January 2015

Boltwood Historical and Genealogical Room, undated

This room was the first home of the Lucius M. Boltwood genealogical collection. It is now the front office of the Jones Library, and the genealogy materials are located in Special Collections.

(Originally posted January 1, 2015)

Jones Library renovation, circa 1992

This photograph was taken during the renovation of the Jones Library in 1992 and 1993. The ladder is propped near the current Young Adult section in the courtyard and the framing for the new Special Collections area is shown.

(Originally posted on January 8, 2015)

After Amherst House fire, 1926

This area view shows the ruins of the Amherst House (at that time the home of the Jones Library) after the fire of December 9th, 1926. Across the street sits the Pariseau Block and the Cosby house on land where the future Jones Library will be built.

“College boys formed a hand-to-hand brigade and conveyed many of the Library’s possessions out and into the nearby stores and fire station. As book-savers they were cool, systematic, and inestimably serviceable.” Jones Library in Amherst 1919-1969, Frank Prentice Rand, 1969

(Originally posted on January 15, 2015)

Jones Library in the Whipple house, 1926

The Jones Library trustees had purchased the Frank S. Whipple house on North Pleasant Street before the disastrous 1926 fire that destroyed the Amherst House (at that time the home of the Jones Library). The Whipple house stood approximately where the Central Fire Station now stands. The Library remained in the Whipple house for almost two years.

“It was only an old-fashioned farm house, heated by air-tight stoves. But with almost incredible celerity Green and the trustees appropriated six first-floor rooms, and before noon on the day following the fire salvaged books and furniture were being moved in. And the next morning the Library reopened for business.” Jones Library in Amherst 1919-1969, Frank Prentice Rand, 1969

(Originally posted on January 22, 2015)

Parking at the Jones Library, 1928

View of the east side of the Library and the First National Bank of Amherst with street parking for both cars and horses.

(Originally posted on January 29, 2015)