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Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke
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…
Tags: 1830s, Panoramic views, Amherst Academy, Holyoke Range
Letter from Amherst Academy student
N. Carpenter
Amherst, MA
Miss Susan Remis
Dudley, Mass
Amherst July 15, 1822
Dear Susan-
With evry sentiment of
respect and gratitude, I resume the pen of affection
to consecrate a woman to the pleasuring employment
of…
Amherst Academy and Parsons House
View of Amity Street and Amherst Academy building. 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…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1850s, Schools, Amherst Academy
Program for Amherst Academy exhibition
Program for an exhibition of music and oration in Greek, Latin, and English at the Amherst Academy. Noah Webster is listed as the speaker giving the opening…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, 1820s, Amherst Academy
South College close-up
South College flanked by Johnson Chapel and Appleton Cabinet. From Handbook of Amherst by Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1894: [South College] is the oldest building on the college grounds, originally containing both recitation and living rooms. Its…
Amherst Academy catalog
The catalog includes lists of trustees, teachers, and students. Also includes lists of textbooks and general information about the…
Tags: Teaching and Learning, 1840s, Schools, Amherst Academy