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Food and Feasts program at Jones Library
French cooking expert Charlotte Turgeon demonstrates cooking with chocolate.
Internet station at Jones Library
Early internet station in the Jones Library Reference Department.
Jones Library front hallway
This is the front hallway of the Jones Library before the renovation in the early 1990s.
Jones Library Burnett Gallery
The Burnett Gallery in the 1928 Jones Library before the renovation in the early 1990s.
Curator Dan Lombardo in Jones Library Special Collections
Former Curator of Special Collections, Dan Lombardo, peruses a large map.
Aaron Lansky and Becky Lockwood at the 2015 Samuel Minot Jones Awards for Literary Achievement
Aaron Lansky and Becky Sheridan Lockwood at the 2015 Sammys Awards held at the National Yiddish Book Center.
Card Catalog Fundraiser at the Jones Library
In 2002 the Jones Library completely transferred from the card catalog to a digital system. Cards from the card catalog were signed by authors and illustrators and then sold to raise money for the library. Here patrons are picking out what cards to…
Story Hour in the Amherst House
While the Jones Library was housed at the Amherst House these children enjoyed story hour.
Tally board from the Jones Library inventory, January 1977
Daily tally board, in the periodical lounge, during the January 1977 inventory of the Jones Library
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker in front of the Jones Library in 1935
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker stand in front of the Jones Library in 1935. A placard listing upcoming events is partially visible behind Baker.
Ray Stannard Baker at desk
Ray Stannard Baker working at his desk in the Jones Library in 1941
Ray Stannard Baker in front of the Jones Library
Charles Green, Paul Harris, and Ray Stannard Baker stand in front of the Jones Library in 1935
Amherst House Block in the 1920's
The Amherst House Block stood at the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets. The Amherst House Hotel was in operation on the upper levels and a number of businesses were located on the street level. Note the Jones Library signs on the second…
To demolish "Doctors' House" at Amherst
Article about the history of the dwelling that was locally known as the "Doctors' House" on Amity Street in reference to the succession of doctors who had lived and practiced there over the years. A number of doctors are described, particularly Dr.…
Amherst Academy and Parsons House
View of Amity Street and Amherst Academy building, where Emily Dickinson went to school. The Academy building is three and one-half stories and federal style. The building was razed in 1868. Rev. David Parsons House is on the right. The Jones Library…