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Morgan Library at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library after the 1882 addition was completed. The new addition included the librarian's office and a large book room in the rear.
Interior of Morgan Library at Amherst College
View showing a reading room in Morgan Library with a woodstove for heating.
Interior of Morgan Library at Amherst College
View showing a reading room in Morgan Library.
Lawrence Observatory at Amherst College
Side view showing the Lawrence Observatory. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Observatory consists of an octagonal tower, 50 feet high and 17 feet in diameter, with a revolving dome and a central pedestal supporting a…
Woods Cabinet and Lawrence Observatory at Amherst College
From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The building stands upon the site of the first meeting-house of the First Congregational Society The Cabinet and the Observatory were built in 1847 at a cost of $9000, which was raised by…
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House and College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street before the addition to the Library in 1882.
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House and College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street before the addition to the Library in 1882.
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House a partial view of College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street before the addition to the Library in 1882.
President's House and Morgan Library at Amherst College
View of the Amherst College President's House and Morgan Library with a fence along the walkway. This photograph was taken before the renovation of Morgan Library in 1882.
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House and College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street before the addition to the Library in 1882. This view is a winter scene with a covering of snow on the ground.
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House and College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street after the addition to the Library in 1882.
President's House and Morgan Library at Amherst College
Close-up of the President's House with a white picket fence in front and a portion of Morgan Library visible to the right.
President's House, Morgan Library, and College Hall at Amherst College
View of Morgan Library, the Amherst College President's House and College Hall on the west side of South Pleasant Street after the addition to the Library in 1882.
Walker Hall at Amherst College
This is the original building constructed in 1868-1870 through gifts of money by William J. Walker and others. It was built to house the departments of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Natural Philosophy, and included a valuable collection of minerals…
Mathematics room in Walker Hall at Amherst College
View of a mathematics classroom in Walker Hall with student benches lined up in rows and facing the teacher's desk on a raised platform in front. There are blackboards with written calculations lining all visible walls.