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  • Collection: Jones Library Collection

jones_library_newspaper_room.jpg
Newspaper room in Jones Library, prior to 1968

jones_library_renovation.jpg
Construction on the addition to The Jones Library in the early 1990's.

jones_library_19271203_under_construction.jpg
Jones Library under construction with a car parked in front and Mr. Dolan, the architect standing in front. The caption on the reverse reads, "Taken from the south side of Amity street looking North. Mr. Dolan (French Canadian) foreman, standing in…

JL_before_Peoples_Bank.jpg
The front of Jones Library in the background, with the parking lot across the street in the foreground

Stagecoach_b&w.jpg
Jones Library in the background with the stagecoach in the foreground. The stagecoach, owned by the Amherst Historical Society, was stored at the library for many years.

jones_library_public_computer_1989.jpg
Color photograph of the Apple Iie, the first public computer in the Jones Library.

Kids Room Before 1990s Addition.jpg
Judy Lincoln in the Children's Room of the Jones Library before the new 1990's addition.

Karen Osborn.jpg
Local author Karen Osborn poses with her book, The Music Book

jones_library_kid_and_christmas_tree.jpg
Child walking by the decorated Christmas tree in the Children's Room at the Jones Library. The bronze man sculpture is visible in the background.

Kitty Florey.jpg
Local author Kitty Florey poses outside the Jones Library with a copy of her book, Amity Street.

Lawrence Douglas.jpg
Lawrence Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, holding his book, Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown. He is the author of the novels The Vices and The Catastrophist in…

Leslie Cerier.jpg
Local author Leslie Cerier poses with her books, The Organic Gourmet, Going Wild in the Kitchen, Sea Vegetable Celebrations, and Gluten-free Recipes for the Conscious Cook.

Lewis and Caden Mainzer.jpg
Local author Lewis Mainzer poses with his wife, Caden, while holding a copy of his book, West Cemetery, Amherst: Poems.

like no other library is the jones memorial at amherst.pdf
An article on the Jones Library from the Boston Sunday Globe published on December 16, 1928, shortly after the library opened its new building.

Lisa Lieberman.jpg
Local author Lisa Lieberman poses with a copy of her book, All the Wrong Places.
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