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A pencil sketch of the title page of A New England Year by Clifton Johnson with the author's name, title, publisher information, and a small drawing of a pine cone.

A pencil sketch of a hearth on the bottom right of the page and a quote on top left reading: "Heap the yule fagots high, Till the red light fills the room! It is home's own hour when the stormy sky Grows thick with evening gloom."

A sketch draft of the cover of a chapter page with stylized "February" written on the bottom right and a framed image to the left.

A sketch of a chapter with the word "February" written in capital letters on top and pencils marks symbolizing lines of text.

A sketch of the epigraph page featuring a quote Ralph Waldo Emerson's The Snow-Storm: "Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and driving o'ver the fields, seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river…

A pencil sketch of the copyright page of A New England Year. The words: "copyright 1894 by Clifton Johnson" appear in the center.

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.