Photographs of the 148th Commencement Weekend, 1969 June 5-6
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Photographer | Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971 |
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Title | Photographs of the 148th Commencement Weekend, 1969 June 5-6 |
Dates | 1969-06-05-1969-06-06 |
Abstract | 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. |
Physical Description | 666 photographs, Original 35mm and 120 (roll film) black and white negatives digitized positive. |
Place of Production | Amherst (Mass.) |
Genre | Photographs |
Subject | Amherst College – Photographs |
Subject | Amherst College – Students – Photographs |
Subject | Amherst College – Faculty – Photographs |
Subject | Amherst College. Class of 1969 – Photographs |
Subject | Amherst College – Presidents – Photographs |
Subject | Commencement ceremonies – Massachusetts – Amherst – Photographs |
Part of | Amherst College Photographer Records |
Finding Aid | View the finding aid for this item's collection |
Repository | Amherst College Archives & Special Collections |
Shelf Location | Job 69-005-1 through 24 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) |