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  • Tags: Muses

francis_arms_behind_head.jpg
Upper body shot of Robert Francis in a suit and tie, wearing glasses, and with his arms behind his head.

WadsworthSermon.pdf
This sermon was preached at the beginning of the Civil War by Charles Wadsworth, a minister proclaimed by Emily Dickinson to be "My Shepherd from 'Little Girl'hood'." Dickinson had heard him preach at the Arch Street Presbyterian Church in…

Studio_John_L_Lovell.jpg
Office and studio where John L. Lovell operated his photography business in Amherst, Mass.

frost_and_green.jpg
Photograph of Robert Frost and Charles R. Green, the first Director of the Jones Library, in the Library's Frost Room, which was dedicated in October of 1959.This room later became the Trustees' Room, and after that, the Goodwin Memorial Room.

Francis_and_Lyman.jpg
Poet Robert Francis is interviewed by NPR's Poems to a Listener host and producer Henry Lyman, at Fort Juniper, Francis' home in Amherst.

francis_in_doorway.jpg
Photograph of Robert Francis in the doorway of Fort Juniper, the small house he built in North Amherst, leaning with one hand on the outside wall.

francis_with_books.jpg
Photograph of Robert Francis spending some time thinking at Fort Juniper.

RobertFrancis1-96.mp3
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poems "Hay Heaviness", "Dwight", and "The Gypsy Moth Man".

RobertFrancis2-96.mp3
Sound recording of Robert Francis reciting his poem "Pumpkin Man."

Baker_and_apple_tree.jpg
Ray Stannard Baker harvesting apples (or quince) from one of the fruit trees on his property in Amherst.

Ray_Stannard_Baker.jpg
Portrait of Ray Stannard Baker, American author, who also wrote under the pen name of David Grayson.

Photography equipment.jpg
Camera and equipment used in the photography business of John L. Lovell.

Obit.pdf
Newspaper clipping of the obituary of Emily Dickinson written by Susan Dickinson and published in the Springfield Republican (May 18, 1886) and the Amherst Record (May 19, 1886).

WebsterClipping.jpg
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…

homestead_lithograph-1856.jpg
Lithograph of the Dickinson Homestead on Main Street shortly after the Homestead was reacquired by Edward Dickinson.
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