All Items 23 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 23 Contributor 20 Amherst College 23 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 5 Kingman, Bob (Robert Edwin), 1950-2019 4 Ward, John William, 1922-1985 4 Amherst College. Class of 1968 3 Amherst College. Class of 1976 3 Cryan, James U., Jr. 3 Spratt, Adrian, 1954- 3 Amherst College. Class of 1966 2 Amherst College. Class of 1973 2 Amherst College. Class of 1974 2 Amherst College. Class of 1975 2 Gibbs, Julian H. 2 Pultz, John 2 Witkowski, Don 2 Amherst College. Class of 1965 1 Amherst College. Class of 1969 1 Amherst College. Class of 1970 1 Amherst College. Class of 1972 1 Amherst College. Class of 1980 1 show more 15 show fewer Location 2 Amherst 23 Massachusetts 23 Topic 11 Commencement ceremonies 23 Photographs 23 Students 22 Faculty 20 Presidents 18 Academic rites and ceremonies 2 Protest movements 2 Student protestors 2 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 2 Alumni and alumnae 1 College student parents 1 show more 6 show fewer Part Of 1 Amherst College Photographer Records 23 Genre 2 Photographs 23 Group portraits 1 Subject 20 Amherst College – Photographs 23 Commencement ceremonies – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs 23 Amherst College – Students – Photographs 22 Amherst College – Faculty – Photographs 20 Amherst College – Presidents – Photographs 18 Ward, John William, 1922-1985 – Photographs 4 Amherst College. Class of 1968 – Photographs 3 Amherst College. Class of 1976 – Photographs 3 Spratt, Adrian, 1954- – Photographs 3 Academic rites and ceremonies – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs 2 Amherst College. Class of 1966 – Photographs 2 Amherst College. Class of 1973 – Photographs 2 Amherst College. Class of 1974 – Photographs 2 Amherst College. Class of 1975 – Photographs 2 Gibbs, Julian H. – Photographs 2 Student protestors – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs 2 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 – Protest movements – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs 2 Amherst College – Alumni and alumnae – Photographs 1 Amherst College. Class of 1965 – Photographs 1 Amherst College. Class of 1969 – Photographs 1 show more 15 show fewer Photographs of the 154th Commencement ceremony, 1975 June 6 Pultz, John Photographs of the 154th Amherst College Commencement ceremony held in Coolidge Cage. Photographs show students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia as well as friends and family arriving outside of Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex. Images also show the Commencement Band. Photographs of the 154th Commencement ceremony, 1975 June 6 Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Kingman, Bob (Robert Edwin), 1950-2019 Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, which took place in front of the Robert Frost Library. Photographs show faculty, graduates, and guests on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad); the procession to the ceremony; student speaker Adrian Spratt; and the awarding of some honorary and bachelor degrees. Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Photographs of 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Pultz, John Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, which took place in front the Robert Frost Library. Photographs show faculty, graduates, recipients of honorary degrees, guests on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad), the procession to and from the ceremony, student speaker Adrian Spratt, college president John William Ward, the Amherst College Glee Club performing, the awarding of some bachelor degrees, other photographers recording the event, and scenes of a shared meal outdoors at a buffet luncheon. Photographs of 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Kingman, Bob (Robert Edwin), 1950-2019 Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, which took place on the front steps of the Robert Frost Library with attendees seated in the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia; guests; the ceremony marshals; and the processions. Commencement speaker Adrian Spratt and college president John William Ward are among those photographed. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Bob Kingman was the College Photographer from January 1975-May 1978. Photographs of the 155th Commencement ceremony, 1976 June 6 Photographs of the 154th Commencement ceremony, 1975 June 6 Kingman, Bob (Robert Edwin), 1950-2019 Photographs of the 154th Amherst College Commencement ceremony held in Coolidge Cage of the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex. Images show students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia and John William Ward leading the ceremony. Speakers Lawrence Miller and Eric Sonnenschein are also photographed. Some images show attendees outside as well. Photographs of the 154th Commencement ceremony, 1975 June 6 Photographs of honorary degree awardees, 1976 June 6 Kingman, Bob (Robert Edwin), 1950-2019 Photographs of the honorary degree awards presentation portion of the 155th Commencement ceremony, which took place on the front steps of the Robert Frost Library. Also included are group portraits of the honorees sitting with the college president. Individuals photographed include John William Ward, William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., William Richard Park, Stansfield Turner, Leonard Woodcock, Jill Ker Conway, Robert O. Anthony, Thomas Irwin Emerson, Robert Ross Holloway, and John P. Kendall. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Bob Kingman was the College Photographer from January 1975-May 1978. Photographs of honorary degree awardees, 1976 June 6 Photographs of the 149th Commencement Weekend, 1970 June 4-6 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 Photographs of events related to the 149th Commencement: President and Mrs. Plimpton’s Reception for Seniors and their family members held at the President’s House; the Senior Class Exercises, which took place in front of the Robert Frost Library with speaker William M. Kuntsler; and discussion groups of parents and seniors focused on the Student Strike of 1970, which took place in Chapin Hall and in Porter Lounge of Converse Hall; and a luncheon in Valentine Hall. Photographs of the Commencement ceremony held in Coolidge Cage of the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex show students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia. The honorary degree recipients are shown posing with Calvin Hastings Plimpton. Also included are portraits of recipients that were taken in May 1970. Honorary degree awardees were Stephen C. Kleene, Ian L. McHarg, Paul A. Raushenbush, I.F. Stone, Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, Stephen Grant, Luis A. Ferré, Franklin K. Patterson, and John C. Esty. Some photographs were taken by Robert Cornigans and others are presumed to have been taken by the Jim Gerhard who was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971. Photographs of the 149th Commencement Weekend, 1970 June 4-6 Photographs of the 148th Commencement Weekend, 1969 June 5-6 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 Black and white photographs of the 148th Commencement Weekend held June 5-6, 1969, including Senior Exercises, Senior Service, Senior Meeting, Commencement ceremony and honorary degree presentations. Individuals photographed may include Dr. Robert Coles, Calvin Hastings Plimpton, Dr. Kenneth Clark, Larry Dilg, Jeffrey Abramson, Bishop Corrigan, Bruce Morgan, and Marshall Baird. The Senior Exercises are photographed on the steps of Robert Frost Library. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The Commencement Ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Jim Gerhard was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971. Photographs of the 148th Commencement Weekend, 1969 June 5-6 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony. Photographed are several awardees in academic regalia receiving their honorary degrees from Calvin Hastings Plimpton. Individuals photographed may include Robert Jackson McKean, Jr., James Ingram Merrill, Carl Willis Andrews, Jr., Mac Vincent Edds, Jr., George Wald, Edwin Deacon Etherington, Sol Myron Linowitz, Robert Lacey Stevens, and Albert Nathaniel Whiting, all of whom were honorary degree awardees. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Jim Gerhard was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971. Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony. In addition to seated graduating students in academic regalia, those photographed include several Magna Cum Laude students receiving their diplomas from Calvin Hastings Plimpton. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Jim Gerhard was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971. Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. Individuals photographed include Calvin Hastings Plimpton, John F. Boyle, Daniel Chester Cochran, Sol Myron Linowitz, and Robert A. Eaton. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Jim Gerhard was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971. Photographs of the 147th Commencement ceremony, 1968 June 7 Photographs of 145th Commencement weekend events, related protest, and George Bain's retirement party, 1966 June Witkowski, Don Photographs of the 145th Commencement ceremony held on June 3, 1966. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. Included are photographs of anti-Vietnam War protestors at the ceremony holding signs in promotion of peace and against Robert Strange McNamara, an honorary degree awardee at the ceremony. Also included are photographs of the retirement party held for Professor George W. Bain and other Commencement weekend events. These may include the Amherst Collegium Musicum performance, the annual alumni luncheon, and the Society of the Alumni meeting. Individuals photographed may include Calvin Hastings Plimpton, John F. Boyle, Robert McNamara, George B. Bietzel, Bruce Archibald, Samuel Perkins Hayes, Jr., Harold F. Johnson, Harrison Scott Brown, Robert Morris Morgenthau, Wright Tisdale, Walter Gelhorn, William H. Pritchard, Benjamin H. DeMott, and Paul Howard Douglas. Photographs of 145th Commencement weekend events, related protest, and George Bain's retirement party, 1966 June Photographs of the 145th Commencement ceremony and related protest, 1966 June 3 Witkowski, Don Photographs of the 145th Commencement ceremony held on June 3, 1966. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. Also included are photographs of anti-Vietnam War protestors at the ceremony holding signs in promotion of peace and against Robert Strange McNamara, an honorary degree awardee at the ceremony. Individuals identified in photographs include Calvin Hastings Plimpton, John F. Boyle, and Robert McNamara. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Photographs of the 145th Commencement ceremony and related protest, 1966 June 3 Photographs of the 144th Commencement ceremony, 1965 May 28 Amherst College Photographs of the 144th Commencement ceremony held on May 28, 1965. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, and members of the audience. The ceremony takes place in the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex Quadrangle. Also included are photographs of students in regalia in a locker room and photographs of honorary degree awardees and the College President posing for photographs indoors. Individuals photographed may include Calvin Hastings Plimpton, Mary Ingraham Bunting, Bill Liedtke, Rolfe Humphries, Frederick Scouller Allis, Jr., Jacqueline Lévy-Despas, John Rock, William Lucius Cary, Will Mercer Cook, Eustace Seligman, Louis Franklin Eaton, John F. Boyle, and Ernest Miller Whitcomb. These photographs are assumed to have been 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 144th Commencement ceremony, 1965 May 28 Photographs of the 153rd Commencement ceremony, 1974 June 7 Cryan, James U., Jr. 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 is among those photographed. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). James U. Cryan Jr. was the College Photographer from October 1972-January 1975. Photographs of the 153rd Commencement ceremony, 1974 June 7 Photographs of the 153rd Commencement events, 1974 June 6-7 Cryan, James U., Jr. Photographs 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. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). James U. Cryan Jr. was the College Photographer from October 1972-January 1975. Photographs of the 153rd Commencement events, 1974 June 6-7 Photographs of the 152nd Commencement processional and ceremony, 1973 June 1 Cryan, James U., Jr. 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, Prosser Gifford, 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 Photographs of the 152nd Commencement ceremony. 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, Prosser Gifford, 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 the 151st Commencement ceremony, 1972 June 2 Rosser, William J. Photographs of the 151st Commencement ceremony. Photographed are students, faculty, and honorary degree awardees in academic regalia, the ceremony marshals, 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). Among the individuals photographed are John William Ward and David J. Tritschler, the senior who gave the address. Photographs of the 151st Commencement ceremony, 1972 June 2 Photographs of the 182nd Commencement, 2003 May 25 Ward, Frank (Frank M.) Photographs of the 182nd Commencement. Included are images of honorary degree awardees Rosanne Haggerty, Asma Jahangir, LeSalle D. Leffall, Jr., Charles Ashby Lewis, Minoru Ōya, Gordon Parks, Gary Alan Sinise, Peter Morrison Vitousek, and Douglas Wilson, along with others posing for a group portrait in front of Stearns Steeple. Mead Art Museum can be seen in the background of these images. Other scenes include graduates during the commencement ceremony with numerous photos of the seniors holding or waving their class canes. Photographs are taken on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). Tom Gerety appears in one photograph handing out a diploma. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Frank Ward was the College Photographer from 1984-2005. Photographs of the 182nd Commencement, 2003 May 25
