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Amherst College Financial Records

Guide to Amherst College Financial Records, ca. 1830-1952 (bulk: ca. 1860-1921)

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Paul Milazzo, Susannah Pelletier, Emily Silverstein.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2004

Collection Overview

Creator: Amherst College. Treasurer's Office.
Title: Amherst College Financial Records
Dates: ca. 1830-1952
Dates: ca. 1860-1921
Abstract: Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from ca. 1830-1900.
Extent: (13.5 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Ledgers, account books, correspondence and other financial records relating to Amherst College scholarships, loans, tuition payments, special funds, and investments, dating chiefly from ca. 1830-1900.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Most items in the collection are single volumes devoted to a single topic. Some volumes, however, include more than one record or account. In such cases, all records in a volume are listed and clustered.

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Amherst College Financial Records



Term Bill Ledger F 1897 Oct-1901 Jun


Term Bill Journal A 1836 Oct-1861 Jul


Term Bill Journal B 1861 Nov-1877 Jun


Term Bill Journal C 1878 Jun-1895 Jun


Term Bill Journal D 1896 Jun-1911


Student Accounts 1828-1873


Principal and Interest of Charity Fund 1839-1866


Record of Accounts 1865 Jul-1883 Sep


Charitable Fund Cash A 1865 Jul-1898 Aug


Charitable Fund Cash B 1899 Jul-1921 Aug


Journal A 1874 Aug-1884 Nov


Journal B 1867 Aug-1870 Aug


Cash balance sheet, term bills (scholarship receipts) 1865 Jul-1883 Sep


Accounts of the College Bookstore 1872 Apr-Nov


Accounts of the College Bookstore 1873


Term Bills and "Cash book" 1884-1896


Real estate 1892-1896


Investments 1892-1897


Collections, furnishings, books, etc. 1892-1897


Edward B. Marsh account book [1884-89]


Catalogue of Apparatus in the Cabinet of Natural Philosophy 1895


Term bills and Charitable Fund 1896-1898


Trial Balance 1897-1902


Scholarship Payments and Term Bills 1896-1901


Cash 1898-1900


Cash 1900


Investments 1898 Jan-1901 Jan


Check Disbursements and Deposit Receipts 1910 Nov-Dec


Scholarships and Term Bills 1900-1908


Registration Fees 1923 May-1933 Jun


Records of Donors to Amherst College After 1850


Hitchcock Scholarship Notes 1871-74


Annual Assignment of Amherst College Scholarships (also includes extract from a will) 1871-86


Amherst College Hitchcock Scholarship Notes 1874 Dec-1902 Oct


Minutes of the Scholarship Committee of Amherst College 1890-98


Physics Laboratory Accounts 1891-1901


Scholarship Awards 1891-92


Laboratory Fees Cash Book 1894 Jan 16-1902 Jul 31


Treasurer's Correspondence 1895-98


Record Book of the Board of Control of the Pratt Health College 1897 Sep-1903


Treasurer's correspondence 1898-99


Records of the Committee on Beneficiary Aid 1898 May-1901 Mar


Hitchcock Dining Hall Cash Book 1899 Apr-1901 Jul


Report of the Dormitory Room Inspections [North-South College] 1900-1904


Treasurer's correspondence 1899-1901


Gas Records 1899 Dec 1-1903 Oct 1


Finance Committee Minutes 1908-23


Trustees' Financial Committee Meetings 1911-34


Centennial Housing Receipts 1921


Ledger of Centennial Gifts, Subscriptions, Bonds, and Trusts 1921-27


Centennial Cash Fund 1920 Nov 24-1921 May 27


Centennial Cash Fund 1921 May 23-1922 May 5


Centennial Cash Gifts 1922 May 10-1923 Aug 31


Centennial Cash Gifts 1923 Sep 1-1925 Feb 9


Centennial Cash Fund 1925 Feb 18-1931 Feb 5


Service Contracts for College Buildings 1924-30


Folger Shakespeare Memoranda 1931-32


Folger Shakespeare Memorial Check Register Investment Income Cash Receipts 1931 Sep-1933 Jun


Report of Campus Buildings Insulated by the Home Insulation Company of New England, Springfield, Massachusetts 1938-40


Service Report for Genung House 1951 Nov 8-1952


Term Bills 1908-1915


Investment A 1874-1884


Investment B 1885-1889


Investment C 1889-1899


Investment D 1900-1907


Ledger A 1874 Jul-1883 Jul


Ledger B 1883 Aug-1889 Jul


Ledger C 1889 Aug-1893 Jul


Ledger D 1893 Jul-1895 Jul


Ledger E 1897 Jul-1900 Jul


Cash D 1881 Aug-1884 Jul


Cash E 1884 Aug-1888 Mar


Cash F 1888 Apr-1891 Aug


Cash G 1891 Aug-1895 Jan


Cash H 1895 Feb-1898 Dec


Cash I 1899 Jan-1903 Jul


Scholarship Cash Book 1881 Oct 26-1900 Oct 22


Income Pratt Health Cottage 1897 Nov 30-1902 Jun 10


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund A 1840 Nov 21-1845 May 21


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund B 1845 Jun 3-1852 Jul 30


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund C 1852 Jan 20-1860 Apr 14


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund D 1860 Sep 8-1867 Jan 11


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund E 1867 Jan 14-1875 Apr 21


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund F 1875 Apr 21-1886 Jul 31


Notes of Beneficiaries of Charitable Fund G 1886 Dec 10-1909 Jun 18


Minutes of the Overseers of the Amherst College Charity Fund (1916-1919 on typewritten sheets) 1872-1919


Alumni Council Class Funds 1915-1925


Alumni Fund Ledger 1924 Jun 30-1933


Term Bill Ledger A 1836 Jan-1852 Aug


Term Bill Ledger B 1852 Nov-1866 Jul


Term Bill Ledger C 1865 Mar-1879 Jul


Term Bill Ledger D 1876 Oct-1888 Mar


Term Bill Ledger E 1885-1900 Mar 1


B & G Expenses 1911-1916


Income 1916-1922


Charitable Fund 1917-1920


Alumni Fund 1919-1920


Record of Bond Investments Through 1912


Check Book with Canceled Checks 1914-1919


Amherst College Centennial Gifts Journal 1921 Dec 8-1929 Jan 31


Tuition 1930-1933


Check Register 1901 Dec 19-1910 Nov 10


Treasurers Records AC Doshisha Fund c.1931-1932


Treasurers Records c.1884-1901


Charitable Fund Papers (c.1830-1900)Amherst Academy Papers (1948) c.1830-1900, 1948


Book of the Receipts of the Beneficiaries of the Congregational Education Society in Amherst College, Vol. III 1895-1909


Barrett Gymnasium Expenses Book 1866-1876


Bank Record Book, Amherst College Athletics Board 1893-1894


Financial Record Book, Athletic Association of Amherst College 1911-1916


Financial Record Book, Athletic and other Associations of Amherst College 1916-1922


Student loans or scholarships ledger [1836-1879]