When the library history material was organized, original library administrative files were removed from the Library History Collection and returned to the Library Records. The bulk of this material was Librarian Robert S. Fletcher's (AC 1897) correspondence but also included other material such as the "Blunder Book" and library staff member Sabra Snell's classification procedures. When duplicate items existed, a copy was retained in the Library History Collection.
From the description of Amherst College Library history collection, 1850-1987 (bulk 1850-1965) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51775532
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1821 -1823 :Joseph Estabrook, Professor Latin and Greek, Librarian -
1821:
Alexandrian and Athenian Societies, student literary societies, established; society libraries soon follow -
1822:
Library located in North College, 4th floor room -
1823 -1824 :Zenas Clapp, Tutor and Librarian -
1824 -1827 :Samuel M. Worcester, Professor and Librarian -
1827:
First library catalog published -
1827 -1853 :Library located in Johnson Chapel, 3rd floor -
1827 -1852 :Ebenezer Snell (AC 1822), Professor and Librarian -
1831:
Substantial increase to the Library because of John Tappan gift of $500 -
1836:
Athenian Society publishes catalog -
1844:
Sears Fund of Literature and Benevolence established -
1850:
Library holdings are approximately 6,000 volumes -
1851 -1965 :Memorabilia Room established -
1852 -1863 :Lucius Boltwood (AC 1843) named first full-time Librarian -
1853:
New building opens, houses library; later named Morgan Hall -
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) -
1864 -1878 :William Montague (AC 1855), Librarian, Registrar, and Professor of French, Italian, and Spanish -
1864:
First alphabetical author card catalog -
1867:
Merger of Athenian, Alexandrian, and College libraries discussed -
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 -
1878:
Thomas P. Field, (AC 1834) Librarian -
1879 -1883 :Walter Biscoe, (AC 1874) Acting Librarian -
1883:
Library expands; building named for Henry T. Morgan -
1883 -1911 :William I. Fletcher, Librarian -
1885:
Library holdings are approximately 43,000 volumes -
1891 -1905 :William I. Fletcher runs Summer course in Library Economy -
1908:
Robert S. Fletcher (AC 1897, son of W.I. Fletcher) named Assistant Librarian -
1911 -1939 :Robert S. Fletcher, Librarian -
1917:
Converse Memorial Library opens -
1935 -1939 :Henry deForest Smith, Library Director; Robert S. Fletcher on medical leave -
1938:
Addition built on Converse Memorial Library; First rare book room established in Converse addition ( -
1939 -1970 :Newton F. McKeon (AC 1926), Library Director -
1951 -1978 :Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) established (initially Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, later Hampshire College) to provide cooperation among the libraries -
1964 -1965 :Charles T. Laugher, Assistant Library Director -
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 -
1968:
Merrill Science Library opens; Music Library opens -
1970 -1974 :Richard J. Cody, Librarian of the College -
1970 -1975 :Charles T. Laugher, Library Director -
1971:
Audio-Visual Department established in Frost Library -
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 -
1978:
College Archives given mandate by Board of Trustees -
1980:
House libraries discontinued -
1986:
Frost C-level opens (compact shelving installed 1985; Deweys moved to C-level 1986) -
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) -
1994:
Second Five College automated library system (III) installed -
1994:
Amherst College Depository opens
From the guide to the Amherst College Library Records, 1833-1977, 1876-1933, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)
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| associatedWith | Amherst College | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Amherst College. Class of 1897. Fletcher. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Amherst College. Class of 1926. McKeon. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Eccles, Mary Hyde. | person |
| associatedWith | Fletcher, Robert Stillman, 1874-1953 | person |
| associatedWith | Graves, Louise B., collector. | person |
| associatedWith | Hampshire Inter-Library Center (HILC) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hampshire Inter-library Center (Mass.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Jared R, Curtis 1936- | person |
| associatedWith | McKeon, Newton Felch, 1904-1990 | person |
| associatedWith | Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931 | person |
| associatedWith | Robert Frost Trusteeship. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 | person |
| associatedWith | Wilbur, Richard, 1921- | person |
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| Academic libraries |
| Academic libraries |
| Bookplates, American |
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Active 1833
Active 1977
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