Photographs of books being moved from Converse Hall to Robert Frost Library, 1965 July 14

Item Information

Title:
Photographs of books being moved from Converse Hall to Robert Frost Library, 1965 July 14
Description:
Black and white photographs of boxes of books being moved out of Converse Hall to be transferred to the new Robert Frost Library building on July 14, 1965. Included are photographs of the moving process, people working, Mayflower Movers trucks outside each building, and four men outside watching the process. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Jim Gerhard was the College Photographer from the mid-1960s to 1971.
Photographer:
Gerhard, Jim, 1942-1971
Date:
July 14, 1965
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Job 65-001-5 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Amherst College Photographer Records
Subjects:
Amherst College--Photographs
Amherst College--Libraries
Library moving--Massachusetts--Amherst
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Amherst
Extent:
36 photographs
Link to Item:
https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:874304
Terms of Use:
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Notes (object):
Original 35mm (roll film) sheet black and white negatives digitized positive.