ma48 Amherst College Women (Ladies of Amherst College) Records, 1912-1976 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Claudia Gunter, Peter Nelson. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Amherst, MA

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Sarang Gopalakrishnan. 2003-06-23 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma48 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Amherst College Women (Ladies of Amherst College) Records, 1912-1976 Finding Aid Finding Aid: 2002 August Prepared by: Claudia Gunter '05E, Student Encoding Assistant Edited by: Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Amherst College Women Amherst College Women Records 1912-1976 3 archives boxes + 1 album (1.75 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Organizational, membership and financial records, spanning the history of the organization from 1906 to 1976. Include constitutions, meeting minutes, and annual membership lists, as well as newspaper clippings, correspondence, expense records and memorabilia. English. Biographical Note

Amherst College Women was founded in 1906 as the "Ladies of Amherst College." It was an auxiliary service and social organization for wives and daughters of Amherst College faculty members. In 1972 it changed its name to "Amherst College Women" and reached out more broadly to invite all women connected to the College to become members. Amherst College Women seems to have become inactive after 1976.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Organizational, membership and financial records of Amherst College Women, a women's service and social organization known for most of its existence as the "Ladies of Amherst College," spanning the history of the organization from its founding in 1906 until roughly 1976. The records include constitutions, meeting minutes, and annual membership lists. Also included among the records are newspaper clippings, correspondence, expense records and memorabilia. Finally, the collection also includes a photograph album of portraits of various wives of faculty and administrators.

Arrangement of the Collection

The records are organized roughly in chronological order. Folders after 1943 labeled "Miscellaneous" consist of various document types such as clippings, flyers, announcements, financial records and minutes.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Amherst College Women Records for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Records 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.

Preferred Citation

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

[Identification of item], in Amherst College Women (Ladies of Amherst College) Records [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

Search Terms Amherst College Women. Ladies of Amherst College. Amherst College--History--Sources. Ladies of Amherst College. 1 1 Program of meetings (yearly) 1912-1948 1 2 Newspaper clippings, programs, mailings ca. 1940s-1960 1 3 Newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence n.d. 1 4 Postcards to members 1937-1949 1 5 Membership, expenses 1930s 1 6 Membership lists, constitutions, reports n.d. 2 -- Ladies of Amherst College records, original constitution 1911-1931 2 -- Ladies of Amherst College records 1919-1936 2 -- Ladies of Amherst College Secretary's Report 1924-1933 2 -- Ladies of Amherst College Secretary's Report 1906 2 -- President's Records: Ladies of Amherst College 1950-1972 2 -- President's Records Amherst College Women 1979 3 1 ABC Children's Aid and Family Services 1968-1976 3 2 Activities reports 1950-1970s 3 3 News clippings, pamphlets, certificates 1968-1979 3 4 Coeducation questionnaire 1972 3 5 Constitution and notes on duties of Vice President 1949-1950 3 6 Correspondence 1973-1977 3 7 Financial reports and Budgets n.d. 3 8 Notes by hostesses and committees n.d. 3 9 President's Files 1975-1977 3 10 Record Books (1 of 2) 1958-1967 3 11 Record Books (2 of 2) n.d. 3 12 Miscellaneous 1943-1944 3 13 Miscellaneous 1944-1945 3 14 Miscellaneous 1945-1946 3 15 Miscellaneous 1946-1947 3 16 Miscellaneous 1949-1950 3 17 Miscellaneous 1950-1951 3 18 Miscellaneous 1951-1952 3 19 Miscellaneous 1952-1953 3 20 Miscellaneous 1954-1955 3 21 Miscellaneous 1955-1956 3 22 Miscellaneous 1956-1957 3 23 Miscellaneous 1958-1959 3 24 Miscellaneous 1959-1960 3 25 Miscellaneous 1960-1961 3 26 Miscellaneous 1961-1962 3 27 Miscellaneous 1962-1963 3 28 Miscellaneous 1966-1967 3 29 Miscellaneous 1967-1968 3 30 Miscellaneous 1968-1969 3 31 Miscellaneous 1969-1970 3 32 Miscellaneous 1970-1972 3 33 Miscellaneous 1966-1973 4 -- Photograph album consisting of portraits of wives of Amherst College faculty and administrators ca. 1825-1960