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Hudson Maxim and Gutzon Borglum
Hudson Maxim and Gutzon Borglum talking in a field, both with a raised hand pointing at something off the camera to the right. A mountain is faintly visible in the background.
Ruth Burgess visitor card of August Wilhelm
Visitor notecard of August Wilhelm
Hudson Maxim portrait
A portrait of Hudson Maxim in left half-profile.
On horseback on Lake Hopatcong
Hudson Maxim on horseback with him and the horse both looking at the camera. Trees grow behind him and a house is partly visible through bare branches on the right.
Playing the "war game" he invented
Hudson and Lilian Hudson sitting at a chess table playing a game he invented. There is a fireplace behind them with a mirror and a photograph of Hudson.
Letter from Amherst College student to his sister
Chatty letter describing the setting in the dorm room, the "Millerites" (Adventists) in Amherst, textbooks being used, etc.
Letter from Amherst College student to his sister
A letter from Amherst College student Abel Packard, to sister Lucy, about Fourth of July activities around Amherst, and other details about life as a student at the college.
Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in Amherst
Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in 1860 drawn by Samuel K. Orr. View looking west.
"He's only man from Wilds and is not Noted Author" News Clipping
News Clipping about David Grayson's Denver Imposter
Petition for the name of Amherst
This is a letter of petition to Thomas Pownall, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts. John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson propose that the new town that is separating from Hadley should be named after Baron Jeffery Amherst.
Town Common postcard with trolley
Color postcard showing trolley beside town common. Image showing single trolley with passengers passing by tree lined town common.
Amherst Postcard, Canoeing Jan. 1918
Color postcard showing two men canoeing, postcard text reads: Greetings from Amherst, Mass. Image shows river, and riverbank flanked by trees and sunrise or sunset shows in sky at background.
Amherst Center Postcard
Color postcard view from town common to Amherst House, corner of S. Pleasant and Amity St. Image shows two trolley's, the Amherst House, wagons, store awnings, as well as trees with some foliage.
Attractions of Amherst brochure
This 24-page brochure describes Amherst during Emily Dickinson's lifetime including the landscape, highlights of Amherst College, changes to Kellogg Block, and businesses in Amherst center. There is a good description of the merchandise sold in each…
Amherst Record Home Almanac
Almanac "containing matters of local interest, local business announcements...also some pages of miscellaneous reading." Includes a chronology of notable events (both local and national) for 1876, Amherst marriages and deaths for the year, statistics…