All Items 4,968 Collection 3 Archives & Special Collections 4,885 Emily Dickinson Collection 854 The Octagon 83 Contributor 20 Amherst College 1,901 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1,448 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 852 Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 230 Hitchcock, Orra White, 1796-1863 227 Hitchcock, Edward, 1828-1911 123 Eisenberg, Pablo 115 Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 104 Collegiate Institution (Amherst, Mass.) 102 Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 95 Amherst College. Class of 1850. Dickinson 78 Dickinson, Austin, d. 1895 78 Amherst College. Class of 1849. Hitchcock 72 Amherst Academy (Amherst, Mass.) 69 Great Britain. Army 64 Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932 61 Amherst College. Office of Admission 60 Dickinson, Lavinia Norcross, 1833-1899 55 Charity Fund (Amherst, Mass.) 54 Ward, Frank (Frank M.) 53 show more 15 show fewer Location 20 Massachusetts 2,080 Amherst 1,712 United States 282 New England 23 Great Britain 22 Europe 18 New York (State) 17 England 16 Iran 15 Japan 8 Connecticut 7 North America 7 Pioneer Valley 7 Vermont 7 Conway 5 Deerfield 5 Germany 5 Rhode Island 5 Rome 5 Connecticut River Valley 4 show more 15 show fewer Topic 20 Correspondence 1,094 College student newspapers and periodicals 920 Newspapers 920 American poetry 504 Women poets, American 497 Poets, American 373 Sermons 362 History 361 Students 343 Universities and colleges 273 Sermons, American 241 Geologists 228 Curricula 219 Catalogs 218 Registers 215 Photographs 205 Pictorial works 184 Archives 181 Christianity 180 Finance, Personal 174 show more 15 show fewer Format 2 Pen and ink on linen 61 b&w prints 4 Part Of 20 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1,568 Amherst Student 921 Emily Dickinson Collection 854 Amherst College Early History Collection 240 Amherst College Photographer Records 198 Amherst College Catalogs 192 Amherst College Olios 158 Younghee Kim-Wait (Class of 1982)/Pablo Eisenberg Collection of Native American Literature 115 Amherst College Early History Manuscripts and Pamphlets Collection 109 Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan 109 Sidney Brooks (AC 1841) Papers 104 Jeffery Amherst Collection 98 The Amherst College Octagon 83 Orra White Hitchcock Classroom Drawings 61 Admission Office. Annual Reports to Secondary Schools 60 William Wordsworth Manuscript Collection 32 Walt Whitman Collection 29 Manuscript Collection 28 Doshisha University Collection 5 Photograph Albums of the Great Mino-Owari (1891) and Great Kanto (1923) Earthquakes 2 show more 15 show fewer Genre 20 Correspondence 1,116 Newspapers 949 Poems 544 Sermons 359 Notes 250 Photographs 232 Catalogs (documents) 224 Curricula 193 Yearbooks 158 Receipts (financial records) 120 Books 102 Outlines (documents) 98 Articles 97 Reports 92 Children's literature 86 Scientific illustrations 72 Periodicals 63 Drafts (documents) 59 Pamphlets 58 Essays 54 show more 15 show fewer Photographs of the 153rd Commencement events, 1974 June 6-7 Amherst College Black and white photographs taken June 6 and 7, 1974 of the 153rd Amherst College Commencement ceremony and related events including the processional, Senior Class Exercises, the Senior Class Luncheon, a Glee Club concert, and a session on music held for alumni. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, ceremony marshals, the Glee Club, and Commencement weekend attendees. Events photographed are in various locations including in Valentine Quad, on the steps of Robert Frost Library, on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad), and in the Buckley Recital Hall of the Arms Music Center. Individuals photographed may include: James Warren, Michael Kahn, Mark London, Neil Sullivan, Eric Rodney Gordon, David H. Smilow, Eugene S. Wilson, Stephen Bergel Oresman, Robert Henry Guest, Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, Ben Frank Stoltzfus, Bruce G. McInnes, John Wesley Chandler, Archibald Cox, Lucy Peters Wilson Benson, Silvio O. Conte, Stephen B. Oresman, John Henry Neale, Talcot Williams Seelye, John F. Boyle, Worthington Mayo-Smith, William E. Kennick, and John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979). Photographs of the 153rd Commencement events, 1974 June 6-7 Photographs of students on campus, 1973 September 5 and 10 Amherst College Black and white photographs taken on September 5 and September 10, 1973 of students dining outside of Valentine Hall, walking on campus, or unpacking a car outside of Porter House. A statue in Porter House and a dog are also photographed. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of students on campus, 1973 September 5 and 10 Photographs of students in Robert Frost Library and in the doorway of Converse Hall, 1974 February 16 Amherst College Black and white photographs of students on campus taken February 16, 1974. Students are photographed walking outside on campus, standing in the doorway of Converse Hall, walking inside Converse Hall, and in Frost Library studying, reading, and using the card catalog. Also included are several photographs of plants outside. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of students in Robert Frost Library and in the doorway of Converse Hall, 1974 February 16 Photographs of reception with President John William Ward, 1973 June 2 Amherst College Black and white photographs of the reception with President John William Ward held for alumni and their families and members of the faculty and administration at the President's House. Included are images of alumni and visitors standing and socializing with one another. Barbara Carnes Ward and John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979) can be seen in several photographs. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of reception with President John William Ward, 1973 June 2 Photographs of the 152nd Commencement processional and ceremony, 1973 June 1 Cryan, James U., Jr. Black and white photographs of the 152nd Commencement processional and ceremony held on June 1, 1973. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, the Glee Club, the band, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place on the steps of Robert Frost Library with audience seats on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). The student processional is photographed from outside the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex to the War Memorial. Individuals photographed may include Kurt Lewis Daniels, John Usher Monro, Grace Olivarez, Frederick Allen Parker, Cornelius Bodine, Frederic Murray Hadley, James William Miller, John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979), Prosser Gifford (Amherst College Dean of Faculty, 1967-1979), John F. Boyle, Charles Edward Goodhue III, William E. Kennick, George Robert Johnson, Jr., and Robert Douglas Murphy. Photographs of the 152nd Commencement processional and ceremony, 1973 June 1 Photographs of the 152nd Commencement ceremony, 1973 June 1 Fullerton, Gib Black and white photographs of the 152nd Commencement ceremony held June 1, 1973. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, the Glee Club, the band, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place on the steps of Robert Frost Library with audience seats on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). Individuals photographed may include Kurt Lewis Daniels, John Usher Monro, Grace Olivarez, Frederick Allen Parker, Cornelius Bodine, Frederic Murray Hadley, James William Miller, John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979), Prosser Gifford (Amherst College Dean of Faculty, 1967-1979), John F. Boyle, Charles Edward Goodhue III, William E. Kennick, George Robert Johnson, Jr., and Robert Douglas Murphy. Photographs of the 152nd Commencement ceremony, 1973 June 1 Photographs of Straight Ahead Black Business Symposium, 1974 March Amherst College Black and white photographs of the Black Business Symposium sponsored by Straight Ahead on the topic of "Black Capitalism: Myth or Reality?" and held on March 9, 1974. Also included are photographs of an address given by Reverend Jesse Jackson in Johnson Chapel on the same topic on March 6, 1974. Multiple events related to the March 9 symposium are photographed including workshops and addresses in Johnson Chapel and in the Converse Hall rooms: Porter Lounge, Cole Assembly Room, and Room 211. Identified individuals photographed include: Asa J. Davis, Sonia Benita Sanchez, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan Sr., and John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979). These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of Straight Ahead Black Business Symposium, 1974 March Photographs of Percussion: Relationship to Improvisation, 1974 January 26 Cryan, James U., Jr. Black and white photographs of the jazz workshop Percussion: Relationship to Improvisation with Maxwell Roach and M'BOOM held as part of the Copeland Colloquium on January 26, 1974. Photographed are Max Roach and M'BOOM on the stage with their instruments in front of an audience in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center. Roach may be seen clearly in photographs; other members of M'BOOM photographed may include Roy Brooks, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Ray Mantilla, Warren Smith, and Freddie Waits. Photographs of Percussion: Relationship to Improvisation, 1974 January 26 Photographs of campus, 1974 February 4 Amherst College Black and white photographs of people and places on campus taken on February 4, 1974. Included are images of students outdoors and inside in buildings such as the Arms Music Center, a person sitting behind glass at a desk in Converse Hall, the steps near Morrow Dormitory leading up towards Valentine Quad, a cloudy sky, ivy, trees, a crowd outside on bleachers, football players standing on the sidelines of a game, and the Henry Ward Beecher statue. Also included are images of the exteriors of Johnson Chapel, Converse Hall, and the Octagon. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of campus, 1974 February 4 Photographs of Copeland Colloquium Black Theatre Workshop, 1974 January 24 Tsiaras, Philip, 1952- Black and white photographs the Black Theatre Workshop held during Copeland Colloquium on January 24, 1974. Included are photographs of Sonia Benita Sanchez, Richard Wesley, and Ed Bullins on stage in front of an audience in the Buckley Recital Hall in Arms Music Center. Photographs of Copeland Colloquium Black Theatre Workshop, 1974 January 24 Photographs of the Annual Meeting of the Society of the Alumni, 1973 June 2 Cryan, James U., Jr. Black and white photographs of the Annual Meeting of the Society of the Alumni held on June 2, 1973. Included are images of alumni and visitors sitting in chairs arranged in front of Robert Frost Library on the Main Quadrangle (also know as the first-year quad) and standing and socializing with one another on a lawn, likely at the reception with President John William Ward. Barbara Carnes Ward and John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979) can be seen in several photographs. Photographs of the Annual Meeting of the Society of the Alumni, 1973 June 2 Photographs of Charles Mingus concert, 1973 October 15 Tsiaras, Philip, 1952- Black and white photographs of the Charles Mingus concert held on campus on October 15, 1973. Included are images of composer and bassist Charles Mingus, pianist Don Pullen, tenor saxophonist George Adams, trumpet and flugelhorn player Ronald Hampton, and drummer Doug Hammond performing on stage. Photographs of Charles Mingus concert, 1973 October 15 Photographs of people playing sports, 1974 February 2 Amherst College Black and white photographs primarily of people playing sports or exercising on February 2, 1974. Included are photographs of someone outside in a snowfall, people playing squash, several people in a fitness area climbing rope and using the gymnast rings, a triangular wrestling meet with Trinity College and University of Hartford, a hockey team practice in Orr Rink, someone figure skating, a youth hockey game or practice, people swimming in Pratt Pool, and people getting food at a serving table with a "Friends of Amherst Athletics" banner in the background. Many of the photographs are of scenes in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex. Individuals photographed are of various ages. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of people playing sports, 1974 February 2 Photographs of students sitting outside of Arms Music Center, 1973 October 11 Amherst College Black and white photographs taken on October 11, 1973 of two students sitting outside of Arms Music Center. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of students sitting outside of Arms Music Center, 1973 October 11 Photographs of the 153rd Commencement ceremony, 1974 June 7 Amherst College Black and white photographs taken June 7, 1974 of the 153rd Amherst College Commencement ceremony. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, ceremony marshals, the Glee Club, the band, and audience members. The ceremony takes place on the steps of Robert Frost Library with audience seats on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979) is among those photographed. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of the 153rd Commencement ceremony, 1974 June 7 Photographs of campus scenes, 1973 October 6 Amherst College Black and white photographs of campus scenes taken on October 6, 1973. Included are images of the Johnson Chapel clock tower, a helicopter flying over campus, a vehicle's license plate, Stearns Steeple, and students and others biking, walking, sitting, playing tennis, or playing football on campus. Individuals are photographed in various locations including on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad), at the War Memorial, on the tennis courts, and on Memorial Hill. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of campus scenes, 1973 October 6 Photographs of Black Alumni Weekend, 1974 February 9 Amherst College Black and white photographs of the opening convocation of the first Black Alumni Weekend taken on February 9, 1974. Included are images of John William Ward (President of Amherst College, 1971-1979) and Mansfield C. Neal, Jr. speaking to an audience in Johnson Chapel. Also photographed are two other speakers presenting and Neal's son David. The identities of the two other speakers could not be determined. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of Black Alumni Weekend, 1974 February 9 Photographs of the Springfield-Amherst Summer Academy, 1973 August Amherst College Black and white photographs of the Springfield Amherst Summer Academy (SASA) staff and students posing together outside of the Octagon in August 1973. SASA offered an on-campus living experience and daily classes provided by Five-College tutors for around 50 black high school students from the Springfield, Massachusetts area. This year's participants were ninth and tenth graders from the Springfield Model Cities Program. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of the Springfield-Amherst Summer Academy, 1973 August Photographs of people on campus, 1973 October 10 Amherst College Black and white photographs of students and others on campus taken on October 10, 1973. Included are images of the Johnson Chapel clock tower, the top of Chapin Hall, people walking on campus, people talking on the steps of Robert Frost Library, and students and librarians inside Frost Library. Card catalog shelves can be seen in the background of several images. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of people on campus, 1973 October 10 Photographs of Casino, 1974 April 27 Amherst College Black and white photographs of the charity fund-raising event Casino taken on April 27, 1974. Included are photos of a vocal group performing and students dancing, socializing, and playing casino games. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown. Photographs of Casino, 1974 April 27
