Contents


Collection Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

Search Terms

Series 1: CLASS OF 1902 - CORRESPONDENCE TO AND FROM F.L. BOYDEN, ca. 1910-1970

Series 2: PHI KAPPA PSI, 1912-1963

Series 3: AMHERST CLASS OF 1902 REUNIONS HELD AT DEERFIELD ACADEMY, 1915-ca. 1965

Series 4: AMHERST COLLEGE - ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1959

Series 5: AMHERST COLLEGE INDIVIDUALS - CORRESPONDENCE, ca. 1910-1965

Series 6: CHRONOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1971

Frank Learoyd Boyden (AC 1902) Papers, ca. 1910-1970

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Daria D'Arienzo, Carol Trabulsi, Briana Cahill.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2004

Collection Overview

Creator: Boyden, Frank L. (Frank Learoyd), 1879-1972
Title: Frank Learoyd Boyden (AC 1902) Papers
Dates: ca. 1910-1970
Abstract: Headmaster of Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Mass.), 1902-1969. Collection consists of Boyden's correspondence concerning Amherst College, his Class of 1902, his fraternity, Class reunions and other general correspondence.
Extent: 11 archives boxes(5.5 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Biographical Note

Frank Learoyd Boyden, educator, was born in 1879 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. After graduating from Amherst College in 1902, he served as headmaster of Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Mass.) from 1902 until 1969. He died in 1972.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

These papers relate primarily to Boyden's association with Amherst College and his Class of 1902. It includes correspondence concerning his fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, his Class reunions held at Deerfield, and other general correspondence.

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Search Terms

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into six series:

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Series 1: CLASS OF 1902 - CORRESPONDENCE TO AND FROM F.L. BOYDEN, ca. 1910-1970

Series 1: CLASS OF 1902 - CORRESPONDENCE TO AND FROM F.L. BOYDEN, ca. 1910-1970, consists of correspondence between Boyden, other members of the Class of 1902 and their families. This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.


Box

Folder

1 1
Allen, Fred H. (AC 1902) n.d.

2
Barber, Harry C. (AC 1902) n.d.

3
Bell, Hermon F. (AC 1902) 1915-1960

4
Berry, Gordon (AC 1902) 1926-1964

5
Burke, Warren J. (AC 1902) 1926-1929

6
Clancy, George C. (AC 1902) 1922-1959

7
Clapp, Ellery C. (AC 1902) 1915-1957

8
Collester, Clinton H. (AC 1902) 1924-1961

9
Cook, Frank A. (AC 1902) 1922-1951

10
Cross, Frederick B. (AC 1902) 1933-1962

11
Dayton, Charles H. (AC 1902) 1921-1964

Box

Folder

2 1
Eastman, Lucius (AC 1857) 1943-1944


Eastman, John (AC 1902) 1926-1927


Eastman, Sarah 1922-1923

2
Ells, Arthur F. (AC 1902) 1923-1964

3
Ford, James L. Jr. (AC 1902) 1925-1956

4
Frizzell, John H. (AC 1902) 1913-1963

5
Herrick, Louis (AC 1902) 1921-1963

6
Hoyt, S. Walter (AC 1902) 1954-1960


Hoyt, Phebe S. 1961-1963

7
King, S. Bowles (AC 1902) 1923-1942,

8
Lum, Ernest C. (AC 1902) 1923-1947

9
Magill, Andrew (AC 1902) 1922-1964


Magill, Samuel 1962-1964

10
McCluney, Samuel C. (AC 1902) 1925

Box

Folder

3 1
Nelson, James A. (AC 1902) 1927-1929

2
Reid, William (AC 1902) 1945-1963

3
Stearns, Maurice H. (AC 1902) 1946-1947

4
Swift, Willliam H. Sr. (AC 1870) 1941


Swift, Willliam H. Jr. (AC 1902) 1941-1942

5
Taplin, Henry B. (AC 1902) 1924-1971

6
White, John F. (AC 1902) 1958-1961

7
Young, John H. (AC 1902) 1949-1962

8
Class of 1902 - general correspondence [before 1930]

9
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1930-35

10
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1936-40

11
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1941-45

12
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1946-50

13
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1951-55

14
Class of 1902 - general correspondence 1956-64

15
Advice re: classmates and sons 1929-1940

Series 2: PHI KAPPA PSI, 1912-1963

Series 2: PHI KAPPA PSI, 1912-1963, consists of correspondence between Boyden and other members of Phi Kappa Psi. This series is arranged chronologically.


Box

Folder

4 1
Correspondence 1912-1916

2
Correspondence 1920s

3
Correspondence 1930-1935

4
Correspondence 1936-1939

5
Correspondence 1940s

6
Gibbs, Tom - problem 1948

Box

Folder

5 1
Correspondence 1950s

2
Correspondence 1960s

Series 3: AMHERST CLASS OF 1902 REUNIONS HELD AT DEERFIELD ACADEMY, 1915-ca. 1965

Series 3: AMHERST CLASS OF 1902 REUNIONS HELD AT DEERFIELD ACADEMY, 1915-ca. 1965,consists of correspondence relating to Class reunions. This series is arranged chronologically.


Box

Folder

5 3
Reunion correspondence 1920s

4
Reunion correspondence 1930s

5
Reunion correspondence 1940s

6
Reunion correspondence 1950s-60s

Series 4: AMHERST COLLEGE - ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1959

Series 4: AMHERST COLLEGE - ADMINISTRATIVE CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1959, consists of correspondence and reports relating to Amherst College administrative affairs.


Box

Folder

5 7
Amherst College fraternities 1934-1957

8
Report on the Mead bequest 1936

Box

Folder

6 1
Amherst College gymnasium 1925-1938

2
Amherst College hockey rink 1954

3
Robert Frost and Amherst 1930-1939

4
History of Amherst 1915-1943

5
Amherst College Centennial 1921

6
Doshisha University, Japan 1959

Series 5: AMHERST COLLEGE INDIVIDUALS - CORRESPONDENCE, ca. 1910-1965

Series 5: AMHERST COLLEGE INDIVIDUALS - CORRESPONDENCE, ca. 1910-1965, consists of correspondence between Boyd and others connected to Amherst College, including graduates, Professors and Presidents. This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.


Box

Folder

6 7
Allis, Frederick S. Sr. (AC 1893) 1930-1941


Allis, Frederick S. Jr. (AC 1935) 1963

8
Andrews, Chester H. (AC 1907) 1926

9
Atwood, Colonel Albert W. (AC 1903) 1942

10
Bigelow, William (AC 1889, Professor of Music 1894-1941) 1936-1937

11
Breckenridge, E.L. (AC Baseball Coach) 1924-1927

12
Cadigan, Reverend Charles H.(AC 1927) 1935-1938


Cadigan, Reverend George L.(AC 1933) 1935-1959

13
Cadieux, Louis E. (AC 1903) 1929

14
Chase, Dr. Heman B. (AC 1904) 1932

15
Cole, Charles W. (AC 1927, President 1946-60) 1951, 1959

16
Connor, James (AC 1900) 1958

17
Craig, G. Armour (AC 1937) 1941

18
Douglas, Lewis W. (AC 1916) 1938-1959

19
Dyer, Walter A. (AC 1900) 1913-1933

20
Engle, Willis T. (AC 1928) 1945-1952

21
English, Arthur (AC 1935) 1936-1937

22
Fales, Frederick S. (AC 1896) 1936-1951

23
Foster, Arthur T. (AC 1903) 1936-1952

24
Francis, Clarence (AC 1910) 1940-1962

25
Gaunt, Ernest H. (AC 1906) 1961

26
Grant, Robert L. (AC 1900) 1945

27
Greenley, Howard 1957

28
Harris, George H. (AC 1906) 1921

29
Hewlett, Horace W. (AC 1936) 1961

30
Higgenbottom, Samuel (AC 1903) 1943

Box

Folder

7 1
Hollister, Paul 1957

2
Hopkins, Arthur (AC 1885) 1930

3
Houghton, Colonel Herbert P. (AC 1901) 1957

4
Johnson, Burges (AC 1889) 1931-1964

5
Johnston, Henry R. 1941

6
Kellogg, George A. (AC 1889) 1930

7
Kennedy, Michael J. ("Tug," Professor of Physical Education 1927-52) 1953

8
King, Stanley (AC 1903, President 1932-46) 1923-1954

9
Kingman, Henry S. (AC 1915) 1942-1962

10
Knight, Harry W. (AC 1931) 1962

11
Meiklejohn, Alexander (President 1912-24) 1921-24, 1953

12
Morse, Harry B. 1962

13
Morse, William Northrop (AC 1904) 1955

14
Newlin, William J. (AC 1899) 1939, 1944

15
O'Brien, John B. (AC 1905) 1921-1953

16
Olds, George D. (AC 1913, President, 1924-27) 1920-1957

17
Packard, Laurence B. (Amherst Hon. 1934, Professor of History 1925-55) 1941-1942

18
Palmer, Dr. Walter W. (AC 1905) 1946-1948

19
Pease, Arthur Stanley (President 1927-32) 1927, 1929

20
Pierce, George E. (AC 1909) 1950

21
Plimpton, Calvin H. (AC 1939, President 1960-71) 1951-1962


Plimpton, Francis T.P. (AC 1922) 1933-1962


Plimpton, George A. (AC 1876) 1927, 1936

22
Powell, Chilton L. (AC 1907) 1922-23, 1925

23
Romer, Alfred S. (AC 1917) 1933, 1943-46

Box

Folder

8 1
Schwab, George (AC 1905) 1935-1954

2
Seligman, Eustace (AC 1910) 1956, 1965

3
Smith, Luther Ely (AC 1894) 1922-1953

4
Sprague, Atherton H. (AC 1920) 1943-1944


Sprague, Rosemary 1953

5
Thompson, Joseph O. (AC 1884) 1942-1943

6
Treadwell, George L. (AC 1911) 1954-1956

7
Ward, William Earle Dodge (AC 1906) 1950

8
Wheeler, Ralph W. (AC 1906) 1924

9
Whitcomb, Ernest M. (AC 1904) 1940-1962

10
Williams, Samuel R. (Amherst Hon 1934, Professor of Physics 1924-47) 1928

11
Zinmaster, Harry W. (AC 1908) 1938-1964

Series 6: CHRONOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1971

Series 6: CHRONOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1921-1971, consists of Boyden's miscellaneous correspondence. This series is arranged chronologically.


Box

Folder

8 12
Miscellaneous 1921

13
Miscellaneous 1922

14
Miscellaneous 1923

15
Miscellaneous 1924

Box

Folder

9 1
Miscellaneous 1925

2
Miscellaneous 1926

3
Miscellaneous 1927

4
Miscellaneous 1928

5
Miscellaneous 1929

6
Miscellaneous 1930

7
Miscellaneous 1931

8
Miscellaneous 1932

9
Miscellaneous 1933

10
Miscellaneous 1934

11
Miscellaneous 1935

12
Miscellaneous 1936

13
Miscellaneous 1937

Box

Folder

10 1
Miscellaneous 1938

2
Miscellaneous 1939

3
Miscellaneous 1940

4
Miscellaneous 1941

5
Miscellaneous 1942

6
Miscellaneous 1943

7
Miscellaneous 1944

8
Miscellaneous 1945

9
Miscellaneous 1946

10
Miscellaneous 1947

Box

Folder

11 1
Miscellaneous 1948

2
Miscellaneous 1949

3
Miscellaneous 1950

4
Miscellaneous 1951

5
Miscellaneous 1952

6
Miscellaneous 1953

7
Miscellaneous 1954

8
Miscellaneous 1955

9
Miscellaneous 1956

10
Miscellaneous 1957

11
Miscellaneous 1958

12
Miscellaneous 1959

13
Miscellaneous 1960

14
Miscellaneous 1961

15
Miscellaneous 1962

16
Miscellaneous 1963

17
Miscellaneous 1964

18
Miscellaneous 1971