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Amherst poet Robert Francis discusses the influence of his parents on his own character and how the contrasting temperaments combined to make him a poet.

Amherst poet Robert Francis talks about the importance of the 1936 publication of his first book of poetry, Stand With Me Here.

Amherst poet Robert Francis responds to the question of whether he earns a living entirely from poetry.

Photograph of Robert Francis in the doorway of Fort Juniper, the small house he built in North Amherst, leaning with one hand on the outside wall.

Photograph of poet Robert Francis in a suit and jacket, wearing a tie

Photograph of Robert Francis spending some time thinking at Fort Juniper.

Amherst poet Robert Francis discusses his admiration for Robert Frost and how he is different from his friend.

Photograph of Robert Francis and family members sitting at a table outside under trellises. Francis' father Ebenezer F. Francis and stepmother Ida May Allen Francis are sitting across from Robert (fourth from left).

Robert Fessenden, a volunteer at Jones Library, stands by a cart of books in the Library hallway. Caption on reverse reads, "Robert Fessenden Volunteer for many years at the library"

A view of short, bare trees rising out of water in the foreground and gasses rising from fumarole on a mountain in the background.

A rock lined brook with a little waterfall farther up its run. Trees and shrubs grow around the whole scene.

Children stand along the road, in South Hadley, near where roads diverge to Amherst and Granby.

A road leading towards houses and a church. Two tall trees stand on the left in front of the church and a house with a wooden fence on the left.

A road stretching ahead of he camera. A house, partly obscured by tall grass and shrubs, is visible on the left in the middle ground and a house is visible in the background. Trees grow on either side of the road and a stone fence separates the road…

View down a road past a farmhouse on the left downhill and lined with fences and trees on the right uphill.