Bookplates

This fund was established by Beulah M. Amidon in memory of Charles F. Amidon, Class of 1882. C. F. Amidon was a judge and distinguished Hamilton alumnus.

This fund was established in 1950 by Professor Merle Tate, in memory of his daughter, Mary Tate, who died in an automobile accident in August 1948.

This fund was established in 1948 in memory of Hamilton’s 12th President (1945-47), David Worcester. It supports the purchase of books in general literature and world affairs.

William Noyes, who received an honorary degree form Hamilton in 1856, left 7,000 volumes of law books in his bequest to Hamilton in 1864. In 1948 the College sold the collection and put the proceeds into endowment, creating a fund to purchase books in political science.

In his Will dated 1945, Dr. Edward Fitch, Class of 1886, established this fund to support the purchase of books in the field of Greek studies including language, literature, art and history.

Joseph D. Ibbotson, Class of 1890, established this fund in memory of his wife, Hedwig Tappe Ibbotson, in 1943, to support the purchase of books in the area of contemporary German literature.

This fund was established in 1943 by the parents of Henry P. Jenks, Class of 1936 to enhance the Browsing Room.

Charles B. Rogers established this fund in 1938 in honor of his wife, Eugenie D. Rogers, in 1938. It supports the purchase of books for the library browsing room.

This fund was established by the Class of 1936 in memory of Robert J. Durkee, a member of that class who passed away a year after graduation.

This fund was established by Nancy Root “to give practical effect to an intention indicated during his lifetime by my father Edwin Buttrick Root of the Class of 1883.”