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Frederick Allis 1893

Charles A. Andrews 1893

William P. Bigelow 1889

Calvin Coolidge 1895

Howard W. Doughty

Clarence Eastman

Thomas C. Esty 1893

Herbert P. Gallinger 1893

Otto C. Glaser

Edward Hitchcock 1849

Stanley King 1903

Frederick B. Loomis 1896

Otto Manthey-Zorn

Dwight W. Morrow 1895

William J. Newlin 1899

Henry de Forest Smith

Harlan Fiske Stone 1894

Frederick L. Thompson 1892

F.J.E. Woodbridge 1889

Ercole Cartotto Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration, ca. 1930

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Peter Nelson.

Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Cartotto, Ercole
Title: Portrait Drawings of Selected Amherst College Alumni, Faculty and Administration
Dates: ca. 1930
Abstract: 19 framed portraits of Amherst College alumni, faculty and staff, by the Italian-born portraitist.
Extent: 2 archives boxes(1 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Biographical Note

Ercole Cartotto (1889-1946), Italian-born portraitist, is noted chiefly for his portraits of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s. Cartotto studied art at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

19 framed portraits of Amherst College alumni, faculty and administrators. The works were commissioned by President Stanley King (11th President, 1932-1946) for display in the Babbott Room of the Octagon, where the faculty held their meetings for many years. Sometime in the 1970s the works were featured in an exhibition entitled "Personages from the Past of Amherst College," in the Mead Art Museum.

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Box

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Frederick Allis 1893

Box

Folder

1 2
Charles A. Andrews 1893

Box

Folder

1 3
William P. Bigelow 1889

Box

Folder

1 4
Calvin Coolidge 1895

Box

Folder

1 5
Howard W. Doughty

Box

Folder

1 6
Clarence Eastman

Box

Folder

1 7
Thomas C. Esty 1893

Box

Folder

1 8
Herbert P. Gallinger 1893

Box

Folder

1 9
Otto C. Glaser

Box

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2 1
Edward Hitchcock 1849

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2 2
Stanley King 1903

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Folder

2 3
Frederick B. Loomis 1896

Box

Folder

2 4
Otto Manthey-Zorn

Box

Folder

2 5
Dwight W. Morrow 1895

Box

Folder

2 6
William J. Newlin 1899

Box

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2 7
Henry de Forest Smith

Box

Folder

2 8
Harlan Fiske Stone 1894

Box

Folder

2 9
Frederick L. Thompson 1892

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2 10
F.J.E. Woodbridge 1889