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A view of a shore of Lake Champlain framed by two birch trees. A lighthouse stands in the background on the right.

Newspaper article glued to a scrapbook page. The article describes the history of the relationship of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng to the town and the people of Amherst. Cheng came to the United States about 1875 (at the age of 12) as part of the Chinese…

A bearded white man chops wood while a boy stands next to him. A wooden house with a stone chimney is behind them with bare trees on the left.

Group portrait of men and women in historic costumes and musicians with instruments. Backdrop appears to be an Amherst College building.

A view of a church as seen across a street. It is a brick two story building with a bell tower in the front and there is a fence in front of it.

Robert Francis handmade Christmas cards for his friends. This one was written to Dorothy and includes a personal note about his former neighbor, Frank Adamites, naming his son after Francis.

A boy and a girl, identified as Arthur and Margaret Johnson, enjoying a Christmas morning. The boy sits on the floor playing with a train and she is standing by Christmas socks filled with toys, holding a doll. A broom rests against the wall with a…

A girl and a boy, identified as Margaret and Irving Johnson, in a room. She is kneeling on the ground and he is standing in front of both holding on to something. Some toys lie on the floor by a bay window with a plant hanging by the window. A…

Local author Christopher Benfey poses in front of Emily Dickinson's gravesite while holding copies of his books, The Great Wave, A Summer of Hummingbirds, and Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay.

Looking down Middle Street at the church in Hadley.

Pen and ink illustration of a church among a stone wall and some trees.

A view of a stone church with a tower and cemetery in front.

A woman sitting on a bench in a kitchen facing the camera and churning butter. An umbrella stands in the corner and three brass candlesticks are on a shelf at the top of the photograph.

A white woman standing in a room churning butter. There is a stove on the right and a table with two small pails and a cup.

A black woman sits on a rocking chair on a porch holding a wooden stick in front of her, churning. A man stands behind, leaning against the wall of the building and looking towards the camera.