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View of several barns located in a field planted with rows of corn on the Massachusetts Agricultural College campus.

This building was erected in 1860, and was named for Dr. Benjamin Barrett, a large contributor to the fund for its construction. Amherst was the first College to introduce gymnastic exercise as a part of regular College work.

View of Barrett Gymnasium with students in front and landscaped with trees and lawn.

From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…

From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…

From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: "The Barrett Gymnasium, erected in 1860 at a cost of $10,000, was largely the means of developing the system of physical culture for which Amherst is justly famous. It was the first building…

Exterior view of Barrett Gymnasium.

A hazy view of Bear Mountain across a river. Trees grow on each shore with some obscuring the view in the foreground.

A boy, identified as Oscar Johnson, uses a long rod to beat the dust out of a carpet in the yard. A house, partly obscured by the hanging carpet, is behind it and some trees are visible on the left.

A brook running through a field with clumps of grass all around and a wooded area in the background.

A three-mast schooner with a small boat attached resting on calm waters. Mountains are visible in the background.

A row of homemade beehives, some made with planks of wood, some from hollowed out tree stumps. They are arranged on wooden benches with a tree in the center, a fence on the far side and a wooden roof over them. A top of a wooden building is visible…

View of a bee-keeping class posed outside on the grass. There are fruit trees in the background and a large container marked "Cowan's Rapid Extractor" next to the group. Cowan's Rapid Extractor is a device invented in England in 1875 for the quick…

Five beehive skeps, three covered with straw and two with blankets, one with a clay bowl on top while two have pot covers. Planks lead from ground level to the beehive and a hedge stands behind them.

Three straw beehives in front of wild shrubs.