Clubs and Societies Collection, 1821-present
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Clubs and Societies Collection
12 records storage boxes, 18 archives boxes, 7 half archives boxes, 2 flat boxes
Biographical History for: Clubs and Societies Collection
Historical Note ACADEMIA SOCIETY (1846-1853) Literary society organized to replace the Alexandrian Society. See: George Cutting, Student Life at Amherst (1871). AERO CLUB (1909-1914?) AFRO-AMERICAN CLUB (dates not available) ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY I (1821-1846) Literary society. See: Student Life at Amherst. ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY II (1853-1880's) Literary society. The Academia Society changed its name back to "Alexandrian Society" to revive interest. See: Student Life at Amherst. ALPHA SIGMA PHI (1856-1860) Sophomore secret literary society AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY (dates not available) AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY (dates not available) AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (dates not available) AMHERST COLLEGE Y.M.C.A. (1882-1950) AMHERST NAVY (dates not available) Changed its name to "Boating Association" in 1871 ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY (1855-1860) Organized in protest to secret societies ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY (1832-1841?) ANTIVENENEAN SOCIETY (1830-?) Organized as a temperance society whose members pledged not to use alcohol, tobacco, or opium. The pledge was later changed to restrict only alcohol. ART CLUB (dates not available) ASIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (dates not available) ATHENIAN SOCIETY I (1821-1846) Literary society. See: Student Life at Amherst. ATHENIAN SOCIETY II (1853-1880's) Literary Society. The Eclectic Society changed its name back to "Athenian Society" to revive interest. See: Student Life at Amherst. BATHING COMPANY (dates not available) BOATING ASSOCIATION (1871-?) CALCUTTA CLUB (dates not available) CARDINAL CLUB (dates not available) CHESS CLUB (1859-?) CHI DELTA THETA (1830-1845) Junior and senior secret literary society. Members were chosen for "classical merit." CIVICS CLUB (dates not available) COMMONS CLUB (1931-1933) CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (dates not available) COTILLION CLUB (1895-?) CURRENT PROBLEMS GROUP (dates not available) DEBATING SOCIETY (1854-1953) DELTA KAPPA (1845-1870) Freshman secret literary society ECLECTIC SOCIETY (1846-1860's) Literary society organized to replace the Athenian Society. See: Student Life at Amherst. EPSILON PI DELTA (1881-1884) Members were selected as best all-around men. EQUITABLE SOCIETY See: ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY FILM SOCIETY (dates not available) FLYING CLUB (dates not available) FOREIGN STUDENTS, ORGANIZATION FOR (dates not available) GAY AND LESBIAN ALUMNI (GALA) - In existence at least since 1986, when it began publishing a newsletter and appointed officers. This group is a counterpart to the Pride Alliance, which is mainly for undergraduates. GENUNG CLUB (dates not available) GERMAN CLUB (dates not available) HANKS CLUB (dates not available) HITCHCOCK CLUB (1905-1909) Organized as a non-fraternity club. HITCHCOCK SOCIETY OF INQUIRY (1870-?) Originally organized in 1821 as the Society of Inquiry for those interested in Christian issues. It merged in 1870 with the Hitchcock Society, which was formed in 1861 for men interested in pursuing the ministry. At that time it became the Hitchcock Society of Inquiry. See: Student Life at Amherst. INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATES (dates not available) INTERNATIONAL CLUB (dates not available) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB (dates not available) IOTA PI KAPPA (1835) JUNIOR NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY (dates not available) KAPPA BETA PHI (dates not available) LIBERAL CLUB (dates not available) LORD JEFF CLUB (1930's-1950's) Organized as a non-fraternity club. MEDUSA (dates not available) MISSIONARY BAND (1845-?) Organized for those interested in, and wanting to foster, the missionary spirit. MITRE (dates not available) MNEMOSYNEAN SOCIETY (dates not available) MODEL LEAGUE (dates not available) MOUNTAIN CLUB (1903-1936) NLD SOCIETY - See: Society of Natural History NON-FRATERNITY ASSOCIATION (dates not available) O.P.Q. SOCIETY (1833-1835) OUTING CLUB (1920's-1970's) OXFORD CLUB (dates not available) P.Q. SOCIETY (dates not available) PEACE SOCIETY (1838?) PEACE COUNCIL (dates not available) PHILOLOGICAL CLUB (dates not available) PHILOMATHEAN CLUB (dates not available) POETRY SOCIETY (dates not available) POLITICAL UNION (dates not available) PRE-LAW CLUB (dates not available) PUBLIC FORUM (dates not available) RIFLE CLUB (dates not available) ROTHERWAS CLUB (dates not available) SCARAB (1903-1951) SCIENCE CLUB (1939-1949) SENIOR SOCIETY (dates not available) SIGMA DELTA ALPHA (1855-1867) SIGMA XI (dates not available) SKI CLUB (1949-1957) SOCIAL UNION I (1827-1846) Literary society and first secret society at Amherst College. See also: Student Life at Amherst. SOCIAL UNION II (1853-1880's) Literary Society that included members of both the Athenian and Alexandrian Societies. See also: Student Life at Amherst. SOCIETY OF INQUIRY See: Hitchcock Society of Inquiry SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY (1830-1880's) Secret society originally organized as NLD Society. SPEAKERS CLUB (dates not available) SPHINX (1934-1969) STUDENT ASSOCIATION (dates not available) STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (dates not available) STUDENTS FOR WALLACE (dates not available) THIRTY-FOUR CENT CLUB (dates not available) TORCH AND CROWN (1879-81) Secret society. WINDSOR CLUB (dates not available)
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of official records and associated material of approximately ninety clubs and organizations (excluding fraternities) affiliated with Amherst College from its founding in 1821 to the present time. Included are founding records, minutes, financial records, membership lists, clippings, publications, correspondence, reports, photographs and other materials.
Amherst College -- Societies, etc. -- Sources
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College students -- Massachusetts -- Societies and clubs -- Sources
Alexandrian Society (Amherst College)
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Y.M.C.A. (Amherst College)
Amherst College. Athenian Society.
Amherst College. Anti-Secret Society.
Amherst College. Commons Club.
Amherst College. Eclectic.
Amherst College. Debating Society.
Amherst College. Hitchcock Society of Inquiry.
Amherst College. Lord Jeff Club.
Amherst College. Mountain Club.
Amherst College. Outing Club.
Amherst College. Scarab.
Amherst College. Science Club.
Amherst College. Ski Club.
Amherst College. Social Union Society.
Amherst College. Society of Natural History.
Amherst College. Sphinx.
series
Series 1: MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Academia Society
See: Series 2
Aero Club. Background information written history, correspondence (about club history), club stationery 1909-13, 1937, 1953
Aero Club. Clippings n.d.
Afro-American Society. Pamphlet, open letters to faculty, mailings, etc. 1968-69
Afro-American Society. Pamphlet, open letters to faculty, mailings, etc.
AIM/South City Kids 1970-1972
Alexandrian Society.
See: Series 3 and 4
Allocations Committee
See: Student Allocations Committee
Alpha Sigma Phi
See: Fraternities Collection
American Education Society. Notebooks, account books [1845-1872]
American Education Society. Correspondence, general information [1845-1872], 1959
American Home Missionary Society. Correspondence (from national society) 1852
Americans for Democratic Action. Invitation 1949
Amherst Action Coalition 1973-1976
Amherst Christian Association 1976
Amherst Christian Fellowship 2006
Amherst College Women's Group 1975-1976
See also: Amherst College Women Records (separate finding aid)
Amherst College Y.M.C.A.
See: Series 5
Amherst Ecology Action/Environmental News Collective 1970-1976
Amherst Entertainment Committee 1972
Amherst Film Unit 1972-1976
Amherst Navy. Minutes, programs 1870
See also: Boating Association
Amherst Student. Minutes 1905-1913
Amherst Student. Minutes 1913-1918
Amherst Student. Minutes 1928-1937
Amherst Student. Organization Papers 1950-1965
Anti-Secret Society.
See: Series 6
Anti-Slavery Society. Minutes, clippings. 1833, 1835
See also: Honors theses: Brigham, 1985 and Cochrane, 1946.
Anti-Slavery Society. Minutes 1833-1835
Anti-Slavery Society. Minutes 1837-1841
Antivenenean Society. 1830-1877 (with
Certificates, clippings, history, bills, report gaps), 1970
Antivenenean Society. Minutes, history 1869-1888
Antivenenean Society. Two scrolls with membership lists. c. 1886
See: Objects Collection, OB96-029 and OB96-030
Antivenenean Society. Printing plate n.d.
Art Club. Announcement n.d.
Asian Students Association. Cross-reference to T-shirt n.d.
Asian Students Association. Constitution and announcements 1972-1976
See also: Dean of Students Office. Associate Dean of Students (Bekki Lee, 1986-2009). Records Related to Advising the Asian Students Association and Other Affiliated Student Organizations, 1979-2009
Athenian Society
See: Series 7 and 8
Athenian Society (New). Clipping 1942
Bathing Company. Announcement 1828
Bicycle Club 1881
Bilalian Writers' Collective 1975
Black Writers' Collective of Amherst College 1975-1976
Boating Association. Records 1870-1871
Boltwood House 1970
Calcutta Club. Cross-references to Student articles 1944-1941
Cardinal Club. Cross-references to The Jeff article 1944
Cheerleaders 1970
Chess Club. Clippings, records of games, history n.d.
Chi Delta Theta
Civics Club. Ribbons n.d.
College Story Club. Pamphlet 1938
Commons Club
See: Series 9
Co-Operative Society. Pamphlets, bills, tickets, correspondence (about club history) 1888-1904, 1944
Cotillion Club. Dance cards, history 1907-1911
Current Problems Group. Clippings 1937
Debating Society
See: Series 10
Delta Kappa
Eclectic Society
See: Series 11
Environmental News Collective
See: Amherst Ecology Action
Epsilon Pi Delta Senior Society. Correspondence (about club history) 1899-1908
Equitable Society.
See: Anti-Secret Society
Film Society. Clippings 1940
Five College Student Coordinating Board 1975-1976
Flying Club. Clippings 1936-1940, 1946
Flying Club. Directory, Rule Book 1940-1942
Flying Club 1940-1941
Flying Club. Bulletins, Entry Blanks, N.E.I.F.C. 1939-1941
Foreign Students, Organization for. Correspondence n.d.
Genung Club. Clipping 1937
German Club. Poems 1948-1949
Hanks Club. Booklet 1872
Harlan Fiske Stone Law Society 1973-1976
Hillel 1969-1976
Hitchcock Club. Clipping, dinner programs, history, correspondence (about club history) 1906-1908, 1951
Hitchcock Society of Inquiry
See: Series 12
House Management Committee 1967-1971
Independent Associates. Constitution, article, financial records, correspondence, minutes 1943-1944, 1949
Intergroups Relations Committee 1976
International Club. Correspondence, questionnaire, list of members 1967-1971
International Relations Club. Clippings 1935-1943
Iota Pi Kappa
Judicial Board 1971-1974
Junior Natural History Society. Minutes 1881-1884
Kappa Beta Phi. Olio pages, clipping 1907-1909
La Causa 1974-1976
Lecture Committee. Film series announcements 1975
Liberal Club. Clippings, history 1930-1931, 1935
Literary Societies -- general. Notes 1876
Lord Jeff Club
See: Series 13
Medusa. Clippings, program, magazine 1946
Missionary Band. List of members 1865
Mitre. Correspondence to Trustees, correspondence to president, constitution 1913-1917
Mnemosynean Society. Constitution, minutes 1836-1838
Model League. Clippings, stationery 1928-1936
Mountain Club
See: Series 14
NLD Society
See: Society of Natural History
Native American Students Organization 2013
New American Movement 1972
Non-Fraternity Association. Constitution, list of members 1900-1904
O.P.Q. Society. Invitation to join society, history 1833, 1871
Outing Club.
See: Series 15
Oxford Club. Cross-reference to an Amherst Student article 1945
P.Q. Society. Correspondence (about club history) 1899
Peace Council. Program from convention of students against war, announcement of student strike, clippings 1934-1938
Peace Society. Speeches to national society, constitution, minutes, notes 1827, 1841, 1857
Philological Club. Announcements of meetings 1892-1893
Philomathean Society. Constitution, minutes, list of members 1841-1842
Poetry Society. Clippings, poems, program, monthly bulletins 1925-1937
Political Union. Correspondences, telegrams, list of required readings, constitution, minutes 1938-1942
Political Union. Correspondence with speakers, clippings 1936-1942
Pre-Law Club. Clippings 1936-1947
Pre-Medical Club. Clippings, cross-reference to Rotherwas Society 1935-1942
Project Survival 2005
Public Forum. Clippings 1942-1949
Rifle Club. Constitution, clippings 1941
Rotherwas Club. Annual report 1941
Rubber Chicken Enterprises 1972
Sailing Club 1971
Scarab
See: Series 16
Science Club.
See: Series 17
Scrutiny 1972-1973
Secretariat. Constitution 1972
Senior Society
See: Series 16 (Scarab)
Service Organizations. Pamphlet 1971
Sigma Delta Alpha
Ski Club
See: Series 18
Social Union.
See: Series 19 and 20
Society of Inquiry
See: Hitchcock Society of Inquiry, Series 13
Society of Natural History.
See: Series 21
South City Kids.
See: AIM
Speakers Club. Clippings, invitations, minutes, correspondence, and menus concerning banquet 1937-1941
Sphinx.
See: Series 22
[folder numbers not used]
Student Allocations Committee
See: Student Council Records (separate finding aid
Student Assembly
Student Association
Student Council
Students for a Democratic Society. Clippings, poster for rally 1968-1969
Students for Wallace. Newsletter 1948
Thirty-Four Cent Club. Correspondence (about club history) 1893, 1899
Torch and Crown - record book 1879-1881
United Fraternity Exhibition Catalogs. 1823-24
See also: Series 3 and Series 7
WAMH (Radio Station)
General Material
WAMH 1970-1976
WAMH - Papers, research and data concerning the start of the radio station 1952
WAMH - Program Guides 1994-1997
Constitution/Executive Board Organization
WAMH - Organization Flyer
WAMH - Program Guide and Manual
WAMH - Disc Jockey Manual 1984
WAMH - Constitution
WAMH - Constitution 1965-1979
WAMH - Descriptions of Executive Board Positions
WAMH - Job Description 1988
WAMH - Key Issues 1983
Correspondence
WAMH Letter from the Amherst Student 1948
WAMH Work Journal Directions
WAMH Chief Engineer Agreements 1984
WAMH Corporate for Public Broadcasting 1971
WAMH Radio Free America Postcards
WAMH Sports Quiz File
WAMH Reminders at All Staff Meeting 1986
WAMH Original Letters to Staff and Executive Board 1986
Official Correspondence 1983
WAMH: Andrew Von Salis, John William Ward, Discount Records Inc. Correspondence 1972
WAMH- KFJC Correspondence
WAMH Letters to Staff 1986
WAMH Letters from Other Stations 1958-1972
Equipment, Inventory, Maintenance
WAMH Budget Sheet
WAMH Budget Sheet 1977
WAMH License Renewal Recommendation from Jorgenson, Johnson & Northrop 1980
WAMH Floor Plan
WAMH Tower Inspections 1975
WAMH Diagrams and Floor Plans 1986
WAMH Basic Electronics, Bill Jacob 1970-1971
WAMH Warranties and Directions
WAMH Completed Orders 1975-1977
WAMH Current Affairs 1976
WAMH - Power Increase
WAMH Power Increase Plans 1972
WAMH Letters about Power Frequency 1970
WAMH Old Power Increase Ideas 1968
WAMH Letters of Funding and Development 1974
WAMH Power Increase
WAMH Power Increase Installation 1974
WAMH - Federal Communications Commission Papers
WAMH/FCC License Test
WAMH Emergency Broadcast System Message 1971
WAMH Emergency Broadcasting System 1975-1976
WAMH Copies of Radiotelephone Operator License
WAMH Blank Radiotelephone Operator License Applications
WAMH Blank FCC Forms
WAMH FCC Deregulation
WAMH FCC Broadcasting Regulations 1984
WAMH FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Certificate 1978
WAMH Jorgenson Renewal of License Application 1973
WAMH Misc. FCC Papers and Undated Papers, Including Tax Information 1956-1979
WAMH FCC Correspondence 1974
WAMH FCC Letter
WAMH FCC Petition Letters 1964-1965
WAMH - Proofs, Logs
WAMH Log Corrections
WAMH Power Meter Calibration 1984
WAMH Proof of Performance, Performance Review 1980
WAMH Original Proof of Audio Performance 1982
WAMH Original Proof of Audio Performance 1983
WAMH - Other Official Documents
WAMH Computer Program Source Listings
WAMH Engineer Exhibit
WAMH Music Library Contracts 1983
WAMH Copyright Materials 1978
WAMH Insurance Records 1977
WAMH
WAMH Tax Deduction on Contributions, Informative Letter to Bugs 1955
WAMH - Miscellaneous Notebooks
WAMH Promotion, Publicity
WAMH Notebook
WAMH Internship Attendance Notebook
WAMH, Misc. Empty Folders
War Games Club 1973
Windsor Club. Announcement of meeting, cross-reference to Amherst Student articles 1949
Women of Amherst 1949
Series 2: ACADEMIA
Book of questions for discussion and chosen speakers 1846-1849
Minutes 1846-1854
Records from club library n.d.
Programs 1851
Series 3: ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY I
Treasurers' reports, librarians' reports, bills 1834-1845, 1854
Speeches, library catalogue, correspondence, programs 1826-29, 1842, n.d.
Treasurers' records 1837-1846
Bylaws, list of members, records 1821-1846
Library catalogue 1833-1844
Barnard address before the Literary Societies 1839 Aug 27
Series 4: ALEXANDRIAN SOCIETY II
Book order 1853
Money orders 1853-1854
Treasurers' reports 1855-1856
Bills 1858
Bills 1859
Payment authorizations 1860
Bills, receipts, payment authorization 1862
Library shelf slips n.d.
Library return slips n.d.
Programs for prize speaking and other exercises, photograph of society badge, library slip, list of books, ribbons, etc. 1853-1873
Cross-reference n.d.
Minutes 1846-1855
Minutes 1864-1870
Treasurer's records 1856-1886
Minutes 1870-1882
Minutes 1882-1886
Programs 1855-83
Metal club name label n.d.
Library catalogue n.d.
Library catalogue 1853
Constitution, members 1853-1870
Members' accounts 1854-1859
Minutes 1855-1864
Debate book ca.1858
President's book 1860
Constitution, list of members 1872-1890
Treasurers' records 1878-1888
Shelf list of Alexandrian and Athenian Societies' libraries given to the College n.d.
Series 5: AMHERST COLLEGE Y.M.C.A.
Report from fifth annual conference of the New England Association 1887
Student handbook, announcement of Bible study courses, constitution 1896
Annual reports 1897-ca.1903
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters of the Association, and International Y.M.C.A. Association) 1905-1906
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and International Association) 1905-1906
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and State Y.M.C.A. Association) 1905-1906
Correspondence (with individuals, State Association, and International Association) 1905-1907
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and International Association) 1905-1908
Correspondence (with individuals to secure summer jobs for Association members) 1906
Correspondence (with individuals and International Association) 1906
Correspondence (with individuals, State Association, and International Association) 1906
Correspondence (with individuals to secure summer jobs for Association members) 1907
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and International Association) 1907-1909
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and State Association) 1908
Correspondence (with individuals, other chapters, and State Association) 1908-1909
Correspondence (with individuals), handouts, annual reports, paper for discussion, budget 1910-1913
Correspondence (with individuals and State Association), receipts, checks, reports from United War Work Campaign 1919
Pamphlets 1919
Correspondence (with individuals and State Association), pamphlet from Doshisha University, telegram, application to Harvard graduate school, list of speakers 1919,1926
Correspondence and telegram (about Doshisha University), clipping 1939, 1941
Clipping, orientation committee reports, letters to freshmen, list of activities, pamphlets, general information for freshmen 1939, 1946, 1951
Report, clipping, address, program (all about Amherst-in-Holyoke at Grace Church) 1942
Pamphlets and list of activities for Boys Club, Boys Club committee reports 1947, 1949
Pamphlets and constitution for Mount Holyoke Fellowship of Faith 1944-5, 1949-50
List of social service organizations, list of fraternities, entrance policies n.d.
Report of Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan meeting, Six-College Committee minutes and newsletter, Springfield College Association newsletter, plans for conference, bylaws of Pioneer Valley Intercollegiate Council 1947-48, 1955
Correspondence, notes, questionnaires, programs (all concerning Embassy (religious discussions), tickets for Commencement and alumni lunch 1949-51
Reports, forms, list of interested students, correspondence (all from Deputations Committee) ca. 1950
List of freshmen interested in the Association 1950-51
Pamphlets for Save the Children Federation and American Heart Association, clippings, chest drive reports 1951-52
Map of Holyoke, reports and lists from Dunbar committee, P.V.I.C. newsletter 1951
Constitution, minutes, committee reports, five-college conference report 1940-41, 1948-55
List of members, list of Association programs, reports, handouts, report from assembly of the Student Christian Movement, papers, 1946, 1950-54
Minutes, lists of committee members 1882-87
Pamphlets, annual reports, handouts 1887-99
Committee reports 1894-ca.1900
Constitution, list of members 1894-ca.1911, 1936-37, 1946-49
Annual reports 1898-12
Monthly reports 1900-04
Committee reports, papers 1900-01, 1906-07
Monthly reports 1903-06
Correspondence, records of gifts 1904
Annual reports 1912-16
Minutes 1953-54
Clippings 1940-48 (with gaps)
Series 6: ANTI-SECRET SOCIETY
Catalogue of members of the Anti-Secret Confederation 1847
Catalogue of members of the Anti-Secret Confederation 1856
Pamphlets, correspondence with faculty, and notes, all concerning controversy over secret vs. anti-secret societies 1854
Constitution, minutes 1855-56
Minutes 1857-60
Paper by Irene Y. Cheung (AC 1996): "Action and Reaction: The Humanist Anti-Secrecy Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century" 1994
Series 7: ATHENIAN SOCIETY I
Key to Athenian chest n.d.
Library catalogue with list of members 1821-36
Receipts 1827-29
Receipts 1830-34
Receipts 1836
Receipts 1837-41
Receipts 1838
Receipts 1841-46
Receipts 1843-44
Receipts 1846
Constitution, minutes, lists of members 1825-31
Auditor's records 1829-38
Treasurer's records 1834-38
Constitution, list of members 1835-46
Member accounts ledger 1838-41
Member accounts ledger 1841-43
Address to the Literary Societies by Daniel D. Barnard 1839 Aug 29
Minutes 1831-40
Library catalogue 1843
Library catalogues with lists of members, photograph of Athenian badge, notes, correspondence, list of members, book orders, programs 1821-46
Paper by Anneliese M. Ostendarp: "The Athenian Society Library 1821-1846: The Student Literary Society Library and the Academic Library" 1985
"Wood Fires and Mud." Article in Amherst, Fall 1991, pp. 14-21, mentioning Athenian Society Library 1991
Series 8: ATHENIAN SOCIETY II
Orders, bills, receipts, notes 1859
Orders for Treasurer 1859-60
Receipts 1863-66
Receipts 1864
Receipts 1879-85
Receipts, warrants 1885-86
Vouchers, warrants 1886-88
Wallet 1888
Member accounts ledger 1852-55
Constitution, list of members 1853-74
Debate book ca. 1868
Constitution, list of members 1871-90
Ledger 1875-88
Account book 1876-88
Minutes 1854-63
Library catalogue 1855
Minutes 1873-85
Minutes 1885-87
Programs, committee reports, correspondence, partial and complete library catalogues, lists of members 1846-71
Programs 1859-86
Series 9: COMMONS CLUB
Issues of The Amherst Student 1932
Minutes 1932-1933
From files A-G: Correspondence, list of members, Christmas card, pamphlets, financial records, dining room information 1932-1933
From files H-Z: Correspondence, list of questions, list of members, constitution, intramural sports program 1931-1933
Series 10: DEBATING SOCIETY
Programs, debate records, judging forms, questions for debate 1854, 1891, 1903-17, 1922,1940-50
Programs, correspondence, debate contracts 1903, 1938, 1941-42, 1953
Clippings 1936-42
Debating guide, programs, questions to debate with references 1900-04, 1920
Questions to debate with references 1898-1909 (with gaps)
Debating Council Program, correspondence, judging forms 1938-1942
General (announcements) 1973-75
Series 11: ECLECTIC
Bills, receipts 1846-53
Receipts 1846-47
Bills, receipts 1849-50
Correspondence, order 1849-50
Bills, receipts, orders 1851-53
Bills, receipts, orders 1852-53
Library catalogue 1846-47
Constitution, list of members 1846-48
Treasurer's records 1846-60
Librarian records 1848-68
Exhibition Catalogs 1848, 1850
Series 11a: Gay and Lesbian Alumni (GALA), 1986-2012
Originals and Logos 1990
Net GALA News 1996 Feb.
Membership backup 1986-1991
Receipts and financial records (1 of 2) n.d.
Receipts and financial records (2 of 2) n.d.
Newsletter v.24 1992 Dec
Newsletter v.25 1993 Mar
Newsletter v.26 1993 Dec
Newsletter v.27 1994 Apr
Newsletter v.28 1994
Newsletter v.29 1994 fall
Newsletter v.30 1994-1995
Newsletter v.31 1995
Newsletter v.32 1996
Newsletter v.33 1996 Summer
Newsletter v.34 1996-1997
Newsline/Newsletter v. 1-35 1986 Jan-1997 Dec.
Project Memoirs 1992-1994
ideas, notes for newsletter 1991-1997
Questionnaire Responses n.d.
Responses to GALA Newsletters v.12-14 and to March 1990 Directory 1989-1990
Responses to GALA Newsletters v.15-17 1990-1991
Responses to GALA Newsletter v.18 n.d.
Responses to letter in Summer '91 Amherst 1991 Sep-Nov
Amherst Gay History n.d.
Audiotapes of Oral History Interviews n.d.
Minutes, notes, correspondence 1985-1987
Minutes, notes, correspondence 1986-1990
Correspondence 1989-1991
Correspondence 1992-1995
Correspondence 1992-1994
Correspondence 1994-1995
Newsletters, correspondence, invoices 1990-1996
Directories and correspondence 1985-1992
Web site printouts - Pride Alliance/GALA 2012
Miscellaneous n.d.
Series 12: HITCHCOCK SOCIETY OF INQUIRY
Library catalogue with list of other miscellaneous items 1836
Minutes 1845-61
Question book 1851-60
Constitution, list of members 1856-72
Question book 1860-64
Minutes 1861-70
Constitution, minutes, list of members 1866-73
Addresses to Society 1841, n.d.
Correspondence 1855-58
Annual report of the American Tract Society, notes, treasurer notes, receipt, pamphlet 1857-62
Debate posters 1873-98
Constitution, speech, summary of religious conditions at New England colleges 1890
Programs 1857-92
Series 13: LORD JEFF CLUB
Notes, clippings, correspondence, song sheets, constitutions, rules for rushing, speech, guest book 1935-1951
Minutes 1935-47
Newsletters 1935-53
Financial records, bank statement, building and grounds forms, correspondence 1936-37, 1940-42
Invitations, correspondence 1939-40, 1953
Correspondence and memos concerning Club library fire, new books list 1941, 1946
Minutes, papers, booklet, newsletter 1947-50
List of members, past and present ca. 1950
Pamphlets for freshmen ca. 1950's
Long-range planning report, correspondence, alumni committee report, clippings, pamphlets from other non-fraternity associations, minutes, list of members, committee reports 1950-52
Minutes (includes formation of club) 1933-36
Financial records 1935-38
Financial records 1938-39
Financial records 1939-40
Financial records 1940-41
Financial records 1941-42
Financial records 1942
Financial records 1942-43
Financial records 1943-44
Scrapbook of clippings 1936-38
Scrapbook of correspondences, newsletters, pamphlets, lists of members, reports, clippings 1937-52
Series 14: MOUNTAIN CLUB
Minutes, lists of members, descriptions of outings, clippings 1903-14
Clippings, notes, correspondence 1904, 1908
Secretary's report 1905
Programs from Amherst Mountain Club and Appalachian Mountain Club, clipping, notes, list of outings (some with times), announcements 1905-06
Copy of charter, correspondence with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1905, 1911, 1933
Treasurer's report, tax bills, financial notes 1906-1921
Lists of members 1907, 1914
Correspondence, reports from New England Trail Conferences 1917-18
Maps, postcards, pamphlets on the Green Mountains and Mt. Washington, winter sport catalogue n.d.
Correspondence about dissolution of the Club 1935-36
Series 15: OUTING CLUB
Banquet menus 1927
Correspondence, invitations, announcements 1929, 1938-41, 1949, 1960, 1969
Constitutions 1935
Financial records 1938-62
Maps, guides, pamphlets 1939-51 (with gaps)
Pamphlets 1939-61 (with gaps)
Receipts, financial records, list of members 1939, 1947
Correspondence, plan of club room, menu, notes, list of members 1939, 1967-71
Correspondence, pamphlets, information from other college outing clubs and the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association, Sierra Club articles 1939, 1940, 1948, 1968-71, 1976
Minutes 1947-57
Corporation papers 1959, 1967-69
Club patches n.d.
Record book from Tyler camp 1927-34
Clippings 1928, 1936-42
Songsheets 1929, 1941
Schedules of outings 1931-1951
Correspondence, articles, pamphlets, magazines (all about skiing) 1936-48 (with gaps)
U.S. Geological Survey maps 1943-49, 1964, 1966
Newsletters 1948-52
Map of Tyler Camp 1963
Clipping, list of rules for Pease Trophy n.d.
Blank forms, stationery n.d.
Series 16: PHI BETA KAPPA (1853-1980)
General 1923-1975
Miscellaneous and 1937 Triennial 1934-1937
Original Constitution and other copies 1853
Constitution (revised in 1930) 1853
"The Original PBK Records" n.d.
Members (1822-1954) n.d.
Catalogues 1909-1934
Subscribers to the Endowment Fund 1928
Initiation 1894-1954
A Ritual of Phi Beta Kappa 1915
Correspondence 1927-1935
Pamphlets 1853
Financial Records 1920-1930
Treasurer's Account Book 1911-1953
Record Book 1913-1953
Record Book Minutes of the Regular Meetings 1887-1921
Faculty vs. Phi Beta Kappa '97 Baseball Game 1896
Addresses 1913
"Virgil's First Eclogue Remembered" J. Finley 1917
"Mobilization" John Finley 1916
"The Political Duties of the Educated Classes" 1866
"The Positive Philosophy" A. P. Peabody 1867
"A Humorous Disquisition on the Hymnal State" 1885
Erskine essays 1913
Oscar Voorhees: Phi Beta Kappa Historian 1938-1939
Constitution of Mass. Beta of Phi Beta Kappa 1904-1923
"The Phi Beta Kappa Associates: An Interpretation" n. d.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Immediate Members of the Mass. Beta of Phi Beta Kappa 1921-1922
Other Chapters 1928-1932
Council Meeting 1949
Triennial Council 1940
Mass. Beta Minutes of Annual Meeting 1953-1974
Third National Dinner 1941
"Phi Beta Kappa Hand-Book" c.2 1900
"The Key Reporter: The Phi Beta Kappa News Machine" 1927-1980
Report of the Committee on Phi Beta Kappa 1916
"The Bimillennium of Virgil" celebration by the Phi Beta Kappa Society 1930
Elections 1951
"Letters Received vol.1" 1894-1909
"Letters Received vol.2" 1909-1912
Articles and Clippings 1936-1942
Invitations 1889-Present
Series 17: SCARAB
Minutes 1903-08
Correspondence, lists of alumni 1905-40
Minutes 1908-13
Minutes 1908-42
Freshman rules, list of members, notes, clippings, invitations, club history 1913-14, 1919-20, 1930-43, 1949
History of Gargoyle (Williams College equivalent of Scarab), invitations to Scarab/Gargoyle banquets, correspondence and clippings about banquet 1935-40
Correspondence 1948, 1951
"Preserving the Traditions: American Societal Objectives of Scarab and Amherst College in the First Half of the 20th Century" by David M. Ullian (AC 2008) 2008
Series 18: SCIENCE CLUB
Financial records, list of members, correspondence, announcements of meetings, 1939-42
List of members, financial records, correspondence, announcements of meetings 1942-43
Announcements of meetings, correspondence, clippings 1942-49
Announcements of meetings, financial records, lists of members, correspondence 1945-46
Financial records, list of speakers, correspondence, list of members 1946-47
Series 19: SIGMA XI (1942-1974)
Constitution 1942
Constitution and other printed material: history, by-laws, official information, constitution 1949-52
Installation Invitations 1949-1961
Biology Sigma Xi nominations 1965
Membership 1965
National Lectures 1948-1962
Notices from National Headquarters 1947-1959
Notices from National Headquarters 1960-1963
Correspondence 1961-1963
Correspondence 1956-1961
Correspondence 1950-1955
Chapter Notices 1962-1963
Chapter Meetings and Minutes 1951
Sigma Xi Amherst Chapter Installation 1950
Membership Forms 1961-1964
Membership Forms 1958-1960
Membership Forms 1955-1957
Nominations 1970-1973
Nominations 1966-1967
Nominations 1962-1964
Nominations 1959-1961
Nominations 1956-1958
Nominations 1950-1955
Minutes and Announcements 1949-1950
Current Sigma Xi Propaganda 1971-1972
Correspondence 1966-1971
Correspondence 1964-1966
Membership Certificate Order, Grants-In-Aid, Assessment Forms n.d.
Insignia Information 1954-1956
Notices from National 1964-1970
Lectures 1965-1970
Membership Mailing Lists 1955-1966
Membership 1965-1967
Membership 1967-1974
Amherst Chapter Constitution and By-Laws 1956
Initiation Luncheon 1971-1973
Business Correspondence: insignia, brochures, etc. 1972-1973
Sigma Xi : nomination papers constitution and by-laws miscellaneous notices 1973-1974
Bank Statements 1967-1973
Bills Paid 1970-1971
Proceedings of the Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the Society of the Sigma Xi 1971
Posters, Public Announcements of Lectures, etc. 1982
Petition for Amherst Charter; see also Charter for Amherst Chapter in Map Case 4 Drawer 10 1948
Sigma Xi General 1948-1970
Series 20: SKI CLUB
Development costs for Tinker Hill 1949
Warranty deeds, leases, real estate options 1949
Reports, history, maps, (all about Tinker Hill Ski Area) 1949-50
Correspondence (mostly about Tinker Hill land), deed, mortgage, agreement of association 1949-50, 1953-54, 1956
Agendas, minutes, and reports from stockholders' meetings 1949-57 (with gaps)
List of ticket prices, season ticket 1952
Pamphlets for Tinker Hill Ski Area n.d.
Series 21: SOCIAL UNION I
Constitution, list of members, minutes 1827-35
Constitution, list of members, minutes 1836-41
Minutes 1841-46
Constitution with amendments 1843
Correspondence, reasons for dissolution 1836, 1840
Financial records 1840-45
Series 22: SOCIAL UNION II
Scrapbook of bills 1870-75
Constitution, minutes 1882-85
Constitutions, announcement 1853, 1864
Invitations, programs 1853-72 (with gaps)
Invitations, programs 1873-88
Series 23: SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY
Constitutions, lists of members, minutes 1830-45
Minutes 1831-47
Catalogue of simple minerals 1833
Receipts 1834
Correspondence, reports, notes 1834-42
Catalogue of minerals 1836
Correspondence 1848
Receipts 1851
Address book for class of 1885 1885
Catalogue of shells n.d.
Series 24: SPHINX
Clippings 1934-42
Programs, announcements, clipping, notes, invitations, correspondence 1935, 1947, 1950, 1966-65, 1969
Publications 1950
Mailings, announcements 1967-74