Amherst College early history collection, 1815-1991, (bulk 1815-1849)

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Amherst College early history collection, 1815-1991, (bulk 1815-1849)

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Printed material, legal documents, financial records, correspondence and other papers documenting the history of Amherst Academy, its Charity Fund, and the resulting inception and founding of Amherst College as an institution for the education of "indigent young men of promising talents and hopeful piety." The collection brings together from disparate sources the early founding documents of the College from its inception in 1817 to its securing of a Massachusetts charter in 1825 through to its gradual institutional stability in the latter 19th century. Printed material includes early circulars and catalogues of both Amherst College Academy and Amherst College. Papers of several 19th century trustees of the College are also included.

2 record storage boxes, 5 archive boxes, 3 half archive boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 bound volume (6 linear ft.)

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Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Amherst Academy (Amherst, Mass.)

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