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Message from Massachusetts Agricultural College
An appeal from Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of Massachusetts Agricultural College, calling for young people to come and learn to become leaders in the open country. Includes sections named A Call for Leaders, The Country Boy's Creed, and A Public…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1910s, UMASS
Ice hockey at Mass Aggie
Ice hockey game in progress on the pond at Mass Aggie. Snow is cleared to create walkways around the pond.
Written on back: "Thought maybe when you looked at this it would make you cooler - I am in Deuels talking to Susie. I am using her pencil. I…
Campus pond in the summer
Scenic view of the pond at Mass Aggie surrounded by nicely landscaped trees and shrubs. A small island is visible in the middle and a group of students relax at the…
Tags: 1910s, UMASS, Scenic views
"The Line" at Massachusetts Agricultural College
Line of students walking across a snow covered landscape away from the College Chapel. It looks as though they've walked across the frozen campus…
Aggie Inn and Post Office
Automobile parked outside the building which was an inn and post office for Massachusetts Agricultural College. Later known as College Inn. Near Butterfield Terrace.…
Tags: UMASS, 1920s, Inns and hotels
College farm house and barn
Farm house and barns on Massachusetts Agricultural College campus.…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, UMASS, Agriculture, Farms, Barns
College boarding house
Boarding house at Massachusetts Agricultural College.…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS
Botanic Museum
The Botanic Museum was completed in December of 1867 and destroyed by fire in 1967.…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS
College Hall at Mass. Aggie
Built in 1869, this structure housed the chemistry lab, a chapel, and a military hall and armory. It burned in September of…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS
Old South College
South College, used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building which had not…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1860s, UMASS
Agricultural College campus
View of the Massachusetts Agricultural campus from the top of a grassy hill.
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Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1870s, UMASS
Durfee Plant House and fountain
Exterior view showing two men standing and water fountain. …
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS
Durfee Plant House and campus
General view of Agricultural College grounds with cultivated field containing young plants in foreground. …
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS, Agriculture
Night blooming cereus
Epiphyllum Hookeri (night-blooming cactus) photographed with magnesium light.
"There were parties to watch the rare night-blooming cereus unfold. It was not so uncommon in Amherst as in other places because of the Agricultural College. I recall…
Tags: 1870s, UMASS, Agriculture, Social life
Durfee Plant House interior
Plants and trees inside Durfee Plant House. …
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1880s, UMASS, Agriculture