Posters Collection, 1830-2009 (bulk 1870-1905):Finding Aid

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mariah Sakrejda-Leavitt.

2009

Collection Overview

Creator:

Amherst College

Title:

Posters Collection

Dates:

1830-2009

Dates:

1870-1905

Abstract:

Poster, placards and broadsides advertising campus events and public notices, chiefly 1870 to 1905 with additional materials from other years, especially from the 1980s to present. Materials continue to be added to this collection.

Extent:

13 map case drawers, 3 oversize flat boxes(16 linear ft.)

Language:

English

The majority of the items in the collection were originally bound in volumes, each with a bookplate reading "bound at the expense of Mr. Frank W. Stearns of the Class of 1878." The volumes were disbound and listed between 1986 and 1989. Additional posters have come from a variety of sources, including alumni donation and administrative offices.

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Posters Collection [Box/Map case #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.

There is no restriction on access to the Posters Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from Posters Collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

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Historical Note

The posters, placards and broadsides in this collection provide a lens to view the public life of the college, particularly in the latter part of the 19th century. The material in this collection covers the range of student, academic and social concerns, from public lecture courses, musical performances, sporting events and public notices.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

Poster, placards and broadsides advertising campus events and public notices. The collection provides a thorough overview of campus life from 1870 to 1905 with additional materials from other years, especially from the 1980s to present. Series 1-5 were originally in bound volumes; the original order and classification of material in these series have been maintained. Materials continue to be added to this collection.

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into six series:

Commencement Posters (1842-1875)

Lecture Posters (1830-1905)

Literary Miscellany (1870-1905)

Athletic Posters (1870-1905)

Musical Posters (1875-1905)

Modern Posters (1906-present)

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Series 1: COMMENCEMENT POSTERS 1842-1875

Series 1, COMMENCEMENT POSTERS, 1842-1875, consists of posters listing the "schedule of commencement exercises" plus two posters advertising specific commencement events.

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1842 1842 Jul

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1843 1843 Aug

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1845 1845 Aug

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1859 1859 Aug 7

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1865 1865 Jul 9-13

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1867 1867 Jul 7-11

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1868 1868 Jul 5-9

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1869 1869 Jul 4-8

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1870 1870 Jul 10-14

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1871 1871 Jul 9-13

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1872 1872 Jul 7-11

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1873 1873 Jul 6-10

Annual Address before Hitchcock Society of Inquiry 1874 Jul 5

Schedule of Commencement Exercises 1874 1874 Jul 5-9

Social Union Debate 1875 May 21

Series 2: LECTURE POSTERS 1830-1905

Series 2, LECTURE POSTERS, 1830-1905, includes posters advertising public lectures given by visiting lecturers, also included are some visiting musical groups.

Daniel Pratt (not from bound volume) n.d.

"American History" by Nathan Welby Fiske (AC Professor, 1824-1847) 1830

"Tennyson" by J.T. Fields 1869 Feb16

J.B. Gough 1869 May 26

"The Relations of Air to the Public Health" by George Derby 1870 Feb16

"Health" by Willard Parker 1870 Oct 19

J.W. Churchill 1873 Jan 24

"Hobby Riding" by J.G. Holland 1875 Nov 17

Joseph Cook 1876 Feb10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25

Unknown 1876 May 16, 17, 25, 26, Jun 7, 8

"Street Scenes in Europe" by Wendell Phillips 1877 Feb26

"The Irish Soldier in the Rebellion" by Gen. Kilpatrick 1877 Apr 20

A.H. Plumb 1877 May 14

"The Evil and the Remedy" by George William Curtis 1877

Leontine Arnot Cohn 1877 Aug 4

1877-1878 Lecture Course:

Will Carleton 1877 Nov 26

Mrs. Divermore 1877 Dec 17

J.W. Churchill 1878 Feb 8

Wendell Phillips 1878 Feb22

A. Bronson Alcott 1878 Dec 8, 1879 Feb 7, 26

"The Superlative or Mental Temperance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1879 Feb28

1879-1880 Lecture Course:

James T. Fields 1879 Dec 10

Adelaide Detchon 1879 Dec 17

George S. Boutwell 1880 Jan 12

J. Wells Champney 1880 Jan 26

Glee Club Concert 1880 Feb16

Selah Merrill 1880 Mar 3

"The New Profession" by Henry Ward Beecher 1881 Jan 17

Yale Glee Club 1881 Jan

"Rise and Fall of the Moustache" by Robert J. Burdette 1881

"Psycho-Dynamics" by W.H. Sherman 1883 Feb16

"George Eliot" by John Lord 1884 Nov 24

Charles Dickens (1887-1888 Lecture Course) 1888 Jan 14

1888-1889 Lecture Course:

George Kennan 1889 Feb14

Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley 1889 Feb25

New York Philharmonic 1889 Mar 4

Boston Symphony Orchestra 1890

H.H. Rogan 1890

Lotus Glee Club 1891

Thomas Dixon, Jr. 1891

Temple Quartette 1891 May 14

1891-1892 Lecture Course:

The Boston Rivals 1891 Dec 3

Ovide Musin Concert Co. 1892 Jan 30

1892-1893 Lecture Course:

Mendelssohn Quintette 1892 Oct 17

C.T. Winchester 1892 Nov 4

Thomas Nelson Page 1892 Nov 19

J.W. Churchill 1892 Dec 12

Lotus Glee Club 1893 Jan 18

Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1893 Jan 27

Miss Lillian Durell 1893 Feb 9

Eduard Remenyi 1893 Feb

The Boston Leaders 1893 Mar 2

1893-1894 Lecture Course:

New York Philharmonic Club 1893 Oct 28

Campani Morgan Concert Co. 1893

Blumenberg Concert 1893

Douglass Sherley and James Whitcomb Riley 1894 Feb12

Hamilton W. Mabie 1894 Mar 3

New York Male Quartet Club 1894 Mar 9

1894-1895 Lecture Course:

A. Conan Doyle 1894 Nov 2

George Riddle and Boston Philharmonic 1894 Nov 26

William H. McElroy 1894 Dec 10

New York Ladies Quartette 1895 Jan 7

Samuel Reynolds Hole 1895 Jan 14

Lew Wallace 1895 Jan 25

"Miss Jerry" 1895 Feb8

Frederick W. Bancroft 1895 Mar 1

"Miss Jerry" 1895 May 17

"College Thought and Public Interest" Course:

Chauncey M. Depew 1896 Mar 10

Francis A. Walker 1896 Apr 3

Hamilton W. Mabie 1896 May 1

"Athens and the Eastern Question" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler 1897 Apr 23

"Amherst Boating" by A.J. Benedict 1897 Nov 2

"From Lexington to Concord" by William W. Ellsworth 1897 Nov 19

"Cuba" by William W. Wright, U.S.A. 1898 Oct 6

"What makes our Lives Significant" by William James 1898 Nov 7

"The Profession of the Teacher" by George H. Palmer 1899 Jan 30

"A Visit to Wisby" by Hasket Derby (AC 1855) 1899 Feb24

"Liquid Air" by A.L. Kimball 1899 May 6

"Poetry and Prophecy of Tennyson" by Henry Van Dyke 1899 May 11

"Amherst College in Foreign Missions" by Nehemiah Boynton 1899 Jun 25

"Town and Gown" by Patrick Geddes 1900 Jan 29

"Troglodytes of Eastern Asia Minor" by J.R.S. Sterrett 1900 Feb 19

"Fossil Hunting" by R.S. Lull 1900 Feb 26

"The Work of Ruskin" by C.T. Winchester 1900 Mar 2

"The New Humanities" by Robert A. Woods 1900 Mar 9

"Trusts" by John B. Clark 1900 Mar 16

"The South African Question" by J.W. Crook 1900 May 11

"An Eclipse Trio in Tripoli" by David Todd 1900 Nov 3

"Personal Experiences in the Civil War" by Col. A.A. Pope 1902 May 2

"The Theatre" by W.B. Yeats 1903 Nov 19

"The Christian Ministry as a Profession" by C.H. Parkhurst 1904 May 23

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Booker T. Washington (not from bound volume) 1904 Oct 5

Bliss Perry - "Patriotic Poetry" 1905 May 17

Series 3: LITERARY MISCELLANY 1870-1905

Series 3, LITERARY MISCELLANY, 1870-1905, consists of material advertising debates, benefits, sales, notices and miscellaneous announcements related to college life.

Grand Whig Rally (not from bound volume) 1852

Class Day (not from bound volume) 1862

Questions to be answered for the Obituary Record 1870

A Latin advertisement of College Bookstore 1871

Schedule of trains on New London Northern (C.V.R.R.) in 1871 1871 Jul 1

An appeal to Amherst citizens for entertainment during the semi centennial 1871

Advertisement of "Student Life at Amherst" by G.R. Cutting 1871

Advertisement of "Reminiscences of Amherst" by President Edward Hitchcock 1871

Advertisement of a Book Auction in Athenae Hall 1873 Feb 5

Schedule of trains between Palmer & Amherst during Commencement 1873 Jul 2

Supper and Entertainment for Benefit of College Church 1873 Oct 10

Notice that term bills are made out 1875 Jan 7

Subscription blank for Prof. W.S. Tyler's History of Amherst College 1875

Contest between Junior & Sophomore classes, "A Muscular Debate" 1875 Oct 3

Advertisement of student furniture for sale 1876

Notice of '74's triennial reunion 1877 Jun 27

Advertisement of stationery 1878

Festival held in College Hall 1878 Apr 16

Olio poster 1878 Dec

Fourth of July Celebration 1879

Circular concerning information for "Biographical Record of Alumni" 1879

Schedule of Commencement trains on New London Northern (C.V.R.R.) 1881 Jun 27-30

Olio poster 1884 Dec

Social Union Senior Prize Debate 1885 Jan 28

Bookstore advertisements 1885

Political Rally, Handbill of Mock Convention 1888 Feb20

Discussion of political issues at rally 1888 Nov 2

Handbill of Harrison-Stevenson Procession 1888 Nov 18

1890 Olio poster 1888 Dec

1891 Olio poster 1889 Dec

1892 Olio poster 1890 Dec

Trial for benefit of Amherst Athletic Association 1891 Mar 6

1893 Olio poster 1891 Dec

Republican Convention for Benefit of Amherst Baseball Association 1892 Mar 3

Circular advertising "Amherst Sketches" 1892 Jun

Circular advertising "Amherst Farces" 1892

Columbus Memorial Program and Poster 1892 Oct 21

Political pamphlet 1892 Oct 24

Republican Rally 1892 Oct 31

1894 Olio posters 1892 Dec

Advertisement of A History of Amherst College, by W.S. Tyler (AC 1830) 1893

Advertisement of Student Boarding House 1893 Sep 12

Memorabilia of Amherst Space at Chicago Exhibit 1893

1895 Olio posters 1893 Dec

Notification of 1859 Class Meeting 1894 Jun 6

Lester Exhibition in Oratory 1894 Jun 6

Announcement of opening of Hitchcock Hall 1894 Sep 11

1896 Olio posters 1894 Dec

Opening of restaurant 1895

Olio poster (not from bound volume) 1895

Mass meeting concerning Amherst Senate 1895 Feb

J.H. Seelye Memorial Number of Lit. Placard 1895 Jun

Class of 1895 Triennial Placard 1895 Jun

Notice of mass meeting concerning Armenians 1896 Feb 13

1898 Olio posters 1896 Dec

Reward for Lost Watch 1897 Oct

1899 Olio posters 1897 Dec

Advertisement of A History of Amherst College, by W.S. Tyler (AC 1830) 1898

Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1899 Apr 27

Concerning College Co-operative Society 1899

Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1899

Delta Upsilon placard 1899

Delta Kappa Epsilon placard 1899

Phi Delta Theta Placard 1899

Phi Kappa Psi placard 1899

Concerning Hitchcock Dining hall 1900

Concerning College Dining hall 1900

Republican Club Rally 1900 Oct 31

Advertising posters 1900

1902 Olio poster 1900 Dec

Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1901

1891 Decennial poster 1901 Jun

Concerning Hitchcock Hall 1901 Sep 16

Class Notice 1901

Advertisement of cafe 1901

1903 Olio poster 1901 Dec

Amherst posters 1902

New York Tribune Advertisement 1902 Jun 22

1904 Olio poster 1902 Dec

Bowdoin debate poster 1903 Mar 6

New York Tribune 1903 Jun 21

Placard concerning Bronze Box in Observatory Corner Stone 1903 Jun 23

Student Missionary Conference 1904 Oct 7

Bowdoin debate placard 1905 Mar 24

Series 4: ATHLETIC POSTERS 1870-1905

Series 4, ATHLETIC POSTERS, 1870-1905, includes poster advertising athletic events. The posters are divided into four sections (corresponding with their original arrangement and classification):
Athletic posters prior to 1897
Football
Track, tennis, basketball, heavy gym
Baseball

Volume 1: Athletic Posters Prior to 1897

Crew Fall Regatta (2) [1870s] Nov 2

Baseball vs. Harvard 2-14 1875 July 6

Athletic Sports 1875 Oct 30

Baseball vs. Harvard 2-14 1876 May 20

Baseball vs. Rhode Is. 9-9,and Princeton 18-12 1876 June 6, 7

Baseball vs. Charter Oaks 9-10 1876 June 17

Athletic Sports, won by '78 1876 Oct 14

Baseball vs. Harvard 1-9 1877 May 12

Athletics 1877 May 18

Baseball vs. Yale 4-9 1877 May 19

Baseball vs. Amateurs of Hartford 14-6 1877 May 23

Baseball Freshmen vs. Brown Freshmen, 0-8 1877 May 25

Baseball vs. Wesleyan 13-2 1877 May 26

Baseball vs. Williams (rain) 1877 Jun 6

Baseball vs. Williams (rain) 1877 Jun 7

Baseball vs. Buckeyes of Columbus 2-2 1877 Jun 16

Baseball vs. Our Boys of Boston 1877 Jun 23

Athletic Carnival 1877 Jul 4

Baseball vs. Clippers of Easthampton 5-5 1877 Oct 6

Baseball vs. Shamrocks of Holyoke 9-1 1877 Oct 10

Football vs. Tufts 2-1 1877 Nov 14

Baseball vs. Clippers (rain) 1878 Apr 20

Baseball vs. Westboro 7-6 1878 Apr 23

Baseball vs. New Bedfords 6-14 1878 Apr 24

Baseball vs. Holyokes 7-2 1878 May 1

Baseball vs. Springfield 1-2 1878 May 4

Baseball vs. Clippers 0-2 1878 May 8

Baseball vs. Pittsfield 4-12 1878 May 14

Baseball vs. Pittsfield (rain) 1878 May 16

Baseball vs. Lowells 2-3 1878 May 22

Baseball vs. Brown. Postponed 1878 Jun 5

Baseball vs. New Haven. No game 1878 Jun 5

Baseball vs. Springfield. No game 1878 Jun 8

Baseball vs. Holyoke 4-16 1878 Jun 19

Baseball vs. Yale. No. game 1878 Jun 22

Baseball vs. Lowells. No game 1878 Jun 26

Baseball vs. Harvard. No game 1878 Jun 27

Athletic Games, '80 & '81 tied 1878 Oct 23

Athletic Games, postponement of games of Oct 23 1878 Oct 26

Football vs. Brown 5-0 1878 Nov 13

Football vs. Yale 0-0 1878 Nov 16

Baseball vs. Springfield 3-10 1879 May 3

Baseball vs. Holyoke 6-4 1879 May 7

Baseball vs. Sharps of Holyoke 5-5 1879 May 10

Baseball vs. Harvard. Postponed 1879 May 13

Baseball vs. Trinity 15-5 1879 May 21

Baseball vs. Yale 1-15 1879 May 24

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-4 1879 May 31

Athletics Fall Meet 1879 Oct 22

Athletics Games 1880 Jun 5

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '83 1880 Oct 13

Baseball vs. Yale 3-6 1881 Jun 25

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '83 1881 Oct 15

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '84 1882 Oct 14

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '85 1883 Oct 6

Football '84 vs. '86 and '85 vs. '87 1883 Oct 31

Baseball Amherst vs. '81 1884 Jun 2

Baseball vs. Brown 6-1 1884 Jun 16

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '86 1884 Oct 4

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '87 1886 Oct 16

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '89 1887 Oct 15

Baseball Alumni vs. Champions 1888 Jun 28

Baseball '91 vs. '92 9-5 1888 Sep 22

Baseball '91 vs. '92 9-8 1888 Sep 26

Athletics Games and Races 1889 Jul 2

Athletics Fall Meet won by '91 1889 Oct 15,16

Football vs. MIT 9-6 1889 Oct 26

Football vs. Wi11iams 10-10 1889 Nov 9

Football vs. Yale 0-32 1889 Nov 12

Football vs. Rochester 7-0 1889 Nov 16

Baseball vs. Millers Falls 9-6, 14-11, 10-2, 18-9 1890 Apr. 14-17

Baseball Amherst '93 vs. Yale '93 6-4 1890 May 3

Baseball vs. Williams 22-8 1890 June 21

Advertisement of W. E. Nason, Athletic Goods 1890

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '92 1890 Oct 22

Football vs. MIT at Weston 38-4 1890 Nov 1

Football vs. Cornell 16-0 1890 Nov 3

Football vs. Bowdoin. Forfeited to Amherst. 1890 Nov 8

Football vs. Harvard at Springfield 0-64 1890 Nov 12

Football vs. Dartmouth 4-0 1890 Nov 19

Football vs. Stagg's at Springfield 0-26 1890 Nov 22

Baseball vs. Stagg's Team (YMCA Training School) 7-6 1891 Apr 18

Baseball vs. Harvard 2-6 1891 May 2

Baseball vs. Brown. No game. 1891 May 11

Baseball vs. Vermont 7-4 1891 May 14

Baseball vs. Ho1y Cross 6-2 1891 May 19

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 10-1 1891 May 23

Opening of Pratt Field 1891 May 23

Baseball vs. Yale 3-6 1891 Jun 3

Athletics Meet of Inter-Scholastic Asso., won by Springfield 1891 Jun 6

Baseball vs. Vermont 4-10 1891 Jun 18

Baseball vs. Boston Athletic Asso. 10-0 1891 Jun 20

Baseball '81 & '90 vs. '86 &'88 1891 Jun 24

Football vs. Trinity 1891 Oct 31

Baseball vs. Holyoke 12-2, 6-3, 4-0,11-2, 7-3 1892 Apr 18-23

Athletics Handicap Meet 1892 May 7

Baseball vs. Williams. Rain 1892 May 11

Baseball vs. Yale 4-9 1892 May 14

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-4- 1-6 1892 May 18,19

Baseball vs. Harvard 2-3 1892 Jun 4

Baseball '82 &'91 vs. '87 & '89 1892 Jun 28

Athletics Fall Meet, won by '95 1892 Jun 19

Baseball vs. Williams 10-2 1892 Jun 10

Baseball vs. Wesleyan 6-4 1892 Jun 12

Baseball vs. Harvard 3-4 1892 Jun 20

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 11-4, 0-4 1892 Jun 26, 27

Baseball vs. Tufts 2-0 1892 Jun 31

Baseball vs. Ya1e 5-1 1892 Jun 3

Baseball vs. Brown 6-2 1892 Jun 7

Baseball vs. Williams 1892 Jun 17

Baseball vs. Williams 4-2 1892 Jun 22

Baseball vs. Alumni 1892 Jun 28

Football vs. Greenfield A.C. 12-10 1893 Sep 27

Football vs. M.A.C. 26-0 1893 Oct 4

Athletics Fall Cider Meet, won by '95 1893 Oct 11

Football vs. Trinity 18-0 1893 Oct 25

Football vs. Worcester Tech 34-4 1893 Oct 30

Football vs. M.A.C. 16-2 1893 Nov 1

Football vs. Williams 12-30 1893 Nov 18

Baseball vs. Springfie1d 4-5, 2-4, 5-8, 7-10, 15-7, 3-5 1894 Apr 16-21

Baseball vs. Tufts 10-2 1894 Apr 28

Baseball vs. Colgate 12-13 1894 May 5

Baseball vs. Williams 12-30 1894 May 9

Baseball vs. Cornell 2-7 1894 May 11

Baseball vs. Harvard 2-4 1894 May 12

Baseball vs. Yale 1-7 1894 May 16

Baseball vs. Wesleyan 8-7 1894 May 17

Athletics Spring Meet 1894 May 18

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 2-7, 6-8 1894 May 25,26

Baseball vs. Williams. Postponed 1894 Jun 2

Baseball vs. Williams 1-2 1894 Jun 12

Athletics Interscholastic Meet 1894 Jun 16

Football vs. MAC 6-0 1894 Sept 27

Baseball Amherst '95 vs. Holyoke High, 19-12 1895 May 1

Athletics Spring Meet 1895 May 11

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 5-6, 17-6 1895 May 24,25

Baseball vs. Trinity 7-5 1895 June 5

Football vs. Technology 20-4 1895 Oct 26

Baseball vs. Williams 16-4 1895 Nov 2

Baseball vs. Springfie1d 9-8, 8-4, 2-11, 9-0, 7-1 1896 Apr 13-18

Baseball '99 vs. Williston 3-7 1896 Apr 25

Baseball vs. Wesleyan 5-2 1896 Apr 29

Baseball vs. Williams 3-2 1896 May 6

Baseball vs. Worcester Tech. 14-7 1896 May 13

Baseball Student vs. Lit. 7-16 1896 May 15

Baseball vs. Tufts 2-1 1896 May 20

Baseball vs. Cuban Giants 6-7 1896 May 26

Baseball vs. Harvard 9-5 1896 May 27

Baseball vs. Vermont 1-2 1896 Jun 2

Baseball vs. Dartmouth 3-2, 14-3 1896 Jun 12, 13

Baseball vs. Yale 2-4 1896 Jun 17

Football vs. Wesleyan 6-4 1896 Oct 28

Football vs. Trinity 0-12 1896 Oct 31

Baseball vs. Central Parks of Orange 8-7,3-5,19-2, 2-10, 4-3 1897 Apr 19-24

Baseball vs. Yale 2-9 1897 Apr 28

Baseball vs. Williams 3-4 1897 May 5

Baseball vs. Trinity. Rain 1897 May 13

Athletics, NEIAA games at Worcester, won by Williams. 1900 May 19

==Volume 2: Football

vs. Williams 6-6 1897 Nov 6

vs. Williston 28-0 1898 Oct 1

vs. MAC 0-0 1898 Oct 8

vs. Trinity 12-0 1898 Oct 12

vs. Wesleyan 0-28 1898 Oct 26

vs. MIT 10-6 1898 Oct 29

vs. Dartmouth 6-64 1898 Nov 5

vs. Boston Col. 0-18 1899 Oct 28

vs. MAC 0-6 1899 Nov 1

vs. Wesleyan 0-40 1899 Nov 18

vs. Williston 23-0 1900 Sep 29

vs. Trinity 0-0. 1900 Oct 6

vs. Worcester Tech 39-0 1900 Oct 13

vs. Bowdoin 6-11 1900 Oct 24

vs. Tufts 0-11 1900 Oct 31

vs. MIT 18-0 1900 Nov 3

vs. Williams 5-16 1900 Nov 10

vs. MAC 18-0 1900 Nov 17

vs. Worcester Tech 6-0 1901 Oct 5

vs. Union 0-0 1901 Oct 16

'04 vs. '05 0-0 1901 Oct 26

vs. Bowdoin 29-0 1901 Nov 2

vs. Wesleyan 11-15 1901 Nov 23

vs. Williston 16-0 1902 Sep 27

vs. Union 16-0 1902 Oct 11

vs. Holy Cross 29-5 1902 Oct 15

vs. MAC 15-0 1902 Nov 8

vs. Colby 23-0 1903 Oct 3

vs. Bowdoin 23-0 1903 Oct 7

vs. Trinity 18-0 1903 Oct 24

vs. Dartmouth 0-18 1903 Nov 7

vs. MAC 11-6 1903 Nov 14

vs. Williston 5-0 1904 Oct 1

vs. Williams 22-6 1904 Nov 16

1907 vs. 1908 10-0 1904 Nov 19

==Volume 3: Track, Tennis, Basketball, Heavy Gym

Track Triangular Meet, won by Amherst 1897 June 5

Track Fall Meet, won by '03 1899 Oct 14

Track Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams Meet, won by Williams 1900 Jun 1

Track Fall Meet, won by '02 1900 Oct 17

Basketball vs.Vermont 30-9 1901 Feb 20

Track Inter-Scholastic Meet, won by Springfield 1901 Jun 15

Track Fall Meet, won by '04 1901 Oct 19

Basketball vs. Trinity 37-25 1902 Jan 11

Track Fall Meet, won by '04 1902 Oct 18

Basketball vs.Williston 15-26 1903 Jan 10

Basketball vs. M.A.C. 52-3 1903 Jan 14

Basketball vs. Hamilton 61-6 1903 Jan 21

Basketball vs. Harvard 26-18 1903 Jan 28

Basketball vs. Trinity 62-4 1903 Feb 7

Basketball vs. Brown 36-19 1903 Feb 26

Basketball vs. Dartmouth 13-25 1903 Mar 11

Heavy Gym vs. Yale 1903 Mar 14

Basketball vs. Holy Cross 34-11 1903 Mar 18

Tennis vs. Tufts won by Amherst 1903 May 7-9

Track Inter-Scholastic Meet, won by Springfield 1903 Jun 20

Track Fall Cider Meet, won by '06 1903 Oct 14

Basketball vs. Rensselaer Polytech. 38-19 1904 Jan 9

Basketball vs. Colgate 37-30 1904 Jan 13

Basketball vs. Brown 16-9 1904 Feb 1

Basketball vs. Syracuse 26-38 1904 Feb 13

Basketball vs. Holy Cross 15-2 1904 Feb 20

Basketball vs. Williston 8-20 1904 Feb 24

Basketball vs. Worcester Polytech. 31-19 1904 Feb 27

Basketball vs. Trinity 34-4 1904 Mar 5

Basketball vs. Dartmouth 31-19 1904 Mar 9

Track vs. MIT, won by MIT 1904 May 14

Track Fall Cider Meet, won by '08 1904 Oct. 22

Basketball vs. Williston 18-20 1905 Jan 11

Basketball vs. Dartmouth 18-33 1905 Jan 23

Basketball vs. MIT 23-26 1905 Feb 11

Field Meet W.M.I.A.A. won by Springfield H.S. 1905 Jun 10

==Volume 4: Baseball Posters

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vs. Dartmouth 10-8, 8-16 1897 May 21, 22

vs. Harvard 0-6 1897 May 26

vs. Wes1eyan 3-7 1897 June 2

vs. Holy Cross 5-2 1897 June 12

vs. Williams 4-5 1897 June 19

'98 vs. '99 6-8 1897 Sept. 25

vs. Brown 5-12 1898 May 2

'01 vs. '02 postponed 1898 Oct 5

'01 vs. '02 11-3 1898 Oct 12

'99 vs. '00 4-7 1898 Oct 12

'00 vs. '01 postponed 1898 Oct15

vs. Yale 0-12 1899 Apr. 22

vs. Tufts 10-4 1899 Apr 29

vs. Syracuse 12-0 1899 May 1

vs. Williams 7-10 1899 May 3

vs. Holy Cross 2-4 1899 May 6

vs. Boston College 3-6 1899 May 13

vs. Wes1eyan 7-12 1899 May 27

vs. Williams at Williamstown 10-8 1899 May 30

'02 vs. Williams '02 at Williamstown 7-18 1899 June 3

Faculty vs. Phi Beta Kappa 19-13 1899 June 7

vs. Wesleyan 2-0 1899 June 24

vs. Williams 0-4 1899 June 26

'00 vs. '01 10-2 1899 Sept. 27

'02 vs. '03 10-4 1899 Sep 30

vs. Columbia 8-3 1900 May 16

vs. Wesleyan 1-5 1900 May 26

vs. Wesleyan 2-9 1900 June 23

vs. Williams 0-6 1900 June 25

'01 vs. '02 no game 1900 Oct 10

'01 vs. '04 no game 1900 Oct 27

vs. Williston 1-1 1901 Apr 13

vs. Brown 1-3 1901 Apr 20

vs. Trinity Rain 1901 Apr 24

vs. Yale 1-6 1901 Apr 27

vs. Williams 10-0 1901 May 1

vs. Dartmouth 0-2 1901 May 11

vs. Maine 3-1 1901 May 15

Faculty vs. Phi Beta Kappa 12-7 1901 May 17

vs. Tufts 7-0 1901 May 22

vs. Wesleyan 8-4 1901 May 25

vs. Riverview Military 2-0 1901 June 1

vs. Columbia 4-3 1901 June 5

vs. Wesleyan 0-1 1901 June 8

vs. Holy Cross 4-3 1901 June 12

vs. Wi11iams 9-0 1901 June 24

vs. Wi11iston No game 1902 Apr 12

vs. Princeton 0-3 1902 Apr 19

vs. Williams 5-4 1902 May 3

'05 vs. Springfield High 7-6 1902 May 7

vs. Wesleyan 5-8 1902 May 14

vs. Bowdoin 5-0 1902 May 17

vs. New York U. 22-0 1902 May 24

vs. Georgetown 1-6 1902 May 30

'05 vs. Wesleyan '05 No game 1902 May 31

vs. Dartmouth 1-2 1902 Jun 4

Lit vs. Student 1902 Jun 21

vs. Greenfield 8-1 1902 Jun 23

vs. Williston 2-1 1903 Apr 11

vs. Tufts 3-4 1903 Apr 22

vs. Syracuse 0-6 1903 May 5

vs. Manhattan 3-6 1903 May 13

vs. Dartmouth 7-1 1903 May 15

vs. Bowdoin 8-1 1903 May 22

'06 vs. Brown '06 6-4 1903 May 29

vs. Fordham 6-1 1903 May 30

vs. Hamilton 20-1 1903 Jun 3

vs. Trinity 19-1 1903 Jun 6

vs. Holy Cross 0-2 1903 Jun 10

vs. Colby 2-1 1903 Jun 13

'06 vs. '07 2-1 1903 Oct 10

vs. Williston 5-0 1904 Apr 20

vs. MAC 8-0 1904 Apr 27

vs. Maine, no game 1904 Apr 28

vs. Colby 5-4 1904 May 2

vs. Lafayette 1904 May 26

vs. New York U. 2-3 1904 May 28

vs. Dartmouth 1-3 1904 Jun 7

vs. Williams 2-7 1904 Jun 25

vs. Alumni 5-3 1904 Jun 27

vs. Williams 7-2 1905 May 6

vs. Cornell 4-1 1905 May 9

vs. Williams 8-1 1905 May 31

vs. Dartmouth 3-2 1905 May 27

vs. Columbia 2-4 1905 Jun 15

vs. Williams 4-0 1905 Jun 24

Alumni vs. Amherst 0-4 1905 Jun 26

Series 5: MUSICAL POSTERS 1875-1905

Series 5, MUSICAL POSTERS, 1875-1905, consists of posters advertising performances of Amherst musical groups, both on campus and off campus.

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Oratorio (College Band and others) 1834 Aug 25

Volume 2: College Musical Clubs

"Summer Garden Concert" 1875 Jun 12

Class Day Concert (Quintette Club and Temple Quartette) 1875 Jul 6

College Orchestra and Crescent Quartette 1876 Jan 25

Glee Club 1876 Dec 15

Concert in City Hall, Holyoke 1877 Feb 21

Glee Club 1877 Mar 23

Class Day Concert (College Club and Mendelssohn Quintette) 1877Jun 26

Glee Club 1878 Jan 21

"A.B.C.D." Quartette of Amherst in Town Hall, West Brookfield 1878 Nov 29

Philharmonic of Boston 1878 Dec 3

College Glee Club at Worcester 1879 Jan 27

College Glee Club (Benefit of Baseball Association) 1879 Mar 5

"Pinafore" by College Glee Club 1879 Jun 10, 11

Commencement Concert 1879 Jun 24

Glee Club Concert 1880 Feb 16

Class Day Concert 1881 Jun 28

Promenade Concert 1881 Jun 29

Glee Club Concert 1882 Mar 22

Concert (Wu1f Fries, Belle Botsford, Alice Coggeshall, Ellen Berg) 1883 Mar 2

Minstrel Entertainment (benefit of base ball) 1884 Mar 19

College Glee Club 1884 Mar 27

Class Day Concert 1884 Jul 1

Posters of Concerts given by Clubs on Western Trip 1885 Apr

Concert of Musical Clubs 1889 Mar 27

Concert of Musical Clubs (Benefit of Base Ball) 1889 May 17

Freshman Concert 1890

Glee and Banjo Clubs 1890 Jun 24

Glee and Banjo Clubs 1891 Mar 25

Glee and Banjo Clubs at Northampton 1892 Mar 9

Glee and Banjo Clubs 1892 Mar 22

Harvard Glee Club and Amherst Banjo at Northampton 1893 Mar 8

Glee and Banjo C1ub 1893 Mar 22

Minstrel Company (Base Ball Benefit) 1893 May 17

Commencement Concert 1893 Jun 27

Solos by W P Bigelow and Mandolin Clubs 1894 Apr 23

College Minstrels 1894 Apr 26

Class Day Concert 1894 Jun 26

Glee Club Concert 1895

Concert of Glee and Banjo Clubs 1896 Mar 9

Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Concert 1896 Mar 25

College Musical Association 1897 Jun 28

College Musical Association at Holyoke 1900 Feb 2

College Musical Association at Amherst 1900 Mar 24

College Musical Association at Worcester 1900 May 18

College Musical Association at Springfield 1900 May 23

Musical Association Picture 1900 June 25

Musical Association, YMCA Hall, Holyoke 1901 Apr 12

College Minstrels (Athletic Association Benefit) 1902 May 5

Oratorio Chorus and Orchestra 1903 May 27

College Musical Association 1903 Jun 22

Oratorio "The Messiah" 1904 May 11

Musical Association Picture 1905

Oratorio "Elijah" 1905 Mar 22

Series 6: MODERN POSTERS 1906-

Series 6, MODERN POSTERS, includes posters from 1906 to the present. These posters cover a variety of subjects including music, lectures, events and sports. Arranged chronologically.

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3 1
Lecture and event posters n.d.

Box
Folder

1 1
Lecture and event posters n.d.

2
Richard Wilbur n.d.

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Folder

5 8
"Amherst Wants You!" n.d.

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Folder

3 3
Mrs. Ballington Booth of Volunteers of America (2 posters) 1906 Feb 16

4
Hon. John Barrett 1907 Jun 12

5
Literary club - Richard Watson Gilder 1909 Jan 23

Charles J. Glidden 1909 Mar 15

6
Exhibition of Maxim's noiseless gun 1909 May 14

Herbert L. Bridgman 1909

Chart comparing intercollegiate sports 1914

Award posters for exposition displays in athletics 1914, n.d.

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3 6a
"Gigantic Outing, Clambake and Rally in College Hall" [to fund Centennial gift, possibly sponsored by Class of 1902?] ca. 1920

Lecture posters: S.K. Ratcliffe, "England and Her Present Day Problems"; Cecil Maurice Bowra, "Hellenism and Poetry"; "Reading" by Robert Frost; Walter Lippmann, "American Destiny"; Mahanam B. Brahmachari, "Life in India as a Background for Thought and Action"; E.C. Kyte, "English Country House Libraries"; Friedrich Solmsen, "Electra in Greek Tragedy"; John W. Wheeler-Bennett, "War and Peace" 1936-1940

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3 7
Football, Amherst vs. Williams 1938 Nov 12

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Folder

1 4
Dr. Selig Hecht: "Night Vision" [1940]

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Folder

3 8
Political Union Address - Mrs. Roosevelt 1941 Feb 5

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Folder

1 5
Opening Chapel 1944

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Folder

3 9
Rotherwas Society debate on Fraternities [1950]

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1 6
Sigma Xi, installation exercises 1950 Mar 23

7
Crew vs. AIC [1950] May 4

8
Lecture posters c. 1960-62

9
Film posters c. 1961-65

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3 16
Mardi Gras, 1963; Mardi Gras, 1966 (featuring Dionne Warwick); Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs, 1966; Rock and Roll Dance and Show featuring the Moppets and Moby Dick and the Seamen, 1966 [#2011-004] 1963-66

10
"Utopian Thought in America" 1965 Oct 21

11
Posters 1980s

Box
Folder

1 10
Posters 1980s

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Folder

3 12
Posters 1990s

Box
Folder

1 11
Posters 1990

12
Posters 1991

13
Posters 1992-1994

14
Posters 1995-1997

15
Posters 1998

16
Posters 1999-2000

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3 13
Posters 2000s

Box
Folder

1 17
Posters 2001

Box
Folder

3 14
Coeducation at 25 2001 Sep

Box
Folder

1 18
Posters 2002

19
Posters 2003

20
Posters 2004

21
Posters 2005

Box
Folder

2 1
Posters 2006

2
Posters 2007

3
Posters 2008

4
Posters 2009

5
Posters 2010

Box
Folder

3 15
Posters 2010s

Contents

Posters Collection, 1830-2009 (bulk 1870-1905)

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mariah Sakrejda-Leavitt.

2009

Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

Series 1: COMMENCEMENT POSTERS 1842-1875

Series 2: LECTURE POSTERS 1830-1905

Series 3: LITERARY MISCELLANY 1870-1905

Series 4: ATHLETIC POSTERS 1870-1905

Series 5: MUSICAL POSTERS 1875-1905

Series 6: MODERN POSTERS 1906-