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Paper mill on the Mill River in North Amherst.

Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.

View of the William Austin Dickinson house from across Main Street and with snow on the ground.

Interpretive drawing of Emily Dickinson done in pen, ink, and ink wash by local artist Scott Prior.

A set of rules and regulations created to maintain order during town meeting, included as the first section of the 1902 Annual Report for the Town of Amherst

Hudson Maxim and Gutzon Borglum talking in a field, both with a raised hand pointing at something off the camera to the right. A mountain is faintly visible in the background.

Visitor notecard of August Wilhelm

A portrait of Hudson Maxim in left half-profile.

Hudson Maxim on horseback with him and the horse both looking at the camera. Trees grow behind him and a house is partly visible through bare branches on the right.

Hudson and Lilian Hudson sitting at a chess table playing a game he invented. There is a fireplace behind them with a mirror and a photograph of Hudson.

Chatty letter describing the setting in the dorm room, the "Millerites" (Adventists) in Amherst, textbooks being used, etc.

A letter from Amherst College student Abel Packard, to sister Lucy, about Fourth of July activities around Amherst, and other details about life as a student at the college.

Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in 1860 drawn by Samuel K. Orr. View looking west.

News Clipping about David Grayson's Denver Imposter

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.