| title | page_number | chapter |
|---|---|---|
| QUEEN’S COLLEGE CHARACTERISTICS AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY, 13 | 13 | 1 |
| AMHERST FIRST NAMED AS THE BEST SITE FOR A COLLEGE AMHERST AS IT THEN WAS, 24 | 24 | 2 |
| AMHERST ACADEMY, 34 | 34 | 3 |
| CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY FUND THE CONVENTION AT AMHERST IN 1818, 40 | 40 | 4 |
| EFFORTS TO UNITE WILLIAMS COLLEGE AND THE INSTITUTION AT AMHERST, 51 | 51 | 5 |
| ERECTION OF THE FIRST COLLEGE EDIFICE INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND PROFESSORS, AND OPENING OF THE COLLEGE, 62 | 62 | 6 |
| THE FIRST PRESIDENCY AND OTHER FIRST THINGS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS, 73 | 73 | 7 |
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PRESIDENT MOORE AND HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE FACULTY, 91 | 91 | 8 |
| LIVES OF SOME OF THE FOUNDERS, 104 | 104 | 9 |
| PRESIDENT HUMPHREY’S ADMINISTRATION FROM 1823 TO 1825 - STRUGGLE FOR THE CHARTER, 127 | 127 | 10 |
| THE PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH, 1825-36, 160 | 160 | 11 |
| RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE PERIOD, 1825-36, 192 | 192 | 12 |
| TRUSTEES AND OTHER OFFICERS WHOSE CONNECTION WITH THE COLLEGE CEASED DURING THIS PERIOD, 1825-36, 215 | 215 | 13 |
| PERIOD OF REACTION AND DECLINE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT HUMPHREY, 242 | 242 | 14 |
| THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THIS PERIOD, 1836-45, 272 | 272 | 15 |
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND SOME OF HIS ASSOCIATES, 280 | 280 | 16 |
| PRESIDENCY OF DR. HITCHCOCK, 313 | 313 | 17 |
| RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THIS PERIOD, 1845-54, 344 | 344 | 18 |
| BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DR. HITCHCOCK AND SOME OF HIS ASSOCIATES, 355 | 355 | 19 |
| THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. STEARNS, 388 | 388 | 20 |
| RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE DURING THIS PERIOD, 442 | 442 | 21 |
| TRUSTEES AND OTHER OFFICERS DECEASED OR RESIGNED UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF DR. STEARNS, 473 | 473 | 22 |
| THE PRESENT TRUSTEES, 501 | 501 | 23 |
| OVERSEERS OF THE CHARITY FUND, COMMISSIONERS AND TREASURERS, 518 | 518 | 24 |
| BENEFACTORS OF THE COLLEGE, 541 | 541 | 25 |
| THE WAR, 579 | 579 | 26 |
| THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 595 | 595 | 27 |
| THEN AND NOW PANORAMIC REVIEW OF CHANGE AND PROGRESS, 603 | 603 | 28 |
| APPENDIX. SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CHARITY FUND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR SUBSCRIPTION CHARTER, ETC., 649 | 649 | 29 |
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