Buildings and grounds collection, 1820-[ongoing].

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Buildings and grounds collection, 1820-[ongoing].

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Information on Amherst College's buildings and grounds and their uses. The materials include Amherst College financial documents (fund raising, gifts), architects' drawings, accounts of dedications, ground breaking, construction, and remodeling. For many of the buildings, blue prints, drawings, and both exterior and interior photographs dating from the 1860s provide a remarkably complete account. Also in the collection are deeds of land; surveys; information about off-campus holdings and properties; campus views, including drawings and photographs; documentation of the 1938 hurricane and its effects; records of memorials and sculptures located on the campus; information regarding the athletic grounds and playing fields; the Wildlife Sanctuary; and other information about functions such as campus utilities. Of special interest are various schemes for developing the College Campus by Frederick Law Olmsted for the late 1890s and early 1900s and Arthur A. Shurcliff, in the 1920s.

ca. 100 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....

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Landscape architect. From the description of Frederick Law Olmsted papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979908 American landscape designer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Charles A. Dana, 1876 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872066 Landscape architect. Related material in Biography and Genealogy Files under 'F.L. Olmsted.' From the description ...

Shurcliff, Arthur A. (Arthur Asahel), 1870-1957

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Shurcliff was a landscape architect who, with Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., founded the landscape architecture program at Harvard University. From the description of Notebooks, 1897-1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79025322 From the guide to the Notebooks, 1897-1902., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Arthur A. Shurcliff (born Shurtleff) was educated at MIT and Harvard's Bussey Institute. He apprenticed at the Olmsted offi...