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The Jones Library of Amherst, Massachusetts is a public library with three locations, the main building and two branches.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: American Civil War, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Amherst, Massachusetts, Amity Street, Bertram Boltwood, Chicago, Clifton Johnson (author), David Morton (poet), Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson Museum, English as a second or foreign language, Harlan F. Stone, John Burgess (political scientist), Julius Lester, Kanegasaki, Iwate, Logging, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Massachusetts General Court, New Jersey, North Amherst Center Historic District, Pseudonym, Public library, Ray Stannard Baker, Robert Francis (poet), Robert Frost, Ruth Payne Burgess, Sidney Waugh, South Amherst, Massachusetts, Spanish flu, University of Massachusetts Amherst, William P. Murphy, World War I.

  2. 1919 establishments in Massachusetts
  3. Emily Dickinson
  4. Libraries established in 1919

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Amherst, Massachusetts

Amherst is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley.

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Amity Street

Amity Street is a main east-west street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.

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Bertram Boltwood

Bertram Borden Boltwood (July 27, 1870 Amherst, Massachusetts – August 15, 1927, Hancock Point, Maine) was an American pioneer of radiochemistry.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Clifton Johnson (January 25, 1865 – January 22, 1940) was an American author, illustrator, and photographer.

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David Morton (poet)

David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet.

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Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet.

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Emily Dickinson Museum

The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead (also known as Emily Dickinson Home or Emily Dickinson House) and the Evergreens. Jones Library and Emily Dickinson Museum are Emily Dickinson.

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English as a second or foreign language

English as a second or foreign language refers to the use of English by individuals whose native language is different, commonly among students learning to speak and write English.

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Harlan F. Stone

Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his death in 1946.

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John Burgess (political scientist)

John William Burgess (August 26, 1844 – January 13, 1931) was an American political scientist.

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Julius Lester

Julius Bernard Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018) was an American writer of books for children and adults and an academic who taught for 32 years (1971–2003) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Kanegasaki, Iwate

is a town located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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Logging

Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport.

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Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (est.1890) is a state agency that supports libraries in Massachusetts. Jones Library and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners are public libraries in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts General Court

The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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North Amherst Center Historic District

The North Amherst Center Historic District encompasses the center of North Amherst, part of the town of Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym).

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Ray Stannard Baker

Ray Stannard Baker (April 17, 1870 – July 12, 1946) (also known by his pen name David Grayson) was an American journalist, historian, biographer, and writer.

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Robert Francis (poet)

Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet.

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Ruth Payne Burgess

Ruth Payne Burgess, (October 11, 1865 in Montpelier, Vermont – March 11, 1934 in New York), was a naturalistic painter of portraits, still lifes, and genre work.

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Sidney Waugh

Sidney Waugh (January 17, 1904 – June 30, 1963) was an American sculptor known for his monuments, medals, etched and moulded glass, and architectural sculpture.

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South Amherst, Massachusetts

South Amherst is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spanish flu

The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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William P. Murphy

William Parry Murphy Sr. (February 6, 1892 – October 9, 1987) was an American physician who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple for their combined work in devising and treating macrocytic anemia (specifically, pernicious anemia).

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

1919 establishments in Massachusetts

Emily Dickinson

Libraries established in 1919

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Library