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View looking down a stret with trolley tracks. A man stands in the foreground in the lower left corner. Farther back on the right side, a person begins to cross the street.

Two men stand and another person sits on the porch of the Frank N. Dickinson store in the center of North Amherst. A large tree stands in the center of the frame.

This photograph shows the front entranceway of the Jones Library. The back of the library (prior to the 1993 renovation) is visible through the archway.

Mar 23, 1989, moving #109 Main St. to new site enar the rail road opposite Sweetser park. Police Chief D m Maia in black hat. Masonic Hall, Town Hall in background.

Dr. Erastus Sargeant writes to Major General William Shepard describing being captured by Shays' Regulators as they attack and loot the town of Stockbridge. They are defeated during a final bloody encounter with government militia at Sheffield, MA on…

An organization chart showing the relationships between voters and town officials in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1939.

A letter to Robert Francis from Lloyd J. Reynolds,Professor of Art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, asking permission to use Francis' poem, "Watching Gymnasts," as part of the sixth National Italic Handwriting Competition.

Letter from the Rands (signed F.P.R. for Frank Prentice Rand) to Robert Francis sending Francis their best wishes before he travels to Italy.

Camera and equipment used in the photography business of John L. Lovell.

East end of Phoenix Row on Main Street in Amherst showing the building which housed the studio of John L. Lovell on the right. There is a horse and wagon in the street and a clock outside one of the shops.

Paper mill on the Mill River in North Amherst.

Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.

View of the William Austin Dickinson house from across Main Street and with snow on the ground.

Interpretive drawing of Emily Dickinson done in pen, ink, and ink wash by local artist Scott Prior.

A set of rules and regulations created to maintain order during town meeting, included as the first section of the 1902 Annual Report for the Town of Amherst