View west on Main Street in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
View west on Main Street toward the center of town from about where the Dickinson Homestead is. Trees, hedges, and fences line the dirt sidewalks, and the road is unpaved and rutted.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1889
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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
Sidewalk and Dickinson houses in Amherst
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
View of Main Street looking east, showing the William Austin Dickinson house and the Emily Dickinson house. People are standing on the sidewalk. This image shows the area near the current Sweetser Park.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1870
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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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Palmer Block in Amherst
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
This business block is called Palmer Block and is where Emily Dickinson's father and brother operated their law firm. Written on verso: "C.J.W. from Mother Dec. 25, 1875."
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1875
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Old village church meetinghouse
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
This building is the third meetinghouse constructed by the First Congregational Church of Amherst. First Church removed the east portico of this building in 1861, as shown in this photograph. Amherst College bought this building in 1867, and renamed it College Hall. The east portico was restored by the College in 1905. The building still stands at the corner of South Pleasant Street and Northampton Road. Emily Dickinson and her family went to church here.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1861
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Old village church meetinghouse
Stereographs
Amherst (Mass.)
This building is the third meetinghouse constructed by the First Congregational Church of Amherst. First Church removed the east portico of this building in 1861, as shown in this photograph. Amherst College bought this building in 1867, and renamed it College Hall. The east portico was restored by the College in 1905. The building still stands at the corner of South Pleasant Street and Northampton Road. Emily Dickinson and her family went to church here.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1867
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Obituary of Emily Dickinson
Obituaries
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Amherst (Mass.)
Newspaper clipping of the obituary of Emily Dickinson written by Susan Dickinson and published in the Springfield Republican (May 18, 1886) and the Amherst Record (May 19, 1886).
Dickinson, Susan Huntington, 1830-1913.
Jones Library Special Collections
1886-05-18
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Newspapers
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Main Street in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
View east down the middle of Main Street with the First Congregational Church on the right and a section of one of the Dickinson houses on the left.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
After 1868
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Lithograph of the Emily Dickinson Homestead, 1856
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Amherst (Mass.)
Lithograph of the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street shortly after the Homestead was reacquired by Edward Dickinson.
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
View of Amherst, Mass [map], published between 1855 and 1857
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1856
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Lithograph of Amherst, 1857
Amherst (Mass.) -- Aerial views
Amherst (Mass.)
Birds-eye-view lithograph of Amherst. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Published by John B. Bachelder between 1855 and 1857.
Includes insets: Residence of Prof. Edward Hitchcock, Residence of L.S. Sweetser, esq.; Residence of Hon. Edward Dickinson; Residence of Prof. W.S. Clark; Mount Pleasant Institute; Amherst College.
Original lithograph in the Emily Dickinson Exhibit, Jones Library Special Collections.
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1857
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Field Building in Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
This building stood at the corner of Amity and North Pleasant Street. Samuel K. Orr remodeled it as a modern drug store and opened his shop there in 1859. According to the Springfield Republican (October 22, 1864 edition, page 8) William F. Gunn bought the building at auction for $3,000. He remodeled it and opened it as a hotel. In this photograph, there are several men standing with a horse and carriage in front of Orr's shop. Some of the men are listed as: Austin Dickinson by rear wheel; Capt. Mark Dickinson holding horse, Dr. Smith (Benjamin F.?) in carriage.
Lovell, John L., 1825-1903
Jones Library Special Collections
1859
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Evergreens in winter
Dwellings -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
Amherst (Mass.)
View of the William Austin Dickinson house from across Main Street and with snow on the ground.
Prouty, Charles
Page from Charles Prouty photograph album.
Jones Library Special Collections
1867
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Charles Prouty photograph album
Drawing of Emily Dickinson
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Drawing
Art
Amherst (Mass.)
Interpretive drawing of Emily Dickinson done in pen, ink, and ink wash by local artist Scott Prior.
Prior, Scott, 1949-
Jones Library Special Collections
1976
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Drawings
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