Trade card distributed by the Amherst pharmacy W. H. H. Morgan around the turn of the century. The illustration is an image of a group of young women being instructed in home economics. On the back is printed the price, the list of colors, and other…

Advertising card for the business of F. H. Howe, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian…

Trade card distributed by H. B. Edwards & Co., a clothing store that operated in Merchants' Row from the 1880's to about 1915. The store specialized in ladies' fine…

The Amherst House Block stood at the corner of South Pleasant and Amity Streets. The Amherst House Hotel was in operation on the upper levels and a number of businesses were located at the street level. Note the Jones Library signs on the second…

Almanac "containing matters of local interest, local business announcements...also some pages of miscellaneous reading." Includes a chronology of notable events (both local and national) for 1876, marriages and deaths for the year, statistics of…

Article from a Springfield newspaper about the journey to retrieve the body of Walter Mason Dickinson after his death in Cuba during the Spanish-American…

Charles A. Eastman, in a white linen summer suit, at Lodestone on Belchertown Road in Amherst. The Eastman family lived at this location from 1911 to 1919. Eastman authored most of his published books during the family's time in…

Bee visiting clump of blooming crocus in the yard at 48 Gray Street.…

This is the area behind the commercial blocks on the north side of upper Main Street. The College Candy Kitchen was located in the Nash Block before the fire in February of 1928 destroyed the building. The Candy Kitchen temporarily operated out of…

Colored map included in the geological survey completed by Edward Hitchcock showing the mineral deposits in the state of…

Article about the history of the dwelling that was locally known as the "Doctors' House" on Amity Street in reference to the succession of doctors who had lived and practiced there over the years. A number of doctors are described, particularly Dr.…

Lengthy article describing Noah Webster's life in Amherst including a description of his property and house, what he grew in his garden, the process he used to write his famous dictionary, what Amherst and the Town Common looked like at the time, and…

Article from the Springfield Republican describing the houses that once stood around the Town Common and at other areas near the center of…

Looking south from the columns of Mount Pleasant Institute across open landscape toward Amherst center. Amherst College, Amherst Academy, and the Village Church are visible and the Holyoke Range rises in the background.

This plate is an…

To the Rev. Parsons and delegates from the several churches of
Northampton, Hatfield, Southampton, Williamsburgh, Whately &
Westhampton in council assembled at Amherst on Monday
the 30th day of Septr A.D. 1782
Gentlemen
In as much as it has been…