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A woman talking to a man behind the Public Service desk at The Jones Library

A large, two-story building with a spire stands on a hilltop surrounded by a fence. Several gravestones stand on the side and behind the building. A second building stands further back.

View of the first Amherst College President's House on South Pleasant Street after it was bought and renovated by Psi Upsilon fraternity in 1879.

This building, originally the residence of the first president of Amherst College, was erected on the south corner of Pleasant and Sellen Streets. It was purchased by the fraternity in 1879 and was sold in 1912, after the construction of the new…

A bearded white man, identified as either Professor Alvord of South Hadley or Grandpa Pease, stands in front of a house resting a leg against a wooden horse and looking at the camera. A two story wooden house is behind him and a wooden well is in…

A prairie schooner style wagon drawn by four horses. Two men are in the driver's seat and a third man is running toward the wagon. A wooden building with a porch is in the middle ground with the sign "SOUTHERN HOTEL" on top of the roof, and a second…

Still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets, the Prospect House is hardly recognizable. At a later date, more stories were added and it was covered with stucco. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel, The Village Inn, and The…

View of Prospect House on the summit of Mount Holyoke.

Program for an exhibition of music and oration in Greek, Latin, and English at the Amherst Academy. Noah Webster is listed as the speaker giving the opening oration.

Colorful selection of flowering plants being sold at the 2005 Amherst Farmers' Market.

A two story house with two chimneys and a balcony on the second floor. Trees surround the house. A wooden fence extends on the left next to the house and other buildings are partly visible in the background.

View of a classroom with benches as seating for students and a podium in front. The walls are filled with pictures and a large map. Richard Henry Mather was a professor of Greek language and literature at Amherst College from 1859 to 1890.

View of a classroom with benches as seating for students and a podium in front. The walls are filled with pictures and a large map. Richard Henry Mather was a professor of Greek language and literature at Amherst College from 1859 to 1890.

A man, identified as Professor Alvord, stands by the side of a house by an open woodshed holding a stick. A shirt hangs on a hook on the wall and there is a sawhorse on the grass before him.

A man sawing wood with one leg up on a piece of wood on the sawhorse. He is in front of a porch with the whole house shown.