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The ballot from the 7 March 1938 Amherst Town Election. It lists various town positions as well as the question about Amherst moving from open to limited town meetings by the change to representative town government.

Address by Amherst native, and United States Attorney General, Harlan Fiske Stone to the League of Republican Women in Washington, D.C. The topic of the talk is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

"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 view of a large elm tree, purported to be twenty-seven feet in circumference, with two houses behind it.

This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from New York, the map displays geographical…

Dr. Charles A. Eastman's 1904-1905 Lecture circuit series pamphlet. Includes information about Eastman and a page of testimonials.

Will of Nathaniel Smith, one of the early settlers of Amherst. He was the first physician to practice in Amherst. He was also a farmer. In this, his last will and testament, he leaves money to his wife and daughter, both named Rebekah, and some to…

Deed from Ichabod Smith of Hadley to Nathaniel Smith, his son, conveying parcel of land in the second division of the Third Precinct (now Amherst).

Deed from Ichabod Smith of Hadley to Nathaniel Smith, his son, conveying parcel in the third division of the Third Precinct (now Amherst).

Amherst poet Robert Francis reads his poem, Two Women, and then discusses the different ways the last line could be read.

Compiled video clips from the raw footage taken during the filming of the 1979 documentary "Robert Francis Through the Looking Glass" shows Robert Francis walking into The Jones Library, reading a newspaper, selecting a book, and visiting the Robert…

Photograph of the South Amherst Fourth of July parade with a girl riding a horse holding a American flag and wearing an eagle as a hat. Other costumed children are in the background

Close-up colorized view of the North Amherst Library, with electric (?) poles in front and two buggies in back. On verso, a listing of the open hours for the library has been printed under the words, "The North Amherst Library and The Jones Library…

Image of Amherst Town Hall with Movie sign on front. Street view angled toward Main St. showing parked cars, trolley lines, and trees.

Postcard showing Merchants' Row and nearby parked cars. Image of a full business block, cars, traffic indicator and edge of town common.