Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
Section 1: CORRESPONDENCE,
1914-1967
Section 2: MANUSCRIPT SPEECHES,
1920-1951
Section 3: PUBLISHED SPEECHES AND ARTICLES,
1929-1950
Section 4: CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING PUBLICATIONS,
1950-1955
Section 5: AMHERST LIFE,
1895-1952
Section 6: RESIGNATION FROM AMHERST COLLEGE AND DEATH,
1944-1951
Section 7: MRS. KING,
1922-1962
Section 8: IMAGES ca.
1880-1960
Section 9: MISCELLANEOUS,
ca. 1895-1933
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Stanley King (AC 1903) Papers, 1895-1967
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by ma.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
© 2003
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Creator:
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King, Stanley, 1883-1951 |
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King Papers |
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Dates:
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1880-1967 |
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Dates:
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1895-1967 |
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Abstract:
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Former Amherst College President. Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, awards, photographs and other materials documenting his personal and professional life and that of his wife, Margaret P. Jackson King. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Ernest M. Hopkins, Felix Frankfurter and Frederick J. E. Woodbridge.
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Extent:
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26 archives boxes, 1 record storage box, 1 flat box(14.5 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English. |
Stanley King (AC 1903) was born in 1883 to Judge Henry Amasa (AC 1873) and Maria Lyon (Flynt) King in Troy, New York. He attended Springfield (Mass.) High School and entered Amherst College in 1900 with the Class of 1903. As an undergraduate he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. After earning a degree from Harvard Law School (completing the course in the abnormally short space of two years), he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1906. He held a variety of executive positions with the W. H. McElwain Company, shoe manufacturers in Boston, from 1906 to 1922. In business he demonstrated great skill at settling labor disputes. During World War I, King served first as a member of the Council of National Defense, and in October 1917 he was appointed Confidential Clerk to the Secretary of War, functioning as an advisor to Secretary of War Newton Baker on business matters. King remained in government service through mid-1919 before returning to the McElwain Company. In 1921 he became a trustee of Amherst College. From 1922 to 1927 he was Eastern Manager and Director of the International Shoe Company, Boston. In 1927 he retired from business. In 1932, after traveling extensively for several years, King was appointed the 11th President of Amherst College - the first in the institution's history to have been neither a minister nor educator.
As President of Amherst, King was instrumental in developing the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., into one of the most important libraries of its kind. He was also took a great interest in the buildings and grounds of the Amherst campus: the College recovered from the destruction caused by a major hurricane in 1938 by the introduction of new landscaping and the unprecedented construction of new buildings. Under King's administration the campus saw the addition of such buildings as Alumni Gymnasium, Valentine Hall, Memorial Field, Kirby Theatre, James and Stearns dormitories, and the Mead Art Building. In the 1930s, President King led the College through the crisis of the Great Depression by achieving financial solutions that enabled Amherst to avoid annual deficits or reductions in salary. The disruptions of World War II, 1941-1945, were handled with similar effectiveness with a long-range focus on developing a "New Curriculum" for the College to meet modern post-war needs.
After retiring as President in 1946, he was President Emeritus until his death in 1951. Stanley King was the author of several books: Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library (1950); A History of the Endowment of Amherst College (1950); and "The Consecrated Eminence": The Story of the Campus and Buildings of Amherst College (1952). Upon his death in 1951, Stanley King was survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pinckney Jackson King (whom he married in 1927), a son Richard King (AC 1935), and a daughter, Gertrude King. (Stanley King's first wife, Gertrude, died in 1923.)
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Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, awards, photographs and other materials docu-menting the personal and professional life of Stanley King and his wife Margaret P. Jackson King. Correspondence includes chiefly personal letters to and from King during his business career, 1914-1929, and presidency of Amherst College, 1932-1951; also correspondence related to his work as special assistant to the Secretary of War, 1917-1919. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Ernest M. Hopkins, Felix Frankfurter and Frederick J. E. Woodbridge. Amherst College materials include speeches, reports and articles (many published in the Alumni Council News), and correspondence related to King's publications. Personal papers include boyhood letters; scrapbooks; diaries of travel and undergraduate years, 1896-1919; genealogical information; drawn portraits; and photographs. Notes from Gertrude Besse Toll are included as well, in Series 8, with some contextual information. Mrs. King's papers include family correspondence, an oral history interview, and records related to the Kings' private residence on Lincoln Avenue in Amherst.
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This collection is organized into eight series:
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Section 1: CORRESPONDENCE,
1914-1967
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From Europe
1914-1916
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From King to friends: A-Z
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To and from Felix Frankfurter
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To and from Ernest M. Hopkins
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Business Correspondence - Non-Amherst College
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To and from Newton D. Baker and Ralph Hayes (re: Baker)
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To and from War Department and Newton D. Baker
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From the government containing offers to go to Washington
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Correspondence - Amherst College
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To and from Frederick J.E. Woodbridge
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Meiklejohn honorary degree
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Second Century Fund - new committee
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Second Century Fund
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Letters from Margaret R. Emerson
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: A-B
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: C-E
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: F-G
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: H-L
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: M-O
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: P-R
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: S-T
1932
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Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: V-W
1932
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Committee for a New President: A-D
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Committee for a New President: E-H
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Committee for a New President: K-M
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Committee for a New President: N-V
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Committee for a New President: W
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Congratulatory letters on ten years of service to Amherst College
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: A-B
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: C-E (includes letter from Calvin Coolidge)
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: F-H
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: J-L
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: M-N
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: O-R
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: S-T
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Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: V-W
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Letters concerning retirement: A-C
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Letters concerning retirement: D-F
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Letters concerning retirement: G-J
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Letters concerning retirement: K-M
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Letters concerning retirement: N-R
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Letters concerning retirement: S-Z
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Letters of condolence on death: A-K
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Letters of condolence on death: L-Z
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Telegrams of condolence
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Letters concerning death of Mrs. King
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Section 2: MANUSCRIPT SPEECHES,
1920-1951
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Worksheets for various speeches
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College buildings ? typescript
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College life ? typescript
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College administration ? typescript
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Speeches (bound volume)
1932?1934
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Speeches
1935
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Report to Board of Trustees on Trustee Minutes
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Program of American Academy of Political Science dinner
1933 Nov
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Prayer and blessing often used by President King
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Poem to Harry deForest Smith by President King,
1939 Sep
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Report to Board of Trustees
1934 Oct 2
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"Problem of Evil," undergraduate thesis for Prof. Garman
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Section 3: PUBLISHED SPEECHES AND ARTICLES,
1929-1950
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"Odd Chapter," Autobiographical material
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. II, No. 6, "Address by Stanley King"
1929 Jul
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VI, No. 4, "President King's Inaugural Address"
1933 Mar
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Supplement 2 to Vol. VI, No. 4, "Educating Your Son" (7 copies)
1933 Mar
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VII, No. 2, "Address"
1933 Dec
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VIII, No. 2, "Address"
1934 Dec
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Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. XX, No.2, "Address"
1946 Dec
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"The Organization of Industry and Labor," reprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (4 copies)
1939 May
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"Unemployment Reserves and Insurance Programs," reprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science (2 copies)
1934
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"In Praise of Politicians," reprint from the American Scholar (7 copies)
1934 Jan
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Report of the President to the Board of Trustees (4 complete sets)
1933?1946
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Speeches and dedications of Johnson Chapel, Frank L. Babbott Room, and Harold J. Pratt Pool
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Address delivered on the 40th anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. Edwin Bradford Robinson
1942 Feb 22
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"A Trustee of Amherst College" (on Dwight Morrow), pages from the Amherst Graduate's Quarterly
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"Some problems of college administration" (printed pamphlet), address delivered at Williams College (6 copies)
1936 Feb 22
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Amherst College Chapel Talk
1935 Oct 7
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"Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library," (printed pamphlet), published for the Trustees of Amherst College, Cornell University Press
1950
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Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, vol. XVIII, no. 3, "The Organization of Industry and Labor for War"
May 1939
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Section 4: CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING PUBLICATIONS,
1950-1955
Sub-Section A: Books by King
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Consecrated Eminence ? orders
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Consecrated Eminence ? correspondence
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Consecrated Eminence ? correspondence concerning free distribution of book
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Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library - correspondence
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A History of the Endowment of Amherst College ? correspondence (See pamphlet box 24 for copy of book sent to Arthur Stanley Pease)
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A History of the Endowment of Amherst College, Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library ? acknowledgements
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Sub-Section B: Books about King
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Stanley King of Amherst by Claude M. Fuess ? correspondence
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Letters to Claude M. Fuess about King
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Stanley King of Amherst ? misc. correspondence
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Stanley King of Amherst ? letters about King
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Stanley King of Amherst ? thank you letters to Mrs. King
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Stanley King of Amherst ? correspondence
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Stanley King of Amherst ? business arrangements
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Stanley King of Amherst ? contracts (See pamphlet box 24 for copy of book sent to Arthur Stanley Pease)
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Section 5: AMHERST LIFE,
1895-1952
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Inauguration ? programs, Inaugural address, newspapers clippings, etc.
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Inauguration ? Amherst Graduate's Quarterly; Amherst Alumni Council News (bound issues)
1932-1933
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Newspaper clippings ? press releases from Amherst College
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Newspaper clippings
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Newspaper clippings about Gertrude King (S.K.'s daughter)
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Scrapbook with newspaper clippings
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Scrapbooks with newspaper clippings
1932-1934, n.d.
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Scrapbook with newspaper clippings
1941
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Notebooks and diaries ? bound volumes of handwritten poetry quotations
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Notebooks and diaries: notes on trip to Pacific Coast, 1899; diary of trip to Pacific Coast and Alaska, 1899; diary of a trip to Europe, 1901; guidebook to Southern California, 1899
1899-1901
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Diary of a trip to Europe, 1919; diary of trip to Washington, 1900; diary, 1896; diary, 1915; diary, 1897
1896-1919
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Amherst College undergraduate years diary, 1900?1901; cash accounts ? expenses at Amherst College 1900?1903; book record (of books read); vacation notes, 1897
1897-1903
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Notepad belonging to King
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Scrapbook of Amherst College undergraduate years
ca. 1899-1903
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Passports
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Family birthday lists and birth certificates
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Information about family portraits
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Notes on King genealogy
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Two notebooks compiled by King on family genealogy
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The Family by Stanley King ? bound volume about King's relatives (2 copies)
1950
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Address in memory of William Norcross Flynt (relative of King) by Rev. F.S. Hatch
1895
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Awards and tributes to King: honorary degrees
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L.L.D. from Mass. State College: Awards and tributes to King:
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Awards and tributes to King: gift from Trustees
1942
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Awards and tributes to King gift from Faculty
1942
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Awards and tributes to King
1942
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Awards and tributes to King
1952
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Charities: Boston Atheneum
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Charities: Caney Creek Community Center
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Charities: Trustees of Reservations
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Charities: Trustees of Public Reservations
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Clubs and Associations: Association of Owners of Lowlands and Meadows around Chilimark Pond
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Clubs and Associations: Harvard Law School Alumni
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Clubs and Associations: Doshisha University, Amherst Savings Bank, Monson Academy
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Clubs and Associations: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Lake Placid Club, The Pilgrims, Hudson Bay Records Society
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Faculty Party
1933
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Faculty Party: Ms. of "Murder in the Kitchen"
1937
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Articles about King: Amherst Alumni Council News, May 1932, "The Presidency," (5 copies); University Club News, Nov. 1932, "Alma Mater, a word portrait of Amherst's new President"
1932
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Program of a meeting of the Taylor Society at which King was a speaker
1933
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Program of 4th Annual Conference on Current Problems
1934
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Programs of events in which King participated
1938?1945
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Photographs of King, including boyhood
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Photographs of King and also of his second wife, Margaret King
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Photographs of King, one photograph of his first wife, Gertrude Besse King, and children
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Photograph album: early snapshots
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Photograph album: oversize pictures concerning Amherst College
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Photograph album: trips to Nile and South America; small framed photograph of King; photograph album of oversize pictures of Mr. and Mrs. King; two photograph albums of color snapshots, mostly of Kings' home (post-Amherst)
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Kodacolor slides and color snapshots of Kings' summer and winter homes; Kodak slide viewer
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Section 6: RESIGNATION FROM AMHERST COLLEGE AND DEATH,
1944-1951
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"Minutes" of Trustees, Faculty, and Alumni on Kings resignation; copies of Student and Alumni Council News announcing resignation
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Memorial tributes to King
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Speech by Charles W. Cole about King at his death, Johnson Chapel (original plus 13 copies)
1951
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"Stanley King" by Charles W. Cole, reprint from Amherst Alumni News (10 copies)
1951 May
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"A Tribute to Stanley King" by George F. Whicher (10 copies)
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"Minute adopted at Meeting of the Board of Trustees, ? 'Stanley King'" (15 copies; including one leather bound)
1951 June 9
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Amherst Student Memorial Issue to King, June 9, 1951 (11 copies); Amherst Student Extra, April 28, 1951 (4 copies)
1951
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Rubbings of Stanley King memorial stone on Martha's Vineyard by Charles Rogers; snapshot of memorial stone
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Section 7: MRS. KING,
1922-1962
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Report by Margaret King on campus planting
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Correspondence re retirement
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Transcript of recorded conversation between Margaret King and Horace Hewlett, secretary of the College
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Report of Margaret King as Alumnae trustee of Vassar
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Article by Margaret Pinckney Allen (Mrs. King) entitled "Adjectivity" in The Trend
1922 Sep
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Miscellaneous correspondence to Mrs. King
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Personal letters to Mrs. King
1932?1946
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Correspondence with Mrs. King's family (relatives)
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Correspondence concerning Mrs. King's death
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Correspondence concerning Mrs. King's death
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King house on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst (former Joshua Crosby House, Enfield, Mass.) - Correspondence, receipts, etc. [Acc. # 79-029]
1937-1962
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King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst - Correspondence, receipts, etc. [Acc. # 79-029]
1936-1948
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King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst [Acc. # 79-029]
1939-1948
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King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst [Acc. # 79-029]
1936-1954
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King house on Lincoln Ave., Amherst; photograph of house
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Section 8: IMAGES ca.
1880-1960
Sub-Section A: Stanley King
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Framed Picture of King with Amherst Trustees
1933
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Stanley King and Sister Carrie
ca. 1880
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Stanley King, assorted
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Stanley King, sitting - mounted photograph
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Stanley King's parents, grandfather
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Stanley King, portraits
n.d.
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Stanley King w/ children
[1922]
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Sub-Section B: Gertrude Louisa Besse King
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Gertrude's Children
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Stanley King, and Gertrude King, formal,
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Stanley King, and Gertrude King, with dog
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Sub-Section C: Margaret Allen King
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Assorted Materials - photograph album, mounted and loose photographs
n.d.
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Salt Meadows, Stanley's Boulder, and Margaret
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Sub-Section D: Photograph Albums
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African Honeymoon
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Egypt and the Sudan
1929 Jan
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Family photo album #1 , with items on King's appointment to the Amherst presidency
ca.1927-1935
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Family photo album #2
ca.1950-1960
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Ivan and Boris, Sharon house, Ferry to Mt.Vernon, pets, postcards, house on Dedham - photographs, postcards
n.d.
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Kobe-Saigon, scrapbook
n.d.
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Out of Marseille to the Grand Canyon
1928
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Salt Meadows - mounted photographs
ca.1931
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Salt Meadows, Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard - photographs
n.d.
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South Beach at Chilmark, scrapbook
n.d
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Stanley King, camping
ca.1930
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Stanley King, scrapbook
ca.1925-1930
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Summer at Chilmark
1928
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Switzerland, honeymoon
1927
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Section 9: MISCELLANEOUS,
ca. 1895-1933
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Letters to King's father, Henry A. King, from school principal about Stanley's work in high school
ca. 1899-1900
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Class Day exercises, Springfield High School (3 copies)
1900
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Three letters from King to his father
1895
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Genealogical material: letter from SK's grandmother on the birth; genealogical chart by SK as a boy; notes entitled "The Family," written by SK
1883-1950
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Correspondence concerning King's health
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King's gifts to Amherst College
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List of King's books in North College library
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Pamphlet on Johnson's Bookstore in Springfield where King worked as a boy
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Amherst Honorary degrees ? history
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Massachusetts Commission for Stabilization of Employment - correspondence, preliminary report, final report
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Framed picture of King and Trustees
1933
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History of the Endowment of Amherst College by Stanley King. Copy sent to Arthur Stanley Pease.
1950
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Stanley King of Amherst by Claude Fuess. Copy sent to Arthur Stanley Pease
1955
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