Topographical map of Hampshire County, Massachusetts
subject: Hampshire County (Mass.) -- Maps Hampshire County (Mass.)
description: Map of the county of Hampshire, Massachusetts, based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state, the details from actual surveys under the direction of Henry F. Walling.
creator: Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888
source: H. & C.T. Smith & Co.
publisher: Courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
date: 1860
rights: Rights to this digital file held by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. Jones Library Special Collections owns a copy of this map.
language: English
type: Maps

Echo Hill South model home in Amherst
subject: Model houses; Land subdivision Amherst (Mass.)
description: One story model home typical of the Echo Hill South development in Amherst, Mass.
source: Donald A. Proulx, Echo Hill South Association
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1980
rights: Rights not held by the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Photographs

Echo Hill South pond in Amherst
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: View of the Echo Hill South pond surrounded by trees in fall color.
source: Donald A. Proulx, Echo Hill South Association
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1990
rights: Jones Library does not own rights.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Photographs

Map of Amherst, 1873
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: Section of the Beers' 1873 Hampshire County atlas showing much of Amherst including residences and landownership; businesses; cemeteries; schools; railroads. Includes inset of northern part of Amherst.
creator: Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.)
source: Amherst map, County atlas of Hampshire, Massachusetts. New York : F.W. Beers, 1873
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: 1873
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Maps

Petition for the name of Amherst
subject: Petitions Amherst (Mass.)
description: This is a letter of petition to Thomas Pownall, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts. John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson propose that the new town that is separating from Hadley should be named after Baron Jeffery Amherst.
creator: Nash, John; Ward, Isaac; Dickinson, Nehimieh
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: circa 1759 (date on page was added later)
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library
format: application/pdf
language: English
type: Manuscripts
identifier: Folder: Amherst--Name

Barns and cattle shed at Massachusetts Agricultural College
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: View of several barns located in a field planted with rows of corn on the Massachusetts Agricultural College campus.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1913
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards

Cat-astrophe advertising card
subject: Advertising cards Business cards Amherst (Mass.)
description: Trade card advertising the Amherst business of F. H. Howes, a grocer located in Merchants' Row in the 1880s. The cartoon on the card illustrates Victorian humor.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1885
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards
identifier: Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards

Mrs. Musante, peanuts, fruit and candy, Amherst, Mass.
subject: Street vendors Amherst (Mass.)
description: View showing Candida Musante beside the stand that became an Amherst institution. She and her husband (known as "Peanut John") ran a little shop out of Cutler's Block on South Pleasant Street. The Musantes emigrated from Italy, arriving in Amherst in the early 1880s.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Before 1924
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards

Hockanum Ferry by moonlight, Northampton, Mass.
subject: Connecticut River Ferries Northampton (Mass.)
description: View of a ferry crossing the Connecticut River from Northampton to Hockanum in Hadley with Mount Holyoke in the background.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1924
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards

Latest styles in hats advertising card
subject: Advertising cards Business cards Hats Amherst (Mass.)
description: Trade card advertising the Amherst business of J. M. Waite & Son, a hatter and outfitter for gentlemen, whose establishment was located in Cook's Block, Phoenix Row, in the late 1880s.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1886
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards
identifier: Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards

Hills Company hat factory in Amherst
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: View of the Hills Company hat factory which became one of the largest hat manufacturers in the United States. These buildings were constructed on the east side of the New London Northern Railroad tracks after the first factory was consumed by fire in 1880.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1907
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards

Amherst Roller Rink advertising card
subject: Advertising cards Business cards Roller skating Amherst (Mass.)
description: Trade card for the Amherst Roller Rink, a roller-skating establishment which was located in Palmer Hall (today the site of Amherst Town Hall) in the 1880s.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1885
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards
identifier: Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards

Trolley station at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: Old station on North Pleasant Street at Massachusetts Agricultural College where passengers could wait for the trolley during inclement weather.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1910
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards

Advertising card for Edgar R. Bennett business in Amherst
subject: Advertising cards Business cards Eyeglasses Amherst (Mass.)
description: This trade card advertises the optical business which was run by Edgar R. Bennett from sometime in the 1880s through 1903. Bennett was a watchmaker, jeweler, optician, and bicycle agent. His shop was in Merchants' Row on South Pleasant Street.
date: Circa 1890
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards
identifier: Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards

Trolley at the Notch in South Amherst
subject: Amherst (Mass.)
description: View of a trolley car running through the pass at the Notch in South Amherst.
creator: Scott, Edgar T., 1858-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1919
rights: This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Edgar Scott Postcard Collection. Jones Library Special Collections.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Cards