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A pencil sketch of the contents page with the word: "CONTENTS: written in the center of the page surrounded by a sketched design.

A drawing of an inside of the house centered around a blazing hearth with a kettle hanging in it. Two chairs, a bench, a table, and a crib are standing near the hearth with another chair and a cabinet filled with plates against the wall on the right.…

The design of the book cover and spine of Clifton Johnson's The Country School. Features a sunrise with rays spreading out from the background, birds flying, and a well sweep in the foreground. The whole is surrounded by a decorative frame. The title…

Image of Amherst High School marching band, closeup shown of girl playing a baritone horn beside a boy in glasses standing and cradling a trombone, other students are a part of the formation both playing and not, all are on an Amherst downtown street…

A woman stands on a road looking towards the camera with a corn field behind a wooden fence on the left and trees and bushes growing on the right of the road. A bell-tower is visible in the middleground with some farm buildings visible around and…

Two white men meet on a road, one facing away from the camera and the other, sitting on a horse, facing the camera. They both have sacks with them, one on the horse, the other over his shoulder.

Two white women wearing white dresses and bonnets face each other in a shade of a building. A boy stands next to one of the women and trees fill the background.

Two white men looking at each other, one standing on a side of a dirt road looking to the right at a man sitting wooden fence running along the road. Trees fill in the background.

An white older woman sits on the steps of a house with the door open behind her and a boy stands near her with a sack swung over his shoulder.

A black girl walks on a dirt path towards two boys talking to each other near a small, wooden building surrounded by bare shrubs and some plants. Trees fill in the background. Caption reads: "Negro children and their schoolhouse. Such buildings for…

A group of five black boys, four standing and one sitting, paddle a boat. Two are looking at the camera, one holds a large glass bottle, and two hold paddles. Boats are moored in the background near houses.

"A sermon preached in the Village Church, before the College and the united Congregations of the town of Amherst, Mass., on the National Fast Day, Thursday, September 26, 1861."

Sermon preached by Rev. William A. Stearns, president of Amherst…

A house boat resting on land near a river. Some trees grow behind it. A truss bridge crosses the river in the background.

A black girl stands in the open gate next to two younger children while a boy rests his hand on the gate facing them. A wooden fence extends on both sides and the roof of a wooden building is on the right. Caption: "Four neighbros, three of whom are…

A coastal area overgrown with wild grass. A man stands near a boat while another man is walking away from the camera. Two more boats are moored further up and a steamship is in the background. A round building stands on the right.