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A photograph taken in an auditorium during Town Meeting. A man stands at a podium on the stage, while another person stands at a podium on the floor, speaking to the seated assembly. Several people are sitting at tables flanking the speaker, and two…

Image of the Amherst Woman's Club,. A large group of women posed between pillars, all in hats and coats, some with fur coverings, for their 35th Anniversary,Oct 1 1928.

Books by local authors published by Amherst Writers and Artists sit on a table in the Special Collections Reading Room made by Amherst artist Sidney Waugh. Works displayed here include Peregrine, the journal of Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA), and…

Photograph and newspaper article detailing the history of the old Kellogg house on North East Street, the house that became the first long term post office in Amherst. The story includes interesting tidbits including a description of the murals that…

View of ruins of Amherst House, where Jones Library was housed

View west down Amity Street from the corner after the Blizzard of 1888 showing Frank P. Wood's Hotel and the houses on the right side where the Jones Library now sits. Large drifts of snow line the street.

Image of school exterior, building front, showing front door and steps with flag pole at right.

Exterior view of Amity Street school which stood on the site of the parking lot across from the Jones Library.

Portrait of second grade class, four rows of children, boys in button ups shirts and slacks, some with ties, girls in dresses, many with collars, and some wearing bows in their hair. Taken outdoors with some of the treeline behind.

Illustration of a man using a pitchfork. A road behind him follows a sloping hill to a town in the distance.

Illustration of a signpost with a rose to represent England.

A man and a woman (identified as Anna and Arthur Johnson) stand in the middle of a dirt road with a stone wall extending on the left and a wood and wire fence on the right. The road curves to the left in the middle ground and trees and shrubs grow on…

A farmer in the middle ground leading horses working in a field with trees faintly visible in the background.

A view of a winter landscape with two birch trees in the foreground on the left and town houses in the middle ground. Snow-covered fields stretch out behind them and mountains are faintly visible in the background.

An boat sits on the edge of a river, possibly an abandoned ferry landing. The river is seen on the left and trees and bushes dominate the background.