Construction of First Congregational Church in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.
Prouty, Charles
Page from Charles Prouty photograph album
Jones Library Special Collectons
1867
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The Christian Soldier, a sermon by Charles Wadsworth
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Sermons
This sermon was preached at the beginning of the Civil War by Charles Wadsworth, a minister proclaimed by Emily Dickinson to be "My Shepherd from 'Little Girl'hood'." Dickinson had heard him preach at the Arch Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia during a trip to Washington to visit her father, who was a congressman at the time. She and Lavinia (her sister) stayed for two weeks with the Coleman family (cousins) who attended the Arch Street Church where Wadsworth was minister. The Colemans mailed copies of his sermons to Dickinson in the years following.
Wadsworth, Charles, 1814-1882
Jones Library Special Collections
1861
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Call number: DICKINSON/Wadsworth
Amherst Academy and Parsons House
Schools
Amherst Academy (Amherst, Mass.)
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 is now located directly across the street from the site where the school once stood.
Jones Library Special Collections
Before 1868
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From Amherst College Collection
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Folder: Amherst Academy
Catalog of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1847-48
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Curricula -- Periodicals
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary -- Directories
Schools
South Hadley (Mass.)
This 16-page catalog lists trustees, teachers and pupils at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for the year that Emily Dickinson attended, describing the course of study, entrance requirements, books used, vacations, Sabbath requirements, etc.
Jones Library Special Collections
1847
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Is part of the Amherst Imprints Collection, Jones Library Special Collections
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Amherst Imprints 279
Dickinson Homestead
Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
Dickinson Family -- Amherst (Mass.)
Amherst (Mass.)
Photograph of the Dickinson Homestead.
Jones Library Special Collections
1925-06-01
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Folder: Dickinson Collection--Photographs--House
Portrait of Frazar Stearns in military uniform
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Stearns, Frazar Augustus, 1840-1862
Portrait of Frazar Stearns shortly before he was killed in the battle of Newbern. The photograph was for his parents (Amherst College President William A. Stearns and Rebecca Alden Frazar Stearns) as the signature underneath reads, "Your affec. son, Frazar A. Stearns."
Emily Dickinson wrote a letter to her Norcross cousins in which she states "brave Frazar, killed at Newbern...his big heart shot away by a 'minie ball.'"
Jones Library Special Collections
1862-03-01
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Folder: Stearns, Frazar A.