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Child standing by an avocado plant at the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Sept. 26, 1973 Children's Room at the North Amherst Library is home to a flourishing avocado plant donated by Nanny Burack. This plant eventually made its way to…

Two women in a room with pottery equipment. Caption on reverse reads, "Arts and Crafts @ Jones Library."

Three people moving a cart on the front steps of the Jones Library. Caption on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Sat., April 30th, 1977, p.4 Patsy Bischoff, the diminutive woman to the left, is helping unload a heavy slab to rebuild the patio in front…

Mural done by Steve Hamilton. The mural is of a deer with some trees by a stream. The caption on the back reads, "Mural by Steve Hamilton wall removed in construction, Basement, west 9/21/92"

Robert Fessenden, a volunteer at Jones Library, stands by a cart of books in the Library hallway. Caption on reverse reads, "Robert Fessenden Volunteer for many years at the library"

Many children reading in the Children's Room at Jones Library

This group has come together to listen to Robert Francis read poetry on the lawn outside the Jones Library.

A woman looking at cards in an open card catalog drawer

Charles Green holding a stone for the Jones Library. The caption on the reverse reads, "Charles R. Green with a stone for Jones Library 1928"

Amherst poet Robert Francis describes his word count poems, in which each line of a poem has the same number of words.

Robert Francis discusses his writing process and states that it is one of revision. He considers a poem finished when he publishes it.

Amherst poet Robert Francis talks about the importance of the 1936 publication of his first book of poetry, Stand With Me Here.

John Musante and Bonnie Isman in the Woodbury Room of The Jones Library

The front of Jones Library in the background, with the parking lot across the street in the foreground

Front of Jones Library with planting work in progress. Slide caption reads, "4/77 Jones Library old planting removed"