The digitized collection consists of photographs from President John F. Kennedy's visit to Amherst College for the groundbreaking ceremony for Robert Frost Library and a special convocation on October 26, 1963.

The physical collection as a whole includes correspondence, press releases, news clippings, photographs and other materials documenting President John F. Kennedy's visit to Amherst College on October 26, 1963. Kennedy and poet Archibald MacLeish were awarded honorary degrees at special convocation and Kennedy also attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Robert Frost Library.