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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organization of the Collection

Search Terms

Series 1: PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1856-1943

Series 2: INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1967

Series 3: OTHER SCRAPBOOKS, 1853-1874

Scrapbooks Collection, 1853-1967

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Peter Nelson.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2003

Collection Overview

Title: Scrapbooks Collection
Dates: 1853-1967
Abstract: Scrapbooks containing programs, souvenirs, photographs, newspaper clippings, college papers, letters and ephemera relating chiefly to student life at Amherst. Includes both personal and institutional scrapbooks.
Extent: ca. 167 volumes(ca. 84 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Scrapbooks Collection includes over 140 volumes containing programs, souvenirs, photographs, newspaper clippings, college papers, letters and ephemera relating chiefly to student life at Amherst College. Most are personal scrapbooks that were kept by Amherst College undergraduates; others were kept by fraternities or College offices or organizations. A small number of personal scrapbooks contain material not related to an individual's undergraduate life.

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into three series:

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Series 1: PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1856-1943

Series 1, PERSONAL SCRAPBOOKS, consists of scrapbooks kept by individuals during their undergraduate years at Amherst College, documenting college life. Arranged chronologically by class year.



Ward, William Haynes 1856


Davis, Robert Henry 1868


Cary, Otis 1872


Hatch, Franklin Samuel 1873


Leland, George Adams 1874


Bartlett, Horace Irving 1876


George, Andrew Jackson 1876


Hunter, Aaron Burtis 1876


Patton, Robert Logan 1876


Washburn, William Ives 1876


Gere, Collins Henry 1877


Salter, Sumner 1877


Cowles, William Lyman 1878


Culver, Allan Mooar (oversize) 1878


Eaton, George Thomas 1878


Lester, William Hand 1878


Pratt, Harden de Valson 1878


Willard, John Dayton 1878


Kanda, Naibu 1879


Pratt, Charles Millard 1879


Gillett, Arthur Lincoln 1880


Perkins, George Grindley Spence 1880


Whittemore, Luther Denny 1880


Kemp, James Furman 1881


Stillman, Charles 1881


Burt, Enoch Hale 1882


Chase, Horace (non-graduate) 1882


Mills, C.S. 1882


Greenleaf, Jonathan 1883


Griffin, Martin Luther 1883


Parsons, Edward Smith 1883


Tufts, James Hayden 1884


Upham, Edward Darwin 1884


Barrows, Franklin William 1885


Elliott, Thompson Colt (3 volumes) 1885


Galloway, Tod Buchanan 1885


Greene, Frederick Davis 1885


Palmer, Francis Leseure 1885


Simonds, Edward 1885


Clark, John Brittan 1886


Cross, Allen Eastman 1886


Lansing, Robert 1886


Wood, Walter Childs 1886


Blodgett, Edward Dwight (3 oversize volumes) 1887


Nichols, Samuel French (oversize) 1887


Rounds, Arthur Charles 1887


Whitney, William Belcher 1887


Raymond, Charles Beebe 1888


Waldo, Edward Hardenbergh 1888


Allen, Glenn S. 1889


Copeland, Elmer Humphrey 1889


Porter, Charles Wendell 1889


Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene 1889


Doyle, William Barnabas 1890


Dunbar, Frank Emerson 1890


Dunham, Tryon Griswold 1890


Gates, Herbert Wright 1890


Harrison, Fosdick Beach 1890


Lacey, Edward Norman 1890


Leonard, George Locke 1891


Lyall, Herbert James 1891


Griswold, Lyman William 1892


Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman 1892


Moody, Ambert George 1892


Nichols, Herbert Strong (2 volumes) 1892


Andrews, Charles Amos 1895


Fiske, George Walter 1895


White, Herbert Otis 1895


Merriam, George Ernest (2 volumes) 1896


Boynton, Percy Holmes 1897


Morse, Ernest Chandler 1897


Harkness, Harry Elurin 1898


Brigham, Loriman Percival 1900


Dyer, Walter Alden 1900


Lyall, Arthur Vinton 1900


Kretschmar, Frederick Klemm 1901


Longstreth, Walter Cook 1901


Stoughton, Ralph Mosman 1901


Collester, Clinton Henry 1902


Ells, Arthur F. 1902


Whitelaw, Ralph Thomas 1902


Wilson, Eugene Smith 1902


Foster, Arthur Trow 1903


Phalen, Paul Stevens 1903


Warren, Clifford Parker 1903


Goold, Edgar Hunt 1904


Keep, Clifford Holcombe 1904


Sturgis, Fred Eugene 1904


Dewar, John Innes 1906


Lewis, Clifford Benson 1906


McRae, Edson A. 1906


Sparrow, Charles Atsatt 1906


Ward, William Earle Dodge 1906


Barlow, Harry 1907


Stockbridge, Enos Smith 1908


Washburn, William Ives, Jr. 1908


Foster, Elliott Orman 1909


Smith, Harold Lyman 1909


Ashley, Jonathan Porter 1911


Ballard, Clifford Bateman 1911


Doolittle, William Pitt Sherman 1911


Lord, Upton Prentiss 1911


Seelye, Laurens Hickok (oversize) 1911


Shumway, Waldo (scrapbook documents the 1911-12 Amherst biological expedition to Patagonia with Professor Loomis) 1911


Wood, Lawrence 1911


Bacon, Howard Rogers 1912


Beatty, C. Francis 1912


Moody, Van Buren 1912


Wellman, Sargent Holbrook 1912


Morrow, William Otway 1914


Shaw, Harold Eden 1914


Smart, Daniel Stevenson 1914


Eaton, Louis Franklin 1915


Ashley, Thomas Williams 1916


Gillett, Robert Swift 1916


Washburn, Alfred H. 1916


Clark, John Dodge 1917


Romer, Alfred Sherwood 1917


Belknap, Walter Kerr 1919


Porter, Charles Scott 1919


Bliss, Daniel (2 volumes) 1920


Wood, Ramson Vanderhoof 1920


Keeler, Lansing Herman 1921


Kresge, Paul Charles 1923


Merrick, Charles Llewellyn 1924


Morsman, Eugene Kimball 1924


Pierson, George Mervin 1924


Allen, Francis Pitcher 1926


Clark, John Dodge, Jr. 1943

Series 2: INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1967

Series 2, INSTITUTIONAL SCRAPBOOKS, 1847-1964, includes the scrapbooks of administrative offices, fraternities, and athletic teams. These scrapbooks contain printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs.

This series is organized into 3 sub-series:

Sub-Series A: Administrative Scrapbooks



[Alumni Council?], newsclippings 1913-1920


[Alumni Council?], newsletter 1925-1927


College Memorabilia, printed materials 1867-1872


College Memorabilia (secret societies) - clippings, printed materials 1868-1876


College Memorabilia, printed materials 1874-1875


College Memorabilia - clippings, printed materials 1876-1878


College Memorabilia - clippings 1900-1904


Biological Expedition to Patagonia (Professor Frederic B. Loomis et al.) 1911-1912


Scrapbook regarding controversy over Central Intelligence Agency's funding of National Student Association and other student groups 1967 Feb-Apr

Sub-Series B: Athletics Scrapbooks



Crew, newsclippings 1871-1874


Crew, newsclippings 1874-1875

Sub-Series C: Fraternities Scrapbooks



Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1847-1897


Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1853-1875


Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1874-1878


Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1880-1882


Alpha Delta Phi, printed materials 1882-1885


Chi Psi, printed materials 1870-1895


Phi Gamma Delta 1893-1956


Phi Kappa Psi/Phi Alpha Psi 1919-1932


Phi Kappa Psi - newsclippings 1931-1961


Phi Alpha Psi - newsclippings, printed 1954-1962


Phi Alpha Psi, newsclippings 1962-1964


Phi Upsilon, photo album 1920-1939


Theta Delta Chi scrapbook 1926-1954

Series 3: OTHER SCRAPBOOKS, 1853-1874

Series 3, OTHER SCRAPBOOKS, 1853-1874, consists of other personal scrapbooks of Amherst alumni not documenting Amherst College life. These scrapbooks contain mainly newspaper clippings.



Crowell, Edward Payson, clippings 1853


Dyer, Ebenezer Porter, clippings 1869


Waite, George White, clippings 1869


Stebbins, Calvin, clippings 1862


Donald, Elijah Winchester, clippings 1869


Cary, Otis, clippings 1870


Smith, Charles S., clippings (2 volumes) 1874