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MtHolyokeSemCat.pdf
This 16-page catalog lists trustees, teachers and pupils at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary for the year that Emily Dickinson attended, describing the course of study, entrance requirements, books used, vacations, Sabbath requirements, etc.

CushmanSchool.jpg
Photograph of the class of Ella L. Roberts (standing in back) posed in front of the elementary school in Cushman.

OakGroveBrochure.pdf
Brochure with information about this Amherst school detailing policies and board and tuition terms.

SPC58.jpg
View of the small brick school house in South Amherst, which later became the East Street Alternative High School, part of the Amherst Regional School system.

SPC57.jpg
Brick schoolhouse in North Amherst which became the Amherst Survival Center.

SPC55KelloggAveSchool.jpg
Brick school house on Kellogg Avenue.

AmherstBoysClubCleanupDay.jpg
Members of the Amherst Boys Club working on a project on Cleanup Day. Boys are at work shoveling dirt near a parked a two-horse cart filled with dirt. Kellogg Avenue School is in the background.

Terrace Home School on South Prospect.jpg
View of the school which came to be called the Terrace Home School on South Prospect Street. It was run for many years by Josephine Herrick and was a school for children with special needs. Instruction was given in instrumental and vocal music,…

Am_Acad.jpg
View of Amity Street and Amherst Academy building, where Emily Dickinson went to school. 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 right. The Jones Library…

Am_Acad_broadside2.jpg
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 oration.

Mount_Pleasant_Classical_Institution.jpg
This institution offered boys a classical education and was a well-known school throughout the Connecticut Valley and beyond in the 1830s. The school closed around 1836 and remained empty for awhile. The wings were removed to other areas of town. One…

lov1087.jpg
This Amherst High School building was located on Spring Street in Amherst from 1867 to 1916.

lov1044.jpg
Group portrait of a class on the steps of a school. Jennie L. Cowles taught at First Intermediate School in Amherst for many years after graduating from Amherst High School in 1871; she stopped teaching in 1885. Students listed on verso of photograph…

lov1043.jpg
Group portrait of young women with two men and one child. Some of the women are holding books. This could be a young ladies school or a summer school.

lov1042.jpg
View of a group of young children sitting in chairs outside a house. There are a few older children standing and a couple of women. This is possibly a kindergarten or Sunday-school class.
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