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Collection Overview King, Stanley, 1883-1951 King Papers 1880-1967 1895-1967 26 archives boxes, 1 record storage box, 1 flat box (14.5 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Former Amherst College President. Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, awards, photographs and other materials documenting his personal and professional life and that of his wife, Margaret P. Jackson King. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Ernest M. Hopkins, Felix Frankfurter and Frederick J. E. Woodbridge. English. Biographical Note

Stanley King (AC 1903) was born in 1883 to Judge Henry Amasa (AC 1873) and Maria Lyon (Flynt) King in Troy, New York. He attended Springfield (Mass.) High School and entered Amherst College in 1900 with the Class of 1903. As an undergraduate he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa. After earning a degree from Harvard Law School (completing the course in the abnormally short space of two years), he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1906. He held a variety of executive positions with the W. H. McElwain Company, shoe manufacturers in Boston, from 1906 to 1922. In business he demonstrated great skill at settling labor disputes. During World War I, King served first as a member of the Council of National Defense, and in October 1917 he was appointed Confidential Clerk to the Secretary of War, functioning as an advisor to Secretary of War Newton Baker on business matters. King remained in government service through mid-1919 before returning to the McElwain Company. In 1921 he became a trustee of Amherst College. From 1922 to 1927 he was Eastern Manager and Director of the International Shoe Company, Boston. In 1927 he retired from business. In 1932, after traveling extensively for several years, King was appointed the 11th President of Amherst College - the first in the institution's history to have been neither a minister nor educator.

As President of Amherst, King was instrumental in developing the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., into one of the most important libraries of its kind. He was also took a great interest in the buildings and grounds of the Amherst campus: the College recovered from the destruction caused by a major hurricane in 1938 by the introduction of new landscaping and the unprecedented construction of new buildings. Under King's administration the campus saw the addition of such buildings as Alumni Gymnasium, Valentine Hall, Memorial Field, Kirby Theatre, James and Stearns dormitories, and the Mead Art Building. In the 1930s, President King led the College through the crisis of the Great Depression by achieving financial solutions that enabled Amherst to avoid annual deficits or reductions in salary. The disruptions of World War II, 1941-1945, were handled with similar effectiveness with a long-range focus on developing a "New Curriculum" for the College to meet modern post-war needs.

After retiring as President in 1946, he was President Emeritus until his death in 1951. Stanley King was the author of several books: Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library (1950); A History of the Endowment of Amherst College (1950); and "The Consecrated Eminence": The Story of the Campus and Buildings of Amherst College (1952). Upon his death in 1951, Stanley King was survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Pinckney Jackson King (whom he married in 1927), a son Richard King (AC 1935), and a daughter, Gertrude King. (Stanley King's first wife, Gertrude, died in 1923.)

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Correspondence, speeches, articles, scrapbooks, awards, photographs and other materials docu-menting the personal and professional life of Stanley King and his wife Margaret P. Jackson King. Correspondence includes chiefly personal letters to and from King during his business career, 1914-1929, and presidency of Amherst College, 1932-1951; also correspondence related to his work as special assistant to the Secretary of War, 1917-1919. Correspondents include Newton D. Baker, Ernest M. Hopkins, Felix Frankfurter and Frederick J. E. Woodbridge. Amherst College materials include speeches, reports and articles (many published in the Alumni Council News), and correspondence related to King's publications. Personal papers include boyhood letters; scrapbooks; diaries of travel and undergraduate years, 1896-1919; genealogical information; drawn portraits; and photographs. Notes from Gertrude Besse Toll are included as well, in Series 8, with some contextual information. Mrs. King's papers include family correspondence, an oral history interview, and records related to the Kings' private residence on Lincoln Avenue in Amherst.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into eight series:

1. Correspondence, 1914-1967 2. Manuscript Speeches, 1920-1951 3. Published Speeches and Articles, 1929-1950 4. Correspondence Concerning Publications, 1950-1955 5. Amherst Life, 1895-1952 6. Resignation from Amherst College and Death, 1944-1951 7. Mrs. King, 1922-1962 8. Images, ca. 1880-1960 9. Miscellaneous (mostly childhood), ca. 1895-1933 Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Stanley King Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers 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 Stanley King (AC 1903) Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

Search Terms King, Stanley, 1883-1951 Amherst College -- History -- Sources Folger Shakespeare Library Amherst College -- Presidents College presidents World War, 1914-1918 Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 Hopkins, Ernest Martin, 1877-1964 King, Margaret P. Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, 1867-1940 Amherst College. Class of 1903. King. United States. War Dept. W.H. McElwain Co. Additional Information Section 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1914-1967 Personal Correspondence 1 1 From Europe 1914-1916 1 1 From Africa 1928 1 1 From Asia 1929 1 2 From abroad 1928-1929 1 3 From King to friends: A-Z 1 4 To and from Felix Frankfurter 1 5 To and from Ernest M. Hopkins 1 6 To King: A-Z Business Correspondence - Non-Amherst College 1 7 To and from Newton D. Baker and Ralph Hayes (re: Baker) 1 8 To and from War Department and Newton D. Baker 1 9 From the government containing offers to go to Washington Correspondence - Amherst College 2 1 To and from Frederick J.E. Woodbridge 2 2 Miscellaneous 2 3 Miscellaneous 2 4 Miscellaneous 2 5 Meiklejohn honorary degree 2 6 Second Century Fund - new committee 3 1 Second Century Fund 3 2 Mead Art Building 3 3 Letters from Margaret R. Emerson 3 4 Library correspondence 3 5 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: A-B 1932 3 6 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: C-E 1932 3 7 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: F-G 1932 3 8 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: H-L 1932 4 1 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: M-O 1932 4 2 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: P-R 1932 4 3 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: S-T 1932 4 4 Congratulatory letters on election to Presidency of Amherst College: V-W 1932 4 5 Committee for a New President: A-D 4 6 Committee for a New President: E-H 4 7 Committee for a New President: K-M 5 1 Committee for a New President: N-V 5 2 Committee for a New President: W 5 3 Congratulatory letters on ten years of service to Amherst College 5 4 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: A-B 5 5 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: C-E (includes letter from Calvin Coolidge) 5 6 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: F-H 5 7 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: J-L 5 8 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: M-N 6 1 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: O-R 6 2 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: S-T 6 3 Congratulatory letters on speeches during administration: V-W 6 4 Letters concerning retirement: A-C 6 5 Letters concerning retirement: D-F 6 6 Letters concerning retirement: G-J 6 7 Letters concerning retirement: K-M 6 8 Letters concerning retirement: N-R 6 9 Letters concerning retirement: S-Z 6 10 Letters of condolence on death: A-K 6 11 Letters of condolence on death: L-Z 6 12 Telegrams of condolence 6 13 Letters concerning death of Mrs. King Section 2: MANUSCRIPT SPEECHES, 1920-1951 7 1 Worksheets for various speeches 7 2 College buildings ? typescript 7 3 College life ? typescript 7 4 College administration ? typescript 7 5 Speeches 1920?1931 7 6 Speeches 1932?1934 7 7 Speeches (bound volume) 1932?1934 8 1 Speeches 1935 8 2 Speeches 1936?1937 8 3 Speeches 1938?1939 8 4 Speeches 1940?1941 8 5 Speeches 1942?1943 8 6 Speeches 1944?1945 8 7 Speeches 1946?1951 8 8 Report to Board of Trustees on Trustee Minutes 8 9 Program of American Academy of Political Science dinner 1933 Nov 8 10 Prayer and blessing often used by President King 8 11 Poem to Harry deForest Smith by President King, 1939 Sep 8 12 Report to Board of Trustees 1934 Oct 2 8 13 "Problem of Evil," undergraduate thesis for Prof. Garman Section 3: PUBLISHED SPEECHES AND ARTICLES, 1929-1950 9 1 "Odd Chapter," Autobiographical material n.d. 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. II, No. 6, "Address by Stanley King" 1929 Jul 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VI, No. 4, "President King's Inaugural Address" 1933 Mar 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Supplement 2 to Vol. VI, No. 4, "Educating Your Son" (7 copies) 1933 Mar 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VII, No. 2, "Address" 1933 Dec 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. VIII, No. 2, "Address" 1934 Dec 9 2 Amherst Alumni Council News, Vol. XX, No.2, "Address" 1946 Dec 9 3 "The Organization of Industry and Labor," reprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (4 copies) 1939 May 9 4 "Unemployment Reserves and Insurance Programs," reprint from the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science (2 copies) 1934 9 5 "In Praise of Politicians," reprint from the American Scholar (7 copies) 1934 Jan 9 6 Report of the President to the Board of Trustees (4 complete sets) 1933?1946 9 7 Speeches and dedications of Johnson Chapel, Frank L. Babbott Room, and Harold J. Pratt Pool 9 8 Address delivered on the 40th anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. Edwin Bradford Robinson 1942 Feb 22 9 9 "A Trustee of Amherst College" (on Dwight Morrow), pages from the Amherst Graduate's Quarterly 9 10 "Some problems of college administration" (printed pamphlet), address delivered at Williams College (6 copies) 1936 Feb 22 9 11 Amherst College Chapel Talk 1935 Oct 7 9 12 "Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library," (printed pamphlet), published for the Trustees of Amherst College, Cornell University Press 1950 9 13 Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, vol. XVIII, no. 3, "The Organization of Industry and Labor for War" May 1939 Section 4: CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING PUBLICATIONS, 1950-1955 Sub-Section A: Books by King 10 1 Consecrated Eminence ? orders 10 2 Consecrated Eminence ? correspondence 10 3 Consecrated Eminence ? correspondence concerning free distribution of book 10 4 Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library - correspondence 10 5 A History of the Endowment of Amherst College ? correspondence (See pamphlet box 24 for copy of book sent to Arthur Stanley Pease) 10 6 A History of the Endowment of Amherst College, Recollections of the Folger Shakespeare Library ? acknowledgements Sub-Section B: Books about King 11 1 Stanley King of Amherst by Claude M. Fuess ? correspondence 11 2 Letters to Claude M. Fuess about King 11 3 Stanley King of Amherst ? misc. correspondence 11 4 Stanley King of Amherst ? letters about King 11 5 Stanley King of Amherst ? thank you letters to Mrs. King 11 6 Stanley King of Amherst ? correspondence 11 7 Stanley King of Amherst ? business arrangements 11 8 Stanley King of Amherst ? contracts (See pamphlet box 24 for copy of book sent to Arthur Stanley Pease) Section 5: AMHERST LIFE, 1895-1952 11 9 Inauguration ? programs, Inaugural address, newspapers clippings, etc. 11 10 Inauguration ? Amherst Graduate's Quarterly; Amherst Alumni Council News (bound issues) 1932-1933 11 11 Newspaper clippings ? press releases from Amherst College 12 1 Newspaper clippings 12 2 Newspaper clippings 12 3 Newspaper clippings 12 4 Newspaper clippings about Gertrude King (S.K.'s daughter) 12 5 Scrapbook with newspaper clippings 13 1 Scrapbooks with newspaper clippings 1932-1934, n.d. 14 1 Scrapbook with newspaper clippings 1941 14 1 Notebooks and diaries ? bound volumes of handwritten poetry quotations 15 1 Notebooks and diaries: notes on trip to Pacific Coast, 1899; diary of trip to Pacific Coast and Alaska, 1899; diary of a trip to Europe, 1901; guidebook to Southern California, 1899 1899-1901 15 2 Diary of a trip to Europe, 1919; diary of trip to Washington, 1900; diary, 1896; diary, 1915; diary, 1897 1896-1919 15 3 Amherst College undergraduate years diary, 1900?1901; cash accounts ? expenses at Amherst College 1900?1903; book record (of books read); vacation notes, 1897 1897-1903 15 4 Notepad belonging to King 15a 4 Scrapbook of Amherst College undergraduate years ca. 1899-1903 16 1 Passports 16 2 Family birthday lists and birth certificates 16 3 Information about family portraits 16 4 Notes on King genealogy 16 5 Two notebooks compiled by King on family genealogy 16 6 The Family by Stanley King ? bound volume about King's relatives (2 copies) 1950 16 7 Address in memory of William Norcross Flynt (relative of King) by Rev. F.S. Hatch 1895 16 8 Awards and tributes to King: honorary degrees 17 1 L.L.D. from Mass. State College: Awards and tributes to King: 17 2 Awards and tributes to King: gift from Trustees 1942 17 3 Awards and tributes to King gift from Faculty 1942 17 4 Awards and tributes to King 1942 17 5 Awards and tributes to King 1952 17 6 Charities: general 17 7 Charities: Boston Atheneum 17 8 Charities: Caney Creek Community Center 17 9 Charities: Trustees of Reservations 17 10 Charities: Trustees of Public Reservations 17 11 Clubs and Associations: Association of Owners of Lowlands and Meadows around Chilimark Pond 17 12 Clubs and Associations: Harvard Law School Alumni 17 13 Clubs and Associations: Doshisha University, Amherst Savings Bank, Monson Academy 17 14 Clubs and Associations: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Lake Placid Club, The Pilgrims, Hudson Bay Records Society 18 1 Faculty Party 1933 18 2 Faculty Party 1934 18 3 Faculty Party 1935 18 4 Faculty Party 1936 18 5 Faculty Party: Ms. of "Murder in the Kitchen" 1937 18 6 Faculty Party 1933 18 7 Faculty Party 1939 18 3 Faculty Party 1940 18 9 Articles about King: Amherst Alumni Council News, May 1932, "The Presidency," (5 copies); University Club News, Nov. 1932, "Alma Mater, a word portrait of Amherst's new President" 1932 18 10 Program of a meeting of the Taylor Society at which King was a speaker 1933 18 11 Program of 4th Annual Conference on Current Problems 1934 18 12 Programs of events in which King participated 1938?1945 18 13 Photographs of King, including boyhood 18 14 Photographs of King and also of his second wife, Margaret King 19 1 Photographs of King, one photograph of his first wife, Gertrude Besse King, and children 19 2 Photographs of King 19 3 Photograph album: early snapshots 19 4 Photograph album: oversize pictures concerning Amherst College 20 1 Photograph album: trips to Nile and South America; small framed photograph of King; photograph album of oversize pictures of Mr. and Mrs. King; two photograph albums of color snapshots, mostly of Kings' home (post-Amherst) 21 1 Kodacolor slides and color snapshots of Kings' summer and winter homes; Kodak slide viewer Section 6: RESIGNATION FROM AMHERST COLLEGE AND DEATH, 1944-1951 21 2 "Minutes" of Trustees, Faculty, and Alumni on Kings resignation; copies of Student and Alumni Council News announcing resignation 21 3 Memorial tributes to King 21 4 Speech by Charles W. Cole about King at his death, Johnson Chapel (original plus 13 copies) 1951 21 5 "Stanley King" by Charles W. Cole, reprint from Amherst Alumni News (10 copies) 1951 May 21 6 "A Tribute to Stanley King" by George F. Whicher (10 copies) 21 7 "Minute adopted at Meeting of the Board of Trustees, ? 'Stanley King'" (15 copies; including one leather bound) 1951 June 9 22 1 Amherst Student Memorial Issue to King, June 9, 1951 (11 copies); Amherst Student Extra, April 28, 1951 (4 copies) 1951 22 2 Rubbings of Stanley King memorial stone on Martha's Vineyard by Charles Rogers; snapshot of memorial stone Section 7: MRS. KING, 1922-1962 22 3 Report by Margaret King on campus planting 22 4 Correspondence re retirement 22 5 Transcript of recorded conversation between Margaret King and Horace Hewlett, secretary of the College 22 6 Report of Margaret King as Alumnae trustee of Vassar 22 7 Article by Margaret Pinckney Allen (Mrs. King) entitled "Adjectivity" in The Trend 1922 Sep 22 8 Miscellaneous correspondence to Mrs. King 22 9 Personal letters to Mrs. King 1932?1946 22 10 Correspondence with Mrs. King's family (relatives) 22 11 Correspondence concerning Mrs. King's death 22 12 Correspondence concerning Mrs. King's death 22a 1 King house on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst (former Joshua Crosby House, Enfield, Mass.) - Correspondence, receipts, etc. [Acc. # 79-029] 1937-1962 22a 2 King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst - Correspondence, receipts, etc. [Acc. # 79-029] 1936-1948 22a 3 King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst [Acc. # 79-029] 1939-1948 22a 4 King House on Lincoln Avenue, Amherst [Acc. # 79-029] 1936-1954 23 1 King house on Lincoln Ave., Amherst; photograph of house Section 8: IMAGES ca. 1880-1960 Sub-Section A: Stanley King 23 1 Framed Picture of King with Amherst Trustees 1933 23 2 Stanley King and Sister Carrie ca. 1880 23 3 Stanley King, assorted n.d 23 4 Stanley King, sitting - mounted photograph n.d 23 5 Stanley King's parents, grandfather n.d. 23 6 Stanley King, portraits n.d. 23 7 Stanley King w/ children [1922] Sub-Section B: Gertrude Louisa Besse King 23 8 Gertrude's Children n.d 23 9 Stanley King, and Gertrude King, formal, n.d. 23 9 Gertrude, graduation 23 10 Stanley King, and Gertrude King, with dog n.d Sub-Section C: Margaret Allen King 23 11 Assorted Materials - photograph album, mounted and loose photographs n.d. 23 12 Salt Meadows, Stanley's Boulder, and Margaret n.d. Sub-Section D: Photograph Albums 23 13 African Honeymoon n.d. 23 14 Amherst Images n.d 23 15 Egypt and the Sudan 1929 Jan 23 16 Family photo album #1 , with items on King's appointment to the Amherst presidency ca.1927-1935 23 17 Family photo album #2 ca.1950-1960 23 18 Ivan and Boris, Sharon house, Ferry to Mt.Vernon, pets, postcards, house on Dedham - photographs, postcards n.d. 23 19 Japan, Honeymoon 1928 23 20 Kobe-Saigon, scrapbook n.d. 23 21 Out of Marseille to the Grand Canyon 1928 23 22 Salt Meadows - mounted photographs ca.1931 23 23 Salt Meadows, Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard - photographs n.d. 23 24 South Beach at Chilmark, scrapbook n.d 23 25 Stanley King, camping ca.1930 23 26 Stanley King, scrapbook ca.1925-1930 23 27 Summer at Chilmark 1928 23 28 Switzerland, honeymoon 1927 23 29 Switzerland 1927 Section 9: MISCELLANEOUS, ca. 1895-1933 24 2 Letters to King's father, Henry A. King, from school principal about Stanley's work in high school ca. 1899-1900 24 3 Class Day exercises, Springfield High School (3 copies) 1900 24 4 Three letters from King to his father 1895 24 5 Biographical material 24 5a Genealogical material: letter from SK's grandmother on the birth; genealogical chart by SK as a boy; notes entitled "The Family," written by SK 1883-1950 24 6 Correspondence concerning King's health 24 7 King's gifts to Amherst College 24 8 List of King's books in North College library 24 9 Pamphlet on Johnson's Bookstore in Springfield where King worked as a boy 24 10 Amherst Honorary degrees ? history 24 11 Massachusetts Commission for Stabilization of Employment - correspondence, preliminary report, final report 24 12 Framed picture of King and Trustees 1933 25 1 History of the Endowment of Amherst College by Stanley King. Copy sent to Arthur Stanley Pease. 1950 25 2 Stanley King of Amherst by Claude Fuess. Copy sent to Arthur Stanley Pease 1955