Sprague Family Papers 1890-2005 1920-2005

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Sprague Family Papers 1890-2005 1920-2005

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The Sprague Family Papers include the papers of Rosemary Sprague, an Amherst-area attorney; her father, Atherton Hall Sprague (AC 1920), an Amherst College professor of mathematics; and her mother, Marion Whittemore Sprague. The collection includes correspondence, diaries and travel journals, unpublished poetry, plays, and novels, Sprague family genealogical material, and photographs. Notable among the correspondence are letters that Rosemary Sprague received from her friend, the poet James Merrill.

7 records storage boxes, 2 archives boxes, 1 oversize box; (11.25 linear ft.)

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Merrill, James, 1926-1995

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) and typed letters signed (3) : Athens, Key West and Stonington, Ct., to Robert Isaacson, 1966-1983 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871528 James Merrill was an American poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. From the description of James Merrill collection of papers, 1965-1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626315 From the guide to the James Mer...

Sprague family

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Atherton Hall Sprague (AC 1920) (1897-1986) was born in Amherst, and served in the U.S. Army during World War I before receiving a Bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1920. He later received a Master's in 1923 and a Ph.D. in 1941, both from Princeton University. He served as a professor of mathematics at Amherst College from 1920 until his retirement in 1966, and authored three mathematics textbooks: Essentials of plane trigonometry and analytic geometry (1934); Essentials of ...

Sprague, Atheron Hall, 1897-

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Sprague, Atherton Hall, 1897-

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