Amherst Academy and Parsons House
Schools
Amherst Academy (Amherst, Mass.)
View of Amity Street and Amherst Academy building, where Emily Dickinson went to school. The Academy building is three and one-half stories and federal style. The building was razed in 1868. Rev. David Parsons House is on the right. The Jones Library is now located directly across the street from the site where the school once stood.
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1868
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From Amherst College Collection
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Photographs
Folder: Amherst Academy
Amherst Record Home Almanac
Almanacs, American
Yearbooks
Calendars
Amherst (Mass.)
Almanac "containing matters of local interest, local business announcements...also some pages of miscellaneous reading." Includes a chronology of notable events (both local and national) for 1876, Amherst marriages and deaths for the year, statistics of marriages, births and deaths for each year between 1810 to 1819, and 1866 to 1875, population statistics for different years, information about town officers, clubs and organizations, churches, schools (including teachers and number of students). Calendar showing sun rise and set, and moon rise is printed along with quaint sayings, poetry, etiquette for different occasions, types of wedding anniversaries, toasts and sentiments, and other miscellanea. Interesting drawings appear on many pages.
McCloud, H. M. (Henry Martyn), b. 1838
Jones Library Special Collections
1877
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Books
Amherst Imprints 1877
Attractions of Amherst brochure
Landscape
Material culture
Amherst (Mass.)
This 24-page brochure describes Amherst during Emily Dickinson's lifetime including the landscape, highlights of Amherst College, changes to Kellogg Block, and businesses in Amherst center. There is a good description of the merchandise sold in each business. Businesses described include: Saxton, Samuel K. Orr, Hunt & Co., H. Burt & Co., Marsh & Son's Furniture and Coffin Warerooms, Dickinson & Wight, Leach Brothers and J. J. Vincent of Amherst Dental Rooms, Waite & Son, E. F. Cooke (Amherst House and Northampton stage), J. L. Lovell, J. A. Rawson, S. Holland & Son, Young Brothers Furniture and Coffin Warehouse, George L. Parker, Miss Mattie Hubbard (hat decorating supplies), T. W. Lavake, H. C. Piper, William Kellogg, and C. E. Hutchinson.
McCloud, Henry Martyn, b. 1838
Jones Library Special Collections
1871
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Is part of the Amherst Imprints Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
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Documents
Amherst Imprints 565
Catalog of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1847-48
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Curricula -- Periodicals
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Directories
Schools
South Hadley (Mass.)
This 16-page catalog lists trustees, teachers and pupils at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for the year that Emily Dickinson attended, describing the course of study, entrance requirements, books used, vacations, Sabbath requirements, etc.
Jones Library Special Collections
1847
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Documents
Amherst Imprints 279
Construction of First Congregational Church in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.
Prouty, Charles
Page from Charles Prouty photograph album
Jones Library Special Collectons
1867
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Photographs
Dickinson accounts at Cutler dry-goods store in Amherst
Account books
Dry-goods
Amherst (Mass.)
George Cutler & Co. account book page showing purchases by Edward Dickinson and William Austin Dickinson.
Cutler, George
Jones Library Special Collections
1875
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Manuscripts
Folder: Cutler, George & Co. -- Accounts
Dickinson Homestead
Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
Dickinson Family -- Amherst (Mass.)
Amherst (Mass.)
Photograph of the Dickinson Homestead.
Jones Library Special Collections
1925-06-01
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Photographs
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Drawing of Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Drawing
Art
Amherst (Mass.)
Interpretive drawing of Emily Dickinson done in pen, ink, and ink wash by local artist Scott Prior.
Prior, Scott, 1949-
Jones Library Special Collections
1976
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Is part of the Emily Dickinson Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
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Drawings
Evergreens in winter
Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
View of the William Austin Dickinson house from across Main Street and with snow on the ground.
Prouty, Charles
Page from Charles Prouty photograph album.
Jones Library Special Collections
1867
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Photographs
Charles Prouty photograph album
Field Building in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
This building stood at the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Street. Samuel K. Orr remodeled it as a modern drug store and opened his shop there in 1859. According to the Springfield Republican (October 22, 1864 edition, page 8) William F. Gunn bought the building at auction for $3,000. He remodeled it and opened it as a hotel. In this photograph, there are several men standing with a horse and carriage in front of Orr's shop. Some of the men are listed as: Austin Dickinson by rear wheel; Capt. Mark Dickinson holding horse, Dr. Smith (Benjamin F.?) in carriage.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
1859
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Photographs
LOV0360
Lithograph of Amherst, 1857
Amherst (Mass.) -- Aerial views
Amherst (Mass.)
Birds-eye-view lithograph of Amherst. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Published by John B. Bachelder between 1855 and 1857.
Includes insets: Residence of Prof. Edward Hitchcock, Residence of L.S. Sweetser, esq.; Residence of Hon. Edward Dickinson; Residence of Prof. W.S. Clark; Mount Pleasant Institute; Amherst College.
Original lithograph in the Emily Dickinson Exhibit, Jones Library Special Collections.
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1857
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Prints
Lithograph of the Emily Dickinson Homestead, 1856
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Amherst (Mass.)
Lithograph of the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street shortly after the Homestead was reacquired by Edward Dickinson.
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
View of Amherst, Mass [map], published between 1855 and 1857
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1856
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Prints
Main Street in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
View east down the middle of Main Street with the First Congregational Church on the right and a section of one of the Dickinson houses on the left.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
After 1868
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Photographs
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Obituary of Emily Dickinson
Obituaries
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Amherst (Mass.)
Newspaper clipping of the obituary of Emily Dickinson written by Susan Dickinson and published in the Springfield Republican (May 18, 1886) and the Amherst Record (May 19, 1886).
Dickinson, Susan Huntington, 1830-1913.
Jones Library Special Collections
1886-05-18
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Newspapers
Folder: Funeral
Old village church meetinghouse
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
This building is the third meetinghouse constructed by the First Congregational Church of Amherst. First Church removed the east portico of this building in 1861, as shown in this photograph. Amherst College bought this building in 1867, and renamed it College Hall. The east portico was restored by the College in 1905. The building still stands at the corner of South Pleasant Street and Northampton Road. Emily Dickinson and her family went to church here.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1867
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LOV1008