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A man sits in a chair looking down at a box in his lap and holding a small bottle in his right hand. He is well lit but everything around him is dark and only a part of wallpaper and a poster hanging above him is visible.

A man standing in a field holding something in his left hand and picking up a piece on a wooden trap standing chest high on a wooden stick. Tall grass, shrubs and a tree surround him with a stone wall partly visible on the left.

Three white women sit in a boat, one of them sitting in the middle of the boat rowing, and the other two sitting on the end of the boat. A man is sitting in a second boat further from the shore. A boy stands on a wooden pier looking out at the two…

A view of a number of boats in a harbor with their reflections in the water. Some buildings and trees are by the water in the background.

A young white boy stands at the edge of a river looking down deep in thought. Bare trees line the edge of the river and fill in the background.

Image of Red Mill and Forge Mill. Shows building above a small waterfall, another on the lower right beside the waterfall, and a large tree on the lower left with man sitting beside it.

Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poems "Hay Heaviness", "Dwight", and "The Gypsy Moth Man".

Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poem "Pumpkin Man."

Record of town meeting held in Amherst in 1755, 20 years after the first meeting. Votes recorded are concerned with choosing officers, committees, raising money for wood for the minister, that the committee chosen to "seat the meetinghouse" make some…

Record of a precinct meeting held in a section of Hadley (now Amherst) in 1745, 10 years after the first meeting. Votes recorded are concerned with choosing officers, committees, highway work, wood for the minister, making payment for services, and…

View of a piano in an elegantly appointed reception room at the Amherst House.

Reception for Robert Francis at the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, weekend, Aug. 20, 1977, p.1 Reception for Robert Francis, Amherst poet, following presentation of a bust of Francis to the Jones Library by sculptor Anna…

Receipt written by David Parsons, Amherst's first minister, for payment of his salary in old tenor money by Jonathan Dickinson, one of the first Selectmen of Amherst and the treasurer at the time.

Three people moving a cart on the front steps of the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Sat., April 30th, 1977, p.4 Patsy Bischoff, the diminutive woman to the left, is helping unload a heavy slab to rebuild the patio in front…

A woman stands over a hole in the ground holding a rope and drawing water. A basin with a washboard inside. A wooden gate is next to her and connected stone buildings are on the right.