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Jones Library with stagecoach in front
Jones Library in the background with the stagecoach in the foreground. The stagecoach, owned by the Amherst Historical Society, was stored at the library for many years.
Jones Library's first public computer
Color photograph of the Apple Iie, the first public computer in the Jones Library.
Judy Lincoln in the Children's Room of the Jones Library
Judy Lincoln in the Children's Room of the Jones Library before the new 1990's addition.
Lavinia Dickinson with cat
View of a middle-aged, smiling Lavinia Dickinson standing outside on the homestead porch holding one of her many cats.
Marsh House being relocated in 1989
Mar 23, 1989, moving #109 Main St. to new site enar the rail road opposite Sweetser park. Police Chief D m Maia in black hat. Masonic Hall, Town Hall in background.
Munson Memorial Library through church window
Munson Memorial Library is seen here through the north window of the Amherst South Congregational Church.
North Amherst Library
Turn of the century view of the library. The building is a small, clapboard Queen Anne style structure and was designed by Roswell F. Putnam of Leverett. Montague Road and Sunderland Road are dirt.
Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…
Caption on back: "North Amherst Library, built…
Public Service desk at The Jones Library
A woman talking to a man behind the Public Service desk at The Jones Library
Rear of East Wing of Jones Library
View of rear of the east wing of Jones Library
Rear of the Jones Library
Rear face of the library before the Kinsey Memorial Garden was created, taken in 1994
Returning library books fine free
A patron returning a lot of books without being charged fines. Information on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Wed., Dec. 14, 1977, p. 6 Amherst Record, Sun., April 8, 1973, p.6 "Stealthily He Creeps - This fine old picture of a delinquent library…
Robert Frost with Charles R. Green
Charles R. Green showing Robert Frost a book in the Frost Room at the Jones Library.
Sidewalk on South Pleasant Street
Construction of a sidewalk along South Pleasant Street at a time when Amherst residents used a horse and carriage or the trolley to get to town.
South Amherst Fourth of July Parade
Photograph of the South Amherst Fourth of July parade with a girl riding a horse holding a American flag and wearing an eagle as a hat. Other costumed children are in the background
Sue Hugus at Jones Library
Sue Hugus, a Jones Library employee, at the Adult Circulation Desk. Information on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Sept. 14, p. 7", "Sue Hugus - Jones Library employee at Adult Circulation Desk", " Article: "Check it out………the Jones Library"