Category: Research & Archives

Amherst College in 1821

Meet Julia Carroll, Research Fellow

If we haven’t had a chance to meet yet, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Julia Carroll and I am the second research fellow for the Reckoning with the Racial History of Amherst College project. February marks the beginning of my fifth full month in this role.    Originally from Atlanta, Georgia,…

Nicka Smith at Amherst, October 4, 2021

Nicka Smith

Nicka Smith’s talk on October 4 was recorded and is available on the college’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/RBe9uHxSTJo  The Amherst Student published an article about the talk: “Nicka Smith Delivers Talk on Israel Trask and the Trask 250” Anna Smith ’22 published an op-ed piece on Trask to propose that the college acquire his mansion in…