Gift correspondence 3
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 5
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Centennial Gift correspondence 4
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 6
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Forms and receipts
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 7
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Mailings
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 8
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Publications
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n.d.
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Box 2: folder 9
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Series 3: PHOTOGRAPHS
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Class photos (groups)
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 1
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Parade, assembly, and baseball game
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1921 Jun 21
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Box 3: folder 2
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Reunion headquarters
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 3
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Amherst, Lord Jeffrey - Viscount Holmesdale
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 4
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Amherst (Town) - Decorations for Centennial
Celebration
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 5
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Campus - decorations - Triumphal Arch
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 6
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Centennial gifts - Alumni Parade and Rally
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1920 Nov 20
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Box 3: folder 7
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Centennial Gift Committee of Boston
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n.d.
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Box 3: folder 8
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Commencement exercises
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Box 3: folder 9
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Concert - Baccalaureate Sunday
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1921 Jun 19
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Box 3: folder 10
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Dinner
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1921 Jun 22
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Box 3: folder 11
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Grove Exercises
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1921 Jun 18
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Box 3: folder 12
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Historical Day exercises
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1921 Jun 20
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Box 3: folder 13
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Ivy exercises
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1921 Jun 18
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Box 3: folder 14
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Pageant - "Amherst Milestones"
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1921 Jun 21
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Box 3: folder 15
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Large scrapbook of photographs and printed
programs
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n.d.
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Box 3
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Pageant - "Amherst Milestones"
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1921 Jun 21
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Box 3
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Series 4: SCRAPBOOKS
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"Newspaper Clippings of the One-Hundredth
Anniversary of the Founding of Amherst College
1821-1921" (Collected by the Alumni Council)
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n.d.
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Box 4
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"The Story of the Campaign as seen from New
York District Headquarters" compiled by Trumbull White
(AC 1890), Director
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n.d.
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Box 5
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