Postcard collection of Amherst College, ca. 1900-[ongoing].

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Postcard collection of Amherst College, ca. 1900-[ongoing].

Postcards with scenes of Amherst College buildings and grounds. Also some postcards of Amherst, Mass. views and of the Dickinson Homestead.

1 archives box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7670693

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Dickinson Homestead

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