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Deed of Hadley Third Precinct, June 25, 1747
Deed from Ebenezer Kellogg of Hadley to Nathaniel Smith of Hadley conveying tract of land in the second division of the Third Precinct (now Amherst).
View west from Mount Pleasant
View toward the west from the top of Mount Pleasant, looking out over an orchard.
Procession of Civil War veterans
Procession of Civil War veterans marching north on South Pleasant Street. They are preceded by a band and marshall and followed by a group of women or children and a group of carriages pulled by horses. This is probably a Memorial Day event which…
Civil War veterans on Amherst Town Common
Civil War veterans standing at attention on the east side of the Town Common. This is probably a Memorial Day event which followed a similar program for many years: speeches in the schools, speeches at various locations in area towns where the local…
Robert Francis in hat
Photograph of poet Robert Francis in a suit and jacket, wearing a tie
Amateur Rocketeer Club, July 16, 1969
Dow Holden and Raymond Cicia, members of a club of amateur rocketeers in East Amherst, ignite a solid-fuel rocket from a launch pad near Dow's home on Main St in Amherst.
Amherst Common Market, July 10, 1976
Photograph of two women looking at vegetables at the Amherst Common Market (now known as the Farmers' Market) in Amherst, Massachusetts
Street vendors on North Pleasant Street
Color photograph of vendors with food carts on the sidewalk near Unitarian Universalist Society. One vendor sells burritos and the other sells apples and juices.
Wading pool and crowd at War Memorial Recreation Area
Memorial Day activities at War Memorial Recreation Area. The wading pool is in the foreground and there are several groups of people in an open area by the building.
Aerial view of Amherst, March 1946
Aerial view of the center of Amherst, Massachusetts including Amity, Main, North Pleasant, and South Pleasant Streets. The Jones Library, Town Hall, West Cemetery, and Town Common are all visible.
Mrs. Barber in the John W. Burgess Room at The Jones Library
The John W. Burgess room in Jones Library, with Mrs. Barber in May 1969.
Winning entry from Sixth National Italic Handwriting Competition, 1968
The winning entry from the Sixth National Italic Handwriting Competition features "Watching Gymnasts," a poem by Robert Francis. Wendy Larson of Portland, Oregon won first prize.
Primary school on North Pleasant Street in Amherst
Amherst center district school that was probably attended by Emily Dickinson and her siblings.
Chi Psi lodge in Amherst
View of the Amherst College Chi Psi lodge on Northampton Road, built by the fraternity in 1885.
Aerial view of Amherst College and South Pleasant Street
Looking north from Johnson Chapel tower toward center of town and showing College Hall, Morgan Library, and the Amherst College President's House, as well as the south end of the Town Common.