Williams History

Table of Contents

• Biographies
• Buildings and Sites
• Campus Space and Institutional History
• Groups and Events
• Presidents

Biographies

• (1793-1815) Fitch, Ebenezer
• (1815-1821) Moore, Zephaniah Swift
• (1821-1836) Griffin, Edward Dorr
• (1836-1872) Hopkins, Mark
• (1872-1881) Chadbourne, Dr. Paul Ansel
• (1881-1901) Carter, Franklin
• (1901-1902) Hewitt, John Haskell (acting)
• (1902-1908) Hopkins, Henry
• (1908-1934) Garfield, Harry Augustus
• (1934-1937) Dennett, Tyler
• (1937-1961) Baxter, James Phinney III
• (1961-1973) Sawyer, John Edward
• (1973-1985) Chandler, John Wesley
• (1985-1993) Oakley, Francis Christopher
• (1994-1999) Payne, Harry Charles
• (1999-2000) Vogt, Carl W.
• (2000-2009) Schapiro, Morton Owen
• (2009-2010) Wagner, William G. (interim)
• (2010-2017) Falk, Adam
• Brooks, Belvidere (1888-1918)
• Bryant, William Cullen
• Carter, Barton
• Gifford, Don (1919-2000)
• Gladden, Washington
• Kellogg, Ebenezer (1789-1846)
• Kellogg, James Lawrence (1866-1938)
• Makepeace, Charles D.
• Mears, Brainerd (1903-1972)
• Miller, John William (1895-1978)
• Mills, Samuel J. (1783-1818)
• Muir, Robert (1898-1997)
• Parsons, Eben Burt
• Perry, Arthur (1865-1938)
• Perry, Arthur Latham (1830-1905)
• Perry, Bliss (1860-1954)
• Perry, Carroll (1869-1937)
• Perry, Grace (1858-1937)
• Perry, Lewis (1877-1970)
• Perry, Walter (1865-1946)
• Pratt, James Bissett (1875-1944)
• Reynolds, Marcus Tullius
• Sayre, Francis B. (1885-1972)
• Schuman, Frederick (1904-1981)
• Skinner, William Wood, Jr.
• Thompson, Benjamin
• Thompson, Frederick Ferris (1836-1899)
• Thompson, Mary Clark (1835-1923)
• Towne, Herbert (1899-1979)
• Van Rensselaer, Stephen, III
• Weese, Benjamin
• West, Stephen
• Weston, Karl Ephraim (1874-1956)
• Williams, Ephraim, Jr.
• Wilson, John P.

Buildings and Sites

• Adelphic Union
• Baxter Hall
• Center for Environmental Studies
• Chadbourne Gymnasium
• Clark Hall
• College Hall
• Delano Baseball Cage (1906-1968)
• Dodd House
• Early Williamstown Taverns
• East College
• Field Memorial Observatory
• First Gymnasiums
• Goodrich Hall (1865-1902)
• Goodrich Hall (1905-)
• Greylock Hall
• Greylock Hotel
• Greylock Quad — Site Overview
• Greylock Quadrangle
• Griffin Hall, 1828-
• Haystack Monument
• Hermitage
• Hopkins Hall, 1890-
• Hopkins Memorial Gate
• Jackson Hall
• Jesup Hall
• Kellogg Hall
• Kellogg House (1794- )
• Log
• Lyceum of Natural History
• Magnetic Observatory
• Mansion House
• Mission Park
• Mission Park Residential Halls, 1971-
• Perry House
• Rice House
• Sawyer Library
• Sawyer Library — Site Overview
• Sawyer Library Construction Controversy
• St. Anthony Hall (now Center for Development Economics)
• Stetson Hall, 1920-
• Towne Field House, 1971-
• Van Rensselaer House
• West College (1790-)

Campus Space and Institutional History

• Founding of Williams College
• Haystack Monument
• Log

Groups and Events

• African Americans at Williams
• Alma Mater “The Mountains”
• Cane Contest
• Cap and Bells
• Chip Day and Gravel Day
• College Seal
• College smokers
• Early Williamstown Taverns
• Founding of Williams College
• Fraternities, Abolition of
• Fraternities, the beginning of the end
• Honorary Degree recipients
• Ivy planting
• Lyceum of Natural History
• Mountain Day
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Resignation of Tyler Dennett
• Sigma Phi
• Sigma Phi Fire
• The Purple Cow Mascot
• Theft of the Williams Library
• Tourism in Williamstown
• Watch dropping
• Williams College Christian associations
• Williams College color
• Williams firsts
• Williams Medal and the Victory Celebration
• Williams Plates
• World War II Veterans at Williams
• Yard by Yard

Presidents

• (1793-1815) Fitch, Ebenezer
• (1815-1821) Moore, Zephaniah Swift
• (1821-1836) Griffin, Edward Dorr
• (1836-1872) Hopkins, Mark
• (1872-1881) Chadbourne, Dr. Paul Ansel
• (1881-1901) Carter, Franklin
• (1901-1902) Hewitt, John Haskell (acting)
• (1902-1908) Hopkins, Henry
• (1908-1934) Garfield, Harry Augustus
• (1934-1937) Dennett, Tyler
• (1937-1961) Baxter, James Phinney III
• (1961-1973) Sawyer, John Edward
• (1973-1985) Chandler, John Wesley
• (1985-1993) Oakley, Francis Christopher
• (1994-1999) Payne, Harry Charles
• (1999-2000) Vogt, Carl W.
• (2000-2009) Schapiro, Morton Owen
• (2009-2010) Wagner, William G. (interim)
• (2010-2017) Falk, Adam
• (2018 Jan- 2018 Jul) Majumder, Protik (interim)
• (2018 Jul-) Mandel, Maud S.