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A group of people (probably the Town Representatives) are sitting in an auditorium, with one gentleman standing up in the center of the photograph speaking toward a person or persons out of frame right.

A photograph taken in an auditorium during Town Meeting. A man stands at a podium on the stage, while another person stands at a podium on the floor, speaking to the seated assembly. Several people are sitting at tables flanking the speaker, and two…

Photograph of four men each holding a toy and standing before a pile of toys.

Military veterans stand at attention, one man holds an American flag and another man holds what is likely an American Legion flag. Spectators are seen in the background.

A picture of the Amherst Arts and Crafts Fair, used on page 10 of the Amherst Record "Spring '74" section 24 March 1974, as a promotion for the upcoming 1 June Fair.

A Warrant written on behalf of the Selectmen of Amherst (John Billings, Moses Dickinson, and Joseph Williams) directing Constables Martin Kellogg and Moses Dickinson Junior to inform all eligible voters in the Town of Amherst of a Town Meeting to be…

A certificate awarded to the town for achieving "First Place in Increase of [Voter] Registration", in population category 10,001-25,000, in the nationwide 'Votingest City Competition'. The contest was staged as part of the United States Bicentennial…

Dwight E. Newport and probably Ralph Elwin Newport standing before a brick building. Both boys are smartly dressed and hold what appear to be newspapers.

A copy of the first by-laws created by the Town of Amherst, accepted and adopted at Town Meeting on 25 April 1868.

A copy of the Act to establish a Town Manager form of Government in Amherst. The Act was accepted in the town election of 16 February 1953 by a vote of 779 to 766. (From Report of the Board of Selectman, Amherst Annual Report, 1953)

Exterior view of the front and side of the house in which Samuel Minot Jones was born, located in Enfield, Massachusetts.

Photo of Samuel Minot Jones and his sister Augusta Thayer Jones as children

Exterior view of the front of the house in which Samuel Minot Jones spent his boyhood, located in Amherst, Massachusetts

Young Minot Jones as a toddler, standing behind his mother, Harriet Stenger Jones. She is seated and holding his arms loosely around her neck.

Minot Jones in his Army uniform with rifle by his side. Photograph possibly taken in an Army camp, as there appear to be cots laden with belongings in the background.