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Chinese ambassador in his Amherst home finds every hour filled
Newspaper article glued to a scrapbook page. The article describes the history of the relationship of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng to the town and the people of Amherst. Cheng came to the United States about 1875 (at the age of 12) as part of the Chinese…
Amherst College Dining Commons
Purchased by Amherst College in 1892, the Boltwood House was remodeled as a student dining hall and renamed Hitchcock Hall. It was razed in 1916 for the construction of Converse Memorial Library, now Converse…
Memorial Hill
Looking up Memorial Hill from the sidewalk on the left with Seeleye G. Mudd building and Merrill Science Center visible on rim of slope at…
North College
Originally called Middle College until North College burned in 1857. Built by Hiram Johnson, an Amherst brick mason..…
Sellen House
A beautiful, large house with a group of men (fraternity members?) standing in front. Written on the back of photograph, "George Cook's girls school, Madam Barron music teacher; probably built by Dr. Sellon (William F.); bought for fraternity in 1874…