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Image of young girl sitting in Amherst house holding a book and looking at camera.

A woman looking at cards in an open card catalog drawer

Local poet Willie Wheeler poses with a copy of his book, Words and Pictures.

Local author Wally Swist poses with Tevis Kimball in the Jones Library's David Chapin Kinsey Memorial Garden.

Local author Tulip Chowdhury poses with copies of her books: Skirts and Saris: Journal Pages; April; Visible, Invisible, and Beyond: A Novel; and Stars in the Sky.

Local authors Ted Rau and Jerry Koch-Gonzalez pose with copies of their books, Many Voices One Song and Muchas Voces Una Canción.

Daily tally board, in the periodical lounge, during the January 1977 inventory of the Jones Library

Sue Hugus, a Jones Library employee, at the Adult Circulation Desk. Information on reverse reads, "Amherst Record, Sept. 14, p. 7", "Sue Hugus - Jones Library employee at Adult Circulation Desk", " Article: "Check it out………the Jones Library"

While the Jones Library was housed at the Amherst House these children enjoyed story hour.

Local authors Sonia Nieto, Patty Bode, and Alicia Lopez pose together with copies of their books: Brooklyn Dreams: My Life in Public Education by Sonia Nieto, Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education by Sonia Nieto…

Local author Shelley Rotner poses with copies of her books, Shades of People and Colors.

View of the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets after the fire of December 9, 1926. The ruins of the Amherst House are visible, as well as the east side of the Amherst Cinema building. The Jones Library was operating on the second floor of the…

Robert Fessenden, a volunteer at Jones Library, stands by a cart of books in the Library hallway. Caption on reverse reads, "Robert Fessenden Volunteer for many years at the library"

Local playwright Richard Ballon poses with a copy of his book, enough of a little to know the all, in his community garden in Florence, Massachusetts.

Local author Rich Michelson poses with copies of his books, Fascinating: the Life of Leonard Nimoy and As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom, in front of the Jones Library.