Information: The first column shows data points from Amherst College. Library in red. The third column shows data points from Amherst Library in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
18211823Joseph Estabrook, Professor Latin and Greek, Librarian
1821Alexandrian and Athenian Societies, student literary societies, established; society libraries soon follow
1822Library located in North College, 4th floor room
18231824Zenas Clapp, Tutor and Librarian
18241827Samuel M. Worcester, Professor and Librarian
1827First library catalog published
18271853Library located in Johnson Chapel, 3rd floor
18271852Ebenezer Snell (AC 1822), Professor and Librarian
1831Substantial increase to the Library because of John Tappan gift of $500
1836Athenian Society publishes catalog
1844Sears Fund of Literature and Benevolence established
1850Library holdings are approximately 6,000 volumes
18511965Memorabilia Room established
18521863Lucius Boltwood (AC 1843) named first full-time Librarian
1853New building opens, houses library; later named Morgan Hall
1855Library holdings are approximately 12,000 volumes; Second library catalog published; second Athenian Society catalog also published1863Julius H. Seelye, Teacher and Librarian (without pay)
18641878William Montague (AC 1855), Librarian, Registrar, and Professor of French, Italian, and Spanish
1864First alphabetical author card catalog
1867Merger of Athenian, Alexandrian, and College libraries discussed
1871Supplement to library catalog published; open hours change from 3 hours/week to 6 hours/day except closed Sunday18741876Melvil Dewey (AC 1874) Assistant Librarian, starts subject catalog on cards
1878Thomas P. Field, (AC 1834) Librarian
18791883Walter Biscoe, (AC 1874) Acting Librarian
1883Library expands; building named for Henry T. Morgan
18831911William I. Fletcher, Librarian
1885Library holdings are approximately 43,000 volumes
18911905William I. Fletcher runs Summer course in Library Economy
1908Robert S. Fletcher (AC 1897, son of W.I. Fletcher) named Assistant Librarian
19111939Robert S. Fletcher, Librarian
1917Converse Memorial Library opens
19351939Henry deForest Smith, Library Director; Robert S. Fletcher on medical leave
1938Addition built on Converse Memorial Library; First rare book room established in Converse addition (19391970Newton F. McKeon (AC 1926), Library Director
19511978Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) established (initially Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, later Hampshire College) to provide cooperation among the libraries
19641965Charles T. Laugher, Assistant Library Director
1965Robert 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 Archives19651970Charles T. Laugher, Associate Library Director
1968Merrill Science Library opens; Music Library opens
19701974Richard J. Cody, Librarian of the College
19701975Charles T. Laugher, Library Director
1971Audio-Visual Department established in Frost Library
1974Library joins OCLC for cataloging purposes (substituted Library of Congress classification system for Dewey Decimal Classification System)1975Willis Bridegam, Librarian of the College
1978College Archives given mandate by Board of Trustees
1980House libraries discontinued
1986Frost C-level opens (compact shelving installed 1985; Deweys moved to C-level 1986)
1988First 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)
1994Second Five College automated library system (III) installed
1994Amherst College Depository opens
From the guide to the Amherst College Library Records, 1833-1977, 1876-1933, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)
Cornell Wordsworth and Cornell Yeats editorial records, 1974-2008.
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Amherst College Library history collection, 1850-1987 (bulk 1850-1965)
Amherst College. Library. Amherst College Library history collection, 1850-1987 (bulk 1850-1965)
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Amherst College Library history collection, 1850-1987 (bulk 1850-1965)
The Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon (AC 1926). Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written. The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-. An address given at the dedication of the Robert Frost Library [at] Amherst College, 1965 October 24.
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Portraits and signatures collections, ca. 1825-1900 / Amherst College Library.
Amherst College. Library. Portraits and signatures collections, ca. 1825-1900 / Amherst College Library.
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Portraits and signatures collections, ca. 1825-1900 / Amherst College Library.
The Portraits and Signatures Collection is an artificial collection of engravings and photographs, being predominantly portraits of a variety of individuals both famous and unknown and including many signatures in reproduction. Subjects include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and several other American presidents and statesmen; Lord Jeffery Amherst; Kings George III, George IV, George V and Queen Victoria of England; and several actors in character (George Alexander, John L. Toole). The collection also includes a series of engravings depicting scenes from Shakespeare's plays, several depictions of historic events in European history, and a small number of city views. Also of note are two photographs of teachers and children in the Freedmen's schools sponsored by the American Missionary Society, Norfolk, Virginia, ca. 1865. The collection also includes one folder of unidentified 19th century photographs.
Amherst College. Library. Portraits and signatures collections, ca. 1825-1900 / Amherst College Library.
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Amherst College Library History Collection 1850-1987 1850-1965
Amherst College Library History Collection, 1850-1987, 1850-1965
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Amherst College Library History Collection 1850-1987 1850-1965
The Library History Collection, 1850-1965, contains materials compiled by former Librarian Newton F. McKeon. Mr. McKeon assembled these materials to write a history of the Amherst College Library. This history, however, was never written. The Library History Collection includes McKeon's notes, copies of library reports and records, ephemera dating from the 19th century, and published and unpublished articles and reports about the Amherst College Library. Most of the material focuses on the late 1800's through the early 1910's. Reports describing the spatial needs of the library dating from 1937, 1959, and 1961 are also included.
Correspondence, press releases, news clippings, photographs and other materials documenting President John F. Kennedy's visit to Amherst College on October 26, 1963 for a special convocation at which he and poet Archibald MacLeish were awarded honorary degrees, and for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert Frost Library.
Approximately 222 bookplates and bookplate designs, ca. 1828-1989, used in the Amherst College library. The collection also includes information about the history of some of the bookplates; a variety of printing blocks, engravings and other print masters; and a small amount of correspondence.
ArchivalResource:
1 record storage box, 1 flat box (1.5 linear ft.)
Hampshire Inter-library Center (Mass.). Records (bulk 1951-1996).
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Records (bulk 1951-1996).
Minutes and correspondence of the governing bodies and committees of the consortium, publications by and about the center, subject files maintained by the HILC librarian as well as by some of the individual libraries, staff records, budget and financial records, union lists, order records for the HILC collection and records of its dispersal. The Library Automation Project records include RFPs for the two library systems (LS/2000 and Innovative Interfaces), committee records, contracts, correspondence, training materials and manuals for each of the systems.
ArchivalResource:
82 boxes ; 27 x 31 x 13 cm. (34 linear ft.)
Hampshire Inter-library Center (Mass.). Records (bulk 1951-1996).
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Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) Records 1913-1996 1951-1996
Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) Records MG 6., 1913-1996, 1951-1996
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Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) Records 1913-1996 1951-1996
The Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC), formally established in 1951, is one of the oldest library consortia in the United States. Its members include the libraries of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Its records include documentation of library cooperation in this geographical area of western Massachusetts dating back to 1913. From 1951 to 1978 the consortium maintained a shared collection of research material, and the archive includes full documentation of the creation, maintenance and final dispersal of that collection. In 1981, the Five College Library Automation Project inaugurated an integrated library system for the HILC libraries. Its records form the latter part of the series.
ArchivalResource:
82 boxes (27 x 31 x 13 cm); (34 linear ft.)
Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) Records MG 6., 1913-1996, 1951-1996
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William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)
William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)
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William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)
Correspondence (chiefly letters received), articles, poems, speeches, book reviews, diaries and journals, miscellaneous notebooks, scrapbooks, clippings, and other printed material. Correspondence concerns Thayer's writings, particularly in the area of Italian history, and his connections with Harvard as editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine and later as an overseer. Also included are some miscellaneous papers of William Warland Clapp, a Boston journalist; and some papers of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, chiefly from a European trip made by Higginson in 1872.
William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk).
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Bookplates Collection 1828-1989
Bookplates Collection, 1828-1989
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Bookplates Collection 1828-1989
Approximately 222 bookplates and bookplate designs, ca. 1828-1989, used in the Amherst College library. The collection also includes information about the history of some of the bookplates; a variety of printing blocks, engravings and other print masters; and a small amount of correspondence.
ArchivalResource:
1 records storage box, 1 flat box; (1.5 linear ft.)
Reproductions of the Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, ca. 1897and 1978.
Reproductions of the Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, ca. 1897 and 1978.
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Reproductions of the Emily Dickinson daguerreotype, ca. 1897and 1978.
Photographs and negatives of, and letters concerning, the various stages of theretouching of reproductions of the Emily Dickinson daguerreotype portrait.
Amherst College. Library. Correspondence between Newton F. McKeon and Belle Greene, 1947 Nov. 21, 26, Dec. 9.
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Portraits and Signatures Collection ca. 1825-1900
Portraits and Signatures Collection, ca. 1825-1900
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Portraits and Signatures Collection ca. 1825-1900
Artificial collection of engravings and photographs, predominantly portraits of a variety of individuals, as well as reproduced signatures. Subjects include American presidents, British monarchs, famous actors, Lord Jeffery Amherst, and others.
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1 archives box; (0.5 linear ft.)
Portraits and Signatures Collection, ca. 1825-1900
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Amherst College Library records, 1833-1977 (bulk 1876-1933)
Amherst College. Library. Amherst College Library records, 1833-1977 (bulk 1876-1933)
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Amherst College Library records, 1833-1977 (bulk 1876-1933)
The Library Records document the development of the Amherst College Library. The bulk of the records date between 1876 and 1933, but span the years 1833 to 1977. Despite the time span, the records provide incomplete information about the administration of the Library. The records best document the library holdings (1833-1938), and particular functions, such as classification. The Records include correspondence, accession logs, annual reports, in-house manuals and procedures statements, some financial records, printed catalogs, and shelf lists. The administrative files of Librarian Newton F. McKeon (1939-70), Charles Laugher (1970-75), and Willis E. Bridegam, Jr. (1975- ) are not part of this collection.
ArchivalResource:
10 record storage boxes, 1 half archive box, 18 v. (14.5 linear ft.)
Amherst College. Library. Amherst College Library records, 1833-1977 (bulk 1876-1933)
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Amherst College Library Records 1833-1977 1876-1933
Amherst College Library Records, 1833-1977, 1876-1933
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Amherst College Library Records 1833-1977 1876-1933
The Library Records document the development of the Amherst College Library. Despite the time span (1833-1977), the records provide incomplete information about the administration of the Library. The records best document the library holdings (1833-1938), and particular functions, such as classification. The Records include correspondence, accession logs, annual reports, in-house manuals and procedures statements, some financial records, printed catalogs, and shelf lists. The administrative files of Librarian Newton F. McKeon (1939-70), Charles Laugher (1970-75), and Willis E. Bridegam, Jr. (1975- ) are not part of this collection.
ArchivalResource:
10 records storage boxes, 1 half archives box, 18 volumes; (14.5 linear ft.)
The microfilmed papers document the professional, public service, and personal activities of Dwight W. Morrow (1873-1931). They reflect Morrow's multiple roles and commitments as lawyer, international financier, statesman, public servant, alumnus, and board member. The 167 rolls of filmed papers include: extensive correspondence; memoranda and reports; subject files; meeting minutes; speech transcripts and printed articles; scrapbooks; clippings files. The material dates from 1877 to 1933, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1900 to 1931. The microfilmed papers' fullest coverage is of Morrow's work as a partner at J.P. Morgan & Co. (1914-27) and as ambassador to Mexico (1927-30).
Papers relating to the activities of the Trustee of the Robert Frost Trust. The trust was created under the will of Robert Frost to administer assets and copyrights to works created by Frost. Incldues correspondence, accounts, and other materials relating to the estate.
Correspondence, press releases, news clippings, photographs and other materials documenting President John F. Kennedy's visit to Amherst College on October 26, 1963 for a special convocation at which he and poet Archibald MacLeish were awarded honorary degrees, and for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert Frost Library.
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